nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has never referred specifically to a whale's penis, but penises in general. Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg (“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”). Pronunciation: /dɔːk/, /doɹk/, /doːk/ 1. To act or behave in the manner of a dork. Labels: intransitive, slang, uncommon 2. To act or behave in an awkward or clumsy manner. Labels: intransitive, slang, uncommon Example: I spent all weekend dorking with the router settings with no luck, though I could get any one out of my 5 PCs on the net when connected directly to the modem.
Word: dork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; apparently from Scots. See dirk. 1. Alternative form of dirk (“a long dagger”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: O'odham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From O'odham 'o'odham (“person, man, human being”). Pronunciation: /ɔʔɔˈtam/ 1. A person of Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago), Akimel O'odham (formerly Pima), or other O'odham ancestry.
Word: O'odham Part of Speech: name Etymology: From O'odham 'o'odham (“person, man, human being”). Pronunciation: /ɔʔɔˈtam/ 1. The indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of the O'odham. Example: There is a very good reason for changing the "w" to an "l": the English name "Arizona" comes from the O'odham name "alĭ ṣonak," which tokiponizes to "ma Alisona."
Word: Kop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spion Kop, from Afrikaans kop (“hill”). Pronunciation: /kɒp/ 1. A terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994. Labels: UK
Word: lexiconophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lexicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English lexiconophilia From lexicon + -o- + -philia. 1. The love of dictionaries and other books of words. Labels: uncountable
Word: lexiconophilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lexicon Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -philist English lexiconophilist From lexicon + -o- + -philist. 1. One who loves dictionaries and other books of words.
Word: limnophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From limno- + -philia. 1. The love of lakes, ponds and marshes. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From litho- + -philia. 1. The love of stones. Labels: uncountable
Word: logophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logo- + -philia. 1. The love of words and word games. Labels: uncountable
Word: lygophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύγη (lúgē, “twilight”) and φιλέω (philéō, “I love”). 1. The love of darkness. Labels: uncountable
Word: pathogenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pathogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English pathogenicity From pathogenic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌpæθəd͡ʒəˈnɪsɪti/ 1. The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ].
Word: aerophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English aerophobia From aero- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌɛə.ɹoʊˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies. Labels: uncountable Example: The patient was diagnosed after displaying both aerophobia and acute hydrophobia. Example: Furious rabies, the more common presentation, involves the brainstem, the limbic system, the hypothalamus, and the autonomic center. It is characterized by hydrophobia, aerophobia, and episodic generalized arousal interrupted by periods of lucidity. 2. An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes. Labels: uncountable Example: I can't understand your aerophobia on days this warm. 3. Fear of flying Labels: uncountable Example: Many first-time flyers suffer from aerophobia, though some hide it better than others.
Word: cottontail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cotton + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/, /ˈkɒt.n̩teɪl/ 1. A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus. 2. A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.
Word: acousticophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English acousticophobia From acoustic + -o- + -phobia. 1. Fear of noise. Labels: uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acousticophobia.
Word: agraphobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear of sexual abuse. Labels: uncountable
Word: dragonflies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragonfly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gynophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ)lbor. English gyno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English gynophobia From gyno- + -phobia. 1. Fear of or aversion to women or girls. Labels: uncountable Example: I fear both kinds. I must admit to gynophobia – the general fear of women – and, in particular, venustraphobia – the fear of beautiful women.
Word: roboticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Isaac Asimov in 1940. robot + -ic + -ist. Coined in his short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow"). 1. One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots. Example: Johnson is an expert Roboticist.
Word: pitchfork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ 1. An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow). 2. A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader. Example: After my second illness, being too old for “piggy-back rides”, I generally sat in 'Resting Nuke' on a seat naturally formed in a low branch of a cedar, watching relatives down in the bay with pitchforks furiously digging out long black slithery "cockworms" from the muddy sands of Sinky Bay. 3. Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers). Labels: broadly, informal 4. A tuning fork. Labels: rare Example: I went around with a pitchfork [tuning fork] in my pocket, and I'd hit it whenever I thought of it, and I developed perfect pitch […]
Word: pitchfork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ 1. To toss or carry with a pitchfork. Labels: transitive Example: The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon. 2. To throw suddenly. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: We have taken an age-old country, and we have suddenly, in 30 years, pitchforked it into the middle of the factory system.
