nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gannet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ganet, gante, from Old English ganot, from Proto-West Germanic *ganat, *ganatō, from Proto-Germanic *ganatuz, *ganutô (“gander”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gent, Middle Low German gante, German Ganter, Ganser, all “gander, male goose”. Pronunciation: /ˈɡænɪt/ 1. To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously. Labels: UK, informal, transitive Example: She was no longer in the company of her older sister and mother who had often scolded her for ganneting down her food.
Word: gape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪp/ 1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. Labels: intransitive Example: 1723, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady, 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11, page 467, She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, / And asks if it be time to rise; Example: Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all. 2. To stare in wonder. Labels: intransitive Example: Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […] Example: The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. 3. To open wide; to display a gap. Labels: intransitive Example: The wound was gaping open and losing too much blood. Example: May that ground gape, and swallow me alive, / Where I shall kneel to him who slew my father! 4. To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. Labels: intransitive 5. To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
Word: gape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪp/ 1. An act of gaping; a yawn. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Now a gen'ral gape goes round, And vapours cloud each sleepy head. 2. A large opening. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. Labels: uncountable 4. The width of an opening. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er. 1. One who gapes; a starer. 2. Any of several species of burrowing clams. 3. A comber, a fish of the species Serranus cabrilla. 4. A fish of species Champsodon capensis 5. An inexperienced skier. Labels: US, slang Example: If you want to avoid looking like a gaper, just keep yourself from looking sloppy and you should be okay.
Word: garble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/ 1. To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert. Example: to garble a quotation Example: to garble an account 2. To make false by mutilation or addition. Example: The editor garbled the story. 3. To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible. Example: The announcement was completely garbled. 4. To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt. Labels: obsolete Example: to garble spices
Word: garble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/ 1. Confused or unintelligible speech. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static. 2. Refuse; rubbish. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. Mutilation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Did not the lady smile upon the garble 4. Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: gasify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English gasify From gas + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæsɪfaɪ/ 1. To convert into a gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes; to become a gas or aeriform fluid. Labels: ambitransitive Example: […] when we consider the disappearance of the dense smoke in Mr. Giddy’s experiment, there seems to be great reason to think that the charcoal was oxygenated and gassified. Example: Butane will gasify at low pressure, and can be contained in light canisters.
Word: gasser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gasser From gas + -er. 1. One who gasses, or poisons with gas. Example: Poison-gas fortunately proved to be a two-edged weapon when it was used on the battlefield. […] The wind could turn about to gas the gassers. 2. Something highly entertaining or remarkable. Labels: slang 3. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration. 4. A kind of hot rod based on production models from the 1930s to mid-1960s, stripped of extraneous weight and jacked up using a truck beam axle to provide better weight distribution on acceleration. 5. A worker in the gas industry. Labels: informal Example: Gassers and allied industry personnel from coast to coast should plan to attend the trade show and each of the convention business sessions.
Word: gasser Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gasser From gas + -er. 1. comparative form of gas: more gas Labels: comparative, form-of, rare Example: This picture makes me miss seeing my friends every single day and thinking were [sic] gasser than we are ️♥ ♥ muchos lovos galpals Example: A gasser night than oxygen [recte Oxegen] 🐮 #ASolidAgCrew #AMess
Word: gauger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gauger, gager, equivalent to gauge + -er. Compare Old French gaugeur, jaugëor. 1. One who gauges. 2. An officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
Word: gaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century. Doublet of gayal. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊ.ə/, /ˈɡaʊ.əɹ/ 1. An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition. Example: […] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also. Example: Of the other ruminants the ox, buffalo, yak, goat, sheep and a few others are domestic animals, while the bison and the gaur, or so-called Indian bison, and a large number of wild goats and sheep have been neglected.
Word: gauss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist. Pronunciation: /ɡaʊs/ 1. The unit of magnetic field strength in CGS systems of units, equal to 0.0001 tesla.
Word: gecko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛk.əʊ/, /ˈɡɛk.oʊ/ 1. Any lizard in the infraorder Gekkota. 2. Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae of small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. Example: Order II. Sauria. […] The heart has two auricles. The body is covered with scales, and there are three or four feet. The lungs are large, and extend along the back. The mouth is armed with teeth, and the toes with claws. The tail is long, and often thick at the base. […] Geckotida—geco Example: Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).
