nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flabbergasted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Past tense of flabbergast. Pronunciation: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːstəd/, /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡæstəd/, /ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/ 1. Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted. Example: He was flabbergasted at how much weight he had gained. Example: ‘Hush-h-h-h-h!’ said Mr Nearthewinde, absolutely flabergasted by such imprudence on the part of one of his client's friends. 2. Damned. Labels: euphemistic, rare
Word: flabbergasted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Past tense of flabbergast. Pronunciation: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːstəd/, /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡæstəd/, /ˈflæbɚˌɡæstəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of flabbergast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lymph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from French lymphe and/or Latin lympha (“clear water”), from Ancient Greek νῠ́μφη (nŭ́mphē, “bride; spring water”). Doublet of nymph. Pronunciation: /lɪmf/, [lɪmpf] 1. Pure water. Labels: literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. Pure water. Labels: archaic, literary, obsolete, uncountable, usually 3. A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She lay face-down, an infected puncture point on the inside of her thigh oozing a faint lymph.
Word: twisted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The sense "intertwined" comes from twist (verb) by the late 15th century. The sense "mentally disturbed, perverted" is probably from twist (“mental peculiarity, perversion”, noun), which is attested by 1811. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪd/ 1. Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining. 2. Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound; perverted. Labels: also, with-up Example: twisted sense of humor Example: The murders were committed by a twisted sociopath. 3. Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted. Labels: broadly Example: Don't get this twisted. Just because I don't hate you doesn't mean we're friends. 4. Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted; contorted. Labels: broadly 5. Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana; very intoxicated. Example: Dude I’m so twisted right now. Example: "Man is he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's twisted! But on what? On what?" 6. Having a spiral ornament inside. 7. Intimately associated or connected; united; combined. Labels: figuratively, obsolete
Word: twisted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The sense "intertwined" comes from twist (verb) by the late 15th century. The sense "mentally disturbed, perverted" is probably from twist (“mental peculiarity, perversion”, noun), which is attested by 1811. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of twist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gardyloo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From French (prenez) garde à l'eau (“take heed of the water”). First attested in 1662, in the burgh records of Edinburgh. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːdɪˈluː/ 1. A cry used to warn passersby that a vessel of wastewater is about to be emptied into the street. Labels: Scotland, historical Example: [A]ll the chairs in the family are emptied into this here barrel once a-day; and at ten o'clock at night the whole cargo is flung out of a back windore that looks into some street or lane, and the maid calls Gardy loo to the passengers, which signifies, Lord have mercy upon you! and this is done every night in every house at Haddingborough; so you may guess, Mary Jones, what a sweet savour comes from such a number of profuming pans […] Example: It would, in fact, seem as if a tacit agreement existed, that so soon as St Giles' clock struck ten, the windows were simultaneously opened for a general discharge (which, in 1745, must have rather alarmed Prince Charles' followers, when they had possession of the town), and the streets and closes resounded with one universal cry, Gardyloo! Dr Jamieson, in his Dictionary, gives the word as Jordeloo: I doubt if any such word was ever used; but in his Supplement the learned Doctor properly assigns it to the original French phrase, Gare de l'eau—Beware the water […]
Word: gardyloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French (prenez) garde à l'eau (“take heed of the water”). First attested in 1662, in the burgh records of Edinburgh. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːdɪˈluː/ 1. A cry of “gardyloo”. Labels: Scotland, historical Example: What do the polished inhabitants of Carrubber's close care for all the taunts that can be uttered by the mouths of all the tobacco-chewing, bacon-eating bagmen who chatter no intelligible language of any country, about "gardy loos," and Caledonian cremonas? Example: Notwithstanding the repeated proclamations of successive magistrates against depositing filth on the streets and closes, and against throwing soil and refuse over the windows, – emphasised as these proclamations were by threats of fines, imprisonment, the pillory, whipping, and banishment, – the practice was continued far into the last century; and contemporary writers represent the sounding of ten o'clock from the steeple of St Giles' to have been the signal for a general and simultaneous discharge from the windows of every house, amid a chorus of "Gardyloos." 2. An act of discarding waste or some other substance from a height. Also attributive and figurative. Example: I believe the auld women wad hae greed, for Lucky Mac-Phail sent down the lass to tell my friend Mrs Crombie that she had made the gardyloo out of the wrang window, out of respect for twa Highlandmen that were speaking Gaelic in the close below the right ane. […] Mrs Glass, who had been in long and anxious expectation, now rushed, full of eager curiosity and open-mouthed interrogation, upon our heroine, who was positively unable to sustain the overwhelming cataract of her questions, which burst forth with the subliminity of a grand gardyloo […] Example: Siobhan Clarke looked like she'd stepped under a gardyloo bucket. She tried not to show it, and smiled whenever she saw him looking in her direction, but there was definitely something up with her. 3. Caution, warning. Labels: figuratively Example: Released but a few weeks before Gremlins, this film drew only foreshadowings of concern that spiraled up into hysterical gardyloos when Gremlins made its debut. Example: And now, to be usherhandled up the aisle, my ear pincered excruciatingly, my dear sweet Granny kvetching along behind, intoning half-Yiddish gardyloos about my certain future as either a demented hunchbacked bell-ringer, or a Cossack love-slave ... how ignominous!
Word: Badoglian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Badoglio + -an. 1. Describing those Italian soldiers who chose to stay faithful to the Italian Crown and then-Army Commander General Badoglio after September 8 1943, during World War II, as the Fascist regime fell in Italy and the Italian army was left without a lead as King Victor Emmanuel III fled the country. Labels: historical, not-comparable
Word: maffick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War. Pronunciation: /ˈmæfɪk/ 1. To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner. Labels: historical, intransitive Example: […] we crown our work by putting into our children’s hands a book that reeks of Jingoism, Imperialism, and Patriotism; that “mafficks” on every other page, that sings the glories of all the ruffianly kings who bore rule in the Dark Ages, and never fails to applaud their most disreputable military adventures! Example: […] father has given a day from business, mother has helped, even those shiny-headed nuts, the sons, have condescended to assist, and now villadom, feeling a little safer, is ready with the dinner-bell, its characteristic instrument of music, to maffick at the victories it has done its best to spoil.
Word: maffick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War. Pronunciation: /ˈmæfɪk/ 1. The boisterous celebration of a victory. Labels: historical Example: But far the greater number of the inhabitants lead a sober life, only breaking out into occasional excess on “mafficks” of authorised national rejoicing, on the days of public holiday, or on the last night of the year, and other periods of unusual solemnity. Example: War gives to them something of the excitement of the public-house; and much as I hate the passion of jingoism among those to whom fortune has given the education and opportunity to think, I recognise that a slum “on the Maffick” was a thing far less degrading to human nature than the calculations of financiers or the plots of statesmen.
Word: xenofobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Dutch xenofobie, Portuguese xenofobia, Spanish xenofobia, and Turkish zenofobi. 1. Misspelling of xenophobia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable Example: Greetings from Brigite from Portugal to Austria! What do I know about your country? Hardly nothing! I only know that you speak German, your capital is Vienna and that you have very beatifull^([sic]) palaces. oh yes, and that the film of "Sissi" was made there! (Actually I liked it a lot!) What prejudices? I heard of a lot of xenofobia and racism... is it true? Example: As an ex-inhabitant of Bruges, I'm sorry to read posts with complaints about bad behaviour in restaurants towards tourists. The problem is that in Bruges there are so many tourists that in some restaurants the Brugeois are in a 'minority'. Sometimes restaurant owners try to profile themselves as 'non-tourist' to attract more people from Bruges. Though I completely lack any feeling of xenofobia, I must say it is weird to be in a restaurant in your home-town and to be amongst only tourists. It makes you feel like being in a tourist trap - I'm sure the average tourist feels the same about that.
Word: matchlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From match + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈmatʃlɒk/, /ˈmæt͡ʃlɑk/ 1. Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. Labels: historical Example: I crept silently up the hill-road, but the fuse of my matchlock was wetted with the rain, and I could not slay Daoud Shah from afar. 2. The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match.