Word: semi-professional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English professional English semi-professional From semi- + professional. 1. playing for pay on a part-time basis Labels: not-comparable 2. composed of semi-professional players Labels: not-comparable
Word: semi-professional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English professional English semi-professional From semi- + professional. 1. A semi-professional sportsman or athlete 2. A person in a salaried job, usually not well paid, with some limited skilled or technical components. Example: They are often semi-professionals or lower-paid professionals living in cities or commuter towns.
Word: anomia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Latin nōmen (“name”) + -ia. Pronunciation: /əˈnəʊ.mi.ə/ 1. The inability to remember names. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The difficulty in finding the right word. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From light (“to ignite”) + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also Middle English lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ], /ˈlaɪtə/, /ˈlɑjtə/, /ˈlɑetə/ 1. A person who lights things. Example: a lighter of lamps 2. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes. Example: Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.
Word: lighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ], /ˈlaɪtə/, /ˈlɑjtə/, /ˈlɑetə/ 1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats). Example: It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
Word: lighter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ], /ˈlaɪtə/, /ˈlɑjtə/, /ˈlɑetə/ 1. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel. Example: 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227. Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire. Example: Beyond the station an extension descends at 1 in 30, the steepest gradient on the line, to Government Wharf, where cargo is lightered to and from ships at anchor in the harbour. 2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
Word: lighter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English -er English lighter From light (“pale”) + -er (“comparative”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ], /ˈlaɪtə/, /ˈlɑjtə/, /ˈlɑetə/ 1. comparative form of light: more light Labels: comparative, form-of Example: I prefer a lighter shade of pink.
Word: lighter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English -er English lighter From light (“not heavy, weak”) + -er (“comparative”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtɚ/, [ˈlaɪɾɚ], /ˈlaɪtə/, /ˈlɑjtə/, /ˈlɑetə/ 1. comparative form of light: more light Labels: comparative, form-of Example: What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter! Example: I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.
Word: gantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæntɹi/ 1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something. 2. A supporting framework for a barrel. 3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold. 4. A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location. Labels: Singapore, broadly 5. A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging. Example: In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.
Word: clinozoisite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clino- + zoisite. 1. A basic calcium aluminosilicate found in crystalline schists, a metamorphic product of calcium feldspar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vote-by-mail Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail Labels: attributive, sometimes, uncountable Example: In Oregon, elections are conducted using vote-by-mail. Example: You must send your vote-by-mail ballot by Friday for it to arrive in the election office in time to be counted.
Word: argentite Part of Speech: noun 1. Silver sulfide (chemical formula Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bedrock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.ɹɒk/, /ˈbɛdˌɹɑk/ 1. The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The denudation of the land was upon a grand scale. All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed. Example: Listen! It's big. Only eight to twenty feet to bedrock. There won't be a claim that don't run to half a million. 2. A basis or foundation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: If culture is the bedrock of a society, then language is the cornerstone of culture. Example: Now, although like most young people, Godfrey was indolent and evasive of difficulties, fearful of facing troubles also, he had a bedrock of character. 3. The bones. Labels: Internet, countable, uncountable
Word: bedrock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛd.ɹɒk/, /ˈbɛdˌɹɑk/ 1. To establish on a solid foundation. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Bedrocked in the formative race relations of the Heart of Dixie, the governor declined an invitation to the unveiling of artist Maya Lin's civil rights memorial in downtown Montgomery.
