nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: division Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin dīvīsiō, dīvīsiōnem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle dīvīsus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”). Doublet of divisio. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɪʒn̩/, /dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n/ 1. The act or process of dividing anything. Labels: uncountable 2. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of dividing a number by another. Labels: uncountable 4. A calculation that involves this process. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I've got ten divisions to do for my homework. 5. A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A usually high-level section of a large company or conglomerate. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta. 8. An optional rank subordinate to the infraclass and superordinate to the legion and cohort; a taxon at that rank. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they’re not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker,” he wrote Tuesday. […] In a July 2020 unveiling of a report from his “Commission on Unalienable Rights” that purported that “more rights does not necessarily mean more justice,” Pompeo fanned flames of division stoked by Trump, warning that “the very core of what it means to be an American, indeed the American way of life itself, is under attack” amid nationwide protests for racial justice and against police brutality. 10. A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords. 11. A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code. Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A lesson; a class. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 16. A parliamentary constituency. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable
Word: dev Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /dɛv/ 1. Clipping of developer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: “Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post. Example: Some fans, naturally, quizzed the Rockstar dev as to when they might expect a second trailer to drop. However, as is classic Rockstar, there are no answers on that front. 2. Clipping of development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: game dev 3. Clipping of device. Labels: Unix, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: dev Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva. 1. A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant. Labels: Armenian 2. An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins. Labels: Armenian
Word: dame Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna. Pronunciation: /deɪm/ 1. To make a dame. Example: The French call simply Pawn, “la Dame qui n’est point Damée, et l’on n’appelle Dame proprement dite, que le Pion qui est Damé, et couvert d’un autre Pion,” which means “the Draught or Pawn which is not damed, and which is only termed Dame or Queen, when the Pawn which is damed, is covered with another Pawn.” Example: Jonathan’s first edition of Calais was signed by Dame Agatha [Christie]. Not as Dame Agatha, just plain Agatha. She got Damed later.
Word: sir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire. Pronunciation: /sɜː/, /sɝ/, /sɪɾ/, /søː/, /seː/ 1. A man of a higher rank or position. 2. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly Example: Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir. 3. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position Example: Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John. 4. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position Example: Sir, yes sir. 5. A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position Example: Here's my report, sir. 6. A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown. Example: Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum? Example: Knowledge, sir, should be free to all!
Word: sir Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire. Pronunciation: /sɜː/, /sɝ/, /sɪɾ/, /søː/, /seː/ 1. To address another individual using "sir". Labels: informal, transitive Example: Sir, yes, sir! —Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living! Example: Don't "Sir" me, young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with!
Word: dud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”). Pronunciation: /dʌd/ 1. A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile. Labels: informal Example: The only amusing highlight was Gudgeon having managed to exploit U.S. codebreaking efforts to ambush and destroy the submarine I-173, albeit not for the lack of the Mark 14's trying to sabotage the effort, as the torpedo that had hit the sub had refused to detonate; it seemed, however, that the car-crash levels of kinetic energy involved in the dud simply ramming the sub had nonetheless done enough to fatally damage it. Example: Alzheimer's Drug Aduhelm Went From Being Hailed A 'Game Changer' To A Dud 2. A failure of any kind. Labels: informal Example: At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud. 3. A failure of any kind. Labels: informal Example: "Now you can't fool me. Tom, I'm not one o' those duds that pay you a thick 'un for an hour in the dark." 4. A failure of any kind. Labels: informal 5. Clothes, now always used in plural form duds. Labels: informal, obsolete
Word: dud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”). Pronunciation: /dʌd/ 1. Useless; failing; ineffective. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] they're flying in the duddest of dud weather to hold the Germans back.
Word: dummy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmi/ 1. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality. Example: The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals. 2. To feint. Example: The more glamorous qualities usually associated with him are skill and pace and he used those to race on to a ball across him and dummy a defender before having a right-foot shot saved. Example: For the first, the 30-year-old allowed Walcott space on the right to send in a pass that was expertly dummied by Samir Nasri, allowing Van Persie to swivel and smash right-footed past Robert Green.
Word: dummy Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmi/ 1. Extremely. Labels: US, slang Example: It's dummy hot outside.
