nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wind up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /waɪnd ˈʌp/ 1. To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely. Labels: literally, transitive Example: I wound up the spool of rope. 2. To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism. Labels: transitive Example: I wound up the clock. Example: Your pocket watch will run for a long time if you wind up the spring all the way. 3. To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: The movie wound me up emotionally. 4. To excite. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime. 5. To upset; to anger or distress. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Of all their regrets, it was their inability to score an away goal that might wind up Klopp the most. Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. 6. To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking). Labels: literally, transitive Example: Wind up your window — it's starting to rain. 7. To end up; to arrive or result. Labels: copulative, intransitive Example: Mess around with drugs and wind up broke. Example: I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere. 8. To increase (in some aspect). Labels: intransitive Example: Now, things got even more confusing. Farenholt and Laffey hadn't spotted the incoming Japanese Navy vessels, and were winding up to full speed to more-quickly bypass the cruisers. Duncan, of course, could see the radar contacts to its starboard, and so assumed that this increase in speed by its compatriots was the start of a general assault on the enemy. And so, not wanting to be left behind, it broke off and headed off into the darkness to start what turned out to be a one-ship torpedo assault. 9. To conclude, complete, or finish (something). Labels: transitive Example: Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note. Example: A general feast, of which all the male inhabitants of the town partake, winds up the proceedings at the close of the nineteen days. 10. To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets. Labels: transitive 11. To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Twenty quid? Are you winding me up? 12. To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch. Labels: intransitive Example: Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.
Word: twisting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of twist Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: twisting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/ 1. gerund of twist Labels: countable, form-of, gerund Example: She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll. Example: Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent […] Emerson cannot be taken at face value. 2. The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission. Labels: uncountable Example: Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy.
Word: twisting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/ 1. Having many twists Example: The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.
Word: ADW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of assault with a deadly weapon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of advance-deposit wagering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: B&E Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of breaking and entering; burglary in general. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈɛl/ 1. Initialism of download. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of light destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of destroyer leader, a variant of the destroyer type of warship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of driver's license. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of disabled list. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of down low. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of distribution list. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of diaper lover. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of deep learning. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Before Transformer models, the attention mechanism was proposed as a helper for improving conventional DL models such as RNNs. 10. Initialism of day letter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: DL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈɛl/ 1. Abbreviation of Delhi: a union territory of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: DL Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈɛl/ 1. Initialism of download. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. To place on the disabled list. Labels: informal, transitive Example: After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."
Word: DT's Part of Speech: noun 1. delirium tremens, symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. dick togs, the style of men's swimwear.http://www.anu.edu.au/ANDC/pubs/ozwords/October_2003/speedos.html Labels: Australia, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: delirium tremens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēlīrium tremēns (literally “trembling madness”), coined by Thomas Sutton in 1813. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪ.ɹi.əm ˈtriː.mɛnz/ 1. A severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal characterized by the abrupt onset of global confusion, autonomic hyperactivity, and profound neuropsychiatric disturbances. Labels: uncountable
Word: 4F Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Selective Service Classification code. 1. A military draftee rejected for being physically unfit. Labels: US
Word: HUAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of House Un-American Activities Committee. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical
Word: buddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdi/, /ˈbʊdi/, [ˈbʌɾi], /ˈbɐdi/, [ˈbɐɾi] 1. A friend or casual acquaintance. Example: They have been buddies since they were in school. Example: He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me. 2. A partner for a particular activity. Example: drinking buddies Example: training buddies [mentor/mentee] 3. An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know. Example: Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.
Word: buddy Part of Speech: pron Etymology: First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdi/, /ˈbʊdi/, [ˈbʌɾi], /ˈbɐdi/, [ˈbɐɾi] 1. A person far removed from the conversation. Example: I found some earphones in the pocket, buddy must have been pissed. Example: Buddy's loaded. 'Got like three houses.
Word: buddy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdi/, /ˈbʊdi/, [ˈbʌɾi], /ˈbɐdi/, [ˈbɐɾi] 1. To assign a buddy, or partner, to. Labels: transitive Example: If you are being formally buddied, have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.
