nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: click Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”). Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch. Example: As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened. Example: There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp. 2. The act of snapping one's fingers. Labels: UK 3. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. Example: tsk is a click in English. 4. The sound made by a dolphin. 5. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks. 6. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software. 7. A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed. Labels: broadly Example: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained. Example: Internet traffic to legal pornography sites in the UK comprised 8.5% of all "clicks" on web pages in June – exceeding those for shopping, news, business or social networks, according to new data obtained exclusively by the Guardian. 8. A pawl or similar catch. Example: A wheel, with teeth in which a click or pawl engages to prevent backward motion; or the same with addition of another click through which power is imparted at intervals to move the wheel. 9. A knock or blow. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […] 10. A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing. 11. A click track. Labels: informal Example: But I knew I needed a click, so we put a click on the 24-track, which then was synced to the Moog Modular.
Word: click Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”). Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click. Labels: transitive Example: [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Example: She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. 2. To emit a click. Labels: intransitive Example: Surely that picture will be fixed for ever, for I heard the cameras clicking round me like crickets in a field. 3. To snap one's fingers. Labels: UK 4. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). 5. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button. Labels: transitive 6. To visit (a website). Labels: transitive Example: Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com. 7. To navigate by clicking a mouse button. Labels: intransitive Example: I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site. Example: From the home page, click through to the Products section. 8. To make sense suddenly. Labels: intransitive Example: Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time. 9. To get along well. Labels: intransitive Example: When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since. Example: After tea, the bright boys wash, clean their boots, and change into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth[…]; sometimes to saunter, in company with others, up and down that parade until they “click” with one of the “birds.” 10. To tick. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: the varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door 11. To take (a photograph) with a camera. Labels: India, transitive Example: Brad immediately took out his Iphone^([sic]) and clicked a picture of the plant and posted it up on Google and clicked search. Example: They clicked some pictures outside his sea facing bungalow and left dejected again. 12. To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time. Labels: India, intransitive 13. Of a film, to be successful at the box office. Labels: India, intransitive
Word: click Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”). Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. The sound of a click. Example: Click! The door opened.
Word: click Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometer; kilometers per hour”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: No siree, Bob, we are the only ship in three million clicks.
Word: click Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clike, from Old French clique (“latch”). Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. 2. The latch of a door. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: click Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch. Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. To snatch. Labels: obsolete Example: ‘I take 'em to prevent abuses,’ Cants he, and then the Crucifix And Chalice from the Altar clicks.
Word: click Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch. Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. A kind of throw. Example: inside click; outside click; cross click
Word: click Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. Misspelling of clique. Labels: US, alt-of, misspelling
Word: click Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɪk/, [kʰl̥ɪk] 1. Misspelling of clique. Labels: US, alt-of, misspelling
Word: humanity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”). Pronunciation: /hjuˈmænɪti/, [j̊ʊwˈmænɪɾi] 1. Humankind; human beings as a group. Labels: uncountable Example: Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all. Example: At last the concourse is relatively clear of humanity and the task of clearing up can begin. 2. The human condition or nature. Labels: uncountable 3. The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects. Labels: uncountable Example: Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities! Example: Killing Animals Humanely. Humanity requires that animals be killed in the quickest and least painful manner. The following circular has been sent by our American Humane Education Society very widely through the country. 4. Any academic subject belonging to the humanities. Labels: countable Example: Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
Word: AQ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of al-Qaeda. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automatic qualifier, referring to the NCAA Division I FBS conferences whose champions receive automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of achievement quotient. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of accomplishment quotient. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of autism quotient (“the score one receives on a self-administered test created in 2001 by Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen to test for autism or Asperger's syndrome”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: listeme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From list + -eme. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstiːm/ 1. An item that is memorized as part of a list, as opposed to being generated by a rule. Example: Idioms such as "red herring" are listemes, as are irregular forms such as "geese". Example: A memorized chunk is sometimes called a listeme, that is, an item that has to be memorized as part of a list; one can argue that this book ought to have been called Listemes and Rules.
Word: apoptosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις (apóptōsis, “a falling off”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling”). Pronunciation: /ˌapɒpˈtəʊsɪs/, /ˌæ.pəˈtoʊ.sɪs/, /ˌæpəpˈtoʊsəs/ 1. A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of events which leads to death of the cell, as occurs during growth and development of the organism, as a part of normal cell aging, or as a response to cellular injury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The term apoptosis is proposed for a hitherto little recognized mechanism of controlled cell deletion, which appears to play a complementary but opposite role to mitosis in the regulation of animal cell populations. Example: Indeed, so important is apoptosis that it is gradually becoming clear that almost all therapeutic cancer treatment works only because it induces apoptosis by alerting p53 and its colleagues.
Word: firework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + work. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪɚˌwɚk/ 1. A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration. Labels: plural, usually Example: Commercial firework displays are commonly launched from boats or other vessels Example: Fireworks went off after Australia won the World Cup.
Word: spark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sparkō Old English spearca Middle English sparke English spark From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō (compare Saterland Frisian Spoorke, West Frisian spark, Dutch spark, German Low German Sparke, German Sparke), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin spargō (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek σπαργάω (spargáō, “to swell”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)). Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːk/, [ˈspɑːk], /ˈspɑɹk/, [ˈspɑɹk] 1. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction. 2. A short or small burst of electrical discharge. 3. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 4. A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire. Labels: figuratively Example: if any spark of life be yet remaining Example: , Book IV, Chapter XVII But though we have, here and there, a little of this clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge 5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa. 6. A ship's radio operator. 7. An electrician. Labels: UK, slang Example: At the other extreme, with limitless budgets all they have to do is dream up amazing lighting rigs to be constructed and operated by the huge team of gaffers and sparks, with their generators, discharge lights, flags, gobos and brutes. 8. A small collection of cells which briefly appears at the edge of a larger pattern before dying off. 9. A diamond, especially one set in a piece of jewellery. Labels: in-plural, obsolete
Word: spark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sparkō Old English spearca Middle English sparke English spark From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō (compare Saterland Frisian Spoorke, West Frisian spark, Dutch spark, German Low German Sparke, German Sparke), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin spargō (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek σπαργάω (spargáō, “to swell”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)). Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːk/, [ˈspɑːk], /ˈspɑɹk/, [ˈspɑɹk] 1. To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages. Example: One such investigation described how kindness can be contagious. It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012. 2. To light; to kindle. Labels: transitive Example: Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand. 3. To give off a spark or sparks. Labels: intransitive 4. To shoot; to fire Labels: intransitive Example: [Streetlife]:Fuck a peace talk, let the gun spark, on the streets of New York. Example: All of a sudden, everybody tuggin', everybody dark. Everybody gums runnin', 'til the guns spark.
Word: spark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːk/, [ˈspɑːk], /ˈspɑɹk/, [ˈspɑɹk] 1. A gallant; a foppish young man. Example: The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. Example: Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?” 2. A beau, lover.
Word: spark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably Scandinavian, akin to Old Norse sparkr (“sprightly”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːk/, [ˈspɑːk], /ˈspɑɹk/, [ˈspɑɹk] 1. To woo, court; to act the gallant or beau. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: metonymy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin metonymia, from Ancient Greek μετωνυμίᾱ (metōnumíā, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈtɑnəmi/, /mɪˈtɒnəmi/ 1. The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Metonymy does new names impose, And things for things by near relation shews. Example: ...the principle of metonymy is simply to substitute for the plain name of a thing a name or phrase based on something connected with it. 2. A metonym. Labels: countable
Word: preface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 14th century, from Middle English preface, prefas, from Old French preface (from which derives the modern French préface), from Medieval Latin prefātia, for classical Latin praefātiō (“a saying beforehand”), from praefor (“to speak beforehand”), from prae- (“beforehand”) + for (“to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛfəs/, /ˈpɹɛfɪs/ 1. A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author. Example: Holonyms: front matter, prelims Example: The book included a brief preface explaining the author's motivations for writing. 2. An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks. Example: This superficial tale / Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Example: Heav'ns high behest no preface needs. 3. A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus. Example: Meronyms: protocol, embolism, eschatocol 4. A title or epithet. Example: […] a black-tie dinner to celebrate on the eve of the ceremony which would remove the preface "Sir" from his name and replace it with the preface "Lord," thought by some to be one of the most potent words in the English language.
Word: preface Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late 14th century, from Middle English preface, prefas, from Old French preface (from which derives the modern French préface), from Medieval Latin prefātia, for classical Latin praefātiō (“a saying beforehand”), from praefor (“to speak beforehand”), from prae- (“beforehand”) + for (“to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛfəs/, /ˈpɹɛfɪs/ 1. To introduce or make a comment before (the main point); to premise. Labels: transitive Example: Let me preface this by saying that I don't know him that well. 2. To give a preface to. Labels: transitive Example: to preface a book
Word: eagre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See eager. 1. Obsolete form of eager. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Howſoeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians being no leſſe wearied of the warre, than the Athenians were eagre to purſue it, the one obtained their eaſe, and the other the execution and honor which they deſired : for all the Greekes (thoſe of Peloponmeſus excepted) willingly ſubiected themſelues to the commandment of the Athenians which was both beginning of their greatneſſe in that preſent age, and of their ruine in the next ſucceeding.
Word: eagre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Not attested in Middle English; either from Old English *ēagor (“water, sea”) (attested in ēagorstrēam) or Old Norse ægir (“sea, ocean”); however, both possibilities fail to show the phonological outcome one would expect. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈiːɡə(ɹ)/ 1. a tidal bore Example: A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.
Word: LT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of leukotriene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of lieutenant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of local time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of left twist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of long time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. A designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes low-end (base model) features. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: LE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of law enforcement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: LE seized the package. 2. Initialism of limited edition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of luxury edition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Puglia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Apulia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lazio Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lazio. Doublet of Latium. 1. An administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital. It corresponds to ancient Latium.
Word: Sicilia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people. Doublet of Sicily. Pronunciation: /sɪˈsɪljə/ 1. A province of the Roman Empire (consisting of the island of Sicily). Labels: uncountable
Word: LC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of letter of credit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, letter, uncountable 2. Initialism of liquor commission. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of least count. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of lethal concentration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of liquid crystal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of least concern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of launch complex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of lactation consultant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of lord chancellor. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The lord chancellorship certainly needed reform and sadly Lord Irvine resisted taking the sensible steps of creating an independent judicial appointments commission and ending the nonsense of the LC having the right, should he choose, of sitting himself as a judge on cases. 10. Initialism of legit check. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of lambda calculus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of LeetCode. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of landing craft Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: LC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of low-contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism, not-comparable Example: to go LC with one's parents
Word: Milano Part of Speech: name Etymology: Not certain; see Milano § History on Wikipedia. 1. A minor city in Milam County, Texas, United States.
Word: Milano Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Milano. Doublet of Milan. 1. Alternative form of Milan Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Folko was not displeased to find that the ladies felt anxious to see beautiful Milano, and to leave Genoa on the morrow, as the autumnal gales were beginning to blow bleakly from the sea. Example: The need to be competent is made extreme in a town like Milano, Italy, which can be compared, in management terms, to a huge company. 2. Alternative form of Milan: 3. Alternative form of Milan:
Word: tarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tarpaulin. Pronunciation: /tɑːp/, /tɑɹp/, [tʰäɹp], [t(ʰ)a̝ɹp] 1. Clipping of tarpaulin (“covering”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: [Ignatz, under the rain:] It's a good thing I had this tarp handy. [...] / [Officer Pupp:] Gimme that canvas, it's much more important that I keep dry. Example: {Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp, we don’t want the rug splattered.
Word: tarp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of tarpaulin. Pronunciation: /tɑːp/, /tɑɹp/, [tʰäɹp], [t(ʰ)a̝ɹp] 1. To cover something with a tarpaulin. Example: The load may be tarped for serious white water, but tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.
Word: vatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vates (“seer, poet”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈvætɪk/ 1. Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular. Example: The truth of life lay in the vatic messages words sent, meanings beyond what the world called meaning. Example: “Inordinate attention from the middle latitudes,” proclaimed Miles, with a sort of vatic swoon in his voice.
Word: beaucoup Part of Speech: det Etymology: Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant. Pronunciation: /boʊˈkuː/, /ˈbuˌku/, /ˈboʊˌku/, /ˈbuːkuː/ 1. Much, many, a lot of. Labels: Louisiana, US, especially, informal Example: You know that cost beaucoup bucks! Example: “I bet the skipper’s been drinkin^([sic]) beaucoup highballs an^([sic]) thinks Brooklyn’s Hoboken.”
Word: beaucoup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant. Pronunciation: /boʊˈkuː/, /ˈbuˌku/, /ˈboʊˌku/, /ˈbuːkuː/ 1. An abundance. Example: Alongside the road with holes in my soul and my shoes / And beaucoups of blues
Word: beaucoup Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant. Pronunciation: /boʊˈkuː/, /ˈbuˌku/, /ˈboʊˌku/, /ˈbuːkuː/ 1. In abundance. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially as used by the laborers who dug the Panama Canal). There are also later (1960s) suggestions that the term referred instead to Italians and derives from spaghetti, but there is little to back this up. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪk/ 1. Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur 2. Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent. Labels: US, ethnic, slur, uncommon Example: “He’s a spic” he said. He was frantic with jealousy, he didn’t want to be hurt again.
Word: tagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tag + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡə(ɹ)/ 1. One who or that which tags. Example: The teacher then calls on each one of the tagged to identify his tagger. If a student cannot guess correctly, he must sit down. 2. One who or that which tags. 3. One who or that which tags. Example: To include part-of-speech (POS) information, the corpus was tagged using the CLAWS tagger. 4. A device for removing taglocks from sheep. 5. That which is pointed like a tag. Example: hedgehogs' or porcupines' small taggers
Word: tagger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡə(ɹ)/ 1. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: tagger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡə(ɹ)/ 1. Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge. Labels: in-plural
Word: weeknight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wiċe Middle English wyke English week English night English weeknight From week + night. 1. The evening of a weekday. Example: On weeknights other than Saturdays, the last Bedford train leaves St. Pancras at 10.35 instead of 10.0 p.m. and is 20 min. faster, and the last Luton train at 11.35 instead of 11.15 p.m. Example: For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat.
Word: worse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). Pronunciation: /wɜːs/, /wɔːs/, /wɝs/, [wəɪs] 1. comparative form of bad: more bad Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Your exam results are worse than before.
Word: worse Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). Pronunciation: /wɜːs/, /wɔːs/, /wɝs/, [wəɪs] 1. comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The harder you try, the worse you do. Example: Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2. Less skillfully. Example: He drives worse than anyone else I know. 3. More severely or seriously. Example: The bad news affected me worse than it did my brother. 4. Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse. Example: Her leg is infected. Still worse, she's developing a fever.
Word: worse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). Pronunciation: /wɜːs/, /wɔːs/, /wɝs/, [wəɪs] 1. Loss; disadvantage; defeat Labels: obsolete Example: Judah was put to the worse before Israel. 2. That which is worse; something less good. Example: Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.
Word: worse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”). Pronunciation: /wɜːs/, /wɔːs/, /wɝs/, [wəɪs] 1. To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
Word: Barry Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Bairre, short form of Fionnbharr, from fionn (“white”) + barr (“head”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹi/, /ˈbaɹɪj/, /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. A male given name from Irish. Example: Above left, Kathryn Bigelow with the cinemaphotographer Barry Ackroyd on the set of The Hurt Locker. 2. A surname from Irish derived from the given name, or from place names in Scotland and Wales.
Word: Barry Part of Speech: name Etymology: In Wales, said to be named after Saint Baruc, who was buried on Barry Island, from Welsh Barrwg, a name of uncertain origin but possibly related to Irish barr (“hill, summit”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹi/, /ˈbaɹɪj/, /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. Any of a number of places: 2. Any of a number of places: 3. Any of a number of places: 4. Any of a number of places: 5. Any of a number of places: 6. Any of a number of places: 7. Any of a number of places: 8. Any of a number of places: 9. Any of a number of places: 10. Any of a number of places: 11. Any of a number of places:
Word: Barry Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive forms with -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹi/, /ˈbaɹɪj/, /ˈbɛɹi/, /ˈbaɾe/, /-ɾɪ/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Barack.
Word: basil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry. Pronunciation: /ˈbæz.əl/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ 1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: basil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of bezel. Pronunciation: /ˈbæz.əl/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ 1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away. Example: [H]old the edge of your Iron upvvards in your left hand and your VVhet-ſtone in your right, and having firſt ſpit upon your Stone to vvet it, apply it to the Baſil of your Iron, in ſuch a Poſition that it may bear upon the vvhole bredth of the Baſil; and ſo vvorking the Stone over the Baſil, you vvill quickly vvear the courſer grating of the Grind ſtone off the edge on that ſide: […]
Word: basil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of bezel. Pronunciation: /ˈbæz.əl/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ 1. To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle. Labels: transitive Example: These usually large chisels may have the edge basiled on either the inside or the outside of the 90° angle of the blade.
Word: basil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæz.əl/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ 1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. Example: Each sleeper has for covering a large basil (dressed sheep-skin), such as cobblers use for aprons. As they lie in long rows, in the most profound repose, with these dark brown wrappers about them, they present the uniform look and arrangement of a long line of mummies.
Word: basil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French basile (“basilisk”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæz.əl/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ 1. A type of cannon. Labels: obsolete 2. A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner. Labels: archaic, historical Example: When I once more feel that sharp smarting around the scabby sores that cluster like so many oysters on my ankles beneath my chained iron basils, I know that the tide has turned.
Word: what's in it for me Part of Speech: phrase 1. What are the advantages of (something) to me, personally? Labels: idiomatic Example: Before agreeing to volunteer, she asked, “What’s in it for me?”
Word: ridged band Part of Speech: noun 1. The highly vascularized and innervated area of erogenous tissue at the tip of the prepuce.
Word: pylon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”). Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.lɒn/, /ˈpaɪ.lən/ 1. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. 2. A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables. Example: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. Example: After two pylonless months, July's pylon comes all the way from the hills outside Wellington, New Zealand. 3. A tall steel or concrete tower from which cables are strung. 4. A lighting mast; a freestanding support for floodlights. 5. A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage. 6. A starting derrick for an aeroplane. Labels: historical 7. A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight. Labels: historical 8. An obelisk. Example: The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone. 9. A traffic cone. 10. An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football. 11. An ineffective, useless player. Labels: derogatory Example: The defensemen have been total pylons tonight! Example: So I joined a rec league in October with no hockey experience and little skating experience. While its been fun, there is the problem that I continue to be a pylon. 12. A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg. Example: McKenzie uses a pylon for all above knee amputees, and orders a permanent leg when function merits it. Example: During the early postoperative period, before the patient has a prosthesis, they may have a rigid dressing with a pylon.
Word: statuesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French statuesque. By surface analysis, statu(e) + -esque. Pronunciation: /statjʊˈɛsk/, /statʃʊˈɛsk/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of a statue. Example: He was by no means a bad hero to look at, if such a thing were needed. His face was pale, melancholy, statuesque—and his large enthusiastic eyes, suggested a story and a secret—perhaps a horror. Example: We went out by his gate into the road, and there we made a minute examination of the statuesque passing traffic. The tops of the wheels and some of the legs of the horses of this char-a-banc, the end of the whip-lash and the lower jaw of the conductor — who was just beginning to yawn — were perceptibly in motion, but all the rest of the lumbering conveyance seemed still. 2. Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive. Example: Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads. Example: The grand, handsome, and much younger Mrs. Nettles, […] has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.
Word: statue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua. Pronunciation: /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/, /ˈstæt.juː/, /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ 1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. Example: I will raise her statue in pure gold. Example: It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”! 2. A portrait. Labels: dated Example: The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention
Word: statue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua. Pronunciation: /ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/, /ˈstæt.juː/, /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ 1. To form a statue of; to make into a statue. Labels: transitive Example: The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
Word: statuelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English statue Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English statuelike From statue + -like. 1. Like or resembling a statue.
Word: pampa Part of Speech: noun 1. singular of pampas Labels: form-of, singular Example: Until the 1920's, Argentina was one of the wealthiest nations in the world, thanks to the fertile farms and ranches that spread over the pampa — the grasslands that stretch in a huge arc from Buenos Aires. Example: A few hundred yards across the pampa from where Chilean soldiers patrol the boundary, stern-faced, the Peruvian border police sit under wind-torn blue awnings, eyeing the Chileans warily.
Word: manja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā). 1. String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In spring when the sky was dotted with paper kites, the young men and boys allowed the girls to hold the manja, kite string made abrasive with finely crushed glass.
Word: manja Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Malay manja. 1. Adoring; affectionate; tending to coddle somebody. Labels: Singapore Example: […] the same note of clinging affection is present. This leads others to rightly conclude that the brother and the sister are manja towards each other.
Word: dingo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/, /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/ 1. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo). Example: Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.] 2. A cowardly or otherwise despicable person. Labels: Australia, informal
Word: dingo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/, /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/ 1. To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner. Labels: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive 2. To renege on an agreement or situation. Labels: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive 3. To let down another individual. Labels: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive
Word: kookaburra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wiradjuri guuguubarra (“laughing kookaburra”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/, /ˈkʊkəˌbaɹə/, /ˈkʊkəˌbɝɹə/ 1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo.
Word: model Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/, [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩], /ˈmɑ.dl̩/, [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈmɔd.l̩/ 1. A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion. Example: Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper. Example: The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers. 2. A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show. 3. A representation of a physical object. Example: The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane. Example: The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom. 4. A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event. Example: machine learning model Example: The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane. 5. A style, type, or design. Example: we service all makes and models Example: He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car. 6. The structural design of a complex system. Example: The team developed a sound business model. 7. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications. Example: Near-synonym: (person) role model Example: He was a model of eloquence and virtue. 8. An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition. 9. An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set. 10. An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans. Example: They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model. Example: They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model. 11. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Example: Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life. 12. In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Word: model Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/, [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩], /ˈmɑ.dl̩/, [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈmɔd.l̩/ 1. Worthy of being a model; exemplary. Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...] Example: Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
Word: model Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒd.l̩/, [ˈmɒd.ɫ̩], /ˈmɑ.dl̩/, [ˈmɑ.ɾɫ̩], /ˈmɔd.l̩/ 1. To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model. Labels: transitive Example: She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate. 2. To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original. Labels: transitive Example: They modelled weather patterns using a computer. Example: What passenger growth might be achieved by this can be modelled, but experience shows that in the post-COVID environment, accurate modelling is exceptionally difficult. 3. To make a miniature model of. Labels: transitive Example: He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes. 4. To create from a substance such as clay. Labels: transitive Example: The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin. 5. To make a model or models. Labels: intransitive 6. To work as a model in art or fashion. Labels: intransitive Example: The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
Word: forex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of for(eign) + ex(change). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹˌɛks/ 1. Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the results of talks with a number of American bankers in Europe reporting on the new scale (post Herstatt) of their forex dealings, plus what they say of their European colleagues and what "reliable sources" in London project, go into a pocket electronic calculator the display lights up with figures which indicate that forex staffs in European banks now have at least three quarters of every day free for whittling or reading the classified ads. Example: The number of forexes has increased steadily and 41 had been licensed by December, 1990, of which 33 were active.
Word: yabby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij. Pronunciation: /ˈjæb.i/ 1. Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia. Labels: Australia Example: Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other. Example: Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes. 2. A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait; a nipper. Labels: Australia Example: Callianassa australiensis is known in southern New South Wales as the "ghost-nipper" (Dakin, Bennett and Pope, 1952), and in northern New South Wales and Queensland as the "yabby" (a word of aboriginal origin also applied to freshwater crayfish). Example: Putting the yabby on a hook takes a little care and hook sizes need to match the physical dimensions of the yabby.
Word: yabby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij. Pronunciation: /ˈjæb.i/ 1. To search, forage, or fish for yabbies. Labels: intransitive Example: He would have known the Merri well, given the affinity between boys and creeks, and he probably fished and yabbied there. Example: The kids in town now that have the most fun are the so-called 'feral kids'. They spend the whole days doing what we used to do, yabbying and on the river.