nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: counter-parry 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 parry English counter-parry From counter- + parry. 1. A parry that is done to defend against an opponent's parry and riposte. 2. (often: contra-) A circular parry; one that moves in a circle to end up in the opposite position from which it started.
Word: counter-time 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 *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English counter-time From counter- + time. 1. An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack.
Word: coup d'arret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coup d'arrêt. 1. A counter-attack that attempts to take advantage of an uncertain attack
Word: croisé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French croisé. Doublet of cruciate. 1. An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade
Word: derobement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dérobement. 1. An avoidance of the opponent's attempt to take the blade or beat, performed with a straight sword arm.
Word: disengage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
Word: disengage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Diſingaging myſelf then from his embrace, I made him ſenſible of the reaſons there were for his preſent leaving me; on which, tho' reluctantly, he put on his cloaths with as little expedition, however, as he could help, wantonly interrupting himſelf between whiles, with kiſſes, touches, and embraces, I could not refuſe myſelf to; [...] Example: With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
Word: envelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French enveloppement. 1. The act of enveloping. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which envelops; a covering. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: false attack Part of Speech: noun 1. An attack that is intended to miss or fall short, so as to produce a reaction from the opponent. Also called a false action.
Word: mal-parry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of malparry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German nastisch from epinastisch, coined c.1854 by German botanist Karl Friedrich Schimper, from Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed together”), from νάσσω (nássō, “to press, cram full”). Pronunciation: /ˈnæstɪk/ 1. Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus. Labels: not-comparable Example: Many flowers close themselves at night. This nastic movement is in response to the brightness of the sky.
Word: moulinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French moulinet, diminutive of moulin (“a mill”). 1. A circular cut, often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut. 2. The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, etc. 3. A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Word: ballestra Part of Speech: noun 1. A very rapid attack made by a jump forward and lunge.
Word: diffraction grating Part of Speech: noun 1. a surface having many closely spaced lines or slits; used to produce optical spectra by mutual interference
Word: shroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mushroom. Pronunciation: /ʃɹuːm/ 1. A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Dosage: The typical amount of beginner “shroom” dosage ranges from 1.5 grams of dried shrooms for a mild experience, to 3.5 grams for an intense experience. 2. Any mushroom. Labels: informal, rare Example: These succulent little shrooms from pop culture scholar Lena Lencek will drive everyone back for seconds. Example: Shrooms—and I don’t mean the psychedelic kind—are one of those vegetables that you either love or hate.
Word: shroom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of mushroom. Pronunciation: /ʃɹuːm/ 1. To take magic mushrooms. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Not just because it was sophmoric^([sic]) and juvenile (which it surely was) but I was shrooming pretty heavily by now. Example: Just a few months ago I was in Amsterdam with two old friends from the Lahore art world. On a warm summer night we checked out some galleries and walked along the canals, whirring bicycles and shrooming teenagers passing us in the darkness.
Word: some more Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See s'more. 1. Toasted marshmallows and chocolate between graham crackers. Labels: US
Word: some more Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of somemore. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: snarfle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From snarf + -le (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1985. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɑːɹf(ə)l/, /ˈsnɑːf(ə)l/ 1. To make the noise of an animal (such as a pig) eating. Labels: intransitive, slang 2. To eat greedily. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Wiggy, my Staffordshire terrier, loved to snarfle and root around on that hillside, and she always brought in the wonderful perfume, like a cloud of scent . . . Example: . . . while we snarfle down popcorn at the Cineplex.
Word: domineering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of domineer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: domineering Part of Speech: adj 1. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
Word: domineering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who domineers. Example: In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.
Word: editable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English edit 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 editable From edit + -able. 1. Capable of being edited. Labels: not-comparable Example: This page is editable by anyone.
Word: MIP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure. Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MIP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minor in possession (of alcohol). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of molecularly imprinted polymer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of maximum intensity projection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MIP Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of multum in parvo (“much in little”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: twinges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twinge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twinges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of twinge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: edifying Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. 2. That enlightens or uplifts.
Word: edifying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of edify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Word: edifying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Edification. Example: I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
Word: prologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/ 1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel. Labels: rhetoric Example: “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]” 2. One who delivers a prologue. Example: And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce; 3. A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine. 4. An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage. 5. A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
Word: prologue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/, /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/ 1. To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. Labels: rhetoric Example: […]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]
Word: karmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From karma + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹmɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to karma. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ken Kesey was one who supported abortion only to save the life of the mother, arguing that society needed to care about everyone, including “the un-dead old [and]^([sic]) the un-born young.” As he put it, “Abortions are a terrible karmic bummer.” Example: Raymond Gunt is not a nice person. He might just be, as more than one character in Douglas Coupland’s 14th novel remarks, the Worst. Person. Ever. He’s far-fetchedly horrible. A grotesque. A supernova of bad karmic energy.
Word: DNF Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of did not finish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of did not find. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of do not follow. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DNF Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to finish, as a sporting event or a piece of media. Example: While I used to love them, now I keep DNFing superhero movies. Example: He'd DNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win.
Word: DNF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of disjunctive normal form. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. A failure to finish something, such as a sporting event.
Word: DNF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Digital National Framework. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pulla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle. Doublet of bowl and boule. 1. A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Then we would all have coffee and pulla bread," recalled Hilma Wainio of Spencer. Example: Other locally made items include pulla, a foot-long braided bread flavored with cardamom and priced at $6 a loaf, and wood carvings.
Word: C-suite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From C in chief + suite. 1. The group of officers of a business organization who have the word chief in their titles. Example: Near-synonym: CXO Example: THE customer is king. So some firms have started appointing chief customer officers (CCOs) to serve the king more attentively. These new additions to the (already crowded) C-suite are supposed to look at the business from the customer’s point of view. 2. Senior headquarters executives: the chiefs and their immediate subordinates.
Word: drum major Part of Speech: noun 1. One who conducts and commands a marching band.
Word: airhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead. Pronunciation: /ˈɛːhɛd/, /ˈɛɹˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel. Example: The only difference between an airhead and a beachhead is that an airhead covers 360 degrees whereas a beachhead usually covers 180 degrees. An airhead is two beachheads back to back with the reinforcements and resupply coming by air instead of by sea. [...] [T]o handle their mountainous proportions there must be in the airhead a sufficient number of trained and equipped airhead service troops. Example: In another war airheads will be more important than beachheads. Neither one will work unless we can keep it adequately supplied. The successful combat air force will require a huge transport fleet for air lift. 2. A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation. Labels: broadly 3. Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: [T]he mine then becomes exposed to the most fearful results, where the workings have been opened, by the Air being driven backwards along the Airhead into the reservoirs of Gas formed in the upper cavities of the workings, and issuing into the Gate-road charged with the Gas to the firing point, causing an explosion, of which many familiar instances might be adduced.
Word: airhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + head, in the sense of having one’s head filled with air instead of a brain; compare empty-headed. Pronunciation: /ˈɛːhɛd/, /ˈɛɹˌ(h)ɛd/ 1. A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Sometimes people tell you directly that you aren't very smart, but most of the time they ignore your attempts to display your intelligence, or they kid you about being a "space case" or an "airhead." After a while you are bound to see yourself as not very intelligent, particularly if the people who have been sending you those messages about yourself are important to you. Example: Yeah. Well, Tammi is a bit of an airhead, I guess, but I feel sorry for her.
Word: overfull Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English overful, overfulle, from Old English oferfull (“overfull”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uberfullaz; equivalent to over- + full. Cognate with German übervoll (“overfull”), Swedish överfull (“overfull”). 1. excessively filled; full to overflowing Labels: not-comparable
Word: overfull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English full house English overfull From over- + full house. 1. A full house that beats someone else's full house. Example: […] let's say the flop comes 9-9-8, with the open pair on top. One player has J-T-9-8 for the overfull—9s full of 8s for the nut full house—while another player has 8-8-7-6 for 8s full of 9s and the "underfull". The player with the underfull is both getting smashed and drawing dead.
Word: xylogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylo- + -genesis. 1. The formation of wood. Labels: uncountable
Word: Canadianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Canadian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Canadianism From Canadian + -ism. 1. Allegiance or loyalty to Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The status or character of being Canadian. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A word or phrase that originated in Canada, or has special meaning in Canada. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: top dollar Part of Speech: noun 1. The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price. Labels: US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Within six months, Goodie was back in radio, earning just about the top dollar for a writer ($3,000 weekly) as Danny Kaye's chief scripter. Example: Consumers are willing to pay top dollar for distinctive, rare, traditional cheeses.