Word: buddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English buddy, buddi, equivalent to bud + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdi/, /ˈbʊdi/, [ˈbʌɾi], /ˈbɐdi/, [ˈbɐɾi] 1. Resembling a bud. Example: Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.
Word: IAD Part of Speech: noun 1. internal affairs department Labels: countable, uncountable 2. intelligent assist device Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of Internet addiction disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of incontinence-associated dermatitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: IAD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Dyslexia Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: coroner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-der. Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē)bor. Latin corōna 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 corōnāre Old French coronerbor. Middle English coroner English coroner From Middle English coroner, from Old French curuner, from Medieval Latin custōs placitōrum corōnae (“guardian of the crown's pleas”). The function was originally to protect royal properties. Compare crowner. Doublet of crown. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.ɹə.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɔɹ.ə.nɚ/, /ˈkɑɹ.ə.nɚ/ 1. A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan Example: The coroner confirmed the cause of death. 2. A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint. Labels: Canada, US Example: A report from the coroner was presented in court. 3. The administrative head of a sheading.
Word: NMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-maskable interrupt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NMI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no middle initial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: 187 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after section 187 of the California Penal Code, which defines the offense of murder. 1. Police code for murder, in the State of California. Labels: US 2. Murder. Labels: US, broadly Example: A code one-eight-seven on Jefferson one-four-eight-nine. Corner store—7-Eleven." A 187 was a homicide, Jefferson, the other side of town. ... Example: […] and Snoop Dogg blatantly rapped about doing "187 on an undercover cop" on [….]
Word: buddy system Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of working or travelling together with at least one other person, especially when undertaking something potentially risky or hazardous. Example: Use the buddy system so that you can look after each other on the trip. 2. The use of buddy memory allocation.
Word: sneakernet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneaker (“running shoe”) + net (“network”), a reference to a person wearing sneakers walking from one computer to another. Pronunciation: /ˈsniːkənɛt/, /ˈsnikɚˌnɛt/ 1. A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk, thumb drive, or some other external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there, in contrast to electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data. Labels: historical, humorous, informal, uncountable Example: Significant advances are occurring to race past sneakernet. But the ideal computer interconnect solution will always be just around the next bend. Example: Before complicated networks and E-mail and special-interest bulletin boards, there was Sneakernet. Sneakernet required no special protocol, no special cables and terminal software. To communicate on Sneakernet, all you needed to do was take a disk from your computer to someone else's, stick the disk in that remote drive, and copy some files—instant data transfer. Well, almost instant. 2. The group of computers involved in this practice. Labels: countable, historical, humorous, informal Example: NSA feels there is no reason to use sneakernet anymore when you can distribute software to users through the network. (Sneakernet is the network created by physically walking from location to location to deliver software to users.) Example: Some companies were able to coerce one department's application to read data files written by another's. These lucky organizations often resorted to sneakernets—transferring data on magnetic tape or floppy disks—to avoid the re-keying process. With the advent of LANs and WANs, electronic file transfers replaced most sneakernets.
Word: SRO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of standing room only. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I know I'm the best there is But all they want is a show Well, that's all right, I'll be glad to oblige S.R.O., S.R.O. Example: What a pro! Herc could stop a show Point him at a monster and you're talking S.R.O.
Word: SRO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of senior-ranking officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of school resource officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of single-room occupancy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Freddie gave him the address of an SRO way uptown on 171st Street, room 306. 4. Initialism of solid roundish object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: YA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of young adult Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, especially, initialism Example: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival. 2. Initialism of youth authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: in the running Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of a candidate: potential or likely; worthy of consideration. Labels: idiomatic Example: Even if I were looking for a boyfriend, I don't think he would be in the running. 2. Of a competitor or contestant: still eligible and able to win. Labels: idiomatic Example: My favourite singer wasn't eliminated, so she's still in the running!
