nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shimmy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from chemise (mistaken for a plural). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪ.mi/ 1. To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately). Example: She wondered would he think her awful, and try to get fresh if she shimmied. Fellows often did. But he was so cute. And a girl had to something about that, and if she didn't shimmy, she might do something worse. 2. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs). Example: He shimmied up the flagpole. Example: The static made her dress shimmy up her leg. 3. To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel. Labels: intransitive Example: They came in among earth-moving machines, a total absence of trees, the usual hieratic geometry, and eventually, shimmying for the sand roads, down in a helix to a sculptured body of water named Lake Inverarity. 4. To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy. Labels: intransitive, rare 5. To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on it along the wall. Labels: intransitive Example: Jump up to the ledge on your right and shimmy around the corner. Example: Climb on top of the room and drop down to shimmy along its back ledge.
Word: ope Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp. Pronunciation: /oʊp/, /əʊp/ 1. An exclamation of surprise; oops. Labels: Midwestern-US, US Example: Ope! Sorry about that. Example: Ope, let me just squeeze past ya there.
Word: ope Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open. Pronunciation: /oʊp/, /əʊp/ 1. Open. Labels: dialectal, poetic Example: Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […]. Example: We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors — I will to bed! — To-morrow —
Word: ope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open. Pronunciation: /oʊp/, /əʊp/ 1. To open. Labels: ambitransitive, dialectal, poetic Example: Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth. Example: The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.
Word: ope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open. Pronunciation: /oʊp/, /əʊp/ 1. An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc). Labels: West-Country Example: Tonkin's Ope Example: It formed part of the extensive network of opes across the city which used to carry dock workers down to the quay for work on the boats in the bustling Port of Truro.
Word: ope Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ope/, /ʔope/ 1. Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, slang, uncountable
Word: play hooky Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant. 1. To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK); Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.
Word: play hookie Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of play hooky. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bone of contention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to two dogs fighting over the same bone. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊn əv kənˈtɛnʃən/, /ˈboʊn əv kənˈtɛnʃən/ 1. Something that continues to be disputed; something on which no agreement can be reached. Labels: idiomatic Example: It is still a bone of contention whether to go ahead with the original plan in light of the new evidence. Example: The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years. It was controlled from Fletton Road Junction Signalbox (removed at the same time) and, until a wheel was installed in 1920, required two gatemen on each turn of duty.
Word: spur of the moment Part of Speech: noun 1. Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning. Labels: idiomatic Example: We decided to vacation in Las Vegas on the spur of the moment. Example: 1852 January 26, Henry David Thoreau Obey the spur of the moment. These accumulated it is that make the impulse and the impetus of the life of genius.
Word: spur-of-the-moment Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See spur of the moment. 1. Spontaneous; impromptu. Example: It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy the car.
Word: bushing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bush Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English bushing From bush (“metal lining of the axle hole of a wheel or touch hole of a gun”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃ.ɪŋ/ 1. A type of plain bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge. 2. An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted. 3. A threaded bushing: a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material. 4. A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor. 5. An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
Word: bushing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊʃ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bush Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: butterfingers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/, /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today. Example: [A]t every bad attempt at a catch, and every failure to stop the ball, he launched his personal displeasure at the head of the devoted individual in such denunciations as—"Ah, ah!—stupid"—"Now butter-fingers"—"Muff"—"Humbug"—and so forth—ejaculations which seemed to establish him in the opinion of all around, as a most excellent and undeniable judge of the whole art and mystery of the noble game of cricket. 2. One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: “I guess everyone’s got butterfingers around here,” Cole said with a sly smile. “Lucky for us, I’ve got fast reflexes.” Example: “That boy’s got butterfingers,” Connor went on. “That’s twice he’s dropped a tool. He’s got no place on a construction site.” 3. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: bail out Part of Speech: verb 1. To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money. Labels: transitive 2. To remove water from a boat by scooping it out. Labels: transitive Example: But it passed, leaving us up to our knees in water. 'Bail out! bail out!' shouted Job, suiting the action to the word. 3. To rescue, especially financially. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out. Example: Stanning, who was commissioned from Sandhurst in 2008 and has served in Afghanistan, is not the first soldier to bail out the organisers at these Games but will be among the most celebrated. 4. To exit an aircraft while in flight. Labels: intransitive, usually, with-of Example: Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out! Example: Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house. 5. To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: I'm going to bail out of class today. Example: She's bailing out on the project. 6. To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang, with-on Example: When I got arrested, she bailed out on me. 7. To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, with-of Example: I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead. 8. To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply. Labels: intransitive, with-of 9. To fail badly; to fall off a skateboard. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 10. To abandon one's surfboard when faced with a large or perilous wave. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive
Word: mushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mush Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mushy From mush + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌ.ʃi/, /ˈmʊ.ʃi/ 1. Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular. Example: I don't especially like mushy oatmeal. Example: Today, some seafood experts say, the cheaper (though mushier) roe feeds 60 percent of the market. 2. Soft; squishy. Example: The brake pedal is mushy sometimes when I step on it. Example: Compared with the excellent scroll wheels on the Basilisk V3 and G502 X, the G203’s scroll wheel feels less defined and mushier in its ratcheting. 3. Overly sappy, corny, or cheesy; sentimental, especially in a romantic way; maudlin. Example: Skip the mushy, romantic scenes and get to the action. Example: I am sure the hostess will leave off her list men and women who usually drink too much, the woman who gets mushy and tries to steal all the handsomest husbands, the man who offensively would take this opportunity to try to build up sales contacts, […]
Word: full-fledged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + fledged. 1. Having all its feathers; able to fly. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: full-grown Example: After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.
Word: fully fledged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of full-fledged (US English) Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: To a certain extent, even to us, it is sometimes hard to imagine that a language created by a single person at his desk has developed for more than a hundred and thirty years to become a fully fledged means of communication.
Word: rocket science Part of Speech: noun 1. The science or study of rockets and their design. Labels: uncountable 2. Anything overly complex, detailed, or confusing. Labels: excessive, idiomatic, uncountable Example: It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch. Example: It's not rocket science. You just need to screw this to that!
Word: rocket scientist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rocket + scientist. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɒkɪt ˈsaɪəntɪst/, /ˌɹɑkət ˈsaɪəntəst/ 1. An aerospace engineer. Labels: informal Example: Rocket scientists have calculated that a velocity of seven miles per second, or approximately 25,000 miles per hour, would be necessary for a rocket to escape the earth's gravity. Example: These rocket scientists constitute a valuable nucleus for carrying the peacetime development programs of the Army and Navy. 2. One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person. Labels: excessive, idiomatic, informal Example: You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that that idea won’t work. Example: "OK," you say, "I understand that definition and although I'm not a rocket scientist, it appears to make sense. What else is there? I just want a couple of F-16s to go along with my AEGIS Destroyers and Abrams Tanks. Push the button and send the planes."
Word: it's all Greek to me Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: First quoted as it was Greek to me in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, possibly translated from a sentence in Medieval Latin. Pronunciation: /ɪts ˌɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː/ 1. I don't understand any of it; it makes no sense. Labels: idiomatic Example: I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me. Example: But thoſe that vnderſtood him, ſmil'd at one another, and ſhooke their heads: but for mine owne part, it was Greeke to me.
Word: astrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French astrologie, and its source, Latin astrologia (“astronomy”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “telling of the stars”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star, planet, or constellation”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), a combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). Morphologically astro- + -logy. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹɒlədʒi/ 1. Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavens, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements. Example: Followers of pseudosciences such as astrology often draw spurious parallels between their beliefs and established science.
Word: paint the town red Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US slang. Earliest known use 1884. Various theories include the red from bonfires, the heat from over-stoked paddle-wheel boilers, and town demarcation lines in the Wild West. A British claim attributing it to the actions of the Third Marquess of Waterford predates the first known use by decades. 1. To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate by painting the town red. Example: With regard to Mrs. Brown-Potter, as acting is no longer considered absolutely essential for success on the English stage, there is really no reason why the pretty bright-eyed lady who charmed us all last June by her merry laugh and her nonchalant ways, should not—to borrow an expression from her native language—make a big boom and paint the town red.
Word: amber alert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Amber Hagerman (1986–1996), a girl who was abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas. The upper-case spelling indicates a backronym: America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response. 1. A public notification of a child abduction. Labels: Canada, US
Word: you don't say Part of Speech: intj 1. Really?; no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious) Example: They're going to have a baby? You don't say! Example: Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! –You don't say.
Word: Hughes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /hjuːz/ 1. A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh. Example: What’s happening at the Post now — I’m surprised more people haven’t drawn the comparison — is sort of comparable to the phantasmagoria of rake stomps which took place at The New Republic after Facebook billionaire Chris Hughes purchased it in 2012. 2. A Welsh surname; a variant of Howells. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Billy Hughes. 8. A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia. 9. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: beef up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally college slang, from beef (“muscle-power”). 1. To strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to. Labels: slang, transitive Example: We need to beef up security around the airport.
Word: beefy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Italic *gʷōs Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin bovem Anglo-Norman beofbor. Middle English bef English beef Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English beefy From beef + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːfi/ 1. Similar to, or tasting like beef. 2. Containing beef. Example: The Chicken Big Mac is similar to its beefy sibling; however, it replaces the two burgers with two tempura chicken patties. 3. Strong or muscular. Labels: informal Example: The barman was a big, beefy guy with his sleeves rolled up and tattoos on his arms. Example: Soon the Latino warrior had bared his beefy body. His bullet packed bandolier still draped over one shoulder served to emphasize the nakedness of the torso, as did the boots and the pants that were puddled about his ankles. 4. Large; overweight; fat. Example: Grumping indignantly, he said, "By ginger, a nice blanky thing to lose a good job and risk being dam' near killed by Peabody for a beefy married woman. I tell you she weighs over fifteen stone, absolutely." 5. Sturdy; robust. Labels: informal Example: The software slows down even a beefy computer. Example: “The beefiest part of Saturday evening’s meeting between Presidents Trump and Xi may well have been the local sirloin served for dinner,” Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, wrote to clients on Monday.
Word: comeback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from come back. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbæk/, [ˈkʰʌmbæk], /ˈkʌmbak/, [ˈkʰʌmbak], /ˈkɐmbæk/ 1. A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance. Example: That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback. Example: According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale comeback! It will be the girls' first Korean comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy." 2. A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one. Example: I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment. 3. An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw. Example: Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.
Word: comeback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Deverbal from come back. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbæk/, [ˈkʰʌmbæk], /ˈkʌmbak/, [ˈkʰʌmbak], /ˈkɐmbæk/ 1. Misspelling of come back. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: AYBABTU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of all your base are belong to us. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rivet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvət/ 1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head. 2. Any fixed point or certain basis. Labels: figuratively 3. A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet. Labels: obsolete Example: over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse Example: In 1579 it is mentioned that Almain rivets are now out of use, and in lieu of them a corselett shall be found. The rivets varied in cost; in 1509 they were to be had for 8s., in 1512 they were imported at 16s., and again in 1513 […]
Word: rivet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvət/ 1. To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. Labels: transitive 2. To install rivets (see Usage notes). Labels: transitive 3. To command the attention of. Labels: figuratively, transitive 4. To make firm or immovable. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Terror riveted him to the spot.
Word: vol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vol (“flight; vol”). Pronunciation: /vɑl/, /vɒl/ 1. A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.
Word: vol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /vɑl/, /vɒl/ 1. Clipping of volatility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Sell on both clarity on the president's health, and if "gold vols are still in the 19-20 range,” said the US bank’s analysts in the 5 October ‘Weekly Gold Monitor’ note. […] “The sustained elevated vols indicate that the market is still pricing a small possibility of any further unfavourable health reports, which would likely bring another spike in gold spot.”
Word: vol Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vɑl/, /vɒl/ 1. Abbreviation of volume Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: portentous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of multiple origins: * Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus (“predicted”) + -ōsus. Compare earlier portentuous (via Middle English from Latin portentuōsus). By surface analysis, portent + -ous. * Borrowed from French portentueux Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/, /pɔrˈtɛn(t)əs/ 1. Of momentous or ominous significance. Example: Well may it sort [be fitting] that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch, so like the King that was and is the question of these wars. Example: It is no longer in my possession, but my memory holds almost every word of its portentous message; and again I affirm my confidence in the sanity of the man who wrote it. 2. Ominously prophetic. 3. Puffed up with vanity.
Word: mushy peas Part of Speech: noun 1. Dried marrowfat peas which are first soaked overnight and then boiled until they form a paste; a traditional accompaniment to fish and chips. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only
Word: fornace Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of furnace. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: There placed was a caudron wide and tall Upon a mightie fornace, burning whott
Word: free trade area Part of Speech: noun 1. An international region in which obstacles to unrestricted trade have been reduced to a minimum.
Word: su doku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sudoku. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: home free Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊm ˈfɹiː/ 1. Able to reach a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments. Labels: not-comparable Example: If we can complete these last two projects, we'll be home free. Example: Just because a clause protecting sexual minorities is not in the contract, that doesn't mean that the administration is home free to discriminate.
Word: Indianapolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined by American jurist from Indiana Jeremiah Sullivan, from the state's name Indiana + -polis. Pronunciation: /ɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs/, [ɪndɪi̯əˈnæpʰəlɪs] 1. The capital city of Indiana, United States and the county seat of Marion County, with which the city is consolidated. Example: In the late 1960s, the political and business establishment of Indianapolis and Marion County used the economic development argument, among others, to consolidate their governments into a single jurisdiction known as Unigov. Established by legislative action in 1970, this city/county consolidation stands out as the only major post-war consolidation to be accomplished without a voter referendum. This report considers Indianapolis’ experience under 40 years of consolidated government to better understand both the benefits and potential drawbacks of unified government in general and the Unigov model in particular. 2. IMS; Ellipsis of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (“The Brickyard”).
Word: lemmata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λήμμᾰτᾰ (lḗmmătă). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.mə.tə/ 1. plural of lemma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chili dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chili + dog. 1. A hot dog topped with chili con carne. Example: Suckin' on a chili dog outside the Tastee Freez / Diane sittin' on Jacky's lap, got his hand between her knees.
Word: with one's pants down Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of caught with one's pants down. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: that's the way the cookie crumbles Part of Speech: proverb 1. That is the way things happen; that's life. Example: Are you up to par with the hep talk that is going around schools like Norwood High? […] While standing by the H2o spurt (water fountain) we overheard the following conversation between two really gone (neat) guys. “[…] It was a blind date, and boy did I flip (go mad) when I got a gaze at her! That dirty bird (guy that pulls a dirty trick) that fixed me up with her! I spent a whole chlorophyl George (one dollar bill) on her. Oh well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles (that’s life!)[…]” (Taken from N. H. S. Mirror)
Word: that's the way the ball bounces Part of Speech: proverb 1. That is the way things happen
Word: that's the way life is Part of Speech: proverb 1. That is the way things happen. Example: Near-synonyms: it is what it is, shit happens 2. Certain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless. Example: That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it. Example: There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.
Word: that's the way the mop flops Part of Speech: proverb 1. That is the way things happen.
Word: amorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English amorous, amerous (14th century), from Old French amoros, amoreus, from Vulgar Latin *amōrōsus, from Latin amor (“love”), related to amāre (“to love”). Compare French amoureux (“in love”). Doublet of amoroso and amoureux. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.mə.ɹəs/, /ˈæm.ɹəs/, /ˈæ.mɚ.əs/ 1. Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment. Example: an amorous disposition Example: We were both feeling amorous so the inevitable happened. 2. Indicating love or sexual desire. Example: She kept making these amorous suggestions. Example: UUho when he ſhal embrace you in his arms UUil tell how many thouſand men he ſlew. And when you looke for amorous diſcourſe, Will rattle foorth his facts of war and blood: […] 3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. Example: She read me an amorous poem. 4. Affected with love; in love; enamored. Labels: dated Example: He had been amorous of her since schooldays.
Word: bikeshedding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bikeshed + -ing. The term was coined as a metaphor to illuminate Parkinson's Law of Triviality. Parkinson observed that a committee whose job is to approve plans for a nuclear power plant may spend the majority of its time on relatively unimportant but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what materials to use for the staff bikeshed, while neglecting the design of the power plant itself, which is far more important but also far more difficult to criticize constructively. It was popularized in the Berkeley Software Distribution community by Poul-Henning Kamp and has spread from there to the software industry at large. 1. Futile expenditure of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues. Labels: uncountable Example: Exactly. Bikeshedding the millions of possible reasons the queue/ratelimit was triggered is silly. Example: Modulo giving developers and the user community a few weeks to comment on the matter and make any last convincing cases for keeping it, I agree. That's not to say that I want to see two weeks worth of i386 bike-shedding and highly emotional arguments for keeping it purely on general principle, I'm saying that we need to let a couple of weeks go by so that along with the emotional bike sheds, anyone with a *technical* argument for retaining support has a chance to be heard. 2. Procrastination. Labels: uncountable
Word: bikeshedding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bikeshed + -ing. The term was coined as a metaphor to illuminate Parkinson's Law of Triviality. Parkinson observed that a committee whose job is to approve plans for a nuclear power plant may spend the majority of its time on relatively unimportant but easy-to-grasp issues, such as what materials to use for the staff bikeshed, while neglecting the design of the power plant itself, which is far more important but also far more difficult to criticize constructively. It was popularized in the Berkeley Software Distribution community by Poul-Henning Kamp and has spread from there to the software industry at large. 1. present participle and gerund of bikeshed Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: legendary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends. 2. Appearing (solely) in legends. 3. Having the splendor of a legend; fabled. 4. Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories. Example: And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.
Word: legendary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.dɹi/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ən.də.ɹi/ 1. A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints. Labels: obsolete 2. One who relates legends. Labels: obsolete 3. A legendary Pokémon.
Word: eroded Part of Speech: adj 1. worn down or worn away.
Word: eroded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of erode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: apparatchik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”), from аппара́т (apparát, “apparat, apparatus (of state)”) + suffix -чик (-čik). Pronunciation: /ɑːpəˈɹɑːt͡ʃɪk/, /æpəˈɹæt͡ʃɪk/ 1. A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent. Labels: historical Example: Whether conservatively toeing their Marx or boldly advocating such heretical Western-style reforms as the primacy of profits, every important planner, apparatchik and economist in Russia is caught up in Communism's greatest debate since Stalin set backward Russia on its cruel-but successful-forced march into the 20th century industrial world. Example: In these dire conditions the ambitious Serbo-Croatian Communist Party apparatchik Slobodan Milošević played the national card in Kosovo. 2. A blindly loyal bureaucrat. Labels: broadly Example: Mr. Gonzales came across as a dull-witted apparatchik incapable of running one of the most important departments in the executive branch. […] He delegated responsibility for purging their ranks to an inexperienced and incompetent assistant who, if that’s possible, was even more of a plodding apparatchik. Example: He's so outspoken, so little the Labour apparatchik, that Prime Minister Brown decides he can't send this voluble critic of Iraq invasion to sit at a UN occasion alongside George W Bush.
Word: solar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.lə/, /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun. Labels: not-comparable Example: solar light Example: solar rays 2. Born under the predominant influence of the sun. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: and proud beside, as solar people are 3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year. Labels: not-comparable 4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence. Labels: not-comparable Example: They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar. Example: Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. 5. Employing solar power. Labels: not-comparable Example: a solar furnace
Word: solar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.lə/, /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/ 1. Ellipsis of solar energy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: He’s a player in robots and solar, cryptocurrency and climate, brain-computer implants to stave off the menace of artificial intelligence and underground tunnels to move people and freight at super speeds. 2. A fictional currency used in science fiction. Labels: uncountable
Word: solar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale. Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.lə/, /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/ 1. A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room. Labels: historical
Word: Rog Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /ɹɒd͡ʒ/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Roger.
Word: Rog Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Polish Róg, a metonymic occupational surname for a horn blower, from róg (“horn”). * Borrowed from Dutch Rog, a topographic or habitational surname from rog (“ray”). 1. A surname.
Word: loop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /luːp/ 1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. 2. The opening so formed. 3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. Example: Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints. 4. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. Example: feedback loop Example: time loop 5. A ring road or beltway. 6. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. Example: He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops. 7. A complete circuit for an electric current. 8. A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. 9. An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. 10. A path that starts and ends at the same point. 11. A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. 12. A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop. Example: In 1908 the line was extended to a station called Wood Lane, which was built on a terminal track loop so that trains could turn round and go back the other way, [...] 13. A passing loop. Example: Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton. 14. A quasigroup with an identity element. 15. A loop-shaped intrauterine device. 16. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. 17. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. Example: And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. 18. Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 19. A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. 20. A sports league Labels: Canada, US, dated Example: Arellano formerly cavorted for the Galicias in the fast-paced National-American Soccer loop. 21. The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
Word: loop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /luːp/ 1. To form something into a loop. Labels: transitive 2. To fasten or encircle something with a loop. Labels: transitive 3. To fly an aircraft in a loop. Labels: transitive 4. To move something in a loop. Labels: transitive 5. To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop. Labels: transitive 6. To join electrical components to complete a circuit. Labels: transitive 7. To duplicate the route of a pipeline. Labels: transitive 8. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. Labels: transitive 9. To form a loop. Labels: intransitive 10. To move in a loop. Labels: intransitive Example: The program loops until the user presses a key. Example: The outstanding Tom Palmer won a line-out and then charged into the heart of the Welsh defence, scrum-half Ben Youngs moved the ball swiftly right and Cueto's looping pass saw Ashton benefit from a huge overlap to again run in untouched. 11. To place in a loop. Example: It found that trains often looped on their journey emit 14% to 20% more NOx and particulates than non-stop services. 12. To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Tolland Middle School in Connecticut where close to four hundred middle school students participated in looping, students from looped classroom structures scored much higher than students from prior years without the looped structure on standardized tests in mathematics and writing.
Word: tailwind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + wind. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlwɪnd/ 1. A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.; a following wind. 2. A force that accelerates progress. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: tailwind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tail + wind. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlwɪnd/ 1. Of a wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.
Word: headwind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *hedwind, from Old English hēafodwind, equivalent to head + wind. Cognate with Old Norse höfuðvindr. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌwɪnd/ 1. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship. 2. A strong force that impedes or reverses progress. Example: "Domestic economic activity has been gaining traction in spite of formidable headwinds from external developments," the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its monthly bulletin. Example: At the same time, Faludi, who is working on a new book about the headwinds feminism is facing, suggested that the movement itself has grown sectarian and insular.
Word: headwind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *hedwind, from Old English hēafodwind, equivalent to head + wind. Cognate with Old Norse höfuðvindr. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdˌwɪnd/ 1. To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship. Labels: transitive, uncommon 2. To impede or reverse progress. Labels: idiomatic, uncommon
Word: creolize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English creolize From creole + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːəlaɪz/ 1. To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole. 2. To render an imported object 'localised'; to produce variations which give an object a regional flavour.
Word: creolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Portuguese crioulobor. Spanish criollo French créolebor. English Creole English creole Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize 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 -ization English creolization From creole + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌkɹiː.əʊ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ 1. the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago, countable, uncountable
Word: cringeworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cringe (verb) + -worthy (suffix meaning of ‘sufficient worth for, deserving of’), popularized by the surname of the character Cuthbert Cringeworthy, an extremely studious pupil introduced in 1972 into The Bash Street Kids, a comic strip by the Scottish cartoonist David Sutherland (1933–2023) published in the British magazine The Beano. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪn(d)ʒˌwɜːði/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪnd͡ʒˌwɜːðɪi̯], /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɜɹði/, [ˈkʰɹʷɪnd͡ʒˌwɜɹðɪi̯] 1. That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing. Labels: informal Example: But the top goon's one-panel reform described by Robin on the last page was absolutely cringeworthy … especially since the author had so successfully built up his image as a first-rate shnook. Example: Lena Dunham's acclaimed show about the highs and lows – but mostly lows – of being young in the city ends its first season this week. We remember the cringe-worthiest moments we almost wish we didn't.
Word: -worthy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Partly from worthy (combining form), and partly continuing Middle English -wurthe (“-able”), from Old English -wierþe (“-able”), from Proto-West Germanic -*wirþī, from Proto-West Germanic *wirþī, from Proto-Germanic *wirþijaz (“worthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch -waardig (“-worthy”), German -würdig (“-worthy”). 1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of. Labels: morpheme Example: creditworthy, respectworthy 2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand. Labels: morpheme Example: airworthy; seaworthy; lifeworthy; crashworthy; stormworthy 3. Able to be; fit to be; -able. Labels: morpheme Example: trustworthy 4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to. Labels: morpheme Example: fareworthy
Word: airworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English -worthy English airworthy From air + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈɛːˌwəː.ði/ 1. Meeting standards for safe flight Example: An airworthy helicopter... Example: Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy.
Word: blameworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blame worthy, blame-worthy, equivalent to blame + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪmˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/, /ˈbleɪmˌwɚði/ 1. Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible. Example: Yes, my life has been blameworthy; I confess it. But you know nothing of its temptations. Example: And there are ſome diſpoſitions blame-vvorthy in men, vvhich are yet, in a right ſenſe, holily aſcribed unto God; as unchangeableneſs, and irrepentance: […]
Word: creditworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From credit + -worthy. 1. Deemed likely to repay debts. 2. Having an acceptable credit rating.
Word: newsworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From news + -worthy. 1. Interesting enough to be reported as a news Example: newsworthy event Example: The most newsworthy articles should be towards the front of the paper.
Word: noteworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From note + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtˌwɜːði/, /ˈnoʊtˌwɝði/ 1. Deserving attention; notable; worthy of notice. Example: Zukertort represent the other most noteworthy tournaments. Example: Yet Hodgson’s men played with wonderful control. Their young full-backs, Luke Shaw and Nathaniel Clyne, epitomised their composure and Fraser Forster had to make only one noteworthy save before Andy Robertson’s goal, seven minutes from the end of time, temporarily threatened a winning position.
Word: noteworthy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From note + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtˌwɜːði/, /ˈnoʊtˌwɝði/ 1. A noteworthy person. Example: One of the French Riviera’s most reliable characters is Charles Finch, a month-of-May migrant worker who jets in for the Cannes Film Festival, bunking up at the stately Hôtel du Cap with the show folk and other noteworthies who come primed to toast their outrageous fortune here with $40 Bellinis.
Word: praiseworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From praise + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/, /ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/ 1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise Example: It is a melancholy truth that this same New York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praiseworthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings ; for which we are very sorry, indeed. Example: No self-complacency can equal that of the selfish. Not content with its indulgence, they actually idolise it into being praiseworthy.
Word: roadworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From road + -worthy. 1. Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road. Example: It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment. Example: The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded.
Word: seaworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + -worthy. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːwɜːði/, /ˈsiːwɝði/ 1. Fit for service at sea. Example: Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way.
Word: unairworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English airworthy English unairworthy From un- + airworthy. 1. Not ready to fly; unfit for an air voyage.