nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: houseboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/ 1. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling. Example: Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there. Example: Hiro ducks out of Tranny's celebratory dinner rather early, drags Reason off the zodiac and onto the front porch of the houseboat, opens it up and jacks his personal computer into its bios.
Word: polygraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒliɡɹæf/, /ˈpɒliɡɹɑːf/ 1. A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being posed to a subject, in an attempt to detect deception. Example: It used to be just a plain office with a chair and some instruments on a table. Then they got the new, fancy polygraph system. 2. A mechanical instrument for multiplying copies of a writing, resembling multiple pantographs. Labels: dated 3. A collection of different works, either by one or several authors. Labels: archaic 4. A group of letters that represent a single phoneme. 5. Any group of letters treated as a single item. Example: A polygraph consists of an unspecified number of adjacent letters. A polygraph need not be recognisable as a word in a language but if we are attempting to decipher a message which is expected to be in English and we find the heptagraph MEETING it is much more promising than if we find a heptagraph such as DKRPIGX. 6. An author who writes on many subjects. 7. A multidimensional directed graph.
Word: polygraph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From poly- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒliɡɹæf/, /ˈpɒliɡɹɑːf/ 1. To administer a polygraph test to. Labels: transitive Example: The FBI polygraphed the suspect but learned nothing because they already knew he was lying.
Word: hotshot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hot + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/ 1. Highly skilled. Labels: informal Example: He was a hotshot lawyer, with an astounding win-loss record. 2. Displaying talent. Labels: informal Example: Keep up those hotshot baskets, and the scouts are sure to take notice.
Word: hotshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/ 1. Someone with exceptional skills in a certain field. Labels: informal Example: She sure was a hotshot on the keyboard, 93 words per minute! Example: Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.” 2. A type of firefighter highly skilled in wildfire firefighting without external support, using basic tools that are backpacked in and manhandled about. 3. A portable device that is used to jump-start an automobile battery, or the electrical output of such a device. Labels: US 4. A fast freight train. Labels: US Example: Indeed, development proceeded so rapidly thereafter that Mopac, for instance, was rebuilding a series of 10-year-old Woodard 2-8-4's into 4-8-4's by 1940 - not because they couldn't steam but because their 63-inch drivers couldn't roll the hotshots fast enough. 5. A dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. Labels: slang Example: I sniffed glue, transmission fluid, gasoline, whatever drug anybody gave me, I took. […] [Y]ears ago, I was in a drug rehabilitation program and found out that my brother was killed after somebody gave him a hotshot, drugs laced with poison. 6. A lethal injection of heroin or another opiate. Example: “You guys are being babies.” “Babies.” “Oh, we're being babies, Mac? Why don't you go work for your dad all day?” “My dad's a meth dealer.” “[Mock Crying] Oh, oh, no! My daddy's in prison!” “My daddy used to give hot shots to prostitutes. Feel sorry for me!”
Word: hotshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒtˌʃɒt/ 1. To give (somebody) a dose of recreational drugs deliberately laced with poison. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: florist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fleuriste, from Latin floris (“genitive singular of flōs, flower”), + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹɪst/, /ˈfloɹɪst/, /ˈflɑɹɪst/ 1. A person who sells flowers. 2. A person who cultivates flowers. 3. A person who studies or writes about flowers. 4. A florist's shop. Example: “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”
Word: drummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drum + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ 1. One who plays the drums. Example: Kate is the lead guitarist, Luna is the drummer, and Izzy is the bass guitarist. Example: The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.Credit... 2. A drumstick (the lower part of a chicken or turkey leg). 3. Any of various fish of the family Kyphosidae, which make a drumming sound. Example: Bullock's liver will catch drummer.
Word: drummer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drum 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 drummer From drum (“house”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌmə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɹʌmɚ/ 1. A housebreaker. Labels: UK, slang Example: Bennett's central figure, Ray, is first and foremost a serial "drummer" (housebreaker in crim-speak), and only secondly a human being, […] 2. A travelling salesman. Labels: dated, slang Example: You know what life on the road is like — these poor salesmen when they don't sell some big account they been counting on why they go into one terrible slump they set there in the hotel room brooding over it and after a while they go out and meet some other drummer down in the lobby and start chewing the rag about all their troubles and then they get feeling so sorry they go across the street and commence drinking beer and about three hours later they come back to the room and write the house one of these here letters how rotten the product is.
Word: conditioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English condition 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 conditioner From condition + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈdɪʃənə/, [kənˈdɪʃnə], /kənˈdɪʃənɚ/, [kənˈdɪʃnɚ] 1. Anything that improves the condition of something. Labels: countable 2. Hair conditioner. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fabric conditioner; fabric softener. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Someone who trains athletes or racehorses. Labels: countable 5. An agricultural machine that crimps and crushes newly cut hay to promote faster and more even drying. Labels: countable
Word: beeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beep + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːpə/, /ˈbipɚ/ 1. Something that makes a beeping sound. Example: The Controls option enables you to resize and move a currently displayed window, as well as toggle the PC beeper. 2. Something that makes a beeping sound. Example: No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers 3. Something that makes a beeping sound. Labels: endearing 4. Something that makes a beeping sound. Labels: endearing, informal, slang 5. A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast). Labels: informal Example: Radio "beepers" are easy: all you need is a telephone, and you can basically have an overseas conversation with any DJ or radio news director in America.
Word: makeover Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkˌoʊvɚ/ 1. A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation. Example: This room is a mess; it needs a makeover. Example: There was no furniture or carpet to speak of. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls and there was a smell of damp everywhere. It was as if they were living like squatters in their own flat. However, this was no time for a makeover, even a fifteen-minute one like on TV[…].
Word: jacuzzi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of the proprietary name Jacuzzi. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈkuːzi/ 1. A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body. Example: Americans gravitate to the Regent for its unbeatable views (the hotel is built out on giant stilts over the harbour, and even the jacuzzis in the top suites have a view of junks and passing ferries). Example: And, by the way, my Jacuzzi days are long gone.
Word: jacuzzi Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark of the proprietary name Jacuzzi. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈkuːzi/ 1. To equip with a jacuzzi. Labels: transitive Example: The suite was jacuzzied. 2. To use a jacuzzi. Labels: intransitive Example: They jacuzzied after a late dinner. 3. To treat with a jacuzzi. Labels: transitive Example: He jacuzzied his sore muscles.
Word: interstate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/, /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t] 1. Of, or relating to two or more states. Labels: Australia, US, not-comparable Example: interstate commerce Example: interstate reciprocity
Word: interstate Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/, /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t] 1. Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense). Labels: Australia, US, not-comparable Example: The truck driver drove interstate to unload.
Word: interstate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/, /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/, [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t] 1. A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System. Labels: US Example: The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas. Example: There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.
Word: firemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fireman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Compare shh and hush. Pronunciation: /ʃʊʃ/, /ʃʌʃ/ 1. To be quiet; to keep quiet. Labels: intransitive, onomatopoeic Example: He wouldn't shush so I kicked him. Example: Shush, my parents are back! 2. To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh. Labels: intransitive, onomatopoeic, transitive Example: The boy in front of us was making too much noise, so we shushed him. Example: The sequence where Sam carves off Jorah’s infected tissue in secret, stopping every few moments to shush his patient, is presented as comic relief why? Jorah reels back into a diagonal close-up whimpering like a dog. Yellow pus oozes to get those good gross-out laughs. Is the substance of this operation funny to anyone on its face?
Word: grownup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of grown-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grownup Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of grown-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sync Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of synchronization. Pronunciation: /sɪŋk/ 1. Clipping of synchronization or synchrony. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually 2. Harmony. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually 3. A music synchronization license, allowing the music to be synchronized with visual media such as films. Labels: countable, informal, usually Example: The 2008 animation Waltz With Bashir was the first in a series of screen commissions and syncs that has made him a fixture of pop culture, marrying his exquisite melancholy to the saccharine and spectacular.
Word: sync Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of synchronization. Pronunciation: /sɪŋk/ 1. To synchronize, especially in the senses of data synchronization, time synchronization, or synchronizing music with video. Labels: informal Example: Our cloud storage automatically syncs your files to all your devices. Example: He synced his phone to the laptop to transfer data about the field trip. 2. To flush all pending I/O operations to disk. Labels: informal
Word: platoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet. Pronunciation: /pləˈtuːn/ 1. A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company. Example: Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage. 2. A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant. 3. A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other. 4. A group of children in the platoon grouping education system. Labels: historical
Word: platoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet. Pronunciation: /pləˈtuːn/ 1. To alternate starts with a teammate of opposite handedness, depending on the handedness of the opposing pitcher Example: Taylor has been hitting poorly against left-handers, and Morgan has been hitting poorly against right-handers, so they will platoon. 2. To specialize in a particular position or playing style. Example: You must understand the rules of football in 1939. There was no platooning, so each man played both offense and defense. 3. Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.
Word: exams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /pɹɑf/ 1. Clipping of professor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: He assumes a monotone: "'Yeah, I went to Southern.' 'Yeah, I majored in psych.' 'Yeah, I had a couple of profs who were interesting.'" 2. Clipping of profit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: I link up Flipz, then we burn your bridge Then we laugh about it and split the prof
Word: booking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkɪŋ/, /ˈbɵkɪŋ/, /ˈbuːkɪŋ/, /ˈbʉkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of book Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: booking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkɪŋ/, /ˈbɵkɪŋ/, /ˈbuːkɪŋ/, /ˈbʉkɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time. 3. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: back seat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + seat. 1. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. Example: 2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends Kickin' in the front seat Sittin' in the back seat Gotta make my mind up Which seat can I take? 2. A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others. Labels: especially, informal Example: The bluntness of King Vajiralongkorn's intervention—and the determination it reveals to resist relatively small checks on royal power—is both a snub to the junta and a worry for democrats, some of whom had dared hope that the new king might be happy to take a back seat in public life.
Word: backseat driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of back-seat driver. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-? Proto-Germanic *baswô Proto-West Germanic *baswō Old Dutch *baso Middle Dutch baes Dutch baasbor. English boss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bossy From boss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/, /ˈbɒsi/, /ˈbɒsɪ/ 1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering. Example: Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test. Example: Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees.
Word: bossy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive of dialectal English boss + -y, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/, /ˈbɒsi/, /ˈbɒsɪ/ 1. A cow or calf. Labels: US, dated, informal Example: A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.
Word: bossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Frankish *bottjabor. Vulgar Latin *bottia Old French bocebor. Middle English bos English boss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bossy From boss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔsi/, /ˈbɑsi/, /ˈbɒsi/, /ˈbɒsɪ/ 1. Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Word: aides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪdz/ 1. plural of aide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of original soundtrack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I really like the OST of that game.
Word: OST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Outer Space Treaty: a treaty that represents the basic legal framework of international space law, signed in 1967. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The most important source of space law is the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (OST).¹⁶ […] The OST is a product of the Cold War era when the United States and the Soviet Union—the only states with spacefaring capability—were bitter rivals, each fundamentally distrustful of the other. 2. Initialism of Open Skies Treaty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Office of Science and Technology. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: veiled Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered by a veil. Example: As usual, Ayesha was veiled like the marble Truth (by the way, I wonder if she originally got the idea of covering up her beauty from that statue?). 2. Partly hidden or concealed. Labels: figuratively Example: veiled threats Example: When asked about her veiled threat to Professor Jones, that she'd “be sorry,” Ms. Smith said she meant that she would file a formal complaint against Professor Jones for harassment.
Word: veiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of veil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: subsidy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɪdi/, /ˈsɐbsɪdi/, /ˈsɐbsədi/ 1. Financial support or assistance, such as a grant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries. Example: British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 2. Money granted by parliament to the British Crown. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: handyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English handy Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English handyman From handy + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈhændimæn/ 1. A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like. Labels: informal Example: I complained that the heat was not working, and the landlord sent the handyman to fix it. Example: There was one thing she wanted; she said to hubby dear, / "The time would pass more quickly if I had a rocking chair." / [...] As Strings is such a handyman, by night the job was done / He took that thing upstairs and said, "Now try this out for fun."
Word: handyman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English handy Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English handyman From handy + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈhændimæn/ 1. To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Instead I walk, uncertainly across the concrete backyard my father and his friends handymanned into existence so proudly, so that none of us would ever have to play in dirt, in muck, in mud again. Example: My daddy worked too hard at Buck's Sporting Goods by day plus handymanning in the evenings, and my mother spent too many hours fixing trays at the meat-and-three for me to act like we had neither pot nor window. Let the record show that we had both.
Word: manicure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra French manucurebor. English manicure From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care. Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/ 1. A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails. 2. A manicurist. Labels: dated
Word: manicure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys-der. Proto-Italic *kʷoizā Latin cūra French manucurebor. English manicure From French manucure, coming from Latin manus, hand, and cura, care. Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.nɪ.kjʊɹ/ 1. To apply such a treatment to the hands. Labels: transitive 2. To polish or trim something very finely or evenly. Labels: figuratively, transitive
Word: hectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktɪk/ 1. Very busy with activity and confusion. Labels: figuratively Example: The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds Example: Phoenix:It must have been too hectic that night to clean up. 2. Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin. Labels: obsolete Example: hectic fever 3. Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever. Labels: obsolete Example: Ann had a hectic cough, and many unfavourable prognostics […]. Example: She never complained, but sleep and appetite fled from her, a slow fever preyed on her veins, her colour was hectic, and she often wept in secret […].
Word: hectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French etique, from Medieval Latin *hecticus, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós, “habitual, hectic, consumptive”), from ἕξις (héxis, “a state or habit of body or of mind, condition”), from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold, be in a certain state”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛktɪk/ 1. A hectic fever. Labels: obsolete Example: […] Do it England, / For like the Hecticke in my blood he rages, / And thou muſt cure me: […] 2. A flush like one produced by such a fever. Labels: obsolete Example: The poor Franciscan made no reply: a hectic of a moment pass’d across his cheek, but could not tarry […] Example: For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills […]
Word: bitty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bit + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪti/ 1. Containing bits; fragmented. Example: Here wrangling, bitty conflicts neutered change. 2. Very small.
Word: bitty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪti/ 1. Alternative form of bittie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scooter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scoot 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 scooter From scoot + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/ 1. A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground. 2. An electric version of the kick scooter. 3. A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame. 4. A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people. 5. An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice. 6. Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle. 7. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter. 8. A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform. Example: Bow Pocket Scooter […] Pull-on twill scooter with three-pleat front, […] Example: With thoughtful details like shorts hidden under scooters, wrinkle-resistant, moisture-wicking fabrics, power knees and strength, stretch, and adjustability exactly where growing kids need it most, […]
Word: scooter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English scoot 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 scooter From scoot + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/ 1. To ride on a scooter. Labels: intransitive Example: But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]
Word: rah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of hurrah. Pronunciation: /ɹɑː/ 1. An exclamation of support or encouragement. Example: Not so very long ago, a row of docile cheerleaders would say, “rah, rah, rah, sis-boombah”—maybe a leg would kick up into the air, perhaps a jump under the cheerleader's own power. 2. An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement. Labels: Internet Example: I FUCKING LOVE PEOPLE!!!! I FUCKING WANT TO USE THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE TO RESPECT OTHERS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY RAHHHHH Example: RAHHHH IRELAND MENTIONED 🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🗣🇮🇪🗣🗣🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🔥🟢⚪️🟢⚪️🟢⚪️🟢⚪️💪💪
Word: rah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hurrah. Pronunciation: /ɹɑː/ 1. A young adult (often a student) who behaves in a stereotypically upper class manner; especially when associated with undeserved privilege or a lack of self-awareness. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal Example: I didn't need to make a mental note not to follow their advice: like every other pretentious foreigner from the gap year rahs to the retired yoga addicts, I had no intention of stepping into a shopping centre. I was going to discover the real India.
Word: rah Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of hurrah. Pronunciation: /ɹɑː/ 1. Posh. Labels: UK, derogatory, informal Example: The June 2020 protest at which the Bristol slave-trader and philanthropist's statue was brought down was a BLM protest. But none of the defendants were black. Rather, as you can tell from their names (including Milo Ponsford and Sage Willoughby) they were almost comically typical of a certain rah, right-on Bristol type.
Word: rah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of rhatid. Pronunciation: /ɹɑː/ 1. An expression of surprise. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?” 2. An expression of admiration. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’. 3. An expression of frustration or anger. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden
Word: casserole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French casserole. Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/ 1. A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served. Labels: countable 2. Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a chicken casserole 3. Any type of food that fills the high-walled dish or pan in which it was cooked. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: casserole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French casserole. Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.əˌɹoʊl/ 1. To cook like, or as, a casserole; to stew. Labels: transitive Example: Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]
Word: vigilante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant. Pronunciation: /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/ 1. A member of a vigilance committee. 2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc. Example: For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita. Example: Jeptha Billingsley, who was no prize pig himself (he had been arrested for horse theft and assault with intent to murder), was to be taught a lesson, and the vigilantes made him cut down the McLemores.
Word: reclaim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkleɪm/, /ɹiːˈkleɪm/ 1. To return land to a suitable condition for use. Labels: transitive 2. To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle. Labels: transitive 3. To claim something back; to repossess. Labels: transitive 4. To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform. Labels: dated, transitive Example: His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie. Example: Your errour, in time reclaimed, will be veniall. 5. To tame or domesticate a wild animal. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: an eagle well reclaimed 6. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: They were the head-strong horses, who hurried Octavius […] along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. 7. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: True it is he was very wild in his youth till God (the best Chymick who can fix quicksilver it self) gratiously reclaim'd him Example: Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not bear it. 8. To draw back; to give way. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Yet would he not perswaded be for ought, Ne from his currish will a whit reclame. 9. To appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session. Labels: Scotland, intransitive 10. To bring back a term into acceptable usage, usually of a slur, and usually by the group that was once targeted by that slur. Example: Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reclaimed as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.
Word: reclaim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkleɪm/ 1. The calling back of a hawk. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The louing couple need no reskew feare, / But leasure had, and libertie to frame / Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame […]. 3. An effort to take something back, to reclaim something. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Clipping of baggage reclaim. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 5. Material recovered from something that has already been used. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Is it okay to smoke cannabis reclaim?
Word: insulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īnsula (“island”) (named for the islets of Langerhans, where insulin is produced) + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsjʊlin/, /ˈɪnʃʊlɪn/, /ˈɪnsəlɪn/ 1. A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mommy said that Grandma's diabetes happened because her body stopped making its own insulin. Example: Ask a dozen persons to tell you what they know about insulin and you will get some surprising and contradictory answers. The truth is this: Insulin is not a cure for diabetes, but it is helping to prolong and gladden lives. 2. Any exogenous preparation of this hormone for use as a medication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The advent of insulin in the mid-20th century changed the lives of millions of people with diabetes. 3. Any exogenous preparation of this hormone or its analogues for use as a medication. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: A: What kind of insulin do you take? B: I use basal-bolus therapy, which in my case involves glargine and lispro.
Word: velum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil. Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ləm/, /ˈvɛl.əm/, /ˈveɪ.ləm/ 1. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 2. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 3. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 4. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 5. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 6. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. 7. An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus. 8. a thin coating or film of mucus or phlegm.
Word: ombre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hombre, from Spanish hombre, literally, a man, from Latin homō. Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and omi. See human. Pronunciation: /ˈɒm.bə/, /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/ 1. A Spanish card game, usually played by three people. It involves forty cards, omitting the ranks of 8, 9 and 10. Labels: uncountable Example: Belinda now, whom chirst of fame invites, / Burns to encounter two advent'rous Knights, / At Ombre singly to decide their doom / And swells her breast with conquests yet to com Example: When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, / And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.
Word: ombre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ombre (“Type of fish”). 1. A large Mediterranean food fish, Umbrina cirrosa. Labels: archaic
Word: ombre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ombré (“shaded”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒm.bə/, /ˈɒm.bɹeɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of ombré (“a gradual blending of one color hue to another”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sym- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Ancient Greek σῠμ- (sŭm-) English sym- From Ancient Greek συμ- (sum-), variant of συν- (sun-), from σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”). 1. variant of syn-, used before the letters b, m and p. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: pickled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pickle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pickled Part of Speech: adj 1. Preserved by pickling. Example: But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 2. Drunk. Labels: slang
Word: crumbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crumble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crumbly From crumble + -y. 1. Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable. Example: Near-synonym: crumby
Word: crumbly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crumble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crumbly From crumble + -y. 1. A decrepit old person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: If they are right, then why aren't we seeing old crumblies like you on the cover of Vogue?
Word: Stalin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːlɪn/, /ˈstælɪn/, /ˈstɑlɪn/, /ˈstalɪn/ 1. A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin. Example: Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely the captain of a team and it seems obvious that Khrushchev will be the new captain. However, it does not appear that any of the present leaders will rise to the stature of Lenin and Stalin, so that it will be safer to assume that developments in Moscow will be along the lines of what is called collective leadership, unless Western policies force the Soviets to streamline their power organization. The present situation is the most favorable from the point of view of upsetting the Communist dictatorship since the death of Stalin. Example: A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.
Word: Stalin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːlɪn/, /ˈstælɪn/, /ˈstɑlɪn/, /ˈstalɪn/ 1. Synonym of Hitler (“a dictatorial person”). Example: climate strategy: elect a climate-stalin and send the deniers to exercise bike gulag to pedal green energy for us all
Word: Kirkuk Part of Speech: name 1. A city in northeastern Iraq.
Word: strep throat Part of Speech: noun 1. An infection of the throat with streptococci. Labels: uncountable
Word: horse trailer Part of Speech: noun 1. a wheeled transport for horses Labels: Canada, US
Word: McGovern Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Samhradháin (“son of Samhradhán”), diminutive of samhradh (“summer”). Pronunciation: /məˈɡʌvən/, /məˈɡʌvɚn/ 1. A surname from Irish or Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There stood old Mandy McGovern, her long brown rifle half raised, her finger lying sophisticatedly along the trigger guard, that she might not touch the hair trigger. 2. A census-designated place in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bolton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”). Pronunciation: /bɒltən/ 1. A place in the United Kingdom: Example: But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion. 2. A place in the United Kingdom: 3. A place in the United Kingdom: 4. A place in the United Kingdom: 5. A place in the United Kingdom: 6. A place in the United Kingdom: 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: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada. 20. A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. 21. A habitational surname from Old English. Example: This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.
Word: backless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English back Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English backless From back + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈbækləs/ 1. Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress. Labels: not-comparable Example: a backless surgical gown Example: The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa, […] 2. Having the back uncovered, showing the skin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: backmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English backmost From back + -most. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌmoʊst/ 1. farthest back Labels: not-comparable Example: 1922, Thomas Hardy, Late Lyrics and Earlier This [hobby] was to delve at whiles for easel-lumber, / Stowed in the backmost slums of a soon-reached city, / Merely on chance to uncloak some worthy canvas, […]
Word: baruch Hashem Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם (barúkh hashém, literally “blessed be the name [of the Lord]”), likely via Yiddish ברוך השם (borukh hashem). Pronunciation: /bəˈɹʊx həˈʃɛm/, /bəˈɹuːx həˈʃɛm/, /bəˈɹʊx(h)əˌʃɛm/ 1. thank God Labels: Judaism
Word: Golden Delicious Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of apple which is pale yellow/green in color, and has a mild sweet flavour Example: Now this is quality produce, and you know what they say – you’ll never get tired of a good old Granny Smith, no matter how many of those horrible Golden Deliciouses you get rammed down your throat. Example: Sure, they’re just adding animal hormones to fruit at parties on the weekend right now, but soon, they’ll be adjusting some apple DNA every night, staying out late and hanging out with seedy (unintentional but highly awesome pun!) characters. They’ll ignore their responsibilities, turn on their families, and resort to a life of crime to support this filthy habit.. And where does that leave us, your average student apple aficionados? Eating cow-infused Golden Deliciouses, that’s where.
Word: carronade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First made at Carron in Scotland. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹ.ənˌeɪd/, /ˌkɛɹ.ənˈeɪd/ 1. A very short carriage gun used to fire a heavy shot for a limited range. Labels: historical Example: [They] viewed the vessel, which proved to be a very fine fast-sailing craft, well found, with six brass carronades on each side. 2. An exchange of artillery fire; a cannonade; a fusillade. Example: The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.
Word: Graeco- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin Graecus, Graeco-; equivalent to Greek + -o-. 1. Alternative form of Greco-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: Lusitania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Lūsītānia. Pronunciation: /luː.sɪˈteɪ.nɪə/, /lu.sɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/ 1. An ancient Roman province, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal. 2. Portugal. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Yet this, as well as most of the forts in the Moluccas, was originally built by the Portuguese themselves. Oh! Lusitania, how art thou fallen! 3. The RMS Lusitania, a British ship that was sunk in 1915 during World War I. Labels: historical Example: The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.