nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spoken pause Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary stop in any form of speech.
Word: constraint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus). Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹeɪnt/, /kənˈstɹæɪnt/ 1. Something that constrains; a restriction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An engineer must recognize the difference between a constraint (to work within) and a problem (to be eliminated via resolution). 2. An irresistible force or compulsion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They confessed, but only under severe constraint. 3. The repression of one's feelings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although his blood so rose against this man, and his wrath so stirred within him, that he could have struck him dead, he put such fierce constraint upon himself that he passed him without a word or look. Yes, and he would have gone on, and not turned, though to resist the Devil who poured such hot temptation in his brain, required an effort scarcely to be achieved, if this man had not himself summoned him to stop 4. A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a native West African name. 1. Synonym of African mango (Irvingia gabonensis) Labels: countable 2. A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Raney nickel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was developed in 1926 by American engineer Murray Raney. 1. A finely divided nickel-aluminum alloy that has been treated with NaOH to dissolve out most of the aluminum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪd/ 1. A piece of firewood four feet long. Labels: obsolete 2. A unit of length equal to four feet. Labels: obsolete
Word: shid Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃɪd/ 1. Alternative spelling of should. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: Well, gen'lemen, this is better, but a record property shid fetch a record price.
Word: shid Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of shit. Pronunciation: /ʃɪd/ 1. Euphemistic form of shit. Labels: euphemistic, form-of
Word: shid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of shit. Pronunciation: /ʃɪd/ 1. Euphemistic form of shit. Labels: euphemistic, form-of
Word: shid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of shit. Pronunciation: /ʃɪd/ 1. Euphemistic form of shit. Labels: euphemistic, form-of
Word: boom town Part of Speech: noun 1. A town that is experiencing or has experienced a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity. Example: Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? / We danced and sang, and the music played in a de boomtown Example: But, as in other boom towns, growth creates problems and doubts about how long it can be sustained. Water supplies are limited and the lack of experienced casino employees could make it easier for cheaters to bilk casinos, whether at blackjack tables or by rigging slot machines.
Word: mesmerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from mesmerism, thus mesmerism + -ize; first attested in 1829. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛzməɹaɪz/ 1. To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism. Example: Mesmer had about a hundred people whom he had instructed as magnetisers, some of whom belonged to the nobility, who also "mesmerised" people by making passes over the affected parts of the body. 2. To spellbind; to enthrall. Example: She mesmerized the audience with her tricks Example: Then he commenced to talk, really talk, and inside of two flaps of a herring’s fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt’s boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
Word: mesmerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mesmérisme, analysable as Mesmer + -ism; so called after Franz Anton Mesmer (1734–1815), a German physician who developed the animal magnetism theory. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛz.məˌɹɪz.əm/, /ˈmɛz.mɚˌɪz.əm/, /ˈmez.məˌɹɪz.əm/ 1. The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf? 2. The state induced by hypnotic methods (especially that of Mesmer himself). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...the fact stood proven that I had seen it in my vision. Lawks! ...When the magician's engagement closed there was but one person in the village who did not believe in mesmerism, and I was the one. All the others were converted, but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years.
Word: tard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic form of retard. 1. A person with mental retardation. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang 2. A person who acts stupidly. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: racket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton. Labels: countable Example: He bought a new tennis racket two days ago. Example: Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall. 2. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. Labels: Canada 3. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Word: racket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. To strike with, or as if with, a racket. Example: Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
Word: racket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“to shake, rattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. A loud noise. Example: Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket. Example: With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think! 2. An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated. Example: prostitution and gambling controlled by rackets Example: They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money. 3. Any industry or enterprise. Labels: informal Example: They dropped out of the acting racket in 1953 and soon took up writing. 4. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. Labels: dated, slang 5. Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal. Labels: dated, slang
Word: racket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“to shake, rattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹækɪt/ 1. To make a clattering noise. Labels: intransitive 2. To be dissipated; to carouse. Labels: dated, intransitive
Word: ruckus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1890; probably a blend of ruction (“disturbance”) + rumpus (“disturbance, fracas”) - potentially with influence from raucous (“rowdy, hoarse”), from Latin raucus (“rough, hoarse”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkəs/, /ˈɹukəs/ 1. A raucous disturbance and/or commotion. Example: “Hey, hey, hey, what's the ruckus? I'm trying to conduct important business back there.” “We finished with the tile. And now we're trying to move the pool table back.” “All right, all right, all right. Have you done the urinal? Because the urinal, you flush it, and it sprays all over the place.” 2. A row, fight.
Word: manhandle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English manne-handlen, man handelen, equivalent to man (“male person”) + handle. Pronunciation: /ˈmænˌhæn.dəl/ 1. To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles. Labels: transitive Example: I see him—Tom—on horse-block standing, Trumpet at mouth, thrown up all amain, An elephant's bugle, vociferous demanding Of topmen aloft in the hurricane of rain, "Letting that sail there your faces flog? Manhandle it, men, and you'll get the good grog!" 2. To assault or beat up a person. Labels: transitive Example: The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders. 3. To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle. Labels: transitive Example: She yells at people who manhandle the tomatoes or break the beans. Example: Britain’s most senior police chief defied pressure to resign as she dismissed “armchair” critics amid widespread outrage over officers manhandling women who were mourning the killing of Sarah Everard. 4. To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength. Labels: transitive Example: Riders who succeed on this terrain are able to manhandle their bike as it rattles over the bumps.
Word: down and out Part of Speech: adj 1. In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: People who are down and out need some place to turn. Example: So if I ever get my hand on a dollar again, I'm gonna hold on to it 'til them eagles grin Nobody knows you, when you down and out In my pocket not one penny, and my friends I haven't any
Word: down and out Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of down-and-outer.
Word: on one's feet Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. While standing up or walking, running, etc. Example: He's very quick on his feet. Example: She's so light on her feet that we couldn't hear her coming. 2. Able to stand; hence, healthy, well, especially after some previous illness. Labels: idiomatic Example: Welcome back! It's good to see you back on your feet. 3. In a satisfactory (non-physical) condition; happy financially, emotionally, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: The organization provides training and assistance to help the unemployed get back on their feet. Example: It took some time for the lady to get back on her feet after the death of her husband. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, feet.
Word: give someone the runaround Part of Speech: verb 1. To delay, dodge, or frustrate (someone), especially by providing useless information or directions. Labels: idiomatic Example: Deitch decided seven years ago that she wanted to film a lesbian love story. When major producers gave her the run-around, she formed her own production company, hustled for backers and gathered the right crew of technicians and actors to make it happen.
Word: dodge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”). Pronunciation: /dɒd͡ʒ/, /dɑd͡ʒ/ 1. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He dodged traffic crossing the street. Example: But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes^([sic]) two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japanese battleships, dodge this! 2. To avoid; to sidestep. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply. Example: The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 3. To elude. Labels: transitive Example: “We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks. She shall not dodge me though she hide in unfathomed waters, or in the earth's bosom, or in lonely woods, or on crags!” 4. To go, or cause to go, hither and thither. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: Or if a footpad asks him for his money, what need he care provided he has an umbrella? He threatens to dodge the ferrule into the ruffian’s eye, and the fellow starts back and says, “Lord, sir! I meant no harm. […] 5. To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light). 6. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. Labels: transitive Example: "I had a notion he was dodging me all the way I came, for I saw him just behind me, turn which way I would." Example: A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! / And still it neared and neared: / As if it dodged a water-sprite, / It plunged and tacked and veered. 7. To trick somebody. Labels: ambitransitive, dated
Word: dodge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”). Pronunciation: /dɒd͡ʒ/, /dɑd͡ʒ/ 1. An act of dodging. 2. A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.) Example: The dodges of women beat all comprehension; and I am sure she wouldn’t let the lad off so easily, if she had not some other scheme on hand. Example: “Ain't this a rum go? This is a queer sort of dodge for lighting the streets.” 3. A line of work. Labels: slang Example: In the marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off. Example: Through a series of unconventional circumstances, some my fault, Jackie had found herself working both civil and criminal sides of the real estate dodge, which put her among a rare breed of attorney […]
Word: dodge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”). Pronunciation: /dɒd͡ʒ/, /dɑd͡ʒ/ 1. Dodgy. Labels: Australia, UK, colloquial
Word: roleplaying game Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master). Example: So, given that Claude is not conscious, what are we to make of Claude’s constitution? Perhaps the most fruitful way to think about it is as an 84-page character sheet for a role-playing game. 2. A type of computer game where the player takes the role of a character or party, normally lacking tests of physical skill and including more story-telling and narrative aspects than traditional action games.
Word: frustrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frustraten (“to prevent, disappoint, render useless”), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French frustrer. Pronunciation: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/, /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ 1. To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. Labels: transitive Example: It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all. 2. To hinder or thwart. Labels: transitive Example: My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts. Example: Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears. 3. To cause stress or annoyance. Labels: transitive Example: This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
Word: frustrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English frustrat (“prevented, disappointed, rendered useless”, adjective as well as past participle of frustraten (see Etymology 1)), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Ineffectual; useless; fruitless. Example: Our frustrate search. Example: In all eternity I had one chance One few years' term of gracious human life […] And this sole chance was frustrate from my birth A mockery, a delusion; […]
Word: sidestep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English step English sidestep From side + step. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdˌstɛp/ 1. A step to the side. 2. A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
Word: sidestep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English step English sidestep From side + step. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdˌstɛp/ 1. To step to the side. Labels: intransitive Example: I […] knocked and waited. […] He sidestepped, and I went in. Example: Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman. 2. To avoid or dodge. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: They sidestepped the issue. Example: It was noticeable that he sidestepped questions about continuation south of Crewe, on the grounds that he must await the report of Sir Ivan Stedeford's Advisory Group.
Word: no-frills Part of Speech: adj 1. Basic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: He rented a no-frills apartment and cooked his own meals. Example: Another friend […] gathered a group to go to […] a no-frills comfort food restaurant, with a vast menu of classics sold at extraordinarily low prices: the only item in the 11-page menu over 1,000 forints was a bottle of sparkling wine, a reasonable 1,190 forints for 0.7 liters.
Word: boondoggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American scout leader Robert H. Link in 1929; alternatively “boon doggle”. Compare woggle of similar sense, which is attested in the same period. In the sense of a “wasteful government program”, popularized in 1935 by The New York Times, in reference to New Deal programs which were claimed to feature people making such braids. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːndɒɡl̩/, /ˈbundɑɡəl/ 1. A braided ring to hold a neckerchief. 2. A waste of time or money; a pointless activity. Labels: Canada, US, figuratively, usually Example: Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle. Example: Senator John Stennis […] has been active and effective for so long as a member of the Armed Services Committee that he knows as well as any man can where the bodies are buried in the Pentagon and the boondoggles are buried in the defense budget. 3. A trip or journey, especially a recreational or otherwise desirable one. Example: By its strictest definition, a boondoggle is a recreational trip out of town, but it has been blurred by threadbare jokes to mean any trip that is desirable, whether for work or not. Example: I could die on this boondoggle too, naturally, as the world has become something of a horror show of late. In any case, I trust that anybody following in my footsteps and reading these additional words will have the presence of mind to pursue the same basic strategy. 4. A trip or journey, especially a recreational or otherwise desirable one. Labels: slang Example: A non-work excursion away from the station in US Antarctic English is a “boondoggle”, or a “jolly” for the Britons.
Word: boondoggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Coined by American scout leader Robert H. Link in 1929; alternatively “boon doggle”. Compare woggle of similar sense, which is attested in the same period. In the sense of a “wasteful government program”, popularized in 1935 by The New York Times, in reference to New Deal programs which were claimed to feature people making such braids. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːndɒɡl̩/, /ˈbundɑɡəl/ 1. To waste time on a pointless activity. Labels: intransitive Example: These days the astronaut job title has been split into two categories. (Three, counting payload specialist, the category into which teachers, boondoggling senators, and junketing Saudi princes fall.)
Word: rehydrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate English rehydrate From re- + hydrate. 1. To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried.
Word: dehydrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate English dehydrate From de- + hydrate. Pronunciation: /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪt/, /diːˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /ˌdihaɪˈdɹeɪt/, /diˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /diːhɑɪˈdɹæɪt/ 1. To remove water from; to dry up. Labels: transitive Example: dehydrate food Example: Running in the heat can quickly dehydrate you. 2. To lose water from one's body; to become dehydrated. Labels: intransitive Example: dehydrate rapidly
Word: pink slip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice. * (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate. 1. A notice of termination of employment. Labels: idiomatic, metonymically Example: Pink slips are being handed out faster in corporate America than you can say, “Recession? What recession?” Example: From 2002 to 2004, many individuals received pink slips as a result of a slow economy. 2. The title document for an automobile. Labels: US Example: But when she visited the bank, all she found inside were the pink slip to her car, a passport she′d acquired two years ago before a vacation trip to Australia and a few other documents. 3. An automobile roadworthiness inspection certificate. Labels: Australia, New-South-Wales Example: My car mechanic does the pink slip for my bike - he doesn't know anything about them but does know that I keep it in tip top condition. Example: If the car is still currently registered, then you can drive it to anyone, anywhere to get the pink slip. If its just out of registration ( within 3 months of the rego expiring) then you take it to the nearest one ( or so they say)
Word: pink slip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pink + slip (“piece of paper”), referring to the colour of the paper, in some cases as it was in past, and not necessarily present, practice. * (automobile title): Most likely from California, where the title is printed on a smaller index-card sized piece of pink paper; in other states the title is typically a full-size 8 1/2" x 11" sheet, usually printed on blue or blue-green paper with borders, similar to a stock certificate. 1. To terminate the employment of. Labels: US, informal, transitive Example: After a week of anxiously watching the mailbox through little Japanese binoculars his wife had given him for a going-away present (she'd left him the day after he was pink-slipped) and getting nothing but sucker-list stuff through the regular deliveries that came each noon, he was jolted out of a boozy, black-and-white dream of jumping off The Stack into rush-hour traffic, by an insistent banging at the door.
Word: rimose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin rimosus, from rima (“fissure”). 1. Having a surface covered with cracks, fissures, or crevices. Example: the rimose head of a mushroom Example: a tree with rimose bark
Word: recall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔːl/, /ɹɪˈkɔl/, /ɹiˈkɔl/, /ɹɪˈkɑl/, [ɹɪˈkʰɑɫ] 1. To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). Labels: transitive 2. To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc. Labels: transitive Example: He was recalled to service after his retirement. Example: She was recalled to London for the trial. 3. To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. Labels: US, transitive Example: That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states. 4. To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. Labels: transitive 5. To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity. Example: So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by Yet I still recall as I wander on As clear as the sun in the summer sky 6. To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of. Labels: transitive Example: "The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete. Example: The police had brought two civilians with them, including the 19-year-old son of one officer who helped to carry out the beer which was seized as evidence. Both were registered as ride alongs that night and their presence did not violate any laws, but Bouza saw this as another instance in which the officers showed "questionable judgment." This recalled an incident last February when three police officers brought their girlfriends along when raiding a gay bathhouse. 7. To call again; to call another time. Labels: intransitive, transitive 8. To request or order the return of (a faulty product). Labels: transitive Example: On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.
Word: recall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkɔːl/, /ˈɹiˌkɔl/, /ɹiˈkɔl/, /ɹɪˈkɔl/, /ˈɹiˌkɑl/ 1. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: recall campaign Example: The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported. 2. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: recall petition Example: representative recall 3. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. Memory; the ability to remember. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall. 5. The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: precision and recall
Word: boarder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English board 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 boarder From board + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔədə/, /ˈbɔːdə/, /ˈbɔɹdɚ/, /ˈbo(ː)ɹdɚ/, /ˈboədə/ 1. A pupil who lives at school during term time. Example: The student body consisted primarily of boarders, except for a few children belonging to the school staff. 2. Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel. Example: When I left for college, my parents took on a boarder in my old room to help defray expenses. 3. One who boards a vehicle. Example: "Calls to set down only" sounds more exciting. What station or train staff has the specific duty of repelling would-be boarders? Are the occupants of the train of such exalted main-line status that suburban interlopers are personae non gratae? Example: I have found holding all doors open solves much of this problem, as late boarders can enter the rear and tag in rather than wait the time it takes to get to the front, particularly if the bus shelter or some other obstacle hinders vision and boarding. 4. A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy. Example: The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders. Example: Sensors show inbound Covenant boarding craft. Stand by to repel boarders. 5. Someone who takes part in a boardsport, such as surfing or snowboarding. Example: A group of boarders swept past us as we climbed the side of the ski run. 6. Someone who takes part in a boardsport, such as surfing or snowboarding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 7. Someone who takes part in a boardsport, such as surfing or snowboarding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 8. Misspelling of border. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pink pound Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪŋk ˈpaʊnd/ 1. The business generated by providing goods and services to the gay community. Labels: UK
Word: boarding party Part of Speech: noun 1. The group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize Example: Enemy boarding parties on starboard decks Eight through Ten.
Word: boarding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, board + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of board Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, board + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɪŋ/ 1. The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction. 2. The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A structure made of boards. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The riding of a skateboard. Labels: uncountable 5. A penalty called for pushing into the boards. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lodging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. A place to live or lodge. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Sleeping accommodation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there. 3. Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 4. The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lodging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lodge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Poseidon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn). Pronunciation: /pəˈsaɪdn̩/ 1. The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune. Labels: Greek
Word: boatswain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”). Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.sən/, /ˈbəʊt.sweɪn/, /ˈboʊ.sən/ 1. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs. 2. A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs. 3. A kind of gull, the jaeger. 4. The tropicbird.
Word: cellphone Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfəʊn/, /ˈsɛlfoʊn/ 1. Alternative form of cell phone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cellphones except in emergencies. Example: Nakasone added that the NSA does not purchase cellphone location data of Americans or location data generated by automotive infotainment systems in the United States.
Word: cellphone Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfəʊn/, /ˈsɛlfoʊn/ 1. To make a call to (someone) on a cellphone. Labels: ambitransitive, informal Example: They stood on line, and slept and ate and cellphoned, all night and into the day. Example: That information — including estimates that cellphoning drivers caused 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents in 2002 — was finally pried loose this week by a freedom of information lawsuit.
Word: petty officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-commissioned officer in the Canadian, US and UK Navy and the US Coast Guard; roughly equivalent to a sergeant in the army Example: The rescue swimmer was Coast Guard third petty officer Evan Grills. He was 24 years old, he came from Florida and this was his first rescue.
Word: boatswain-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.
Word: boatswain's chair Part of Speech: noun 1. A short board or other seating, secured in a bridle of ropes, used to hoist a man aloft or over the ship’s side for painting and similar work.
Word: boatswain's pipe Part of Speech: noun 1. A whistle, previously used by boatswain's mates to pipe orders throughout a ship; now used for the ceremonial piping onboard of visiting dignitaries.
Word: dignitary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dignitaire. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ 1. An important or influential person, or one of high rank or position. Example: Chinese dignitaries traveled with us from place to place, and when ready to depart from Urumchi, or Tihwa, we were introduced to the high officials who were going along in the plane. Example: It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.
Word: dignitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French dignitaire. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡnɪtɹi/ 1. Relating to dignity. Labels: not-comparable Example: The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]
Word: bobstay Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.
Word: bollard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), from Old Norse bolr (“stump, trunk”), equivalent to bole + -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒləɹd/, /ˈbɒlɑːd/, /ˈbɒləd/ 1. A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to a wharf, dock, or the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines or towlines are secured. Example: Near-synonym: towing bitt (often coinstantial) Example: Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist. 2. A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
Word: tens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ten Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tens Part of Speech: noun 1. An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours. Example: tens of thousands of voters 2. A pair of tens. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 3. The period from a year ending in 10 to a year ending in 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s); the teens, the oneties. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bolt-rope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boltrope Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bolt rope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: booby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/ 1. A stupid person. Example: A Frenchman, in his own Country, would dress a fine Dinner of twenty Dishes, and all genteel and pretty, for the Expence he will put an English Lord to for dressing one Dish. But then there is the little petty Profit. [...] So much is the blind Folly of this Age, that they would rather be impos'd on by a French Booby, than give Encouragement to a good English Cook! Example: The daughter is said to be well-bred and beautiful; the son an awkward booby, reared up and spoiled at his mother's apron-string. 2. Any of various large tropical seabirds from the genera Sula and Papasula in the family Sulidae, traditionally considered to be stupid. Example: At which time, ſome Boobyes, weary of flight, made our Ship their pearch, an animall ſo ſimple as ſuffers any to take her without feare, as if a ſtupid ſenſe made her careleſſe of danger... Example: We found on St. Paul's only two kinds of birds—the booby and the noddy. The former is a species of gannet, and the latter a tern. Both are of a tame and stupid disposition, and are so unaccustomed to visitors, that I could have killed any number of them with my geological hammer. 3. In the game of croquet, a ball that has not passed through the first wicket. Example: A booby may displace another booby or a bridged ball by roquet, ricochet, or concussion.
Word: booby Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/ 1. To behave stupidly; to act like a booby. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: Who lounge and who loot, and who booby about, / No knowledge within, and no manners without; 2. To install a booby trap on or at (something); to attack (someone) with a booby trap. Labels: transitive Example: Self Boobied. Donald E. Campbell of Merritt Island, Fla., accidentally tripped on one of the shotgun shell booby traps he had installed
Word: booby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 17th century. From Spanish bobo, from Latin balbus (“stammering”). (bird): Compare typologically Translingual Morus, German Tölpel, Polish głuptak (akin to głupek), Russian о́луша (óluša) (akin to о́лух (ólux)). Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/ 1. Stupid; unintelligent. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: When we arrived at the houſe, I was in the utmoſt confuſion; for the booby ſervants ſtood gaping and grinning at my diſtreſs, and Sir Sampſson himſelf told me, with a laugh as horrible as Caliban's, that he would lend me one of his maids to carry me out airing every morning.
Word: booby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the earlier form bubby. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/ 1. A breast. Labels: childish, colloquial Example: At ten o’clock she was lying on the divan with her boobies in her hands. Example: Got my neck, got my boobies / Got my heart, got my soul / Got my back, I got my sex
Word: booby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English boob Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English booby From boob + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːbi/ 1. Displaying breasts prominently. Labels: informal Example: If it's too tight, I don't want the fat coming out heeya?' She points to the danger spot, where upper arm brushes against glorious bosom, and the top of a strapless dress can cut an unsightly line. 'Am I very booby? Do I look very chesty?' Example: We did a photoshoot the week before and she took the dress from the shoot and said: "I want to wear this for the awards next week. Her publicist was like, "Don't you think it's a bit 'booby' for a kids event?" But she wore it anyway!' 2. Having large breasts. Labels: informal Example: Can I borrow your pink lacey bra? Why? You're like three sizes boobier than me?
Word: booby-hatch Part of Speech: noun 1. A small hatchway in the deck of a ship. 2. A lunatic asylum, workhouse, or similar institution. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: barking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/, /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: barking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berkande, equivalent to bark + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/, /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ 1. Clipping of barking mad. Labels: British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: He’s going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be barking!
Word: barking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English berkyng, berking, berkynge, equivalent to bark + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹkɪŋ/, /ˈbɑːkɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to bark. Example: Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.
Word: boot-topping Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of cleaning the upper part of a ship's underwater hull and daubing it with a protecting layer of antifouling substance. 2. Any substance used for boot-topping, especially a mixture of tallow, sulphur or lime and rosin, which was commonly used to paint the bottoms of wooden ships, as a deterrent against weeds and barnacles, and to reduce friction. 3. The paint of the part of the hull that is designed to be underwater.
Word: parking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From park + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/, /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/, /ˈpɑ(r).kɪnɡ/, [päː(ɾ).kɪŋɡ] 1. present participle and gerund of park Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Parking a car in a tight spot gave him some satisfaction. (as gerund) Example: His parking skills needed improvement. (as participial adjective)
Word: parking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From park + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/, /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/, /ˈpɑ(r).kɪnɡ/, [päː(ɾ).kɪŋɡ] 1. The action of the verb to park. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: free parking Example: Parking in central London can be very difficult. 2. Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: car park, carpark Example: ample parking
Word: parking space Part of Speech: noun 1. A space in which a car or other vehicle can be parked. (Sometimes demarcated with lines painted on the ground.) Labels: countable Example: Holonyms: parking lot, parking garage < parking, car park, carpark Example: They finally found a parking space after circling the block three times. 2. Space in which a car or other vehicle can be parked. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: Meronyms: parking spot, parking place
Word: bora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gamilaraay būru. 1. An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales. Example: Birribirai, a youth not yet admitted to a bora. Example: By far the most important among the ceremonies practised by the aborigines of New South Wales is the Bora, at which youths are initiated to manhood...
Word: bora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either from Serbo-Croatian bura (“downslope wind, northeast or ENE wind”), or from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”) from Latin Boreās. 1. A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world. Example: When the bora blew down from the mountains, announcing the winter, would he ride it on out of town?
Word: estuaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of estuary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bow chaser Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a pair of long guns mounted forward in the bow of a sailing warship to fire directly ahead; used when chasing an enemy to shoot away her sails and rigging
Word: bower anchor Part of Speech: noun 1. each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency.
Word: bowline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bouline, bawelyne. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊlɪn/, /ˈboʊlɪn/ 1. A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails. 2. A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.