nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Jill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪl/ 1. A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flurt-gills (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior'). 2. A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.
Word: jilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪlt/ 1. A woman who readily casts aside her lover. Example: And has she been long a Jilt? has she practiſed the Trade for any Time?
Word: jilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪlt/ 1. To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Labels: transitive Example: Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
Word: joggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English jog Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English joggle From jog (verb) + -le (frequentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.əl/ 1. To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog. Labels: transitive Example: Little Elephant sighed because he felt ready to burst and he didn't see how he could eat any pudding, and he'd been waiting all day for that pudding. So he got up and trotted around the table ten times to joggle down his turkey. He must make room for the Christmas pudding! 2. To shake or totter; to slip out of place. Labels: intransitive
Word: joggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jog (noun) + -le (diminutive ending). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.əl/ 1. A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends. 2. A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.
Word: joggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jog (noun) + -le (diminutive ending). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.əl/ 1. To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel. Labels: transitive Example: The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts.
Word: joggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of jog + juggle. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɡ.əl/ 1. To jog or run while juggling.
Word: jolter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jolt + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒltə/, /ˈd͡ʒəʊltə/, /ˈd͡ʒoltəɹ/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊltɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, jolts.
Word: joss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese Pidgin English joss, from Macau Pidgin Portuguese, from Portuguese deus (“god”), from Latin deus (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god/that which belongs to heaven”). Doublet of Tiw and Tyr. Pronunciation: /dʒɒs/, /dʒɔs/, /dʒɑs/ 1. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. Labels: countable 2. A heathen divinity. Labels: countable Example: Don't forget they're mostly just joss-worshipping heathen an' they don't get no kick out of the more classy breeds o' religion. Though I guess there ain't that much diff'rence. It ain't many's so Lord Almighty in theirselves that they don't need a joss of some sort, an' I guess it's what yu think about him matters not the sort o' joss. 3. Luck. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: She had twisted a piece of heather into her mail box for good joss, and this was the safety signal.
Word: jot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota and yodh. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb. The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒt/, [d͡ʒɔʔ], /d͡ʒɑt/ 1. The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota. Example: This bond doth giue thee here no iote of blood, / The vvords expreſly are a pound of fleſh: / Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of fleſh, / But in the cutting of it, if thou doſt ſhed / One drop of Chriſtian blood, thy lands and goods / Are by the lavves of Venice, confiſcate / Vnto the State of Venice. Example: For verily I ſay vnto you, Till heauen and earth paſſe, one iote or one tittle, ſhall in no wiſe paſſe from the law, till all be fulfilled. 2. A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit. Labels: broadly Example: He didn’t care a jot for his work. Example: Sir, the People muſt haue their Voiyes, / Neyther vvill they bate / One iot of Ceremonie. 3. A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: So vveake my povvres, ſo ſore my vvounds appeare, / that vvonder is hovv I ſhould liue a iot, / ſeeing my hart through launched euery vvhere / vvith thouſand arrovves, vvhich your eies haue ſhot: […] Example: No faith, Ile not ſtay a iot longer: […] 4. A brief and hurriedly written note. Example: "Lover," you say; "how beautiful that is, / That little word!” […] / Yes, it is beautiful. I have marked it long, / Long in my dusty head its jot secreted, / Yet my heart never knew this word a song / Till in the night softly by you repeated.
Word: jot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota and yodh. Etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb. The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒt/, [d͡ʒɔʔ], /d͡ʒɑt/ 1. Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something). Labels: transitive Example: Tell me your order so I can jot it down. Example: He mentions as certain the falsehood of a number of the assertions concerning his usage, the unhealthy state of the island, and so forth. I have jotted down his evidence elsewhere.
Word: jot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is possibly onomatopoeic, suggesting a jerking motion. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒt/, [d͡ʒɔʔ], /d͡ʒɑt/ 1. To jerk or jolt (something); to jog. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.
Word: jot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is possibly onomatopoeic, suggesting a jerking motion. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɒt/, [d͡ʒɔʔ], /d͡ʒɑt/ 1. A jerk, a jolt. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: [F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound. Example: […] I ſay it is no uneven jot, to paſſe from the more faint and obſcure examples of Spermaticall life, to the more conſiderable effects of generall Motion in Mineralls, Metalls & ſundry Meteors, […]
Word: jotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jot + -er. 1. A memorandum book. Example: While he muttered over her jotter, a fat tongue-tip stuck in the corner of his mouth, she leaned against the bar and hummed a tune whiningly and made a great show of not looking in our direction. 2. An exercise book. 3. Someone who jots.
