nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: machismo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”). Pronunciation: /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/, /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/, /mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/, /məˈkɪz.məʊ/ 1. An excessive masculine pride, exaggerated masculinity. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. Example: With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere. 2. Male chauvinism, misogyny. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common." Example: The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?
Word: principe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian principe. Doublet of prince and princeps. 1. An Italian prince.
Word: Filipinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Filipina Labels: form-of, plural 2. the women's national football representative team of the Philippines
Word: Malinois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Malines + -ois, Malines being the French name for the Flemish city Mechelen. Pronunciation: [ˈmælɪnˌwɑː] 1. Ellipsis of Belgian Malinois. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: I remember him so well because I love dogs and he had a malinois, which is quite a special dog. He was always in a good mood.
Word: compendium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“to weigh”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛn.di.əm/ 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. Example: It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici. 3. A list or collection of various items. 4. A list or collection of various items.
Word: binary digit Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹiˌdɪ.d͡ʒət/, /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.iˌdɪ.d͡ʒət/ 1. Either of the characters 0 and 1, used in the binary numeral system.
Word: binary numeral system Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for representing numbers in which a radix of two is used; that is, each digit in a binary numeral may have either of two different values.
Word: neuro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- From Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-), combining form of νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”). By surface analysis, neur- + -o-. Pronunciation: /ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊ/, /ˌn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊ/, /ˌnjʉː.ɹɐʉ/, /ˌnjʉː.ɹoː/ 1. Relating to the nerves, nervous tissue, or the nervous system. Labels: morpheme Example: neuro- + dynamics → neurodynamics Example: neuro- + pathy → neuropathy 2. Relating to neurodivergency or neurodiversity. Labels: morpheme Example: neuro- + queer → neuroqueer Example: neuro- + spicy → neurospicy
Word: Champagne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania. 1. A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region. 2. A surname from French.
Word: Champagne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania. 1. Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: chili Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/ 1. The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. Labels: US, countable Example: Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds. Example: Kama Indian Bistro, […] Everything is made from scratch, including the spice blends and sauces; the ingredients are quality; and the heat is no-holds-barred. Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits. 2. Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking. Labels: US, uncountable 3. A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: chili Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/, /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/ 1. A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef. Labels: US, uncountable 2. Cincinnati chili. Labels: Cincinnati, US, uncountable
Word: keep up appearances Part of Speech: verb 1. To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety. Labels: idiomatic Example: For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful. Example: With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.
Word: chili con carne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”), influenced by chili. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪli kɑn ˈkɑɹni/, /-ˈkɑɹneɪ/ 1. A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers. Labels: uncountable
Word: a fortiori Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/, /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹi/, /ˌɑː-/, /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹˌaɪ/, /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹˌaɪ/ 1. With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more. Labels: rhetoric
Word: a fortiori Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹaɪ/, /ˌeɪ ˌfɔːɹtiˈɔːɹi/, /ˌɑː-/, /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹʃiˈoɹˌaɪ/, /ˌeɪ ˌfoɹtiˈoɹˌaɪ/ 1. With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim. Labels: rhetoric Example: Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either. Example: We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and the restaurant is several blocks further away than the store. Thus, a fortiori, Frank can't run to the restaurant in less than five minutes.
Word: lynching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lynch + -ing, see lynch. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging. Example: The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot. Example: Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.
Word: lynching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lynch + -ing, see lynch. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lynch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lynch mob Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of vigilantes intent on lynching someone.
Word: show trial Part of Speech: noun 1. A trial held for appearance's sake, but whose verdict is predetermined, especially a "guilty" verdict with the purpose of making an example of the accused. Example: We demand an end to these "Revere" showtrials. The indictments were drawn through forced testimony of gay youth and coerced testimony of gay men. The indictments were inspired by those seeking to use homophobia for political purposes. The trial is now being used by those who would exploit hatred of homsexuals.
Word: trundle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trondlin, trondelen, a variation of Middle English trendlen, from Old English trendlian. More at trendle, trindle. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌndəl/ 1. Ellipsis of trundle bed (“a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: "When he comes back will be turned out." "But I always knew it was a one-year job." "Oh you don't mind being like a rented article from Hertz's, like a trundle bed or a baby's potty?" 2. A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things. Labels: obsolete Example: […] you may […] place the whole weighty Clod upon a Trundle to be convey’d, and Replanted where you please, Example: […] in case the Tree be very great […] you must then have a Gin or Crane, such a one as they have to Load Timber with; and by that you may weigh it out of its place, and place the whole upon a Trundle or Sledge, to convey it to the place you desire; and by the afore-said Engine you may take it off from the Trundle, and set it in its hole at your pleasure. 3. A small wheel or roller. Labels: obsolete 4. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion. Example: There was something expert and even vicious in the flick of Paul’s arm and the hard momentary trundle of the [cricket] ball along the curving rails. 5. The sound made by an object being moved on wheels. Example: […] an old man who could always be located from far away by the sound of a scythe or the trundle of a wheelbarrow. Example: He could hear the trundle of cart wheels. 6. A lantern wheel, or one of its bars. Example: The Cog-wheels in most Wind-Mills are (in the diameter) 8. foot or under […] the trundle is at the least two foot, which is 4. to one. 7. A spool or skein of golden thread (chiefly in the arms of the Embroiderers Company, now the Company of Broderers). Labels: rare Example: between as many Trundles, Or […] Example: Gules, two broaches in saltire argent, between as many trundles or, on a chief of the second a lion passant gules - EMBROIDERERS' COMPANY at Bristol and Chester.
Word: trundle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English trondlin, trondelen, a variation of Middle English trendlen, from Old English trendlian. More at trendle, trindle. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌndəl/ 1. To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily. Labels: transitive Example: Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market. Example: to trundle a bed or a gun carriage 2. To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed. Example: […] they are attended like the Lords and Princes of the earth, with mighty retinues, and are carryed in coaches with foure or six horses a peece in them, when a wheele barrow such as they trundle white wine vineger about the towne were a great deale fitter for them […] Example: 1761, George Colman, The Genius, No. 5, 6 August, 1761, in Prose on Several Occasions, London: T. Cadel, 1787, pp. 57-58, The reading female hires her novels from some country circulating library, which consists of about an hundred volumes, or, is trundled from the next market town in a wheelbarrow; 3. To move heavily (on wheels). Labels: intransitive Example: […] he can glibly run over Non-sense, as an empty Cart trundles down a Hill. Example: Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity. 4. To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily. Labels: transitive Example: I’ll clap a pair of horses to your chaise that shall trundle you off in a twinkling, Example: 1928, W. B. Yeats, “Meditations in Time of Civil War,” 6. “The Stare’s Nest by My Window,” in The Tower, London: Macmillan, p. 27, Last night they trundled down the road That dead young soldier in his blood: 5. To move, often heavily or clumsily. Labels: intransitive Example: Betty. They are gone Sir, in great Anger. / Pet[ulant]. Enough, let 'em trundle. Anger helps Complexion, ſaves Paint. Example: ... the proprietor trundled away to fetch a second beer ... 6. To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along. Labels: transitive Example: to trundle a hoop or a ball Example: 1565, Andrew Boorde, Merie Tales of the Made Men of Gotam, London: Thomas Colwell, Tale 3, He layde downe hys poake, and tooke the cheeses, and dyd trundle them downe the hyll one after another: 7. To roll or revolve; to roll along. Labels: intransitive Example: At Chrystes death, whan the Apostles all Theyr mayster dyd leaue, throughe mutabylytie Men were founde lyght, and trundlynge as a ball In them was no fayth, but infydelytye Example: Water is apt to move, being round like Balls, No points to fixe, doth trundle as it falls.
Word: trundle bed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trundle + bed. 1. A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.
Word: Murphy bed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inventor William L. Murphy + bed. 1. A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use. Labels: Canada, US Example: We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.
Word: frenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic. Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic. Pronunciation: /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/, /ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/ 1. Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy. Example: After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday. 2. Mentally deranged, insane. Labels: obsolete 3. Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness. Labels: obsolete
Word: frenetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic. Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic. Pronunciation: /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/, /ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/ 1. One who is frenetic.
Word: frantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæn.tɪk/ 1. Insane, mentally unstable. Labels: archaic Example: Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed. Example: If with myself I hold intelligence, Or have acquaintance with mine own desires; If that I do not dream, or be not frantic— As I do trust I am not—then, dear uncle, Never so much as in a thought unborn Did I offend your Highness. 2. In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush. Example: They returned the missing child to his frantic mother. Example: Sir George bore the annoyances of the night as a very vain man does totally unaccustomed to mortification. He was frantic with passion; he longed to kill somebody, but he did not know who. 3. Extremely energetic. Example: frantic music Example: At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
Word: frantic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæn.tɪk/ 1. A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman. Labels: archaic Example: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5, How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes? Example: […] who but senseless Franticks would have thoughts so poor? My Reason forsakes the government of this weak Frame, and I am fall’n into disorder […]
Word: larger-than-life Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of larger than life. Labels: alt-of, alternative, attributive, comparative-only Example: Horacio Silva holds up a mirror to fashion's first larger-than-life diva.
Word: kludgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English kludge Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English kludgy From kludge + -y. Pronunciation: /klʌd͡ʒi/, /ˈkluːd͡ʒi/ 1. Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant. Labels: colloquial Example: This is kind of a kludgy solution, but it will work for now. Example: What is still kludgy is how the data is gathered and passed to the function InjectHTML.
Word: sloppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English *sloppe Middle English *sloppe? English slop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sloppy From slop + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒ.pi/, /ˈslɑ.pi/ 1. Composed of or covered in slop; very wet. Example: The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen! 2. Careless, messy; not neat, elegant, or careful. Example: The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase. 3. Imprecise or loose. Example: a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit Example: My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge. 4. Characteristic of or resembling AI slop. Labels: derogatory Example: Among the key criticisms: the writing in the finale was “some of the sloppiest … I’ve ever watched”, while the show in general was a “hot mess of faux character archs [sic]” which made “repeated heavy-handed attempts” to show that “Man=Problem”. (Now that’s a tattoo-worthy phrase if ever there was one). Example: The likes of Liv may be gone from Meta for now, but our online future seems to be getting sloppier and sloppier.
Word: frenzy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnzi/ 1. A state of wild activity or panic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: international media frenzy Example: She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests. 2. A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling. Example: All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
Word: frenzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnzi/ 1. Mad; frantic. Labels: obsolete Example: They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
Word: frenzy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnzi/ 1. To render frantic. Labels: uncommon Example: Both goaded on to strife by frenzying hate. Example: Then there is the absorbing, not to say frenzying, interest, which attends our important elections. 2. To exhibit a frenzy, such as a feeding frenzy. Labels: rare Example: The fresh smell of salt air, the sound of the crashing swell, the soothing immersion in the water, the sight of dolphins playing and fish frenzying beneath my board.
Word: imprecise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English precise English imprecise From im- + precise. Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/, /ɪmpɹəˈsaɪs/, /ɪmpɹəˈsɑɪs/ 1. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty. Example: Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).
Word: bildungsroman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Bildungsroman, from Bildung (“education, formation”) + -s- + Roman (“novel”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl.dʊŋzˌɹoʊ.mən/, /ˈbɪl.dʊŋz.ɹoʊˌmɑːn/ 1. A novel tracing the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character, usually from childhood to maturity. Example: English speakers are more hospitable to fiction in translation, and yet when was the last time you heard someone mention “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship” or “Elective Affinities,” Goethe’s long fictions? These books have a good claim to have founded two of the major genres of the modern novel—respectively, the Bildungsroman and the novel of adultery. Example: Goethe's honorific assignment to the vanguard of a uniquely German novelistic tradition of the bildungsroman simultaneously places him outside the mainstream of the development of the novel.
Word: round number Part of Speech: noun 1. A number whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes, especially when it is because the number has only a few significant digits. Example: A well-known anecdote says that the first scientifically precise measurement of Mount Everest's height was purposely misreported to the public as 29,002 feet merely because the actual result, figured at 29,000 feet precisely, sounded like a round number. 2. A rough approximation, especially one whose decimal representation ends in one or more zeroes. Example: a nice round number Example: We don't yet know the exact cost, but 20 million dollars sounds like a nice round number.
Word: approximation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin proximō Latin approximō Latin approximātusder. Middle English approximat English approximate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English approximation From approximate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩], /əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, [əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩], /əˌpɹɔk.sɪˈmæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act, process or result of approximating, as Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the back of the cupboard, you find your interview skirt, the one you bought when you had cash to purchase an approximation of the fashion spreads you mulled over in magazines. 2. The act, process or result of approximating, as: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act, process or result of approximating, as: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act, process or result of approximating, as: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument.
Word: goo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue. Pronunciation: /ɡuː/ 1. Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: I stepped in some goo and had a terrible time getting the sticky stuff off my shoes. 2. Excessive, showy sentimentality. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: […] To be really human is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic, is to be in some basic interior way forever infantile, some sort of not-quite-right-looking infant dragging itself anaclitically around the map, with big wet eyes and froggy-soft skin, huge skull, gooey drool.
Word: goo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo American English, attested since 1903, possibly from burgoo (“thick porridge”); alternatively, an alteration of glue. Pronunciation: /ɡuː/ 1. To apply goo to something. Labels: transitive Example: They gooed their hair with some fragrant styling product.
Word: goo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic of baby talk. Pronunciation: /ɡuː/ 1. A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech. Example: The infant's goos and gahs were endearing.
Word: goo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic of baby talk. Pronunciation: /ɡuː/ 1. To produce baby talk. Labels: intransitive Example: The baby gooed while daddy made sappy faces at it. Example: The baby gooed but didn't let go; instead he decided he would taste it. Lou quickly tried to get the baby to release his trophy but to no avail.
Word: goo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See go. Pronunciation: /ɡuː/ 1. Elongated form of go. Example: Lowry put out a social media post to his more than 907,000 Twitter followers saying, "Miami Heat X Kyle Lowry" and "Let's Goo!!" followed by five fire emojis. 2. Pronunciation spelling of go. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, West-Midlands, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Well, then, things are settled, an' I'll goo an' finish yond pigs off," said my new employer, rising from his chair, and flapping his crush hat upon his head as if he was killing flies. Example: I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went.
Word: gunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk. Pronunciation: /ɡʌŋk/ 1. Grime, dirt, slime; any vague, messy, or unknown substance. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown. Example: Don't get gunk on me. I took a bath last Saturday and I'm all clean. 2. A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock. Labels: uncountable 3. An entity with no atomic parts; infinitely divisible. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A member of the gunk subculture. Labels: countable
Word: gunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from Gunk, trademark name for a liquid soap; perhaps taken as a blend of grime + funk. Pronunciation: /ɡʌŋk/ 1. To soil or make dirty.
Word: round up Part of Speech: verb 1. To collect or gather (something) together. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The city hall needs to round up all the wrongly parked bikes across the city. Example: They rounded up a group of experts and got their opinions. 2. To collect or gather (something) together. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: In the autumn we round up all the hill sheep and bring them down into the barn. 3. To collect or gather (something) together. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: During the Holocaust, the Nazis rounded up Jews into ghettos and concentration camps. Example: Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects. 4. To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The total is $24,995 — let's round it up to $25,000.
Word: gunk up Part of Speech: verb 1. To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I don't want to gunk up my new shoes, so I'll wear the old ones in the garden. Example: The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Word: round down Part of Speech: verb 1. To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc. Labels: transitive Example: The total is $25,715, but to keep the figures simple, I'll round it down to $25,000.
Word: mess up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. Labels: transitive Example: The afternoon breeze messed up my hair. Example: […] kwatumas, those aggressive and sharp-toothed eels that so thoroughly mess up one's tackle when hooked […] 2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. Labels: transitive Example: The change messed something up, and it's not working anymore. 3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. Labels: transitive Example: Well, I messed up my solo, but otherwise it was a good concert. 4. To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. Labels: intransitive Example: He has a hard time getting started because he's afraid he'll mess up. Example: She messed up on her final exam. 5. To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. Labels: transitive Example: Stop bumping me! You keep messing me up! 6. To damage; injure. Labels: transitive Example: He messed up his elbow at the track meet. 7. To manhandle; beat up; rough up. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Her brother's friends messed him up a little after he cheated on her. 8. To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. Labels: slang, transitive Example: That girl totally messed me up, man. I'm not sure who I am anymore.
Word: breech birth Part of Speech: noun 1. A birth in which the baby comes through the birth canal posterior (buttocks), feet, or knees first, instead of the more usual position of headfirst.
Word: mastitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mastite; by surface analysis, mast- + -itis, ""breast inflammation". Pronunciation: /mæsˈtaɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of a breast. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: masto- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of mast-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: spill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spillen, from Old English spillan, spildan (“to kill, destroy, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan, from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (“to spoil, kill, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to sunder, split, rend, tear”). Cognate with Dutch spillen (“to use needlessly, waste”), French gaspiller ("to waste, squander" < Germanic), Bavarian spillen (“to split, cleave, splinter”), Danish spilde (“to spill, waste”), Swedish spilla (“to spill, waste”), Icelandic spilla (“to contaminate, spoil”). See also spool. Pronunciation: /spɪl/, [spɪɫ], [spɪo̯], [spɪʊ̯] 1. Any thing that has been spilled; the resulting mess. 2. A fall or stumble. Example: The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week. 3. Synonym of taper, a thin stick, long wick, etc. used to transfer flame. Labels: archaic Example: “In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.” Example: Kit froze with the pipe between his teeth, the relit spill pressed to the weed within it. 4. A slender piece of anything. 5. A slender piece of anything. 6. A slender piece of anything. Example: A tool with which to extract the spills from the pile. 7. A slender piece of anything. Labels: Shropshire 8. One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 9. The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended. 10. A small sum of money. Labels: obsolete Example: Spill or Sportule for the same from the credulous Laity 11. A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill. Labels: Australian
Word: oncology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1857. By surface analysis, onco- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ɒŋˈkɒləd͡ʒi/, /ɒnəˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stumble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”). Pronunciation: /ˈstʌmbəl/, /ˈstʊmbəl/ 1. A fall, trip or substantial misstep. Example: I went to his aid. As he said, a board in the floor was loose. His stepping on it unawares had caused his stumble. 2. An error or blunder. Example: Possibly Mr. Carrados was considering it from his own way round for he did not appear to notice anything in her stumble. Example: She owns up to early stumbles, such as bottles being mislabeled. 3. A clumsy walk. Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
Word: stumble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”). Pronunciation: /ˈstʌmbəl/, /ˈstʊmbəl/ 1. To trip or fall; to walk clumsily. Labels: intransitive Example: He stumbled over a rock. Example: Last night, you drunkenly stumbled to the front door, waking up the whole house. 2. To make a mistake or have trouble. Labels: intransitive Example: I always stumble over verbs in Spanish. Example: […] they are out of the way through strong drinke, they erre in vision, they stumble in iudgement. 3. To cause to stumble or trip. Labels: transitive Example: Slowly, I turned around and the shock of it stumbled me back a few steps. 4. To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: False and dazzling fires to stumble men. Example: One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis. 5. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against. Example: It ſeems more probable that Ovid vvas either the Confident of ſome other paſſion, or that he had ſtumbled by ſome inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia, and ſeen her in a Bath: […] Example: Forth as she waddled in the brake, / A grey goose stumbled on a snake.
Word: whole shooting match Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare whole shitting match. Perhaps that term is a vulgarization of this term, or this term is a bowdlerization of that term. 1. Everything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: It started raining on their picnic and they had to move the whole shooting match inside.
Word: blazed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bleɪzd/ 1. Under the influence of marijuana, usually at a relatively high dose. Labels: slang Example: I could tell by his bloodshot eyes that he was pretty blazed. Example: That's when they asked the fatal question. Can I use the car for a minute? I was reluctant, but so blazed that I let them.
Word: blazed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bleɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blaze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: old saw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English olde sawe, old sawe, equivalent to old + saw (“a saying or proverb”). 1. A cliché, saying, or overused expression, especially a proverb or maxim. Labels: idiomatic Example: He's full of old saws, but he's not much for original advice. Example: Never believe the old saw, "If you can remember the Sixties, you weren't really there". Barry Miles remembers the 60s in vivid detail, down to the dress with "zebra stripes" that George Martin's wife wore at a dinner party given by Paul McCartney and Jane Asher in 1967, and he certainly was there.
Word: you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink Part of Speech: proverb 1. You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
Word: you can't teach an old dog new tricks Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: A form of (obsolete) “An old dog will learn no tricks”. 1. It is impossible to change people's habits, traits, or mindset.
Word: you can't judge a book by its cover Part of Speech: proverb 1. It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic
Word: falling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈfaːlɪn/, /ˈfɔlɪŋ/, /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: a falling leaf Example: the falling prices of luxury goods
Word: falling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/, /ˈfaːlɪn/, /ˈfɔlɪŋ/, /ˈfɑlɪŋ/ 1. verbal noun of fall Labels: form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable, usually Example: Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.
Word: motto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.toʊ/, /ˈmɒ.təʊ/, /ˈmɒ.to/ 1. A personal slogan. Example: You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto. 2. A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. Example: ‘Gentlemen, I can tell you what the new queen will take as her motto. It is Bound to Obey and Serve.’ 3. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. Example: It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful. Example: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]” 4. A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto. Labels: obsolete
Word: motto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑ.toʊ/, /ˈmɒ.təʊ/, /ˈmɒ.to/ 1. To compose mottos. Labels: intransitive Example: The singularity of his epigraphic strategy notwithstanding, Emerson does not draw attention to his own mottoing. One exchange suggests that his practice was a convention imposed from without.
Word: binary number Part of Speech: noun 1. A number represented by the binary digits 0 and 1. Example: Thirteen is 1101 as a binary number.
Word: characterized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪzd/, /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of characterize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decimal number Part of Speech: noun 1. A number expressed in a decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented. Example: 13+¹⁄₄ is 13.25 as a decimal number.
Word: decommissioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of decommission Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: That project would mean reinstating 5½ miles of decommissioned line between Tavistock, where a new single-platform railway station would be built alongside the 750-home housing estate currently under construction, and Bere Alston.
Word: soda bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Bread made using sour milk and bread soda (baking soda) as a raising agent, rather than yeast; common in Ireland. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: baking soda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its use in baking. 1. Sodium bicarbonate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonyms: baking powder, soda bread
Word: serial number Part of Speech: noun 1. A unique identifier, consisting of numbers, letters or other typographical symbols, assigned to a particular unit of some product in order to identify it. Labels: usually 2. A number identifying an item in any numbered series (whether in the sense above or otherwise), such as a numbered list. Labels: sometimes
Word: sodium bicarbonate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊdiəm ˌbaɪˈkɑɹbəneɪt/, /-nət/ 1. A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid, NaHCO₃. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable
Word: transfinite number Part of Speech: noun 1. Any cardinal or ordinal number which is larger than any finite, i.e. natural number; often represented by the Hebrew letter aleph (ℵ) with a subscript 0, 1, etc. Example: It will be recalled that Cantor called the first transfinite number ℵ₀. He called the second transfinite number—the one describing the set of all real numbers— C. It has not been proved whether C is the next transfinite number after ℵ₀ or whether another number exists between them. Example: Let R be a bicompact of dimensionality #92;operatorname#123;ind#125;(R)#92;le#92;alpha. If #92;alpha is an isolated transfinite number, than ^([sic]) at any point x#92;inR there exist arbitrarily small neighborhoods Vx with boundaries of dimensionality #92;operatorname#123;ind#125;#92;overline#123;Vx#125;#92;le#92;alpha-1.
Word: aleph-one Part of Speech: noun 1. The second of the transfinite cardinal numbers; according to the continuum hypothesis, it corresponds to the number of real numbers. Labels: uncountable
Word: pix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of pictures, first used in Variety in 1916, along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage. Pronunciation: /pɪks/ 1. plural of pic (“picture”) Labels: form-of, informal, plural, plural-normally Example: Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category. Example: Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this. 2. Motion pictures; movies. Labels: plural, plural-normally, specifically Example: Mutual has started a campaign to substitute a word for the term “Movies.” It contemplates the use of the word “Pix” and thinks this would be welcomed as a short word for the headline writer and amply descriptive.
Word: pix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of pyx. Pronunciation: /pɪks/ 1. Obsolete spelling of pyx. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [F]oraſmuche as we have often and many tymes, to our inwarde regrete and diſpleaſure, ſeen at oure Jen, in diverſe and many Churches of our Realme, the holie Sacrament of the Aulter kept in ful simple and inhoneſt Pixes, ſpecially Pixes of copre and tymbre: we have appointed and commaunded the Treſourer of our Chambre, and Maiſtre of our Juellhouſe, to cauſe to be made furthwith Pixes of ſilver and gilte, in a greate nombre, for the keping of the holie Sacrament of th'Aultre, after the faction of a Pixe that we have cauſed to be delivered to theim, […] Example: [T]he said Tresurer and other Officers of the sayd Mynts, to bring with them, at that tyme and place, all ther Pixes, and ther severall Indentures of Coynag, by and for the holle tyme the said Assaye shall be taken.
Word: pix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of pyx. Pronunciation: /pɪks/ 1. Obsolete spelling of pyx. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The bread that was left of this consecration or breaking, which was so holy as the other, was neither housed nor churched, boxed nor pixed, but remained there still to the householders, to be eaten of whomsoever lusted. Example: Christ ordained the supper to be a taking matter, an eating matter, a distributing and remembering matter: contrary our mass-men make it a matter, not of taking, but of gazing, peeping, pixing, boxing, carrying, re-carrying, worshipping, stooping, kneeling, knocking, with "stoop down before," "hold up higher," "I thank God I see my Maker to-day," etc. Christ ordained it a table-matter: we turn it to an altar-matter.
Word: porringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English paroger, porrynger, a variant of potager, potynger (“small dish for stew”), apparently from potage + -er, with intrusive n before g as in messenger and passenger. Compare poddinger and later porridge. 1. A small cup or bowl, usually with a handle, commonly used for porridge. Example: He here caused a good deal of annoyance, especially by tormenting the children in various ways. Sometimes their bread and butter would be snatched away, or their porringers of bread and milk be capsized by an invisible hand; for the Boggart never let himself be seen[.] Example: There was a little clutch of boiled eggs as well, in their own special heater, and porridge, in a silver porringer. 2. A headdress shaped like such a dish. Labels: obsolete Example: Wife of small wit, neere him, that rail'd vpon me, till her pinck'd porrenger fell off her head