Word: elf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Old English ielf Middle English elf English elf From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pronunciation: /ɛlf/ 1. A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves. Labels: Germanic Example: […] if theyr children at any time vvere frowarde and vvanton, they would ſay to them that the Guelfe or the Gibeline came. VVhich vvords novve from them (as many thinge els) be come into our vſage, and for Guelfes and Gibelines, we ſay Elfes & Goblins. Example: The man whom heauens haue ordaynd to bee / The ſpouſe of Britomart, is Arthegall: / He wonneth in the land of Fayeree, / Yet is no Fary borne, ne ſib at all / To Elfes, but ſprong of ſeed terreſtriall, / And whylome by falſe Faries ſtolne away, / Whyles yet in infant cradle he did crall; / Ne other to himſelfe is knowne this day, / But that he by an Elfe was gotten of a Fay. 2. A small, magical creature similar to a fairy, often mischievous, playful, or occasionally helpful. Example: For there and ſeveral other places / About mill dams and green brae faces, / Both Elrich, Elfs and Brownies ſtayed, / And Green gown’d Farries daunc’d and played; […] Example: IN Days of Old when Arthur fill’d the Throne, / Whoſe Acts and Fame to Foreign Lands were blown; / The King of Elfs and little Fairy Queen / Gamboll’d on Heaths, and danc’d on ev’ry Green. 3. A member of a race of tall, slender, graceful beings with pointed ears, typically immortal or very long-lived and possessing wisdom and magical abilities. Example: Much of fairy lore clusters around the so-called fairy rings, that is, the green circles in old pastures within which the elfs were supposed to dance at night by the light of the moon. Example: He was not speaking troll-talk now, but the language of Elfland, that grander tongue that he had had to speak when he was before the King: for he knew the language of Elfland although it was never used in the homes of the trolls, who preferred troll-talk. This language was spoken in those days also by men, for there were fewer languages then, and the elves and the people of Erl both used the same. 4. Ellipsis of Christmas elf. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis Example: Since you’ve been out, the news arrives / The Elfs’ Insurance Company’s gone. 5. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Labels: obsolete 6. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Labels: South-Africa
Word: elf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Old English ielf Middle English elf English elf From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pronunciation: /ɛlf/ 1. To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat. Labels: archaic Example: My face I'll grime with filth, blanket my loins, elf all my hairs in knots, and with presented nakedness outface the winds and persecutions of the sky.
Word: eve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source. In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve". Pronunciation: /iːv/ 1. The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve. Example: She died on the eve of her 100th birthday. 2. Evening, night. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: on a cold winter's eve. Example: I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve 3. The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced Labels: figuratively Example: the eve of a scientific discovery
Word: nil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility. Pronunciation: /nɪl/ 1. Nothing; zero. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Sedatives, contrary to popular lay and medical opinion, are invaluable in those who are not aided by the simpler means. Bromides, barbital and its innumerable offspring may be used with success, their administration being supplemented with a word of warning as to the evasion of any advice from the community grandmothers contrary to its use. The danger of forming a habit is to my mind nil, except in the few instances in which patients have felt that if a little is good more is better. The necessity for not advising the patient of the nature of the remedy, except that it is not a “dope,” is obvious. An alternation of remedies is advisable in long standing cases, and its practice never reveals any tendency to habit formation. Example: As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil. 2. A score of zero Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
Word: nil Part of Speech: det Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See nihilism, nihility. Pronunciation: /nɪl/ 1. No, not any. Example: But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
Word: null Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus. Pronunciation: /nʌl/, /nʊl/, /nɐl/, /nal/ 1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values. 2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing. Example: The kindes of Cyphars, (beſides the Simple Cyphars with Changes, and the intermixtures of Nvlles, and Nonsignificants) are many, according to the Nature or Rule of infoulding : Wheele-Cyphars, Kay-Cyphars, Dovbles, &c. 3. Something that has no force or meaning. 4. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator. 5. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value. Example: Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null. 6. One of the beads in nulled work. 7. The null hypothesis.
Word: null Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus. Pronunciation: /nʌl/, /nʊl/, /nɐl/, /nal/ 1. Having no validity; "null and void". Example: And however Firmilian and S. Cyprian might be deceived in the thinking hereticks quite loſt their orders ; yet in this they were untouched, that although their ſuppoſition was queſtionable, yet their ſuperſtructure was not meddled with, viz. That if they had been Lay-perſons, their Baptizations were null and invalid. 2. Insignificant. Example: In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise. 3. Absent or non-existent. Example: The most recent attempt to contact Pioneer 10 was on 6-7 February 2003. But in this case, the Madrid station got conclusively null results after an assiduous search. 4. Of the null set. 5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero. 6. Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic. 7. Neutral. Example: In normal operation, the input cranks to both the MPCU and standby rudder actuator will rotate to provide the servo valve command to the units, and the rudder will be hydraulically moved by the MPCU. The rudder movement is in turn fed back mechanically to both the MPCU and standby actuator systems so that when the rudder surface deflects to the position commanded by the pilot, the input cranks on both of the units will be returned to their null positions. Thus, there is a geometric relationship between the rudder position, the input crank of the MPCU, the torque tube, and the input crank of the standby rudder actuator that is retained during normal operation.