Word: jounce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English *jouncen (“to jolt violently”) (evidenced by jouncinge (“violent jolting movement”)); further etymology unknown, possibly imitative. The noun is probably derived from the verb as it is attested later. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊn(t)s/ 1. To shake (someone or something) up and down, for example, by driving a vehicle over obstructions or riding a horse roughly; to jolt. Labels: transitive Example: If any vvillbe ſo vvilfull as to denie Riding to be an exerciſe and that a great one, and fitteſt alſo for greateſt perſonages, ſet him either vpon a trotting iade to iounſe him thoroughly or vpon a lame hakney to make him exerciſe his feete, vvhen his courſer failes him. Example: [T]hat air feller, what dooze he do, but he jounces me up on that air plaguy crupper and fetches me back here full split, you see, and rides over everything, and makes everybody get out o' the way, […] 2. To move vigorously up and down; to bounce, to bump, to jolt; also, to fall and hit something heavily. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: jostle Example: The lawyer was jouncing along towards the house with a lantern in his hand.
Word: jounce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English *jouncen (“to jolt violently”) (evidenced by jouncinge (“violent jolting movement”)); further etymology unknown, possibly imitative. The noun is probably derived from the verb as it is attested later. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊn(t)s/ 1. A vigorous up-and-down movement; a jolt, a shake. Example: Take care of the grips, or we shall have some jounces [jolts], and keep the middle of the road over Woolpit warren, for the sides are caved in, […] Example: […] I protest that an open wagon is the very best thing to ride in that ever was invented. If it is hard in the springs, so much the merrier! […] Off we started with a jounce over the barn-door sill, that nearly dislocated my neck, and a violent nodding to my cousin's wife that set it all right again, and an alarming scattering of hens and chickens before us. 2. The fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time; the time derivative of jerk. Example: The fourth derivative (jounce) may be used to find the tangential and normal loci in the same manner as for the second and third order properties. Example: When you are in an elevator that is not working properly, and your stomach feels as if it were left behind on the previous floor, then you are experiencing jerk. […] No term for the rate of change of jerk, the fourth derivative of position, is in widespread usage, although jounce has been suggested.
Word: jowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ 1. The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. Example: I had lain, therefore, all that time, cheek by jowl with Blackbeard himself, with only a thin shell of tinder wood to keep him from me, and now had thrust my hand into his coffin and plucked away his beard. Example: And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […]
Word: jowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ 1. To throw, dash, or knock. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: That ſkull had a tongue in it, and could ſing once, how the knave iowles it to the ground, as if twere Caines iawbone, that did the firſt murder, this might be the pate of a pollitician, which this aſſe now ore-reaches; one that would circumuent God, might it not?
Word: jowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cholle (“wattle, jowl”), from Old English ċeole (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (“gullet”) (compare Scots choll, West Frisian kiel, Dutch keel, German Kehle), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelu- (“to swallow”) (compare Old Irish in·gilid (“to graze”), Irish goile (“stomach”), Latin gula (“throat”), gluttiō (“to swallow”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear, “lure”), Armenian կլանել (klanel, “to swallow”), Persian گلو (galu), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”)). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ 1. A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin). 2. The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog. 3. A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
Word: jowl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jollen, chollen (“to knock, strike, batter; stagger”). Related to jow (“to knock, bump, ring”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ 1. To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at. Labels: dialectal, transitive 2. To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together. Labels: dialectal, transitive 3. To rumble. Labels: dialectal, transitive 4. To toll, knell. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: jowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jollen, chollen (“to knock, strike, batter; stagger”). Related to jow (“to knock, bump, ring”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ 1. A blow, bump, knock. Labels: dialectal 2. The tolling of a bell; knell. Labels: dialectal
Word: jugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. Forming a pair. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fore and hind wings are jugate. Example: Although the portrait design is jugate, the medal could serve to honor — individually — the many victories of one and the singular and ambitious failure of the other.
Word: jugate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). 1. A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity. Example: More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too.
