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Word: implore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔː/, /ɪmˈploɹ/, /ɪmˈploə/, /ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/ 1. To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech. Labels: transitive Example: And giue me leaue, / And doe not ſay 'tis Superſtition, that / I kneele, and then implore her Bleſſing. Example: But again, the Publican by his Confeſſion ſhevveth a piece of the higheſt vviſdom that a mortal Man can ſhevv; becauſe by ſo doing, he engageth as vvell as imploreth the Grace and Mercy of God to ſave him. 2. To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat. Labels: transitive Example: Acquaint her vvith the danger of my ſtate, / Implore her, in my voice, that ſhe make friends / To the ſtrict deputie: […] Example: And novv they ſhip their oars, and crovvn vvith vvine / The holy Goblet to the povv'rs divine: / Imploring all the Gods that reign above, / But chief, the blue-ey'd Progeny of Jove. 3. Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea. Labels: intransitive Example: That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring. Example: "Do not let me think of them too often, too much, too fondly," I implored; […]
Word: implore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔː/, /ɪmˈploɹ/, /ɪmˈploə/, /ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/ 1. An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Suddenly out of his delightfull dreame / The man avvoke, and vvould haue queſtiond more; / But he vvould not endure that vvofull theame / For to dilate at large, but vrged ſore / VVith percing vvordes, and pittifull implore, / Him haſty to ariſe.
Word: soigne Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of soigné. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: implicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; involved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“to entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and employ. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ 1. To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way. Labels: transitive, usually Example: The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme. Example: But it is of no use talking now; the servants will soon be stirring, and it would be rather awkward to be found here." "For you, perhaps, madam," sneered Sir George. "Rather for yourself," replied she, with the greatest composure; "you might be implicated in the charge of murder." 2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia? 3. To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature. 4. To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine. Labels: archaic
Word: implicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix), -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmplɪkət/ 1. The thing implied.
Word: implicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix), -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmplɪkət/ 1. Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in). Labels: also, figuratively, rare 2. Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in). Labels: also, especially, figuratively, rare 3. Involved, intricate. Labels: obsolete
Word: informer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er. 1. One who informs someone else about something. 2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity. Example: Being an informer often meant living in fear. Example: The police relied on an informer to catch the gang. 3. One who informs, animates, or inspires. Example: 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.
Word: minx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ǵʰmṓ The origin of the noun is uncertain. The following possible derivations have been suggested: * A variation of minikin (“(obsolete) young person, especially a young woman; small or insignificant person, thing, or amount”) + a variation of -s (suffix forming hypocoristic nouns (nicknames)) (compare minckins, a variant of minikin). * From Dutch mens, mensch (“human being, person; (derogatory, informal) woman”) (obsolete), Middle Dutch minsc, minsce, minsch; or from German Low German minsch, minsk, Middle Low German minsche (“hussy, wench”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”, adjective), from *mann- (“human being, person; man”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), *men- (“to mind; to think; spiritual activity”), or *mon- (“human being; man”)) + *-iskaz (suffix meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /mɪŋks/ 1. A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman. Example: In an other corner, Mistris Minx, a marchants wife, that will eate no cherries, forsooth, but when they are at twentie shillings a pound, that lookes as simperingly as if she were besmeard, and iets it as gingerly as if she were dancing the canaries, […] Example: How Huſſie! was there ever ſuch a provoking Minx? 2. A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute. Labels: dated, derogatory Example: Well, yet at length the houre came that flattered him with grace, / Who all too haſtie hide him ſelfe to his appointed place. / Arrived there, a pretie minx (directed wel before) / Unto a lodging brought this lord, and locked faſt the dore. / When he was ſafe, awaye ſhe went, for joy Alberto hopt, / But ſee, a chaunge! too late he ſpyde he was in priſon popt. / The windowes made of yron barres, the walles of ſtone and clay, / A bed he found, but farre unfit he thought for Venus play. Example: [W]hat did you meane by that ſame handkercher, you gaue mee euen now? […] this is ſome minxes token, and I muſt take out the worke; there, giue it the hobby horſe, whereſoeuer you had it, I'le take out no worke on't. 3. A pet dog. Labels: obsolete Example: And of doggues there ben diuerſe ſortes mo then one: For ther be hariers, or buckhoundes, there by ſpanyels made to the hawke, or for taking of foule, ther be ſhepeherdes curres, there are tye dogges or maſtifes for keepinge of houſes, there ben litle minxes, or pupees that ladies keepe in their chaumbers for eſpecial iewels to playe withall. And ſo, to one demaunding what maner a dogge he, for his part was, he feactely aunſwered and ſaied: when I am hungry I am a litle mynxe ful of play, and when my bealy is full, a maſtife.
Word: minx Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ǵʰmṓ The origin of the noun is uncertain. The following possible derivations have been suggested: * A variation of minikin (“(obsolete) young person, especially a young woman; small or insignificant person, thing, or amount”) + a variation of -s (suffix forming hypocoristic nouns (nicknames)) (compare minckins, a variant of minikin). * From Dutch mens, mensch (“human being, person; (derogatory, informal) woman”) (obsolete), Middle Dutch minsc, minsce, minsch; or from German Low German minsch, minsk, Middle Low German minsche (“hussy, wench”), all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”, adjective), from *mann- (“human being, person; man”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), *men- (“to mind; to think; spiritual activity”), or *mon- (“human being; man”)) + *-iskaz (suffix meaning ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /mɪŋks/ 1. Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: [He] knows the dress of every girl he meets— / In fact could cut you out the very plan, / Each article could name, and tell you every shade, / Whether adorning minxing miss or ancient maid! Example: Alison might have, if she hadn't minxed herself out of a job. 2. To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx. Labels: transitive Example: Whether you're sipping fine bubbly from a crystal flute while having your nails minxed, or soaking in a heavenly milk bath, a visit to Miss Fox is your ticket to forget your worries and simply indulge.
Word: minx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of mink. Pronunciation: /mɪŋks/ 1. Obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Minx […] frequents the water like the Otter, and very much reſembles it in ſhape and color, but is leſs; will abide longer under the water than the muſk quaſh, muſk rat, or little beaver: […] Example: Many of these birds are destroyed by Weasels and Minxes.
Word: minnow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun) * Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”)) * Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”) Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnəʊ/, /ˈmɪnoʊ/ 1. Very small; tiny. Labels: rare
Word: minnow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun) * Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”)) * Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”) Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnəʊ/, /ˈmɪnoʊ/ 1. To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses). Labels: intransitive 2. To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait. Labels: intransitive
Word: binge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to drink deeply", also "to soak, steep, drench", specifically "to swell a leaky wooden vessel by filling it with or plunging it into water”), of unknown origin. Possibly inherited from Middle English *bengen, from Old English *benġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bangijan (“to press”), possibly related to *bangōn (“to bang”) and thus potentially cognate with Bavarian aufbenga (“to raise for processing”), Middle Low German bengen (“to evacuate, to force birth”, German Low German bängen, bengen, bingen), and possibly Middle Scots beynge, bynge (“to cringe”, Scots beenge), though the last could be a blend of bow (“to bow”) + crenge (“to cringe”). However, compare dialectal English beam and Scots beam, beene (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”), though these could be specialised developments of Old English bēam (“wood”), with variants in /n/ being due to influence from this word or assimilation before syncopated forms of the past tense suffix. Pronunciation: /bɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc. 2. A compressed period of an activity done in excess, such as watching a television show. Labels: broadly
Word: binge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Leicestershire and Northamptonshire dialect, binge (“to drink deeply", also "to soak, steep, drench", specifically "to swell a leaky wooden vessel by filling it with or plunging it into water”), of unknown origin. Possibly inherited from Middle English *bengen, from Old English *benġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bangijan (“to press”), possibly related to *bangōn (“to bang”) and thus potentially cognate with Bavarian aufbenga (“to raise for processing”), Middle Low German bengen (“to evacuate, to force birth”, German Low German bängen, bengen, bingen), and possibly Middle Scots beynge, bynge (“to cringe”, Scots beenge), though the last could be a blend of bow (“to bow”) + crenge (“to cringe”). However, compare dialectal English beam and Scots beam, beene (“to cure leakage in a tub or barrel by soaking, thereby causing the wood to swell”), though these could be specialised developments of Old English bēam (“wood”), with variants in /n/ being due to influence from this word or assimilation before syncopated forms of the past tense suffix. Pronunciation: /bɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption. Labels: intransitive, often, transitive, with-on Example: I binged on ice cream. Example: She'll binge an entire series on the weekend.
Word: munch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare English crunch; German mampfen). Pronunciation: /mʌntʃ/ 1. To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed. Labels: often Example: Jim was munching on a biscotti. Example: At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.” 2. To eat vigorously or with excitement. Example: Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry! Example: Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
Word: munch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare English crunch; German mampfen). Pronunciation: /mʌntʃ/ 1. A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place! 2. An act of eating. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: We had a good munch at the chippy. 3. Food. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: So once we had a shower with what only I can describe as a fitted garden hose with a broken head, ventured out to get some munch. We found a little restaurant, sat down and pretty much got told what we was ^([sic]) having. 4. A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub. Labels: countable Example: And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :) Example: does anyone know any BDSM parties and munches, in greece??? 5. Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: You thought I was feelin' you? (Nah) That nigga a munch. Example: Catch lil' Ddot outside, a Blizzy gettin' dead And his mother a munch, she gon' gimme neck
Word: binge drinking Part of Speech: noun 1. The consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. Labels: uncountable Example: Fights caused by binge drinking are a major problem in Cardiff.
Word: tussle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to tousle. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌsəl/ 1. A physical fight or struggle. Example: And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day. Example: ..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man. 2. A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
Word: tussle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to tousle. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌsəl/ 1. To have a tussle. Example: The two sets of fans were tussling before the game. Example: Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.
Word: brawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)). The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above. Pronunciation: /bɹɔːl/, /bɹoːl/, /bɹɔl/, /bɹɑl/, /bɾɔl/ 1. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved. Example: Three Ciuell brawles bred of an airie word, / By the old Capulet and Mountague, / Haue thrice diſturbd the quiet of our ſtreets. Example: The complaint charged that the defendants, on, etc., at, etc., "in a certain public place, to wit, in a certain school-house in which a singing-school was then and there being held, did make a great brawl and tumult, and stamped their feet on the floor, hissed, used loud and saucy language, and were guilty of rude, indecent, and disorderly conduct."
Word: brawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German prālen (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)). The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above. Pronunciation: /bɹɔːl/, /bɹoːl/, /bɹɔl/, /bɹɑl/, /bɾɔl/ 1. To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel. Labels: intransitive Example: I doe the wrong, and firſt began to braule / The ſecret miſchiefes that I ſet abroach, / I lay vnto the grieuous charge of others: [...] Example: Theſe are the deep and profound Myſteries of Artificial Logick, invented with ſo much care by theſe fallacious Doctors, [...] Theſe are the Nets, and theſe are the Hounds with which they hunt the Truth of all things, whether natural, as in Phyſicks; or ſupernatural, as in Metaphyſicks: but according to the Proverb of Clodius and Varro, can never overtake, by reaſon of their bawling and brawling one with another. 2. To create a disturbance; to complain loudly. Labels: intransitive Example: Say beggar, why brawlest þou? go boune þe to þe barre. Example: She [the son's wife] is one that is euermore full of ſtryfe / And of all Scolders beareth the Bell. / When ſhe ſpeaketh beſt, ſhe brawleth her tonge / When ſhe is ſtyll ſhe fyghteth apace: / She is an olde Witch thoughe ſhe be yonge, / No mirth with her, no ioye or ſolace. 3. Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise. Labels: intransitive Example: To day my Lord of Amiens, and my ſelfe, / Did ſteale behinde him as he lay along / Vnder an oake, whoſe anticke roote peepes out / Vpon the brooke that brawles along this wood, [...] Example: ―When low-hung clouds each ſtar of ſummer hide, / And fireleſs are the valleys far and wide, / Where the brook brawls along the painful road, / Dark with bat haunted aſhes ſtretching broad, [...] 4. To pour abuse on; to scold. Labels: transitive
Word: brawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from French branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”), from brand, branc (“blade of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand; flaming sword; sword”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenu- (“to burn”). Pronunciation: /bɹɔːl/, /bɹoːl/, /bɹɔl/, /bɹɑl/, /bɾɔl/ 1. To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: brawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French branle (“type of dance; an act of shaking, a shake”), from branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”); see further at etymology 2. Alternatively, the word could be derived from brawl (“(obsolete) to move to and fro, quiver, shake”): see etymology 2. Pronunciation: /bɹɔːl/, /bɹoːl/, /bɹɔl/, /bɹɑl/, /bɾɔl/ 1. A type of dance move or step. Labels: obsolete 2. Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: Boy. Maiſter, will you win your loue with a french braule? / Brag[gart]. How meaneſt thou? brawling in French. / Boy. No my complet Maiſter, but to Iigge off a tune at the tongues ende, canarie to it with your feete, humour it with turning vp your eylids, ſigh a note and ſing a note ſomtime through the throate, if you ſwallowed loue with ſinging loue [...]
Word: intellectual capital Part of Speech: noun 1. the value of intellectual property Labels: uncountable
Word: guilty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪl.ti/ 1. Responsible for a dishonest act. Example: He was guilty of cheating at cards. Example: I still feel guilty about having forgotten his bday. 2. Judged to have committed a crime. Example: The guilty man was led away. 3. Having a sense of guilt. Example: Do you have a guilty conscience? Example: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing. 4. Blameworthy. Example: I have a guilty secret. Example: Don’t you see that we have been playing a guilty game, and have been overreached […]
Word: guilty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪl.ti/ 1. A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge. 2. A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime. 3. One who is declared guilty of a crime. Example: The not guilties walked out and went to work if they had jobs; the guilties were hauled away to spend maybe thirty days on the county farm growing cabbage.
Word: blink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak. Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋk/, [ˈblɪŋk] 1. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: intransitive Example: The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first. 2. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She blinked her tears away. 3. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: intransitive Example: One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. 4. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: intransitive Example: Show me thy chink, to blink through with mine eyne. 5. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: intransitive Example: The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink. Example: The sun blinked fair on pool and stream. 6. To close and reopen both eyes quickly. Labels: Geordie, intransitive, obsolete Example: Now exile is over, I'll fly to the north, The home of my childhood, the place of my birth; O the transports of gladness that over me reign, To blink upon canny Newcastle again! 7. To flash on and off at regular intervals. Example: The blinking text on the screen was distracting. 8. To flash on and off at regular intervals. Example: An urban legend claims that gang members will attack anyone who blinks them. 9. To flash on and off at regular intervals. Example: Don't come to the door until I blink twice. 10. To perform the smallest action that could solicit a response. Labels: excessive Example: All the waiters in your grand cafe / Leave their tables when you blink. 11. To have the slightest doubt, hesitation or remorse. Example: The soldier shot the intruders without so much as blinking. 12. To shut the eyes to (something); to evade, ignore. Labels: transitive Example: I have no wish to blink or extenuate the serious nature of the difficulty arising from this discrepancy of dates. Example: It is no use blinking the unpleasant fact. 13. To deceive; to hoodwink. Labels: transitive Example: "But I beg of you never more to commit her to my keeping, for I would sooner take charge of, and be accountable for, all the swine in Saxony than for one such woman, so many were the artifices and plots she devised to blink me." 14. To turn slightly sour, or blinky, as beer, milk, etc. 15. To teleport, mostly for short distances.
Word: blink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blynken, blenken, from Old English *blincan (suggested by causative verb blenċan (“to deceive”); > English blench), from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną, a variant of *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”). Cognate with Dutch blinken (“to glitter, shine”), German blinken (“to flash, blink”), Danish blinke (“to flash, twinkle, wink, blink”), Swedish blinka (“to flash, blink, twinkle, wink, blink”). Related to blank, blick, blike, bleak. Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋk/, [ˈblɪŋk] 1. The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. A text formatting feature that causes text to disappear and reappear as a form of visual emphasis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can think of no good reason to use blink because blinking text and images are annoying, they mark the creator as an amateur, and they have poor browser support. 4. A glimpse or glance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is the first blink that ever I had of him. 5. gleam; glimmer; sparkle Labels: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: Not a blink of light was there. Example: this man vanished away […]as he had been a blink of the sun 6. The dazzling whiteness about the horizon caused by the reflection of light from fields of ice at sea; iceblink Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Boughs cast where deer are to pass, in order to turn or check them. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 8. An ability that allows teleporting, mostly for short distances Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bloat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”). Pronunciation: /bləʊt/, /bloʊt/ 1. To cause to become distended. 2. To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant. Labels: intransitive 3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell. 4. To become distended; to swell up. Labels: intransitive Example: if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres 5. To fill with vanity or conceit. Example: 1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise 6. To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking. Labels: dated Example: bloated herring 7. To increase to an excessive amount. Example: In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.
Word: bloat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”). Pronunciation: /bləʊt/, /bloʊt/ 1. Distention of the abdomen from death. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Wasteful use of space or other resources. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat. 4. A worthless, dissipated fellow. Labels: countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable 5. A group of hippopotamuses. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: A group of hippos is called a bloat.
Word: bloat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”). Pronunciation: /bləʊt/, /bloʊt/ 1. bloated. Labels: obsolete Example: Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed
Word: compensating Part of Speech: adj 1. That compensates for something.
Word: compensating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of compensate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: S.W.A.T. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of SWAT. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: repugnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious. By surface analysis, re- + Latin pugn + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/ 1. Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion. Example: Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here 2. Opposed or in conflict. Example: a repugnant condition
Word: cowson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1920s. From cow + son 1. An objectionable, contemptible, unfortunate or stubborn person, place or situation (sometimes used ironically or humorously); bastard; git. Labels: London, South, archaic, slang Example: Dance, yuh funny-faced cowson. Example: Well, I come down in the world…It’s a cowson, ain’t it.
Word: cowson Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the 1920s. From cow + son 1. Used for emphasis; bloody; fucking. Labels: London, South, archaic, not-comparable, slang Example: That cowson nut is rusted frozen. Example: That cowson car refused to start on the tenth attempt.
Word: diglyph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English glyph English diglyph From di- + glyph. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪɡlɪf/ 1. A member with two vertical channels or grooves, without the two lateral half grooves which characterize the triglyph.
Word: diluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin diluens, from diluere. See dilute. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪljuənt/ 1. That which dilutes. 2. A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing. 3. An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink. Example: But the case was pressing, and the nearest medical practitioner was sent for. On examining the throat, he expressed his desire that a physician should be called in, and accordingly a gentleman, duly authorized, made his appearance, and prescribed gargles and diluents secundem artem.
Word: diluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin diluens, from diluere. See dilute. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪljuənt/ 1. Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water. Example: there is no real Diluent but Water, every Fluid is diluent as it contains Water in it
Word: discontention Part of Speech: noun 1. Discontent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dispositif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dispositif. 1. A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue. Example: Thereafter the court ruled unanimously in paragraph 2c of its dispositif that threat or use of force by means of nuclear weapons is contrary to the UN charter and is unlawful. 2. According to Michel Foucault, the aggregate of institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures that enhance and maintain the exercise of power within society (see dispositif).
Word: ex vivo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin ex vivo. 1. Outside the living organism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ecology block Part of Speech: noun 1. A large concrete block with a groove in the bottom face and a tongue on the top face to eliminate slippage when they are stacked. There is also a steel loop on the top face to facilitate lifting. The blocks are stacked in an offset manner to create a wall for retaining earth by means of their great mass. A wall built with them can be readily dismantled and the blocks reused (in ecological fashion).
Word: effort distance Part of Speech: noun 1. The distance from the effort on a lever to the fulcrum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: egocasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of egocast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: egocasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The portrayal of an individual ego or personality through a network, such as in an Internet forum, weblog, podcast, or photoblog. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: environmentally friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing lesser, little, or no harm to the environment. Example: "HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed. This is a key part of our commitment to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway in the most environmentally friendly way and minimising disruption to our neighbours," said HS2 Ltd Client Director Malcolm Codling.
Word: EOI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of expression of interest (a business communication that an organization is interested in providing goods or services). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of emotional over-involvement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: EOI manifests itself by over-emotionality, excessive self-sacrifice, over-identification, and extreme overprotective behavior with the patient.
Word: eolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Aeolicus, from Ancient Greek Αἴολος (Aíolos, “Aeolus, god of the winds”). 1. Of the wind; referring to the action or the power of wind. Labels: not-comparable
Word: epigone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛpəɡəʊn/, /ˈɛpɪɡəʊn/, /ˈɛpəɡoʊn/, /ˈɛpɪɡoʊn/, /ˈɛpəɡɑn/ 1. A follower or disciple. Example: India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs. 2. An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style. Example: While Shaler remained subordinate, he followed Agassiz’s intellectual lead, often with the epigone’s habit of exaggerating his master’s voice. Example: In another twist to the myth, his Head of Department, the ageless and loathsome Vermishank, was not a plodding epigone but an exceptional bio-thaumaturge.
Word: etux Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin et (“and”) + uxor (“wife”). 1. Alternative spelling of et ux. ("and wife") Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: euthyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English euthyroid Coined between 1920 and 1925 from Greek eu- + thyroid. Pronunciation: /juˈθaɪɹɔɪd/ 1. Having normal thyroid function. Labels: not-comparable
Word: euthyroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English euthyroid Coined between 1920 and 1925 from Greek eu- + thyroid. Pronunciation: /juˈθaɪɹɔɪd/ 1. A person with a normally functioning thyroid.
Word: excludability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English excludable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English excludability From excludable + -ity. 1. The ability to be excluded. Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which a good, service, or resource can be limited to only paying customers, or conversely, the degree to which a supplier, producer etc. can prevent consumption of a good. Labels: uncountable
Word: exposure treatment Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of destimulation via gradual exposure to the stimulus, so that the reaction eventually becomes neutral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: family-friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. Suitable for families consisting of parents and minor children. Example: This family friendly paradise - with its giant snow slides, outdoor amphitheatre, and traditional winter activities - is the ideal destination for the young and old alike. 2. Promoting the welfare of the family structure. Example: [...] reviewing the parental leave and maternity schemes and, finally, raising awareness of employers about the importance of creating a family-friendly working environment. Example: It's phenomenal to have the family-friendly policies which give people much better work-life balance compared with where we were 37 years ago." 3. Devoid of material deemed inappropriate for children such as sexually-explicit text or images, use of profanity, or references to the use of illegal drugs. Labels: US
Word: Fantini Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fantini. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: fashionista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fashion + -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista. Piecewise doublet of earlier fashionist. Pronunciation: /ˌfæ.ʃəˈnɪ.stə/, /ˌfæ.ʃəˈni.stə/ 1. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor. Example: Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years. 2. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.
Word: fatality rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of people that die per a number of cases.
Word: femtoengineering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-Germanic *fimftehun Old Norse fimmtánder. Danish femtender. English femto- English engineering English femtoengineering From femto- + engineering. 1. Engineering subatomic particles by manipulating quarks. Labels: uncountable
Word: finite generator Part of Speech: noun 1. A sequence generator which has a finite description of the internal generator state.
Word: flying sport Part of Speech: noun 1. Any activity involving aviation for recreation and competition. Flying sports include air racing, homebuilt aircraft, ultralight aviation, and hot-air ballooning.
Word: foofy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly a blend of fluffy + poofy or frilly + poofy. Possibly derived from foofaraw. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːfi/, /ˈfʊfi/ 1. Excessively frilly or frou-frou, typically in a manner calculated to attract attention to an otherwise unremarkable person or event. Labels: slang 2. Poofy; inflated in a funny way. Labels: slang 3. Big and fluffy. Labels: slang
Word: frequency channel Part of Speech: noun 1. The band used by one customer, among the given total frequency spectrum.
Word: G-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. army military intelligence officer position at the division level and higher Labels: US
Word: G-2 Part of Speech: phrase 1. gear-to, gear up; to gear up and get ready for battle, movement, or any type of action. Labels: slang
Word: garbage scow Part of Speech: noun 1. A watercraft that carries garbage and waste from one location to others for distribution and disposal. Labels: colloquial
Word: Vrbas Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Serbia. 2. A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Word: Vrbas Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Vrba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: procedure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/, /pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ/, [pɹəˈsɪi.d͡ʒə], [pɹəˈsɪ̈i.d͡ʒə] 1. A particular method for performing a task. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination. 2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks. Labels: uncountable Example: Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information. 4. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gracious procedures. 5. That which results; issue; product. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance. 6. A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A surgical operation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Anointing of the Sick Part of Speech: name 1. A Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a sick or dying person with oil and prays for his salvation.
Word: extreme unction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extreme (“to limit, final”) + unction (“anointing”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹiːm ˌʌŋk.ʃən/, /ɛkˈstɹiːm ˌʌŋk.ʃən/ 1. The Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Labels: uncountable
Word: pontiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pontife m, from Latin pontifex m. Doublet of pontifex. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒntɪf/ 1. A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical 2. A bishop of the early Church; now specifically, the Pope. Example: In several respects John turned out to be an unexpected figure as supreme pontiff. 3. Any chief figure or leader of a religion. Labels: figuratively
Word: gravitropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gravi- + -tropism. 1. A plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Phillipp Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, a rare spelling of Philip.
Word: play with fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm telling you, if you sign that paper, you're playing with fire. Example: Play with fire and you get burned.
Word: SWAT Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /swɒt/, /swɑt/ 1. Acronym of special weapons and tactics, the area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: After Trump won the 2024 election and rumors of a cost-cutting-and-efficiency SWAT team began to swirl, Dudek asked people he knew at big tech companies for introductions to potential DOGE members. 2. A SWAT team. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: "This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT," the policeman said.