Word: zorched Part of Speech: adj 1. Intoxicated. Labels: slang
Word: bagman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English bagman From bag + -man. 1. A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, US, informal Example: The accused are only the latest in a string of alleged bagmen, vote-riggers and ward-heelers charged with wrongdoing. Example: You're going to pick up seven million dollars of cartel money? […] Jimmy, you are an attorney, not a bagman. 2. A caddy. 3. A staff assistant to a senior police officer such as a detective sergeant for a detective inspector. Labels: UK, dated 4. A secretary of (and keeper of equipment for) a Morris dancing side. Labels: UK 5. A bookmaker. Labels: Australia, slang 6. A tramp, hobo. Labels: Australia, dated, slang 7. A travelling salesman. Labels: UK, dated, slang 8. An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football". Labels: US, slang Example: […] in a locked metal suitcase carried on the President's travels by a warrant officer irreverently known as "the bagman." Example: The bagman clutching the nuclear football like an undertaker at a wedding. Cameras flashed and clicked, recording the scene. 'Good morning, Mr President,' they chorused. 9. A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause. Labels: Canada, informal Example: 2016, David Akin, "Tory 'bagman' boasts about party's bank account, Toronto Sun, 28 May, Proud to call himself the "bagman" of the Conservative Party, former senator Irving Gerstein boasted about the financial health of his party Friday.
Word: Big H Part of Speech: noun 1. The drug heroin. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Big Q Part of Speech: name 1. San Quentin prison. Labels: US, slang
Word: sneaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sneak + -er. The shoes sense is a reference to the quietness of the shoes. Pronunciation: /ˈsnikɚ/ 1. One who sneaks. Example: Beshrew the man who on such a day as this, the general festival, should affect to stand aloof. I am none of those sneakers. I am free of the corporation, and care not who knows it. 2. An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer. Labels: Atlantic-Canada, Australia, Florida, New-Zealand, Northeastern, US Example: He was wearing a stained white singlet that revealed tufts of black hair under his arms, and slept-in white canvas trousers and rubber-soled sneakers. 3. A vessel of drink. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Spectator I have just left the right worshipful and his myrmidons about a sneaker of five gallons! 4. A large cup (or small basin) with a saucer and cover. Labels: India, archaic 5. A sneaker male. Example: These sneakers may go on this way indefinitely, or, if one of the big males somehow dies or disappears, a sneaker male's hormones will trigger a huge growth spurt and he'll metamorphose into an alpha male.
Word: buttonhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/ 1. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. 2. A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. Labels: UK 3. A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. Labels: UK, attributive 4. A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel. Example: The usual cause of conjunctival buttonholes is penetration of the tissue by the tip of a sharp instrument […] 5. The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance. 6. vagina, coin slot. Labels: obsolete 7. The butthole (anus).
Word: buttonhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/ 1. To detain (a person) in conversation against their will. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: He backed Mr. Lykins against an iron fence, buttonholed him, fastened him with his eye, like the ancient mariner, and proceeded to unfold his narrative as placidly and peacefully as if we were all stretched comfortably in a blossomy summer meadow instead of being persecuted by a wintry midnight tempest: […] Example: He buttonholed people on the street and related details of his child’s miraculous progress without even prefacing his remarks with the hypocritical but polite: “I know everyone thinks their own child is smart but—” 2. To cut one or more buttonholes (in). Labels: ambitransitive 3. To sew by buttonhole stitch. Labels: transitive 4. To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally). Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To apply a flowery formation in. Labels: rare, transitive Example: What tree of more pulchritude and symmetricalness could you nominate for roadside, street and public park planting than the graceful linden? We should possess more of the spirit which predominates in this direction in the crowning gem of America’s constitutionality—the City of Washington, D. C. ‘‘Unter den Lindens’’ would not only be found in Germany, but in all the large cities of our grand and glorious United States. Washington has her Unter den Linden in the Massachussetts^([sic]) avenue. Her North and South Capital streets are buttonholed with the stately tulips, which are fit emblems to thus adorn the meridian of the United States. 6. To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting. Labels: archaic, intransitive, rare Example: Furze cut it himself after his dinner, with great care and concentrated solemnity, finding the loaf rather too new and the knife too blunt for the carving of slices of ideal thinness. The beastly things would buttonhole!
Word: autonomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)bor. English autonomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English autonomic From autonomy + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.təˈnɒm.ɪk/, /ˌɔt.əˈnɑm.ɪk/ 1. Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chicken hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chickenhawk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: autonomic nervous system Part of Speech: noun 1. In humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.
Word: ganef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish גנבֿ (ganef), from Hebrew גנב (ganáv, “thief”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑnəf/, /ˈɡɑnɪf/ 1. A thief; a rascal or scoundrel. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Right to the end of the street he dragged her, pursued by a hooting crowd. Then he stopped, worn out. "Will you give me that sixpence, you Ganef!" Example: Packed in airtight against the bite of the steely out-of-doors, most of the village of Vodna—except the children and the half-witted Shimsha, the ganef—huddled under its none-too-plentiful coverings that night and prayed and trembled.
Word: gunsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish גענדזל (gendzl, “gosling”), from Middle High German gensel, diminutive of gans (“goose”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnsəl/ 1. Synonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner. Labels: dated, slang Example: The boy’s eyes […] ran over Spade’s body from shoulders to knees […] “Another thing,” Spade repeated, glaring at the boy: “Keep that gunsel away from me while you’re making up your mind. I’ll kill him […] ” 2. Synonym of bottom: a passive partner in a male homosexual relationship. Labels: dated, slang 3. Synonym of bitch: a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship. Labels: dated, slang
Word: gunsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By misunderstanding of the 1929 Maltese Falcon quotation above (1.1) (which survived in a popular 1941 film adaptation). The novel was originally serialized in a magazine, Black Mask, whose editor refused to allow vulgarities. Hammett used the word gunsel knowing that the editor would likely misunderstand it as relating to gun, and therefore allow it. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌnsəl/ 1. A gun-carrying hoodlum or other criminal. Example: There's somebody comin. I think it's that gunsel. Example: The two gunsels waited for him on each side of the doorway, gun-hands bulging in their coat pockets.
Word: peripheral nervous system Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.
Word: highball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From high + ball, of the same railroad origins as lowball. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪˌbɑl/ 1. A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc. 2. An all clear or full speed ahead signal. Labels: US Example: A white ball hauled up to the crossbar indicated that the track was clear; a black ball, run up half way, meant stop. This was the origin of the use of the word "highball" to indicate a clear line ahead, which is still used in U.S.A. railway practice. 3. A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing. Example: 2014, EpicTV.com Austrian all rounder Alex Luger climbs what he describes as a highball boulder problem and what most people would call a solo. 4. Clipping of highball glass, a tall glass tumbler used for serving highballs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: It's great for serving heavier drinks in. Highballs and pint glasses are excellent substitutes.
Word: highball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From high + ball, of the same railroad origins as lowball. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪˌbɑl/ 1. To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration. Example: If we highball the price, it comes out to $240. If we lowball it, it's closer to $200. 2. To move quickly; to hightail. Labels: US, dated, possibly, slang Example: Booster-equipped 628 highballs west at Glen Lake, Minn., back in 1947. Example: The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!
Word: grotty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of grotesque + -y. Piecewise doublet of grody, the American equivalent. Compare Middle English groti, grooti (“slimy, muddy”), from Old English grotiġ (“earthy, dirty”) (modern dialectal English groaty, Scots grotty), which is equivalent to groat + -y. Compare also Scottish Gaelic grod (“rotten, lousy, terrible”), Middle Irish grot (“bitter, sour”). Originated or popularised by the 1964 film A Hard Day's Night, starring the Beatles and written by Alun Owen. 1. Unpleasant, dirty, slovenly or offensive. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: George: I wouldn't be seen dead in them. They're dead grotty. Simon: Grotty? George: Yeah, grotesque.
Word: grotty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See groaty. 1. Alternative form of groaty. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brain cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A cell in the brain, such as a neuron or a glial cell. Labels: colloquial Example: Did you know that you have brain cells in your stomach? 2. A cell in the brain, such as a neuron or a glial cell. Labels: excessive, figuratively, humorous Example: Those two morons only have one brain cell to share between them.
Word: shanks' pony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to be of Scottish origin, from shanks' nag (shanks-naig, attested 1774). 1. One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport. Labels: Commonwealth, idiomatic, uncountable Example: When we pointed out that we cared nothing, absolutely nothing, for convention, and would go in quest of the gods “on Shanks′ pony,” Anqui utterly mistook our meaning and had a pony in waiting for us when the hour came for leaving! This we dismissed after attempting to make clear our meaning. Example: 1989, Charles Hyatt, When Me Was a Boy, Institute of Jamaica Publications, page 43, After all, mos′ everybody had to walk because yuh doan only get to meet people but ‘shanks pony’ was the cheapes′ form of transportation.
Word: kipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”). Akin to Middle Low German kīpe ("basket"; > German Low German Kiep, Kiepke (“basket”), German Kiepe (“carrying basket”)), Norwegian kaup (“wooden box; crate”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪp/ 1. An osier basket used for catching fish. Example: The completed kipe looks like a crinoline made for a giantess; from the slender waist the skirts swell to a diameter of eight feet at the hem. The kipe is only the mouth to the fisherman's elaborate trap and is fixed so that it faces up-river.
Word: kipe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from dialectal kip (“to snatch”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪp/ 1. To steal. Labels: slang Example: Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe and give to his father to jazz up his ’fifty-six Ford Vicky ragtop.
Word: kipe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪp/ 1. Alternative spelling of kype (“upturned lower jaw of a male salmonid”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lamster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lam Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English lamster From lam + -ster. 1. A fugitive from justice. Labels: slang
Word: Mickey Finn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably named for the manager and bartender of a Chicago establishment, the Lone Star Saloon and Palm Garden Restaurant, which operated from 1896 to 1903, who was accused of using "knockout drops" to incapacitate and rob some of his customers. 1. An alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious. Labels: slang
Word: shtup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שטופּן (shtupn), perhaps related to German stupsen (“nudge”), or possibly German stopfen (“stuff”). Pronunciation: /ʃtʌp/, /ʃtʊp/ 1. push Labels: Jewish, US, slang 2. have sex (with) Labels: Jewish, US, ambitransitive, slang, vulgar Example: And shikse cunt, to boot! Chasing it, sniffing it, lapping it, shtupping it, but above all, thinking about it. Example: “You’re an asshole whose best friends include Hitler’s wet dream and a Jew.” “Yea, well, I’m only friends with you because I want to shtoop your sister.” “Everybody wants to shtoop your sister,” Craig laughed. “No, everybody wants to shtoop Waters’ sister and you are not shtoopin’ my sister,” Joe replied. “None of you guys are shtooping my sister.” “Yea, we’ll see.” “In your dreams Jew boy,” Bruce continued. “Schmuck.” “Schmuck? Are you calling me a schmuck?” “Yea.” “Well, before I beat the crap out of you, what the fuck is a schmuck anyway?”
Word: bootjack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boot + jack. 1. A V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots. 2. A former leaf base on the trunk of a palm that resembles the device.
Word: bootjack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From boot + jack. 1. to steal Labels: slang
Word: kindergarten Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Kindergarten (“kindergarten”, literally “garden of children”), coined by German pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel in 1840. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/, /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹd(ə)n/, [ˈkʰɪn(d)əɹˌɡɑːɹt̬(ə)n], [ˈkʰɪɾ̃əɹˌɡɑːɹʔn̩], /ˈkɪndəˌɡɑːt(ə)n/ 1. An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. Labels: Australia, Canada, India, UK, US, historical 2. The elementary school grade before first grade. Labels: Canada, India, New-South-Wales, US 3. The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool. Labels: Philippines
Word: neuralgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia. Pronunciation: /njʊə.ral.d͡ʒə/ 1. An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Acute emotional distress. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia. Example: Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.
Word: roust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout. Pronunciation: /ɹaʊst/ 1. to rout out of bed; to rouse. Labels: transitive Example: "Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute." Example: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Yesterday morn at 6:30 they rousted me up & gave me 2 shots in the behind. 2. To harass, to treat in a rough way. Labels: informal, transitive Example: My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted. 3. To arrest. Labels: slang, transitive 4. To drive strongly. Labels: transitive
Word: roust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse rǫst (“current, stream in the sea”). 1. A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. Example: At the north point of this island, called Ska, goes a very rapid current; like the Roust of Sumburghead
Word: shakedown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ 1. Extortion, especially through blackmail Labels: slang Example: What is this, a shakedown? Example: Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly shakedown of a suspected drug dealer in custody were arrested Wednesday after a video clip of the incident shared on social media caused a public furor. 2. A thorough search; a frisk Labels: slang 3. A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft. Example: It was planning to use an '807' for one day only as part of a shakedown test, ahead of the fleet's formal entry to service which is currently planned for November. 4. An improvised bed. Example: All sorts of gossip floated about; one story told was that a selector, and not the youngest of that staid and sober party, was found putting his boots into his shakedown at night, and lying outside the entrance of his tent, giving careful directions to some one to call him in time for the morning mail. Example: "There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."
Word: shakedown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw. Pronunciation: /ˈʃeɪkdaʊn/ 1. That tests the performance of a ship or aircraft.
Word: from the word go Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Suggesting a footrace that is begun with the word "go". 1. From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I watched him closely from the word go because I did not trust him. Example: "I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."
Word: politically incorrect Part of Speech: adj 1. Not politically correct; not conforming to correct political positions. Example: The 1960s counterculture created a moral and spiritual vacuum that weakens the foundations of American society. The new elite of its adversary culture has disdained traditional morality— the stress on hard work, thrift, frugality, deferred gratification, the sanctity of marriage, fidelity, sexual self-control, and individual accountability. Those who still believe in these values are branded by the new elite as quaint, politically incorrect throwbacks who "just don't get it." 2. Not politically correct; considered to be disrespectful to a particular group of people. Example: The word "geezer" is a politically incorrect term for an old person.
Word: liability insurance Part of Speech: noun 1. Any insurance against a potential loss due to the insured's liability for injury or damage to others. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: porphyry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French porfire, from Ancient Greek πορφυρίτης λίθος (porphurítēs líthos, “purple stone”), from πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish, purple dye”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɹ.fɪ.ɹi/, /ˈpɔɹ.fə.ɹi/ 1. A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A quartet of porphyry warriors, locked for all time in stern embrace outside St. Mark's Basilica, were probably carved in the Fourth Century. They are believed to represent the Roman Emperor Diocletian and the three men who held power with him.
Word: freshers' week Part of Speech: noun 1. The week before the academic aspects of a university start, when students may socialize and undergo induction. Labels: UK
Word: colocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Alternative spelling of collocation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: colocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Alternative spelling of co-location. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: blood cell Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈblʌd ˌsɛl/ 1. Any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
Word: anucleate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English nucleate English anucleate From a- + nucleate. 1. Which does not have a nucleus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: platelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English platelet From plate + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪt.lət/ 1. A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.
Word: blue moon Part of Speech: noun 1. An extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, namely: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, namely: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere. Labels: countable, rare 4. A long time. Labels: broadly, countable, idiomatic 5. A bright blue, sweet-flavored ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream. Labels: uncountable
Word: breaststroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + stroke. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/ 1. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
Word: breaststroke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From breast + stroke. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛstˌstɹoʊk/ 1. To swim using this stroke.
Word: backstroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + stroke. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ 1. A backhanded stroke or blow. Example: He observed that Cid Ruy-dias was an excellent knight; but not equal to the Lord of the Flaming-sword, who with one back-stroke [translating revés] had cut two fierce and monstrous giants through the middle. 2. A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards. Example: Near-synonym: back crawl 3. The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle.
Word: backstroke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + stroke. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌstɹoʊk/ 1. To hit with a backstroke. Labels: transitive 2. To swim the backstroke. Labels: intransitive
Word: Gaelic football Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gaelic (adjective) + football. Pronunciation: /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔːl/, /ˌɡæ-/, [-ˈfʊʔ-], /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔl/ 1. An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal. Labels: uncountable Example: Armagh (and it is one of the most memorable chapters in the history of Gaelic football) were fated to fall at the last hurdle when they were beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland decider.
Word: dog paddle Part of Speech: noun 1. A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming. Example: The self-taught small boy usually begins with the so-called “dog-paddle.” There his instinct is thoroughly right, and the method is especially valuable for children too young to do much formal practicing. Dog-paddle is the most natural of all strokes, and therefore the easiest of all to learn. Example: He would still go down for his daily dog paddle in the faculty swimming pool, and would still nibble the raisins he likes to keep in his briefcase.
Word: dog paddle Part of Speech: verb 1. To swim in dog paddle style. Example: He pretended that an alligator was behind him and swam desperately. He passed one spot and then, laboriously, another, dog-paddling. Example: Last week, as the latest escapee dog paddled his way to freedom across the Spandau ship canal, the Grepos machine-pistoled him down with seven slugs. Sinking in mid stream, he became the 58th victim—and the first dog—to die since 1961 while trying to enter West Berlin from the East German democratic workers’ paradise.
Word: doggy paddle Part of Speech: noun 1. A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming. The swimmer lies on their chest and moves their hands and legs alternately. 2. The swimming method used by dogs and other four-legged mammals, with head above water and front legs vigorously paddling.
Word: doggy paddle Part of Speech: verb 1. To swim in this style. Example: Number one immediately leapt into the water and doggy-paddled [...] across to the other side[.]
Word: swimming pool Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/ 1. A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed. Example: He was chilling out with his girlfriend in the swimming pool. Example: Fortunately, a waterfall thrums down the nearby mountains and forms a natural swimming pool at the entrance.
Word: synchronized swimming Part of Speech: noun 1. A swimming event where swimmers perform a synchronised routine of dance moves in the water. Labels: uncountable
Word: foie gras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”). Pronunciation: /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/, /ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/ 1. The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every large grocery establishment in the United States.[…]Bake this paste, and then fill in with the foies gras. Example: Foies gras are supplied either by geese or ducks.
Word: poilu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French poilu (“brave”). Doublet of plew. Pronunciation: /ˈpwɑːluː/ 1. A French infantryman during the First World War Labels: historical
Word: ghazwa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa). Doublet of razzia. 1. Any of the battles in which the Islamic prophet Muhammad personally participated. Labels: historical 2. A battle or raid against non-Muslims for the expansion of Muslim territory and/or conversion of non-Muslims to Islam.
Word: aug Part of Speech: adj 1. Clipping of augmented. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: aug Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of augmentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: SAW Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Arabic 1. صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”) Labels: proscribed, sometimes
Word: SAW Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of squad automatic weapon or initialism of section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of surface acoustic wave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Acronym of solar array wing Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SAW Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Stock Aitken Waterman, an English songwriting and record production trio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ignosticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ig- (from ignorant) + gnostic + -ism, modeled after agnosticism; coined by Rabbi Sherwin Wine. 1. Nescience towards the meaning (if any) of the word, "God," or the phrase, "God exists." Labels: uncountable
Word: self-conjugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English conjugate English self-conjugate From self- + conjugate. 1. Of a subatomic particle that is identical to its antiparticle; includes all gauge bosons except the charged W-boson and gluons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gauge boson Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the fundamental particles that carry the fundamental forces of nature. Labels: particle
Word: fundamental particle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the subatomic particles that does not consist of other, smaller particles; the gauge bosons, leptons and quarks.
Word: ignostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ig-, as in "ignorant", and gnostic (“knowing”). 1. One who holds to ignosticism.
Word: ignostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ig-, as in "ignorant", and gnostic (“knowing”). 1. Of or relating to ignostics. 2. Of or relating to ignosticism.
Word: W-boson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Chinese physicists Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen-Ning in 1960; the W is believed to stand for weak. 1. a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the Z-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of ± 1 Labels: particle
Word: Z-boson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American physicist Sheldon Glashow in 1961. The use of Z was not explained but may stand for zero. 1. a fundamental particle, a gauge boson, that, together with the W-boson, mediates the weak nuclear force; it has a charge of 0 Labels: particle
Word: Z boson Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Z-boson. Labels: alt-of, alternative