Word: jujube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jujube, from Medieval Latin jujuba or Old French jujube, perhaps via Old Occitan from Classical Latin zīzyphum, zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon)․ First attested in the 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuːb/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.d͡ʒuː.biː/ 1. The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees. 2. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus jujuba or Ziziphus zizyphus. 3. The fruit of this tree. 4. A fruit-bearing tree, Ziziphus mauritiana. 5. The fruit of this tree. 6. A type of candy; specific type varies by country. Labels: Canada, US
Word: juke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/ 1. A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution. Labels: Southern-US, countable 2. Clipping of jukebox. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable Example: The juke played five times for a quarter and she never wearied of tapping. Nor did she tire of the same record five times in a row; she was too indolent to select more than one number. 3. A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork. Labels: uncountable Example: All Kouichi Furutono wanted to do was expose Japanese audiences to the skittering sounds of Chicago juke music.
Word: juke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/ 1. To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke. Example: ‘Let's jouk’ is an invitation to dance, but ‘Let's go joukin’’ is a request for a date. Example: I want you to go juking with me... that's riding and stopping to drink and dance
Word: juke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jook. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/ 1. To hit. Labels: slang 2. To stab. Labels: slang Example: "None of the Latinos liked him." "So now he's dead." "So go talk to the other ten thousand people could've juked him." Example: On the internet that night Asghar told a friend: "I'll bang him and then f*** it man, might as well juke [stab] him up tomorrow." 3. To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse. Labels: slang Example: Got a ratchet lil bitch and she from Inglewood I'm moving around, I do nothing but jugg I'm fucking these ho like a young nigga should And you'd do the same if you young niggas could Example: Still pushing Zs and I don’t mean freezing I am still jugging The stripper so hugging The girl still super-bad, missed them a loving
Word: juke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots jouk, jowk, juke (“to elude, cheat; duck, skulk; bob, dodge”), palatalized variants of Scots deuk, douk, dowk (“to duck”). More at duck (verb). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/ 1. To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Turning the Vikings'¯ blitz against them, Westbrook took a screen pass from Donovan McNabb, then juked and scooted 71 yards for a touchdown. Example: Just before the Hongqi closed to within range of its proximity fuse, Vandal juked hard left and kicked in his afterburners. The first missile sped by without detonating. Vandal juked hard left again, completing a 180-degree turn. 2. To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The runner juked Connor, the runner juked Smith, and Severin centered on him; he was five yards out, he screamed, he was a yard out, he screamed, he hit the kid so hard that both of their helmets flew off their heads. Example: He juked Judd out of his shoes, reversed his field, juked Tony, juked Nick, and pretty much juked the entire Bobcats kickoff team on the way to a seventy-two yard return for a touchdown. 3. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: The Money-Merchant, I warrant ye, was ſo Proud of his Truſt, and of his Bell, that he went Juking and Toſſing of his Head, and Tabring with his Feet all the way, as if no Ground would hold him. 4. To manipulate deceptively. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The pilot instinctively juked the nimble chopper, but with so many bullets in the air, and so many of them spreading far from their intended target, it was impossible to evade them all. Example: Veteran pilots “juked” their bombers to throw off the gunners' aim. 5. To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Smith likes juking religion when talking with his family at dinner.
Word: juke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots jouk, jowk, juke (“to elude, cheat; duck, skulk; bob, dodge”), palatalized variants of Scots deuk, douk, dowk (“to duck”). More at duck (verb). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/ 1. A feint. Labels: slang 2. The neck of a bird. Labels: slang
Word: julep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French julep, from Medieval Latin julapium, via Arabic جُلَاب (julāb) from Persian گلاب (golâb, “rosewater”), from گل (“rose”) + آب (“water”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːlɛp/ 1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol. Example: He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head. Example: Yo, we be making mountains out of Cool Whip / Pass me the mint for the julep 2. A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken. Labels: historical Example: Contraction of the left ventricular orifice, with hypertrophy of the corresponding ventricle; catarrh at the superior part of the right lung. (Julep; digital; aperit. oxymel scillit.)
