nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: zero in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The phrase possibly comes from adjusting a sighting mechanism of a firearm to minimise the discrepancy between where the sight points and where a bullet lands on a target. Another possible source is the Cartesian coordinate system in mathematics. In the coordinate system, points are defined relative to an origin (point of reference) labeled O, which has an (x,y) coordinate pair of (0,0). 1. To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center (on something). Example: The pilot zeroed in on the bunker and launched a guided missile. Example: Zero in and find a watermark in the image. 2. To successfully narrow down a search (for). Example: We have zeroed in on the source of the problem. Example: See if you can zero in on the caller. 3. To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task). Example: One member of the check fraud team will zero in on the fingerprints. Example: Scholarship suggests that pop culture feminists have correctly zeroed in on sexual double standards as a key source of gender inequality in sexuality. 4. To converge (on). Labels: idiomatic Example: At the spring sale, everyone zeroed in on the bargain clothes. Example: With 79 minutes gone, the most celebrated team of the modern age had been reduced to bunch of mooching, stumbling yellow-shirted spectators. A Champions League season that had seemed to be zeroing in on another coronation for Lionel Messi had been wrenched, gleefully, the other way.
Word: all the marbles Part of Speech: noun 1. everything; all that is to be had. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: After a day's worth of events, it came down to one last match; this one was for all the marbles.
Word: fork over Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork. Labels: transitive Example: I forked over half the allotment this morning. 2. To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money. Labels: US, idiomatic, transitive Example: Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets. Example: Valentine’s Day means different things for different people. For Homer, it means forking over a hundred dollars for a dusty box of chocolates at the Kwik-E-Mart after characteristically forgetting the holiday yet again. For Ned, it’s another opportunity to prove his love for his wife. Most germane to the episode, for Lisa, Valentine’s Day means being the only person in her entire class to give Ralph a Valentine after noticing him looking crestfallen and alone at his desk.
Word: take it easy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From take easy + it. 1. To relax or rest. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I'm going to stay home Saturday and take it easy. Example: Take it easy, it's just a game! 2. Synonym of go easy (“treat gently and with understanding”) Labels: informal
Word: take it easy Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From take easy + it. 1. A farewell. Labels: informal Example: I'm going home now. Take it easy.
Word: put one's feet up Part of Speech: verb 1. To relax. Labels: idiomatic Example: It is also disconcerting when you suddenly realise that the driver isn't steering, but may be thumbing over his Customs papers with his feet up. Example: One thing Tuchel did not need to learn was how important Kane is to England, as the captain proved once again he has the knack for a timely goal. A deft gliding header from Djed Spence's cross gave Kane his 67th goal of the season, just before he could put his feet up for the rest of the game.
Word: kick back Part of Speech: verb 1. To relax; to laze. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: I'm going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back. Example: Ooh, bet you're thinking, "She's so cool" Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room Wait, I think I've been there too 2. To pay part of the proceeds of a transaction to a person or organization that mediated it, often in a way that is covert, improper, and illegal. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive, transitive Example: It was the local government’s practice to kick back to the police officer a portion of the fines collected from traffic tickets. Example: It was the insurer’s practice to kick back to the broker approximately 0.12% of the premium paid by the policyholder. 3. To return (something) to its original or rightful owner. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: They'll kick it back to you if it turns up. 4. To drink (something). Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: We'll kick back some beers. 5. To move suddenly and forcefully in reaction to the main action (for example, when a firearm jerks backward when a bullet is fired, or when a table saw thrusts the workpiece in an unexpected direction). Example: You better watch yourself around that saw. That thing kicks back real hard occasionally, with no warning. Example: My revolver can handle .357 Magnum cartridges, but I use .38 Special, because I don't need it kicking back harder than a mule.
