nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: asf Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of and so forth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of as fuck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Example: "My dad trying to take panoramics of me. I'm mad asf," Simran tweeted alongside two photos of herself looking like an optical illusion.
Word: prosperous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French prospereus, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed”), from Old Latin pro spere (“according to expectation”), from pro (“for”) + spes (“hope”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/, /ˈpɹɒs.p(ə.)ɹəs/ 1. Characterized by success. Example: Trading Babe Ruth was far more prosperous for the Yankees than for the Red Sox. 2. Well off; affluent. Example: He was raised in a very prosperous household. Example: He wondered how many people were destitute that same night even in his own prosperous country, how many homes were shanties, how many husbands were drunk and wives socked, and how many children were bullied, abused or abandoned. 3. Favorable. Example: He chose a prosperous lottery number that evening. Example: So draw him home to those that mourn ⁠In vain; a favourable speed ⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn.
Word: timeline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + line. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/ 1. A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future). Example: But, as things stand, there's no timeline in place for reopening. 2. The feed of a social media service, especially when ordered chronologically. Example: Your Timeline is essentially your home base on Facebook, the place where all your Facebook friends can view your information and activity. Example: I got bitches askin' me about the code for the Wi-Fi / So they can talk about they timeline / And show me pictures of they friends 3. A schedule of activities; a timetable. Example: “Once you’ve seen how these systems are cobbled together – the biases, the rushed timelines, the constant compromises – you stop seeing AI as futuristic and start seeing it as fragile,” said Adio Dinika, who studies the labor behind AI at the Distributed AI Research Institute, about people who work behind the scenes. 4. An individual universe or reality, especially a parallel/alternate one in which events differ from actual history, or differ from the established canon of a fictional world. Example: on an alternate timeline Example: worst timeline
Word: timeline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From time + line. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/ 1. To analyse a sequence of events or activities. 2. To display such a sequence graphically.
Word: portmanteaux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɔɹtˈmæntoʊz/ 1. plural of portmanteau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: connote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin connotō (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + notō (“mark”). Pronunciation: /kəˈnəʊt/, /kɒˈnəʊt/, /kəˈnoʊt/ 1. To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning. Labels: transitive Example: Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance. 2. To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence. Labels: transitive Example: Poverty connotes hunger. Example: Doctors should be reminded that absence of evidence does not connote a mental illness … 3. To express without overt reference; to imply. Labels: intransitive 4. To require as a logical predicate to consequence. Labels: intransitive
Word: astronomical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since at least 1550, from Middle French astronomique or directly from Latin astronomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομικός (astronomikós). Pronunciation: /ˌæs.tɹəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌæs.tɹəˈnɑm.ɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or relating to astronomy. Labels: not-comparable Example: Finally, all men saw that astronomical knowledge lied not, and they awaited the comet. Example: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. 2. Very large; of vast measure. Labels: comparable Example: At the moment he wondered why anyone would want to visit Khatka, let alone pay some astronomical sum for the privilege. Example: The cost of such a work now, of course, would be astronomical.
Word: activist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English activist From active + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/ 1. One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change. Example: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. Example: The six activists will now face a retrial at Highbury Magistrates' Court, in front of a new judge. 2. One who is conspicuously active in carrying out any occupational or professional functions.
Word: activist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English activist From active + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪ.vɪst/ 1. Behaving as an activist. Example: Even in the area of free speech, Justice Harlan sometimes emerged as more activist than his brother Example: These cell-phoned crowds are activist but not militant; today’s “mobe” is no mob.
Word: IMNSHO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of In my not-so-humble opinion. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, informal, initialism
Word: denote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈnəʊt/, /dɪˈnoʊt/ 1. To indicate; to mark. Labels: transitive Example: The yellow blazes denote the trail. Example: together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly 2. To make overt. Labels: transitive 3. To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning. Labels: transitive Example: The prefix pre- denotes "before", as in preview.
Word: lb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (unit of weight): Abbreviation of libra. Pronunciation: /paʊnd/ 1. Abbreviation of pound (“unit of weight”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The slug is defined as the mass which would accelerate at a rate of 1 ft/s² under a force of one pound-force (lbf). Since 1 lbf is the force exerted on a mass of one pound by a standard gravitational field (of exactly 9.80665 meters per square second), a slug is thus exactly equal to 196133/6096 pounds (about 32.1740485564 lb or 14.593902937206 kg). Example: The drive system can provide a maximum of 516 lbs ft (700 Nm) at any one time.
Word: lb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation Pronunciation: /paʊnd/ 1. leg bye
Word: big top Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From big + top. 1. A circus tent, especially the largest in a given circus, where the central attractions take place. Example: As a trapeze performer, she generally worked in the big top, but due to her injury, she was stuck working concessions. 2. A large tent of the style used for circusses. Labels: broadly 3. The circus; the circus lifestyle. Labels: broadly Example: He had been a big top performer in his youth, but in a twist of fate he had run away to become an investment banker.
Word: fraudulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus (“fraud”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.djə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒʊ.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔː.d͡ʒə.lənt/, /ˈfɹɔːd͡ʒ.lənt/ 1. Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. Example: Secondly, Philoſophy which we are warned not to take heed of : not that Philoſophy, which is true & ſound knowledge attained by naturall diſcourſe of reaſon ; but that Philoſophy which to bolſter hereſie or error, caſteth a fraudulent ſhew of reaſon vpon things which are indeed vnreaſonable, & by that meane as by a ſtratageme ſpoyleth the ſimple which are not able to withſtand ſuch cunning. Example: The only reaſon, why men are not always ſufficiently ſenſible of This ; ſo that Many, who are very Juſt in their Dealings between Man and Man, will yet be very fraudulent or rapacious with regard to the Publick ; is becauſe, in this latter caſe, ’tis not ſo obviouſly and immediately apparent uppon Whom the Injury falls, as it is in the caſe of Private Wrongs. 2. False, phony. Example: He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
Word: wannabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Written form of a reduction of want to be, analyzable as wanna + be. Wannabe can be considered a conversion, category change, or functional shift. While occasionally appearing in print, usually as a less reduced phrase, the popularity of the word took off in the mid-1980s following the Madonna wannabe fashion trend: “wannabe”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒnəbi/ 1. Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant. Labels: attributive, derogatory, informal, often Example: Hollywood's restaurants are full of wannabe actors waiting to be discovered. Example: Most of the people Hiro knows are will-bes or wannabes. 2. Someone who wishes to be part of, or to assimilate to, a majority group of which they are not a member. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Bigger, mongrelly and black, he was clearly a Doberman wannabe.
Word: batting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”). Pronunciation: /ˈbætɪŋ/ 1. Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Special cotton for surgery. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: batting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bat + -ing (“action”). Pronunciation: /ˈbætɪŋ/ 1. The act of someone who bats. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the battings of her eyelashes 2. The action of using a bat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: batting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bat + -ing (“action”). Pronunciation: /ˈbætɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: freebie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + -b- (epenthetic) + -ie or free + -bie. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːbi/ 1. Something which is free; a giveaway or handout. Labels: informal Example: I didn't buy a thing, but they were handing out some neat freebies and samples. Example: I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!
Word: giveaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from give away. 1. Something that is given away or handed out for free. Example: The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software. Example: Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway. Everyone loves a giveaway (with the notable exceptions of key chains and nail clippers which have been rendered nearly meaningless by repetition). 2. An event at which things are given away for free. Example: In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings. Example: His counterpart Tom Wiles also speaks directly for the honored persons in giveaways; in Shannon's outgoing princess giveaway, he addresses a woman named Rose as Shannon gives her a dance shawl: "Shannon says/ now you can kick up your heels" (Wiles 1999) 3. The act of giving something away for free. Example: Frankly, I think extension of this policy to the nation through the Eisenhower administration policy of 'partnership' with private power monopoly would be the most colossal giveaway in history — 20 or 30 times as big as Teapot Dome or Tideland Oil. Example: Late May is the target date for giveaway of the new NPP FloraCopter game by retail Aorists to increase their “in-store traffic" and sales. 4. An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent. Example: Near-synonyms: clue, sign, tell Example: The frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake.
Word: giveaway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from give away. 1. free of charge, at no cost. Labels: attributive, not-comparable 2. very low. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.
Word: on the ball Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things. Labels: idiomatic Example: If I had been more on the ball I would have asked when he called me. 2. Being in control of the ball. Example: ...Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a third straight defeat. 3. Playing as a midfielder.
Word: infotainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of information + entertainment. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt/, /ˌɪnfoʊˈteɪnmənt/ 1. A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment, consisting of mostly celebrity news and human drama. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Information and/or entertainment facilities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unsurprisingly, more people are choosing not to use their car’s native infotainment controls. Only 56 percent of owners prefer to use their vehicle’s built-in system to play audio, down from 70 percent in 2020, JD Power found. Less than half of owners said they like using their car’s native controls for navigation, voice recognition, or to make phone calls. 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: miscegenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Latin miscēre (“mix”) + Latin genus (“race”) + -ation. Coined by American journalist David Goodman Croly in 1864 and first used in an anonymous pamphlet he coauthored, which claimed to be written by a person who believed in the inherent unity of all racial groups, that marriage between blacks and whites would create a better race, and that the American Civil War was a fight for the latter idea. Later, it was exposed that the pretext of the pamphlet was false and that it had actually been written by a group which hoped to inflame anger, particularly against then-US President Abraham Lincoln who was up for reelection. Replaced previous amalgamation, from metallurgy. Pronunciation: /mɪˌsɛd͡ʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Anissimov took to posting paranoid white supremacist rants on Twitter. Why, he asked, do “blacks get your own continent”? “European whites are being replaced and destroyed by ‘diversity,’” he cried. He denounced miscegenation and declared that women should be confined to the home. 2. A mixing or blending, especially one which is considered to be inappropriate. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: as is clear in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, it has a horror of any spiritual miscegenation between the human and the natural. Example: ... if a miscegenation of Latin and Sanskrit may be permitted.
Word: antimiscegenation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English miscegenation English antimiscegenation From anti- + miscegenation. 1. Against mixing or blending; especially, against the mixing or blending of races in marriage or breeding. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: antimiscegenation laws
Word: classify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/, /ˈklæs.əˌfaɪ/ 1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize Example: Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb? 2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret Example: They decided to classify that information. 3. To make classy
Word: classified Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From classify + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsəfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of classify Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.
Word: classified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From classify + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsəfaɪd/ 1. Sorted into classes or categories. 2. Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal. Example: We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information. Example: Charlie: Where did you see this? Maverick: That's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. Charlie: I have Top Secret clearance. The Pentagon sees to it that I know more than you. 3. Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization. Example: I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified.
Word: classified Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From classified advertisement, by shortening. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsəfaɪd/ 1. A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine. Labels: informal Example: He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.
Word: categorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English categorize From category + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈkætɪɡəˌɹaɪz/, /ˈkætəɡəˌɹaɪz/, /ˈkætəɡɔˌɹaɪz/ 1. To assign a category; to divide into classes. Labels: transitive Example: First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.
Word: white slaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white slave + -er. 1. A trafficker in white slaves. Example: [I]t had occurred to her that Jonquil might have been kidnapped by white-slavers for selling into a den of vice in Egypt, as in a tale she had once read.
Word: white slave Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman (of European descent) sold into prostitution, especially when transported to a country primarily inhabited by nonwhites. Example: “I see. And you’re now going to tell me that Bertha Gotobed was got hold of by the White Slave people.” “How did you know?” asked Parker, a little peevishly. “Because Scotland Yard have two maggots which crop up whenever anything happens to a young woman. Either it’s White Slavery or Dope Dens⁠—sometimes both. You are going to say it’s both.”
Word: whitebait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + bait. 1. The young of various species of fish, especially herrings, sprats or smelts Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Food prepared from such fish, often deep fried and served as a starter or snack. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whitebait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From white + bait. 1. To fish for whitebait. Labels: intransitive
Word: whiting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -ing English whiting From white + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/, /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/ 1. A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
Word: whiting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English -ing English whiting From white + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/, /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of white Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whiting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whityng, whytyng, perhaps an alteration of Old English hwītling (“whiting”), remodelled after white + -ing (diminutive suffix). Related to the colour white. Cognate with Dutch wijting (“whiting”), Old Norse hvítingr (“a kind of whale”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtɪŋ/, /ˈʍaɪtɪŋ/ 1. A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US). 2. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: Labels: US 3. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: Labels: Canada 4. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: 5. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: Example: Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish. 6. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus: 7. Any fish of many species that resemble Merlangius merlangus:
Word: whiz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid). Pronunciation: /wɪz/ 1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. Labels: US 2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound. Labels: US 3. To throw or spin rapidly. Labels: US Example: I whizzed the ball past the catcher. 4. To urinate. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: We whizzed in the bushes. Example: The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again.
Word: whiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid). Pronunciation: /wɪz/ 1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry pranks and tricks. 2. Someone who is remarkably skilled at something. Labels: US, countable, informal, uncountable Example: He's a whiz with the computers. Example: The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces. 3. An act of urination. Labels: US, countable, especially, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: I have to take a whiz. Example: I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro 4. Amphetamine. Labels: UK, US, slang, uncountable Example: And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz 5. Pickpocketing. Labels: UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]
Word: whiz Part of Speech: prep Etymology: See with. Pronunciation: /wɪz/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of with. Labels: US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang
Word: whoa Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”). Pronunciation: /wəʊ/, /ʍəʊ/, /woʊ/, /ʍoʊ/ 1. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. Example: Whoa, Nelly! Example: The Negroes, having waited for the white people to go upstairs, began to come in. “Whoa now, just a minute,” said a club member, holding up his walking stick. “Just don’t start up them there stairs yet awhile.” 2. An expression of surprise. Example: Whoa, are you serious? Example: Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me? 3. Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics. Example: I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa. Example: And oh whoa girl, it's a shame. Oh whoa girl, it's a doggone shame.
Word: whoa Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”). Pronunciation: /wəʊ/, /ʍəʊ/, /woʊ/, /ʍoʊ/ 1. To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa". Labels: transitive Example: He was whoaing the horses loudly, and they did seem to be going faster than usual—in fact, they were galloping.
Word: wholehearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whole + hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England. Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/ 1. Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.
Word: wholesaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wholesale + -er. 1. A person or company that buys merchandise from manufacturers, importers, or distributors and resells the merchandise to retail businesses and to business and institutional end users. Example: He observed that a wholesaler who supplied my grandfather with goods continued to advertise the implements of a new game, called "Sphairistike." Example: Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.
Word: make a meal of Part of Speech: verb 1. To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Some people can make a meal out of the simplest task. If you give it to a busy person, they don’t have time to muck around on the edges and worry about it — they’ll just do it. Example: They both looked good – I would have been happy with either version. There was no point in making a meal of the decision, so I just picked up the one which was nearest to me on the desk and said, ‘We’ll go with this one.’ 2. To eat something as a meal. Example: Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you.
Word: Wellingtonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Wellington Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Wellingtonian From Wellington + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A resident of Wellington, New Zealand.
Word: wholesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊl.səm/, /ˈhəʊl.səm/ 1. Promoting good physical health and well-being. Example: I prethee go, and get me ſome repaſt, I care not what, ſo it be holſome foode. Example: Everything we do is so wholesome. 2. Promoting moral and mental well-being. Example: Though hard, my friends, yet wholesome are the truths, taught in affliction's school, whence the pure soul rises refined, and soars above the world. 3. Favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; sensible; conducive to good; salutary; promoting virtue or being virtuous. Example: A wholeſome tongue is a tree of life: but peruerſneſſe therein is a breach in the ſpirit. 4. Marked by wholeness; sound and healthy. 5. Decent; innocuous; sweet. Example: Sometimes white Lyllies did their Leaves afford, With wholſom Polly-flow'rs, to mend his homely Board: […] Example: The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.
Word: wholly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English holly, holeliche, holliche (also as halely, hallich, etc.). Doublet of earlier holy. By surface analysis, whol(e) + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.li/, [ˈhəʊ.lɪ], /ˈhəʊl.li/, [ˈhɒʊɫ.lɪ], /ˈhoʊ.li/ 1. Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: wholly wrong Example: a wholly-owned subsidiary 2. Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent. Labels: dialectal, excessive, informal, not-comparable Example: ‘You ain't very strong, are you?’ said a neighbour with sympathetic intent, and ‘You don't have very good health, I expect?’ asked another. Mr Colville said, ‘He do look wholly pale, that's a fact.’ The word ‘wholly’ thus used puzzled me for some time. In Suffolk it is used for ‘very’ or ‘really’, and crops up in almost every sentence. But at first I thought Mr Colville was ascribing to me an air of sanctity. 3. Exclusively and solely. Labels: not-comparable Example: A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.
Word: whooping cough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whooping + cough, from the characteristic-sounding cough that is a major symptom. Pronunciation: /ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɒf/, /ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɔːf/, /ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɔf/, /ˈwʊpɪŋ ˌkɔf/ 1. A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whop + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒpə/, [ˈwɒpə], /ˈʍɒpə/, [ˈʍɒpə], /ˈwɑpɚ/ 1. Something remarkably large. Labels: informal Example: I’d gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn’t quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound. Example: I’ve just run down from Ulster County to look at the town, bein’ that the hayin’s over with. Gosh! but it’s a whopper. I thought Poughkeepsie was some punkins; but this here town is five times as big. 2. An outrageous or blatant lie. Labels: informal Example: When he got done telling it there was one of them uncomfortable silences that comes, you know, when a person has been telling a whopper and you feel sorry for him and wish you could think of some way to change the subject and let him down easy, […] Example: Coming out with a whopper now. Rhapsodies about damn all. Believes his own lies. Does really. Wonderful liar. But want a good memory.
Word: whopping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: whop (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ 1. Exceptionally great or large. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: It weighed a whopping 700 pounds when it was full. Example: [H]e went his way rejoicing—an eccentric, sun-browned, good-natured, athletic man, with no strong affection for anything except his rifle, and a predilection for relating "whopping" stories of his travels, and incidents of adventure which no mortal since the days of Baron Munchausen could have experienced under any possible circumstances.
Word: whopping Part of Speech: adv Etymology: whop (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ 1. Exceedingly, extremely, very. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: Is she doing a tango? A buck and wing? A soulful modern ballet? No, Joan Crawford is having a whopping good time learning judo, the Japanese art of self-defense, for her new movie, The Caretakers. Joan plays a nurse who uses judo holds to subdue unruly patients in a mental hospital. Example: Doss and I run the house, cooking dinner—whopping great pots of stew and rice, sewing and darning clothes, ironing, bathing the kids, blacking the grate, scrubbing the doorstep, running errands.
Word: whopping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: whop (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of whop. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whopping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: whop (verb) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɒpɪŋ/, /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ 1. A beating. Example: When I saw Dr. Vaughan, he was excessively kind, and told me that he was exceedingly sorry that I should have got into a mess with any of the monitors, and that, as far as he heard, I was to blame in what I had said, and so he should advise me to take the whopping, as there was no cowardice in taking anything from a legal power. Example: At least this taught me to hate violence which to me translated into thick ears or sound whoppings on the behind.
Word: whosoever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whosoever. By surface analysis, who + so + ever. Pronunciation: /huːsəʊˈɛvə/, /huːsoʊˈɛvɚ/ 1. Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever. Labels: formal Example: Whosoever partakes of this elixir shall have eternal life. Example: If thou do pardon whoſoeuer pray, / More ſinnes for this forgiueneſs proſper may: […]
Word: booth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English bothe, from Old East Norse *bóð, from Proto-Germanic *bōþō, *būþiz, *buþǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-. Compare Middle Low German bôde, Middle Dutch boede, German Bude. Pronunciation: /buːð/, /buːθ/, /buθ/, /bʉθ/, /bʉð/ 1. A small stall for the display and sale of goods. 2. A temporary shelter, often in the form of a tent, shed, or canopied structure. Labels: dated Example: When Gro came to the Witches’ booths he found them guarded even as the Red Foliot had said, and the booths of them of Demonland in like manner. So went he into the royal booth where the King lay in state on a bier of spear-shafts, robed in his kingly robes over his armour that was painted black and inlaid with gold, and the crown of Witchland on his head. 3. A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth. 4. An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café. Example: Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025. 5. An enclosure for keeping animals. 6. A recording studio. Labels: slang
Word: cubicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubiculum. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/, /ˈkjubɪkəl/, /ˈkjʉːbɪkəl/, /ˈkjʉːbəkəl/ 1. A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment. Example: Near-synonyms: carrel (sometimes synonymous), carol Example: Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study. 2. A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing. 3. A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use. Labels: Australia, UK Example: With more urinals than cubicles, men - unlike women - rarely queue, a Royal Society for Public Health report says. Example: The toilets will have weight-sensitive floors to make sure only one person is using each cubicle at a time.
Word: unattended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + attended. 1. Not attended; without persons present. Labels: not-comparable Example: The meeting went largely unattended, since it took place on Christmas Eve. Example: System administrators may schedule an unattended installation of the software. 2. Not attended to; not receiving attention. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fire was caused by an unattended electric blanket. Example: I have been attempting to persuade gay organizations and leaders to take this approach, without concrete results. It is a serious failure of gay leadership not to have organized open defiance of sodomy laws, and my own attitude is not to wait for leaders when there is an unattended need.
Word: recline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/ 1. To cause to lean back; to bend back. Labels: transitive 2. To put in a resting position. Labels: transitive Example: She reclined her arms on the table and sighed. Example: The mother, lovely tho' with grief oppreſt, / Reclin'd his dying head upon her breaſt. 3. To lean back. Labels: intransitive Example: to recline against a wall 4. To put oneself in a resting position. Labels: intransitive Example: to recline on a couch
Word: recline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reclīnāre (“to bend back”). Compare decline, incline. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈklaɪn/, /ɹəˈklaɪn/ 1. A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism. Example: To gain a little more space, airlines are turning to a new generation of seats that use lighter materials and less padding, moving the magazine pocket above the tray table and even reducing or eliminating the recline in seats.
Word: Istanbul Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish İstanbul, from Ottoman Turkish استانبول (İstanbul), a corruption of Byzantine Greek εἰς τὴν Πόλιν (eis tḕn Pólin, “to the City”), which is how Constantinople was referred to by the local Greeks. Pronunciation: /ɪ.stænˈbʊl/, [ˌɪ.stæmˈbʊɫ], /ˈɪ.stɑːn.bʊl/, [ˈɪ.stɑːmˌbʊɫ], /ɪsˈtɑːn.bʊl/ 1. A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). Example: Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war. 2. A province in Turkey.
Word: sousaphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈsuːsəˌfoʊn/ 1. A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder. Example: One version of the large tuba, popular in marching bands, is called a sousaphone in honor of bandsman John Philip Sousa.
Word: ha-ha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: ] Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːhɑː/, /hɑːˈhɑː/, /ˈhɑˌhɑ/, /ˌhɑˈhɑ/ 1. An approximation of the sound of laughter.
Word: ha-ha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːhɑː/, /hɑːˈhɑː/, /ˈhɑˌhɑ/, /ˌhɑˈhɑ/ 1. A laugh. Example: His ha-ha grated on our ears as he fled down the stairs three steps at a time with us in hot pursuit. Example: Ha-has from both sides of the door. 2. Something funny; a joke. Example: Durty Nelly's, […] You'll catch a few ha-has and even a golden memory or two singing along with the house piano player. Example: She is not rewarded until she learns to reduce her expectations, and surprises (the ha-has of this novel) are the educational tool.
Word: ha-ha Part of Speech: verb Etymology: ] Imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːhɑː/, /hɑːˈhɑː/, /ˈhɑˌhɑ/, /ˌhɑˈhɑ/ 1. To laugh. Example: He was much affected, said it was his lullaby when he was a baby, that she must stop or she would have him boo-hoo-ing right out. But he was ha-ha-ing a few moments after, and begging her “To take him for her lover, and let all those inconstant swains glide, they were not worth one of those invaluable pearls he saw in her eyes, when he met her.” Example: Out with the fashion that will let a man smile, but pronounces him vulgar if he ha-ha’s.
Word: ha-ha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French haha, supposedly from ha! as an expression of surprise. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːhɑː/, /ˈhɑˌhɑ/ 1. A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines. Example: A few steps farther brought them out at the bottom of the very walk they had been talking of; and standing back, well shaded and sheltered, and looking over a ha-ha into the park, was a comfortable-sized bench, on which they all sat down. Example: This pathway ran up hill, across another open space covered with white incrustation, and plunged into a canebrake again. Then suddenly it turned parallel with the edge of a steep-walled gap, which came without warning, like the ha-ha of an English park,—turned with an unexpected abruptness. I was still running with all my might, and I never saw this drop until I was flying headlong through the air.
Word: haha Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English haha, ha ha, from Old English ha ha (interjection), ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Frisian haha (interjection), Middle Low German hahā, hahahā (interjection), Middle High German hahā, haha (interjection), all expressions of joy or of laughter. 1. An onomatopoeic representation of laughter.
Word: haha Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haha, ha ha, from Old English ha ha (interjection), ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Frisian haha (interjection), Middle Low German hahā, hahahā (interjection), Middle High German hahā, haha (interjection), all expressions of joy or of laughter. 1. To laugh. Example: First he regarded the strangers, then his own band, and his mouth was expanded to a still wider grin; his eyes opened to their fullest extent, and at last he haha’d as furiously and heartily as the worst of the sailors, which was naturally the signal for an outbreak on the part of the islanders. Example: Emett yelled for him, and Jones and Jim “hahaed!”
Word: haha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French haha. The French term attested 1686 in toponyms in New France (present-day Quebec); compare modern Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. Usual etymology is that an expression of surprise – “ha ha” or “ah! ah!” is exclaimed on encountering such a boundary. In France this is traditionally attributed to the reaction of Louis, Grand Dauphin to encountering such a feature in the gardens of the Château de Meudon. The English term attested 1712, in translation by John James of French La theorie et la pratique du jardinage (1709) by Dezallier d'Argenville: Grills of iron are very necessary ornaments in the lines of walks, to extend the view, and to show the country to advantage. At present we frequently make thoroughviews, called Ah, Ah, which are openings in the walls, without grills, to the very level of the walks, with a large and deep ditch at the foot of them, lined on both sides to sustain the earth, and prevent the getting over; which surprises the eye upon coming near it, and makes one laugh, Ha! Ha! from where it takes its name. This sort of opening is haha, on some occasions, to be preferred, for that it does not at all interrupt the prospect, as the bars of a grill do. 1. A type of boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, designed not to interrupt the view and to be invisible until closely approached. Example: The Ha Ha But the capital stroke, the leading step to all that, has followed, was (I believe the first thought was Bridgman's) the destruction of walls for boundaries, and the invention of fosses - an attempt then deemed so astonishing, that the common people called them Ha! Ha's! to express their surprise at finding a sudden and unperceived check to their walk. One of the first gardens planted in this simple though still formal style was my father's at Houghton. It was laid out by Mr. Eyre, an imitator of Bridgman. It contains three-and-twenty acres, then reckoned a considerable portion. Example: Haha! or Fossee, are Terms of the same Signification, tho' the First is a new coin'd Word, they mean a Ditch, or Moat to Enclose a Garden, whether the Ditch has Water in it, or not, but the Haha, by the Custom of five or six Years, intimates a dry Ditch, so regulated by Slopes, and so Deep that it is unpassable. It makes a fine open Fence to a Ground.
Word: haha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian hāhā. 1. A large leafy Hawaiian plant, Gunnera petaloidea. Labels: uncountable