Word: junco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”). Doublet of juncus and possibly junk. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkoʊ/ 1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow. Example: Among many others secured by him, I noticed the eggs and parent birds of the American Widgeon, the Black duck, Canvass-back duck, Spirit duck (Bucephala albeola); small Black-head duck (Fulix affinis); the Wax-wing, (Ampelis garrulus); the Kentucky warbler, the Trumpeter swan, the Duck hawk (Falco anatum), and two species of juncoes. Example: The juncos of this region were separated by Mr. L. M. Loomis and carry very striking characters, the most conspicuous being the bright rufous or reddish dorsal patch which is much more pronounced than in either oregonus or thurberi. These juncos are very common in the vicinity of Monterey during summer and during the breeding season are the only ones found there, but as foon as the young are fledged the birds wander. 2. The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic. Labels: obsolete Example: Junco, the Reed-Sparrow; a Bird. Example: Arundinaceus. Brown-ferruginous; beneath whitiſh-teſtaceous; with tail-feathers banded and reddiſh at the apex. The junco of Geſner [i.e., Conrad Gessner], Aldrovand [i.e., Ulisse Aldrovandi], [John] Ray, and [Francis] Willughby.
Word: junker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Junker, from Middle High German juncherre (“young lord; not yet knighted nobleman”). Compare younker. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊŋkə(ɹ)/ 1. A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes. Example: Professors of philosophy and science carrying high the patriotic banner of Kultur and culture gloried in the system of compulsory, universal, military service, first made in Germany exulted in the degrading, vicious process of training by which the individual is hypnotized into submission to a brutal organization of military junkers, hallowed by the name of state and Fatherland, it was the darkest period in the history of mankind. Example: The dice are, however, weighted against them, so long as the present generation of Junkers and officials survives.
Word: junker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From junk + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkə(ɹ)/ 1. A beat-up automobile. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, informal 2. A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects. Example: An ardent junker herself, Mrs. Egge tells how to conduct a fascinating junk safari into the attic or antique and secondhand shops and what to do with the trophies you bring home. 3. Synonym of junkie (“drug addict”). Labels: slang
Word: junta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/, /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/ 1. The committee of military officers that have usurped political control. 2. A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
Word: jute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːt/ 1. The coarse, strong fibre of the East Indian plants, Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, used to make mats, paper, gunny cloth etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The plants from which this fibre is obtained. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kabuki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki). Pronunciation: /kəˈbuːki/, /kəˈbuːkiː/ 1. A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies. Labels: capitalized, often, uncountable Example: Despite its self-consciously assumed irreverence toward traditional practices, “Hokaibo” incorporates all the essential elements of classic Kabuki: the all-male company of actors, exaggerated makeup, the stomping dances, the arresting, cross-eyed poses at moments of high drama that are recognized and applauded. Example: Ichikawa, whose real name is Takahiko Kinoshi, made his kabuki debut in 1980 and went on to become one of the country’s most renowned performers. 2. A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing. Labels: US, broadly, figuratively, uncountable Example: The whole "weapons of mass destruction" concern was phony from the start, and the drama about inspections was just kabuki: going through the motions. Example: Health care reform recently brought Kabuki to mind for both Rush Limbaugh—“what you have here is ‘Kabuki theater’”—and New York Times columnist Frank Rich: “[I]f I were to place an incautious bet on which political event will prove the most significant of February 2010, I wouldn’t choose the kabuki health care summit.”
Word: kaolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French kaolin, François Xavier d'Entrecolles's irregular romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 高嶺土 /高岭土 (gāolǐngtǔ, “Gaoling earth”), from 高嶺 /高岭 (Gāolǐng, “High Ridge”), a village in Fuliang County, Jingdezhen Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, that became Jingdezhen's primary source of this kind of clay during the early to mid-Qing dynasty. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/ 1. A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The composition of the Eastern or proper China ware, according to accounts that have great marks of authenticity, is from two earths; one of which is, as was before mentioned, vitrescent, and is called Petunse; the other a refractory or apyrous earth; and called Kaolin. Example: Grind with strong arm, the circling chertz betwixt, / Your pure Ka-o-lins and Pe-tun-tses mixt […].