Word: kick back Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of kickback. Labels: alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: kickback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from kick back. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪkbæk/ 1. A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity. Labels: countable Example: Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle. 2. A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe. Labels: countable, informal Example: Central to his [Yury Skuratov's] investigation were kickbacks supposedly paid by a Swiss construction company for contracts to restore government buildings, including both houses of parliament. Example: You sell cars and help arrange car insurance for buyers. Insurance brokers pay back part of their commissions to you for referring customers to them. You must include the kickbacks in your income. 3. Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator. Labels: uncountable 4. An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward. Labels: countable 5. An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end. Labels: countable 8. In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit. Labels: uncountable 9. A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We've come a long way since then. The progeny of that nail have been bent and twisted into what we all know and love as roll overs, kickbacks, and thumper-bumpers. 10. A relaxed party. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: doozy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources. Pronunciation: /ˈduːzi/ 1. Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy. Example: "Boy!" said Hazel, "that was a doozy, wasn't it?" It was such a doozy that George was white and trembling, and tears stood on the rims of his red eyes.
Word: doozy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. First appearance 1903. Perhaps from daisy (“the flower”) (Rudyard Kipling used daisy in this sense) or the name of Italian actress Eleonora Duse. The automobile manufacturer Duesenberg is often erroneously cited as the origin, but the word existed more than a decade earlier. Alternatively, possibly from Polish duży, but this is chronologically unlikely and not attested in period sources. Pronunciation: /ˈduːzi/ 1. Of high quality; remarkable; excellent. Labels: US, dated, not-comparable, slang, usually Example: As soon as the races were billed he began to evolve Schemes — one Doozy scheme followed the other... Example: The hydra wasn't the doozy? How could it not be the doozy? What could be doozier than that? 2. Sporty, ostentatious, flashy. Labels: US, dated, not-comparable, slang, usually Example: Who was that doozy fellow I saw you with? Example: Sweetie, do let me show you the dooziest little afternoon frock that Poiret designed for me in Paris.
Word: woozy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English wōse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y Middle English wosy English woozy From Middle English wosy (“muddy, miry”), from Middle English wose (“mud, slime, ooze”) + -y. Doublet of oozy. Perhaps influenced by boozy. Pronunciation: /ˈwuːzi/ 1. Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented. Example: I got off the rollercoaster feeling a bit woozy. 2. Intoxicated by drink or drugs.
Word: deliverable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deliver + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/ 1. Able to be delivered. Example: The packages were not deliverable because the roads had flooded out. Example: Deliverable weapons of mass destruction in the hands of a terror network or a murderous dictator or the two working together constitutes as grave a threat as can be imagined.
Word: deliverable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deliver + -able. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/ 1. The tangible end product; that which will be delivered. Example: Due to inclement weather, we will be unable to provide our deliverables. Example: We packaged the deliverable, a program called FLOOD.EXE, in an installer file.
Word: peekaboo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peek + -a- + boo. Pronunciation: /ˈpikəbu/ 1. A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!". Labels: uncountable
Word: peekaboo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peek + -a- + boo. Pronunciation: /ˈpikəbu/ 1. With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden. Labels: not-comparable Example: The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit. 2. Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it. Labels: not-comparable Example: peekaboo boxing Example: a peekaboo guard
Word: peekaboo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From peek + -a- + boo. Pronunciation: /ˈpikəbu/ 1. To peep out. Labels: intransitive Example: A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted. Example: “Mount Rainier has escaped the clouds.” I turned to the volcano peekabooing through the trees in the distance.
Word: peekaboo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From peek + -a- + boo. Pronunciation: /ˈpikəbu/ 1. Boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly). Example: “The Sire is the oldest living vampire in the world.” “He's the vampire from which all other vampires have descended.” “All of them.” “Do not ever open this door.” “Peekaboo.” (growling)
Word: pat on the back Part of Speech: noun 1. Praise, congratulations. Labels: idiomatic Example: Give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.
Word: pat on the back Part of Speech: verb 1. To praise or congratulate. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Don't pat yourself on the back so vigorously; you might hurt yourself.
Word: slap on the wrist Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslæp ɒn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɑn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɔn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɔʊn ðə ˈɹɪst/ 1. Synonym of wrist-slap. Example: Gorbachev played a skillful diplomatic game in Asia. While enhancing Soviet relations with South Korea—moving from no ties to full diplomatic relations in only three years— he continued to back North Korea, though slapping its leader on the wrist for its nuclear program. While Soviet trade with South Korea will rise from $85 million in 1985 to an estimated $1 billion in 1995, Moscow continued to provide $1 billion in aid to North Korea and to equip the 1.1 million troops in its armed forces with Soviet weapons. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.
Word: slap on the wrist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslæp ɒn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɑn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɔn ðə ˈɹɪst/, /ˈslæp ɔʊn ðə ˈɹɪst/ 1. Synonym of wrist-slap. Example: He got a slap on the wrist, but I don't think he'll reform. Example: Although he permitted "slap on the wrist" against the procurement personnel who misprocured on the basis of incorrect technical information, he did nothing against those technical personnel who "perpetrated misconceptions" and disseminated "statements which were inaccurate, unproven, inconsistent" and who were "biased against JRL interests" and who thus misled these procurement personnel. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.
Word: commonplace book Part of Speech: noun 1. A personal notebook or journal in which memorabilia, quotations, etc., are written. Example: I did this in thirty pages of closely written matter, of which a pressed copy remains in my commonplace-book. Example: The compiler of a commonplace book is on his own; he can put in anything that appeals to him: aphorisms, poems, parts of poems, newspaper clippings, song lyrics, bits of humor, overheard conversations—anything that has struck him as exciting, that he has found stimulating, odd or amusing.
Word: preparation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of preparing or getting ready. Labels: uncountable Example: I went over my notes in preparation for the exam. 2. The state of being prepared; readiness. Labels: uncountable 3. That which is prepared. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs. 4. That which is prepared. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. That which is prepared. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day. Labels: Judaism, countable, uncountable 7. Devotional exercises introducing an office. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scrapbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrap + book. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæpˌbʊk/ 1. A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.
Word: scrapbook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scrap + book. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæpˌbʊk/ 1. To create scrapbooks. Labels: intransitive
Word: instruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/, /ɪnˈstɹakt/ 1. To teach by giving instructions. Labels: transitive Example: Listen carefully when someone instructs you how to assemble the furniture. Example: Supply me with the habit and instruct me How I may formally in person bear me Like a true friar. 2. To tell (someone) what they must or should do. Labels: transitive Example: Usage note: "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise" Example: The doctor instructed me to keep my arm immobilised and begin physiotherapy. 3. To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it. Labels: transitive Example: If you're not careful, I'm going to instruct a solicitor over this.
Word: instruct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/, /ɪnˈstɹakt/ 1. Instruction. Labels: obsolete
Word: instruct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/, /ɪnˈstɹakt/ 1. Arranged; furnished; provided. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: For he had neither ship, instruct with oares, Nor men to fetch him from those stranger shores. 2. Instructed; taught; enlightened. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Who ever by consulting at thy shrine Return’d the wiser, or the more instruct To flye or follow what concern’d him most, And run not sooner to his fatal snare?
Word: count on Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kaʊntʌn/, /kaʊnʌn/ 1. To rely on, trust, or expect. Labels: transitive Example: Don't count on being able to get back into the building after 5pm. Example: Can we count on you to help out?
Word: engagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French engagement. Equivalent to engage + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ 1. An appointment, especially to speak or perform. Labels: countable Example: The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week. Example: prior engagement 2. Connection or attachment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle. 3. The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: In a recent study with a movie recommendation site […], higher message interactivity in the form of footprints of user actions, responsive suggestions in a search box, and live-chatting with an online agent led to greater perceived contingency and engagement with the site, which ultimately created more positive attitudes toward it and higher intention to recommend the site to others. Example: Mr. Yudkowsky said OpenAI might have primed ChatGPT to entertain the delusions of users by optimizing its chatbot for “engagement” — creating conversations that keep a user hooked. 4. The period of time when marriage is planned or promised. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date. 5. In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The engagement resulted in many casualties. 6. The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter. Labels: countable Example: After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail. 7. A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with some content after an impression. Labels: Internet, countable 8. A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with some content after an impression. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: A new peer-reviewed study from researchers at New York University and the Université Grenoble Alpes in France will show that misinformation got six times as much engagement on Facebook as real news, The Washington Post reports. Example: “Healthy engagement” is how the company describes its aim. “We are building ChatGPT to help users thrive and reach their goals,” Hannah Wong, OpenAI’s spokeswoman, said.