Word: null Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus. Pronunciation: /nʌl/, /nʊl/, /nɐl/, /nal/ 1. To nullify; to annul. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Thy fair enchanted cup, and warbling charms / No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d, / So much of Adders wiſdom I have learnt / To fence my ear againſt thy Sorceries. 2. To return to the null position, setting, etc. Example: Three factors could ameliorate the effect of a bound input shaft and bearing. The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve. The second factor is the application of a load sufficient to break loose the binding between the input shaft and bearing. The third factor is a loss of torque of the bearing in the standby rudder actuator housing to permit the rotation of the bearing and shaft together within the housing to compensate for the bound shaft. 3. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe. 4. To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software). Labels: slang, transitive Example: A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.
Word: void Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus. Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/ 1. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense. Example: I'll get me to a place more void. 2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: divers great offices that had been long void 3. Being without; destitute; devoid. Labels: not-comparable, with-of Example: Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow. Example: He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. 4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. Labels: not-comparable Example: [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. Example: I will make void the counsel of Judah. 5. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification. Labels: not-comparable Example: null and void Example: Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void. 6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. Labels: not-comparable Example: And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain! 7. Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function. Labels: not-comparable Example: In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value. Example: The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function. 8. Having no cards in a particular suit. Labels: not-comparable
Word: void Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus. Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/ 1. An empty space; a vacuum. Example: Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go. Example: Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense. 2. An extended region of space containing no galaxies. 3. A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice. 4. A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation. 5. An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade. 6. A black cat. Labels: Internet, endearing, humorous Example: My little void is so sweet sometimes. 7. An empty place; a location that has nothing useful. Example: From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments. 8. The lack of cards in a particular suit. 9. A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion. Example: A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train travelled over it. 10. An instance of urination.
Word: void Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus. Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/ 1. To make invalid or worthless. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: nullify Example: He voided the check and returned it. 2. Synonym of empty (verb). Labels: transitive Example: void one’s bladder Example: void one’s bowels 3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge. Example: to void excrement Example: You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur 4. To withdraw; to depart. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye 5. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to void a table Example: If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.
Word: void Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of voidee. Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/ 1. A voidee. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.
Word: ping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang. Pronunciation: /pɪŋ/ 1. A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. Example: My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away. Example: With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.] 2. A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels. Example: The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship. 3. A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence. Example: The network is overloaded from all the pings going out. 4. An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement. Labels: Internet Example: I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim. 5. Latency. Example: "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!" > > And other such insights into why I was winning. 6. A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it. 7. A notification.
Word: ping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang. Pronunciation: /pɪŋ/ 1. To make a high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound. Example: My car was pinging until my last oil change. Example: The microwave pinged. He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again. 2. To emit a signal and then listen for its echo in order to detect objects. 3. To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present, particularly by use of the ping utility. Example: I'm pinging their server. Example: The server pings its affiliates periodically. 4. To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response. Labels: broadly Example: I'll ping the insurance company again to see if they've received our claim. Example: If any deeper etymology is required, Arthur, don't ping me; I'll ping you. 5. To flick. Labels: colloquial Example: I pinged the crumb off the table with my finger. 6. To bounce. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: The ball pinged off the wall and came hurtling back. Example: At that moment a rifle cracked. The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet. 7. To cause something to bounce. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Charging through the Bolton midfield to find a free moment, Essien then pinged the ball into the space into which Drogba was intelligently running. 8. To call out audibly. Labels: colloquial Example: However, after an inside pass from Moody to Tom Croft and a surge from the England blind-side, number eight James Haskell was eventually pinged from in front of the posts for not releasing. 9. To penalize. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: Gary Ablett was pinged for holding the ball and gave away a free kick. 10. To trigger a person's gaydar; to look or act obviously homosexual. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: Bob has two kids, but he really pings. Example: Plus, he pings her gaydar big time, although there's nothing obvious about it in his comportment.