Word: kapok Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”). Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpɒk/, /ˈkeɪˌpɑk/, /ˈkɑːpəʊk/, [ˈkɑːpəʊʔ] 1. A silky fibre obtained from seed pods of the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) used for insulation and stuffing for mattresses, pillows, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The moon came out of hiding and for a moment Jerry forgot his anxiety as a little grey-clad figure, small and sturdy [...], in a kapok coat and bulging proletarian cap, lowered himself over the side and leapt for the waiting arms of the sampan's crew. Example: You can stuff them full of kapok to make a decent cushion and there is nothing better to carry frogs in. 2. A silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A cotton tree, Malabar silk-cotton tree, or red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin kā. Pronunciation: /keɪ/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter K/k. 2. A kilometer. Labels: colloquial 3. A thousand of some unit (from kilo-). Labels: colloquial
Word: kay Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪ/ 1. Dated form of cay. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: Three small sandy kays on the reef, bearing this name, lie at the distance of about 5½ miles S.S.E. from Boca Chica.
Word: kay Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /keɪ/ 1. Apheretic form of okay. Labels: colloquial Example: Meanwhile, TMZ reports that Amanda and West are still dating and aren’t “sweating the chatter,” while insiders also confirm that West is “fully committed to Amanda[…]”—despite rumors that he’s been simultaneously dating other women. Per a source, it’s just “fan assumptions” and “innocent” chats that are being read into. Kay!
Word: keddah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Assamese খেদা (kheda, “to pursue; to chase away”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɛdə/ 1. An elephant trap; an enclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants. Labels: India
Word: kelp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of unclear origin, though the attested forms point to Old English *cylp, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kulpi, from Proto-Germanic *kulpiz (“lump, boll”, referencing the airsacks of species such as bladderwrack and knotweed), potentially a substrate term connected to Latin globus (“globe”) and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump”). If the above theory is accepted, cognate with Low German Kulp, Külp, Kulpe (“lump in the eye, ball, thick nose”), Norwegian Nynorsk kulp (“short tube”), and Swedish kulp (“stout person”); further compare Bavarian Kolpel (“lump of stone”), Icelandic kúlpa (“to protrude”), Low German kulpen, külpen (“to pile up”), Low German Kulpogen (“large eye”), and West Frisian kolpje (“to pout”). Pronunciation: /kɛlp/ 1. Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines. 2. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kelp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of unclear origin, though the attested forms point to Old English *cylp, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kulpi, from Proto-Germanic *kulpiz (“lump, boll”, referencing the airsacks of species such as bladderwrack and knotweed), potentially a substrate term connected to Latin globus (“globe”) and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump”). If the above theory is accepted, cognate with Low German Kulp, Külp, Kulpe (“lump in the eye, ball, thick nose”), Norwegian Nynorsk kulp (“short tube”), and Swedish kulp (“stout person”); further compare Bavarian Kolpel (“lump of stone”), Icelandic kúlpa (“to protrude”), Low German kulpen, külpen (“to pile up”), Low German Kulpogen (“large eye”), and West Frisian kolpje (“to pout”). Pronunciation: /kɛlp/ 1. To gather kelp. Labels: intransitive Example: Just before we reached Seward the pilot got a radio message that a fishing boat in Thumb Cove had some kelp […] Neither of us had ever kelped before but there wasn't much to it, and we started bringing in full boxes back to Eads' barge.
Word: kelp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kelpe, kylpe, from Old Norse kilpr (“the handle of a vessel, loop”). Related to Old Norse kelpa (“otter trap”). Pronunciation: /kɛlp/ 1. A hook or crook by which a pot is hung over a fire. Labels: dialectal 2. A sheath. Labels: obsolete
Word: kemp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin. Pronunciation: /kɛmp/ 1. A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 2. Rough hair, wool, or fur. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: kemp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”). Pronunciation: /kɛmp/ 1. Shaggy; rough. Labels: obsolete
Word: kemp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus. Pronunciation: /kɛmp/ 1. To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: kemp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus. Pronunciation: /kɛmp/ 1. A contest in work, etc. Labels: Scotland, archaic
Word: kemp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Proto-West Germanic *kampijō Old English cempa Middle English kempe English kemp From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf. Pronunciation: /kɛmp/ 1. A champion; a knight. Labels: obsolete
Word: keno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French quine, with reference to a set of five winning lottery numbers. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːnəʊ/ 1. A gambling game, a variety of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. Labels: uncountable Example: Memories of this night are extremely hazy. All I have, for guide-pegs, is a pocketful of keno cards and cocktail napkins, all covered with scribbled notes.