Word: introduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intrōdūctiōnem, accusative of Latin intrōdūctiō, from intrōdūcō. By surface analysis, intro- + Latin dūctiō or introduce + -tion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/ 1. The act or process of introducing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the introduction of a new product into the market 2. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name. 3. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university. 4. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ECON 101: introduction to economics
Word: Big Apple Part of Speech: name Etymology: Popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald in horse-racing articles in the 1920s - an apple being a treat for a horse, and New York being a prize location for horse-racing at the time. From usage among African American stable hands. See the Wikipedia article. The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪˌɡæ.pəl/ 1. Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States. Example: Sharon, I left my man At a North Dakota junction And I came out to the Big Apple here To face the dream's malfunction
Word: self-help Part of Speech: noun 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 help English self-help From self- + help. 1. The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others. Labels: uncountable Example: a self-help book Example: Look at the self-help titles in the bookstore, and you'll get a few clues about our culture. They're all about aggression and acquisition. It wouldn't be at all surprising to see a book called How to Force your Will on Other People by Giving Them the Shaft and Fucking Them out of Their Money. 2. An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings. Labels: uncountable Example: Murder is dealt with by the law of blood-revenge, but the innocent manslayer may seek asylum at God's altar. With murder are ranked man-stealing, offences against parents, and witchcraft. Other injuries are occasions of self-help or of private suits to be adjusted at the sanctuary. Example: self-help repossession
Word: seagull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ɡʌl/, /ˈsiː.ɡɐl/, /ˈsiː.ɡɔl/ 1. Any of several white, often dark-backed birds of the family Laridae having long, pointed wings and short legs. Example: And while there are plenty of benches, there's little shelter from the wind (or predatory seagulls the size of dogs) out on the platforms. 2. The symbol ̼, which combines under a letter as a sort of accent. 3. A fan or member of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. Labels: UK, slang
Word: seagull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ɡʌl/, /ˈsiː.ɡɐl/, /ˈsiː.ɡɔl/ 1. To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: […] and when you need cover for the fullback because of the bombs raining down, when the walking maul requires every forward to quit seagulling and actually do some hard graft, then the rest of the game opens up. Example: On hand was seagulling number eight Dave Hodges to cross for the all-important try. 2. To use a British Seagull outboard. Example: It should be considered a style of outboarding I believe. Seagulling arround^([sic]) and all. 3. To work as a non-union casual stevedore. Labels: New-Zealand Example: Bill had been seagulling on the wharf since he got back from the war. Example: At that time many of them seagulled on the Mt Maunganui wharf to make a crust in order to carry on with their ideal of kiwifruit as a major exporting industry.
Word: geotaxis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English taxis English geotaxis From geo- + taxis. 1. A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A downward movement. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. Labels: childish, informal Example: Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies. 2. A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail. Example: ‘Gwen has a job as a bunny because says she's sick of sex.’ 3. In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed. 4. A menstrual pad. Labels: dated, euphemistic, slang Example: A local chemist remembers: My grandmother made home-made sanitary towels from a type of muslin. They were hand-knitted, washed and re-used. Other women used netting and cotton wool. Home-made towels were known as 'bunnies'. Example: Frustratingly for us, it appeared to be much less of a hassle to purchase an expensive fountain pen, than to find, let alone buy, the smallest bottle of deodorant or a packet of Bunnies (as sanitary towels were nicknamed)! 5. Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).
Word: bunny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. Easy or unchallenging. Example: Let’s start on the bunny slope. Example: We are on the bunniest of bunny hills. I've fallen no fewer than six times and I love every minute of it.
Word: bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old French bugne, buigne (“swelling, lump”), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”). More at bunion, bunch. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. A swelling from a blow; a bump. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
Word: bunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem, drinking straw”), from Old English bune (“cup, beaker, drinking vessel; reed, cane”), of unknown origin. Related to English bun, boon (“the stalk of flax or hemp less the fibre”), Scots bune, boon, been, see bun, boon. Compare also bunweed. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Friar's Cliff and Highcliffe have always been what the second name suggests: cliffs too high to scale easily and with no convenient bunnies, chines or combes. 3. Any small drain or culvert. Labels: UK, dialectal 4. A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over. Labels: UK, dialectal 5. A small pool of water. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bunny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry. Labels: South-Africa Example: Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies. You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.