Word: gecko Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛk.əʊ/, /ˈɡɛk.oʊ/ 1. To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface. Labels: rare Example: An emergency handpad, geckoed to the expanding bulkhead, slid past to one side. Sarasti grabbed it and tapped commands. Example: And as Dave geckoed his way along the walls, he began seeing more and more skid marks left behind by Damien's Sewer Cruiser.
Word: gecko Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɛk.əʊ/, /ˈɡɛk.oʊ/ 1. Eggcorn of get-go.
Word: geyser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *geusaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *gausijaną Old Norse geysa Icelandic geysa Icelandic Geysirbor. English geyser From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher Pronunciation: /ˈɡiː.zə/, /ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/, /ˈɡaɪ.sɚ/ 1. A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam. 2. A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force. Labels: broadly Example: Sporting a few war wounds from Japanese destroyer gunfire, The Sullivans had already launched one spread of torpedoes at the Japanese destroyers that were now littering the ocean floor, or, occasionally, making their own retreat, but she still had one left, so a five-torpedo spread was duly sent at near-point-blank range into the listing and burning remains of Yamato, and, shortly thereafter, four large geysers of water were the reward. 3. An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater. Labels: UK, archaic Example: Where a Geyser or hot-water heater is used it is a good and wise precaution to see that the bath-room, &c., when it is used is well ventilated. Example: Water was heated either on the gas stove, or on a wall mounted gas-fired "geyser" heater. 4. A domestic water boiler. Labels: South-Africa, South-Asia
Word: geyser Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *geusaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *gausijaną Old Norse geysa Icelandic geysa Icelandic Geysirbor. English geyser From Icelandic Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. Doublet of gusher Pronunciation: /ˈɡiː.zə/, /ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/, /ˈɡaɪ.sɚ/ 1. To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Four jets of water geysered upward from the sea. Short and wide. He noted it. Ranging salvo. His division was discovered.
Word: gilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilder (“gilder; goldsmith”) [and other forms], from gilden (“to cover with gilding, gild; to decorate with gold”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”)) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns, especially the names of persons engaged in professions or trades); analysable as gild + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldə/, /ˈɡɪldɚ/ 1. One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold. Example: A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale. Example: The leather gilders lay a Couch of water and whites of eggs on the leather, before they apply the leaf gold or ſilver.
Word: gilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilder (“any of various coins (originally gold), especially in use in Flanders, Germany and Holland”) [and other forms], from Middle Dutch gulden, Middle Low German gulden (“guilder”), influenced by Middle English gilden (“made of gold; covered or decorated with gold; of a gold colour; wealthy; glorious; precious; blessed, happy; relating to the middle way or mean”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldə/, /ˈɡɪldɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of guilder. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, rare Example: The enmity and diſcord which of late / Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your Duke, / To Merchants our well-dealing Countrimen, / Who wanting gilders to redeeme their liues, / Haue ſeal'd his rigorous ſtatutes with their blouds, / Excludes all pitty from our threatning lookes: [...] Example: [N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]
Word: gilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Past participle of gild (“to cover in gold”), thus meaning literally “(something) covered in gold”. Ultimately related to gold (which see). Compare feed, which is related (similarly by ablaut) to food. Cognate with Dutch (ver)guld, Icelandic gyllt and Faroese gylt. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/, [ɡɪɫt] 1. Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually 3. Money. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: three corrupted men […] Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!— Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France 4. A security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged). Labels: UK, countable, usually Example: higher gilt yields Example: However, as asset prices slumped over the week – including UK government bonds, or gilts – those banks required more collateral to offset the pension funds’ liabilities, forcing the funds to dump assets and raise cash at short notice. 5. A gilded object, an object covered with gold. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: The parysh of Seint Powle in Norwiche. Thomas Blocke, George Wylson, Churchwardens. Have sold in plate, gylte and parcell gylte, to the summe of iiij ownce, every ownce at the price of iiijs. viijd.
Word: gilt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past participle of gild (“to cover in gold”), thus meaning literally “(something) covered in gold”. Ultimately related to gold (which see). Compare feed, which is related (similarly by ablaut) to food. Cognate with Dutch (ver)guld, Icelandic gyllt and Faroese gylt. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/, [ɡɪɫt] 1. Golden coloured; gilded. Example: The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
Word: gilt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past participle of gild (“to cover in gold”), thus meaning literally “(something) covered in gold”. Ultimately related to gold (which see). Compare feed, which is related (similarly by ablaut) to food. Cognate with Dutch (ver)guld, Icelandic gyllt and Faroese gylt. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/, [ɡɪɫt] 1. simple past and past participle of gild Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The sun was rising; it gilt the hill tops and gradually threw its lustre over the dark pine forests on the mountain slopes.