Word: tank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). A false friend can be found in North Germanic: dunk (“canister, keg”), 17th c. tönk, which appears derived from both Low German tunneke, Dutch tonneke (diminutive of "barrel"), and dunka (“to dunk, to dip under water, to moisten”). * In the sense of armoured vehicle, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature and due to physical resemblance. First attested in 1915, but in common usage only as of 1916. Displaced landship, and mostly displaced battlewagon. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋk/, [ˈtʰæŋk], /ˈtaŋk/, [ˈtʰaŋk], [ˈtʰäŋk] Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: tank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī). A false friend can be found in North Germanic: dunk (“canister, keg”), 17th c. tönk, which appears derived from both Low German tunneke, Dutch tonneke (diminutive of "barrel"), and dunka (“to dunk, to dip under water, to moisten”). * In the sense of armoured vehicle, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water to disguise their nature and due to physical resemblance. First attested in 1915, but in common usage only as of 1916. Displaced landship, and mostly displaced battlewagon. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋk/, [ˈtʰæŋk], /ˈtaŋk/, [ˈtʰaŋk], [ˈtʰäŋk] 1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. Example: He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices. Example: "[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver." 2. To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently. 3. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank. Labels: transitive Example: Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake. Example: Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil). 4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage. Example: Beforehand, Swedish [national ice hockey team] coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had ruminated about tanking against Slovakia to avoid powerful Canada or the Czechs in the quarters [i.e., quarterfinals of the 2006 Winter Olympic tournament], telling Swedish television, "One is cholera, the other the plague." 5. To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt. Labels: slang Example: Unless Bane can tank Helicarrier-busting explosions I'm not sure how he stands a chance. Example: A weakened Superman tanked an explosion 50 times larger than the Kepler's Supernova and the electromagnetic shock wave hit him. 6. To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank. Labels: slang 7. To stand; to tolerate. Labels: Singapore, colloquial 8. To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden. Labels: Singapore, colloquial
Word: tank Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋk/, [ˈtʰæŋk], /ˈtaŋk/, [ˈtʰaŋk], [ˈtʰäŋk] 1. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight. 2. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
Word: wand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”). Pronunciation: /wɒnd/, /wɑnd/, /wɔnd/ 1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. Example: Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows. 2. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority. Example: Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart. 3. An instrument shaped like a wand. Labels: broadly Example: curling wand Example: Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening 4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow. Example: The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Example: In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers. 5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands. 6. A player's foot used especially skillfully in football. Labels: UK, figuratively, informal Example: Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails. Example: Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.
Word: wand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”). Pronunciation: /wɒnd/, /wɑnd/, /wɔnd/ 1. To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector. Labels: transitive 2. To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part). Labels: transitive
Word: ogre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ɡə/, /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ 1. A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans. Example: And in the seventh tale of the third day of the same collection, when Corvetto had hidden himself under the Ogre's bed to steal his quilt, "he began to pull quite gently, when the Ogre awoke, and bid his wife not to pull the clothes that way, or she'd strip him, and he would get his death of cold." "Why, it's you that are stripping me," replied the Ogress, "and you have not left a stitch on me." "Where the devil is the quilt?" says the Ogre[.] Example: If I came suddenly upon a well where women were drawing water or children bathing, a sudden flight was the certain result; which things occurring day after day, were very unpleasant to a person who does not like to be disliked, and who had never been accustomed to be treated as an ogre. 2. A cruel person. Labels: figuratively Example: People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
Word: cord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːd/, [ˈkʰɔːd], /ˈkɔɹd/, [ˈkʰɔɹd] 1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example). Labels: countable Example: The burglar tied up the victim with a cord. 2. Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity. Labels: uncountable Example: He looped some cord around his fingers. Example: cord of spittle 3. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is—by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect. Example: 'If they buy three cords of birch logs,' said the witch, 'but they must be exact measure—and no bargaining about the price, and if they throw overboard the one cord of logs, piece by piece, when the first sea comes, and the other cord, piece by piece, when the second sea comes, and the third cord, piece by piece, when the third sea comes, then it's all over with us.' 5. Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Clear-headed friend, whose joyful scorn, / Edged with sharp laughter, cuts atwain / The knots that tangle human creeds, / The wounding cords that bind and strain / The heart until it bleeds, […] Example: Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed. 6. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords Example: Since spinal cord injury is associated with edema and changes in AQP4 expression, Ge and coworkers investigated the potential antiedema effect of epigallocatechin gallate and its underlying mechanism on a rat model of acute spinal cord injury. 7. Dated form of chord. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable 8. Misspelling of chord, a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing. Labels: alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
Word: cord Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːd/, [ˈkʰɔːd], /ˈkɔɹd/, [ˈkʰɔɹd] 1. To furnish with cords. 2. To tie or fasten with cords. 3. To flatten a book during binding. 4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Word: obi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”). Pronunciation: /ˈoʊbi/ 1. A sash worn with a kimono. Example: The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing. Example: They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake. 2. A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.