Word: bunny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bun (“small bread roll”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/, /ˈbʊni/, /ˈbʌne/ 1. Resembling a bun (small bread roll). Labels: humorous, rare Example: If you would like to make some buns with more of a Chelsea bunlike texture follow the recipe above, but increase the flour to 300g (11oz). This will make them less rich and more 'bunny'. Example: Before the interregnum, the cakes made for weddings had been pathetic offerings, consisting mainly of piles of biscuits and scones. When you read the list of ingredients -- sugar, eggs, milk, flour, currents, and spices -- these must have looked and tasted a lot like hot cross buns, but without being hot, without the cross, and without being particularly bunny.
Word: bunny rabbit Part of Speech: noun 1. A bunny; a rabbit. Labels: childish, endearing
Word: sunny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌni/, /ˈsʊni/, /ˈsʌne/, /sənːi/ 1. Featuring a lot of sunshine. Example: Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain. 2. Receiving a lot of sunshine. Example: the sunny side of a hill Example: I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara. 3. Cheerful. Labels: figuratively Example: a person with a sunny disposition Example: My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair. 4. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant. Example: sunny beams Example: the four winds blow in from every coast Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece
Word: sunny Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌni/, /ˈsʊni/, /ˈsʌne/, /sənːi/ 1. sunny side up Labels: US, not-comparable, regional
Word: sunny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌni/, /ˈsʊni/, /ˈsʌne/, /sənːi/ 1. A sunfish.
Word: Murray Part of Speech: name Etymology: Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Medieval Latin Moravia, Morauia, from Scottish Gaelic Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *trebā (“settlement”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹi/, /ˈmɝ.i/, /ˈmʊɹi/, /ˈmʌɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mordake the Earl of Fife, and eldest son / To beaten Douglas, and the Earls of Athol, / Of Murray, Angus, and Menteith. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Murray was the sort of name he might have expected his father to pick. Murray : not a family name, not a friend's name, not some old blowhard up in New Hampshire (his father's home state) who'd sat around in the general store playing checkers and sucking his teeth. Murray was a name you couldn't do anything with. Murr — what the hell kind of nickname was that? The kids in second and third grade had certainly seen the name's possibilities. With the appropriate swishes and vocal flutings, they called him "Mary". Example: Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now. 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: butty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of buttered sandwich or bun + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian Buutje (“buttered bread (sandwich)”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊti/, /ˈbʌti/ 1. A sandwich, usually with a hot or cold savoury filling buttered in a barmcake. The most common are chips, bacon, sausage and egg. Labels: Ireland, New-Zealand, Northern-England, UK Example: Let's have a bacon butty!
Word: butty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from booty. 1. A friend. Labels: UK, Wales, West-Country, colloquial 2. A miner who works under contract, receiving a fixed amount per ton of coal or ore. Example: But Alfred Charlesworth did not forgive the butty these public-house sayings. Consequently, although Morel was a good miner, sometimes earning as much as five pounds a week when he married, [...] 3. A workmate. Labels: UK, colloquial 4. A drudge; a cat's paw; someone who does the hard work; someone who is being taken advantage of by someone else. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Ah didn't play butty, ah promise yer. Yo all on yer mek the poor lad yer butty. 5. One of a pair of shoes or gloves. Labels: Shropshire, archaic Example: I've fund one shoe, but canna see the butty no-weer.
Word: butty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from booty. 1. To work together; to keep company with. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: I butty with Jackson. 2. To cohabit; to reside with another as a couple. Labels: Shropshire, archaic Example: Did'n'ee 'ear as Jim Tunkiss brought three children to the parish? I reckon 'e inna married, but 'e's bin buttyin' along o' one o' them Monsells. 3. To act in concert with intent to defraud; to play unfairly. Labels: Yorkshire, archaic
Word: butty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From butt (“type of cart”) + -y. 1. Resembling a heavy cart. Labels: Ireland, West-Country, dated Example: Shall it be a giggy thing, or a carty thing, or a butty thing?
Word: Bucks Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Buckinghamshire (in postal addresses). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Bucks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably an altered spelling of German Buchs or a patronymic form of Buck. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Bucks Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of 'Bucks (“Starbucks”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As cliché as it might seem, Starbucks is one of my favorite places to strike up conversations with random strangers. (Why do you think this book is called The Coffeehouse Gospel?) I’ve met some of the most interesting people while sitting, reading, writing, and drinking at “Bucks.” Example: What led these three Starbucks drinkers to commit murder? […] Back to the café that links them all. / “OK, OK—what about Starbucks?” I ask. “Guilty?” / “Wait, what’s the charge?” / “Crimes against Tokyo, I guess.” / “Not guilty. Got to say, I think Bucks has done more good than evil…” […] “Starbucks set us free…” / “Wait, from what?” / “From life’s unwritten rules. Like, suck it up, deal with it. All that. Now you can go to Bucks… Enjoy a caramel macchiato…” / “Yeah yeah yeah. The killers smelt the coffee—and woke up. Like, ‘I should end that fucking liar’s life. Fuck it, his wife had it coming, too…’” / “I guess that’s one kind of enlightenment…”
Word: tux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tʌks/ 1. Clipping of tuxedo Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Example: After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes. Example: But in the depths of the Washington Hilton, packed with some 2,500 people, we were largely in the dark – a giant room full of reporters, clad in gowns and tuxes, eager to get the facts while trying to stay safe and obey instructions.
Word: short form Part of Speech: noun 1. A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation. Example: Tux is a short form of tuxedo. Example: Rob is a short form of Robert. 2. Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively. Example: нов, нова, ново, новы (nov, nova, novo, novy) are short forms of новый (novyj).
Word: rap music Part of Speech: noun 1. Hip-hop music, especially when focused on rapping. Labels: uncountable
Word: clip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”). Pronunciation: /klɪp/, [kʰl̥ɪp] 1. To grip tightly. 2. To fasten with a clip. Example: Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go. 3. To hug, embrace. Labels: archaic Example: "As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none." / With that she sprung full lightlie to my lips / And fast about the neck me colle's, and clips ... Example: What, fifty of my followers at a clap! 4. To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard. Labels: slang
Word: clip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”). Pronunciation: /klɪp/, [kʰl̥ɪp] 1. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. Example: Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form. 2. An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace. Example: She reads at a pretty good clip. Example: He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up. 3. An embrace. Labels: obsolete Example: But finding theſe North climes do coldly him embrace, / Not vſde to frozen clips, he ſtraue to find ſome part, / Where with most eaſe & warmth he might employ his art: […] 4. A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading. 5. A removable magazine of a firearm. Labels: colloquial, proscribed 6. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak. Example: 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The heel - clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars , which correspond to the toe - clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust , whilst the former embrace its heels 7. A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. Labels: Scotland, UK
Word: clip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”). Pronunciation: /klɪp/, [kʰl̥ɪp] 1. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. Example: She clipped my hair with her scissors. Example: Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper. 2. To curtail; to cut short. Example: All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped, but so. Example: Not only the ſeveral Towns and Countries^([sic – meaning Counties]) of England, have a different way of pronouncing, but even here in London they clip their Words after one Manner about the Court, another in the City, and a third in the Suburbs; and in a few Years, it is probable, will all differ from themſelves, as Fancy or Faſhion ſhall direct: All which, reduced to Writing, would entirely confound Orthography. 3. To strike with the hand. Labels: dialectal, informal Example: I’ll clip ye round the lugs! 4. To hit or strike, especially in passing. Example: The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost. 5. To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play. 6. To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value. Example: The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks. 7. To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it. 8. To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier). Labels: ambitransitive Example: The camera keeps clipping that ceiling. Example: Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns. 9. To assassinate; to bump off. Labels: slang Example: It was after they tried to clip me at the cafe. 10. To cheat, swindle, or fleece. Labels: slang, transitive 11. to grab or take stealthily. Labels: slang, transitive 12. To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video. Example: I clipped the moment they beat the world record live on stream. 13. To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip. Labels: transitive
Word: clip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”). Pronunciation: /klɪp/, [kʰl̥ɪp] 1. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Early [teddy] bears were made of the clip of angora goats. 2. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate. Example: The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes. 5. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. An act of clipping, such as a haircut. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I went into the salon to get a clip. 8. The condition of something, its state. Labels: Geordie, uncountable Example: Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor! 9. A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear) Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Give him a clip round the ear! Example: Oh sure, I got the odd clip under the ear.
