nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kludge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from British military slang, possibly based on Scots word kludge or kludgie (“common toilet”), or perhaps from German klug (“clever”). Alternatively, possibly related to Polish klucz (“key, clue, main point”) and Russian ключ (ključ, “key, clue”). Alternatively, perhaps from (a form related to) Germanic words such as Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Dutch kluit(je) or Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare and standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare klutz.) There is evidence that kluge (which see) was once a separate word with similar meaning but separate derivation, but the spelling kludge was widely popularized in the US by an article in Datamation "How to Design a Kludge" (1962), and since then the two words have often been used as alternative spellings of each other. According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Pronunciation: /klʌd͡ʒ/, /kluːd͡ʒ/ 1. An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before implementing a finished design. Labels: informal 2. Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently. Labels: informal 3. An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts. Labels: informal 4. A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack. Labels: informal
Word: kludge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from British military slang, possibly based on Scots word kludge or kludgie (“common toilet”), or perhaps from German klug (“clever”). Alternatively, possibly related to Polish klucz (“key, clue, main point”) and Russian ключ (ključ, “key, clue”). Alternatively, perhaps from (a form related to) Germanic words such as Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Dutch kluit(je) or Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare and standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare klutz.) There is evidence that kluge (which see) was once a separate word with similar meaning but separate derivation, but the spelling kludge was widely popularized in the US by an article in Datamation "How to Design a Kludge" (1962), and since then the two words have often been used as alternative spellings of each other. According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Pronunciation: /klʌd͡ʒ/, /kluːd͡ʒ/ 1. To build or use a kludge. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: cachinnate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cachinnō (“laugh aloud”), of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkækɪneɪt/ 1. To laugh immoderately, loudly, or too often. Labels: intransitive Example: The villain began to cachinnate and twirl his moustache. Example: There is a sense of spectral whirling through liquid gulfs of infinity, of dizzying rides through reeling universes on a comet’s tail, and of hysterical plunges from the pit to the moon and from the moon back again to the pit, all livened by a cachinnating chorus of the distorted, hilarious elder gods and the green, bat-winged mocking imps of Tartarus.
Word: pushpit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1960s: humorous formation, suggested by pulpit (since push is the opposite of pull). 1. The railing at the stern of a boat.
Word: railing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, rail + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/ 1. That rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining. Example: Why does that railing man go with us? Example: The daring of the railing reviler should be checked with moderation, i.e. as a duty of charity, and not through lust for one's own honour. 2. Filled with invective and violent complaints Example: Petrus de Pilichdorf (in the year 1395, as he himself gives the date, cap 30,) writes a book of confutation of the several pretended errors of the Waldenses of this time in thirty-six chapters, but has nothing of baptism; though he descends to speak of many lesser matters, and aggravates all with very railing words, yet he finds nothing to accuse them of, but such things as the protestants now hold, except one or two, as the 'unlawfulness of 'all oaths,' &c. Example: Such was the case of the 'very railing speeches against the justices' by Thomas Holman, vintner, of Terling, Essex, when he was presented in 1608 'for a common drunkard and for keeping ill rule in his house'. 3. Blowing violently. Example: But scatter to the railing wind Each gloomy phantom of the mind! Example: Had I a garden, claustral yews Should shut out railing wind,
Word: railing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, rail + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/ 1. A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports. Example: During the war, everyone's railings were taken away to make bombers. Example: We passed through an inner courtyard overladen with fake wrought-iron railings and accents badly in need of a paint job, evoking a kind of Woolworth's Vieux Carré.
Word: railing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, rail + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of rail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: foo-foo juice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Possibly "foo-foo", suggesting effeminacy, and juice; possibly coined by submariners. 1. Aftershave or cologne. Labels: slang, uncountable 2. Hair tonic. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: heterodox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑτερόδοξος (heteródoxos), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + δόξα (dóxa, “opinion”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˌdɒks/, /ˈhɛt.ɚ.əˌdɑks/ 1. Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most Christian denominations consider each other heterodox. Example: Do you believe such people are happy in the other world, sir? {...} I declined answering Mrs. Dean’s question, which struck me as something heterodox. 2. Beliefs contrary to the general consensus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: realtime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English realtime From real + time. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːəltaɪm/, /ˈɹiːltaɪm/ 1. Alternative form of real-time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: amnesiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amnesia + -ac. 1. A person who suffers from amnesia.
Word: jerk off Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar Example: My partner and I jerk off together sometimes. Example: But to learn to love manhood, sooner or later you have to learn to jerk off in one particular way, to the exclusion of some other possible ways. 2. To manually stimulate someone else's penis; to give a hand job. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive, vulgar Example: She jerked me off with both hands and it felt so good I almost started crying. Example: Once in cofessional ^([sic]) I told a priest I had jerked off another boy. Man, you'd have thought I'd killed him. What a lecture I got about hell and damnation! I was hoping to get some guidance and understanding. That was the end of confessions for years. 3. To do nothing; to waste time. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar Example: Stop jerking off. We've got a deadline. 4. To deceive. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive, vulgar Example: He was jerking us all off about how advanced the project was. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jerk, off. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, dated, idiomatic Example: I climb up in my trees myself, and jerk off the suckers in the trees. Example: The conductor and the head brakeman testified that they gave no order to Roy Wilson or any one else to jerk off or pull off young Mitchell from the train.
Word: jerk off Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jerkoff (“an obnoxious person”). Labels: Australia, Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, countable, idiomatic, uncountable 2. An act of masturbation. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable, vulgar 3. A stunt in which the performer is suddenly pulled off a horse, etc. by means of a cable. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: He became one of the industry's top horsemen, specializing in Running Ws, pit falls, and cable jerk-offs.
Word: Hibernensis Part of Speech: name 1. Canon law in early medieval Ireland.
Word: bung-hole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bung + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/, /ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl/ 1. A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung. Example: Pop a tap in the barrel's bung-hole so you can pour us a round of beer, innkeeper! Example: Cæsar's dust - or is it Alexander's? - may stop a bunghole, but the functions of these dead Cæsars of the past was to light up a savage fetish dance. 2. The anus. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: So leave me... You never do have much margin there, but see if you can’t leave me about an inch from where the zipper [belches] ends around under my—back to my bung-hole. 3. A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: I need TP for my bung-hole.
Word: bung-hole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bung + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/, /ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl/ 1. To have penetrative anal sex with. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: cuppa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of cup of (with “tea” or sometimes “coffee” implied). See also a (“of”), pinta (“pint of milk”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌp.ə/ 1. A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: I’ve just put the kettle on – fancy a cuppa? Example: […] we covered the hundred yards to the lawn where the tea table awaited us. […] Only Bobbie was present when we arrived at the trough. Wilbert and Phyllis were presumably still in the leafy glade, and Mrs Cream, Bobbie said, worked in her room every afternoon on her new spine-freezer and seldom knocked off for a cuppa. 2. Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: Similes were not my cuppa, anyway. My classmates tended to overload their writing with them (all-time record: six in one paragraph) and they stuck out like violins in a rock tune. 3. Pronunciation spelling of cup of. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I just felt like I wanted another cuppa coffee and I told her so;[…]and before I could get just one more cuppa coffee it was seven-fifty! Example: And he orders a cuppa cawfee. “A cuppa cawfee and what else?” I says to him.
Word: o' Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ə/, /oʊ/ 1. Contraction of of, usually before consonants. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, unstressed Example: Gimme two o’ those ones. Example: from two o’clock until closing time 2. Contraction of on. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, unstressed Example: A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!
Word: bruv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Clipping of bruvver. Pronunciation: /bɹʌv/ 1. Brother, mate, friend. Labels: Australia, Canada, Cockney, Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang Example: The lads in the Nags 'Ead were just talking about your bit of managerial bovver and I said to Rodney, 'Bruv, this could be my big chance.'
Word: TTYL Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of talk to you later. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bruvver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/, /ˈbɹʌ.vɚ/ 1. Brother. Labels: Cockney, Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Gurdjieff I thot a man an a bruvver, but NObuddy is goin to swallow Ouspensky Example: Gawd knows when yer bruvver's gonna get married. 2. Nonstandard form of brother. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: Chicken was still elated. "I was way up there, wasn’t I? Wasn’t I? I’m a tell my brovver."
Word: OMG Part of Speech: intj Etymology: An abbreviation of oh my God, although sometimes glossed using minced oaths to avoid offense. In its first attestation, also intended as a punning reference to the Order of St Michael and St George. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˌoʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. An exclamation of excitement, surprise, shock etc.; oh my God Labels: Internet Example: OMG, I just won tickets to a concert! Today is the best day ever! Example: …and then he said I was ugly, so I punched him in the face. — OMG, really?
Word: OMG Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˌoʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. Initialism of Object Management Group. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OMG Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˌoʊ.ɛmˈd͡ʒiː/ 1. Initialism of outlaw motorcycle gang. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRL Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms and abbreviations. 1. Initialism of Indy Racing League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRL Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Initialisms and abbreviations. 1. Initialism of in real life (as opposed to online). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: There are the same battles of the sexes, the same conflicts of interests, the same struggles to make friends. This world has the perils as well as the pleasure that you experience in real life or IRL as MUD players call it. Example: Due to the splendid isolation guaranteed by her social position she had never met a cock IRL and, as there was no Wi-Fi in the palace, she had no opportunity to check the facts.
Word: IRL Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialisms and abbreviations. 1. Existing or being such in real life. Labels: not-comparable Example: His IRL girlfriend. Example: But as Poppy’s fictional world expanded, Pereira became embroiled in IRL controversy.
Word: IRL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms and abbreviations. 1. An IRL friend. Labels: Internet
Word: yer Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Most likely from the intrusive R, between "yeah" (/jəː/) and a non-high vowel (/ə/, /ɪə/, /ɑː/, /ɔː/). For example, "Yeah-r-I know" (/jəɹ ʌɪ nəʊ/). Pronunciation: /ˈjɛ(ə)/, /jʌ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of yeah (“yes”). Labels: UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang
Word: yer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ер (jer, “ъ”) and ерь (jerʹ, “ь”). Pronunciation: /jɝ/, /jɜː/ 1. Either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.
Word: yer Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From you. Pronunciation: /jɜː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of you (plural or singular). Labels: UK, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang, uncommon Example: "Thet one in the Formosa Channel was tremenjus. The velocity of the wind tetched a ’undred and forty mile,—so it was computed at Taipei,— arfter which it blew the wind gedge away. Yer need a string to yer ’at in a breeze like thet!" Example: 'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
Word: yer Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From you. Pronunciation: /jɜː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of you're (“you are”). Labels: UK, alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: Yer a lotta nosey parkers. Example: ‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
Word: yer Part of Speech: det Etymology: From you. Pronunciation: /jɜː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of your. Labels: Southern-US, UK, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling Example: 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said. Example: ‘Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.’
Word: youse Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of yous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: youse Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative form of yous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Have youse gentlemen finished talking?
Word: youse Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of you'se. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: pukka Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hindi पक्का (pakkā, “certain, sure”), Punjabi ਪੱਕਾ (pakkā, “mature, ripe; cooked; strong, substantial; genuine, sound, true, valid”) and Urdu پکا (pakkā, “mature, ripe; cooked; strong, substantial; genuine, sound, true, valid”), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva, “baked, cooked, roasted”), from पचति (pacati, “to bake, cook, roast”). Pronunciation: /ˈpʌkə/, /ˈpəkə/ 1. Genuine or authentic; hence of behaviour: correct, socially acceptable or proper. Example: Maha Rajah said it was necessary to witness it to make it pukka; and they said so too, and then signed it. Example: The measures which resulted in the crushing of the mutiny within the Five Rivers, were unquestionably pukka. […] Pukka and kucha statesmanship are, indeed, two things which time rarely fails to detect, just as it tries the durability of a public building or a bridge. 2. Constructed as a permanent building, with high-quality materials (especially fired clay bricks and tiles as opposed to unfired mud and thatch). Labels: South-Asia Example: The popular classification of wells is, however, into pukka and kuchcha. Percolation wells are usually pukka or brickbuilt. Spring wells are of three kinds—(1) pukka, where the sub-soil to the spring is sandy, and masonry is necessary througout; […] (3) kuchcha wells, made of clay throughout. Example: In some cases, the sericulturists avail of credit facility and construct a pukka shed for the silk worms. It is ironical, however, that they have to accommodate themselves and their children in a shabby hut. 3. Superior or of high quality; first-class; excellent. Labels: UK, slang Example: Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas, that you can find all over the City. Example: Jamie Oliver prepares a "pukka" picnic of strawberries, champagne and lobster for a sail through the royal borough of Windsor on his mate's splashy new motorboat.
Word: putrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin putridusder. Old French putridebor. ▲ Latin putridusbor. Middle English English putrid From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjuː.tɹɪd/, /ˈpju.tɹəd/ 1. Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. Example: putrid flesh; putrid matter; putrid meat Example: Quake guzzell dogs, that live on putrid slime. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh. Example: putrid smell; putrid odor 3. Vile, disgusting. 4. Morally corrupt. 5. Totally objectionable.
Word: brontology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bronto- + -logy. 1. The study of thunder. Labels: uncountable 2. A treatise on the subject of thunder. Labels: countable
Word: diatribe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τρῑ́βω (trī́bō) Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῑ́βω (dĭătrī́bō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek δῐᾰτρῐβή (dĭătrĭbḗ)der. Latin diatribader. French diatribebor. English diatribe First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek διατριβή (diatribḗ, “way of spending time, lecture”), from διά (diá, “through”) + τρίβω (tríbō, “to waste, wear out”) Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌtɹaɪb/ 1. An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation. Example: to throw a diatribe Example: The senator was prone to diatribes which could go on for more than an hour. 2. A prolonged discourse; a long-winded speech.
Word: you's Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of you + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Talking to you’s always an adventure. Example: You’s a goddamn creep.
Word: you's Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of yous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Neolithic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. Pronunciation: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ 1. The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE. Example: Holonyms: Stone Age < prehistory Example: Meronyms: Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Word: Neolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. Pronunciation: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41). Example: ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.
Word: Neolithic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. Pronunciation: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ 1. A person who lived during the New Stone Age. Example: For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.
Word: vanille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vanille. 1. Archaic form of vanilla. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: Each lovely lady close to a cavalier / Who holds her dear fan while she feeds her smile / On meditative spoonfuls of vanille, / He breathing hot protesting vows of love, / Enough to thaw her cream, and scorch his beard. Example: And what is this delicious scent about the air? Vanille? Of course it is; […]
Word: gumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scots gumption (“common sense, shrewdness; drive, initiative”); further etymology unknown, possibly connected with Middle English gome (“attention, heed”), from Old Norse gaumr (“attention, heed”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō. English cognates include gaum (“to comprehend, understand”) and goam (“to recognize, see”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmpʃən/ 1. Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually Example: Gumption, or rum gumption, docility, comprehenſion, capacity. Example: When I see a man who has a good business, sufficient to support his family respectably, neglecting his affairs, and running into debt, in order to obtain a political office, I fancy that, whatever may be his talents, he is not burdened with gumption. […] When I see a man attending diligently to his own concerns, sending his children to school, paying his debts, and keeping clear of law suits, quarrels, and politics, I set him down as a man possessing a reasonable share of gumption. 2. Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: "You've got a hard way of looking at things, Scarlett," he said. "But you think Hugh over. You could go far and do worse. I think his honesty and his willingness will outweigh his lack of gumption. Scarlett did not answer, for she did not want to be too rude. But to her mind there were few, if any, qualities that outweighed gumption. 3. Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: A person filled with gumption doesn't sit around dissipating and stewing about things. He's at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what's up the track and meeting it when it comes. That's gumption.
Word: esker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛskɚ/, /ˈɛskə/ 1. A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier. Example: Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area. Eskers tend to follow valleys and lowlands, carefully picking a course between obstacles. Example: Another objection to the tunnel-valley interpretation comes from a comparison with eskers.[…]The esker rivers and the tunnel-channel rivers of Wisconsin therefore seem to have been the result of significantly different meltwater regimes.
Word: colonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Mexican Spanish coloniabor. English colonia Borrowed from Mexican Spanish colonia. 1. a slum or shantytown near the US-Mexican border, generally without modern infrastructure
Word: Cheddarhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cheddar + -head; Wisconsin is famed for its cheese production. 1. A Wisconsinite. Labels: US, derogatory, slang, sometimes
Word: Algonquin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”). Pronunciation: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/, /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/ 1. A member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.
Word: Algonquin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Canadian French algonquin, from earlier algoumequin, from either Maliseet elakómkwik ("these are our relatives") or Mi'kmaq algoomeaking (“at the place of spearing fish and eels”). Pronunciation: /ælˈɡɒŋk(w)ɪn/, /ælˈɡɑːŋk(w)ɪn/ 1. The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki. 2. A place name: 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name:
Word: Algonkin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Algonquin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Algonkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Algonquin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fortunate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/, /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/, /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/ 1. Auspicious. Example: It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple. Example: if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey 2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance. Example: Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm. Example: How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events? 3. Favored by fortune. Example: We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding. Example: This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Word: AAVE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɑːveɪ, æv/, /ˈeɪ eɪ viː ˌiː/ 1. Initialism of African-American Vernacular English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: What the heck is an unc game? It didn’t take me long to discover that “unc” (short for uncle) is the latest semi-disparaging gen Z name for anyone over about 30. Further back, it originated as AAVE slang. “Uncslop” refers to the implicitly terrible games beloved by this older generation of players; basically anything made in the 1990s or 2000s, from Knights of the Old Republic to World of Warcraft. An unc game, then, is a game predominantly played by millennials (and older) – and Marathon is one of them. A week or so later, I read Emanuel Maiberg’s article for 404 Media, which dug into the game’s unc credentials.
Word: African-American Vernacular English Part of Speech: name 1. A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.
Word: fortunately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fortunate Middle English -ly English -ly English fortunately From fortunate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt.li/, [ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪʔ.li], /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nətli/ 1. In a fortunate manner. 2. It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. Example: Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive. Example: My mom has fortunately agreed to help us with the science project for school.
Word: Ebonics Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of ebony + phonics. Coined by scholars at the Cognitive and Language Development of the Black Child conference in 1973 led by Robert L. Williams and published in his book Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks (1975). Considered outdated by some. Pronunciation: /iˈbɑnɪks/, /ɪ̈-/, /ɛ-/ 1. African-American Vernacular English (AAVE). Labels: uncountable Example: Buried among the jargon of the announcement was a mention of a name for AAVE, suggested by a Black scholar in 1975^([sic]) but never adopted by linguists: Ebonics. That word, concocted from ebony (a color term from the name of a dark-colored wood) and phonics (the name of a method for teaching reading), was destined to attach to the board as if chiseled into a block of granite and hung round their necks.
Word: cannibalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cannibalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cannibalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal English -ise English cannibalise From cannibal + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/ 1. To eat (parts of) another of one's own species. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male. 2. To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines. Labels: UK, transitive Example: to cannibalize an old laptop for parts Example: According to our correspondent, at least one of the Type 2s has had to be cannibalised to facilitate repairs, as spares are often in short supply. 3. To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another. Labels: UK, transitive Example: iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales. 4. Rework old material; rehash. Labels: UK Example: When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.
Word: cannibalize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/, [ˈkɛənɪbəlaɪz], /ˈkænɪbəlɑez/ 1. Alternative form of cannibalise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: piosity Part of Speech: noun 1. Affected or exaggerated piety. Example: We have since / learned to scoff at all such drollery, at the stalls / rife with the junk of old piosity
Word: UN Security Council Part of Speech: name Etymology: UN + security + council: Short for United Nations Security Council 1. The permanent international peacekeeping organ of the United Nations.
Word: United Nations Security Council Part of Speech: name Etymology: United Nations + security + council 1. Alternative form of UN Security Council Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌbi/, /ˈpʊbi/ 1. Who enjoys frequenting public houses. Labels: UK, colloquial 2. Resembling a pub.
Word: pubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌbi/, /ˈpʊbi/ 1. Alternative spelling of pubbie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *klumpô Old Norse klubbabor. Middle English clubbe English club Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clubby From club + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌbi/ 1. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse. 2. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse. 3. Resembling or suggestive of a social club or clubhouse. Example: With minimalist décor, clubby music, and a strikingly designed bar, Popular stands out not only for its clientele but also for its opium-den atmosphere. 4. Fond of frequenting nightclubs. Labels: informal
Word: humungous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of humongous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -t Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -te (past tense ending), -t (past participle ending), from Old English -te, -de (first and third person past tense ending), -t, -ed, -od (past participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-id- (past tense stem ending of class 1 weak verbs) and *-idaz (past participle ending of class 1 weak verbs). In some verbs, like lose/lost, the ‐t‐/‐t arose during the Middle English period from the devoicing of the earlier ‐d‐/‐d. This devoicing typically occurred after the suffix was syncopated from ‐ede and ‐ed, forcing the voiced alveolar stop directly against the stem’s final consonant. See -ed (Etymologies 1 and 2). Furthermore, in forms such as spelt and burnt, the participial -t is a later development during the Early Modern English period. 1. Used to form the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs. Labels: morpheme Example: leap + -t → leapt Example: keep + -t → kept
Word: -t Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -t (e.g. aȝenst vs. aȝens (“against”)), likely resulting from -s + the, or various other words beginning with th-, t-. 1. An excrescent ending appended to words suffixed with -s. Labels: morpheme Example: against, amidst, amongst, betwixt, whilst, twicet
Word: -t Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -t, from Old English -t, variant of -þ (“-th”) following spirant/fricative sounds, from Proto-Germanic *-þiz. More at -th. 1. Used to form nouns from verbs of action; equivalent to -th. Labels: morpheme Example: arise + -t → arist Example: bow + -t → bout
Word: -t Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Suffix from Middle English -ten, from Old English -ettan, from Proto-West Germanic *-attjan, from Proto-Germanic *-atjaną. 1. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives (compare -ate, -ize), frequently having a causative force, or modified from an existing verb into a frequentative verb. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: yeet (adress with ye), grunt, fidget, haunt (via French), elt (via Old Norse), belt (“to sing loudly”) (perhaps via West Frisian), jolt
Word: -t Part of Speech: suffix 1. Added to the end of words ending in ⟨d⟩, representing an AAVE pronunciation as /t/ rather than /d/, now generally with intensifying force. Labels: morpheme, slang Example: period + -t → periodt Example: good + -t → goodt
Word: chugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of charity + mugger. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃʌɡə(ɹ)/ 1. An aggressive or invasive street fundraiser, especially a private contractor working on behalf of a charity. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Seen by many as the scourge of shoppers, chuggers can be uncompromising in their pursuit of a slice of strangers' disposable income, yet provide a rich source of funds for charities.
Word: chugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chug 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 chugger From chug + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃʌɡə(ɹ)/ 1. One who chugs a drink, especially an alcoholic drink. 2. A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched. 3. A vehicle, train or boat with an engine that makes a chugging noise when running. 4. A heavy-duty locomotive whether electric, diesel, hybrid or steam-powered Labels: colloquial
Word: Chunnel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Channel (“the English Channel”) + tunnel; the term had been coined by 1960 (see quotation). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌnəl/ 1. The Channel Tunnel. Labels: informal Example: Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman of the B.T.C., told a London audience in January that he would not be surprised if a Channel tunnel for rail traffic, equipped with special wagons to carry road vehicles, were recommended by the study group which has been re-assessing the feasibility of the "Chunnel". Example: Rumors, carefully and cleverly circulated by Mascodagama’s friends, diverted speculations toward his being a mysterious visitor from beyond the Golden Curtain, particularly since at least half-a-dozen members of a large Good-will Circus Company that had come from Tartary just then […] had already defected between France and England, somewhere in the newly constructed ‘Chunnel.’
Word: Channel Tunnel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Channel (English Channel) + tunnel. 1. The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France. Example: Prospects for the construction of a Channel tunnel now appear to be brighter than they have been for some time.
Word: Eurotunnel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Euro- + tunnel, after the company Eurotunnel that built and operated the tunnel. 1. The Channel Tunnel. Labels: informal
Word: have at Part of Speech: verb 1. To attack; to engage in combat with. Labels: archaic, idiomatic, transitive Example: The Prince of Venosa was in their midst, shouting: "Have at the traitor! Kill! Kill!" 2. To take on; to begin dealing with. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: A huge dish of food was served, and we had at it.
Word: have at Part of Speech: intj 1. Go ahead. Labels: informal
Word: bluggy Part of Speech: adj 1. bloody (as intensifier). Labels: British, euphemistic, slang
Word: bluggy Part of Speech: adv 1. bloody (as intensifier). Labels: British, euphemistic, not-comparable, slang Example: 1993, Cathedral, Maitland, I, Headline Book Publishing plc It was probably too late to say sorry, but she'd better bluggy try!
Word: Dougie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Doug + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌɡi/, /ˈduːɡi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Douglas, Dougal, or Doug.
Word: Doug Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Douglas. Pronunciation: /dʌɡ/, /dɐɡ/, /dʊɡ/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Douglas. Example: Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.' 'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.' Example: The Georgia Republican Party and US Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who’s leading the Trump campaign’s recount efforts in the state, on Tuesday requested a pre-certification “manual hand recount of every ballot cast within the State of Georgia” for president.
Word: muggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡi/ 1. Humid, or hot and humid. Labels: usually Example: The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly. Example: What struck me as the most curious thing about this wonderful river was: how did the air keep fresh? It was muggy and thick, no doubt, but still not sufficiently so to render it bad or even remarkably unpleasant. 2. Wet or mouldy. Labels: obsolete Example: muggy straw 3. Drunk. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: budgie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a clipping of budgerigar + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌd͡ʒi/ 1. A budgerigar. Labels: informal Example: She keeps a ton of budgies in her home.
Word: mucky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English muck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mucky From muck + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌki/ 1. Covered in muck. Labels: colloquial Example: Tell them if you want a mucky oven cleaned before the visit as special steam-cleaning equipment may be needed. 2. Obscene, pornographic. Labels: colloquial Example: a mucky magazine Example: The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.
Word: Bond villain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bond + villain. A reference to the typical villains of James Bond movies. 1. An evil genius, usually of significant power and means, who attempts to take over (or destroy) the world. Example: Cheney’s turned into a James Bond villain. Example: One hundred NR employees come under his authority. "Doing some of the frontline roles has enabled me to understand more around my own decision-making and how it affects the frontline. I say to people I'm not this Bond villain, sitting upstairs, stroking a cat!
Word: Todd Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /tɑd/, /tɒd/ 1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”). 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: Do I want this t-shirt with Todd H- of course I do! 3. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd). 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States:
Word: skin up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a cannabis cigarette. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: In plain view of the entire party, Douggie and his buddies skinned up and started getting high. 2. To travel uphill on skis or a splitboard. 3. To travel up a steep slope while pushing one's bicycle.
Word: arrowhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arewehede, arowhede, arowheved. By surface analysis, arrow + head. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəʊhɛd/, /ˈæɹoʊhɛd/, /ˈɛ(ə)ɹoʊhɛd/ 1. The pointed part of an arrow (the weapon). Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 2. The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol). 3. Any plant in the genus Sagittaria. 4. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular fence with the point facing towards the ground.
Word: ad-lib Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ad-lib Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ad-lib Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ad lib. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hope’s onstage ad-libbing generated more humor and attention than the show’s lacklustre libretto. Example: I watched Jeb Bush as his brother spoke. He paid attention, grinned and laughed, even ad-libbed when called upon.
Word: chainring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chain + ring. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnɹɪŋ/ 1. A large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.
Word: nonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin nōnus (“ninth”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒ.nɪk/ 1. Describing a polynomial that has 9 as the highest exponent of its terms. Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing a curve the equation of which is nonic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nonik (c. 1918; patented 1913), trade name for no-nick, by the Nonik Glassware Company. 1. Describing a type of beer glass used in British public houses; in the form of a truncated cone with a bulge around outside, just below the rim. Labels: not-comparable Example: a 20-ounce nonic glass
Word: Derbyshire Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derbyschire, from late Old English Dēorbȳsċīr; equivalent to Derby + -shire. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː(ɹ).bɪ.ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A midland county of England bounded by South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. Example: A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia. 2. A surname.
Word: ad-libber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ad lib + -er. 1. A person who ad libs, particularly one who is well known for skill in ad libbing. Example: As you may have heard, Bobby D. isn’t much of an ad-libber.