Word: obi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈoʊbi/ 1. Alternative form of obeah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: kimono Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmoʊnoʊ/, /kəˈmoʊnə/, [kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯noʊ̯], [kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯nə], /kɪˈməʊnəʊ/ 1. A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions. Example: Presenting 84 kimonos dating as far back as the 1660s, the show traces how the kimono became a truly global garment worn, sold, riffed on and reinvented by artisans, designers and fashion-lovers around the world. 2. A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment. 3. A bathrobe or dressing gown. Labels: regional
Word: ta Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz. Pronunciation: /tɑː/, [tʰɑː] 1. Thanks. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: Ta for the cup of tea. 2. give (imperative) Labels: Commonwealth, childish Example: Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!
Word: ta Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /tə/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: hasta
Word: ta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note. Pronunciation: /tɑː/ 1. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te. Labels: uncountable
Word: binary operation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any operation taking two operands. Example: The "four rules" of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are examples of binary operations.
Word: duo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic. Pronunciation: /ˈdjuː.əʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒuː.əʊ/, /ˈdu.oʊ/, /ˈdju.oʊ/ 1. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially 2. Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially: 3. Any pair of people. 4. Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur. 5. A meal with two paired components. Example: The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint. 6. A song in two parts; a duet. Example: I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.
Word: syzygy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sȳzygia (“a conjunction”), from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía, “a union, a yoke, a pair”). This word was recognized as English in 1847 (in its astronomical meaning). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪz.ɪ.d͡ʒi/ 1. An alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as occurs at an eclipse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The duration of an eclipse depends on the relative positions of the sun, moon, and earth in their syzygy. 2. An archetypal pairing of contrasexual opposites, symbolizing the communication of the conscious and unconscious minds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In 1936 Jung defends his concept of animus and anima by reference to the idea of the syzygy, concluding from the evidence in many different mythologies of the divine couple, united by a sacred marriage, that this motif is as universal as the existence of men and women. He postulates that in the syzygy the archetypal union of the parents is expressed, the mother corresponding to the anima. 3. A relation between generators of a module. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A finitely presented module is an A-module M given by a finite number of generators and relations. Therefore it is a module with a finite generator set having a finitely generated syzygy module. 4. The fusion of some or all of the organs. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The association of two protozoa end-to-end or laterally for the purpose of asexual exchange of genetic material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When two or more arm-joints meet transversely by a rigid suture, and only the upper one is pinnule-bearing, those joints form a syzygy, whether their apposed faces are striated, dotted, or smooth. Example: These include syzygy, fusion of larvae or adults of flatworms, fusion of buds of some Tunicata, somatic fertilization (fusion of spermatozoa with somatic cells), composite zygotes of some Cestoda and Insecta, and fusion of cells in various tissues. 6. The pairing of chromosomes in meiosis. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Complementary female–male pairings of the emanations known as Aeons. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eclipse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis. See also ellipse, ellipsis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɪps/, /iˈklɪps/ 1. An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Obscurity, decline, downfall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a. 1618, Walter Raleigh, quoted in Eclipse, entry in 1805, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Volume 2, unnumbered page, All the posterity of our first parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Example: As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
Word: eclipse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English eclipse, from Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “to abandon, go missing, vanish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “to leave behind”). Doublet of eclipsis. See also ellipse, ellipsis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɪps/, /iˈklɪps/ 1. Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse. Labels: transitive Example: The Moon eclipsed the Sun. Example: She turned to the casement on which the moon was shining; for the high wind had driven aside the clouds, whose huge dark masses threatened soon to eclipse the pale and dim circle of passing light. 2. To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: For, till I see them here, by doubtful fear / My joy of liberty is half eclips'd. Example: [H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […] 3. To undergo eclipsis. Labels: Irish
Word: Space Shuttle Part of Speech: noun 1. A space transportation system developed by NASA consisting of a reusable winged orbiter, a set of recoverable booster rockets, and a fuel tank. 2. The reusable winged orbiter of this system.
Word: STS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of science and technology studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In the third chapter, Lars Fuglsang, with a sketch of three general approaches to STS in relation to public policy formation, considers two versions of determinism: one in which science and technology shape society, another in which society shapes science and technology. 2. Initialism of secondary traumatic stress. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Secondary traumatic stress (STS) is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder that has also been linked to burnouts. For Brendel, mindfulness is a way to simultaneously “mediate the risks and heal the healer”. 3. Initialism of special treatment steel (a type of homogenous armor plate). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable