nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sweet tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets. Labels: idiomatic, singular Example: He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy. 2. Someone with a liking for sweet foods. Labels: countable, idiomatic 3. An edible fungus of species Hydnum repandum. 4. A preference, especially for a kind of food. Example: the python has a sweet tooth for rats and mice and the sweet tooth of this particular snake is on edge for a square meal. Example: Prowlers are on the loose in suburban Denver. Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat.
Word: two left feet Part of Speech: noun 1. Clumsiness, especially at dancing or in sports involving kicking a ball. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: He should stay off the dance floor with his two left feet. Example: 2 shy 4 pickups. 2 flip 4 potlucks. 2 left feet at bars. But fun.
Word: wake-up call Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone call to awaken someone at a certain time, especially one requested by the person while staying at a hotel. Labels: US, literally Example: She requested a five a.m. wake-up call from the front desk. 2. An alert, reminder, or call to action caused by a dramatic event. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonym: reality check Example: The recent deaths should serve as a wake-up call to others at risk.
Word: boobs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /buːbz/ 1. plural of boob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boobs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /buːbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boob Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sinophile Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sinophile. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sommer Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, from the noun sommer (“summer”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German somere (“pack animal”), probably derived from Latin sagma (“pack saddle”). * As an English, Scottish, and German surname, variant of Summer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: dolphin-friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. caught using fishing nets that lessen the chances of killing dolphins. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: cuscus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Cuscus, former genus name, ultimately (probably via French and Dutch koeskoes) from a local word for the marsupials in a language of the Moluccas. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌs.kəs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/ 1. Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. Example: Without eggs, cocoa-nuts, or plantains, we had very short commons, and the boisterous weather being unpropitious for fishing, we had to live on what few eatable birds we could shoot, with an occasional cuscus, or eastern opossum, the only quadruped, except pigs, inhabiting the island.
Word: cuscus Part of Speech: noun 1. vetiver Labels: India, uncountable
Word: fruitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fruit + -arian. First attested circa 1890. Pronunciation: /fɹuːˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /fɹuˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers).
Word: fruitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fruit + -arian. First attested circa 1890. Pronunciation: /fɹuːˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /fɹuˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Related to fruitarianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: African-American Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ 1. A member of an ethnic group consisting of Americans of black African (particularly Niger-Congo) descent. 2. Any black American person; by extension, any black person. Labels: US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes
Word: African-American Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɹɪ.kən əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ 1. Of a person, pertaining to the African-American ethnicity. Example: The rioters overshadowed the message of peaceful protesters on prior days: They had called for justice for Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died from spinal injuries after police arrested him this month. 2. Black. Labels: US, broadly, offensive, proscribed, sometimes 3. Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people. Example: African-American music
Word: African American Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of African-American. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: African American Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of African-American. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She is also a descendant of our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress, Sally Hemings.[...] She holds the profound honor of being the first African American employed at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.[...] Hemings (1773-1835) is one of the most famous—and least known—African American women in U.S. history.
Word: replace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English place English replace From re- + place. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpleɪs/, /ɹɪˈplæɪs/ 1. To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back. Labels: transitive Example: When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset. Example: The earl...was replaced in his government. 2. To refund; to repay; to pay back. Labels: transitive Example: You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning. Example: 'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent. 3. To supply or substitute an equivalent with. Labels: transitive Example: I replaced my car with a newer model. Example: The batteries were dead so I replaced them. 4. To take over the position or role from. Labels: transitive Example: Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced. 5. To take the place of; to be used instead of. Labels: transitive Example: This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier. Example: This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. 6. To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place. Labels: transitive 7. To place again. Labels: rare, transitive Example: During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack. 8. To put in a new or different place. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: Kingdom Hall Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where Jehovah's Witnesses meet for fellowship and worship.
Word: churchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English church Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English churchy From church + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/ 1. Piously Christian. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, mildly Example: I was staying with my mother's sister, a retired character actress with a churchy streak. 2. Resembling a church. Example: Your house looks kind of churchy. 3. Reminiscent of a church service. Example: The party had a churchy atmosphere.
Word: churchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English church Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English churchy From church + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɜːtʃi/ 1. one who is piously Christian Labels: mildly, pejorative
Word: synagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English synagoge, from Old French synagoge, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰγωγή (sŭnăgōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to gather together”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “with, together”) & ᾰ̓́γω (ắgō, “to lead”). By surface analysis, syn- + -agogue. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnəɡɒɡ/, /ˈsɪnəˌɡɑɡ/ 1. A place of worship for Jews. Labels: Judaism, countable Example: On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution. 2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study. Labels: Judaism, countable 3. Any assembly of folk. Labels: countable, rare Example: But when they come hither, and ſee a Tympany of Spanioliz’d Biſhops ſwaggering in the fore-top of the State, and meddling to turn and dandle the Royal Ball with unskilful and Pedantick Palms, no marvel though they think it as unſafe to commit Religion and Liberty to their arbitrating as to a Synagogue of Jeſuits. Example: It is in this period that some Christian authors even refer to the “Synagogue of … Muhammad,” demonstrating the extent to which they perceive non-Christian groups as one and the same.¹¹¹
Word: FG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of field goal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of frigate, a type of warship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of guided missile frigate, a type of frigate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of fresh grad. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fine Gael, an Irish political party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Family Guy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PPG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of points per game. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: This comes after the center topped the charts last year, becoming the first player at the position since four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal to win the scoring title and the first center to average over 30 PPG in 40 years – Embiid averaged 30.6. 2. Initialism of power play goal, as used in hockey box scoring. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of pupil premium grant. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of polypropylene glycol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: snakebite and black Part of Speech: noun 1. A snakebite (cocktail with equal parts hard cider and lager) mixed with a dash of blackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tranquil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trāns- + the root of quiēs (“rest, quiet, peace”), ultimately from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷæŋ.kʰw̥ɪl] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷæŋ.kʰw̥ɪl], /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋ.kwɪl/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋ.kʰw̥ɪl] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋ.kʰw̥ɪl], /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋ.kwɪl/ 1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance. Example: Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me. 2. Calm; without motion or sound. Example: […]that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.
Word: achi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí). Pronunciation: /ˈʔɐ.t͡ʃɪ/, /ˈɑ.t͡ʃi/ 1. the eldest sister 2. an elder sister Labels: informal 3. a young female senior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community) Labels: familiar 4. respectful term of address for the eldest sister 5. respectful term of address for an elder sister Labels: informal 6. respectful term of address for a young female senior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community) Labels: familiar
Word: aiya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Chinese 哎呀 (āiyā). 1. ah; oh; exclamation of surprise, blame, dismay, shock, or fear. Labels: Australian, China, Chinese, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, informal Example: “I don’t need to hear any idle gossip.” “Aiyah, it’s not idle gossip! These are important details I’ve learned just from being around them, and from what Mr. Wong found out—” Example: Aiyah, dun ask me why their name all so funny, can or not? You ask me, I ask who?
Word: waka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 和歌 (waka), from Middle Chinese 和 (ɣwa), a gloss for 倭 (ʔwa, “Japan”) + 歌 (ka, “song”). 1. A kind of classical Japanese poem. Example: “Hey, look. There's one of those Jap waka poems on the back of this cigarette package.”
Word: waka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori waka. Pronunciation: /ˈwʌkʌ/, /ˈwʌkə/, /ˈwakə/ 1. A Maori canoe. Labels: New-Zealand 2. A broad Maori community consisting of numerous Maori tribes, all sharing common ancestors thought to have come to New Zealand in a particular canoe. (A waka is divided into several iwi.) Labels: New-Zealand Example: On occasion this orientation would extend to wider tribal units […] or even to waka federations such as Tainui, Te Arawa or Mataatua.
Word: human chattel Part of Speech: noun 1. Human beings considered property, that is, slaves. Labels: uncountable Example: Where is the man of intelligence who does not instantly see that this provision of human law […] makes the relation, between father and mother, that of mere agents for increasing the gains of him who claims a right of property in the human chattel, whose offspring, by law, are his?
Word: alla Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of all + of. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Word: adjourn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ajournen, from Old French ajorner (French ajourner), from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day"). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɝn/, /əˈdʒɜːn/ 1. To postpone. Labels: transitive Example: The trial was adjourned for a week. 2. To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. Labels: transitive Example: It is a common practice […]to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. 3. To end or suspend an event. Labels: intransitive Example: The court will adjourn for lunch. Example: The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.” 4. To move as a group from one place to another. Labels: formal, intransitive, uncommon Example: After the dinner, we will adjourn to the bar.
Word: wi Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Variant of we. Pronunciation: /wɪ/ 1. us Labels: Geordie, personal, pronoun Example: Are yee commin with wi or not?
Word: wi Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Variant of with. Pronunciation: /wɪ/ 1. with Labels: Yorkshire Example: Are-ta doin owt wi this?
Word: mon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 文 (mon). Pronunciation: /mɑn/, /mɒn/ 1. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. Labels: historical Example: The shimonsen or shimon, originally worth four mon, but debased to two mon. 2. The former currency of the Ryukyu Kingdom until its annexation by Japan. Labels: historical 3. The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.
Word: mon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a dialectal variant of man; compare West Midland Middle English mon (alongside East Midland Middle English man). Pronunciation: /mɑn/, /mɒn/ 1. Man; used in places such as Jamaica, and Lancashire, Shropshire and the Black Country in England. Labels: colloquial Example: Ee I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee. That's as welcome lad, as welcome as can be. Fotch thi cheer up t'table. Stop as long as th'art able. Fer I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee. Example: I am a Black Country mon. Yow dow know and the Brummies woh understond.
Word: mon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of monster, via Japanese モン (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon, etc. Pronunciation: /mɑn/, /mɒn/ 1. A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles. Labels: slang Example: Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can... Example: When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength. 2. A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element. Labels: slang Example: Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too... Example: And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned^([sic]) of it :-)
Word: mon Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of come on. Pronunciation: [mon], /mɑn/, /mɒn/ 1. come on; come along with me Labels: Scotland 2. come on! Part of a chant for a team or band. Labels: Scotland Example: 'Sing up, runt,' he goes, slapping my back friendly/forceful. 'Mon the Rangers!' Example: Narrator: Jack's a Celtic fan. Jack: Mon the hoops! 3. An expression of defiance or as a challenge; often as "mon then" Labels: Scotland
Word: mon Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Clipping of month. Pronunciation: /mɑn/, /mɒn/ 1. month Labels: Scotland Example: 12 yr 4 mon 17 d
Word: tanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tanks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tanks Part of Speech: intj 1. Pronunciation spelling of thanks Labels: Ireland, alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling Example: Respectable girl meet after mass. Tanks awfully muchly.
Word: about-face Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From about + face, first attested in 1861, used in the imperative in the military. Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs/ 1. An abrupt turn to face the opposite direction. Example: The soldier did an about-face and marched off. Example: Deciding that he hasn't had enough action for one day, Captain Evans of the Johnston orders another 180-degree about-face to give gunfire support to the new arrivals, this time picking on the heavy cruiser Tone. 2. A reversal in direction; a reversal of attitude or opinion. Labels: figuratively Example: When Luke heard the news, he did an abrupt about-face on the policy. Example: Sidney Powell does an about-face on her Stop the Steal claims [title]
Word: about-face Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From about + face, first attested in 1861, used in the imperative in the military. Pronunciation: /əˈbaʊtˌfeɪs/ 1. To turn 180 degrees to face the opposite direction. Labels: intransitive Example: The soldiers would about-face immediately after the order was given. 2. To change opinion or attitude drastically. Example: A politician will about-face at the drop of a hat if he thinks there are votes in it.
Word: dexter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛks.tə/, /ˈdɛks.tɝ/ 1. Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.) Labels: not-comparable Example: my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers: Example: Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
Word: dexter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛks.tə/, /ˈdɛks.tɝ/ 1. The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc). Example: Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations] But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...] Example: On the dexter of the court is a long hall with an arched ceiling and a door, leading to a small oblong shrine with a vaulted ceiling.
Word: lait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”). 1. To seek; search for; inquire. Labels: UK, ambitransitive, dialectal, obsolete Example: By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um. Example: The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire?
Word: n00b Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Leetspeak rendering of noob, from newbie. 1. A beginner, someone lacking skill, or someone who uses beginner tactics. Labels: Internet, Leet, dated, derogatory Example: A common way to start any kind of flaming is mini-modding. Many people think mini-modding is annoying and they'd say, "You stupid n00b, stop mini-modding or I'll report you."
Word: ki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kī. Pronunciation: /kiː/ 1. A plant native to the Pacific islands and China (Cordyline fruticosa); ti. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of key (a kilogram) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And that's what I think happened to Joe. Someone who worked for him walked in and asked to buy a ki of heroin and he went, 'I don't do that.' Then a bit later someone else walked in and offered to sell him some a ta stupid price and he went, 'Hang about, I've got a buyer for that.' Example: But the buzz wasn't enough, though. It's nothing like the feeling you get with a hundred kis of heroin in the boot of your car.
Word: ki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Example: At sea a special cauldron of 'ki,' prepared by the ship's cook, is sent round action stations in 'fannies' or large pitchers.
Word: ki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dated romanizations of Mandarin 氣 /气 (qì) without the k-q merger, or from Japanese 気 (ki), both ultimately from the same Middle Chinese origin. Pronunciation: /kiː/ 1. Alternative form of chi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: If you are calm and relaxed it will be easier for you to accept and use his ki, helping him to reach his goal. In other words, you will redirect his ki or enhance it with your own to bring your attacker down in the direction he was directing his ki.
Word: oda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوطه (oda) (Turkish oda) 1. A room within a harem.
Word: ide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ide, from Scientific Latin idus (species name), from Swedish id. Pronunciation: /aɪd/ 1. A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. Example: a pike says to the pike-folk / a whitefish asked an ide, a / salmon another salmon: / ‘Have they died, the famous men / have Kaleva's sons been lost […]?’
Word: e-quaintance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of e- + acquaintance, replacing ac- (ad) with e- (“electronic”), by analogy with e-mail. 1. a person known exclusively online, usually from instant messaging such as AIM, or through internet dating personals. Labels: Internet 2. the state of knowing exclusively online Labels: Internet
Word: factoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fact + -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973 in Marilyn: A Biography, defined as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority". Pronunciation: /ˈfæk.tɔɪd/ 1. An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. Example: Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book. Example: Wikipedia-derived factoids can be so important that there is a well-known feedback loop, called citogenesis, in which the mainstream news finds some claim made in a Wikipedia article, and publishes it (without citing Wikipedia). Then Wikipedia itself makes use of the news article. By means of this loop, an ultimately “sourceless” factoid gains a spurious authority. 2. An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact. Labels: US Example: Given a large enough storehouse of words and a fine filter, would it be possible to see cultural change at the micro level, to follow minute fluctuations in human thought processes and activities? Tiny factoids, multiplied endlessly, might assume imposing dimensions. Example: Don't parade in front of the audience spewing every factoid you know on your topic. Only share the right information for that exact moment with that specific audience.
Word: correlated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of correlate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: correlated Part of Speech: adj 1. Mutually related in a correlation. Example: The variable "age15-24" was not included as this is highly correlated with the variable "students" and "students" were thought to be a more distinct group than the whole of the 15-24 age group.
Word: albatross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican, gannet, albatross”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”) (compare Alcatraz); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (“white”). Not derived from modern Arabic قَطْرَس (qaṭras, “albatross”), which is perhaps borrowed from Spanish. For sense development of "burden", see albatross around one’s neck. Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/, /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/, /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɑs/ 1. Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. 2. Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins. 3. A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole. 4. A long-term impediment, burden, or curse. Labels: figuratively Example: 2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution, […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security. Example: Project 2025 could be an albatross for Trump
Word: flatulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 19th century; either a back-formation from flatulence or borrowed from French flatuler, either way, see-ate (verb-forming suffix); ultimately from New Latin flātulentus, from flō (“to blow, breeze”). Pronunciation: /ˈflætjʊleɪt/, /ˈflæt͡ʃəleɪt/ 1. To fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell. Example: 1985, James L. Framo, “Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy,” in Intensive Family Therapy, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and James L. Framo eds. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=kfmXSIJPvqEC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&sig=b3bCCRJV6GdT6XexcyD0xVyRv88, Where else but in his own castle, with his own family, can a person pick his nose, flatulate, lose his temper with impunity, whine, let the child in him emerge—in short, regress and “be himself”? Example: Horses defecate and flatulate on the move.
Word: ASIS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anterior superior iliac spine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASIS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Australian Secret Intelligence Service. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of American Society for Information Science, pre-2000 name of the Association for Information Science and Technology, still abbreviated as ASIS&T. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Initialism of American Society for Industrial Security. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of Ada Semantic Interface Specification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: e-quainted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of e- + acquainted. 1. Acquainted by means of online communication. Labels: Internet Example: People I was thrilled to meet after being e-quainted forever: […] Example: I'm e-quainted with someone who goes to the VA there and he says he sees Indian groceries when he goes there.
Word: SN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of screen name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of social network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of social networking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of steric number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of substantia nigra. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of STM National. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of serial number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SN Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of shared-nothing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: SN Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of supernova. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SN Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of South Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ez Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of easy. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, especially Example: LOL too ez. ur so bad Example: Just use a courier to send your phone/laptop back every once a week it's that ez ¶ /s
Word: diaphoresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin diaphorēsis, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰφόρησῐς (dĭăphórēsĭs, “evaporation, dissipation, perspiration”); by surface analysis, dia- (“through, across”) + -phoresis (“transmission”); also synchronically held to end in the suffix -esis. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.ə.fəˈɹiː.sɪs/ 1. The formation and excretion of sweat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The formation and excretion of sweat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The train of symptoms which mark the typhoid variety of scarlatina generally begin to decline about the tenth or twelfth day, when the case often lapses into a condition similar to rheumatic fever, without its characteristic diaphoreses.
Word: scared stiff Part of Speech: adj 1. scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared. Labels: literally, not-comparable Example: He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him. Example: I was scared stiff when I saw the car coming; it came like lightning;
Word: 'sblood Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced form of God's blood. Primarily from the Middle Ages up to the early modern era, and to a rare extent today, people would curse on God's or Christ's body parts rather than breaking the Second Commandment (not to use the Lord's name in vain oaths). In this case, the exclamation refers to Christ's blood shed during the crucifixion, and the Eucharist in the form of wine. Pronunciation: /zblʌd/ 1. An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder. Labels: archaic Example: 'Sblood, I would my face were in your belly. Example: "'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?"
Word: blimey Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A minced oath derived from (God) blind me (either concurrent with or from a clipping of cor blimey or gorblimey), or blame me. Compare crivvens, drat, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪmi/ 1. Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Blimey! I didn’t see that! Example: Blimey! Where did you come from?
Word: felch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps imitative in origin. Earliest occurrence in print, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is found in the paper The Argot of the Homosexual Subculture by Ronald A. Farrell in 1972, where it was defined as a synonym to anilingus. Pronunciation: /fɛltʃ/ 1. To suck semen out of a sexual partner's vagina or anus. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: My husband felched his cum out of my asshole last night; that was so hot. Example: There’s always a silver lining to everything I guess… I got my tongue frenum detached in a bit of a gruesome way last night while getting face fucked… it’s all good now but not felching or rimming or even sucking for a while for me BUT now I will be able to stuck out my tongue even more when I felch and rim! LOL 2. To perform anilingus. Labels: dated, transitive, vulgar
Word: stationary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/, /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ 1. Not moving. Labels: not-comparable Example: The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track. 2. Incapable of being moved. Labels: not-comparable 3. Unchanging. Labels: not-comparable 4. A set which intersects all club sets. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stationary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/, /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/ 1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: As also, that then they [the planets] are Stationaries in their houses which be in the middle points of the latitudes, which they cal eclipticks. 2. Misspelling of stationery. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: stationery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stationer + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/, /ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/ 1. Writing materials, envelopes, office materials. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the school year finished, he put all of his stationery away in the loft, as he would have no need for pencils and exercise books during the holidays. Example: We can pick up more paper and pens at the stationery store.
Word: stationery Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ɹi/, /ˈsteɪʃənɛɹi/ 1. Misspelling of stationary. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: stationary point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point on a curve where the gradient is zero. This point can be a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection.
Word: Odinism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Odin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Odinism From Odin + -ism. 1. Heathenry, Germanic neopaganism, especially a variety devoted to the Norse pantheon.
Word: hike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). Pronunciation: /haɪk/ 1. A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. Example: Well, if it gave him so much pleasure to find the nest, he is welcome to the eggs. I can hunt another grass tuft, lay another set, and rear my brood in peace while he goes "hiking" after eggs at Flathead. Example: From here, you can pick up the asphalt bike path and take a hike across the meadow. 2. An abrupt increase. Example: The tenants were not happy with the rent hike. Example: It was on this campus last winter that gay people stood in the vanguard of protests against a tuition hike proposed and passed during the city's fiscal crisis. 3. The snap of the ball to start a play. 4. A sharp upward tug to raise something. Example: She gave a cute hike of her skirt as she spun and almost sauntered down the stairs.
Word: hike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). Pronunciation: /haɪk/ 1. To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Don't forget to bring the map when we go hiking tomorrow. Example: When Dick Hudson hiked the trail between 1966 and 1970, he met so few hikers that he can still recall nearly all of them. 2. To unfairly or suddenly raise a price. 3. To snap the ball to start a play. 4. To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. 5. To pull up or tug upwards sharply. Example: She hiked her skirt up.
Word: hike Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). Pronunciation: /haɪk/ 1. Let's go; get moving. A command to a dog sled team, given by a musher.
Word: cutting edge Part of Speech: noun 1. The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool. 2. The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field. Labels: broadly, idiomatic, often Example: The company prides itself for staying at the cutting edge of technology. Example: Looking far from overawed throughout, they frequently took the game to the visitors, but it was Saints' lack of a cutting edge and United's superior finishing that proved the difference in the end.
Word: cutting edge Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cutting-edge. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: avant-garde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (“vanguard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward. Pronunciation: /æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/, /æˈvɑ̃.ɡɑːd/, /ˌæ.vɑ̃ˈɡɑːd/, /ˈæ.vn̩t.ɡɑːd/, /ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/ 1. The vanguard of an army or other force. Labels: obsolete 2. Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
Word: avant-garde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (“vanguard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward. Pronunciation: /æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/, /æˈvɑ̃.ɡɑːd/, /ˌæ.vɑ̃ˈɡɑːd/, /ˈæ.vn̩t.ɡɑːd/, /ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/ 1. Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so. Example: It was a very avant-garde production. Example: While the work of the contemporary artists in the show is avant-garde, it does not overwhelm the colorful faience made by the Faucon family, seven generations of ceramicists who operated a factory in Apt, a town in the Luberon Valley, from 1890 until 2002.
Word: break new ground Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation. Labels: literally 2. To initiate a new venture, especially something never before attempted; to advance or innovate. Labels: broadly Example: One of the Birmingham R.C.W. diesel multiple-units on the Calder Valley service broke new ground on August 12 when it was enployed for a works excursion from Halifax to Windermere, [...]. Example: Some of these things were possible to do with earlier A.I. models. But OpenAI has broken new ground, too. According to the company, GPT-4 is more capable and accurate than the original ChatGPT, and it performs astonishingly well on a variety of tests […]
Word: premeditation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō. 1. The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hanky panky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hanky-panky. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: funny business Part of Speech: noun 1. Unethical behaviour. Labels: uncountable 2. Sexual intercourse or other sexual activity. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: ‘I’ll be square with you. No funny business.’ Example: '[…] I tipped her double to pretend we were dating on a regular basis, and to act as if she was crazy about me. Only in public,' Rimmer waved his hand, as if to ward off evil thoughts, 'there was no funny business. Oh, how I longed for the funny business! But that wasn't the deal. It was all above board.'
Word: banaha Part of Speech: noun 1. A cornhusk bread made by the Chickasaw people. Labels: uncountable
Word: skank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Whenever a slang word is heard, the youngsters note it, then write sentences which include the word. […]Hawk: to watch – as in “Man, that skank steady hawks me in school.” Example: It's also my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang. 2. Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Virgins. I love 'em. No diseases, no loose as a goose pussy, no skank. No nothin'. Just pure pleasure. Example: Hughes CRAVED dirt. Hughes CRAVED slander skank to share with Mr. Hoover. What Hughes CRAVED, Hughes BOUGHT. ¶ Pete bought an issue’s worth of dirt. His cop contacts supplied him with a one-week load of lackluster skank.
Word: skank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps from skag (“unattractive woman”), but the origins of skag are unknown. Compare scold (“troublesome woman”), skeevy (“disgusting”). Attested from the 1960s. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. Lewd, vulgar, skanky. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: "I wear provocative clothes because they make me feel sexy," Toni says without apology. "If an artist like Madonna is wearing her booty hanging out, she's considered a genius. But if a black person does it, we're considered skank whores or sluts." 2. Foul, unhygienic. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: You can even be a wee bit more skank and don a dirty shirt. Unwashed underwear, however, is a no-go.
Word: skank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving between larger vehicles. Compare skanker. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]the ability to double up with contagious laughter; the feeling of pure child-like glee; and the mesmerizing, trance-like skank dancing that looks like African aerobics after centuries of rhythm. Example: All reggae dance represents a dialogue with that basic movement which is the skank — a kind of offbeat walking on the spot 2. A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk. Labels: uncountable Example: A typical skank guitar rhythm: {\time3/4\tempo4=180\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"electric guitar (muted)"\repeat unfold2{r8a4}\repeat unfold2{r8g4 Example: He took it another step and brought blues into reggae music. I don’t play skank. I don’t play reggae guitar. So I had to call.
Word: skank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally Jamaican, attested from the twentieth century, but earliest source is uncertain. The verb sense be dishonest is evidently older. Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. The dance senses may come from a resemblance to motorcyclists weaving between larger vehicles. Compare skanker. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To dance the skank. Example: Four-thousand miles away, there is a reggae night spot called Club 69, where local youth wear dreadlocks... and dance ska, rocksteady, and skank to the beats of the Wailers.... Club 69 is in Tokyo, the dread youths are Japanese. 2. To play guitar with a skank rhythm. Example: Joe Strummer and Mick Jones did a lot of skanking. Skanking refers to a style of playing using scratch (page 17) rhythms with a strong accent on the off-beats (1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &) rather than the on-beats. 3. To be dishonest or unreliable, to defraud or deceive, to steal. Labels: Jamaica, intransitive, transitive Example: Only Tosh, Marley and Livingston had been signed, and Aston Barrett harboured an unarticulated resentment that later would be couched in the language of betrayal[…] In any event ‘Family Man’ believed that they had an oral agreement, and placed his faith in Marley (from whom they received their wages) that he would not skank them.
Word: skank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Slang word used in Northern England. Unknown. Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. The act of cheating a person. Example: That's not a good deal; it's a skank. Example: As for the identities of those behind the plan, the mere mention of ‘some millionaire’ reinforced the conviction of those who were ready to part with their money that they were onto a winner. While for others, the mere mention of the names Nestor Riley and Desmond Palmer was enough to confirm that this whole business was a skank which would end in tears.
Word: skank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Slang word used in Northern England. Unknown. Perhaps from etymology 2, above; attested in West Indian and UK black slang from the twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈskæŋk/, [ˈskæŋk], /ˈskeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈskeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈskɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To cheat or betray, especially a friend. Labels: transitive Example: He short-changed a partner, leaving him feeling skanked. Example: He thought I was trying to skank him and wouldn’t wait any more; he wanted to be there. He wouldn’t wait! 2. To steal, or otherwise acquire underhandedly. Labels: transitive Example: of course, maybe somebody that works at the factory where it was pressed could have skanked a few copies... Example: As being now a dedicated 'simmer' since last fall and purchasing no end of add-ons and admittedly skanking some from the likes of Kazaa & Limewire for my FS2002
Word: oshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 推(お)し (oshi). 1. A person's favorite VTuber, idol, or character, especially one they actively support and promote. Example: For me, my Oshi is Watame. I find her content very relaxing and calming, it helps bring me a smile whenever I see that wonderful sheep doing anything and it’s sometimes exactly what I need after a stressful day at work. I really admire all the hard work she puts into her music as well as how inclusive she always attempts to be as far as reaching out to overseas fans with everything. Everything about her just makes me feel happy and I really value everything she does here at HoloLive. Example: Among the most popular oshi are "VTubers," or entertainers who represent themselves as an avatar online and livestream concerts and interact with fans.