nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: showman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English showman From show + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.mən/, /ˈʃoʊ.mən/ 1. A person (usually a man) involved in putting on shows (of various types); especially, one who plays a central role in doing so. Example: a consummate showman Example: David is a showman above all else. His showroom is more than merely a sales floor: it is a spectacle. 2. A person (usually a man) involved in putting on shows (of various types); especially, one who plays a central role in doing so. 3. A person (usually a man) involved in putting on shows (of various types); especially, one who plays a central role in doing so.
Word: showmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of showman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sorbic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sorb Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sorbic From sorb + -ic. 1. Of, or relating to the rowan tree (the sorb). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or derived from sorbic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: illimitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- English limitable English illimitable From il- + limitable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/ 1. Impervious to limitation, without limit. Example: For although in that ancient and diffuſed adoration of IdolLs, unto the Prieſts and ſubtiler heads, the vvorſhip perhaps might be ſymbolicall, and as thoſe Images ſome vvay related unto their deities, yet vvas the Idolatry direct and dovvne-right in the people, vvhoſe credulity is illimitable, vvho may be made believe that any thing is God, and may be made believe there is no God at all. Example: The perception of this law of laws awakens in the mind a sentiment which we call the religious sentiment, and which makes our highest happiness. […] This sentiment is divine and deifying. It is the beatitude of man. It makes him illimitable.
Word: exemplar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English exempler, from Middle French exemplair, and its source, Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/, /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/, /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/, /ɪɡˈzɛm.plɚ/ 1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example. Example: A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it. 2. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class. 3. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype. 4. A well-known use of a scientific theory. 5. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine. 6. A copy of a book or piece of writing. Example: To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.
Word: exemplar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English exempler, from Middle French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example + -ar. Doublet of exemplary. 1. Exemplary. Labels: obsolete Example: In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.
Word: exemplars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exemplar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Tupi mokóbor. Portuguese mocóbor. English moco Borrowed from Portuguese mocó. 1. Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris). Labels: archaic
Word: molla Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of mullah. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: get away with murder Part of Speech: verb 1. To do something bad or illegal and escape the punishment that others would receive. Labels: excessive Example: Just yesterday it was fashionable to be black. Remember? Any black writer could get away with murder, just as any Jewish-American writer can get away with murder. Example: He'd spoil the boy just as we have all spoiled him, and though he's a big strapping fellow and a soldier at that, he'd let Ned get away with murder just as I've done.
Word: frijol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish frijol. 1. Any cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the black seed of a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris. Labels: Caribbean, Mexico, Texas 2. The bean-like seed of any of several related plants, such as the cowpea, used as food. Labels: Caribbean, Mexico, Texas
Word: medianoche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish medianoche (“midnight”), since it was served in nightclubs. 1. A Caribbean sandwich of roast pork, ham, mustard, Swiss cheese, and dill pickles.
Word: devoto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian devoto. Pronunciation: /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/ 1. A devotee. Example: 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements
Word: devotee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devote + -ee. The narrowed meaning in sense 3 arises from the sound similarity with amputee. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛv.əˈtiː/, /ˌdi.voʊˈti/, /ˌdɛv.oʊˈti/, /ɖɪˈʋoː.ʈiː/ 1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer. Example: He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Example: a devotee of classical music 2. A believer in a particular religion or god. Example: devotees of Krishna Example: devotees thronged the temple 3. A person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities, especially amputees. Labels: slang Example: The amputee-devotee community, consisting of women with amputations and the men sexually attracted to them, has been widely discussed within the disability community. Example: He becomes involved in a story about a community of wannabes and devotees, those who desire to be sexually intimate with disabled bodies, and meets Fiona, an art conservator and wannabe, or disabled pretender.
Word: elasticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English elasticity From elastic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi], /ɛl.æsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, [ɛɫ.æsˈtɪs.ɪ.ɾi] 1. The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is −0.5. Example: Given elasticity of demand, there is a strong argument that filling the millions of empty seats through lower fares could actually increase revenue. 3. A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The quality of being elastic. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Adaptability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly. Example: "I'll have a try at it, Gladys, if you will only give me an idea what would please you." She laughed at the elasticity of my character.
Word: tubing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tube + -ing. 1. Tubes, considered as a group. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable 2. A length of tube, or a system of tubes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Riding down a river on an inner tube recreationally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail. 4. Tobogganing down a snowy slope or toboggan run on an inner tube. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tubing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tube + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of tube Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tuck box Part of Speech: noun 1. A hamper of food (such as confectionery) taken to boarding school by students. Labels: UK, dated 2. A carton for storing a set of playing cards.
Word: tuck shop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tuck (“snack food”) + shop. 1. A shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school. Labels: Australia, Canada, India, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK Example: One way is to make the sandwiches then choose the three most popular sandwiches to sell in the tuck shop. Example: If possible a school must have a place for a tuck shop.
Word: aeger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aeger (“sick”). 1. Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness Labels: dated, not-comparable 2. Relating to such an excused absence Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: aeger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aeger (“sick”). 1. An excused absence from classes due to illness Labels: dated 2. A note excusing a student from classes due to illness Labels: dated Example: Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an "æger."'
Word: aeger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Obscure, but probably Germanic. Compare eagre. 1. A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent Labels: dated
Word: octet rule Part of Speech: noun 1. A rule stating that atoms lose, gain, or share electrons in order to have a full valence shell of 8 electrons. (Hydrogen is excluded because it can hold a maximum of 2 electrons in its valence shell.) 2. The statement that when atoms combine to form molecules they generally each lose, gain, or share valence electrons until they attain or share eight; also called
Word: arbutus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus. 1. A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex - many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsy-like, on the ground […] 2. A mayflower or trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ah, who is he,—on whom young men and maidens look with pitying eye? to whom the old man lifts his hat, and little children cease from their sports as he passes, and quietly slip the innocent daisy, or the sweet-scented arbutus into his hand, which they have culled from the wide commons, where, they have been told, the good Sea-flower loved to stray. 3. Arbute; wood of strawberry trees. Labels: uncountable
Word: lolicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ロリコン (rorikon), a clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”), which is itself borrowed from English Lolita complex. The spelling lolicon, a hybrid of the English etymon and the Japanese romanization, is now the dominant form in English‐speaking otaku media fandom. By surface analysis, loli + -con. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒ.lɪˌkɒn/, /ˈlɑ.lɪˌkɑn/ 1. Attraction (often erotic) to fictional depictions of young, typically prepubescent girls. Labels: Japanese, uncountable, usually Example: Innocence’s story—about female sex androids that kill their owners—is possible only in a Lolicon country like Japan. The androids are modeled after little girls[.] Example: A Japanese term derived from the English phrase “Lolita complex,” lolicon describes a fascination with cartoons of very young-looking girls engaged in varying degrees of erotic behavior. 2. An individual who is attracted to such depictions. Labels: Japanese, countable, usually Example: I don't need to hear you are becoming a lolicon. Example: Ken's a lolicon (pedophile). 3. Erotic or suggestive artwork depicting young, typically prepubescent, girls. Labels: Japanese, uncountable, usually Example: If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography. Example: the whole gamut of lolicon and girls-with-guns genres 4. Sexual attraction to or fascination with young girls in general. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I got many flames for denoucing Nacchan’s Lolicon ways a few months back! Example: This work can be considered a commentary on Japan’s sexual fetishisms, inclusive of BDSM and lolicon, […]
Word: defrost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English defrost From de- + frost. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɹɒst/, /diːˈfɹɔst/, /diːˈfɹɑst/ 1. To remove frost from. Labels: transitive Example: I have just defrosted the fridge. Example: After leaving the service, he [Jack Schweibold] flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “I flew the first traffic patrol for the Chicago freeways, defrosted tomato crops by keeping the wind blowing on them so the frost couldn’t form,[…]” he says. 2. To thaw (something). Labels: transitive Example: Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight? 3. To recover from something tiresome. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.
Word: defrost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English defrost From de- + frost. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɹɒst/, /diːˈfɹɔst/, /diːˈfɹɑst/ 1. The removal of frost. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators.
Word: armarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin armārium. Doublet of ambry, armoire, and almirah. 1. Synonym of ambry (“cupboard or storage area”). Example: The armarium was generally placed in the atrium of the house. Example: Professor Clark also quotes from the Customs of the Augustinian Order, which required that the armarium be "lined inside with wood, that the damp of the walls may not moisten or stain the books," […] 2. proventriculus Example: The proventriculus of both the Blattaria and Isoptera conforms to the basic orthopteran plan and consists of an anterior armarium and the posterior stomodaeal valve; the armarium tapers posteriorly as it merges with the narrow valve. Example: The proventriculi of both Arenivaga bolliana and Hypercomps fieberi appear to lack the anterior dental belt of the armarium; otherwise, they are dissimilar.
Word: t'othersider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From t'other + side + -er. Pronunciation: /ˌtʌðə(ɹ)ˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/ 1. A person from the eastern states of Australia. Labels: Australia, Western, informal Example: whilst the ancient t'other-sider oscillated his frame-saw Example: The first Labor premier of Western Australia was Henry Daglish (1866-1920), a Victorian t'othersider, ...
Word: snottygobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A borrowing from the British dialect of Bedfordshire where it referred to the fruit of the yew tree. By surface analysis, snotty + gobble. 1. A plant of the genus Persoonia. Labels: Australia, Western Example: 2001, Society for Growing Australian Plants, Australian Plants, Volume 21, Issue 166 - Volume 22, Issue 181, page 62, Similarly, residents of Perth are likely to recognise the sickle-shaped leaves of their commonest snottygobble, Persoonia longifolia. Example: I can vouch for this technique, as my colleagues and I used it to sample the apparently odorless flowers of snottygobble bushes (Persoonia) in Australia.
Word: shitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ 1. The act of defecating. Labels: countable, uncountable, vulgar
Word: shitting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shitting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ 1. An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking. Labels: not-comparable, vulgar
Word: face-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From face + off, or a deverbal from face off, c. 1889. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪsˌɑf/ 1. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups. Example: It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress. Example: Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off. 2. The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee. Example: Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament. 3. The start of play, when two players attempt to get possession of a ball placed on the ground between them by the referee.
Word: refereed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of referee Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: refereed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛfəˈɹiːd/ 1. said of articles or books that have undergone peer review Example: She has published four books, twenty refereed articles, and dozens of book reviews. 2. said of a journal whose articles are submitted to peer review Example: Lexicography Illustrated isn't a refereed journal, is it?
Word: shotakon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shotacon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: alec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alec (“herring”). 1. An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: horsefeathers Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The "nonsense" sense, a euphemism for horseshit, is horse + feathers, a nonexistent item as only birds have feathers. Compare hen’s teeth. The "horse hair" sense notes the similarity of that hair to bird feathers. Regarding the roofing sense, compare feathering strip and horsefeathers. 1. Indicates disbelief. Labels: US, euphemistic Example: Horsefeathers! You knew it was a bad idea and now you're just making excuses about it.
Word: horsefeathers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The "nonsense" sense, a euphemism for horseshit, is horse + feathers, a nonexistent item as only birds have feathers. Compare hen’s teeth. The "horse hair" sense notes the similarity of that hair to bird feathers. Regarding the roofing sense, compare feathering strip and horsefeathers. 1. plural of horsefeather (singular not used) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horsefeathers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The "nonsense" sense, a euphemism for horseshit, is horse + feathers, a nonexistent item as only birds have feathers. Compare hen’s teeth. The "horse hair" sense notes the similarity of that hair to bird feathers. Regarding the roofing sense, compare feathering strip and horsefeathers. 1. Nonsense; indicates disbelief. Labels: US, euphemistic, plural, plural-only Example: Dismissing the rumors as "horsefeathers", he advised everybody to disregard them. Example: The most notorious of these was Templeton Rye: Said to be from Iowa, it was purportedly distilled using a Prohibition-era recipe that was a favorite of none other than Al Capone who, according to legend, called it "the good stuff." The story turned out to be such a load of horsefeathers that Templeton was found guilty of deceptive marketing, and forced by a judge to issue partial refunds to its customers. 2. Long hair on lower legs of a draft horse (e.g., Clydesdale), especially the rear legs. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Feathering strips. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The exterior of the court is entirely of sheathing and wood shingles applied over "horsefeathers." Example: In summary, the record establishes that to produce horsefeathers one starts by sawing a log (longitudinally) into boards or planks, which are then likewise center resawn (longitudinally); that the original boards, as well as the center resawn boards, have at least two approximately parallel longitudinal sawed surfaces; that the resawn boards are simply resawn again longitudinally at an angle or bevel to produce horsefeathers; and that the only other sawing required is the crosscutting of the boards to length.
Word: afront Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + front. 1. in front; face to face Labels: not-comparable
Word: afront Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From a- + front. 1. in front of Example: These four came all afront, and mainly thrust / at me. I made me no more ado, but took all their seven / points in my target, thus!
Word: agest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *aetāticum Old French eagebor. Middle English age English age Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-West Germanic *-ist Old English -est Middle English -est English -est English agest From age + -est. 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of age Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: saucy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sauce + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːsi/, /ˈsoːsɪj/, /ˈsɔ.si/, /ˈsɑ.si/, /ˈsoːsi/ 1. Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce. Example: Bring the tomatoes to a boil and then simmer until they reach a saucy consistency. 2. Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart. Labels: figuratively Example: She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders. Example: If this be knowne to you, and your Allowance, / We then haue done you bold, and ſaucie wrongs. 3. Impudently bold; pert. Example: Her mouth was large, and she had a saucy, pronounced chin. 4. Sharp; pungent; piquant. 5. Mildly erotic. Example: I enjoyed the dancing, but my husband found it a little too saucy. Example: Saucy epaulet shoulder and full sleeves that fit into neat button trimmed cuffs.
Word: harboured Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a harbour 2. sheltered
Word: harboured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of harbour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: billet-doux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French billet doux (literally “sweet note”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪl.eɪ ˈdu/, /ˈbi.jeɪ ˈdu/ 1. A love letter. Example: "O heavenly, heavenly flowers!" exclaimed Miss Sharp, and smelt them delicately, and held them to her bosom, and cast up her eyes to the ceiling, in an ecstasy of admiration. Perhaps she just looked first into the bouquet, to see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers; but there was no letter. Example: Adonis calls for a 'pick-me-up' before he has strength enough to answer a billet-doux from Venus.
Word: amu Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of atomic mass unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: adverbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adverb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adverb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transfer function Part of Speech: noun 1. a mathematical representation of the relation between the input and output of a linear time-invariant system
Word: vaginas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vagina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaginae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vəˈd͡ʒaɪˌni/ 1. plural of vagina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chee chees Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Spanish chichis (“breasts”). 1. Breasts, tits, titties. plural of chee chee. Labels: US, slang
Word: chee-chees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chee-chee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chee chee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Spanish chichi 1. A breast, tit. Labels: US, in-plural, slang
Word: chee chee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Hobson-Jobson (see References) stated that the word is "said to be taken from chi (fie!), a common native (South Indian) interjection of remonstrance or reproof, supposed to be much used by the class in question. The term is, however, perhaps also a kind of onomatopoeia, indicating the mincing pronunciation which often characterises them." Hotten stated in his 1870 Slang Dictionary "it takes its origin from a very common expression of these half-caste females, "CHEE-CHEE," equivalent to our "Oh, fie! - Nonsense! - For shame!" Merriam-Webster (see References) states "probably from Hindi chī-chī fie!, literally, dirt". 1. A mixed-race person of British and Eurasian origin and in particular of Anglo-Indian descent. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slang, slur Example: Pretty little Looking-Glasses, / Good and cheap for Chee-chee Misses. Example: Chee-chees, blacky-whites, half castes, Anglo-Indians. Midnight's orphans. The Brits hated us for giving human form to their rapacious colonial lust. 2. The speech style of these people. Labels: UK, archaic, attributive, countable, obsolete, offensive, slang, uncountable Example: He is no favourite with the pure native, whose language he speaks as his own in addition to the hybrid minced English (known as chee-chee), which he also employs. Example: There is no doubt that the 'Chee Chee twang,' which becomes so objectionable to every Englishman before he has been long in the East, was originally learned in the convent and the Brothers' school, and will be clung to as firmly as the queer turns of speech learned in the same place.
Word: chee-chee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chee chee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boobies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbiz/ 1. plural of boobie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of booby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boobies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbiz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of booby Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jugs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌɡz/ 1. plural of jug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jugs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jug Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knockers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock. 1. plural of knocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knockers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock. 1. A woman's breasts. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: […] from the Rev. Mr. Cannaday, “who winks at you to show that he’s one of the boys,” to the thrice-married Norma Norbridge, “who leans on her knockers instead of her elbows when she sits at a table.” Example: I bet her knockers are bigger than any girl in our grade, whaddya think?
Word: hooters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hooter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hooters Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman's breasts. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: As you'd expect, “Hooters” has a farcical structure and an endless supply of gags about pick-up rituals, about sexual roleplaying, about “hooters” themselves. (If that slang term is new to you, suffice it to say that Cheryl's anatomy provides the definition.)
Word: headlights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headlight; especially a pair on a single vehicle. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the prefix hydro-, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). By surface analysis, hydr- (“water”) + -o-. The Canadian "electricity" sense is owing to hydroelectricity being the prevalent source of electricity in much of Canada and many electric companies having the word Hydro in their names. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdro/, /ˈhʌɪdro/ 1. Clipping of hydroelectric. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable 2. Clipping of hydroponic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Example: hydro watercress 3. Alternative form of hydro- (“water”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: hydro massage Example: For the sheer pleasure of speed, the aqua, or hydro, karts probably have all fun craft beat.
Word: hydro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the prefix hydro-, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). By surface analysis, hydr- (“water”) + -o-. The Canadian "electricity" sense is owing to hydroelectricity being the prevalent source of electricity in much of Canada and many electric companies having the word Hydro in their names. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪdro/, /ˈhʌɪdro/ 1. Clipping of hydropower (“hydroelectric power”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 2. Clipping of hydroelectricity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable 3. Electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this. Labels: Canada, uncountable Example: I won't have lights until my house gets the hydro turned on. Example: She was having trouble paying the hydro. 4. A spa. Labels: UK, countable, dated Example: She almost lived at hotels and hydros, last year, but that isn't pleasant for her. 5. Abbreviation of hydroaeroplane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, obsolete 6. Abbreviation of hydrodynamics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 7. Water. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: “Can I get you somethin’ to drink?” she asked. “How much hydro you got in storage?” “Six Gs.” Example: Dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for water, and a quartet of Riverside High School students are up to their necks in the hot kind after their Internet-inspired prank made dozens of homeowners not readily acquainted with chemical terms hyper over hydro. 8. Hydroponically-grown marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Dope is kinda like riding a bike that doesn't go anywhere, flips upside down, and who's number of wheels varies, during use, between 1 and 4. And sometimes there's fuzzy purple things riding on it with you. But you have to get hold of some hydro if you want the purple things to sing. Example: You're probably smoking that $50 an ounce garbage that people sell in Dallas. Buy some hydro. That way you only need like three hits, and no paranoia. 9. Clipping of hydrocodone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable Example: Dave, get some hydro or some codeine and just extract the good stuff from the APAP. Oxy has the stronger side effects, but with hydro/codeine you're almost guaranteed 100% nice floaties. Example: Hydro and Oxy are both semi-synthetic opioids, which means they are synthisized^([sic]) from opium products (Oxy being synthizised from Thebane IIRC).
Word: invigilate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪdʒɪleɪt/, /ɪnˈvɪdʒəleɪt/ 1. To oversee a test or exam. Labels: Canada, UK, ambitransitive Example: Professor Burns will be invigilating over the final examinations to ensure that the students do not cheat. 2. To keep watch. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: alumni association Part of Speech: noun 1. an association of former students of a college or university
Word: tug-of-war Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tug of war. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text Heads fling blood and mucus into the air; viscera drip from vulture bills; two birds play tug-of-war with a ten-foot rope of intestine coated in dirt and feces.
Word: tuneful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tune + -ful. 1. Having or producing a pleasing tune; melodic or melodious
Word: tuneless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tuneless From tune + -less. 1. Having no pleasing tune; not tuneful. Example: They insist they aren't a hardcore band, but their hectic pace and tuneless vocals are certainly in the hardcore vein. 2. Silent or mute.
Word: tuning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnɪŋ/, /ˈtuːnɪŋ/ 1. Action of the verb to tune. 2. Action of the verb to tune. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Action of the verb to tune.
Word: tuning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːnɪŋ/, /ˈtuːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tune Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tureen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier terrene (thus pronunciations with /tj/, /t͡ʃ/ are spelling pronunciations), borrowed from French terrine. Doublet of terrine. Pronunciation: /təˈɹiːn/, /t͡ʃʊˈɹiːn/, /t͡ʃəˈɹiːn/, /təˈɹin/, /t(j)uˈɹin/ 1. A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew. Example: The tureens and stands are variously marked with the date letters for 1726 and 1728, with the charge and discharge marks for the fermier-générals Charles Condier (1722-1726) and Jacques Cortin (1726-1732) and with their weights. Example: But the metal tureen cannot just have been an import from the eastern Mediterranean area or from the Carpathian basin, because the style horizon of the Tiefstich pottery tureens with pendant triangles on the shoulder did not penetrate as far as that, nor do we know of any vessels there, pottery or precious metal ones, which show a similarity with these.
Word: Turinese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Turin + -ese. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Turinese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turin + -ese. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
Word: turn back Part of Speech: verb 1. To reverse direction and retrace one's steps. Labels: intransitive Example: Realising he had forgotten his briefcase, he turned back and re-entered the office. Example: Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear. 2. To cause to reverse direction and retrace one's steps. Labels: transitive Example: The barrage of machine-gun fire turned back the encroaching soldiers. Example: Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases. 3. To return to a previous state of being. Example: He stopped drinking for a couple of years, but now he has turned back to his old ways. Example: Once we take this decision, there's no turning back. 4. To prevent, or refuse to allow, passage or progress. Labels: transitive Example: The soldiers turned back all the refugees at the frontier. 5. To adjust to a previous setting. Labels: transitive Example: In Autumn we normally turn the clocks back one hour. Example: I love that song: turn back to it! 6. To fold something back; to fold down. Labels: transitive Example: When you make the bed, please always turn the sheet back over the blanket. 7. To give back; to return. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We turn not back the silks upon the merchants, When we have soiled them; nor the remainder viands.
Word: hydrozoa Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydrozoan Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of hydrozoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: turning point Part of Speech: noun 1. A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made. Labels: idiomatic Example: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road / Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go Example: Europe will be watching the final battle closely. A Hollande victory in the second round would be a turning point in European politics, a rare victory for the left in Europe, which has in recent years moved towards the right 2. A maximum or minimum on a graph. 3. A crossroads. 4. A T-junction. 5. A place at which one changes their direction of travel. Example: Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.
Word: crossroads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossroad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crossroads Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads. Example: Near-synonym: intersection Example: When they came to a crossroads where the road split off into four cardinal directions, Stanton stood squinting up at the signpost for a long time. 2. A centrally located position. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split. Example: Together they control the approaches to this important railway crossroads from Chester, Crewe, Wolverhampton, Hereford and Machynlleth, and the station itself via an unusual mix of semaphore and colour light signals. 3. A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal. Labels: figuratively Example: Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries. 4. A fork in the road. Labels: nonstandard Example: But first he stopped his car at the crossroads where the highway forked off to Gastmann's house. Example: The Company A commander, Captain Helmer, was at the crossroads where the road split, with the left fork leading to Udenbreth, when he saw a group of men coming toward him.
Word: crossroad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + road. 1. A crossroads (place where one road crosses another). 2. A road that crosses another. Example: Finally, at a likely looking north-south crossroad, we turned left and found elusive US 14 two miles north.
Word: turn-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from turn off. 1. Something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages, especially sexually. Labels: idiomatic Example: I like the people at my job, but the 60-hour work weeks are a big turn-off. Example: Braces on a pretty girl actually aren't a turn-off for me. 2. A road where one turns off, such as a motorway exit.
Word: turn-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from turn on. 1. Something that attracts, gives pleasure, or encourages, especially sexually. Example: Pretty eyes have always been a turn-on.
Word: turnstile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornōbor. Proto-West Germanic *turnēn Old English turnian ▲ Latin tornō Old French tornerbor. Middle English turnen English turn Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-West Germanic *stīgan Proto-West Germanic *-i Proto-West Germanic *stigi Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *ilō Proto-West Germanic *-ilu Proto-West Germanic *stigilu Old English stiġel Middle English stile English stile English turnstile From turn + stile. Pronunciation: /ˈtəːnstaɪl/, /ˈtəɹnstaɪl/ 1. A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid. Example: an efficient system for funneling crowds through turnstiles Example: The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station. 2. A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle. 3. The ⊢ symbol used to represent logical entailment (deducibility relation), especially of the syntactic type; i.e., syntactic consequence. (Such symbol can be read as "prove(s)" or "give(s)". )
Word: canister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster. * (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can. * (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing. Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪstɚ/ 1. A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches). Example: Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe. 2. Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top. 3. A special short-range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles. 4. A projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition. 5. A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents. 6. Part of a windmill that connects the sails to the windshaft. 7. A person's head. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Caunt let fly left and right, but Bendy ducked his canister, and got down with more caution than gallantry.
Word: canister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English canustyr (“basket”), a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Doublet of canaster and knaster. * (metal receptacle): Through influence of unrelated can. * (projectile): Short for canister shot, so called for its casing. Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪstɚ/ 1. To pack into a canister. Labels: transitive
Word: dalet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 (dlt, “door”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-; compare Hebrew דֶלֶת (délet). Doublet of delta. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː.lɪt/, /ˈdɑː.lɪd/, /ˈdɑː.lɪð/ 1. The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Word: tweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1830s. Probably a shortening or back-formation from Scots tweedling (“a type of twilled cloth”), attested since the 16th century and related to tweedle; the two words are variants of tweeling and tweel, which go back to Middle English twel, twyle (“a type of woven fabric; twill”), whence also English twill. Scottish tradition says it derives directly from tweel when an English merchant misread tweels or tweeled (cloth) in an 1831 letter from a Scottish merchant as Tweed(s) and took it to be a trade-name based on the River Tweed, but the DSL says evidence for this is lacking, and because English merchants must have been familiar with tweel(ed cloth) before the 1830s, it seems unlikely to be based on misunderstanding tweel rather than on the well-attested tweedle. Several of the earliest citations, from 1839, 1841, and 1845 treat it as a new name for a familiar cloth. Pronunciation: /twiːd/ 1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: MICHAEL NOWAK, alias John Mazurkiewiez, was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of April, 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called tweed, value 12s., and 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called doe-skin, value 17s., […] Example: “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”
Word: tweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tweed. Labels: form-of, plural 2. Clothing made of this material. Example: The doctor is young and cute but successful enough to have a big house and a small car and good tweeds as well as well-fitting jeans and wool sweaters. 3. Trousers. Labels: colloquial Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
Word: cannelure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cannelure. 1. A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
Word: tweezers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century (1645–55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or scissors), from obsolete tweese (“case for small instruments”) (or alternatively, alteration of plural form tweeses), aphetic form of earlier etweese (plural of etwee), from French étuis, plural of étui (“case, box, cover”) (from Old French estui (“container, prison”, noun), derivative of étuier (earlier spelling, estuier (“to shut up, guard, keep, preserve, save, enclose, place in a cover”), probably from Vulgar Latin *estudiāre (“to keep, treat with care”) or *studiāre, from Latin studēre (“to care about”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwizəɹz/, /ˈtwiːzəz/ 1. A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only