nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ripost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”). 1. A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge. 2. A quick and usually witty response to a taunt. 3. An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem. Example: The French government was always apprehensive to the German Government’s ripost to an air offensive. Example: Written as a ripost to Samuel Constant’s short story Le Mari sentimental, in which the husband is driven to despair and ultimately suicide by his carping wife, Mistress Henly begins with an account of the wife’s reading of the Constant story and how as a reader she links the text of imagination to the realities of her own life.
Word: Crimble Part of Speech: name 1. Christmas. Labels: UK, humorous
Word: plotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English plotter From plot + -er. 1. A person who plots. 2. An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens. 3. An instrument used to mark or find the position of a vessel on a chart. 4. An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story. Labels: slang
Word: plotter Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of plouter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gas mark Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the measurements on a scale of temperatures in domestic gas cookers. Labels: UK Example: Roast potatoes need 25 minutes at gas mark 7.
Word: handbags at dawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First appears in the UK in the 1980s. A jocular derivation from pistols at dawn, replacing pistols with handbags, referring to women hitting each other with handbags during a catfight. The phrase originated in football. It may have been influenced by the phrase handbagging meaning a verbal dressing-down, in reference to the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; and by the Monty Python sketch The Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbor (season 1, episode 11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom, December 1969), in which the actors flail at each other with handbags in a muddy field. 1. A catty squabble. Labels: UK, humorous, idiomatic, uncountable 2. Competitors on a sporting field (often in a rugby game) getting into a fight; appearing threatening but not really causing any damage. Labels: New-Zealand, informal, uncountable
Word: her indoors Part of Speech: noun 1. One's wife, especially a domineering one. Labels: UK, slang
Word: made-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Invented or fabricated. Example: He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth. 2. Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up. Example: a freshly made-up clown Example: A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles. 3. Arranged or put together. Example: The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived. 4. Delighted, pleased, thrilled. Labels: UK, regional Example: I was made-up when the local team won. 5. Built up (to a higher level). Example: All three structures were sited on made-up ground, to depths up to about 20 ft., which had been deposited to form the railway embankments.
Word: made up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of made-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: made up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of make up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: minted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: minted Part of Speech: adj 1. made into coinage; coined 2. flavoured with mint Example: minted peas 3. wealthy Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: Marcus: We're very sorry. Stylax: No, we're not. For all this guy knows, we could be mega-minted poshos in disguise. Shopkeeper: It will be a superb disguise. Stylax: Cheers.
Word: sidebar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + bar. 1. A short news story printed alongside a larger one. 2. A block of information placed at the side of a printed page. Example: The tables in the sidebar can be used to determine “average” height and weight, and to provide a slight random variation if desired. 3. A block of information placed at the side of a webpage. Labels: Internet 4. A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court. Labels: US 5. The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens. Labels: US 6. An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience. Example: Well, when Charlotte had her mini-death, she went to Hell. Forest haunted her Hell loop and now is haunting her nightmares -- which, sidebar, Dan is also a part of, so things are heating up. 7. A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group. Example: May we have a moment to discuss your proposition? Sidebar! Let's pick a topic. Sidebar!
Word: sidebar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + bar. 1. To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar. Labels: transitive Example: Morgan "One of them was called Alexandria and then there was a place called the Kingdom. It actually had a king." Althea "A king?" Morgan "Even had a pet tiger." Althea "All right, we're gonna have to sidebar that one. These settlements, were they good places to live?"
Word: nutshell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, equivalent to nut + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, Nuteskil (“nutshell”), Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), German Nussschale (“nutshell”). Pronunciation: /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/ 1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. Example: For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales; What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales, What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis? And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis. 2. A short book summarizing an area of law. 3. A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas. Example: [A]t last the fishing-line stood straight out behind, and the stone weights jumped along the tops of the billows, while the seas - notwithstanding the guiding hand of the pilot sought to avoid them - broke over our little nutshell, and sent the spray high above mast and sail.
Word: nutshell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, equivalent to nut + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, Nuteskil (“nutshell”), Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), German Nussschale (“nutshell”). Pronunciation: /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/ 1. To summarize (from the term in a nutshell). Labels: transitive
Word: moony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English moony From moon + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmuni/ 1. Resembling the moon. Example: Her white throat whiter than a moony pearl / Just threaded with a blue vein’s tapestry / Had not yet ceased to throb, and still her breast / Swayed like a wind-stirred lily in ambiguous unrest. 2. Moonlit. Example: And oft at midnight’s moony scene A faded form of ghastly mien Across the waves doth glide; And oft upon the passing gales A plaintive voice the ear assails, When wand’ring by the tide. Example: It was an extraordinary sight. Even the light was extraordinary, a kind of reddy-coloured twilight, on account of the streamers of seaweed that floated up on either side of the ship. And far overhead just a moony, deep green-blue. 3. Absent-minded. Labels: figuratively Example: “Well, ain’t it strange? Why, Aunt Polly, he was always so good and kind and moony and absent-minded and chuckle-headed and lovable—why, he was just an angel! What CAN be the matter of him, do you reckon?” Example: Less violent, but no less eerie, was a teenage girl with Down’s syndrome who suddenly lolloped up to me on a sidewalk in Tacoma, Washington – I being then a morose and moony college student – and kissed me on the cheek. 4. Silly; sentimental; mooning over something. Labels: figuratively Example: In one of his earliest known paintings, A Carnival Evening, which was shown at the Salon des Independants in 1886, the clown may reflect the influence of Watteau, the clown's girlfriend perhaps was taken from an advertisement for chocolates, the lacy tangle of branches in the trees possibly echoes a postcard photograph of the Bois de Boulogne. They all fit together in a moony atmosphere which is the Duanier's own. Example: We're facing the second baddest ship in the known universe and our AI is making moony eyes at Mr. Tall, Spark, and Handsome! 5. Sickly or tipsy.
Word: moony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English moony From moon + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmuni/ 1. The act of mooning, flashing the buttocks. Labels: slang Example: She was doing a moony. 2. A silly person. Labels: dated
Word: mooning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The usage of "mooning" to refer to the act reflected the use of "moon" as a metaphor for "the buttocks" since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s. 1. The act of showing one's buttocks.
Word: mooning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The usage of "mooning" to refer to the act reflected the use of "moon" as a metaphor for "the buttocks" since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s. 1. present participle and gerund of moon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nip and tuck Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review. 1. So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was nip and tuck with me between holding on to my stock and being sold out; but by great industry and prudence I managed to keep a little ahead and my mouth above water. Example: Bang! One saddle empty. Bang! another one. Bang—bang, and I bagged two. Well, it was nip and tuck with us, and I knew it.
Word: nip and tuck Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review. 1. With the advantage of changing hands, or shifting back and forth among the available alternatives. Example: A man told me that they was both admitted to practice in the S'preme Court in '39, on the same day, sir. Then you know they was nip an' tuck after the same young lady. Example: "I am glad I happened to reach him," he said, in an effort to relieve her embarrassment. "We had it nip and tuck," he added, lightly. "My lungs are lined with dust."
Word: nip and tuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review. 1. Minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin. Example: I watch the show where Paris Hilton and Nikki Ritchie^([sic]) live the simple life. […] It's makeovers, nip and tucks, and shopping sprees.
Word: govvy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of government + -y (diminutive). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌvi/ 1. Of or run by the government. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable
Word: govvy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of government + -y (diminutive). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌvi/ 1. A government job. Labels: slang 2. A government employee. Labels: slang Example: [...] this was one of the few places in the CIA tech world where I recall seeing a sizeable number of women. Some of them had the blue badges that identified them as government employees, or as contractors called them, "govvies". 3. A government bond. Labels: slang
Word: nit nurse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earliest written mention appears c. 1942 in The Lancet. 1. A nurse who periodically checked schoolchildren's hair for lice. Labels: UK, dated
Word: Old Bill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Suggested sources for the police officer and police force terms include: #Old Bill, comic character created by Bruce Bairnsfather. #Music hall song "Won't you come home, Bill Bailey", which references the Old Bailey criminal court. #William IV (reigned 1830-37), who became king the year after the Metropolitan Police were founded (1829). #Wilhelm I, Prussian Kaiser who visited the UK around the same time the custodian helmet was adopted (1863). #bill (“cutting instrument”) or billhook, weapons carried by constables of the watch. #bill (“written note of services rendered”), allegedly presented by a police officer to solicit a bribe. #bill (“draft of a law”), laid in Parliament. #Number plates for all public services, including police, registered by London County Council with the letter "BYL". ##Specifically, the cars of the Flying Squad. #Bill Smith, a popular police sergeant in Limehouse circa 1860s. 1. A police officer. Labels: UK, slang 2. The police force. Labels: British, slang 3. A soldier, especially one who resembles the cartoon character of the same name created by Bruce Bairnsfather in 1914. Labels: British, dated, slang
Word: on the pull Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Out seeking a sexual partner. Labels: UK, slang Example: They're at that new nightclub, on the pull. Example: Rebecca was on the pull. An air of desperation hung over her like Dior's Poison.
Word: liner notes Part of Speech: noun 1. Commentary or supplemental information, usually printed on the back of the cover or in an insert, of recorded media; such as record albums, CDs, videos, or DVDs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?
Word: pick 'n' mix Part of Speech: noun 1. A selection of different articles (such as sweets arranged in trays) that can be chosen in any combination and paid for by weight or number. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pop one's clogs Part of Speech: verb 1. To die. Labels: UK, slang Example: The old man has finally popped his clogs.
Word: bavin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ 1. A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making. Labels: Southern-England, archaic, countable Example: […]that hot love is soon cold: that the bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze: that scalding water, it if stand awhile, turneth almost to ice[…] 2. A bundle of wood or twigs, which may be used in broom-making. Labels: Southern-England, archaic, countable 3. Impure limestone. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: The concretions […] are called 'bavin,' the shale associated with them being termed 'rotch.'
Word: bavin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ 1. To bundle and bind wood into bavins. Labels: Southern-England, archaic
Word: bavin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps Old French baffe (“a faggot”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæ.vɪn/ 1. Made of firewood or kindling. Labels: not-comparable Example: The skipping King, he ambled up and down, / With shallow jesters, and rash bavin wits, / Soon kindled and soon burnt, carded his state, / Mingled his royalty with capering fools,
Word: Anglomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + -mania. 1. Exaggerated enthusiasm for anything English. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Anglophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo- + -phile, probably partly after French anglophile. 1. A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England. 2. A person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of the United Kingdom. Labels: broadly
Word: Anglophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo- + -phile, probably partly after French anglophile. 1. English loving; admiring English culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sultan Mansor became Anglophile, wore tweeds even in his own palace, was graciously received by Queen Victoria, adopted as his state anthem a Mendelssohnian salon piece composed by the late Prince Consort[.] 2. British-loving; admiring British culture. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: Curie temperature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after scientist Pierre Curie, who discovered the phenomenon. 1. The temperature at which the magnetism of a substance changes, specifically when a ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic. Labels: physical
Word: minesweeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + sweeper. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪnˌswipɚ/ 1. A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines). Labels: countable, often, specifically, uncountable 3. Any of various logic-based computer games in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints. Labels: uncountable Example: Information on the history of minesweeper and the rules of the game can be found on Wikipedia [14]. The book by Garey and Johnson [4] is the classical text on NP-completeness. Boolean satisfiability, SAT, is the original decision problem shown NP-complete by Cook [2]. […] Kaye [6] introduced minesweeper consistency and showed its NP-completeness through reduction from circuit-SAT. Kaye's circuit templates are quite involved. An and gate, for instance, has 23 × 13 squares and a wire crossing is built from and and not gates (24 in total). He later published some further, simplified templates [7), but they remain quite large. Kaye's reduction from circuit-SAT to minesweeper does not guarantee a predefined number of hidden mines. We re-establish the NP-completeness of minesweeper consistency by reduction from SAT for the original version of minesweeper with a given number of hidden mines. This illustrates that this extra piece of information does not fundamentally simplify minesweeper. The latter was also already observed by Scott et al. [8]. Scott et al. argue that Kaye's reasoning does not prove NP-completeness of playing minesweeper. Kaye assumed that minesweeper is played by iteratively solving minesweeper consistency. Scott et al. observe that there may be other strategies to play minesweeper. They therefore introduce the minesweeper inference problem, which precisely captures the essence of minesweeper game play. They show that minesweeper inference is co-NP-complete (and hence that playing minesweeper is most likely not NP-complete). They do so by reducing UNSAT to minesweeper inference, for the original version of minesweeper with a given number of hidden mines.
Word: naval mine Part of Speech: noun 1. An explosive device placed in the water, being either stationary or drifting, and intended to destroy or deter vessels. Example: The ship hit a naval mine and sank with all hands.
Word: approximately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin proximō Latin approximō Latin approximātusder. Middle English approximat English approximate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English approximately From approximate + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/, /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/ 1. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. Labels: not-comparable Example: approximately 60 beats per minute Example: In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
Word: biblioklept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- (“book”) + Ancient Greek κλέπτης (kléptēs, “thief”). 1. A person who steals books. Labels: rare Example: Thus Libri, who was the greatest of Biblioklepts, rescued many of the books he stole from dirt and misuse, and had them bound royally in purple and scarlet. Example: He loved to walk through his library, stopping before this or that special item; and, because there were biblioklepts even among the humanists in the papal employ, he kept the most precious manuscripts for greater safety in his own bedroom.
Word: cordillera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”). See cord. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔː(ɹ)dɪˈljɛəɹə/, /ˌkɔː(ɹ)diˈɛəɹə/ 1. An extensive, continent-wide chain of mountains, especially one in the Americas. Example: Meronym: sierra
Word: pull one's finger out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ellipsis of pull one's finger out of one's arse, probably from the notion that one should not sit on one's hands. 1. To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: You've been sitting there all week. It's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out! Example: Speaking at Mayor's Question Time on February 24, Sheikh said: "It's time for the Government to pull its finger out and give TfL the funding package it needs in the wake of the pandemic.
Word: pull one's socks up Part of Speech: verb 1. To start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts. Labels: idiomatic Example: They're all going to pull their socks up and play a bit better.
Word: woodwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/, /ˈwɵdˌwəːk/, /ˈwʊdˌwɝk/, /ˈwʉdˌwʌɾk/, /ˈwʉdˌwəɹk/ 1. Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: Some woodwork and the plaster ceiling medallions have been duplicated to match the originals. 2. Working with wood. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He does woodwork as a hobby. Example: The unthinking man assumes that if woodwork is to be taught, the best person to do it must be a carpenter 3. A place of concealment or obscurity. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: out of the woodwork Example: Friends and relatives were coming out of the woodwork to celebrate his good fortune. 4. The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That goal was so close, it went in off the woodwork. Example: Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.
Word: woodwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English woodewerk (“carpentry”), equivalent to wood + work. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdˌwɜːk/, /ˈwɵdˌwəːk/, /ˈwʊdˌwɝk/, /ˈwʉdˌwʌɾk/, /ˈwʉdˌwəɹk/ 1. To go completely stealth as a transgender person. (From the idea of fading or blending into the woodwork.) Labels: dated Example: "Instead of 'woodworking,' or disappearing into the mainstream — as we are capable of and qualified to do — we have chosen not to do so." Outside of the transsexual community, other changes were taking place that made it possible for[…] Example: Maybe — and this was essential for political activism — you didn't have to "woodwork" but could be transgendered for all to see. By the mid '90s the Internet had arrived — and spread these new ideas like wildfire.[…]
Word: rhinorrhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhino- + -rrhea, from Ancient Greek: ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) (stem ῥινο (rhino)) with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”). 1. A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crossbar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/ 1. Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor. 2. The top of the goal structure. Example: The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar. 3. The top tube of a bicycle frame.
Word: crossbar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/ 1. To mark with a pattern of transverse bars. Labels: transitive
Word: white maggot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the uniform of white shirt and shorts worn by the Victorian Football League (which became the Australian Football League) field umpires. The umpires' uniforms changed to day-glow orange in 2004. 1. A field umpire. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Come on you white maggot, that was a throw.
Word: goalside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English goalside From goal + -side. 1. On the side nearest to the goal. Labels: not-comparable Example: When marking an attacker, always try to stay goalside to him.
Word: goalside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side English goalside From goal + -side. 1. The side nearest to the goal. Labels: no-plural
Word: university of life Part of Speech: noun 1. The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education. Labels: Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: I learned all I need to know from the university of life, not from books. Example: [BEAUFOY:] We are considerably out of pocket over this bally pressman johnny, this jackdaw of Rheims, who has not even been to a university. BLOOM: (Indistinctly) University of life.
Word: stone the crows Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Originally Australian English of 1910s, "referring to the former occupation of watching over cornfields and stoning crows that attempt to plunder the crop." 1. Generalized expression of surprise or amazement, or just for emphasis. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial Example: “Why, stone the crows! I′ll look yous up,” sez ′e. / “I need some friends: I ain′t got wife nor chick.” Example: The he pinched himself to make sure he was really awake, "Stone the crows!" he said softly. "Stone the crows!"
Word: porcelain bus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From it being imagined that when gripping the sides of the bowl while vomiting into it that it's like a bus driver gripping the steering wheel of a bus (a bus steering wheel being roughly horizontal, as opposed to a car which has it up at an angle). 1. A toilet bowl. Labels: slang Example: With a gut-wrenching heave, I grasped the steering wheel of the porcelain bus and shouted at the top of my voice for 'Hughie' to come and sort me out.
Word: throw-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from throw in. 1. A set-piece where the ball is thrown back into play 2. A throw of the ball back into play by the boundary umpire. The umpire faces away from the players and throws it in over his or her shoulder (so as to clearly not favour either side by where exactly it's thrown). 3. the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games. Labels: Ireland 4. An extra item added free of charge; a product that is thrown in with another. Example: Salesman: Uh, hey, how about a Skinny Scan 27,000 with a Computer Virus Eradicator as a throw-in?
Word: reverse configure Part of Speech: verb 1. To determine an item's characteristics solely based on an identifier such as material number, catalog code, or part number. Labels: transitive
Word: Blind Freddy Part of Speech: name Etymology: The use of "Blind Freddy" meaning "anyone can see..." dates to at least 1907 Theories concerning actual persons called Blind Freddy include reference to: * A blind hawker called Freddy or Freddie who lived in Sydney in the 1920s. * A police officer, Sir Frederick William Pottinger, who was in charge of the Lachlan district. The success of bushranger Ben Hall in evading capture there in 1862 is claimed to have earned Pottinger the nickname "Blind Freddy". However, no contemporary evidence that Pottinger was so called exists. Various Australian individuals were known as "Blind Freddy" or "Blind Freddie" from at least 1902, in apparent reference to an actual physical infirmity 1. An imaginary incapacitated person held up as an archetype of incapacity: what blind Freddy can see (understand) must be very obvious. Labels: Australia, informal Example: “I thought you might have bet on Mart,” Angus said coldly. “Just for old times′ sake.” “Don't be Uncle Willy,” Jerry admonished him, mildly. “Old Blind Freddy could'a seen Mart was a gonner. Although I admit I had the wind up a couple′a times!” Angus felt the blood rise in his face. Example: Mr Cook said ‘Look, blind Freddy would know that was for scaffolding,’ and he said, ‘Yes, of course,’. He did not have to be told, blind Freddy would know it, anybody in the timber trade would know it.
Word: whisperer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whisper + -er. The extended senses were popularized by the film The Horse Whisperer (1998). 1. Someone who whispers. 2. Someone who tells secrets; a gossip. 3. Someone who is skilled in taming or training a certain kind of animal, using gentle vocal commands and body language as opposed to physical contact. See horse whisperer. 4. Someone who has an uncanny ability to control or manipulate a certain thing or person; an expert or guru in a particular field or subject Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: dog whisperer Example: hormone whisperer
Word: pyramids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyramid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyramids Part of Speech: noun 1. The game of pyramid pool. Labels: uncountable
Word: pyramids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pyramid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yield up the ghost Part of Speech: verb 1. For a person, to die. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
Word: stainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English stainer From stain + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪnɚ/ 1. Something that stains. 2. One who stains or tarnishes. 3. A workman who applies a stain to wood, etc.
Word: follow in someone's footsteps Part of Speech: verb 1. To follow the same path as someone; to take actions similar to another's. Labels: figuratively Example: I could die on this boondoggle too, naturally, as the world has become something of a horror show of late. In any case, I trust that anybody following in my footsteps and reading these additional words will have the presence of mind to pursue the same basic strategy.
Word: roulette wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A slotted wheel that rotates horizontally; players bet on which slot the ball will stop in.
Word: mue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See mew. Pronunciation: /mjuː/, /mju/ 1. Alternative spelling of mew (“to moult”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, transitive Example: Their nakedneſſe with ſackcloth let them hide, / And mue the veſt'ments of their ſilken pride; […]
Word: SLAGIATT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of seemed like a good idea at the time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: victory at sea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reputed to refer to the wind-blown rolling seas in the movie and television series Victory at Sea. 1. Ocean conditions that are very windblown and messy, possibly to the point of being inimical to surfing and other watersports. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: It is total "Victory at Sea" out there today- 17 to 25 knot onshore winds kicking up big. messy windswell/chop everywhere. Example: It is extremely fast and comfortable to ride in 2 foot chop like we had in the ocean today. It will still run near 60 in that "victory at sea" if one can hang on.
Word: kook cord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See kook (“unskilful boarder”). 1. A leg rope. Labels: dated Example: As recently as 1971, surf leashes were called "kook cords" by a surfing world that grew up thinking that a surfer must pay for his mistakes by swimming.
Word: leggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leg + -ie. 1. A leg (limb). Labels: childish Example: Once when I was trying to make his position a little more comfortable, he said — "Never mind left leggie, mamma; it does not need any care. What would I give if poor right leggie was only like it once more!" 2. A leg spin bowler, i.e. leg spinner. Labels: slang Example: I'm still top leggie, says Warne [article title] 3. A leg break delivery. Labels: slang Example: Boon couldn't handle my inswingers, Waugh had no idea with my off-cutters and my leggies were making Taylor dizzy. 4. A leg rope.
Word: all-weather Part of Speech: adj 1. Not affected by climatic conditions; capable of normal operation regardless of precipitation, wind, sun, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: an all-weather tire Example: She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels. 2. Always there when needed, reliable, dependable, loyal, faithful. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: an all-weather friend
Word: pope's living room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the tube (i.e. tubular wave) being a highly desirable place and imagining the Pope has the privilege of going there or being there all the time. 1. The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube). Labels: slang Example: It was the layback, a casual declaration of civil disobedience in the pope's living room, our own aquatic limbo act.
Word: using Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.zɪŋ/, /ˈju.zɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of use Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: using Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.zɪŋ/, /ˈju.zɪŋ/ 1. use; utilization Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It brings his payings into close and convenient correspondence with his usings of commodities, and different branches of his expenditure thus become easily comparable.
Word: bringing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bringing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋɪŋ/, /ˈbɹɪŋɡɪŋɡ/ 1. The act by which something is brought. Example: Now, it seems intuitively obvious that these indirect bringings about are genuine actions[…]
Word: playing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played. Labels: gerund Example: […] the Nielsen figures show that average viewership across all playings fell by only 40 percent and that total viewership of the entire season’s episodes fell by only 20 percent.
Word: playing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English playing; equivalent to play + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of play Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: showing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/, /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of show Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: showing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schewyng, schewinge, from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, contemplation, consideration; respect, regard; survey, examination; a show, appearance, pretense”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwungu, from Proto-Germanic *skawwungō, equivalent to show + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schouwing (“inspection, survey”), German Schauung (“vision”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊɪŋ/, /ˈʃoʊɪŋ/ 1. An occasion when something is shown. Example: We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie. 2. A result, a judgement. Example: He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.
Word: asking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈæskɪŋ/, /ˈɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈaskɪŋ/, /ˈeəskɪŋ/, /ˈæksɪŋ/ 1. present participle of ask Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: asking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English askinge, askande, from Old English āsciende, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōndī, present participle of Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn (“to ask”), equivalent to ask + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈæskɪŋ/, /ˈɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈaskɪŋ/, /ˈeəskɪŋ/, /ˈæksɪŋ/ 1. That asks; that expresses a question or request. Example: It was as when some great gentle dog brings in a limp and bedraggled prize dug from the yard and, laying it at one’s feet, looks up at one with soft asking eyes. Example: […] all of them looked at each other in an asking way.
Word: asking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English asking, askyng, askynge, from Old English āscung (“asking; question; inquiry”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiskungu, equivalent to ask + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈæskɪŋ/, /ˈɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈaskɪŋ/, /ˈeəskɪŋ/, /ˈæksɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of posing a question or making a request. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His asking was greeted with silence. Example: The large eyes sought his own, as if asking for help, and yet unable to do more than look their mute asking. 2. A request, or petition. Labels: countable, rare, singular, uncountable Example: After many askings, pleadings, and episodes, all leading to nothing, she finally slumped down at the side of a well in a village where she was unknown. 3. The marriage banns. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: returning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of return Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: returning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who returns; a coming back. Example: It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.
Word: containing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of contain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
Word: containing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪnɪŋ/ 1. contents Labels: in-plural Example: Any, – all words are thine, Isabel; words and worlds with all their containings, shall be slaves to thee, Isabel.
Word: increasing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English increase Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English increasing From increase + -ing (participial suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ 1. On the increase. Labels: not-comparable Example: steadily increasing demand Example: The world’s environmental crises are an increasing concern in international politics. Deforestation of the Amazon was high on the agenda of this week’s G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. In September, world leaders will gather in New York for a climate action summit.
Word: increasing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English increase Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English increasing From increase + -ing (participial suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of increase Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. Example: It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
Word: increasing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ 1. An increase. Example: Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.
Word: providing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of provide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: providing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ 1. Something provided; a provision. Example: […] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.
Word: providing Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of provided
Word: providing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: all-around Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round. 1. Able to do many or all things well. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He is said to be a greater hunter and an all around sport. Example: If you want to polish your reputation as an all-around digital photographer, plan on developing at least a modicum of skill with a decent image editing program. 2. Comprehensive in extent. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: While Willie Mays's famous catch off the bat of Vic Wertz and Dusty Rhodes's clutch hitting are what fans remember most about the 1954 World Series, Thompson was easily the all-around best in those four games. Example: Children must be given the opportunity to communicate in an all-around way, using language, drawing, music, drama, play, etc. (hence the expression "a child has a hundred languages").
Word: all-around Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round. 1. Generally, broadly. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: an all-around better player than me Example: Vacation with pay, annual passes, and all around better working conditions.
Word: all-around Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From all- + around, compare all-round. 1. A gymnastic event featuring several individual exercises. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable
Word: all-over Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over. 1. Over the whole area or extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.
Word: all-over Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over. 1. A suntan that covers the entire body, as achieved by sunbathing in the nude.
Word: all-round Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From all + round, initially “everywhere” (1728), “versatile” from 1867. Pronunciation: /ˈɑlˌɹaʊnd/ 1. Having a wide scope, comprehensive. 2. Having many skills, versatile. Example: While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point. 3. All around, in every surrounding place. Example: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
Word: BCG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of birth control glasses, US military or prison issued eyeglasses, often regarded as ugly. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: BCG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (“Bacille Calmette-Guérin”), a vaccine for tuberculosis developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of brightest cluster galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of blue compact galaxy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BCG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Boston Consulting Group, a large US management consulting firm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: BCG's role was more extensive than it had publicly described, according to people familiar with the project[…].
Word: ANTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian National Training Authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ARA Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of Australian Retailers Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Automotive Recyclers Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Australasian Railway Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Aracruz Cellulose S.A.. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Applied Research Associates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Anti-Racist Action. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Awards and Recognition Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ARA Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of associate of the Royal Academy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of animal rights activist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ARA Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ARA. 1. the Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina)
Word: ARA Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ARA. 1. ship's prefix for warships of the Argentinian navy. Labels: initialism, not-comparable
Word: settled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtl̩d/ 1. Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest. Example: It took me a while to feel settled after I moved to this big city.
Word: settled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of settle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /siːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of seize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gain Labels: form-of, participle, past