Word: gilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gilt, gylt, from Old Norse gyltr; compare geld and yelt. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlt/, [ɡɪɫt] 1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. Labels: UK, regional
Word: gimbal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/, /ˈɡɪmbəl/ 1. A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped. Example: The lamp wriggled in its gimbals, the barometer swung in circles, the table altered its slant every moment […] Example: 1934, A. E. W. Mason, “The Chronometer,” Chapter II, in Dilemmas, London: Hodder & Stoughton, He lifted the chronometer off the gimbals on which it was slung in the mahogany case and showed the number engraved upon the bottom.
Word: gimbal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of gemel, from Old French gemel, jumel (“twin”) (French jumeau), from Latin gemellus. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/, /ˈɡɪmbəl/ 1. To suspend using a gimbal or gimbals. Labels: transitive Example: 1918, Richard Dehan (Clotilde Graves), That Which Hath Wings, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 32, […] he conned his course in masterly fashion by aid of the roller-map, protected by its transparent, rainproof casing, or the compass, clock, altimeter, and other instruments gimballed in the wooden frame in front of the pilot’s seat. 2. To move a reaction engine about on a gimbal so as to obtain pitching and yawing correction moments. Labels: transitive 3. To swivel, move on an axis. Labels: intransitive
Word: gingko Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ginkgo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: glazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glaser, variant of glasier; equivalent to glaze + -er; compare glazier. Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzə/, /ˈɡleɪzɚ/ 1. One who applies glaze, as in pottery, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, etc. 2. A person who is prone to endless monologuing; derived from the practice of speaking until the listener's eyes "glaze over". Labels: slang 3. Alternative form of glazier: one who fits glass. Labels: alt-of, alternative 4. Someone who glazes (compliments or praises someone excessively in a cringeworthy way); an asskisser or sycophant. Labels: Internet Example: Weakest president ever. Such a glazer for the most evil tyrants in the world. Example: Genius to maximize revenue from iron man glazers that do not care enough about the goat MF DOOM
Word: glen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn. Pronunciation: /ɡlɛn/, /ɡlɪn/ 1. A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale. Example: What riches too, of gold and jewels, might not be hidden among those forest-shrouded glens and peaks? And beyond, and beyond again, ever new islands, new continents perhaps, an inexhaustible wealth of yet undiscovered worlds. Example: In the glens of the hills about Strathsporran are many noble and nimble stags. But I have never set foot in my house there, for it is carpeted throughout with the tartan of my clan.
Word: glom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scottish English glom, glaum (“to grab or snatch at”), a variant of clam, claum (“to clutch, seize, grasp, reach for”), from Middle English *clammen, from Old English clæmman (“to pinch, press, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Related to clamp. Pronunciation: /ɡlɒm/ 1. To take. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Mac glommed a handful of Bott's hair and ear and twisted it, “Ya be listenin' ta me now that I 'ave yer attention. And ifin ya don't, I'll be obliged ta hack off yer pretty little ear wif me blade. Would ya like that, Mr. Mouth,[…] Example: As soon as I was alone I glommed a quick gander into the bedroom, saw the Bonham punk was resting quietly under the covers. I withdrew, made myself cozy in an easy chair, began burning gaspers and reading magazines. 2. To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Winslow glommed at once onto the benefits of such an arrangement. “So I would set the terms, conditions, and whatever fee I chose to pay myself?” “You catch on quick!” said the cuddly clerk impishly. Example: known what she was thinking, for his mind had glommed at the same time onto the same possibility: that Margo's grumpy but otherwise seemingly harmless, neighbor, whom they had interviewed before, could, after all, be the kidnapper. 3. To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: “The oil pan cracked, the engine seized, and the internal parts glommed together.” Example: Her frosty red lipstick kept glomming at the corners of her mouth, giving her an unnatural clown frown. Hailey later heard they, too, had divorced. Standing there, facing Leonard's steely gaze and imposing figure, Hailey had no problem[…]
Word: glom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of glaum, gloom (“to frown, scowl, stare at”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɒm/ 1. Alternative form of glaum (“look, stare”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Example: She glommed at herself from every angle that could be achieved by twisting her neck, backing off from the mirror with her hands on her overalled hips and tossing back the tumble of dark curls that, like Birdie's, lay thick and hot[…] Example: Its black, withered-up, pinholes for eyes glommed at little Isabel. And with great anticipation it began to speak. “Why Gelp, that's a fine fat little one you have there. You always find the good ones. Are you on your way to market[…]"
Word: glom Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡlɒm/ 1. Clipping of glomerulus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Word: glycol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s) Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English glycol From Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + English -ol. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaɪ̯.kɒl/ 1. Any aliphatic diol. 2. A thick, colourless liquid, C₂H₄(OH)₂, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.
Word: gnarl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from gnarled. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. 2. Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
Word: gnarl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from gnarled. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. To knot or twist something. Labels: transitive
Word: gnarl Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from gnarled. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
Word: gnarl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. To snarl or growl; to gnar. Labels: intransitive Example: And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
Word: godwit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. A surface analysis would suggest Old English *gōdwiht as the term's ultimate origin, corresponding to good + wight (“creature”), but the term is attested only since late Middle English. The Oxford English Dictionary considers the term to probably have originally been imitative of the bird's call. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑd.wɪt/, /ˈɡɒd.wɪt/ 1. Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae. Example: My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
Word: goer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goere, equivalent to go + -er. Compare German Geher (“goer, walker”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, goes. Example: Such a man Might be a copy to these younger times; Which, follow’d well, would demonstrate them now But goers backward. Example: 1845, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Letter to Hannah Macaulay dated 19 December, 1845 in G. Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, New York: Harper, 1875, Volume 2, p. 149, Lord John has been all day in his inner library. His antechamber has been filled with comers and goers, some talking in knots, some writing notes at tables. 2. Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully. Labels: informal Example: I bought her secondhand, but she's a good little goer. 3. A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity. Labels: UK, slang Example: Norman: Is your wife a ... goer ... eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Example: He winked at Parsons. "If I'm any judge, she must've bin a right little goer in 'er day." 4. A foot (body part). Labels: obsolete Example: […] a double Mantle cast A’ thwart his Shoulders, his faire goers g[r]ac’st With fitted shooes; and in his hand, a Dart 5. A horse, considered in reference to its gait. Labels: dated Example: a safe goer Example: These Horses, which are very much bought up in England, are remarkable for being good natural Pacers, strong, easy Goers, hardy, gentle, well-broken, and, above all, not apt to tire. 6. A fire incident in progress. Labels: slang Example: […] multiple calls on Southwark's ground. From the radio traffic it sounded like they had a goer.
Word: gouge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gouge (“chisel with concave blade; gouge”), from Old French gouge, goi (“gouge”), from Late Latin goia, gubia, gulbia (“chisel; piercer”), borrowed from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbi, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”). The English word is cognate with Italian gorbia, gubbia (“ferrule”), Old Breton golb, Old Irish gulba (“beak”), Portuguese goiva, Scottish Gaelic gilb (“chisel”), Spanish gubia (“chisel, gouge”), Welsh gylf (“beak; pointed instrument”), gylyf (“sickle”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ/, [ˈɡaʊ̯d͡ʒ], /ˈɡæʊ̯d͡ʒ/, [ˈɡæʊ̯d͡ʒ], /ˈɡaːd͡ʒ/ 1. To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge. Labels: transitive Example: Japanese and Chinese printers used to gouge characters in wood. Example: Imperfect examples of concave shells are to be seen in the salient of El Capitan, which is itself an imperfect dome, not wholly massive throughout, that has been vigorously gouged by the Yosemite Glacier. 2. To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price. Labels: transitive Example: The company has no competition, so it tends to gouge its customers. Example: [M]any hospitals have essentially abandoned any serious effort to raise funds from donors. They could, like universities, conduct fund-raising campaigns and establish endowments to cover the shortfall caused by widespread fraud (i.e., the false promise by government and insurance to pay patients' medical expenses), but instead they mercilessly gouge their uninsured patients. 3. To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The recorded cases in which the constituents of the joint were removed at different times, and those also in which the bones or portions of the bones were gouged away, do not by any means afford satisfactory results. Example: In milling, a blade with this irregularity in front slope causes the cutter to drag on one side and gouge on the other. 4. To use a gouge. Labels: intransitive Example: Blocks are alſo pieces of wood belonging to ſhips, in which the ſhivers, or ſheaves, of pullies are placed, and wherein the running ropes go. [...] The blocks are then jambed up edgeways with wedges in a clave, and the ſheave-holes are made in this manner: the length and breadth are firſt gouged out, and holes are bored half way through the block, along the part gouged out, with an augre of the ſize of the ſheave-hole; then the ſheave-hole is gouged and bored on the oppoſite ſide in the ſame manner, ſo as to meet the oppoſite holes.
Word: gout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints". Pronunciation: /ɡaʊt/, [ɡʌut] 1. An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. Labels: uncountable Example: Once gout was confined largely to Western civilization (with some outliers, like the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan); now its ravages are global. 2. A drop; a spurt or splotch. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: Alternative forms: gut, gutt Example: I see thee still, / And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. 3. A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: gout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints". Pronunciation: /ɡaʊt/, [ɡʌut] 1. To spurt. Labels: intransitive Example: Dark blood gouts from the creature's brisket.
Word: gout Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ... Anton's Gout, let it be enlarged to whatever extent it may. The Sill of Anton's Gout is 2 feet 3 inches higher than the Sill of Maud Foster, and the surface of the water, in times when there is a full quantity in the Witham, and as[…] Example: ... Anton's Gout, and the remainder was drained through Maud Foster's Gout, a sluice discharging the waters into Boston Haven, a mile below the town. In 1801, an Act was obtained for the drainage of these fens, the area of which was[…]
Word: gout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French goût. 1. Taste; relish. Labels: obsolete Example: After a time, however, he became more sensible of the reviving influence proceeding from renewed energy; luxurious indolence had for ever lost to him its goût;[…] Example: A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout: or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup […]
Word: gravid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin gravō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gravidusder. English gravid From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹævɪd/ 1. Pregnant. Labels: figuratively Example: In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world. Example: The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature
Word: griper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gripe + -er. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaɪp.ə(ɹ)/ 1. One who gripes. 2. An oppressor or extortioner. Labels: archaic Example: She did Accept of our intended Present, which (she said) manifested our Love and Loyalty; most graciously affirming, That She was never any greedy Griper, or fast Holder; and what We did present, She would not hoard up; but Our Eyes should see the Bestowing of it. Example: […] there wanted not those who condemned his pride and hypocrisy, knowing Pandulphus to be a most greedy griper, as appeared by his unconscionable oppression in the bishopric of Norwich, which was afterwards bestowed upon him.
Word: grippe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪp/ 1. Influenza, the flu. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes. Example: "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
Word: grout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt/, /ɡɹʌut/, /ɡɹæɔt/ 1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Coarse meal; groats. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. Dregs, sediment. Labels: archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: grouts of tea 4. A kind of beer or ale. Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: grout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit. Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt/, /ɡɹʌut/, /ɡɹæɔt/ 1. To insert mortar between tiles. Labels: transitive Example: I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor. Example: * Stitching and grouting fractures in masonry, insertion of date marker tabs for monitoring. 2. To affix with mortar. Labels: transitive Example: The year before the pandemic, a sump tank attached to a waste pond sprang a leak and had to be grouted shut.
Word: gumbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Kimbundu ingomboder. French gombobor. ▲ French gombo Louisiana Creole gombobor. English gumbo Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌm.boʊ/ 1. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules. Labels: countable 2. A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions. Labels: countable 3. A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy. Labels: uncountable Example: The team stuck fast in the black muck, and every effort to extricate them served only to imbed them more hopelessly in the sticky gumbo. Example: There are no poorer roads in all the United States than the "gumbo" roads of the south—gumbo being the name give a certain kind of mud or clay that is particularly sticky, clings tenaciously, seems to have no bottom, and will not support any weight.
Word: gummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gum + -er. 1. A person or machine that applies gum. Example: […] then goes to the gummer, who applies a gum comprising oxide of gold and other ingredients. 2. A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw. 3. A cow or sheep etc. that has lost all of its teeth.
Word: gunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌni/ 1. A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements. Example: Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task. 2. Clipping of gunny sack Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, usually
Word: gunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of gunnery sergeant Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌni/ 1. A gunnery sergeant. Labels: countable, informal Example: The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!” Example: “As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”
Word: gunny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gunny From gun + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌni/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a gun. Labels: informal 2. Full of guns or gunplay. Labels: informal Example: "Aw, ferget them two guns!" Bland surrendered. "This is sure the gunniest country I ever stopped in. Even the Janes–"
Word: gyp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪp/ 1. A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. Labels: derogatory, offensive, sometimes Example: Why do we have to buy this new edition of the textbook when there’s almost no difference between it and the previous one? What a gyp! 2. Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”).
Word: gyp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from the term gypsy (“Roma”), due to a stereotype of the Roma as swindlers. Compare jew (“defraud”), from Jew, and welsh (“swindle by defaulting on a debt”), from Welsh. Could also be derived from dupe, with the same pattern (yod coalescence) as idiot becomes eejit in Scottish English. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪp/ 1. To cheat or swindle. Labels: derogatory, offensive, sometimes Example: The cab driver gypped me out of ten bucks by taking the longer route. Example: You better watch out; they'll try to gyp you if you don't know what you're doing.
Word: gyp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps the same as Etymology 1. An earlier theory derived the term from Ancient Greek γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) (/ɡýps/; compare Greek γύπας (gýpas) /ˈʝi.pas/), "in reference to thievish habits of the servants" (and then derived Etymology 1 thence), but this does not explain the pronunciation. 1. A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin. Labels: historical Example: All was neglect. The outer door of this room, which was open, was nearly on a level with the Quadrangle — some coats and trousers and boots were upon the ebony table and a "gyp" was brushing away at them just within the door — in wet weather he performed these functions entirely within the library, as innocent of the incongruity of his position as my guide himself. Example: 'Why, what is the matter with you, John?' I asked of the gyp who waited on Vincey and myself. 2. The room in which such college servants work. 3. A small kitchen for use by college students.
Word: gyp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Gypsophila.
Word: gyp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from gee up. 1. Pain or discomfort. Example: My back's giving me gyp. Example: The oldest wizard, Greyhald Spold of the Ancient and Truly Original Sages of the Unbroken Circle, leaned heavily on his carven staff and spake thusly: ‘Get on with it, Weatherwax, my feet are giving me gyp.’
Word: gypsum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/ 1. A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...but he has been able to analyze the matter removed, and to prove it, by chemical evidence, to consist of Prussian blue, and gypsum principally. Example: Besides being abundant, gypsum is easily refined into a powder for plaster or formed into sheets of wallboard.
Word: gyrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). By surface analysis, gyre + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/, /ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/, /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ 1. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. Labels: intransitive Example: The stripper gyrated sexily around a pole. Example: Many companies built up pretariff inventories, and gyrating tariff rates make it tricky for retailers to set prices.
Word: gyrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gyrus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English gyrate From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having coils or convolutions.
Word: gyro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a shortening of gyroscope. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/ 1. A gyroscope. 2. A gyrocompass. 3. An autogyro. 4. Synonym of detangler. 5. Ellipsis of gyro controls or gyro aiming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: gyro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus. Pronunciation: /ˈjiː.ɹoʊ/, /ˈjɪɹoʊ/, /ˈʒɪɹoʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹoʊ/ 1. A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce. Example: I'll have a gyro, please.
Word: hackle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hakle (compare the compound meshakele), from Old English hæcla, hacele, from Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ, equivalent to hack + -le. Cognate with Dutch hekel, German Hechel. Pronunciation: /ˈhækəl/, [ˈhækəl] ~ [ˈhækl̩] 1. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable, usually 3. A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable, usually Example: When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled. Example: Suppose it happened to be the case that the majority of individuals raised their hackles only when they were truly intending to go on for a very long time in the war of attrition. The obvious counterploy would evolve: individuals would give up immediately when an opponent raised his hackles. 5. A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Pluck; courage or energy. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: "COME ALONG YE GRASS-COMBERS, SHOW some hackle," David Ingram, striding ahead, turned back and called.
Word: hackle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hakle (compare the compound meshakele), from Old English hæcla, hacele, from Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ, equivalent to hack + -le. Cognate with Dutch hekel, German Hechel. Pronunciation: /ˈhækəl/, [ˈhækəl] ~ [ˈhækl̩] 1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. Example: Then, with a smile that seemed to have all the freshness of the matutinal hour in it, she bent again to her work of hackling flax. 2. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. Labels: transitive 3. To tear asunder; to break into pieces. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: the other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces