nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: keep tabs on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tab (“tablet or slate used for keeping a record of accounts”). 1. To monitor; to keep track of; to watch. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you are careful to keep tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay within a budget. Example: The police kept close tabs on him during the holidays.
Word: one-off Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency makes the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one. 1. Occurring once, independent of any pattern; one-time. Example: The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event. Example: Seeing Halley's Comet is a one-off, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 2. Special; remarkable; rare; unusual. Example: BMW is to create a one-off tribute to the iconic 3.0 CSL. Example: Grammy award-winning singer Celine Dion will reportedly earn $2 million for a one-off performance at the 2024 Olympics.
Word: one-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency makes the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one. 1. Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally. Labels: Commonwealth, idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: stand-alone Example: I'll put together a quick one-off as a sample so we can taste the recipe. 2. Something unique and remarkable. Example: Near-synonym: stand-alone Example: It is a one-off; there is nothing else like it.
Word: come out of the woodwork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the idea of insects crawling out from inside the woodwork in a house. 1. To appear or emerge unexpectedly or inexplicably, frequently in large numbers or quantity. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: He won the lottery last year and he has had old "friends" and distant relatives coming out of the woodwork ever since. Example: [...] 90-day wonders [...] were kicked around by harassed Regulars who were [...] just too busy to take time to spare the feelings of those strange creatures who came out of the woodwork and wanted the privileges of officers, without being fully prepared to do the work of officers.
Word: draw straws Part of Speech: verb 1. To decide at random by drawing (selecting randomly between) straws, sticks, etc., one of which differs from the others (typically by being shorter), held in a person's hand so as to conceal which is the different one. Typically, whoever draws the short straw must complete some undesirable task. Alternatively, whoever draws the longest straw gets a desired position. Example: They drew straws to see who had to wash the dishes. Example: We drew straws, and today's my day to go to school. We're all taking turns so we each only go once a week. 2. To decide by any means of chance. Labels: broadly
Word: draw the short straw Part of Speech: verb 1. To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws. 2. To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise). Labels: idiomatic Example: I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone.
Word: school counselor Part of Speech: noun 1. A certified and licensed professional educator trained to support and develop the academic achievement, career readiness, and social and emotional growth of students. Labels: US
Word: American Sign Language Part of Speech: name 1. A sign language used primarily in the United States of America and Canada. Example: For example, you could learn American Sign Language (or whichever sign language is common where you live), a common immigrant language, or an indigenous language in your area, rather than make those people speak to you in English (or whatever major language you speak).
Word: ASL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Sign Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Whereas American Sign Language could have extended into Nicaragua by the 1980s, as it did in neighboring Costa Rica where it combined with a locally developed sign language in the 1960s, Nicaragua’s geo-political isolation prevented ASL from entering the country, notes Shepard-Kegl. 2. Initialism of Advanced Squad Leader. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Apache Software License. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASL Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of asl (“age, sex, location”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ASL Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of above sea level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of arithmetic shift left, a type of bitwise operation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of advanced stop line Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: come clean Part of Speech: verb 1. To confess; admit the truth. Labels: idiomatic Example: "You better come clean, Swan, and tell the whole thing. What was it? Don't talk in circles." Example: Perhaps it is only fair to come clean at the start and confess that I found J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales a disappointment.
Word: second guess Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of second-guess. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: second-guess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from second guesser, originally from baseball. First use appears c. 1941. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.əndˌɡɛs/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndˌɡɛs/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)ntˌɡɛs/, /ˈsɛk.ɪndˌɡɛs/, /ˈsek.ən(t)ˌɡes/ 1. To vet or evaluate; to criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Please don't try to second-guess the procedure that we have already refined and adopted. Example: Once she began listening to her instincts and didn't second-guess herself the entire time, her artwork improved noticeably. 2. To anticipate or predict someone's actions or thoughts by guesswork. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: In this day and age, it's so easy to stress / 'Cause people are strange and you can never second-guess Example: The Securities and Exchange Commission says Goldman misled two clients by failing to give adequate disclosure.[…] It is impossible to second-guess the case's outcome. But Goldman is already viewed by many as guilty.
Word: Ameslan Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of American Sign Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, rare
Word: agbe Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of African rattle, similar to a sekere.
Word: agama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), borrowed from a Gbe language. Compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡeɪ̯.mə/, /æɡ.ə.mə/, /aɡ.ə.mə/, /əˈɡæɪ̯.mə/, /ɛɡ.ə.mə/ 1. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.
Word: subversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English subversion, subversioun, from Old French subversion. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈvɜː.ʃən/, /sʌ̈bˈvɝ.ʒən/ 1. The act of subverting; overturning; flipping from beneath. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The condition of being subverted. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: subversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English version English subversion From sub- + version. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbˌvɜː.ʒən/, /ˈsʌbˌvɝ.ʒən/ 1. A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.
Word: on the up and up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of on the up-and-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sticker shock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined c. 1981, in reference to price stickers affixed to items for sale. 1. Disgust, shock, or fright upon learning the price of an item offered for sale. Labels: US, idiomatic, informal, uncountable, usually Example: Last week Jensen returned to his dealer's showroom to eye the new Continental, but he quickly became another victim of what Detroit calls "sticker shock." The price on the car's window: $25,692. Says he: "Damn, that is expensive! It persuaded me to keep driving my '80 until it won't go any more." Example: Now the 1997 model year brings a slew of new and redesigned models that tackle sticker shock head-on.
Word: club kid Part of Speech: noun 1. A denizen of a nightclub. Labels: informal 2. A member of a group of young New York City dance club personalities in the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for their flamboyant behavior and outrageous costumes. Labels: historical
Word: whoop it up Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a great time; to party or revel whole-heartedly or noisily. Labels: idiomatic Example: They all went out to whoop it up on his 21st birthday. Example: "Toward the end of the meal I shall disappear for a bit. You keep the party going, to cover up. Play rowdy records at them, or something. And everybody help to whoop it up."
Word: noisily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English noisy Middle English -ly English -ly English noisily From noisy + -ly. 1. in a noisy manner; in such a way as to create a great deal of noise or sound Example: They talked noisily and long into the night. Example: Wembley was noisily registering its unrest with Capello and England when Johan Djourou's foul on Jack Wilshere gave Frank Lampard the opportunity to pull a goal back from the spot before the interval and provide the foundations for a second-half recovery.
Word: tidepool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tide + pool. 1. A rocky pool by the ocean that is filled with seawater left behind by the falling tide. Example: They peeked into the tidepool and found starfish and anemones.
Word: toss-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from toss up. 1. A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well. Example: But at the moment when everything was going so well, there came one of those unforeseeable chances that reduce even the most circumspectly arranged plots to the significance of a mere toss-up. 2. Either of two outcomes that are equally likely. Example: “He’ll do,” said the Doctor, quietly. “It must have been a toss-up all through the night. ’Think you’re to be congratulated on this case.” Example: No longer is the best picture going to be a toss-up between that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Instead, a warm welcome back for Life of Pi, widely dismissed by many as "this year's Hugo" but this column's dark-horse pick from October. 3. The toss of a coin used to decide some issue. 4. A toss-up question.
Word: haphazard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/, /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hæfˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hɛpˈhɛz.əd/ 1. Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent. Example: Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time. Example: The haphazard efforts of a few, working here and there without concert, easily spent themselves in attaining results far short of what were needed.
Word: haphazard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/, /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hæfˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hɛpˈhɛz.əd/ 1. Simple chance, a random accident, luck. Example: You should never talk about your own fingers, and haphazards, to genteel people. You should only talk about agreeable subjects as I do. Example: I consulted my mother, who was punctiliousness itself, and decided I must go Monday, as agreed. I should be with her again on Wednesday. On such haphazards hang men's destinies sometimes.
Word: haphazard Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/, /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hæfˈhæz.ɚd/, /(ˌ)hɛpˈhɛz.əd/ 1. Haphazardly. Example: "[...] I suspect that it mostly happens haphazard, though afterwards various noble reasons are invented. About marriage I am cynical.”
Word: Robinson Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Robin Proto-Indo-European *sew-? Proto-Indo-European *sewH- Proto-Indo-European *suHnús Proto-Germanic *sunuz Proto-West Germanic *sunu Old English sunu Middle English sone Middle English -son English -son English Robinson From Robin + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒb.ɪn.sən/, /ˈɹɑb.ɪn.sən/, /ˈɹɑb.ən.sən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Tory hard right is in the ascendancy, and a fascist street movement – led by convicted fraudster Tommy Robinson – represents a growing threat. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename given to several towns in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A name given to several rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Ellipsis of Robinson College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Word: Ann Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah. Pronunciation: /æn/, [eən], /an/, /æːn/, /eːn/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann! Example: Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
Word: Ann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”). 1. A surname from Welsh.
Word: Ann Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”). 1. Abbreviation of anniversary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Ann Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”). 1. Abbreviation of annual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: owners Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈoʊnɚz/, /ˈəʊnəz/ 1. plural of owner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abraham Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m)bor. Latin Ābrahāmbor. Old English Abraham Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted." Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim and Avraham. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/ 1. A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar. Example: Neither ſhall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name ſhall bee Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee. Example: As one would expect of caravan people around 1900 B.C., the caravan people depicted in the Khnum-hotpe grave had donkeys, whereas the Bible says that Abraham and his people, who according to the traditional interpretation are supposed to have lived at the same period, already possessed camels. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: "Lincoln wasn't a Jew, was he?" he said. "I'm sure not," I said. […] "The name Abraham is very suspicious, to say the least," said Goebbels. "I'm sure his parents didn't realize that it was a Jewish name," I said. "They must have just liked the sound of it. They were simple frontier people. If they'd known the name was Jewish, I'm sure they would have called him something more American, like George or Stanley or Fred." Example: Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic. Example: Farmer also happened to be just the kind of expert that Franck and his co-author Daniel Abraham needed to bring their novels to the screen. 4. The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Word: Abraham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m)bor. Latin Ābrahāmbor. Old English Abraham Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted." Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim and Avraham. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹə.həm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/, /ˈeɪ.bɹæm/ 1. A shop selling cheap and low-quality clothes, especially in the East End of London. Labels: British, London, archaic, slang
Word: Wayne Part of Speech: name Etymology: An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”). Cf. wain. Pronunciation: /weɪn/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: "My Dad wanted to name me Mats." "But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera." "Tell you the truth," Wayne said, "I never thought about it." Example: Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be reckoned with. I wonder if this is my Reverse L'Oréal Syndrome kicking in again; what would I call my kids, Wayne and Tracey? Because I'm not worth it. 3. A number of places in the United States, including: 4. A number of places in the United States, including: 5. A number of places in the United States, including: 6. A number of places in the United States, including: 7. A number of places in the United States, including:
Word: school psychologist Part of Speech: noun 1. A practitioner or educator who conducts assessments to evaluate students on criteria such as intelligence, aptitude, and psychopathology. Additionally, they often consult with teachers and other school personnel to supply interventions to aid in student learning. Not to be confused with a school counselor.
Word: gadget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. First used in print by Robert Brown in 1886 (see quote in definition section). Might come from French gâchette or gagée, or from the French family name Gaget, an industrialist who produced promotional gadgets in collaboration with the project to build the statue of Liberty. Pronunciation: /ɡæd͡ʒ.ɪt/, /ɡæd͡ʒ.ət/ 1. A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey. Labels: obsolete Example: Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken-fixing, or a gadjet, or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just pro tem., you know. 2. Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated. Example: He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes. Example: That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them? 3. Any consumer electronics product. Labels: informal Example: From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly. 4. A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker. Example: A Spectre gadget was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of system interrupts. 5. A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions. Example: We reduce an instance of 3-SAT to an instance of bird-flock-optimization, using a gadget that converts each conjunctive Boolean clause to a group of birds. 6. A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
Word: tossup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from toss up. 1. Alternative form of toss-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blue box Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority. Labels: Canada, UK 2. An electronic device used to bypass payment on a tone pulse telephone system. Labels: historical Example: This was before Wozniak—known among the cognoscenti as Woz—almost woke up the Pope by calling the Vatican on his famed illegal "blue box," before he invented the Apple II and helped launch the personal computer industry, and before he gave up his brilliant engineering career and became a public school teacher. 3. A "tornado watch" notification category. Labels: US, informal Example: See also: severe thunderstorm watch 4. Ellipsis of USPS blue box. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue, box.
Word: bodice ripper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that the female protagonists in such novels would often have their bodices (blouses or corsets) removed with some force before sexual activity commenced. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒdɪs ˌɹɪpə/, /ˈbɑdɪs ˌɹɪpɚ/ 1. A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity. Labels: informal Example: My aunt would bring a stack of torrid bodice rippers with her to the beach, and would unfailingly blush if disturbed in her reading. Example: Publishers call them hot historicals as opposed to either the virginal variety Barbara Cartland writes or to the bodice rippers "because that's usually what happens to the heroines," Price explained.
Word: bonkbuster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bonk + blockbuster. 1. A popular novel involving frequent explicit sexual encounters, normally in a contemporary setting. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: However, there would certainly be no Insatiable without Jilly Cooper. The bonkbusters of the 80s were responsible for my sentimental sex education. Like millions of readers, I fell in love with every aspect of the universe Cooper created. Example: The novels sold 11mn copes in the UK alone, came to typify the rise of the so-called bonkbuster, and introduced readers to the world of horsey high society.
Word: blot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”). Pronunciation: /blɒt/, /blɑt/ 1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. Example: England bound in with the triumphant ſea, / Whoſe rocky ſhore beates backe the enuious ſiedge / Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with ſhame, / With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds. Example: When I and some others subscribed our names / To a plot for expelling my master king James [James II of England]; / I withdrew my subscription by help of a blot, / And so might discover or gain by the plot: […] 2. A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace. Labels: broadly Example: Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodneſſe ſhall excuſe / This deadly blot, in thy digreſſing ſonne. Example: He that reproueth a ſcorner, getteth to himſelfe ſhame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himſelfe a blot. 3. A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier. 4. An exposed piece in backgammon.
Word: blot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”). Pronunciation: /blɒt/, /blɑt/ 1. To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance. Labels: transitive 2. To soak up or absorb liquid. Labels: intransitive Example: This paper blots easily. 3. To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper. Labels: transitive 4. To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink. Labels: transitive Example: The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…] 5. To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. Labels: transitive Example: It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…] 6. To stain with infamy; to disgrace. Labels: transitive Example: Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood. 7. To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out. Labels: transitive Example: to blot out a word or a sentence Example: One act like this blots out a thouſand Crimes. 8. To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow. Labels: transitive Example: He ſung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane,[…] 9. To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, transitive Example: I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see. Example: What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot. 10. To hit a blot. Labels: transitive
Word: God particle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American mathematician and physicist Leon M. Lederman in 1993 in his book The God Particle, the title having been changed at the suggestion of his editor. According to Lederman (page 22), he wanted to call the Higgs boson the Goddamn Particle, "given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing", but his publisher wouldn't let him. So they agreed to call it "The God Particle" as "there is a connection, of sorts" to the Bible and the story of the Tower of Babel in the sense that it appears as if the Higgs boson "has been put there to test and confuse us". 1. The Higgs boson. Labels: informal Example: Among other fascinating insights, Penrose explains that the God particle was originally proposed by Peter Higgs as "an ingenious theoretical device, and not necessarily appearing as an actual particle. As a device, it allowed other particles to acquire mass,[…]." Example: The first thing you learn when you ask scientists about the God particle is that it′s bad form to call it that.
Word: blot out Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blot, out. 2. To obscure. Labels: transitive Example: The moon blotted out the sun and all was dark. Example: However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed. 3. To make indecipherable; to obliterate. Labels: transitive Example: From the time he had left the house in Soho on the morning of the murder, he was simply blotted out; and gradually, as time drew on, Mr. Utterson began to recover from the hotness of his alarm, and to grow more at quiet with himself. 4. To annihilate. Labels: transitive Example: And every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.
Word: bodice-ripper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bodice ripper. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The name "bodice ripper" was derived from the frequent rapes and sexual assaults that the heroines experienced. "Bodice-ripper" heroines were portrayed to be stronger and more active characters than gothic heroines. Editors of category romances, noting the popularity of the "bodice rippers," have borrowed the longer lengths, the overt sexuality and the assertive heroine from these romances. Example: Soon bodice-rippers, the gothics, the "romance" novel advanced from paperback to hardback, from supermarket racks to book club selections.
Word: blotting paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Absorbent paper used to dry ink. Labels: uncountable
Word: blotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English blot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English blotter From blot + -er. 1. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture. 2. A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture. 3. A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station. 4. A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions. Example: All transactions were entered in the cash blotter and agent's subsidiary ledger. Example: He maintains the political blotter blog. 5. A portion of blotter acid. Labels: slang Example: Glass bottles of liquid LSD; moist blocks of Manali charras and Malana cream; sachets of smack; a hundred caps of MDMA and a phial of Australian DMT; ampoules of medical morphine and a dense pad of four thousand Californian blotters.
Word: Southern blot analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Edwin Mallor Southern, British biochemist. 1. A technique whereby biological molecules (especially DNA fragments) are separated by electrophoresis and then transferred from a gel to an immobilizing medium, under the influence of an electric field, for analysis.
Word: Northern blot analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Western blot analysis § Etymology. 1. A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify RNA fragments.
Word: Western blot analysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Playful extension from Southern blot analysis, which is eponymous, named after Edwin M. Southern. When other similar techniques were developed soon afterward, they were named Western and Northern in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The origin from the surname Southern means that all the terms are often capitalised. 1. A laboratory technique, akin to Southern blot analysis, used to identify antibodies and other proteins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: body double Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The psychological sense was coined by ADHD coach Linda Anderson in 1996. 1. A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity. 2. A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf. 3. A person who is present nearby — or virtually connected to — a person with ADHD in order to increase their attention and focus. Example: The coach should be prepared to become the client’s [ADDer's] “body double.” Her presence, especially with direct eye contact, sharpens the client’s attention and vigilance
Word: body double Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The psychological sense was coined by ADHD coach Linda Anderson in 1996. 1. To act as a body double. Labels: intransitive 2. To act as a body double. Labels: intransitive 3. To act as a body double. Labels: intransitive Example: I suggest that instead of actively attempting to organize Beth, Jack should body double for her. In this new passive role, Jack putters with his own work while Beth organizes her desk.
Word: -bot Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot From bot, a clipping of robot. 1. automatic system, computer program or machine Labels: morpheme Example: Voltbot: 'WE HAVE PREPARED YOU, STRIPPED YOU OF YOUR WEAK STEAMBOT SHELL. YOU ARE ALREADY MORE PART OF US THAN YOU ARE YOURSELF. *BZZT* WE WILL BE INVINCIBLE! THE VOLTBOT WILL RISE AND RULE.'
Word: annoybot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium 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 Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English annoybot From annoy + -bot. 1. A bot within an IRC channel that sends annoying messages to online participants. Labels: slang
Word: cancelbot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cancel Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English cancelbot From cancel + -bot. 1. A bot that sends messages to Usenet newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam. Labels: Internet
Word: knowbot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English know Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English knowbot From know + -bot. 1. a bot that roams a distributive network (especially the Internet) to gather or distribute information
Word: microbot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + -bot. 1. a small mobile robot equipped with a microcontroller
Word: Neil Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Goidelic/Irish Niall. Doublet of Niall. Pronunciation: /niːl/ 1. A male given name from Irish. Example: So now that the Republicans have used the nuclear option to kill the poor filibuster to clear the way for the elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, we can lose perspective. 2. A surname from Irish derived from the given name.
Word: Neal Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /niːl/ 1. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall. 2. A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname. 3. A male given name, variant of Neil. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States:
Word: mobot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mobile Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English mobot From mobile + -bot. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊbɒt/ 1. A mobile autonomous robot, especially one used in artificial intelligence research, or as a toy.
Word: Herzegovinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-West Germanic *hari Proto-Indo-European *dewk-? Proto-West Germanic *togō ▲ Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós)calq. Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō Old High German herizogo Middle High German herzog German Herzogbor. ▲ Middle High German herzogbor. Hungarian hercegbor. Serbo-Croatian herceg Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Serbo-Croatian -ov Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Serbo-Croatian -ina Serbo-Croatian Hercegovinabor. English Herzegovina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Herzegovinian From Herzegovina + -ian. 1. A person from Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Word: Herzegovinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-West Germanic *hari Proto-Indo-European *dewk-? Proto-West Germanic *togō ▲ Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós)calq. Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō Old High German herizogo Middle High German herzog German Herzogbor. ▲ Middle High German herzogbor. Hungarian hercegbor. Serbo-Croatian herceg Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Serbo-Croatian -ov Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Serbo-Croatian -ina Serbo-Croatian Hercegovinabor. English Herzegovina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Herzegovinian From Herzegovina + -ian. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Herzegovina and its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable Example: The iconic humpbacked bridge rose high over the Neretva, connecting the two halves of the old Herzegovinian town that clung to the clifftops: one Muslim, the other Croat.
Word: nanobot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + -bot. 1. A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some task.
Word: grey goo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American engineer K. Eric Drexler in 1986 in Engines of Creation. 1. A hypothetical end-of-the-world event involving nanotechnology, in which out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all life on Earth (or another planet or moon). Labels: uncountable Example: "Our first priority has to be quarantining Xinchub's body, and examining any Yomingians who may have handled it. I don't think we're headed for a grey-goo scenario here, but we'd all feel really bad if the local biosphere got consumed by nanobots after we left." Example: […]Through this, they learn more, and manage to reverse-engineer the ion drives of the drone, allowing them to move the station very rapidly towards Earth. On their way, they manage to send signals to multiple Foundation facilities, overriding them and using their fabrication plants to make new nanomachines. At this rate, it won't be long before there's a good old-fashioned grey-goo scenario, and humanity and the Earth are similarly consumed.
Word: shopping bot Part of Speech: noun 1. A bot that searches the Internet for the best price of a particular retail product.
Word: spambot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spam Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English spambot From spam + -bot. Pronunciation: /ˈspæm.bɑt/, /ˈspæm.bɒt/ 1. A bot that sends mass junk email. 2. A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet. Labels: broadly
Word: teens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen. Pronunciation: /tiːnz/ 1. plural of teen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen. Pronunciation: /tiːnz/ 1. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The number of people at the meeting was in the teens. 2. The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She is in her teens. Example: a youngster just out of his teens 3. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I was so excited for the teens to be over but then we get to the twenties and suddenly it's a pandemic! 4. The range between 10 and 19. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.
Word: buckminsterfullerene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Buckminster + Fuller + -ene, named after Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome. Pronunciation: /ˌbʌk.mɪns.təˈfʊ.lə.ɹiːn/, /ˌbʌk.mɪns.təɹˈfʊ.lə.ɹin/ 1. An allotrope of carbon with the formula C₆₀, consisting of a hollow molecule with 60 atoms arranged in a truncated icosahedron structure; the smallest of the fullerenes.
Word: fullerene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊləɹˌin/ 1. Any of a class of allotropes of carbon having hollow molecules whose atoms lie at the vertices of a polyhedron having 12 pentagonal and 2 or more hexagonal faces. 2. Any closed-cage compound having twenty or more carbon atoms consisting entirely of 3-coordinate carbon atoms. 3. The class of carbon allotropes consisting of tubular carbon molecules (carbon nanotubes) and spheroidal carbon molecules (traditional fullerenes). Labels: broadly
Word: fulleride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome, + -ide. 1. a fullerene doped with a metal atom; some of them exhibit superconductivity
Word: bulemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably influenced by polemic. 1. Misspelling of bulimic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Yo-yo dieting and bulemic behavior can cause as much harm as obesity.
Word: bulemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably influenced by polemic. 1. Misspelling of bulimic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bulimia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós) Ancient Greek βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā)lbor. English bulimia Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουλῑμῐ́ᾱ (boulīmĭ́ā, “ravenous hunger”), from βούλῑμος (boúlīmos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Pronunciation: /bjuˈlimi.ə/, /bjuˈlɪmi.ə/, /buˈlimi.ə/, /buˈlɪmi.ə/ 1. A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Grow up, Heather, bulimia is so '87. Example: Once considered a risk only for wealthy, high-achieving teenage girls, eating disorders such as anorexia (and, more rarely, bulimia) are becoming increasingly common among children, even little boys. 2. Excessive hunger. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bungee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from slang, possibly derived from bouncy + spongy. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌn.d͡ʒi/ 1. An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage. 2. An elastic cord tied to the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping. 3. A rubber eraser. Labels: slang
Word: bungee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from slang, possibly derived from bouncy + spongy. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌn.d͡ʒi/ 1. To bungee jump
Word: top oneself Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”). 1. To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: top oneself Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From top (“to kill”) (UK). 1. To commit suicide. Labels: UK, slang Example: But Mr Blunkett, in a remarkably frank admission, said his first thought on hearing about the 57-year-old's death was to celebrate. "You wake up and you receive a phone call - Shipman's topped himself. You have just got to think for a minute: is it too early to open a bottle? And then you discover that everybody's very upset that he's done it."
Word: bungee cord Part of Speech: noun 1. A long elastic cord tied around the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping. 2. An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage.
Word: bungee line Part of Speech: noun 1. A long elastic cord tied around the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping.
Word: bungee rope Part of Speech: noun 1. A long elastic cord tied around the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping.
Word: bungee jumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bungee jump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bungee jumping Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity of jumping from a great height with an elasticated cord attached to the ankles. Labels: uncountable
Word: bungee jump Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of bungee jumping.
Word: bungee jump Part of Speech: verb 1. To participate in bungee jumping. Labels: intransitive
Word: bungee jumper Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who participates in bungee jumping.