Word: flintlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flint + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈflɪntˌlɒk/ 1. An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan. Example: But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window,[…]. 2. A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
Word: smoldering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smolder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smoldering Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of smouldering. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: blowback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from blow back. Pronunciation: /ˈbloʊˌbæk/ 1. A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Israeli UZI submachine gun, one the most easily recognized examples of a blowback firearm, is well known for its simplicity, ease of manufacture, low maintenance, and utter reliability. 2. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: All of the other retired C.I.A. officers who appeared before the subcommittee today acknowledged that the problem of the “domestic blowback” of agency propaganda had been a genuine problem, out most of them dismissed the mounting concern over C.I.A.'s past employment of American journalists as misguided. Example: During Congressional hearings on the agency in the mid-1970's, it was revealed that some of the agency's programs to plant false information in the foreign press had resulted in items being published by American news organizations. This phenomenon, known as blowback, was sharply criticized by the committees at the time, and the C.I.A. has since been required to take precautions so that such false information does not affect political debate in this country. 3. The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: Paranoid I was being ripped off, I 'tested' the potency of the skunk on a wasp by trapping it under a glass, and giving it a blowback. 4. On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Boulogne stop lasted a few minutes, during which I was surprised to see no use was made of the blower. In this country, if you shut the regulator without the blower on, the odds are there will be a blowback. 5. Synonym of backscatter. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: utilizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English utilize Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English utilizable From utilize + -able. 1. Able to be utilized Labels: not-comparable
Word: usura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.? Proto-Italic *oitōr Latin ūtor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin ūsūrabor. English usura Borrowed from Latin ūsūra. 1. Usury. Labels: archaic, poetic, rare, uncountable Example: In time past it was sors pro sorte – that is, the principal only for the principal; but now, beside that which is above the principal properly called Usura, we challenge Foenus – that is, commodity of soil and fruits of the earth, if not the ground itself. Example: Quite considerable sums, as the sources show, went at the death of rich people to religious institutions as conscience money, at times even back to former debtors as usura which had been unjustly taken from them.
Word: elusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin elusus, past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv/, /iˈl(j)uː.sɪv/, /ɪˈl(j)uː.zɪv/, /iˈl(j)uː.zɪv/, /ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv/ 1. Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance. Example: The elusive criminal was arrested Example: The temporary elusive goal / To reach the solace, to feed once more upon the synthetic reaper of loss / No matter the outcome, the cost 2. Difficult to make precise. Example: A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive Example: Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness. 3. Rarely seen. Example: While you're sniffing the trunks of the ponderosas to see if they're butterscotch, vanilla, strawberry, or the elusive chocolate variety, watch for Brown Creepers, an elusive variety of bird.
Word: manufactured Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚd/, /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəd/ 1. manmade; produced by humans rather than nature 2. not genuine; contrived Labels: broadly Example: a manufactured boy band
Word: manufactured Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚd/, /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of manufacture Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stressful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stress + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ 1. Irritating; causing stress. Example: I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. Example: Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you. 2. Mentally taxing.
Word: fathered Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: fathered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of father Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of father Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛn.təl/, /pəˈɹen.təl/ 1. Of or relating to a parent. 2. Befitting a parent; affectionate; tender. 3. Of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid. Example: This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]
Word: parental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French parental, from Latin parentālis, from parens (“parent”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɛn.təl/, /pəˈɹen.təl/ 1. A person fulfilling a parental role. Example: Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.
Word: fullback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From full + back. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlˌbæk/ 1. An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays. 2. A position behind the main line of backs in both rugby union and rugby league. In rugby union, they wear number 15 jersey at the start of play and are the last line of defence responsible for catching punts. 3. A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring. 4. A player who plays on the left or right side of defence. Example: For long, awkward spells, City looked out of their depth. Dani Alves and Jordi Alba attacked like whippets from the full-back positions.
Word: inedible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + edible. 1. not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat Labels: not-comparable Example: inedible dinner Example: inedible food
Word: inedible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + edible. 1. Anything inedible; that which is not a foodstuff.
Word: neutral zone Part of Speech: noun 1. A zone between the defensive line of scrimmage and the offensive line of scrimmage. 2. A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines. 3. A non-competitive segment of a bicycle race during which competitors have to stay behind the lead vehicles. 4. That space in the oral cavity where the forces exerted by the musculature of the tongue are equal and balanced with the forces exerted by the buccinator muscle of the cheek laterally and the orbicularis oris muscle anteriorly. 5. In Characeae, that line or place where rotating streams of protoplasm flow beside each other in opposite directions, shown by the absence of chlorophyll granules.
Word: line of scrimmage Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play.
Word: apices Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pɪˌsiːz/, /ˈæ.pɪˌsiːz/ 1. plural of apex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: football field Part of Speech: noun 1. A playing field on which the game of American football is played. 2. A playing field on which the game of association football is played. 3. An informal unit of measure of area, equal to the area of an American football field (57,600 square feet or 1.32 acres). Labels: broadly
Word: playing field Part of Speech: noun 1. A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played. 2. Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies. Labels: figuratively Example: A shake-up of transport taxes is needed to create a 'level green playing field' that better reflects how environmentally damaging each mode of transport is.
Word: ball game Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl ˌɡeɪm/, /ˈbɑːl ɡɛɪːm/ 1. Any game played with a ball. Example: Basketball, cricket, and football are three kinds of ball game. 2. A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game. Example: George and Harriet went to the stadium to see the ball game. 3. A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame. Labels: historical Example: The ball game was the main sport in Central America before the arrival of the Spanish. 4. Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic. Labels: figuratively Example: Think things over, Callahan. Get with it. It's a whole new ball game these days. 5. A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: If a U.S. presidential candidate receives 270 electoral votes, that's the ball game.
Word: esp. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of especially. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Male 6', 180 lbs, 26 yrs old […] Have many interests. Will answer all, esp-fond of gay fems.
Word: offensive line of scrimmage Part of Speech: noun 1. The scrimmage line on the offensive side of the football field. 2. An offensive line.
Word: countersink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English sink English countersink From counter- + sink. 1. A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface. 2. The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.) Example: Holonym: center drill (combined drill and countersink)
Word: countersink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English sink English countersink From counter- + sink. 1. To create such a conical recess. Labels: transitive Example: to countersink a hole for a screw 2. To cause to sink even with or below the surface. Labels: ambitransitive Example: to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork Example: I countersank into the locust just enough to make the nailhead flush.
Word: counterbore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English counterbore From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”). 1. A cylindrical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (such as a cap screw) so that the screw sits flush with a surface. 2. The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for spotfacing.) Example: Meronyms: flute, pilot (the land at the tip, which rides the hole as a guide), shank
Word: counterbore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English counterbore From counter- (“against”) + bore (“hole”). 1. To create such a cylindrical recess. Labels: transitive
Word: running back Part of Speech: noun 1. An offensive back whose primary role is to be the ballcarrier.
Word: running back Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of run back Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ballcarrier Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ball carrier. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As the team's speedy ballcarriers broke tackle after tackle, the fans chatted among themselves.
Word: ball carrier Part of Speech: noun 1. A player who carries the football. Labels: Canadian
Word: offensive back Part of Speech: noun 1. A player for the team in possession of the ball who lines up behind the line of scrimmage at the start of a play.
Word: recess Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Latin recessus (“act of going back, departure, receding, retiring; (figuratively) retreat, withdrawal; (metonymically) distant, secluded, or secret spot, corner, nook, retreat; recessed part, indentation”) (also Late Latin recessus (“decree or resolution of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire”)), from recēdō (“to go back, recede, retire, withdraw; to go away, depart; (by extension) to disappear, vanish; to separate; to stand back, be distant; to yield”) (from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + cēdō (“to go, move, proceed”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs); influenced by Middle French recès, French recès (“a break, pause; break between classes in school; school vacation; ebbing of tide; reduction”) (also Anglo-Norman recès and Old French recès (“hiding place; hollow”). Noun sense 5 (“decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire, etc.”) is possibly influenced by Italian recesso and refers to a decree or resolution made just before a meeting ends. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Catalan recés * Italian recesso * Middle French recès (modern French recès) * Portuguese recesso * Spanish receso Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɛs/, /ˈɹiːsɛs/, /ˈɹiˌsɛs/, /ɹəˈsɛs/, /ɹiˈsɛs/ 1. Of a place or time: distant, remote. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: […] I ſhould think it beſt in the ſubſequent diſcourſes to begin to examine vvhether the Earth be eſteemed immoveable, as it hath been till novv believed by moſt men, or elſe moveable, as ſome ancient Philoſophers held, and others of not very receſſe times vvere of opinion; and if it be moveable, to enquire of vvhat kind its motion may be?
Word: one-minute warning Part of Speech: noun 1. In the AFL, a warning given with one minute to go before the end of a half, after which special rules apply, eg, stoppage of the game clock after every first down.
Word: AFL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪ ɛf ɛl/ 1. Initialism of abstract family of languages. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of adaptive front light. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of airfield lighting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: AFL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪ ɛf ɛl/ 1. Initialism of Australian Football League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The weekend after AFL football chief Simon Lethlean made it clear players who jumper punched or punched opponents in the stomach would most likely be suspended, Jones was charged with striking Hawthorn’s Luke Breust. 2. Initialism of Arena Football League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of American Federation of Labor. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of American Football League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
Word: AFL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪ ɛf ɛl/ 1. The game of Australian rules football. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: game clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A clock used to time a game, such as a chess clock.
Word: first down Part of Speech: noun 1. The first play in a series that has a maximum of four downs. 2. The act of getting a first down by advancing the ball more than ten yards ahead of the field position where the team took possession.
Word: football player Part of Speech: noun 1. One who plays gridiron football. Labels: Canada, US 2. One who plays association football, aka soccer. Labels: UK 3. One who plays American football. Labels: US 4. One who plays Canadian football. Labels: Canada, Canadian 5. A large, intimidating male. Labels: figuratively, informal
Word: flush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc. Example: As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].
Word: flush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flusshen, fluschen, of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal flusk (“to fly at, startle a bird out of the bush”) and flusker (“to flutter, fly irregularly”). Perhaps related to Middle English flasshen, flasschen, flaschen, see flash; or a Middle English blend of flowen (“to flow”) + guschen (“to gush”). Compare Saterland Frisian flutskje, German Low German flutschen, German flutschen. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. To cause to take flight from concealment. Labels: transitive Example: The dogs flushed the deer from the woods. 2. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover. Labels: intransitive Example: A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth. Example: But then as little VVrens but nevvly fledge, / […] / His fellovv noting his agilitie, / Thinkes he as vvell may venter as the other, / So fluſhing from one ſpray vnto another, / Gets to the top, and then enbold'ned flies, / Vnto an height paſt ken of humane eyes: […]
Word: flush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Same as Etymology 3, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out. Example: Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface. 2. Wealthy or well off. Example: He just got a bonus so he's flush today. Example: In 1952, Fawcett Books was flush with the unprecedented success of Women's Barracks. 3. Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 4. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. Example: With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. 5. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal. Example: [H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready [i.e., ready money], either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
Word: flush Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Same as Etymology 3, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. Suddenly and completely. Labels: not-comparable Example: I landed flush on the couch.
Word: flush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Etymology 1, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: in manner of a wave or flush 2. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When I would kiss thy hand, / The flush of anger'd shame / O'erflows thy calmer glances, / And o'er black brows drops down / A sudden-curved frown: […] 5. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset Example: Benefit’s cult product Benetint is the lip stain most widely associated with Popsicle lips. Its watery tint gives just the slightest hint of flush, befitting of lips (and nipples — Benetint’s original use was to tint the nipples of burlesque dancers). 6. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a flush of joy 7. A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Etymology 1, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. Labels: transitive Example: Flush the injury with plenty of water. 2. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water. Labels: transitive 3. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush. Labels: intransitive Example: The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion. Example: She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure. 4. To cause to blush. Labels: transitive Example: Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. Example: Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow, [...] 5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water. Example: to flush the meadows 6. To excite, inflame. Labels: transitive Example: such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition Example: Chill depths of the spirit are flushed to a fever, The nightmare silence is broken. We are not lost. 7. To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water. Labels: intransitive Example: There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing. 8. To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents. Labels: transitive 9. To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache. Labels: transitive Example: flush to disk 10. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush. Example: Blood flushes into the face. Example: the flushing noise of many waters 11. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow. Example: In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. 12. To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush. 13. To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. Labels: intransitive 14. To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass. 15. To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet. Labels: intransitive, transitive 16. To move, shift or align to one side. Labels: Singapore
Word: flush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various similar terms are found in dialectal English and Scots as flash and flosh (older Scots flosche), and the variation goes back to Middle English flushe, flosche, flashe, flaske. The DSL suggests a relation between flush, English flash (“pool”), and Middle English flosche, but influence from other water-related senses of flush and flash is also conceivable. Pronunciation: /flʌʃ/, /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field. Example: For this point onwards the land slopes gently until it becomes quite low lying, that is, tends to become a "flush" or bog. Example: The reason for a "green gair" or flush is the outflow of a spring, and a regular line of these springs may often be traced along a valley slope.
Word: flush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle French flus (“flow”), cognate with flux. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌʃ/ 1. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
Word: quarterback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quarter + back, in reference to the position in front of the halfback position. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔːtəbak/ 1. An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play. Labels: Canadian Example: Standing 6-foot-6, 237 pounds, Herbert’s size and arm strength are consistent with a prototypical N.F.L. quarterback, and he led the Ducks to a Pac-12 championship and a victory at the Rose Bowl in January with not much talent at receiver. Example: Houston Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans defended Azeez Al-Shaair after the linebacker was ejected from Sunday’s game for throwing a late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. […] “A lot of the quarterbacks in this day and age, they try to take advantage of the rule where they slide late, and they try to get an extra yard. And now you’re a defender, a lot of onus is on the defender, right?” 2. An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back. Labels: historical 3. A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position. Labels: historical
Word: quarterback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From quarter + back, in reference to the position in front of the halfback position. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɔːtəbak/ 1. To play the position of quarterback. Labels: transitive 2. To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Wayman's major responsibility is to quarterback the team, coordinating business development, project scheduling and management and quality control.
Word: forward pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A pass in the forward direction, advancing toward the goal, generally illegal except in American football, once per play, from behind the line of scrimmage. Example: They used the break well. England emerged sharper for the second half. Abby Dow had already seen a try wiped off for a forward pass by Kildunne, shortly before a shock-and-awe line-out drive, powered by 10 of the team and covering 22m, ended with Cokayne dotting down.
Word: neutral-zone infraction Part of Speech: noun 1. an infraction in which a football player, on defense, gets into or crosses the neutral zone during the snap, causing an offensive player to false start. The penalty is against the defense, not the offense. It is a 5 yard penalty.
Word: hand-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from hand off. 1. A pass made in a backward direction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The passing of a completed project to another person or group. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The transfer of control to another subsystem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.
Word: handoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hand-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fastener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fasten Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fastener From fasten + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːsənə/, /ˈfɑːsnə/, /ˈfæsənɚ/, /ˈfæsnɚ/, /ˈfɐːsənə/ 1. Something or someone that fastens. Example: The mechanic replaced the damaged fastener. Example: This type of fastener is resistant to corrosion. 2. Something or someone that fastens.
Word: wide receiver Part of Speech: noun 1. An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes. Example: All season, the Chiefs have struggled on offense, in particular in the pass catching department. On multiple occasions throughout the regular season, Mahomes was burned by mental miscues from his wide receivers which cost the Chiefs wins.
Word: tweet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːt/, [ˈtʰwɪi̯t] 1. The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. Example: [Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it. 2. An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. Example: Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe. Example: For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type. 3. An entry on any microblogging service. Labels: broadly Example: He was watching the media coverage, talking to his lawyers. And we saw that because of his tweets on Truth Social, or his posts on Truth Social.
Word: tweet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːt/, [ˈtʰwɪi̯t] 1. To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds. Labels: intransitive Example: [Ignatz, dropping Officer Pupp's police whistle into the lake:] The fishes will have lots of fun tweeting tweets on it. 2. To post an entry to Twitter. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family. Example: =Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!" 3. To post an entry to any microblogging site. Labels: ambitransitive, broadly Example: In response to the motion, Trump tweeted on Truth Social Example: As Georgetown public policy prof Dan Moynihan tweeted on Bluesky yesterday, the editors of the Times “are not falling for [Rufo’s] game, they are co-producing it.”
Word: tweet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈtwiːt/, [ˈtʰwɪi̯t] 1. used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit. Example: I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds
Word: one-hit wonder Part of Speech: noun 1. A recording artist known for only one hit song, especially after failing at subsequent attempts at success. Labels: idiomatic Example: Eleven years ago, Arrested Development became one of Southern hip-hop's first crossover successes with “Tennessee,” a wistful, bohemian-influenced song about the scars of history. But the group was a one-hit wonder. 2. A person or group known for achieving only a single major accomplishment. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: The European company is no one-hit wonder. The company has another best seller in its J-class car, sold as a Vauxhall Cavalier. 3. An instance of achieving a high from the first hit. Labels: slang
Word: defragment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fragment English defragment From de- + fragment. Pronunciation: /diːfɹæɡˈmɛnt/, /diːˈfɹæɡmɛnt/ 1. To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management. Example: SSDs don't need defragmenting. Windows wont' even let you try to defragment an SSD. However, if you could defragment an SSD, you might shorten the device's lifespan.
Word: desalination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English salination English desalination From de- + salination. Pronunciation: /diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The process of removing salt from sea water in order to make drinking water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pyke, pyk, pik, pike (“pike; sharp point, iron tip of a staff or spear, pointed toe of an item of footwear; sharp tool; mountain, peak”), from Old English pīc (“pointed object, pick axe”), and Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon”), from Old French pic (“sharp point, spike”); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pīkō (“sharp point, pike, peak”), related to pick with a narrower meaning. The word is cognate with Middle Dutch pecke, peke, picke (modern Dutch piek), German Pike, Norwegian pik, Danish pig, and possibly Old Irish pīk. It is a doublet of pique. The diving or gymnastics position is probably from tapered appearance of the body when the position is executed. The carnivorous freshwater fish is probably derived from the “sharp point, spike” senses, due to the fish’s pointed jaws. The verb sense “to quit or back out of a promise” may be from the sense of taking up pilgrim's staff or pike and leaving on a pilgrimage; and compare Middle English pī̆ken (“to go, remove oneself”) and Old Danish pikke af (“to go away”). Pronunciation: /paɪk/ 1. To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike. Labels: transitive Example: Soon after the general marched from Kilcullen, the rebels plundered all the houſes of the proteſtants in it and its vicinity, and murdered ſuch of the inhabitants as could not make their eſcape. […] They piked out one eye of a Mrs. Burchell, aged ninety; they alſo aſſaſſinated ſome wounded ſoldiers who had been left in the town, and Mr. John Cheney at Donard. Example: They were armed with pikes, which were red with the blood of those they had just murdered. As Mr. Gurley was led toward them, they set up a shout: "O boys, here comes Gurley, the heretic. Pike him! pike him! pike the heretic dog!" 2. To assume a pike position. Labels: ambitransitive Example: In the early stages he can do this by bending at the elbows (no more than 90) as he pikes the legs and straightens the arms in co-ordination with the upward swing of the cast, so that the whole body is extended as he reaches handstand. Example: At the front of her swing she pikes to wrap her legs under the low bar. 3. To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money. Labels: intransitive Example: I put the temporary squinch on the rum bug when I got there and piked along at a ten-cent table with the last two dollars I had. Example: Not that my wife is an inveterate gambler; as a matter of fact the poor kid hasn't any card sense at all and doesn't even care for it. She only piked along because I—I compelled her to. 4. Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive, slang Example: Don’t pike on me like you did last time! Example: —But [Albert] Camus piked out, said Carole. [Jean-Paul] Sartre and that lot got pissed off with him, he stood off from the war, he wouldn't oppose it.