Word: Gullah Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested in 1739 as a male black slave's proper name, of unclear origin. Traditionally linked by folk etymology to an apheresis of Angola (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the Gola people. See more at the Wikipedia article Gullah, including other theories. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌl.ə/ 1. A creole of English and various African languages spoken on a group of islands off the coast of the Carolinas and Georgia in the Southern United States. Example: Gullah has been spoken continuously since before the Civil War. 2. The culture surrounding this language and geography.
Word: Gullah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1739 as a male black slave's proper name, of unclear origin. Traditionally linked by folk etymology to an apheresis of Angola (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the Gola people. See more at the Wikipedia article Gullah, including other theories. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌl.ə/ 1. A member of the Gullah culture.
Word: Gullah Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1739 as a male black slave's proper name, of unclear origin. Traditionally linked by folk etymology to an apheresis of Angola (where many African slaves were carried from), or an apparent West African ethno-tribal group called the Gola people. See more at the Wikipedia article Gullah, including other theories. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌl.ə/ 1. Pertaining to the Gullah language and culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: The music of George Gershwin’s Porgie and Bess was inspired in part by Gullah "shouts".
Word: nipperkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from nip (“a dram or sip”) + -er + -kin as in kilderkin. 1. A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume. Labels: archaic 2. A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume. Labels: archaic Example: [L]et Tim send the ale and the sack, and the nipperkin of double-distilled, with a bit of diet-loaf, or some such trinket, and score it to the new comer.
Word: SFAIK Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of so far as I know. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: SFAIAA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of so far as I am aware. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: swordfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/ 1. A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. Example: One reason, the department suggested, was that affluent New Yorkers were likely to eat expensive fish high in mercury, like swordfish and tuna. 2. A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swordfish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/ 1. To fish for swordfish.
Word: myria- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From French myria-, ultimately from Ancient Greek μυρίος (muríos, “ten thousand”). 1. innumerable: myriad, myriapod Labels: morpheme 2. In the metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10,000. Symbol: my Labels: morpheme, obsolete
Word: MILF Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of mother I'd like to fuck, mom I'd like to fuck, mum I'd like to fuck (and similar variants). First attested in 1992 among college students in the East Bay of San Francisco, popularized via the sex comedy American Pie (1999) and the porn industry. Pronunciation: /mɪlf/ 1. A (putative) mother found sexually attractive Labels: abbreviation, acronym, slang, vulgar Example: Dude, that chick's a MILF! Example: She was instantly a gay icon (for men and women), and latterly has become a bit of a milf to young straight guys. 2. A pornographic actress in her thirties or older. Labels: slang
Word: MILF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Star Wars Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the original name of the science fantasy motion picture Star Wars (1977). Pronunciation: [ˈstɑː(ɹ)ˈwɔː(ɹ)z], [ˈstɑɹ ˈwɔɹz], [ˈstɑ˞ ˈwɔɹz] 1. An American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas in a setting where futuristic technology coexists with a semisentient form of magic or religion called the Force. 2. The United States Strategic Defense Initiative. Labels: informal
Word: old fart Part of Speech: noun 1. An elderly person, especially one who holds old-fashioned views. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang
Word: half-uncle Part of Speech: noun 1. A half-brother of one's parent. 2. A half brother-in-law of one's parent.
Word: agnosticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. From a- + gnostic + -ism (see also agnostic). Pronunciation: /æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/, /æɡˈnɑstɪsɪzəm/ 1. The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: epistemology, cosmology, ontology, philosophy 3. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in: Example: 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. 4. Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: chalcocite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English chalcocite From Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós) + English -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kəˌsaɪt/ 1. Cuprous sulfide, Cu₂S, an important ore of copper. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.
Word: ODT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of OpenDocument Text. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of optical diffraction tomography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of orally disintegrating tablet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers.