nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wet blanket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Suggesting that such a person would extinguish fun in the same manner a wet blanket can smother and extinguish a fire. 1. Alternative form of wet-blanket. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I say almost because I could still hear Ted trying his best to wet blanket Webster's Halloween costume idea. Example: The secretary of the state retail association recently seen wet blanketed the whole thing, doubting the possibility of representative figures, or of getting the dealers to tell the truth, at least when business was poor and they begin to cut the prices of their competitors.
Word: sharp cookie Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead. Labels: idiomatic Example: She's a sharp cookie and will have no trouble seeing a sales pitch for what it is.
Word: first rate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of first-rate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: first rate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of first-rate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: top of the line Part of Speech: adj 1. The best, or of the highest quality, especially among a range of products. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: When you buy a top-of-the-line refrigerator, you expect it to work for many years. Example: Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got two contrast knobs!
Word: blow off steam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Relief valves released the excess pressure in a steam engine to prevent the boiler from exploding. 1. To vent; to talk or take action (especially in a ranting or unrestrained way) so as to relieve stress. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't take it personally when he shouts like that. He's just blowing off steam. Example: I told her she could call me and talk any time she wanted to blow off steam. 2. To do something to get rid of excess energy or worry, especially exercise or diversion. Labels: idiomatic
Word: automagically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English automagical Middle English -ly English -ly English automagically From automagical + -ly. 1. In an automagical manner; happening seemingly without effort.
Word: under someone's nose Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Directly in front of one; clearly visible. Labels: idiomatic Example: I searched for my glasses for twenty minutes, and finally found them right under my nose. 2. Obvious or apparent. Labels: idiomatic Example: If we had paid more attention, we would have found that answer was under our noses the whole time.
Word: grundle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly Utah colloquial from blend of group + bundle. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌndəl/ 1. A big bunch, lots. Labels: slang Example: We won't completely explain why this approach works — just trust us and save a grundle of work. Example: We've got a grundle of push buttons, but nobody has to remember what mode they're in.
Word: grundle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of grumble. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌndəl/ 1. A small grumble. Labels: colloquial
Word: grundle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of grumble. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌndəl/ 1. To emit a grumble, or a lesser version thereof Labels: colloquial
Word: grundle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. See grundy. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌndəl/ 1. The perineum; the area between the anus and genitals. Labels: US, slang Example: I placed a finger, then two, on his grundle for added pleasure. Example: I hit the flush button and I feel the air from the VCHT (vacuum, collection, and holding tank) system pass over my grundle. That one full second of cool air down below is one of the few perks of the day and of the job.
Word: grundle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌndəl/ 1. A holloway; a kind of ancient road or track. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: sticking point Part of Speech: noun 1. A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation. Labels: idiomatic Example: The question of representing inside workers was a sticking point. Example: A major sticking point had arisen over draft article IV of the proposed treaty dealing with the disputed Antarctic claims and rights. 2. The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: It warmed his feelings to the sticking point. Example: I could not screw my courage to the sticking point.
Word: impasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. French im- French passe French impassebor. English impasse Borrowed from French impasse. Pronunciation: /ˈæmpɑːs/, /æmˈpɑːs/, /ˈɪmpɑːs/, /ɪmˈpɑːs/, /ˈɪmpæs/ 1. A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. 2. A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made. Labels: figuratively Example: “It seems to me the thing's an impasse. French expression,” I explained, “meaning that we're stymied good and proper with no hope of finding a formula.” Example: "Young man, this town is at a bit of an impasse. If you have any suggestion that might help, now would be the time to voice it."
Word: stumbling block Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably originally from Romans 14:13 or 1 Corinthians 8:9 in the King James Version of the Bible, translating Koine Greek πρόσκομμα (próskomma). 1. A hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error. Labels: idiomatic Example: Idioms are a common stumbling block for learners of a language. Example: And by opting not to enforce the law in the recent strikes, industry leaders signalled a reluctance to aggravate a dispute in which many believe the stumbling block is not TOCs, but the Westminster government.
Word: Aegis cruiser Part of Speech: noun 1. An Aegis class cruiser.
Word: break even Part of Speech: verb 1. To neither gain nor lose money. Labels: idiomatic Example: After an entire night playing poker, he nearly broke even. Example: The BTC had no clear plan how to fulfil its remit to break even, year-on-year. 2. To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
Word: follow suit Part of Speech: verb 1. To play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card. 2. To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you are not sure of the proper etiquette, watch what others do and follow suit. Example: After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
Word: absent-mindedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English absent-minded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English absent-mindedness From absent-minded + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/ 1. The characteristic or state of being easily distracted or preoccupied. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I don't mean to make mistakes; it's just absent-mindedness. Example: For six years they had taken care of him and loved him—watched over his outgoings and his incomings and forgiven all his absent-mindednesses.
Word: flesh out Part of Speech: verb 1. To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.
Word: drag one's feet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the idea of walking while dragging one's feet along the ground, either from lack of enthusiasm or to intentionally slow down movement. Compare dig in one's heels (“firmly oppose”). 1. To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have been dragging my feet about filing my taxes. Example: There was much to love about this last season, from the tense opening barfight to the finale shootout with the IRA, which was so disorientingly murky and gas-filled it felt otherworldly. But it struggled to ever quite get going, with the first five episodes dragging their feet in a way that began to frustrate. 2. To intentionally stall, to delay, to obstruct. Labels: idiomatic
Word: action item Part of Speech: noun 1. A task; especially, regarding an agenda item discussed in a meeting that requires further activity or investigation in order to reach a conclusion, select an alternative, or implement a change. Example: Please take the issue of database maintenance fees as an action item for next week.
Word: spotlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spot + light. Pronunciation: /ˈspɒtˌlaɪt/, /ˈspɑtˌlaɪt/, /ˈspɔtˌlɑɪt/ 1. A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage. 2. The circle of light shed by a spotlight. Labels: broadly 3. The center of attention; the highlight or most important part. Labels: figuratively Example: Some people enjoy the spotlight. Example: Billionaires like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are known for their charitable contributions, but not all great givers crave the spotlight. Last night, a Massachusetts general hospital in Boston, an anonymous individual gave an unprecedented donation of two hundred human kidneys. This secret benefactor delivered his gift a few minutes before four a.m. this morning, as seen here in the security camera footage. 4. A showcase.
Word: spotlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spot + light. Pronunciation: /ˈspɒtˌlaɪt/, /ˈspɑtˌlaɪt/, /ˈspɔtˌlɑɪt/ 1. To illuminate with a spotlight. Labels: transitive Example: We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene. Example: The first act of Me & Julie presents Mr. Short in a black tie at his piano, beneath a golden arched proscenium, spotlighted on an otherwise dark stage. 2. To draw attention to. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The news series served to spotlight corruption. 3. Synonym of jacklight (“to use a spotlight in hunting animals”).
Word: penitence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested circa 13th century, from Middle English penitence, from Old French penitence, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance, penitence”), from paenitēns (“penitent”), present active participle of paeniteō (“regret, repent”). Equivalent to penitent + -ence. Doublet of penance. 1. The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an assassin who misses his aim and flounders into penitence much as that discomfortable drama misses its point and stumbles into vacuity Example: As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
Word: post-war Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English war English post-war From post- + war. 1. Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth. Example: [...] after the original Victorian station was demolished and then entombed in concrete in the 1960s, Birmingham New Street became a byword for the worst excesses of the much-loathed Brutalist architecture so widely used to reconstruct inner-city post-war Britain.
Word: placeshifting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From place + shifting. 1. The act or habit of watching or listening to live or recorded media on a remote device via the Internet or over a network. Labels: uncountable
Word: personal conduct Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of precepts that one individual tries to observe in daily life. For example, precepts of preserving human life, speaking truthfully, or being nice to people. Labels: uncountable Example: His personal conduct is above reproach. 2. The way a person behaves. Labels: uncountable Example: His personal conduct needs to be evaluated.
Word: pre-war Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English war English pre-war From pre- + war. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈwɔː/, /pɹiˈwɔɹ/ 1. Before a war. Labels: not-comparable 2. Before a war. Labels: not-comparable 3. Before a war. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people. 4. Before a war. Labels: not-comparable 5. Before a war. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reeducation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin ēducātiōder. English education English reeducation From re- + education. 1. The act of educating again or anew so as to rehabilitate or adapt to new situations. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Involuntary political indoctrination. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable
Word: polycontexturality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Gotthard Gunther coined the term. His school of second-order cybernetics is the foundation of polycontextural logic. 1. A school of thought regarding subjectivity, involving a large number of contexts and viewpoints that cannot be reconciled. Labels: uncountable
Word: polygenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ 1. The genesis of a species from more than one ancestor. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: After polygenesis was soundly rejected by theologians, it was taken up with enthusiasm by many scientists. Thomas Henry Huxley published Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature in 1863, applying Darwin's evolutionary theory to human origins. […] Evolutionary polygenesis, of course, did away with belief in Adam and Eve, and instead asserted that humans arose as a population. 2. The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; as opposed to monogenesis. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The theory that languages developed independently in different places at different periods, as opposed to originating from a single source. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The alternative to monogenesis for the origin of language is polygenesis, i.e. that language originated in human evolution at a number of distinct points. If polygenesis is assumed, then the different protolanguages would have developed independently and lead over millennia to the diversity of the descendant languages found at the present day. 4. The emergence from multiple causes or origins. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The contrasting theory of polygenesis assumes that resemblances among tales can be attributed to independent invention in places unconnected by trade routes or travel.
Word: practicalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English practical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English practicalism From practical + -ism. 1. A system of government where all major policy decisions are voted upon directly by the people, or where the experts in the field concerning the policy meet and decide how to best carry out the idea. Labels: uncountable
Word: res nullius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rēs nūllīus (“nobody's thing”). 1. Something that has no owner and is not subject to the jurisdiction of any state, but is susceptible to national appropriation.
Word: streak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks). Pronunciation: /stɹiːk/ 1. An irregular line left from smearing or motion. Example: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed. Example: The picture I took out the car window had streaks. 2. A continuous series of like events. Example: I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments. Example: I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, when I was dealt terrible cards. 3. A continuous series of like events. Labels: Internet Example: Out went conversation in favour of fast and more immediate pleasures. We migrated on to texts, voice notes, emojis and the Snapchat “streak”. 4. A consistent facet of somebody's personality. Example: a mean streak Example: a stubborn streak 5. The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain. 6. A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella. Example: Streak (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 7. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one. Example: She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak. Example: Rashford showed the fearless streak Southgate so admires with his constant willingness to run at Brazil's defence with pace, even demonstrating on occasion footwork that would not have been out of place from members of England's illustrious opposition. 8. A strake. 9. A rung or round of a ladder. 10. The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
Word: streak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks). Pronunciation: /stɹiːk/ 1. To have or obtain streaks. Labels: intransitive Example: If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak. 2. To run quickly. Labels: intransitive Example: "As it was I came a hell of a crack against a Dam' rustic arbour in the garden. Dam' near stunned me. But I never stopped a second. Up and over the back fence and streaked for the common." 3. To run naked in public. Labels: intransitive Example: It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field. Example: The fad began with a lone male running naked across the Florida State University campus several weeks ago. Students on other campuses began streaking in pairs, then groups, and were joined by some coeds. 4. To move very swiftly. Labels: intransitive Example: But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice. 5. To create streaks upon. Labels: transitive Example: You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight. Example: Though his entire back down to his side fins is of a deep sable, yet a boundary line, distinct as the mark in a ship’s hull, called the “bright waist,” that line streaks him from stem to stern, with two separate colours, black above and white below. 6. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. Labels: Scotland, UK, obsolete
Word: spark spread Part of Speech: noun 1. The difference between the cost of the fuel required to produce a unit of electricity, and the price of that same unit of electricity. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: spiritual awakening Part of Speech: noun 1. A realization or inspiration about the connection with an entity or entities beyond the immediate and physical world, of "God" or other intangible, sacred spirit.
Word: SSIA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of subject says it all. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: slap-back Part of Speech: adj 1. when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.
Word: slap-back Part of Speech: noun 1. a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.
Word: sheading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps from the Norse word skeid, "ship assembly", with each sheading providing men for a warship. Perhaps from a Celtic word meaning "sixth part". Perhaps from the Middle English word, scheding, for an administrative division. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːdɪŋ/, /ˈʃidɪŋ/ 1. Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.
Word: setlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From set + list. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtˌlɪst/ 1. A list of the songs to be played by a particular band or musical act for a particular show or tour. Example: The setlist didn’t stray from what McCartney played at his similarly intimate Santa Barbara Bowl gig last September, though “Flaming Pie” snuck into this concert’s final act, opening the door for a rousing back-to-back-to-back of “Jet,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” and “Get Back.”
Word: stepping razor Part of Speech: noun 1. A dangerous person, who is not to be messed with. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm like a stepping razor / Don't you watch my size / I'm dangerous, dangerous
Word: sophocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sopho- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English sophocracy From sopho- + -cracy. 1. Political rule by philosophers. Labels: uncountable
Word: sock link Part of Speech: noun 1. A string with clips on each end to hold socks together as a pair before placing them in the wash.
Word: slanguage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slang + (lang)uage. Pronunciation: /ˈslæŋˌɡwɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Slanguage words tend to lead mayfly lives, counting their duration by days instead of decades. For every one that survives there are dozens of crib deaths.
Word: reject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/, [ɹʷɪˈd͡ʒɛkt], /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/, [ɹʷəˈd͡ʒɛkt] 1. To refuse to accept; to forswear. Labels: transitive Example: She even rejected my improved offer. Example: One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 2. To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. 3. To refuse a romantic advance. Labels: transitive Example: I've been rejected three times this week. Example: It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit
Word: reject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒɛkt/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯d͡ʒɛkt] 1. Something that is rejected. Example: Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases. 2. An unpopular person. Labels: derogatory, slang 3. A rejected defective product in a production line. Labels: colloquial Example: In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia. 4. A rejected takeoff.
Word: shyster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US origin, 19th century. The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin," possibly deriving from a historical sense of shy meaning "disreputable", equivalent to shy + -ster. Other sources suggest the word derives from shicer, from the German Scheißer (“incompetent worthless person”), from scheißen (“to defecate”), probably influenced by -ster. Not related to shylock. Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪs.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃaɪs.tɚ/ 1. Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics. Example: True, it was a good advertisement at Boosters' Club lunches, and all the varieties of Annual Banquets to which Good Fellows were invited, to speak sonorously of […] a thing called Ethics, whose nature was confusing but if you had it you were a High-class Realtor and if you hadn't you were a shyster, a piker, and a fly-by-night. Example: The network canceled—nonco-operation their legal shysters said. Suing me, for, for ten million clams, damages to sponsors, agencies. Internal Revenue-Uncle Whiskers says I owe them a mint.
Word: shyster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US origin, 19th century. The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as "of obscure origin," possibly deriving from a historical sense of shy meaning "disreputable", equivalent to shy + -ster. Other sources suggest the word derives from shicer, from the German Scheißer (“incompetent worthless person”), from scheißen (“to defecate”), probably influenced by -ster. Not related to shylock. Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɪs.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃaɪs.tɚ/ 1. To act in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics. Labels: intransitive 2. To exploit (someone or something) in this way. Labels: transitive
Word: salad year Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salad days. 1. The inexperienced, youthful prime of a person, group, organization, or entity. Labels: idiomatic Example: The author’s novels from her salad years lacked the sophistication and depth of her later works.
Word: sexual complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the work of Sigmund Freud. 1. A psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.
Word: relapse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlæps/, /ˈɹiːˌlæps/ 1. To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. Labels: intransitive Example: He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion. Example: to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism 2. To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement). Labels: intransitive 3. To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence. Labels: informal, intransitive, specifically Example: relapsed after 5 months of being clean 4. To slip or slide back physically; to turn back. Example: You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.
Word: relapse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlæps/, /ˈɹiːˌlæps/ 1. The act or situation of relapsing. Example: a drug relapse Example: Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen! 2. An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement 3. One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider. Labels: obsolete
Word: self-tapping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English tapping English self-tapping From self- + tapping. 1. Able to advance when turned, while creating its own thread. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ruptured membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. During pregnancy, a premature rupture in which amniotic fluid is discharged from the uterus and vagina putting encumbent infant at risk for infection.
Word: sabaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sabatoun, from Medieval Latin sabatum, sabbatum. Compare sabatine and Old Provençal sabato. Pronunciation: /ˈsæb.əˌtɒn/, /ˈsæb.əˌtɑn/ 1. A medieval armour covering for the foot, typically made of steel; a flexible armour shoe. Labels: historical
Word: rules lawyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who attempts to take advantage of a given set of rules, usually by using an overly-literal interpretation that is contrary to their intent, or by selectively choosing which rules take precedence in a given situation. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: rules lawyer Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave as a rules lawyer. Labels: derogatory, intransitive, slang
Word: roadwarrior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + warrior. 1. Alternative spelling of road warrior. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: VPN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of virtual private network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The disadvantages to roll-your-own are that the company is responsible for managing VPN configurations, and because traffic is transversing the Internet, there are no performance guarantees. Moreover, it typically is difficult to support latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice. However, a roll-your-own approach lets corporations establish a VPN to any site that has access to the Internet. Example: Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs. 2. Initialism of virtual page number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VPN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Vietnam People's Navy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: submerge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge. Pronunciation: /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/, /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To sink out of sight. Labels: intransitive Example: The submarine submerged in the water. 2. To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in. Labels: transitive Example: In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools. 3. To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc. Labels: transitive Example: On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger. That causes some problems with the scaffold." 4. To engulf or overwhelm. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow. 5. To drown or suppress. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle.
Word: encryption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English encrypt Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English encryption From encrypt + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹɪpʃən/, /ɛnˈkɹɪpʃən/, /ɪŋˈkɹɪpʃən/ 1. The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) is a new encryption technique that enables computing on data blindly, without decrypting it. 2. A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As ZT() can only test whether a single ciphertext is an encryption of zero, it cannot work when there are more than one ciphertext to test.
Word: PKI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Public Key Infrastructure, a computerised form of message encryption using two keys (small files); one is public and used by the sender to encrypt the message; the other is private and used by the recipient to decrypt it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: PGP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of preferred gender pronoun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: My PGPs are he and him. 2. Initialism of pelvic girdle pain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: PGP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Pretty Good Privacy, a program using public key encryption popularly used with email. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: public key Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two keys used in asymmetric cryptography, which is published to others.
Word: decryption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/ 1. The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: UI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of unemployment insurance. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of user interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Some UIs tend to improve this by displaying toolbars only when they are related to any object manipulated (e.g., an image, a rectangle) and undisplaying them afterwards. 3. Initialism of urinary incontinence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: UI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of Iowa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: prognosticator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English prognosticator From prognosticate + -or. Pronunciation: /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses. Example: Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market. Example: Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee.
Word: pseudoephedrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English ephedra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English ephedrine English pseudoephedrine From pseudo- + ephedrine. Pronunciation: /sjuː.dəʊˈɛf.ə.dɹiːn/, /su.doʊ.ɪˈfɛ.dɹɪn/ 1. A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C₁₀H₁₅NO. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: on the rag Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From rag as a slang term for a menstrual pad. First use appears c. 1967. See cite below. 1. Menstruating. Labels: derogatory, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang, sometimes, vulgar Example: She herself had begun menstruation shortly after her eleventh birthday and had gone to the head of the stairs to yell down excitedly: "Hey, Mum, I'm on the rag!" Example: Harold: How is Sarah? I don't want to jump her while she's on the rag. 2. In a bad mood; angry or irritable. Labels: broadly, derogatory, idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: On the rag, in a bad mood.—College males, Arizona. I had a lousy time last night because she was on the rag. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, rag.
Word: cut the cheese Part of Speech: verb Etymology: This idiom references the foul smell emitted by some cheeses, many of which have a rind that keeps the odor in. Once the rind is pierced, as in the case of slicing it, the smell is released. 1. To fart loudly. Labels: Canada, US, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: I cannot believe that you cut the cheese at the dinner table! Example: You know, did you cut some cheese? Did you fart? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, cheese.
Word: menarche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1900, from German Menarche, formed from meno- + -arche. Pronunciation: /mɛˈnɑː.ki/, /ˈmɛˌnɑɹ.ki/, /məˈnɑɹ.ki/ 1. The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period. Example: How old is she? Nine? Ten? The menarche is not far off – a hint of a bosom, poor child. Example: The most potent and indeed dangerous of all menstrual blood was the menarche, the first day's flow of the first menstruation of a virgin girl.
Word: laissez-faire Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of laissez faire. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As the economic derivative of libertarianism, laissez-faire capitalism is an economics of life, of rationality. Example: Francis is saying that the environmental crisis is really a crisis in laissez-faire capitalism.
Word: laissez-faire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of laissez faire. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: ‘How about we all try a policy of non-involvement for once? A little laissez-faire?’
Word: fed up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of feed up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fed up Part of Speech: adj 1. Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense. Example: I am fed up watching football on TV.
Word: fed up Part of Speech: verb 1. To annoy; to be annoyed by something; to reach one's limits of annoyance. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: She was fedding up with the boy's hijinks. Example: His behavior fed her up.
Word: go in one ear and out the other Part of Speech: verb 1. To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention. Labels: idiomatic Example: He told me whom he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.
Word: villes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ville Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up in the air Part of Speech: adj 1. Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think I can do it quickly, but the exact schedule is still up in the air.
Word: up in the air Part of Speech: adv 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, in, the, air. Labels: not-comparable Example: He threw the ball high up in the air.
Word: air one's dirty laundry in public Part of Speech: verb 1. To reveal one's sordid secrets to the public. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: pull off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove by pulling. Labels: transitive Example: Pull off old blossoms so that the plant will keep flowering. Example: As soon as she got home, she pulled off her clothes. 2. To achieve, accomplish, succeed at (something difficult). Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: to pull off a heist Example: Six pages is a lot to write in one night. Do you think she can pull it off? 3. To turn off (a road onto the side of the road, or onto another road). Labels: ambitransitive Example: (transitive) After about a mile, we pulled off the main road onto a dirt track. Example: (intransitive) I think the car is overheating – we'd better pull off . 4. To begin moving and then move away; to pull away. Labels: intransitive Example: As the police approached, the car pulled off and sped away into the distance. 5. To masturbate manually. Labels: reflexive, slang, transitive, usually, vulgar
Word: Steve Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening of various names ultimately derived from Latin Stephanus m, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος m (Stéphanos) from στέφανος m (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”) Pronunciation: /stiːv/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name. Example: His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael. Example: White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie. Example: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."
Word: Steve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See STEVE [from 2016] The atmospheric phenomenon was named for a scene in the film Over the Hedge, in which something unknown (a hedge) is given the name Steve. In late 2016, the backronym "Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement" was adopted. Pronunciation: /stiːv/ 1. Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jackson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Jackson From Jack + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæksən/, [ˈd͡ʒæksən] ~ [ˈd͡ʒæksn̩] 1. A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD (from the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on the bill). Labels: US, slang Example: She looked at me with that familiar desire Her eyes lit up like they were on fire She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, So if you want to have fun in this man's land, Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands." 2. A member of The Jackson 5.
Word: pullover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pull over. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊləʊvə(ɹ)/ 1. A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front. 2. An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head. 3. An exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position. 4. An instance of a vehicle being pulled over. Example: I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.
Word: fanned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fænd/, [feənd] ~ [fɛənd], /fand/, /fæːnd/, [feːnd] ~ [fɛeːnd] 1. simple past and past participle of fan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fanned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fænd/, [feənd] ~ [fɛənd], /fand/, /fæːnd/, [feːnd] ~ [fɛeːnd] 1. Having a fan-line appearance. Example: Its head was rounder and larger, its tail more fanned. Example: The result is sometimes a very fanned, rough cutting surface [ 7 ] . 2. Brought into a more passionate or extreme state; invigorated. Example: While high-status punishments have slowly driven out low-status treatment in Europe, harsh punishment became the ideal during the American Revolution that was more fanned by populism and puritan Christianity. Example: But anger on the contrary is much more fanned by what angry persons do.
Word: fanning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfænɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fanning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfænɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is fanned. Example: Each shrub of shade, each tree of spreading root, / That woo the first glad fannings of the breeze. 2. The act by which something is fanned. 3. The act by which something is fanned. 4. A very small fragment of tea leaf. Example: Generally orthodox teas have four grades, namely whole leaf, broken leaf, fannings and dust. 5. A beating. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: […] he found himself facing these four grim coves, big as bull-beef, demanders by trade and ready to give him a fanning, which they did, advising him to keep out of the Professor's way in future and never to speak with any from Idle Jack's family again. Within fifteen minutes, Carmichael had three broken ribs, a broken arm, a cracked cheekbone, a badly swollen eye, and was minus five teeth.
Word: produces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈdjuːsɪz/, /pɹəˈdusɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of produce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stickup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from stick up. 1. A robbery at gunpoint. Example: He lived in a nice apartment. He had no reputation in the neighborhood as a stickup guy or a sexual predator. Example: The news came on. There was relative calm in the world that night. Channel Nine had a convenience-store stickup in Lakewood, an environmental protest in Fort Collins. 2. A small-diameter tree branch or limb that extends out of the water in flooded or submerged timber, as in a lake or river. 3. A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College. Labels: slang
Word: stuck up Part of Speech: adj 1. Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty, arrogant or egotistical. Labels: idiomatic Example: The rich people in that neighborhood were stuck up and not friendly at all. 2. Jammed; stuck and unable to move. Labels: idiomatic Example: The type of battery and the battery power level may cause the lens to be stuck up. Example: We were stuck up here for three hours!.
Word: stuck up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stick up Labels: form-of, participle, past