Word: petits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: theater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyh₂-der. Ancient Greek θεάομαι (theáomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron)der. Latin theātrumbor. Old French teatrebor. Middle English theater, theatre English theater Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”), from θεᾰ́ομαι (theắomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr. Pronunciation: /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, /ˈθɪə.tɚ/, /ˈθi.eɪ.tɚ/, /ˈθiː.ə.tə/, /ˈθɪə.tə/ 1. A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on. Labels: US, countable 2. A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war. Example: Percy had been too big for the town since he got back from the war. He served in the Pacific theater, behind the lines keeping up the supply chain. 3. A lecture theatre. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: This man is about to die, get him into theater at once! 5. A cinema. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen. 6. Drama or performance as a profession or art form. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I worked in theater for twenty-five years. 7. Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 8. A conspicuous but unproductive display of action. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable Example: The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater. Example: security theater; hygiene theater
Word: Country Code Part of Speech: name 1. a set of rules and regulations aimed at tourists visiting the countryside Labels: UK
Word: œuvre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of oeuvre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gaga Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French gaga. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/, /ˈɡɑːɡə/ 1. Mentally senile. Labels: informal Example: The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga. 2. Crazy. Labels: informal Example: You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long. Example: 'They're just making it look as if all their big shots were gaga. God knows how they're going to unscramble the whole business.' 3. Infatuated. Labels: informal Example: The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Word: gaga Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/, /ˈɡɑːɡə/ 1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: mandible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.dɪb.əl/, [ˈmæn.dɪb.əl] ~ [ˈmæn.dɪb.l̩], /ˈmeə̯n.dɪb.əl/, [ˈmeə̯n.dɪb.əl] ~ [ˈmeə̯n.dɪb.l̩], /ˈmɛə̯n.dɪb.əl/ 1. The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes. 2. Either of the upper and lower segments of a bird's beak. 3. Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials. 4. Any of various invertebrate mouthparts serving to hold or bite food materials.
Word: mandibula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin mandibula (“a jaw”), from mandō (“to chew, masticate”) + -bula (instrument noun suffix). Pronunciation: /manˈdɪb.jʊl.ə/, /mænˈdɪb.jəl.ə/ 1. Obsolete form of mandible. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Malaysian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Malay Melayuder. English Malay Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Malaysia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Malaysian From Malaysia + -an. Pronunciation: /məˈleɪ.zi.ən/, /məˈleɪ.ʒən/, /məlejsiən/, /məlejʃən/ 1. Pertaining to the country of Malaysia. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the Malay language spoken in Malaysia. Labels: not-comparable 3. Pertaining to the Malay Archipelago. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But, in their intercourse with strangers and enemies, the treachery of the Malaysian character is fully displayed.
Word: Malaysian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Malay Melayuder. English Malay Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Malaysia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Malaysian From Malaysia + -an. Pronunciation: /məˈleɪ.zi.ən/, /məˈleɪ.ʒən/, /məlejsiən/, /məlejʃən/ 1. A native of Malaysia. 2. A native of the Malay Archipelago. Labels: obsolete Example: The insular position of the greater parts of the Malaysians has made them expert and intrepid mariners; and they have carried to a high degree of perfection the construction of their various kinds of vessels. The Achinese and the Siaks of Sumatra, the Macassars and Bugis of Celebes, the Tagales of Luzon, and the natives of Mandanao, Sooloo, and Bali, excel all the other Malaysians in this art.
Word: Malaysian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Malay Melayuder. English Malay Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Malaysia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Malaysian From Malaysia + -an. Pronunciation: /məˈleɪ.zi.ən/, /məˈleɪ.ʒən/, /məlejsiən/, /məlejʃən/ 1. The Malay language, specifically the one spoken in Malaysia.
Word: exsanguination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English exsanguinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English exsanguination From exsanguinate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. Bloodletting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Hemorrhage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of draining the blood of an animal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats. Indeed, they may have killed in a similar way - by exsanguination. 5. Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ROTC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Labels: Philippines, South-Korea, Taiwan, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A trumpeteer from Ft. Polk sounded colors and an ROTC color guard raised the US flag to the top of a silver staff. Example: Adrian Rivera, 22, who had been in a high school woodworking class with him, said that Mr. Robinson would often hang around the area designated for the Junior R.O.T.C., or Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, with other students who were interested in the military program. 2. Initialism of Republic of the Congo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, nonstandard
Word: E4M Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of the name of the program, with "4" standing for "for". 1. Initialism of Encryption for the Masses, a disk encryption program similar to scramdisk. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Bushism Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bush + -ism, named after American presidents George W. Bush (1946–) and George H. W. Bush (1924–2018). 1. The political philosophy associated with former US president George W. Bush or his father, former US president George H. W. Bush. Labels: uncountable Example: But to get to the essence of Bushism, it's helpful to go to another and more unusual book, All the Best, George Bush, a collection of letters written by George Bush the elder.
Word: Bushism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bush + -ism, named after American presidents George W. Bush (1946–) and George H. W. Bush (1924–2018). 1. A turn of phrase employed by President George W. Bush that is unintentionally comical due to grammatical errors, malapropisms, etc.
Word: centra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English centrum, from Latin centrum. Doublet of centre/center. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹəm/, [ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊əm] ~ [ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊m̩], /ˈsɪntɹəm/, [ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊əm] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊m̩] 1. A centre. 2. The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached. 3. The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae. 4. The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
Word: leverage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lever + -age. The verb likely comes from martial arts/judo usage, where one would "use an opponent's leverage (i.e. their weight, height, centre of balance, etc.)" against them in order to defeat them. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈliːv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood. Example: In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty. 2. Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation. Example: The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season. 3. The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts. Example: Online margin trading is usually based on leverage, where the brokerage effectively lets you borrow more money than you have deposited as collateral. 4. The debt-to-equity ratio. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In such cases where there is a multiple capital structure the factor known as leverage comes into play. 5. The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage. 6. The distance of between an independent observation and other observations. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: leverage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lever + -age. The verb likely comes from martial arts/judo usage, where one would "use an opponent's leverage (i.e. their weight, height, centre of balance, etc.)" against them in order to defeat them. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈliːv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something). Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement. Example: They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement.
Word: dim sum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 點心／点心 (dim² sam¹), literally “to touch the heart gently; to refresh the heart”. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmˈsʌm/, /ˈdɪm.sʌm/, /dɪmˈsʌm/, /ˈdɪm.sʊm/, /dɪmˈsʊm/ 1. A Cantonese-style meal traditionally eaten in the morning or early afternoon, comprising tea and food typically placed in small steamer baskets or on small plates, and often served from carts that move around from table to table in a restaurant. Labels: uncountable 2. The food served at a dim sum meal, typically including dumplings, seafood, and desserts. Labels: uncountable Example: King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs.
Word: sacroiliac joint Part of Speech: noun 1. an area of the lower spine
Word: bugle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/ 1. A horn used by hunters. 2. A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series 3. The sound of something that bugles. Example: the bugle of an elk 4. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. Example: Then tooke that squire an horne of bugle small, Which hong adowne his side in twisted gold And tassels gay. Example: The tongue so rough, that were it licks, it fetches blood. The Greeks used not these, nor Bugles in Physick, not having tried their vertue; though Indian-woods are full of such, yet parts of them are of more efficacy in medicine, (it is thought) than any part of ordinary Oxen.
Word: bugle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Anglo-Norman buglebor. Middle English bugle English bugle Inherited from Middle English bugle, from Anglo-Norman bugle (“young ox, heifer; bugle”), from Latin būculus (“young ox, steer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/ 1. To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle. Example: “It was as though the very constellations knew our impending sorrow,” he bugled, his head raised to the ceiling, his voice full-throated.
Word: bugle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/ 1. A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim Example: How well so ever I fancied my lectures against pride had conquered the vanity of my daughters; yet I still found them secretly attached to all their former finery: they still loved laces, ribbands, bugles and catgut […] Example: With the exception of a woman in a black silk dress with bugles who, incredible as it may seem, had ordered cocoa and sparkling limado simultaneously and was washing down a meal of Cambridge sausages and pastry with alternate draughts of both liquids, the place was empty.
Word: bugle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”), probably from Latin būculus. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/ 1. jet-black Labels: obsolete Example: Bugle eyeballs.
Word: bugle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bugle (“bugleweed”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French bugle, from Medieval Latin bugilla, probably related to Late Latin bugillo. Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːɡəl/ 1. A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
Word: kehillah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קְהִילָּה (qəhîllâ, “a community, a congregation”). 1. A type of Jewish community in eastern Europe. Labels: Judaism 2. Any Jewish community; especially, a secular Jewish communal organization, or the secular dimension of a religious one. Labels: Judaism
Word: khaddar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi खद्दर (khaddar). 1. A coarse homespun cotton cloth from India. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar blouses beneath which is her coarse bandage-tight bodice.
Word: clean up one's act Part of Speech: verb 1. To reform; to improve one's habits. Labels: idiomatic Example: Someday I'm going to clean up my act and start researching more carefully.
Word: last ditch Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of last-ditch. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He stayed up all night in a last ditch effort to finish on time.
Word: lifejacket Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of life jacket. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket. […] But they are also the reasons for the safety campaigns, for the constant and valiant attempts to persuade fishers to wear lifejackets at work, to figure out how to get someone overboard back on the vessel, to carry ladders or gaffers that someone can grab on to.
Word: gusto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian gusto, from Latin gustus (“taste”). Doublet of cost (see Etymology 3 there). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌstəʊ/, /ˈɡʌstoʊ/ 1. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor. Labels: uncountable Example: He sang with more gusto than talent. Example: Sing, Johnny One-Note / Sing out with gusto / And just overwhelm all the crowd 2. An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavor. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Why should you force wine upon us? We are not all of your gusto. 3. The style in which a work is done, its artistic style, and occasionally, the prevailing style in matters of taste. Labels: uncountable Example: The Designs..are of very mean Gusto. 4. Aesthetic appreciation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Another, who has no Gusto of either sort, believes all those they call Virtuosi to be half-distracted. 5. Of food, flavor or savour. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Melons of the richest gusto abound everywhere.
Word: bok choy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak⁶ coi³, “white vegetable”). Doublet of pechay. Pronunciation: /ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/ 1. Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage. Labels: uncountable Example: A new highway near Hong Kong has the right-of-way where a farmer now squeezes in a patch of bok choy. In the past decade development has overrun much of China's arable land.
Word: usurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”). Pronunciation: /ˈjuːʒəɹə/, /ˈjuːzjəɹə/, /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/, /ˈjuːʒɹəɹ/ 1. A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate. Example: Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to interceſſionate for their ſoules, and ſue out the pardon of their numberleſſe ſins, the whole of that howre (ſauing one minute, when in two words they cryde for mercy,) haue they ſpent, in crying for vengeance againſt you. Example: Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?
Word: rip off Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of rip-off. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: rip off Part of Speech: verb 1. To pull off by ripping. Labels: literally 2. To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers. Example: But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need to return, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal at the end of the last story. 3. To steal. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Rechy's The Sexual Outlaw had been a formative book for me, ever since I ripped it off from a hometown bookstore in my early teens (what was I supposed to do, interact with a clerk?) Example: - Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff? - Five-finger discount, man. 4. To copy, especially illegally. Labels: slang, transitive Example: They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors. Example: Robert Johnson and the devil, man / Don't know who's gonna rip off who
Word: bubble gum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bubblegum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bubblegum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bubble + gum. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/, /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/ 1. A sweet chewing gum formulated to be stretchy so the chewer can blow bubbles with it. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A type of pop music marked by sweetness, pep and charm (rather than depth or complexity). Labels: countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Example: Born in the small town of Rockwood, east Tennessee, Carter’s bubblegum sound and mini-bad boy image made him the definitive millennium child star. 3. A light pink colour, like bubblegum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bubblegum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bubble + gum. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbəlɡʌm/, /ˈbʌbl̩ɡʌm/ 1. Tasting like bubblegum. 2. Sweet, perky, or youthful; (music) poppy. Labels: broadly, figuratively, informal Example: Last year, the Daily Mail found that Emily in Paris, a bubblegum dramedy starring Lily Collins, plugged 37 brands throughout 10 episodes.
Word: up for Part of Speech: prep 1. Willing to participate in; interested in. Labels: idiomatic Example: Are you up for a trip to the library today? Example: Neither team were up for this third-round replay, their lack of enthusiasm betrayed by 16 changes from the line-ups they used in league combat at the weekend. 2. Being or due to be evaluated, inspected, judged, considered, sold, etc., in the stated circumstances or by the stated method. Labels: idiomatic Example: He is up for reelection next year, so he will try to control his image. Example: He is up for second degree murder.
Word: up to Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English up to, from Old English up tō. Pronunciation: /ˈʌp tuː/, /ˈʌp tə/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, to. Example: She went up to the third floor. Example: Go up to the counter and ask. 2. Capable, ready or equipped, having sufficient material preconditions for, possibly willpower (at a particular moment). Example: to feel up to it Example: Are you up to lifting something that heavy? 3. Capable, ready or equipped, having sufficient material preconditions for, possibly willpower (at a particular moment). Example: Are you up to going to the beach? 4. As much as; no more than (also with of). Example: You can make up to five copies. Example: Violators may face a fine of up to $300. 5. Until. Example: Up to that point, I liked her. Example: I've read up to chapter 5. 6. Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in. Example: It’s up to you whether to get the blue one or the red one. Example: It's up to the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty. 7. Doing, involved in. Example: to be up to Example: I have no idea what they've been getting up to while we've been away. 8. Doing, involved in. Example: He looked like a man up to no good. Example: What are you kids up to with all that toilet paper? 9. Considering all members of an equivalence class the same. Example: There’s only one rooted tree with two leaves, up to ordering. 10. Familiar with the meaning of; able to understand. Labels: archaic, slang Example: “Oh,” said Mr. Pickwick. “My what, did you say?” “Your chummage ticket,” replied Mr. Roker; “you’re up to that?” “Not quite,” replied Mr. Pickwick, with a smile. “Why,” said Mr. Roker, “it’s as plain as Salisbury. You’ll have a chummage ticket upon twenty-seven in the third, and them as is in the room will be your chums.” 11. Taught by; in the class of. Example: I was up to Mr. Wayte, and, although he was a fairly easy and by no means strict master, […] Example: I was up to Mr. Luxmoore, who was to be a lifelong friend. The last days of my last half were like a dream. I was hardly conscious of the reality of things, and I did not yet fully realise that my Eton life was coming to an end […]
Word: post card Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of postcard. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: have had it up to here Part of Speech: verb 1. To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I have had it up to here with your nonsense!
Word: up to here Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: All such constructions, along with elbow-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, neckdeep, and so on, rely on the same metaphor: the depth to which a wader or swimmer is submerged in a body of water. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up to, here. Example: Just fill the bucket with water up to here. 2. Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped. Labels: idiomatic Example: I have been up to here in paperwork all week. Example: They have their lives to live and I'm up to here in disgust with mine. 3. Used as an intensifier. Example: I have had it up to here with his sarcasm. Example: I am stuffed up to here with appetizers.
Word: watch paint dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To watch something that has virtually no movement, hence, something very boring. Labels: humorous Example: I expected his new play to be as good as the last, but it was like watching paint dry. Example: I click on it. And wait. And wait. And wait. Why does it take so long? It's so slow. This is worse than watching paint dry. Not that I've actually ever watched paint dry. Or even painted.
Word: wyrm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited. Pronunciation: /wɜːm/, /wɝm/ 1. A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature. 2. A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
Word: exoculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exoculātus, perfect passive participle of exoculō (“to remove the eyes”). 1. To deprive of eyes; blind. Labels: transitive