nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare rng (“structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪɡ/ 1. An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse. Example: The set of natural numbers N with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is a rig, but not a ring. The set of integers Z is a ring. For a rig/ring (R,0,+,1,−), the set of polynomials R[x] on a generator x with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is also a rig/ring. Example: 2004, Jerzy Marcinkowski (editor), Computer Science Logic: 18th International Workshop, CSL 2004, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3210, page 17, It follows that for each object A its endomorphisms End_C(A) = C(A,A) has the structure of what is now called a rig, that is to say a (commutative) ring without negatives.
Word: slalom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɑː.ləm/, /ˈslɔ.ləm/ 1. The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. Labels: attributive, often, uncountable Example: Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport. Example: The slalom gates are set closer together. 2. Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis. Labels: uncountable Example: Disowned by my father... I began an erratic and increasingly steep slalom. Rejected would-be mercenary pilot, failed Jesuit novice, unpublished writer of pornography… yet for all these failures I had a tenacious faith in myself, a messiah as yet without 3. A course used for the sport of slalom. Labels: countable Example: These first two slaloms have sixty gates each. 4. A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom. Labels: countable Example: He has won six World Cup slaloms. 5. Short for autoslalom Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: slalom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”). Pronunciation: /ˈslɑː.ləm/, /ˈslɔ.ləm/ 1. To race in a slalom. Labels: intransitive 2. To move in a slalom-like manner. Labels: intransitive Example: Snow fell, swirled, slalomed past our windows. Example: Hiro climbs on his bike, eases it through the neighbourhood and onto the street, and then gosses it up to a few hundred miles an hour, slaloming between the stanchions of the monorail, practicing.
Word: halfling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half + -ling. Sense 3 ("half-grown young person") is attested to 1794. It was then used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings (1954) as an alternative reference to members of his hobbit race. Hobbits were used in the original 1974 releases of the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, but in later editions they were changed to "halflings" for legal reasons, as being a pre-existing word rather than one invented by Tolkien. Pronunciation: /ˈhæflɪŋ/ 1. A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit. 2. A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction. 3. A half-grown person, between a child and an adult. Example: Often it had been my fate to accompany the pick of the knight errantry of Whinnyliggate on such quests—for, though Nance was about my own age, she had become a reigning belle while I was but a halfling boy.
Word: veranda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæn.də/ 1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Example: Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out. Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
Word: maraca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese maraca, derived from Old Tupi maraká or Paraguayan Guarani mbaraka (“rattle”). Pronunciation: /məˈɹæ.kə/, /məˈɹɑ.kə/ 1. A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument. Example: Helly, please approach the MDE cart. You may choose one genre and one accessory… the maraca. Excellent choice. 2. Breasts. Labels: in-plural, slang
Word: molasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), from mel (“honey”) + -āceus (“-aceous”) + -ium, q.v. Some alternative forms derived or influenced by Spanish melaza and French mélasse, conjectured to derive from unattested Late Latin mellacea, from mel + -ācea. Pronunciation: /məˈlæsɪz/, [məˈlæsɪz], [mɵˈlæsɪz], /məʊˈlasɪz/, /məˈlasɪz/ 1. A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely. Example: When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 2. Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses. 3. Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes. Example: ‘You're the cutest thing here,’ whispered Clyde, hugging her fondly. ‘Gee, but you can pour on the molasses, kid, when you want to,’ she called out loud. 4. Something which moves or works extremely slowly. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: Though faster than typing, the daisy wheel is molasses compared to dot matrix printers. Example: Of course, time was molasses in the cold months that bracketed that very long year; time was monotony. When all days are the same, memory caves in on itself. 5. plural of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Labels: Scotland, form-of, obsolete, plural, uncountable, usually 6. Synonym of molass: whiskey made from molasses. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
Word: molasses Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), from mel (“honey”) + -āceus (“-aceous”) + -ium, q.v. Some alternative forms derived or influenced by Spanish melaza and French mélasse, conjectured to derive from unattested Late Latin mellacea, from mel + -ācea. Pronunciation: /məˈlæsɪz/, [məˈlæsɪz], [mɵˈlæsɪz], /məʊˈlasɪz/, /məˈlasɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of molass Labels: form-of, indicative, obsolete, present, singular, third-person
Word: molasses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /məˈlæsɪz/, /məˈlɑsɪz/, /məʊlasɪz/, /məˈlasɪz/ 1. plural of molasse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sablefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sable Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English sablefish From sable + fish. 1. A dark-coloured marine fish of species Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters. Example: Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
Word: albacore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese albacor, from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra, “the young camels”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bə.koɹ/ 1. A longfin tuna, a large marine fish (Thunnus alalunga) of warm seas, having edible flesh. Example: But most of all, they were jealous because these strangers feasted daily on great turtle, albacore and sail-fish, the sweetest of all seafoods.
Word: auto da fe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of (the) faith”), in turn from Latin actus de fide. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/ 1. The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics. 2. The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.
Word: bossa nova Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From colloquial Brazilian Portuguese bossa (“inclination, propensity, trend”, literally “protuberance”) + nova (“new”). Compare the English expression new wave, or the French nouvelle vague. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/ 1. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The music of that dance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The music of that dance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: carnauba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːɹnəˈuːbə/, /kɑːɹˈnuːbə/, /kɑːɹˈnaʊbə/, /kɑːɹˈnɔːbə/ 1. A Brazilian palm tree having waxy, fan-shaped leaves and toothed leafstalks, Copernicia prunifera. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The hard wax obtained from the leaves of this plant and used especially in polishes. Labels: uncountable
Word: caldera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder. Pronunciation: /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/, /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/, /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/ 1. A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano. Example: The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.
Word: cow-tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their milky sap. 1. Any of various South American trees which, when wounded, exude a rich milky liquid. 2. Brosimum utile, native to Brazil and Venezuela 3. Couma macrocarpa of the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rain forest tree native to Colombia. 4. Gymnema lactiferum, native to Ceylon. 5. Manilkara bidentata, native to Brazil
Word: grouper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese garoupa (“grouper”). Compare garrupa. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. Any of various large food and game fishes of the subfamily Epinephelinae, especially the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, which inhabit warm seas.
Word: grouper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grouper From group + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpə(ɹ)/ 1. One who groups things. 2. A groupie. Labels: dated Example: There was also a little roundfaced brunette named Marilyn who told me she used to be a teenie grouper hanging out with a rock'n'roll group called The Wild Flowers but now she was mainly with Bobby Petersen.
Word: macaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese macau, of unknown origin. English sources point to Nheengatu makawana, which is only attested from the 20th century onwards. Pronunciation: /məˈkɔː/, /məˈkɑ/, /məˈkɔ/ 1. Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.
Word: board-foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of cubic measure for timber, equal to one foot square by one inch thick.
Word: FPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of frames per second. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of feet per second (“a measure of speed”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of foot-pound-second (“a system of units”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of first-person shooter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of free phone service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of final pensionable salary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: FPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of frequently posted suggestions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: FPS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federal Protective Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: statute mile Part of Speech: noun 1. The mile of 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards, distinguished from the traditional mile of 5,000 feet employed before the 1593 Weights and Measures Act. Labels: UK Example: Near-synonym: survey mile 2. The US survey mile, distinguished from the international mile adopted by treaty in the 1950s. Labels: US Example: Near-synonym: international mile 3. The land mile in its various forms, distinguished from the nautical mile.
Word: cubit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/, /ˈkju.bɪt/ 1. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length. Example: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 2. Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm. Labels: historical 3. Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm. Labels: archaic
Word: British thermal unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of energy that is equivalent to the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at a particular temperature (there are several different precise definitions) and a pressure of one atmosphere.
Word: condor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cóndor, from Classical Quechua kuntur. The change /t/ to /d/ was characteristic of the "coastal" variety of the language. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒndɔː/, /ˈkɒndə/, /ˈkɑnˌdoɹ/, /ˈkɑndəɹ/ 1. Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California. Example: The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two: the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. 2. A gold coin of some South American countries bearing the figure of one of these vultures. 3. An Argentinian short range ballistic missile. 4. The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross). 5. A combination of four options of the same type at four strike prices, giving limited profit and limited risk.
Word: gaucho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. A cowboy of the South American pampas. Example: Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya. 2. A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments. Labels: historical
Word: jerky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English jerk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jerky From jerk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/, /ˈd͡ʒɝki/ 1. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress. Example: jerky flight Example: jerky movement 2. Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person). Labels: US Example: jerky guy Example: jerky behaviour 3. Anxious; jumpy. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: Marrabel found an ideal crevice for his loot: tight, hidden, accessible. […] His only desire was to recover the coin and get away. But the lady seemed set here, and Marrabel, ignorant of her intentions, made his first bad move. He claimed the chair, fully expecting to be given it at once. […] In strictly feminine terms she told him to go to the devil, and Marrabel, now beginning to feel jerky, veered off.
Word: jerky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/, /ˈd͡ʒɝki/ 1. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jerky Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/, /ˈd͡ʒɝki/ 1. To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky. Labels: transitive
Word: Inca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish inca, from Classical Quechua inka (“emperor”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkə/ 1. A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest. Example: To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes. Example: Archaeologists say the Incas, brought down by the Spanish conquest, used khipus – strands of woolen cords made from the hair of animals like llamas or alpacas – as an alternative to writing.
Word: puma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Quechuan *puma Quechua pumabor. Spanish pumabor. English puma Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma. Pronunciation: /puːmə/, /pjuːmə/ 1. A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK 2. Any feline belonging to the genus Puma. Labels: broadly 3. A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar. Labels: slang Example: “Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.
Word: quinoa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːn.wɑː/, /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/, /ˈkin.wɑ/, /kiˈnoʊ.ə/ 1. A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Chenopodium quinoa Will, (quinoa) is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian Quinoa Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e). Example: Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals. 2. The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Example: Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.
Word: lagniappe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Louisiana French lagniappe, from Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa (“small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer”), from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase, supplement; lagniappe”), yapay (“to add, to increase”). Pronunciation: /lænˈjæp/, /ˈlænjæp/ 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something. Labels: Louisiana, Trinidad-and-Tobago Example: Lefe had been successful, and was supposed to have amassed quite a "pile," which he was very loth indeed to part with; and when he lost, if the money were not absolutely staked, would usually put off the winner with some old horse that he had fixed up for sale, or a dubious note that he had received as "lanyappe," (Anglice, boot money.) Example: Lanyap. Something over and above. Louisiana.
Word: leprechaun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish leipreachán, luprachán, from Middle Irish luchrupán, from Old Irish luchorpán. See also Irish lucharachán. The word's further etymology is disputed; it is traditionally explained as a compound containing lú (“small”, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-) + corp (“body”, which is from Latin corpus). However, an alternative suggestion is that it is a derivative of Latin Lupercī (“priests of Lupercus”), who were misinterpreted as an antediluvian species by medieval Irish scholars. Suffix may have been assimilated to Irish -achán (“diminutive”), compare derivation of clurichaun. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛpɹəkɔːn/, /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɔn/, /ˈlɛpɹəˌkɑn/ 1. A type of diminutive, solitary fairy or sprite, traditionally depicted as a small, bearded man wearing a green coat and hat, often found repairing a single shoe; they typically possess hidden treasure, such as a pot of gold hidden at the end of a rainbow, and can be forced to reveal its location if captured. Labels: Ireland Example: So they wint, an' Tom held the Leprechaun fast in his hand, an' nivir tuk his eyes frum aff uv him, though they had to crass hidges an' ditches, an' a cruked bit uv a bog (fur the Leprechaun seemed, out o' pure mischief, to pick out the hardest and most conthrairy way), till at last they come to a grate field all full o' bolyawn buies, an' the Leprechaun pointed to a big bolyawn, an' sez he, "Dig undher that bolyawn, an' you'll git a crock chuck full o' goulden guineas." Example: Do you not catch the tiny clamour, / Busy click of an elfin hammer, / Voice of the leprechaun singing shrill, / As he merrily plies his trade? 2. An Irish person. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: smidgen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amount or quantity”) + possibly -in (a variant of -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting things considered collectively)). Smitch is possibly: * derived from smitch (“smoke from a burning or smouldering thing; spot of dirt; blemish; dirt, grime”), a variant of smeech (“(southwest England) (dense or pungent) smoke; airborne dust”), from Middle English smeche, smek, smiche (“smoke from a burning or smouldering thing; cloud of smoke; fumes, vapour; smell”), from Old English smēc, smīc (“smoke; steam; vapour”), from Proto-West Germanic *smauki (“smoke”), related to Proto-Germanic *smeukaną (“to fume, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *smewgʰ- (“smoke”); or * borrowed from Scots smitch (“smudge, stain; blemish; very small amount, speck, trace; small insignificant person”), possibly a variant of English smutch (“dirty mark, smudge, stain; dirt, grime; slight indication”) (probably related to smudge, ultimate etymology unknown) and influenced by English smit (“(UK, dialectal) a stain”). Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪn/, /-ən/ 1. Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace. Labels: informal Example: Move it a smidgen to the right. Example: Would you like some more cake? ―I’ll have a smidgen. 2. Chiefly in the form a smidgen of a: a very small or insignificant person or thing; also, an instance of such a person or thing. Labels: broadly, informal Example: In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife? Example: Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs.
Word: smithereens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. The following words, all first attested later than the headword, have been compared: * Irish smidiríní, smiodairíní (“smithereens”), from smiodar (“broken piece, fragment”) + -ín (suffix forming diminutive nouns) + -í (slender form of -aí (suffix forming plurals of some nouns)). * smither (“fragment; atom”), which would be suffixed with -een (forming diminutive nouns in Irish English). * Hiberno-English (Wexford) smaddereen, a variant of smattering (“small amount or number of something; shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject”). * Hiberno-English (Wexford) smithered, smashed Pronunciation: /smɪðəˈɹiːnz/, /ˌsmɪðəˈɹinz/ 1. Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: The urn shattered into smithereens the moment it hit the ground. Example: When the waiter dropped the platter, one smithereen struck him above the knee, and the four remaining smithereens scattered across the floor.
Word: angstrom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ångström, named after Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋstɹəm/, /ˈæŋstɹʌm/, /ˈɔŋstɹəm/ 1. A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
Word: fartlek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish fartlek, from fart (“speed”) + lek (“child’s play”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːtlɛk/, /ˈfɑɹtlək/ 1. An athletic training technique, used especially in running, in which periods of intense effort alternate with periods of less strenuous effort in a continuous workout. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In an article in Athletics Journal, Paul A. Smith described fartlek as "a continuous overdistance run with numerous faster-paced interval runs interspersed, until the runner feels tired, but not exhausted." Smith claimed that because fartlek existed in the mind of the runner as a form of play, it deemphasized the feeling or perception of fatigue. […] In a typical fartlek workout, you pick some landmark such as a tree or a bush and sprint to it, then jog until you've recovered. Example: Interval workouts are typically more intense and structured than strides and fartleks. If you have access to a track, distance is easier to gauge.
Word: glögg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of glogg. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing…just before Christmas dinner we would have glögg. Example: Berger and Malm were taking care of the annual Christmas arrangements while Blomkvist sat in Erika's chair, drinking glögg and looking on.
Word: gravlax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹavˌlaks/, /ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks/ 1. Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer. Labels: uncountable
Word: kink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk/, [ˈkʰɪŋk], /ˈkiŋk/, [ˈkʰiŋk], /ˈkɪ̝ŋk/ 1. To laugh loudly. 2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
Word: kink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk/, [ˈkʰɪŋk], /ˈkiŋk/, [ˈkʰiŋk], /ˈkɪ̝ŋk/ 1. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: kink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk/, [ˈkʰɪŋk], /ˈkiŋk/, [ˈkʰiŋk], /ˈkɪ̝ŋk/ 1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose. 2. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks. 3. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account. Example: "Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me." 4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it? Example: To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over. 5. A person with peculiar sexual tastes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "What do they think you know?" "No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in." Example: “He's a kink. All I have to do is toss off my clothes and dance around his apartment while he sits and drools.” 6. Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk/, [ˈkʰɪŋk], /ˈkiŋk/, [ˈkʰiŋk], /ˈkɪ̝ŋk/ 1. To form a kink or twist. Labels: transitive 2. To be formed into a kink or twist. Labels: intransitive
Word: moped Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish moped. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊ.pɛd/, /ˈmoʊ.pɛd/ 1. A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. Example: He took his moped into work.
Word: moped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mope + -ed. Pronunciation: /məʊpt/, /moʊpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of mope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: moped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mope + -ed. Pronunciation: /məʊpt/, /moʊpt/ 1. Melancholic, dejected. Example: it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad[…]
Word: ombudsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr. Pronunciation: /ˈɒmbədzmən/, /ˈɑmbədzmən/, /ʔomˈbʊds.mɐn/, /ˈʔom-/ 1. An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments. Example: "All the Nordic ombudsmen have the same view: that circumcision of boys should not be done until the boy is old enough to decide himself if is something he wants to do,” Anne Lindboe, Norway's Ombudsman for Children, told DW. Example: The ombudsman found that youth living at El Pueblo remained under the care and supervision of staff who had been accused of abusing them. In one case, a youth was reportedly dragged across the carpet by two staff members, resulting in rugburns on his face. 2. A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.
Word: scuffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌfəl/ 1. A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters. Example: The Dog leaps upon the Serpent, and Tears it to Pieces; but in the Scuffle the Cradle happen'd to be Overturn'd: […] Example: It appears the Company had received news that one of their captains had been killed in a scuffle with the natives. 2. Poverty; struggle. Labels: slang Example: But even on the scuffle / The cleaner's press was in my jeans 3. A child's pinafore or bib. Labels: archaic
Word: scuffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skuff (“a push”) and skuffa (“to push”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (skuƀ), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”). Pronunciation: /ˈskʌfəl/ 1. To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters. Labels: intransitive Example: Certainly a gallant man had rather fight to great diſadvantages for number and place in the field in an orderly way, then ſcuffle with an undiſciplined rabble. 2. To walk with a shuffling gait. Labels: intransitive Example: But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man. 3. To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially. Labels: slang Example: Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”
Word: scuffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a borrowing from Dutch schoffel; the English verb arose via subsequent verbification within English but is also parallel with Dutch schoffelen. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌfəl/ 1. A type of hoe, manipulated by both pushing and pulling, with a sharp blade parallel with the worked surface; an instance of this type. Example: Near-synonyms: collinear hoe, collineal hoe (loosely synonymous)
Word: scuffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a borrowing from Dutch schoffel; the English verb arose via subsequent verbification within English but is also parallel with Dutch schoffelen. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌfəl/ 1. To work the soil surface for weeding, etc. Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) scarify, cultivate, grub; weed
Word: sprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”). Pronunciation: /spɹɪnt/ 1. A short race at top speed. 2. A burst of speed or activity. 3. In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
Word: sprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”). Pronunciation: /spɹɪnt/ 1. To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period. Labels: ambitransitive Example: "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.
Word: wicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkəː/, [ˈwɪkəː], /ˈwɪkɚ/, [ˈwɪkɚ] ~ [ˈwɪkɹ̩] 1. A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Wickerwork. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: wicker basket wicker chair wicker cradle Example: Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.
Word: wicker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wiker, cognate with Swedish vikker (“willow”), Old Norse veikr (“weak”), English weak. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkəː/, [ˈwɪkəː], /ˈwɪkɚ/, [ˈwɪkɚ] ~ [ˈwɪkɹ̩] 1. Made of wickerwork. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. Example: He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.
Word: fluier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of fluey: more fluey Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: gard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard). Pronunciation: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. A garden. Labels: obsolete
Word: gard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. Obsolete spelling of guard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gard Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/ 1. Obsolete spelling of guard. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake. Pronunciation: /laɪ/ 1. A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat. Labels: historical Example: To poetry and music, indeed, the whole Celto-Cymric race seem to have been strongly addicted; and, independently of the materials which Brittany may have supplied for the history of Geoffrey of Monmouth, many other true or romantic adventures were narrated by the Breton poets in their Lais.
Word: shore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear. Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond. Example: lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore; sandy shore; rocky shore Example: the fruitful shore of muddy Nile 2. Land, usually near a port. Example: The seamen were serving on shore instead of on ships. Example: The passengers signed up for shore tours.
Word: shore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schore, from Old English *sċora (attested as sċor- in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *skurô (“rugged rock, cliff, high rocky shore”). Possibly related to Old English sċieran (“to cut”), which survives today as English shear. Cognate with Middle Dutch scorre (“land washed by the sea”), Middle Low German schor (“shore, coast, headland”), Middle High German schorre ("rocky crag, high rocky shore"; > German Schorre, Schorren (“towering rock, crag”)), and Limburgish sjaor (“riverbank”). Maybe connected with Norwegian Bokmål skjær. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. To arrive at the shore Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: the ship quickened her way, and shot past that rocke, where wee thought shee would have shored. 2. To put ashore. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I will bring these two moles, these blind ones, aboard him: if he think it fit to shore them again
Word: shore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch schore, schare (“a prop, a stay”) (modern Dutch schoor), and Middle Low German schōre, schāre (“a prop, a stay; barrier; stockade”) (compare Old Norse skorða (“a prop, a stay”) (Norwegian skor, skorda)); further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it. Example: The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
Word: shore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English shoren (“to prop, to support”) [and other forms], from Middle English shore (“a prop, a support”) (see etymology 2) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive form of verbs); compare Middle Dutch schooren (“to prop up, support”) and Middle Low German schore (“to shovel; to sweep”). Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. Not followed by up: to provide (something) with support. Labels: transitive Example: If houses were present these could be used to conceal the mine opening. As the mine progressed the roof was shored with timbers. Example: Sometimes it's easier to laminate the strips one at a time, shoring each in place only long enough for the epoxy to set. 2. Usually followed by up: to reinforce (something at risk of failure). Labels: transitive Example: My family shored me up after I failed the GED. Example: The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
Word: shore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See shear. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. simple past of shear Labels: form-of, past, transitive Example: Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke[…]. The blue-gleaming blade shore through them like a scythe through grass […].
Word: shore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally common-shore. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. A sewer. Labels: transitive Example: Emptie olde receptacles, or common-shores of filthe. Example: I need not mention the old common-shore of Rome.
Word: shore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. The word is attested in Northern English and Scots; the DSL states that schore "to threaten" is attested before 1400 (a corresponding noun schoyr is attested since 1375: "vith gret schoyr and mannasyng" in Barbour's Bruce), and suggests it might ultimately be related to Old Scots schoir "steep (of a crag)", related to shear. Alternatively, it has been suggested that it might be a variant of score or sure and related to assure. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. To threaten or warn unpleasant consequences (for someone); (sometimes) to threaten or warn off or scare away. Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive Example: The Gleds might pyked her at the dyke, Before the lads wad shored them off her. Example: Bess flew till him […] and with her fatal Knife shored she would geld him, For peace that day. 2. To threaten (to rain). Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive Example: For a' our tears and sighs are but in vain: Come, help me up; — yon sooty cloud shores rain. Example: […] the cauld win' louder blew, Shorin' o' drift,[…] 3. To offer or present (someone something). Labels: Scotland, archaic, transitive Example: ... a compliment kindly and decently shored, […]
Word: shore Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of sure. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling, transitive
Word: shore Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of sure. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling, transitive
Word: shore Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃɔɹ/, /ʃo(ː)ɹ/, /ʃoə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of sure. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling, transitive
Word: molid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fish in the family Molidae.
Word: murg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of murgh. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: “Misled how?” I toss this over in my mind as my fork tosses the murg phall, a suicidally hot Bangalore-style chicken curry designed for masochistic European taste, slowly oxidizing in my plate.
Word: oare Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of oar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: scrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage. Pronunciation: /skɹʌm/ 1. A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people. Example: A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced. 2. A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way. Labels: Canada Example: A scrum formed around Scott Brison in the House of Commons lobby shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership. 3. In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. 4. In agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress. 5. Hostile shoving between two groups. Example: [A] group of far-right lawmakers tried to mark Jerusalem Day by forcing their way into the street inhabited by the Palestinians listed for eviction. A group of leftist and Arab lawmakers blocked their path, setting off a brief scrum, before at least one far-right lawmaker ... broke through the Arabs' lines.
Word: scrum Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage. Pronunciation: /skɹʌm/ 1. To form a scrum. Labels: intransitive
Word: scrum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage. Pronunciation: /skɹʌm/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Scrum. Labels: alt-of