Word: kern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curn, cooren, variant forms of Middle English corn, see English corn and also Dutch kern, Old High German kerno, cherno, Middle High German kerne, kern, German Kern (“core, kernel”), Old Norse kjarni, Icelandic kjarni, Danish kjerne, Swedish kärna (“core, kernel”); see also kernel. Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. A corn; grain; kernel. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 2. The last handful or sheaf reaped at the harvest. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 3. The harvest home. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable 4. A doll or figurine raised in celebration of a successful harvest; kern-baby. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
Word: kern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French carne (“corner; projecting angle; quill of a pen”), from Latin cardinem (“hinge”) or from Etymology 1. The verb is a back-formation from kerned, which is from the noun. Doublet of cardo. Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. Any part of a letter which extends into the space used by another letter. Example: A few types have a portion of the face letter projecting over the body, as in the letter f ; this projection is called the kern, and in combination with other letters the projecting part generally extends over the next letter, as in fe. In those combinations, wherein the kern would come in contact with another letter, compound types are cast, as in the case of ff, fi, fl, ffi, ffl.
Word: kern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French carne (“corner; projecting angle; quill of a pen”), from Latin cardinem (“hinge”) or from Etymology 1. The verb is a back-formation from kerned, which is from the noun. Doublet of cardo. Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters (characters or glyphs); to perform such adjustments to a portion of text, according to preset rules. Example: If you need to kern anything beyond the most commonly used pairs, you can use applications software such as Adobe PageMaker to customize pairs. Example: Especially consider kerning if you are printing on a relatively high-resolution printer, such as a 600-dpi (dots per inch) laser printer.
Word: kern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern. Doublet of quaternion. Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; in archaic contexts often used as a term of contempt. Labels: archaic, historical Example: O then belike she was old and gentle; and you rode like a kern of Ireland, your French hose off and in your strait strossers. Example: ‘O haste thee, and from Allan learn / If thou mayst trust yon wily kern.’ 2. A boor; a low person. Labels: Ireland, obsolete Example: Yet it was held that the testimony of the common beadle of the parish, an officer of police, a vulgar, stupid kern, who stood before your own eyes, a very dolt to look on, in all the stark-staring hebetude of just wit enough to be spiteful—was to be credited as to the sense and meaning of an oration, his understanding was to be respected, and his representation trusted, where the Lord Chief Justice of England was in error. Example: To think that such a lowly kern Should dare to dream to be allied By wedlock to a royal bairn! 3. An idler; a vagabond. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: The villain kernes Who keep me fettered here.
Word: kern Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. Alternative form of quern. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kern Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɜːn/, /kɝn/ 1. A churn.
Word: kerned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kern (“projection of type”) + -ed. 1. Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type.
Word: kerned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See kern (verb). 1. simple past and past participle of kern Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ketone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːtəʊn/, /ˈkitoʊn/ 1. A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule. Example: acetone R₁ = R₂ = CH₃ Example: methyl ethyl ketone R₁ = CH₃, R₂ = C₂H₅
Word: khan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via late Middle English can, chan from Old French chan, from Medieval Latin chanis, from Turkic *qan, contraction of *qaɣan. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan), and Mongolian хаан (xaan), possibly from Rouran. Sense 1 (ruler in the Middle Ages) after Genghis Khan, from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan). Doublet of khagan. Pronunciation: /kɑːn/ 1. A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages. Labels: historical 2. An Ottoman sultan. 3. A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.
Word: khan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic خَان (ḵān, “inn, caravanserai, hotel”) and Persian خان (xân, “inn, caravanserai”). Pronunciation: /kɑːn/ 1. Synonym of caravanserai (particularly in Middle Eastern contexts) Example: ‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khān of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied. Example: At each of these stations there is a hostelry which they call a khan, where travellers alight with their beasts, and outside each khan is a public watering-place and a shop at which the traveller may buy what he requires for himself and his beast. 2. Synonym of fonduk (“inn or hotel in Middle Eastern contexts”).
Word: kibitz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Yiddish קיבעצן (kibetsn), cognate to German kiebitzen (“to look on”), from German Kiebitz (“lapwing”), from Middle High German gibiz (“plover”), imitative of its cry. Compare peewit. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪbɪts/ 1. To make small talk or idle chatter. Labels: intransitive Example: Louise and I used to head down to the coffee shop and just sit for hours and kibitz. Example: His wife Karen listened as John and I kibitzed about our experiences at the University of Oklahoma some 40 years ago. 2. To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game. Labels: intransitive Example: Quit kibitzing! You're giving away my hand! 3. To watch a card or board game. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: […] stayed in the dorm, although she lived in Brooklyn Heights, and I frequently spent long hours with her, either in her room or at the student lounge, where we drank coffee and smoked cigarettes and kibitzed the never-ending bridge game. Example: When it was my turn to stay in the office until 11 pm. closing, I kibitzed on their poker games and heard some colorful tales.
Word: kirk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-ryós Proto-Hellenic *kúrios Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Koine Greek κῡριακός (kūriakós) Koine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón)bor. Proto-West Germanic *kirikā Old English ċiriċebor. Old Norse kirkjabor.? ▲ Old English ċiriċe? Northern Middle English kyrke English kirk Inherited from Northern Middle English kyrke, possibly borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, or possibly from Old English ċiriċe. Doublet of church. Pronunciation: /kɜːk/, /kɜɹk/, /kɔʶːk/, /kɪɾk/ 1. A church. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: The Ship was cheer'd, the Harbour clear'd— / Merrily did we drop / Below the Kirk, below the Hill, / Below the Light-house top. Example: When she sang in the kirk, folk have told me that they had a foretaste of the musick of the New Jerusalem, and when she came in by the village of Caulds old men stottered to their doors to look at her.
Word: kiva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi kíva. Pronunciation: /ˈkiː.və/ 1. A ceremonial underground chamber in a Pueblo village.
Word: klaxon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944). Pronunciation: /ˈklæksən/ 1. A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. Example: And she went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird. … Example: There was a motor car behind them now and it blasted into the truck noise and the dust with its klaxon again and again; then flashed on lights that showed the dust like a solid yellow cloud and surged past them in a whining rise of gears and a demanding, threatening, bludgeoning of klaxoning.
Word: klaxon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944). Pronunciation: /ˈklæksən/ 1. To produce a loud, siren-like wail. Labels: intransitive Example: He headed down the Embankment. It was noon precisely. Big Ben klaxoned the hour with blasts of servo whistle. Example: Suffering. It was like a great discordant symphony ringing out from the world; like a klaxoning of a million million cracked bells.
Word: knurl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled. Pronunciation: /nɜːl/, /nɝl/ 1. A contorted knot in wood. 2. A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. 3. A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
Word: knurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled. Pronunciation: /nɜːl/, /nɝl/ 1. To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
Word: kola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from a West African language. Compare Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara goro, Temne kola, Mandinka kolo (“kola nut”). 1. A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A nut of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Alternative form of cola (“drink made with kola nut flavoring”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, rare, uncountable
Word: kudo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s. Pronunciation: /ˈkuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkuː.doʊ/, /ˈkjuː.doʊ/ 1. A compliment or praise. Labels: nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes Example: Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D. Example: At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.
Word: kudo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from kudos, as if it were a plural with -s. Pronunciation: /ˈkuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkjuː.dəʊ/, /ˈkuː.doʊ/, /ˈkjuː.doʊ/ 1. To give a compliment or praise to. Labels: nonstandard, proscribed, transitive Example: The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors." Example: This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.
Word: kudzu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu). The spelling kudzu (instead of kuzu) is due to the historical transliteration methods of Japanese into English (compare adzuki). Pronunciation: /ˈkʊd.zuː/, /ˈkʌd.zuː/ 1. An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By 2020, droughts and other extreme weather will be commonplace. By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe, and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Example: Walled off communities, private jets, private security details are spreading like kudzu around the world. 2. A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Kudzu is available in natural food stores and Oriental markets; it is often sold in lumps that must be crushed in a mortar before measuring. Example: Kudzu, a starch extracted from the root of the kudzu plant, acts similarly to cornstarch or arrowroot but is preferable for bone health because it contains some calcium.
Word: kulak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”). Pronunciation: /ˈkuːlak/, /ˈkulæk/ 1. A prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union, who owned land and could hire workers. Labels: historical Example: The “internal organs,” as the CHEKA and the GPU and the KGB used to style themselves, were asked to police the mind for heresy as much as to torture kulaks to relinquish the food they withheld from the cities. Example: We are the “upper middle class”, the new kulaks whose antisocial self-interest and lack of submission to the aims of the revolutionary vanguard must be extinguished.