nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hoochie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Attested from the 20th century, originally in African-American English. Likely from hootchy-kootchy, an erotic dance of unknown origin. Compare coochie. 1. A woman who dresses scantily or in a revealing fashion. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Appearance-wise, the “low-budget” chickenhead and the “straight-up hoochie” chickenhead go from one extreme to the other. The hoochie “tries too much” and the “low-budget” female doesn’t “try hard enough.” 2. A sexually promiscuous woman. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “Here she go lookin’ like a straight up dirty coochie having hoochie gettin’ all the play,” Quanisha mumbled under her breath jealously. 3. Playful or affectionate term of address for a woman Labels: slang Example: To all my Hoochies, you know who you are, love ya’ll! 4. Sexual interaction; sexual intercourse. Labels: US, slang Example: He said I nearly did the hoochie on that bench. He placed my hand on his lap and laid it on something hard, I asked him what it was and he said to find out, and I did and it was his thing; it was round and warm and throbbing 5. The vulva or genital area. Labels: slang Example: “Just think of it as another Ob visit,” Katie countered. “Yeah, one that involves electric shock treatment in my hoochie!” I retorted. Example: This Braeve rust sweater (available here) is so perfect for me; I love that it’s long so you can totally wear it with leggings and not have to worry about your hoochie showing. 6. A member of the Hoovers. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: hoochie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hutchie. 1. Alternative form of hutchie (“type of shelter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang Example: This TP should be delivered as the hoochie shelter is constructed. Demonstrate and explain each step.
Word: implicit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ 1. Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied. Labels: not-comparable Example: Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words. Example: The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual. 2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power. 4. entangled, twisted together. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.
Word: synonyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of synonym. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The constancy of the alkaloids is the factor that has made alkalometry the synonyme of exact medication in veterinary science. Example: In reading, the novice should note the varied mode of expression practiced by good authors, and should keep in his mind for future use the many appropriate synonymes he encounters.
Word: joinery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joiner + -y; see also -ery. 1. A factory producing wooden products such as tables, doors, and cabinets. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The work of the joiner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The timbering and centring used for the construction of the main arch were exceptionally massive, and were acclaimed as masterpieces of joinery in contemporary reports on the progress of the work.
Word: working majority Part of Speech: noun 1. A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of parliamentary defeat.
Word: joiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English joynour (“maker of furniture, small boxes, etc.”), from Old French joigneor (“joiner, carpenter”), agent noun from joindre (“to join”), equivalent to join + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnə/ 1. A maker of wooden furniture or fittings. 2. A woodworking machine used to prepare edges of wooden elements to join to other wood pieces.
Word: joiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English join 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 joiner From join + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒɔɪnə/ 1. A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips. Example: The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) has a code point but no corresponding symbol. It is used to connect two or more other Unicode code points to create a new "compound character" with a unique glyph all its own. […] I'm making a point of mentioning Ninja Cat because it is another example of the use of zero-width joiners. 2. A person who joins societies or organizations. Example: I am not a joiner. I am reluctant to sign up as a member of any organization, because I generally can't find myself or my ideas in it. Example: The resistance has lifelong joiners, alumni from environmental and housing movements and young organizers. 3. Synonym of hensopper. Labels: historical
Word: working mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The total mass of the burnt fuel etc. ejected from a rocket to provide thrust. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: working girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From working + girl. First use appears c. 1620, in the publications of Thomas Shelton. 1. A female prostitute. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: It was still September / When your daddy was quite surprised / To find you with the working girls / In the county jail 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see working, girl. Labels: rare
Word: working title Part of Speech: noun 1. The temporary name of a product or project (such as a film or video game), when under development; often changed when released.
Word: workings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of working. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: workings Part of Speech: noun 1. The internal mechanism of some device or system. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 2. The parts of a quarry or mine that are being (or has been) worked. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The main platforms are unusually far apart, because the two centre tracks were lifted after the East Coast Main Line was diverted in 1983 to avoid now defunct new coal workings.
Word: workman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɝkmən/, /ˈwɜːkmən/ 1. A man who labours for wages. Example: He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848. 2. An artisan or craftsman.
Word: workmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English werkmanschipe, equivalent to workman + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːk.mən.ʃɪp/ 1. The skill of an artisan or craftsman. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The standard of workmanship from Eastleigh Locomotive Works has often been acknowledged as being of a high order and this standard will have to be maintained - improved, even - when motive power other than steam is the mainstay of our railway system. 2. The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Word: work of art Part of Speech: noun 1. A product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc. Example: 2012, Ivan Berg, Nik Berg, Top Gear: Motor Mania The Beetle's cheap, frugal and functional nature attracted legions of flower-power fans and the little Vee Dubs became symbols, moving protests and even works of art. 2. Anything beautiful, exquisite, or finely crafted. Labels: idiomatic Example: She was bedazzling, in short she was a work of art. She looked as natural as it's possible to be in an age of cosmetics; her hair was flowing and beautiful and she was a picture of summery goodness.
Word: work on Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply mental or physical effort to (something) in order to shape, form, improve, investigate, solve it, etc. Labels: transitive Example: John's in the studio working on the plans for the new house. Example: I've been working on this problem for several days, but I still haven't figured it out. 2. To exercise influence on someone. Labels: transitive Example: Leave it to me. I'll try to work on the boss to give us the day off. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, on. Example: Do you work on Sundays?
Word: workroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + room. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝk.ɹum/ 1. A room, such as a workshop or studio, where work is done. Example: Near-synonyms: workspace, workshop
Word: Koine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοινή (Koinḗ), from ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual”). Doublet of koinon. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪniː/, /kɔɪˈneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪˌneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪˌni/ 1. The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.
Word: Archie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːt͡ʃi/, /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Archibald, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name. 2. A female given name. Labels: rare 3. A ghost town in Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, United States. 4. A city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. 5. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Ellice-Archie.
Word: Archie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Archibald + -ie. The sense “anti-aircraft artillery” is said to be from airmen dodging hostile fire and shouting “Archibald, certainly not”, the refrain of a then popular music hall song of the same name first performed by George Robey in 1911. This habit probably originated with the pilot and commander Amyas Borton (1886–1969). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːt͡ʃi/, /ˈɑɹt͡ʃi/ 1. Anti-aircraft artillery. Labels: World-War-I, slang, uncountable Example: But then, dodging airbursts of Archie on the Western Front hadn't exactly been a joyride either. Example: He was seen by an aeroplane, our Archie gunner and a whole division to crash in their lines just opposite our trenches, much jubilation and more congratulations. 2. A piece of anti-aircraft ordnance. Labels: World-War-I, countable, slang Example: An inquisitive aeroplane, which had been hovering over the scene, was picked off as by an Archie and made a forced landing, man and machine buried in filth. Example: Quickly our five machines dodged the Archies as we crossed.
Word: Archie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Archimedes + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːki/, /ˈɑɹki/ 1. An Acorn Archimedes computer. Labels: informal Example: FOR ARCHIE USERS. At last, a powerful database with details of every track (over 700 to date) on Classic CD discs from issue 1 to the present day is available for uses of Acorn (Archimedes) computers. Example: And what about getting the data from the Archie to the PC?
Word: journalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French journalisme (beginning of 19th century). By surface analysis, journal + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/, /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/ 1. The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Meronym: reporting (little to no analysis or interpretation) Example: Myth #1—Journalism Is Dying. Journalism is not dying; it’s evolving. We’re witnessing the shift from the legacy media dominance to the endless possibilities offered by the digital age. A journalist is responsible for gathering and organizing material and distributing the finished (and verified) pieces through various formats and mediums, which used to be limited to television, radio, and print. Traditional media gatekeepers have been strict on who qualifies to do the reporting and what can be published. Now, the playing field is wide open, and the rules are rapidly changing. What remains consistent is the purpose of journalism, which the American Press Institute claims is “to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.”
Word: Archibald Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Anglo-Norman Arcebald, Arcenbald or Ercenbald, from Old French Archaunbault, from Proto-West Germanic *Erknabalþ, from *erkn (“pure, holy, genuine, precious”) + *balþ (“strong, bold”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bɔːld/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃɪ.bəld/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: On holly rode day the gallant Hotſpur there, / Yong Harry Percy, and braue Archibold, / That euer valiant and approued Scot, / At Holmedon met, […] 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: sugar cane Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum, including hybrids) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Daniel was watching Sarah, Bose and Femi munch contentedly on the firm sweetness of sugar cane, plucking back the green with their fingers to reveal the creamy yellow-white that left gluey juices on their hands and clothes. 2. A candy cane, an edible candy in the shape of a cane. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sugarcane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sugar cane. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: share-in-savings Part of Speech: noun 1. A government form of performance-based contracting that moves risk to industry. Labels: US
Word: doggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doggy From dog + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.ɡi/, /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/ 1. A dog, especially a small one. Labels: childish, countable, endearing Example: That's such a cute little doggy, Keira! Example: "Come on now, there's a good doggie!" 2. A junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer. Labels: UK, countable, informal Example: The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […] 3. Synonym of corporal. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: […] the "doggy" sometimes took a safety-lamp, and sometimes not, when he entered the mine in the morning; whether he did on the morning of the catastrophe was not apparent. 4. Ellipsis of doggy style. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Her favourite position is doggy.
Word: doggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doggy From dog + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.ɡi/, /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/ 1. Doggy style. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: doggy Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English doggy From dog + -y (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.ɡi/, /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/ 1. Doggy style. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: doggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English doggi, equivalent to dog + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.ɡi/, /ˈdɔ.ɡi/, /ˈdɑɡ.i/ 1. Suggestive of or in the manner of a dog. Labels: informal Example: King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands. Example: The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling. 2. Fond of dogs. Labels: informal Example: I know that, without becoming maudlin as so many doggy people unfortunately do, he thought a great deal of his faithful little companion.
Word: blackamoor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier blackmoor + -a-. By surface analysis, black + -a- + Moor. Pronunciation: /ˈblæk.əˌmɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈblæk.əˌmʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈblæk.əˌmɔɹ/, /ˈblæk.əˌmʊɹ/ 1. A person with dark black skin, especially one from north Africa. Labels: archaic, offensive Example: Argent, three blackamoors’ heads couped sable, capped or, fretty gules. Example: `Well, Job,' I said, `perhaps it would be as well. There are lots of blankets there, only be careful to keep out of the moon, or it may turn your head or blind you.' `Lord, sir! I don't think it would much matter if it did; it is that turned already with the sight of these blackamoors and their filthy, thieving ways.' 2. A black slave or servant, and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child. Labels: offensive Example: 1893, Annotation to The Diary of Samuel Pepys by "Mary", http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/08/10/index.php citing Restoration London, Liza Picard, pages 178-179. In 1596 Elizabeth I had already decreed that all "blackamoors" should be sent back to Spain or Portugal as they were disturbing local labour markets. It became very fashionable for the wealthy to have "blackamoor" page boys and personal servants, as their complexions set off the pale-skinned beauty of the women of the family. Example: She seems to have been a serious girl, but she remembered her father's characterization of her as his "Little blackamoor."
Word: blackamoors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blackamoor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog English -ie English doggie From dog + -ie. 1. Alternative spelling of doggy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, childish, endearing Example: "Poor doggie," said Nora, surrendering the form to Carrados who had stretched out his hands for it. "I never thought about it but I suppose we must all have been fond of old Nipper."
Word: kook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from cuckoo. Pronunciation: /kuːk/ 1. An eccentric, strange or crazy person. Labels: US, slang Example: The kook we will always have with us, to paraphrase Jesus, but the kooks of yore had to work to maintain their kookery and locate fellow kooks. They had to pick up their kook phone, subscribe to the kook newsletter, drive to the kook convention. Nowadays, all the kook has to do is log in to Facebook, where his feed will be enlivened by the chatter of fellow — and likely more extreme — kooks, toward which Facebook’s algorithms helpfully steer him. Example: The administration’s deep cuts to scientific and medical research have been compounded by Trump’s decision to hand control of public health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a bona fide kook,[…]. 2. A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.
Word: malo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of malolactic. 1. malolactic fermentation Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Allowing a wine to undergo malo also protects it from bacterial contamination later.
Word: malo Part of Speech: noun 1. A Hawaiian loincloth.
Word: cardi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cardie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cardy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cardie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: worse for wear Part of Speech: adj 1. In poor physical condition due to long or heavy use. Labels: idiomatic Example: However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so 2. Drunk. Labels: idiomatic
Word: cardie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of cardigan (as in cardi) with influence from the diminutive -ie / -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɹdi/ 1. A cardigan. Labels: informal Example: Gone, too, are the remnants of school dinner on a cardie or an angry patch of acne: the magic of digital retouching now wipes out snotty noses or other blemishes (though perfection costs you extra).
Word: worthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English worthynesse, equivalent to worthy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ðɪnəs/ 1. The state or quality of having value or merit. Labels: uncountable Example: But, unlike the generality of her age, love now occupied no place in the future. How could she ever believe in the worthiness of any one? or, if she believed, it could never so interest her again. 2. The result or product of having value or merit. Labels: countable 3. The state or quality of being qualified or eligible. Labels: uncountable 4. The result or product of being qualified or eligible. Labels: countable
Word: would-be Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd biː/ 1. Attempting or desiring something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Would-be marines have to get through a rigorous examination. Example: As Tarzan’s heavy hand fell upon his shoulder the priest dropped his victim, and turned upon her would-be rescuer. 2. Unfulfilled; frustrated in realizing a goal, ambition, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: Would-be film stars often become waitresses. Example: It was not till the rays of the sun had absorbed the young stranger's retreating figure on the hill that she shook off her temporary sadness and answered her would-be partner in the affirmative.
Word: would-be Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd biː/ 1. One who aspires to something. Example: The would-bes are very sure that the managers have it in for them; just as most young writers regard publishers as being in conspiracy against budding genius. 2. One's fiancé or fiancée. Labels: India
Word: wounded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwuːndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wound Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Nila, Agni's son, brandishing an uptorn tree, rushed on Prahasta; but he wounded the monkey with showers of arows.
Word: wounded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwuːndɪd/ 1. Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife. Example: A wounded soldier. Example: The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery. 2. Suffering from an emotional injury. Labels: figuratively Example: My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection. 3. Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision. Example: a wounded nucleon
Word: wrangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English wranglen, wrangle (“to contend with (someone) in a test of strength; (figuratively) to make misleading arguments to entrap”); from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German word related to Middle Dutch wrangen and Middle Low German wrangen (“to cause an uproar; to struggle, wrestle”) (whence Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”)), related to Middle Dutch wringen (“to twist; to wrest; to wring; to struggle, wrestle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze; to twist; to wring”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Danish vringle (“to twist, entangle”) * German rangeln (“to wrestle”) Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋɡəl/, [ˈɹʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈɹʷæŋɡl̩], /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl] ~ [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩], /ˈɹɛ̃ŋɡəl/ 1. An angry dispute; a noisy quarrel; an altercation. Labels: countable Example: For in that you would your awardship shuld take none effect, you shew your selfe nothing inclinable to the redresse of your brothers vnright dealinge wyth an honeste poore man, which hath bene redye at your request to doo you pleasure with his things, or els he had neuer come into this wrāgle for his own goods with your brother. Example: This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh. 2. Angry disputation; noisy quarrelling. Labels: uncountable Example: Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence. Example: From this dialogue the assembly fell to wrangle, and broke up quarrelling. 3. A contentious argument or response. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A controversy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: wrangler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wrangle 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 wrangler From wrangle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæŋɡləː/, [ˈɹʷæŋɡləː], /ˈɹæŋɡlɚ/, [ˈɹʷæŋɡlɚ] ~ [ˈɹʷæŋɡlɹ̩], /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋɡlɚ/ 1. Someone who wrangles or corrals. Example: And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly. 2. A brawler or disputant. Example: The Seas and Windes (old Wranglers) tooke a Truce, / And did him ſeruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd, 3. A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses. Labels: US Example: Even as I stretched my arms and shivered a little, the two wranglers threw down their tin plates with a clatter, mounted horses and rode away in the direction of the thousand acres or so known as the pasture. 4. A cowboy who takes care of tourists. Labels: US 5. An animal handler or trainer. 6. A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours. Labels: UK Example: During all this excursion, she condescended to say civil things to him: she quoted Italian and French poetry to the poor bewildered lad, and persisted that he was a fine scholar, and was perfectly sure he would gain a gold medal, and be a Senior Wrangler. 7. A special education teacher. Labels: New-England, US, derogatory 8. A groom. Labels: Texas
Word: fastidious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux. Pronunciation: /fæsˈtɪdi.əs/, /fəsˈtɪdi.əs/ 1. Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness. Example: He had at first tried to clean up as they ate, his fastidious nature kicking in, but Chris had told him to just stop, he was blocking the TV. Example: As she cleaned the room daily, she knew it was against his fastidious nature to bring or have food in his room. 2. Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness. Example: "If you are fastidious, clean previously used pots inside and out; if not, merely clean the outside (unless you are battling a pest infestation; then the inside will need scrubbing as well)." 3. Difficult to please; quick to find fault. Example: You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich. Example: "It's burn[t], M'sieur," said Marie Louise, politely, but decidedly, to the utter confusion of Mr. Billy, who was as mortified as could be at the failure of his dinner to please his fastidious little visitor. 4. Having precise requirements for nutrition and environment (chemical and physical); especially, being difficult to culture because of those requirements. Example: fastidious organism Example: fastidious species
Word: wrap up Part of Speech: verb 1. To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He wrapped up the parcel with brown paper. Example: Let me wrap you up a piece of this pie to take home with you. 2. To conclude or finish completely. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: Let me wrap up this project before I begin a new one. Example: I've just been handed a note about your — the need for you to leave, and I'll wrap it up in another couple of minutes here. 3. To summarize or recapitulate. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: The newscaster wrapped up the day's events. Example: Conclusion: Story is clearly wrapped up using general concluding statements such as "and they were together again, happy as can be." 4. To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: It's a cold, snowy day and I'm going to wrap up thoroughly before I go sledding. Example: After the bath wrap up well, preferably in woolen garments, until the perspiration ceases. 5. To cocoon; to surround protectively. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: It is time once again to just let it be; let love wrap you up and take care of you. Example: Let's just say in the past my family's tried to wrap me up in cotton wool, and that drives me crazy. 6. To tie up; to make too busy to respond. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, transitive Example: And if you haven't seen these things the technicians can absolutely wrap you up in details, and you never find your way out. Example: With the seconds slipping away and the gap just one point, France went through an 18-phase attack that made little ground but resulted in an attacking scrum on the New Zealand 10m line, only for the hosts to steal the ball back when Aurelien Rougerie was wrapped up. 7. To combine, incorporate or encapsulate into one thing. Labels: transitive Example: With all this wrapped up into one compact machine, it's easy to see why the versatile veteran has become a Champion of the Underground! Example: He wrapped up into Himself those who would voluntarily acclaim Him their Lord. 8. To hide or cover up. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: In briefe, all bookes, divinitie except, Are nought but tales of the divels lawes, Poyson wrapt up in sugred words, Mans pride, damnations props, the worlds abuse. Example: The dishonest tradesman wraps up the thousand sins of his daily avaricious life, in the bland smile, the cringing bow, and the false statement which he makes to his customers. 9. To curl into a more compact form. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Whereas most people open their front doors to find a nicely wrapped newspaper in the morning, Felix found a sleeping armadillo wrapped up into a protective ball. Example: Mother Elizabeth, her long hair wrapped up into a crowning bundle on her head, glanced up at them sharply from her seat before the restless group.
Word: wrapper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæpɚ/ 1. Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping. Example: Messy trains are horrible, but you can sort of understand passengers leaving their sandwich wrappers and paper cups if there is nowhere to dispose of them. 2. An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown. Example: Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper. Example: It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers. 3. One who, or that which, wraps. Example: He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels. 4. A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another. Example: We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library. 5. A startup company that sells technology that it largely does not make. Labels: derogatory
Word: wrapping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrappinge, wrappynge, equivalent to wrap + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ 1. The material in which something is wrapped. Example: Cattle are shot with stones and can only be cured by a "fairy dart" or ancient stone arrowhead. These objects are kept in numerous wrappings by every properly qualified "fairy doctor," who rub[s] them on the sick beasts with appropriate charms ... 2. The breaking of a section of text into lines so that it will fit into the available width of a display area. Example: See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wraparound
Word: wrapping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæp.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wrap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wrathful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English wrǣþþu Middle English wratthe Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English wrattheful English wrathful Inherited from Middle English wrattheful, wrathful; by surface analysis, wrath + ful. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒθfəl/, /ˈɹæθfəl/ 1. Possessed of great wrath; very angry.
Word: wreckage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wreck Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English wreckage From wreck + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkɪdʒ/ 1. Something wrecked, especially the remains or debris of something which has been severely damaged or destroyed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage. Example: Explorers have found the 153-year-old wreckage of the Bay State, one the earlier propeller-driven steamships to ply the waters of the Great Lakes.
Word: wrecked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkt/ 1. Destroyed, usually in an accident; damaged to the point of unusability. 2. Very intoxicated from alcohol or recreational drugs. Labels: slang Example: […] just thought she was wrecked from all the Diamond White ciders she'd been sinking – I'd even bought her a couple of Blastaways, which in hindsight was a mistake. 3. Having been put in a dreadful or embarrassing situation; can range from being pwned in a game to being utterly defeated in an argument or publicly shamed with a stinging insult. Labels: Internet
Word: wrecked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of wreck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Carla Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːlə/, /ˈkɑɹlə/ 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages borrowed from Italian or German.
Word: NYSE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New York Stock Exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: squirm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First recorded 1690's, originally used of eels; cognate with Scots squimmer (“to wriggle, squirm”). Of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal quirm, whirm (“to disappear quickly, vanish suddenly and mysteriously”), Norwegian kverva (“to turn around, take away, remove, shrink”), from Old Norse hverfa (“to turn, vanish”). Alternatively, perhaps imitative or related to worm (in the sense of writhing movement) or swarm. Pronunciation: /skwɜːm/, /skwɝm/ 1. To twist one's body with snakelike motions. Labels: intransitive Example: The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket. Example: […] around us there had sprung up a perfect bedlam of screams and hisses and a seething caldron of hideous reptiles, devoid of fear and filled only with hunger and with rage. They clambered, squirmed and wriggled to the deck, forcing us steadily backward, though we emptied our pistols into them. 2. To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. Labels: intransitive Example: I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm. Example: A tough question that made the press office squirm. 3. To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
Word: squirm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded 1690's, originally used of eels; cognate with Scots squimmer (“to wriggle, squirm”). Of uncertain origin. Compare dialectal quirm, whirm (“to disappear quickly, vanish suddenly and mysteriously”), Norwegian kverva (“to turn around, take away, remove, shrink”), from Old Norse hverfa (“to turn, vanish”). Alternatively, perhaps imitative or related to worm (in the sense of writhing movement) or swarm. Pronunciation: /skwɜːm/, /skwɝm/ 1. A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
Word: wriggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəl/ 1. To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm. Labels: intransitive Example: Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats. Example: Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted. 2. To cause something to wriggle. Labels: transitive Example: He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass. 3. To use crooked or devious means. Labels: intransitive
Word: wriggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrig + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪɡəl/ 1. A wriggling movement.
Word: wrestle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (“to engage in grappling combat or sport, struggle, wrestle; to twist and turn, squirm, wriggle, writhe; (figurative) to contend, grapple with, struggle”), from Old English wrǣstlian (“to wrestle”), a frequentative form of wrǣstan (“to twist, wrest”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną (“to turn; to twist, wrest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). By surface analysis, wrest + -le (frequentative suffix). Probably related to wraxle (UK, dialectal, archaic). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Middle Dutch worstelen, wrastelen (“to wrestle”) (modern Dutch worstelen) * Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”) (German Low German frösseln, wrösseln) * Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”) * West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”) Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛsl̩/, /ˈɹɛs(ə)l/ 1. A fight or struggle between people during which they grapple or otherwise contend with each other in order to throw or force their opponent to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [I]n a VVreſtle the Giant [Gogmagog] catching aloft, vvith a terrible hugg broke three of his Ribs: nevertheleſs Corineus enrag'd, heaving him up by main force, and on his Shoulders bearing him to the next high Rock, threvv him headlong all ſhatter'd into the Sea, and left his name on the Cliff, call'd ever ſince Langoëmagog, vvhich is to ſay, the Giants leap. Example: Beyond the tilt-yard spread the larger space, / For the strong wrestle and the breathless race; […] 2. A situation in which people compete with each other; a contest, a struggle. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Both parties in the wrestle professing earnest wishes of peace to us, what have we to do with it except answer earnestly, "Peace, yes certainly," and mind our affairs elsewhere. The British Nation has no concern with that indispensable sorrowful and shameful wrestle now going on everywhere in foreign parts. Example: The body politic, which, while it remained in repose, had presented a superficial appearance of health and vigour, was not under the necessity of straining every nerve in a wrestle for life or death, and was immediately found to be unequal to the exertion. 3. The action of contending or struggling. Labels: also, figuratively, uncountable Example: War in Italy, universal spasm of wrestle there, being now the expectation of foolish mankind.
Word: wrestler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrastlere, equivalent to wrestle + -er. 1. A person who wrestles. Example: it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler's holds.
Word: wretch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon. Pronunciation: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/ 1. An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person. Example: The poor wretch, who lay motionless a long time, just began to recover his senses as a stage-coach came by. Example: The four unhappy wretches labouring under sentence of banishment were freed from their fetters, to rejoin their former society; and three days given as holidays to every convict in the colony. 2. An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person. Example: Swear to me but, thou bold wretch! said she, swear to me, that Pamela Andrews is really and truly thy lawful wife, without sham, without deceit, without double-meaning; and I know what I have to say! Example: I asked that selfish wretch, Winterblossom, to walk down with me to view her distress, and the heartless beast told me he was afraid of infection! 3. An exile. Labels: archaic
Word: wretch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From confusion with the noun. 1. Misspelling of retch. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: sumptuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French sumptueux, from Latin sumptuōsus, from sūmptus (“cost, charge, expense”), from sumō (“to take”) + -tus (noun formation suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmptʃuəs/, /ˈsʌmpt͡ʃuəs/ 1. Magnificent, luxurious, splendid. Example: sumptuous feast Example: sumptuous surroundings
Word: wretchedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wrecchednesse; equivalent to wretched + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt͡ʃɪdnəs/ 1. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation. 2. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wristwatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wrist + watch. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪstˌwɒt͡ʃ/, /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/, /ˈɹɪstˌwɑt͡ʃ/ 1. A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist
Word: writ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪt/ 1. A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. Labels: countable 2. A document ordering that an election be conducted. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, countable 3. An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber. Labels: UK, countable 4. Authority, power to enforce compliance. Labels: uncountable Example: We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs. Example: Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs. 5. That which is written; writing. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing, red thus, as the paper spake. Example: Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ
Word: writ Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English writ, write, from Old English write. Pronunciation: /ɹɪt/ 1. simple past of write Labels: dated, dialectal, form-of, past Example: I know the hand, in faith tis a faire hand, And whiter then the paper it writ on, Is the faire hand that writ. Example: Lou's not Times foole, though roſie lips and cheeks VVithin his bending ſickles compaſſe come, Loue alters not with his breefe houres and vveekes, But beares it out euen to the edge of doome: If this be error and vpon me proued, I neuer vvrit, nor no man euer loued. 2. past participle of write up Labels: dated, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Example: I know the hand, in faith tis a faire hand, And whiter then the paper it writ on, Is the faire hand that writ. Example: Let Virtuoſo’s in five years be Writ; / Yet not one Thought accuſe thy toil of Wit.
Word: Marsha Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹʃə/ 1. A female given name from Latin, variant of Marcia. Example: "I hate my name, too," offered four-year-old Marsha, who until that moment had never thought about her name. "No, you don't." Mom. "It's a lovely name." "Is not." But in fact, like most people, she had no particular feelings about her name - her first name, anyhow - but simply accepted it as hers.
Word: rictus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rictus. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪk.təs/, /ˈɹɪk.tʊs/ 1. A bird’s gaping mouth. 2. The throat of a calyx. 3. Any open-mouthed expression. Example: His face was a rictus of sheer delight. Example: Amid a thick, bristling beard, a nose like an owl's beak and a mouth whose corners were drawn by a wild-beast-like rictus were just discernible.
Word: Holy Writ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Holi Writ, hali writ, from Old English hāliġ ġewrit (“scripture”, literally “holy writing”). By surface analysis, holy + writ (“scripture, writing”). 1. The Bible. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The sacred writings of the Christian religion. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The sacred writings of any religion. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Unquestionable truth. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: to accept something as Holy Writ; to take something as Holy Writ
Word: write-down Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from write down. 1. Alternative form of writedown. Labels: alt-of, alternative