Word: top gear Part of Speech: noun 1. The highest gear that is available in a motor vehicle or car. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: (often synonymous) fifth gear, overdrive Example: His Packard rarely saw top gear, because in the 1930s this county barely had any roads smooth and straight enough to use it on. 2. The highest level of performance or activity. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Things really shifted into top gear once they found a new angel investor.
Word: top hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk). 2. A kind of steel batten. Example: The car body is a light steel shell fabricated by welding from top-hat, channel, and Z sections.
Word: top-heavy Part of Speech: adj 1. having a high centre of gravity, and liable to topple Example: Legion: Your new platform is inefficient. It has low-volume hydraulics and is top-heavy. 2. having an excessive number of administrators or managers 3. Having a significant portion of the plan assets allocated to key employees to the detriment of lower-wage employees. Example: A defined benefit plan is top-heavy if[…] the present value of the accrued benefits (PVAB) under the plan for the key employees exceeds 60 percent of the PVAB under the plan for all employees. 4. having a disproportionately large upper body, especially the bust Example: "My figure is topheavy, and I always thought a woman with a large bust had to look mature. Now I know better." An all-in-one girdle is a lifesaver for women like Miss B. Example: The top-heavy woman finished her whisky. She left fatty finger marks on the glass. 5. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: He who confines his drink to the same level as that of the poor unreasoning soul-less animals, who never take too much and are never “top-heavy,” cannot avoid irritation.
Word: topical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From topic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈtɑ.pɪ.kəl/ 1. Relating to a particular topic or subject. Example: The book is divided into topical chapters. 2. Relating to a topic or subject of current interest. Example: Fair trade has become quite a topical issue. 3. Local to a particular place. 4. Applied to a localized part of the body. Labels: not-comparable 5. Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye). Labels: not-comparable Example: Terbinafine is available in 250 mg tablets and in a topical 1% ointment. There is no parenteral form available. 6. Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
Word: topical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From topic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒp.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈtɑ.pɪ.kəl/ 1. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye). Example: Small amounts of potent ingredients can, in theory, mean far less skin irritation, as one might get with a one-time high dose of retinol. And with topicals, there is a more uniform delivery of product to the skin’s surface. Example: "This is a great introductory line to first-time cannabis users because two of the items are topicals, which don't get you high," says Elisabeth, who prides herself and her growers on having a well-balanced and chemical-free strand. 2. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye). 3. A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects. Example: You can’t do a show at an audience – you have to do a show with an audience and structure the act so that you start with the “hello” gags, then the topicals, then the surreal stuff. 4. A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors. Example: beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.
Word: topically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English topic English -al English topical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English topically From topical + -ly. 1. In a topical manner. 2. (Applied) to a localized part of the body. Example: If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck.
Word: top up Part of Speech: verb 1. To refill (or recharge) something. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I shall top up with petrol before the long trip. Example: Please top up the tank tonight. 2. To refill (or recharge) something. Labels: ambitransitive, idiomatic Example: I shall top up the mobile phone at the supermarket. Example: Users can top up their wallet balance and start sending and receiving money between mobile phones. 3. To refill (or recharge) something. Labels: UK, ambitransitive Example: The waitress topped up my coffee every few minutes. 4. To refill (or recharge) something. Labels: ambitransitive 5. To have sex (with). Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: We had dinner, went back to her place, and started topping up.
Word: top-up Part of Speech: adj 1. That serves as an addition Labels: not-comparable Example: English university students will have to pay top-up fees.
Word: top-up Part of Speech: noun 1. An addition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Energy will be generated from solar panels, water will be recycled and extracted from soil and the astronauts will grow their own food - they will also have an emergency ration and regular top-ups as new explorers join every two years. 2. A serving of drink used to top up an existing glass. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An additional premium paid over the initial premium in order to increase benefit values. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Additional credit purchased for a mobile phone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I added a $20 top-up on my cellphone's data plan. 5. A dose of epidural anesthetic added to previously injected spinal anesthetic in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reinforcement of anesthesia by an epidural “top-up” in combined spinal-epidural anesthesia may be explained by a dual mechanism: a volume effect compressing the dural sac and a local anesthetic effect. 6. The situation where a student who holds a qualification equivalent to part of a degree course is then accepted onto a degree course at an intermediate point, without having to start it from the beginning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: toreador Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish toreador, from torear (“to fight bulls”), from toro (“bull”), from Latin taurus. 1. A bullfighter, especially one on horseback. Example: Such figures formed part of some ivory model of the Bull Ring, and are meant to suggest the toreadors who loom so large in the art and the traditions of Knossos. We can imagine the associations which such young toreadors would suggest, hung in the air by fine gold chains above the back of an ivory bull, when we look at a scene painted on one of the frescoes.
Word: Torontonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Toronto English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Torontonian From Toronto + -n- + -ian. Pronunciation: /tə.ɹɑnˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the city of Toronto, Canada.
Word: Torontonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Toronto English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Torontonian From Toronto + -n- + -ian. Pronunciation: /tə.ɹɑnˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Toronto.
Word: torpedo boat Part of Speech: noun 1. A high-speed marine vessel (small warship or large boat) designed to fire torpedoes, especially in coastal waters.
Word: torpedo-boat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of torpedo boat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: torpedoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torpedo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torpedoes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torpedo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dibs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide. Pronunciation: /dɪbz/ 1. The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I call dibs on the hammock! Example: He called dibs on batting first.
Word: dibs Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide. Pronunciation: /dɪbz/ 1. Used to claim this right. Labels: informal
Word: dibs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide. Pronunciation: /dɪbz/ 1. To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve. Labels: informal
Word: dibs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *dibš- Arabic دِبْس (dibs)bor. English dibs Borrowed from Arabic دِبْس (dibs). Pronunciation: /dɪbz/ 1. A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Besides what is thus consumed, the village makes about 180,000 pounds of raisins , one third of which is for home consumption , and about 24,000 pounds of dibs, ( grape molasses , ) all of which is for home use
Word: dibs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪbz/ 1. plural of dib Labels: form-of, plural 2. A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand. Labels: obsolete 3. Money. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Get hold of the dibs, says he, and then you are bound to be right.
Word: Stacy Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.si/ 1. A surname, variant of Stacey. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the surname, popular in the 1970s.
Word: Stacy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.si/ 1. An attractive, genetically gifted and popular woman who is sexually active, often conceived as the female counterpart of a Chad. Labels: Internet, derogatory, sometimes Example: Incels scoff at Beckys, hoping to score exclusively with Stacys because Stacys alone are the sexual currency that will lead to admiration. Example: While incels rant against Stacys for only paying attention to alpha men, they desire and despise them at the same time for being, according to the incel stereotype, attractive, spoiled, successful, and promiscuous all at once.
Word: edges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of edge Labels: form-of, plural 2. The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: i never could keep my edges and kitchen / straight / even after / supercool/straighterPerm had burned / whiteness onto my scalp Example: Her edges were thick and dry and the ends of her hair just as thirsty.
Word: edges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of edge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tortoiseshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tortoise + shell. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛl/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)təsˌʃɛl/ 1. The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The hawksbill turtle. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A domestic cat (or a rabbit, guinea-pig, etc.) whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Any of several butterflies, mostly of the genera Nymphalis and Aglais that have similar markings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper (35%).
Word: tortoiseshell Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tortoise + shell. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː(ɹ)təˌʃɛl/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)təsˌʃɛl/ 1. Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.
Word: tortoiseshell cat Part of Speech: noun 1. a domestic cat whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings
Word: domestic cat Part of Speech: noun 1. A domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or subspecies Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.
Word: enacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enacting Part of Speech: noun 1. Enactment. Example: We have said all this: all this we say, and will continue to say; and we have talked, too, and shall talk, about the divers most curious votings and enactings of this House […]
Word: torture stake Part of Speech: noun 1. An upright stake on which people were nailed to be executed, especially that used to execute Jesus Christ according to the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Word: Stacey Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred back from the surname. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek popular in the 1970s, from the surname, sometimes also explained as a short form of Anastasia. Example: It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see it. But its briefness wasn’t the whole story. In that scant second that his lips claimed hers, Stacey felt herself suffused with warmth as a most unniecely heat flooded her body. Example: They call me Hel, they call me Stacey / They call me "her", they call me Jane
Word: totality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English total Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English totality From total + -ity. Pronunciation: /toʊˈtælɪti/ 1. The state of being total. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are a number of SCPs and tales that look at potential apocalypses, but rarely with such totality as SCP-2935, a parallel dimension in which death prevailed. 2. An aggregate quantity obtained by addition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the totality of your offspring 3. The phase of an eclipse when it is total. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: totem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an). Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊtəm/, /ˈtəʊtəm/ 1. Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature. 2. The clan whose kinship is defined in reference to such an object or creature. Example: The totem members were forbidden to eat the flesh of the totem animal, or were allowed to do so only under specific conditions. Example: These meanings flow from bear-like characteristics imprinted on totem members. Members of the bear clan may have dispositional, cognitive, and physical capabilities similar to those of bear. 3. A symbol or personification. Labels: figuratively Example: “She became a totem,” he added. “She became the personification of a particular response to the pandemic, which people in the far-flung margins of the internet and the not so far-flung margins used against her.” 4. An arbitrarily chosen object serving as a reminder to check whether one is awake or not, to aid in having lucid dreams. Example: The best way to determine if you are dreaming or not is to have a totem in your lucid dreams that does not exist in reality. Inducing yourself is as easy as waking up during the night and practicing as you fall back asleep. Say, "I will be aware I am dreaming while I am dreaming by seeing my totem." 5. A tall object resembling a totem pole. Example: Out the front of the Drive-in rose the town’s main tourist attraction, a totem of signs to bizarre places with impossible distances such as Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and so on. Example: There were rumors going around Clapham that he was some sort of wizard. Admittedly, the most striking feature of his estate did not help to dispel those rumors. From a little hillock in the yard, an eighty-foot pole projected into the sky, like a ship’s mast rising from dry land. [...] Despite his eccentric couture and the strange totem rising from his backyard, Henry Cavendish was not a wizard. He was, in eighteenth-century terms, a natural philosopher, or what we now call a scientist.
Word: tottering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of totter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tottering Part of Speech: adj 1. Unsteady, precarious or rickety. 2. Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
Word: tottering Part of Speech: noun 1. The movement of one who totters. Example: Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train[…]
Word: tot up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From total. Pronunciation: /ˌtɒt ˈʌp/, /ˌtɑt ˈʌp/ 1. To calculate the sum of a number of numbers or quantities. Labels: transitive Example: As soon as Debbie can tot up the scores, we'll know who won. Example: Later, when Cora got a chance to tot up her sins for the day, she would vaguely recall hearing the protestors suddenly grow quiet and whisper to each other. 2. To add up (to). Labels: UK, intransitive, usually Example: The bill tots up to 35 euros.
Word: touch-and-go Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of touch and go. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: His touch-and-go condition kept his wife at the hospital for days.
Word: touch-and-go Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of touch-and-go landing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Tour de France Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Tour de France (literally “Tour of France”). Pronunciation: /ˌtʊə də ˈfɹɑːns/, /ˌtʊə də ˈfɹɒns/, /ˌtʊɹ də ˈfɹæns/, /ˌtʊɹ də ˈfɹɑns/ 1. An annual long-distance cycling race through France and other European countries. Example: Sharing my predicament over a breakfast last week, he told me he commutes to his office every day by bike. Yet he was dressed in a smart black suit. His secret, he said, is black denim jeans with a 2 per cent elastane stretch — a great alternative for cyclists who don’t want to go full Tour de France.
Word: northern lights Part of Speech: noun 1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. […] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
Word: tourmaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tourmaline, ultimately from Sinhalese තෝරමල්ලී (tōramallī, “carnelian”) Pronunciation: /ˈtʊɚ.mə.lɪn/, /ˈtʊɚ.məˌlin/ 1. A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep. Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.) 2. A transparent gemstone cut from it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: supercharge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- 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 -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge English supercharge From super- + charge. 1. To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft. 2. To make faster or more powerful. Labels: transitive Example: Graphene could change the electronics industry, ushering in flexible devices, supercharged quantum computers, electronic clothing and computers that can interface with the cells in your body. Example: Instead of three co-equal branches acting as a check on each other, power has become increasingly concentrated over the years in the White House – a trend that is now being supercharged under Mr. Trump in ways that, to critics, raise the specter of authoritarianism. 3. To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.
Word: supercharge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- 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 -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge English supercharge From super- + charge. 1. A charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge. 2. An instance of supercharging.
Word: borosilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax English boro- English silicate English borosilicate From boro- + silicate. 1. Any of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids.
Word: borosilicate glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A heat-resistant glass made with the addition of boric oxide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pyrex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Pyrex. 1. A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient. Labels: uncountable Example: This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum Example: There is half of a yesteryear's tin of baked beans in a pyrex bowl 2. Any borosilicate glass. Labels: broadly, uncountable 3. Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking. Labels: broadly, uncountable
Word: supercharger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English charger English supercharger From super- + charger. 1. An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle). Example: The grey Bentley convertible, the 1933 4½-litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger, had been brought round a few minutes earlier from the garage where he kept it and the engine had kicked directly he pressed the self-starter. 2. An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle). 3. A device that can rapidly recharge a battery cell/pack.
Word: turbocharge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English turbo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós Proto-Celtic *karros Gaulish *karrosbor. Latin carrus Latin -ic- 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 -ico Latin carricō Late Latin carricāre Old French chargierder. Middle English chargen English charge English turbocharge From turbo- + charge. 1. To increase the power of (an internal combustion engine, either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the exhaust air (through using a turbocharger). Labels: transitive 2. To make faster or more powerful. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: Six weeks after that moment, in a darkened classroom at Oceanside Community College, I would learn via an anger management class video about the cardiology, neurology, and endocrinology of rage—about how, as I reached for that wrench, my hypothalamus was instant-messaging my adrenal glands to secrete cortisol and adrenaline. How stored fat was dumping into my bloodstream for an energy turbocharge. How my heart was pumping overtime, sending a surge of blood to my muscles and lungs in preparation for what that instructional video called "the evolutionary miracle of fight-or-flight." That morning, I saw Hay and took the former option. Example: 6 turbocharge your turkey Commit yourself to healthy, varied lunches, and start by topping your turkey club sandwich with broccoli sprouts. Compared with mature broccoli, these have up to 100 times the potent compound sulforaphane, which is shown to fight cancer.
Word: turbocharger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of turbosupercharger. 1. An inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air. Example: This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.
Word: seperately Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of separately. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tourniquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/, /ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/, /ˈtɝ.nɪ.kɪt/, /ˈtʊɚ.nɪ.kɪt/, /ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/ 1. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb. Example: His forefathers had been, as a rule, professional men—physicians and lawyers; his grandfather died under the walls of Chapultepec Castle while twisting a tourniquet for a cursing dragoon; an uncle remained indefinitely at Malvern Hill;[…]. Example: […] Bull was in the bathroom taking his fix, clutching his old black necktie in his teeth for a tourniquet and jabbing with the needle into his woesome arm with the thousand holes;[…] 2. Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position. 3. A turnstile. Labels: obsolete
Word: tourniquet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/, /ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/, /ˈtɝ.nɪ.kɪt/, /ˈtʊɚ.nɪ.kɪt/, /ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/ 1. To apply a tourniquet bandage.
Word: seperation Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of separation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tousled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊ.zəld/, /ˈtaʊ.səld/, /ˈtɔs.əld/, /ˈtʌs.əld/, /ˈtus.əld/ 1. Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt. Example: His shoes were covered with mud, and he was looking very rough and touzled; but then he had never been a very smart man, the Badger, at the best of times. Example: An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray.
Word: tousled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊ.zəld/, /ˈtaʊ.səld/, /ˈtɔs.əld/, /ˈtʌs.əld/, /ˈtus.əld/ 1. simple past and past participle of tousle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: towboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tow + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊˌboʊt/ 1. A tugboat. 2. A squat powerful boat designed to push barges. 3. A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat. 4. A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.
Word: tugboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tug + boat. Sense 2 from monthly tugboat, a reference to the saying "our ship has come in," here referring to a small, "reliable" "tugboat" instead of a large windfall. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌɡbəʊt/, /ˈtʌɡboʊt/ 1. A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels. 2. A Social Security Disability Insurance payment; monthly tugboat Labels: Internet, euphemistic, rare
Word: towpath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tow + path. 1. A path alongside a canal or river, originally for draft animals towing barges, now more often used as a footpath, nature trail, etc. Example: From the 1960s, various local authorities became increasingly involved in improving the neglected waterway, and towpaths were progressively reopened as footpaths.
Word: towel rail Part of Speech: noun 1. A rail, or system of rails (sometimes heated) in a bathroom, on which towels are hung to dry.
Word: foot-and-mouth disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves. Labels: uncountable Example: So Joe starts telling the citizen about the foot and mouth disease and the cattle traders and taking action in the matter and the citizen sending them all to the rightabout and Bloom coming out with his sheepdip for the scab and a hoose drench for coughing calves and the guaranteed remedy for timber tongue.