nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: skew Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquely; to escape”), from Old Northern French escuer [and other forms], variants of Old French eschuer, eschever, eschiver (“to escape, flee; to avoid”) (modern French esquiver (“to dodge (a blow), duck; to elude, evade; to slip away; to sidestep”)), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhijaną (“to frighten”). The English word is cognate with Catalan esquiu (“evasive, shy”), Danish skæv (“crooked, slanting; skew, wry”) (> Norwegian Bokmål skjev), Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”), Norwegian skeiv (“crooked, lopsided; oblique, slanting; distorted”), Saterland Frisian skeeuw (“aslant, slanting; oblique; awry”), and is a doublet of eschew. The adjective and adverb are probably derived from the verb and/or from askew, and the noun is derived from either the adjective or the verb. Pronunciation: /skjuː/, /skjʉw/, /skju/ 1. Askew, obliquely; awry. Labels: rare Example: The walls are all united at one end into one head wall; which runs 14′ skew of the Pyramid on the W.; [...]
Word: skew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English skeu, skew (“stone with a sloping surface forming the slope of a gable, offset of a buttress, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman eschu, escuwe, eskeu, or Old Northern French eschieu, eskieu, eskiu, from Old French escu, escut, eschif (“a shield”) (modern French écu), from Latin scūtum (“a shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (“to cover, protect”) or *skey- (“to cut, split”). Pronunciation: /skjuː/, /skjʉw/, /skju/ 1. A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel. Example: How many yards of roofing and serking, in a Roof 45 feet, 8 in. long, from skew to skew; and 21 feet, 8 in. deep, from ridge to easing, including 9 inches for wall plates or double eave? Example: Skew, Skew-table: the term skew is still used in the north for a stone built into the bottom of a gable or other similar situation to support the coping above [...] 2. The coping of a gable. Labels: Scotland Example: Gable Copings or Skews are of various forms of section, the most common varieties being the parallel sided, Fig. 654; the weathered, or feather-edged, Fig. 655; and the saddle-backed, Fig. 656. [...] The skews at the eaves terminate in what is termed a club-skew or skew-corbel. This admits of an infinite variety of forms, according to the style of the building, but the object is the same in all—namely, to afford a support and abutment to the skew. Example: The architecture of the steadings given in Plates I. to IX. is of the simplest description—plain rubble-work, with broached ashlar corners, rebates, lintels, and skews, and the roofs extending in stretches, and terminating in gables, without points to be affected by the weather. [...] A somewhat more ornamental style is given in Plate XV. of the farm-steading at Coleshill, in Berkshire, the corners and rebates being in raised work, and the skews of the gables ridged and pinnacled. 3. One of the stones placed over the end of a gable, or forming the coping of a gable. Labels: obsolete Example: [page xxviii] Here ensuithe an abstracte of the freemasons worke. [...] It'm, the walle new made on the west syde of the watergate [...] a bottres made wᵗ harde asheler of Kent, l. foot, and in Cane asheler a skew vj. foot, [...] [page xxix] It'm, at the Juell Hows door, iij. spaces covered wᵗ skew and crest, amontying xxxvj. fote of stone. Example: Skew and crest: this phrase, which occurs in the specifications for the repairs at the Tower of London, (23 H. VIII.,) plainly describes the common coping of a wall which consists of a sloping or skew surface surmounted by a roll moulding by way of crest; sometimes there are two skews, separated by a set-off.
Word: skew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from a Cornish word, though the closest Cornish word is kuas/cwas, which would require much phonological modification; thus, perhaps instead simply from the skewed angle wind may drive such rain to fall in. Pronunciation: /skjuː/, /skjʉw/, /skju/ 1. A thick drizzling rain or driving mist. Labels: Cornwall Example: I am in a regular Cornish skew as to the future, like that thou and I were favoured with when we astonished the natives at Sidmouth - can't see an inch before me. Example: ... the only bit of lewth I had When it came to a skew was a high bunch of kekezza, that' pon a gurgey grew.
Word: currency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Latin currēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin currentiabor. English currency Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia. By surface analysis, current + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/, /ˈkɝ.ən.si/ 1. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wampum was used as a currency by Amerindians. Example: Money managers who play down currencies tend to argue that outguessing foreign exchange markets in the short term is perilous, and that, over the long haul, shifts in currency values tend to offset one another. 2. Paper money. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg. Example: Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions. 3. The state of being current; general acceptance, recognition or use. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The jargon’s currency. Example: Fear of punishment has no currency with me as long as I remain convinced of the larger value of what I have done. 4. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value. Example: The bare name of Englishman […] too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. 5. Fluency; readiness of utterance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: five hundred Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹəd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʊndɹəd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌndɾəd/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.
Word: five hundred Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹəd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌn.dɹɪd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʊndɹəd/, /ˈfaɪv ˈhʌndɾəd/ 1. A note worth 500 units of some currency. Labels: countable 2. A trick-taking card game with elements of euchre and bridge. Labels: uncountable Example: Gallipoli von Kessler asked him if he had thought of playing five hundred, saying that though some people said that five hundred was perhaps a brainier game than crib, he didn’t necessarily agree, but it might be more Rooster’s fancy. It was really bridge without the bad company.
Word: existence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English existence, from Old French existence, from Late Latin existentia (“existence”), from existēns, from existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti, from the root *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Spanish existencia, French existence, German Existenz. Morphologically exist + -ence. Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɪs.təns/, /ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/ 1. The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In order to destroy evil, we must first acknowledge its existence. Example: Fortunate it is for the tranquillity of the new-born infant, if he have any turn for philosophy, that he understands none of the nonsense consecrated by old usage to the commencement of existence. 2. Empirical reality; the substance of the physical universe. (Dictionary of Philosophy; 1968) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polyglot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *glōgʰs Borrowed from Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”), alternative form of Ancient Greek πολῠ́γλωσσος (polŭ́glōssos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”), from πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “a lot of, many”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + Attic Greek γλῶττα (glôtta), Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs (“tip of corn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming o-grade action nouns). The English word is analysable as poly- + -glot. Noun sense 1 (“publication in several languages”) is probably derived from Late Latin polyglottus, from Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos): see above. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/, /ˈpɑlɪˌɡlɑt/, /ˈpɔlɪɡlɔt/ 1. A publication in several languages; specifically, a book (especially a bible) containing several versions of the same subject matter or text in several languages. Example: [T]hose coming to the warehouses' doors fired them, and burned all the books and the pillars of the church, […] A great want thereof there will be of books, specially Latin books and foreign books; and, among others, the Polyglottes and new Bible, which he believes will be presently worth £40 a-piece. Example: But ſince that period the biblical apparatus has been much enriched by the publication of polyglots; […] 2. One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Laſtly, a polyg[l]ot or good linguiſt may alſo be term'd a uſefull learned man, ſpecially if vers'd in School-languages. 3. A mixture of languages or nomenclatures. Labels: also, figuratively 4. A file that can be interpreted validly as multiple formats. Example: If you are interested in polyglot file formats, take a look at the polyglot web page in the Corkami wiki. There are various example polyglots, including a PDF file that is also a valid HTML file with JavaScript, as well as a valid Windows PE executable. 5. A program written to be valid in multiple programming languages. 6. A bird able to imitate the sounds of other birds. Labels: obsolete
Word: polyglot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *glōgʰs Borrowed from Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”), alternative form of Ancient Greek πολῠ́γλωσσος (polŭ́glōssos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”), from πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “a lot of, many”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + Attic Greek γλῶττα (glôtta), Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs (“tip of corn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming o-grade action nouns). The English word is analysable as poly- + -glot. Noun sense 1 (“publication in several languages”) is probably derived from Late Latin polyglottus, from Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos): see above. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/, /ˈpɑlɪˌɡlɑt/, /ˈpɔlɪɡlɔt/ 1. Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual. Example: '[T]is thought the two and twenty Languages which Mythrydates the great Polyglot King of Pontus did ſpeak, wer all within the circumference of Anatolia in regard his dominions extended but a little further: […] Example: For this flyaway son of a Phœnician did not seem to wait for the decision of the polyglot Judges of the Emigration Board. 2. Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages. Example: a polyglot bible a polyglot lexicon 3. Comprising various (native) linguistic groups; multilingual. Example: Even in Switzerland, one of the most polyglot of nations, no more than 10 percent of the people are capable of writing a simple letter in English. Example: A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
Word: realler Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of realer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: blowjob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in the USA. From blow off (“to fellate”, originating among prostitutes from 1933) + job. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊ.d͡ʒɒb/, /ˈbloʊ.d͡ʒɑb/ 1. An act of fellatio, or sucking a penis or other phallic object (such as a dildo). Labels: slang, vulgar 2. A display of excessive praise. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, slang, vulgar Example: The reviewer gave him a massive blowjob for his work.
Word: ass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English asse, from Old English assa, back-formed from assen (“she-ass”), from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus. Displaced Old English esol, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, also a loanword from the same Latin word. Sense “stupid person” from the animal's reputation for stubbornness, going back to antiquity (compare Latin asinus (“slow-witted person”)). Pronunciation: /æs/ 1. Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden. Example: And Iesse tooke an asse laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul. Example: Thus the Aſſe having a peculiar mark of a croſſe made by a black liſt down his back, and another athwart, or at right angles down his ſhoulders; common opinion aſcribes this figure unto a peculiar ſignation; ſince that beaſt had the honour to bear our Saviour on his back. 2. A stupid or inconsiderate person. Labels: often, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: fool, idiot, jerk, asswipe; see also Thesaurus:jerk Example: That new kid left the cap off the syrup bottle again! What an ass. 3. A compositor. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: Sometimes by way of joke, and sometimes by way of irritation, compositors are called Asses by the pressmen.
Word: ass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)). Etymological notes Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list. Pronunciation: /æs/ 1. The buttocks. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar 2. The anus. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Train compartment: two sick young junkies on their way to Lexington tear their pants down in convulsions of lust. One of them soaps his cock and works it up the other's ass with a corkscrew motion. Example: That does it! Now listen! Why is it that everything today has involved things either going in or coming out of my ass? I’m sick of it! It’s completely immature! 3. Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood. Labels: US, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I'm going to go down to the bar and try to get me some ass. Example: piece of ass 4. Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant. Labels: US, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I feel like ass today. Example: This room smells like ass. 5. A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. Labels: US, countable, slang, vulgar Example: Get your lazy ass out of bed! Example: We risk our asses out there every day. 6. A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. Labels: US, broadly, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: Mess up one more time and it's your ass on the line.
Word: ass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)). Etymological notes Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list. Pronunciation: /æs/ 1. Of low quality; bad. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Example: On a recent episode of "The Justin Dunning Podcast," Starkel shared his thoughts on Martell, a former Ohio State quarterback, saying "he's ass my dude" in reference to Starkel. Example: For some reason, the teenager thought it’d be a good idea to criticize Newton and say he's "ass" and that he’s "about to be poor" because he's a free agent.
Word: ass Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Variant of arse; used chiefly in North America. Ultimately from Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Old High German ars (German Arsch), Old Norse ars, Old Frisian ers), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (compare Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)). Etymological notes Contrary to the widespread belief of this being a euphemism, it arose as a pronunciation spelling (of the older form arse still used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.) that shows the assimilation of /ɹ/ before coronal consonants (especially /s/), a phenomenon that has been present in nonstandard speech from the Middle English period onwards; this is distinct from the later phenomenon of non-rhoticity as /ɹ/ was lost before it could modify the preceding vowel. Other instances of this phenomenon (some of which retained both spellings with different meanings) include cuss from curse, gash from garsh, bass (“fish”) from barse, bust from burst, passel from parcel; see :Category:English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/ for a more extensive list. Pronunciation: /æs/ 1. Synonym of -ass (used to intensify an adjective). Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: That was one big ass fish! Example: That's an expensive ass car!
Word: cock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok English cock From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch cocke (“cock, male bird”) and Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok (“cock”), dialectal Swedish kokk (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, from the same origin. The sense "penis" is attested since at least the 1610s, with the compound pillicock (“penis”) attested since 1325. Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Cocked, fired, and missed his man. 2. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted. Labels: intransitive Example: In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly. 3. To erect; to turn up. Labels: transitive Example: Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Example: Dick would cock his nose in scorn. 4. To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, transitive Example: Foster's Lager TV commercial, 1980s "Please tell me the way to Cockfosters." ... "Drink it warm, mate." 5. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully. Labels: transitive Example: He cocked his hat jauntily. 6. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: The Sentry, to this question, said nothing in reply; / But first he cocked his rifle, and then he cocked his eye. 7. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Labels: dated, intransitive 8. To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: cock Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok English cock From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch cocke (“cock, male bird”) and Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok (“cock”), dialectal Swedish kokk (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, from the same origin. The sense "penis" is attested since at least the 1610s, with the compound pillicock (“penis”) attested since 1325. Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. Expression of annoyance. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang
Word: cock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cokke, cock, cok, from Old English *cocc (“heap, pile”, attested in place names), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“mass, bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with dialectal German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), Norman coque (“small haystack”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”). Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. A small conical pile of hay or grass. Example: Near-synonyms: rick, stook, shock Example: The farmhands stack the hay into cocks.
Word: cock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cokke, cock, cok, from Old English *cocc (“heap, pile”, attested in place names), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“mass, bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with dialectal German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), Norman coque (“small haystack”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”). Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. To form into piles. Labels: transitive Example: Under the cocked hay.
Word: cock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Some authors speculate it derives from cockle, a yonic fertility symbol, others suggested it entered Southern US vernacular during the period of French rule (of Louisiana) from Cajun French coquille (“shell”) (itself the source of cockle), which in 18th and 19th century slang meant the vulva. Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. Vulva, vagina. Labels: Southern-US Example: Born in the canebrake and you were suckled by a bear, Jumped right through your mammy's cock and never touched a hair. Example: My back is made of whalebone And my cock is made of brass
Word: cock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Middle English cok, from Old French coque (“a type of small boat”), from child-talk coco ('egg'). Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] / Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy / Almost too small for sight.
Word: cock Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɒk/, /kɑk/ 1. A corruption of the word God, used in oaths. Labels: obsolete Example: By cock and pie.
Word: tick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke. Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. Example: Sucking up all you can / Sucking up all you can suck and suck / Working up under my patience like a little tick / Fat little parasite (parasite) / Suck me dry / My fruit is bruised and borrowed / You thieving bastards / You have turned my blood cold and bitter
Word: tick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *tik, tek, tyche (“light touch, tap”), from the verb (see Etymology 3 below). Compare Dutch tik (“a pat, tap”), Middle High German zic (“a slight touch”). Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery. Example: The steady tick of the clock provided a comforting background for the conversation. 2. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement. Example: At midday, the long bond is up a tick. 3. A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency). 4. A short period of time, particularly a second. Labels: colloquial Example: I'll be back in a tick. 5. A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect. 6. Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions. 7. A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness, or acknowledgement. Labels: Commonwealth Example: Indicate that you are willing to receive marketing material by putting a tick in the box Example: Kate's choice to don her pink suit again now, at the height of the Barbiecore trend, shows the royal really does have her finger on the pulse. That, paired with her statement belt and the fact pearls are having a real fashion moment (courtesy of the Met Gala) is three big ticks from us. 8. A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds. Example: There are few birders who have not had stringy ticks on their lists at some stage. Example: A twitcher's list is very democratic. Each bird counts as one tick. There are no extra points for beauty or rarity. The humble sparrow counts just as much as a Wedge-tailed Eagle or a Paradise Parrot. 9. A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra). 10. A tap or light touch. 11. A slight speck.
Word: tick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ticken, tiken, probably from Old English *ticcian (“to touch, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), cognate with German zecken (“to nudge, poke, jab”). Doublet of tig. Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands of an analog clock. Example: As 2020 ticked over into 2021, some 240 worksites were active on HS2's Phase 1 route between London and the West Midlands. 2. To make a tick or checkmark. 3. To work or operate, especially mechanically. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: He took the computer apart to see how it ticked. Example: I wonder what makes her tick. 4. To strike gently; to pat. Example: Therefore you Preachers out vvith your ſvvords and ſtrike at the root; ſpeak againſt covetouſneſs, and cry out upon it. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches, nor at the boughs, for then there vvill be nevv boughs and branches ſpring again of them, but ſtrike at the root, […] 5. To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard). Labels: transitive
Word: tick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch tike and Middle Low German teke, both ultimately from Latin theca (“cover”). Compare also German Zieche (“duvet, pillowcase”). Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. Ticking. Labels: uncountable 2. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had an old tick for mattress that she stuffed with dried moss.
Word: tick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ticket. Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. Credit, trust. Labels: UK, colloquial, uncountable Example: When he had no funds he went on tick. When he could get no credit he went without, and was almost as happy. Example: Immediately he got any money he would pay his debt; if there was any over he would spend it; if there was not—and there seldom was—he would begin to go on tick again.
Word: tick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of ticket. Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. To go on trust, or credit. Labels: intransitive 2. To give tick; to trust. Labels: transitive
Word: tick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tik-, tic-, tike-, tiken- (in compounds), an unassibilated form of Middle English tiche, tichen (“young goat”), from Old English tiċċen (“young goat; kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn (“goatling”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“goat”). Cognate with regional German Zicke (“nanny goat”), from Ziege (“goat; nanny goat”). Pronunciation: /tɪk/, /tək/ 1. A goat. Labels: obsolete Example: Tickhill, Tickham, Ticknock, Tickenhall Drive, Tickenhill Manor, Tickenhurst
Word: copulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French copuler. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.leɪt/, /ˈkɔ.pjə.leɪt/ 1. To engage in sexual intercourse. Labels: formal Example: The amorous couple were found copulating inside the car.
Word: copulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cōpulātus, the perfect passive participle of cōpulō (“to couple, join, connect”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒp.jʊ.lət/, /ˈkɔ.pjə.lət/ 1. Joined; associated; coupled. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd 2. Joining subject and predicate; copulative. Labels: not-comparable Example: Copulate words may be really a simple subject, 1, a repetition of the same notion, often a climax
Word: shit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *skittjā Old English sċitte Old English *sċite Middle English schite English shit From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse. Pronunciation: /ʃɪt/ 1. Of poor quality; worthless. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: What a shit film that was! 2. Nasty; despicable. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: That was a shit thing to do to him.
Word: shit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *skéydt Proto-Germanic *skītaną Proto-West Germanic *skītan Old English sċītan Middle English schiten English shit From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-). Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed. Pronunciation: /ʃɪt/ 1. To defecate. Labels: colloquial, intransitive, literally, vulgar Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit. 2. To excrete (something) through the anus. Labels: colloquial, literally, transitive, vulgar 3. To defecate on; to soil through defecating. Labels: colloquial, literally, reflexive, transitive, vulgar Example: I laughed so hard I shat myself. 4. To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial, slang, vulgar Example: Of course, the farter does not dislike the smell of his own doing, but anybody else's fart, "Katey, bar the doors" and shouting, "Who shit?" Example: Ken Anker broke the silence and spoke through the bars. "Whoever is shitting their pants, please stop.” "Sorry," Sysco replied." It must be the food they serve here.” 5. To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful. Labels: colloquial, transitive, vulgar Example: Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!? 6. To annoy. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, transitive, vulgar Example: I saw red and smashed a plate and a bowl. […] I swept up the mess. I bawled a lot as I swept […] I also thought, I am about to get my period. It absolutely shits me that this should explain anything.
Word: shit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *skéydt Proto-Germanic *skītaną Proto-West Germanic *skītan Old English sċītan Middle English schiten English shit From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-). Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed. Pronunciation: /ʃɪt/ 1. Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term. Labels: colloquial, mildly, slang, vulgar Example: Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night! Example: Holy shit! 2. Used to show displeasure or surprise. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: "Oh, shit. I left my worksheet at home," she said to the language arts teacher, which got her in trouble. 3. Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey. Labels: colloquial, vulgar Example: All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.
Word: some Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same. Pronunciation: /sʌm/, [sɐm], /sʊm/, /səm/, /sɐm/ 1. A certain number (multiple but not all). Example: Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder. Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2. An indefinite quantity. Example: Can I have some of them? 3. An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects. Example: Please give me some of the cake. Example: Everyone is wrong some of the time. 4. Someone, a certain person. Labels: obsolete Example: Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.
Word: some Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same. Pronunciation: /sʌm/, [sɐm], /sʊm/, /səm/, /sɐm/ 1. A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two. Example: Near-synonym: any Example: Some people like camping. 2. A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things). Example: Near-synonym: any Example: Would you like some grapes? 3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable). Example: Near-synonym: any Example: Would you like some water? 4. A certain, an unspecified or unknown. Example: I've just met some guy who said he knew you. Example: The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v. 5. A considerable quantity or number of. Example: He had edited the paper for some years. Example: He stopped working some time ago. 6. Approximately, about (with a number). Example: She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.) Example: There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time. 7. Emphasizing a number. Example: She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable! 8. A remarkable. Labels: informal Example: He is some acrobat! Example: That was some speech you gave!
Word: some Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same. Pronunciation: /sʌm/, [sɐm], /sʊm/, /səm/, /sɐm/ 1. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly. Labels: not-comparable Example: I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos. Example: Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat. 2. To a certain extent, or for a certain period. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: They walked some and talked some. 3. Somewhat, a little. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable Example: I felt some better and continued taking the preparation through all that day, still ad libitum, and by evening, twenty-four hours after I began its use, felt considerably improved. Example: Have felt some better to-day than yesterday but not quite normal. A little nervous all day. Slept better than previous night, but not so well as usual, for about 7 hrs.
Word: adroit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Late Latin drictus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of dīrigō (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + regō (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))). Pronunciation: /əˈdɹɔɪt/ 1. deft, dexterous, or skillful Example: A ſimple lad, with a whip in one hand, and the other locked in the arm of a young girl, is ſo loſt in gaping aſtoniſhment, that an adroit branch of the family of the Filches is clearing his pockets of their contents. Example: [W]hile the press has teemed with a thousand better modes of defending Christianity, unbelievers had been asleep all the while, and dreamed of no adroiter methods of attacking it: […]
Word: percent Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛnt/, /pɚˈsɛnt/, /pəˈsent/ 1. For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion). Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district. Example: In Sichuan the rates were much higher. In Kaixian county, a close examination by a team sent by the provincial party committee at the time concluded that in Fengle commune, where 17 per cent of the population had perished in less than a year, up to 65 per cent of the victims had died because they were beaten, punished with food deprivation or forced into committing suicide.
Word: percent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛnt/, /pɚˈsɛnt/, /pəˈsent/ 1. A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred). Example: only a small percent attain the top ranks 2. One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth. Example: And from 1966, under Regulation Q, there was a ceiling of 5.5 per cent on their deposit rates, a quarter of a per cent more than banks were allowed to pay. 3. The percent sign, %. 4. An annuity or security with a certain fixed and guaranteed annual percentage rate of return or percentage dividend. Example: […]Several stocks in the Three Per Cents and Three Per Cents Reduced to be transferred into the name and to the credit of the prosecutor, without any authority to him (the traverser) to sell, negotiate, transfer or pledge the said 9000l. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities. Example: Why, from the pleasant and businesslike manner in which the transaction is carried out, it might be a large purchase in the three per cents. Yet what a piece of work a man makes of his first "pop."
Word: percent Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”). Pronunciation: /pəˈsɛnt/, /pɚˈsɛnt/, /pəˈsent/ 1. Per hundred. Example: By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008?
Word: hand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English handen, honden, from the noun (see above); and also from henden (> English hend), from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“to seize by hand, grasp, hold”), from Proto-West Germanic *handijan, from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“to take by hand, grasp”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Old Frisian handa, henda (“to grasp, seize”), Middle Low German handen, henden (in derivatives), Dutch handen, henden (“to arrange, dispose, be handy”), Dutch overhandigen (“to hand, hand over”), Middle High German handen (“to cut, hew”), Middle High German henden (“to give hands to; take hold of, seize”), Old Norse henda (“to grasp, seize, take by hand”). Pronunciation: /hænd/, [hænd] ~ [hand], /hand/, [hand], [hand] ~ [händ] 1. To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. Labels: ditransitive Example: He handed them the letter. She handed me an opportunity. Example: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. Labels: transitive Example: to hand a lady into a carriage 3. To manage. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I bleſs my Chain, I hand my Oar, / Nor think on all I left on Shoar. 4. To seize; to lay hands on. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: wee will not hand a rope more 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. Labels: rare, transitive 6. To furl (a sail). Labels: transitive Example: send the people up to hand the sail, and when up, before they goon the yard, I'll clap the rolling tackle on to steady it Example: In the very long run from the west side of America to Guam, among the Philippine Islands, ships seldom have occasion to hand their sails, so equal and steady is the gale, and yet they make it in about 60 days, which could not be if the wind blew only in the afternoon. 7. To cooperate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: coin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta. Pronunciation: /ˈkoɪ̯n/, /ˈkɔɪ̯n/, /ˈkwaɪn/, /ˈkɒɪ̯n/ 1. A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...the coins were of all countries and sizes - doubloons, and louis d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight... 2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which serves for payment or recompense. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The loss of every present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. 4. Something in broad circulation or use. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: Tho’ truths in manhood darkly join, ⁠Deep-seated in our mystic frame, ⁠We yield all blessing to the name Of Him that made them current coin; […] 5. Money in general, not limited to coins. Labels: UK, US, slang, uncountable Example: She spent some serious coin on that car! Example: It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade. 6. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A corner or external angle. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A small circular slice of food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For munchies try deep-fried jalapeño coins, jumbo Buffalo wings, and hush puppies with a sweet edge. Example: Spread out four bread and butter pickle coins on top, and sprinkle with onion. 9. Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: What's the best coin to buy right now?
Word: coin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta. Pronunciation: /ˈkoɪ̯n/, /ˈkɔɪ̯n/, /ˈkwaɪn/, /ˈkɒɪ̯n/ 1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal. Example: to coin silver dollars Example: to coin a medal 2. To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase). Labels: broadly Example: Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined. Example: Not fearing outward force: So ſhall my Lungs / Coine words till their decay, againſt thoſe Meazels 3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Example: [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]