nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: kit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in American English in the mid 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt/, [ˈkʰɪt] 1. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish. 3. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dudes! You simply have too much stuff in your kit! But don't sweat it, I can buy some stuff you don't need. 4. Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Always carry a good first-aid kit. 5. A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I built the entire car from a kit. 6. The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. 7. Clothing. Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Get your kit off and come to bed. Example: The Argentina fan who risked jail by getting her kit off at the World Cup final has broken her silence by posting more topless videos. 8. A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 9. The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A drum kit. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The whole set; kit and caboodle. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: Do you know the proportion between ten and twelve or thirteen? — No; I should suppose you may take the whole kit of them as thirty; and the rest are people at from twenty to forty years of age.
Word: kit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in American English in the mid 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt/, [ˈkʰɪt] 1. To assemble or collect something into kits. Labels: transitive Example: We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool. 2. To equip (somebody) with something. Labels: transitive
Word: kit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: A young red fox emerging from a burrow, looking at the camera] A short form of kitten or kitling. From the 16th century, spelled kytte, kitt. From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox (kit fox). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt/, [ˈkʰɪt] 1. A kitten (young cat). 2. A cat in general. Labels: broadly Example: “You must call them ‘squibs and crackers.’ And what would you call her?” pointing to the cat. ¶ “Cat or kit, or whatever you please, sir.” 3. A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis). 4. A young fox. 5. A young beaver. 6. A young ferret. 7. A young skunk. 8. A young rabbit. 9. A young weasel.
Word: kit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 16th century, perhaps from cithara. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt/, [ˈkʰɪt] 1. Synonym of kit violin. Example: A dancing master's kit. Example: Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Word: kit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880). Pronunciation: /ˈkɪt/, [ˈkʰɪt] 1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
Word: mandragoras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mandragora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amazon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μαζός (mazós, “breast”), referencing the belief that Amazons cut off their right breast so that it would not hinder their ability to fire a bow or throw a spear. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/, /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/, /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn], /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ 1. A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area. Labels: Greek Example: When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms. 2. A female warrior. Example: In some parts of Africa, Asia, and South America, amazon cultures still existed during the Middle Ages, such as that ruled by Queen Nzingha in Angola, who led her amazon army against the Portuguese in a series of wars during the first half of the seventeenth century. In Dahomey also in traditionally gynarchal West Africa, the army was made up of amazons even through the nineteenth century. 3. A tall, strong, or athletic woman.
Word: Amazon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/, /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/, /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn], /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ 1. A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic. Labels: attributive, sometimes 2. A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: Amazon milk frog Example: In February, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe in Brazil made brief contact with the outside world before returning to the Amazon rainforest.
Word: Amazon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/, /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/, /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn], /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ 1. Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona.
Word: Amazon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/, /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/, /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn], /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ 1. Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer. Example: Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).
Word: Amazon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ə.zən/, /ˈæm.ə.zɒn/, /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn], /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/ 1. To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition. Labels: transitive Example: Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller. Example: Venture capitalists' desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we're going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business...’ 2. To order (something) on Amazon. Labels: transitive Example: […] “There are people who Uber everywhere, who Seamless everything, who Amazon everything, and render their lives completely smooth.”
Word: Brithenig Part of Speech: name Etymology: Compare with Breton brezhoneg and Welsh Brythoneg. Pronunciation: /bɾɪθɛˈniːɡ/ 1. An invented language created by Andrew Smith in 1996, based on the premise of Latin being influenced by Old Celtic.
Word: try Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trien (“to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier, triher, triere (“to divide, separate, choose, select, prove, determine, try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Occitan triar (“to choose, sort, scrutinise, peel”), Catalan triar (“to pick, choose, decide”). Suggested to be derived from Late Latin *trītāre (“to crush, grind, trample, wear out”), itself derived from Classical Latin trītus (“rubbed, worn down, pulverised”), the past participle of terō, terere (“to rub, wear down, trample”), though this derivation is incompatible with the Occitan form. Additionally, the shift in meaning from "rub, crush, trample" to "pick out, choose, cull" is difficult to explain. One suggestion is that the semantic shift might have originated from a Latin phrase *granum terere ("to tread the corn (in threshing)"; compare Latin trītūra (“rubbing, chafing, friction" also "threshing”)), which has a parallel in the modern French trier le grain (“to sort the grain”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Vulgar Latin *trīāre, a metathetic alteration of *tīrāre (“to tear off, pull, draw”), whence also Old French tirer (“to draw, pull, pluck, tug, peck at, extract”), Occitan tirar (“to take, draw, retrieve, remove, extract”). Replaced native Middle English cunnen (“to try”) (from Old English cunnian), Middle English fandien (“to try, prove”) (from Old English fandian), and Middle English costnien (“to try, tempt, test”) (from Old English costnian). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪ/, [t͡ʃɹaɪ̯], [tɹ̝̊aɪ̯], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔aɪ̯], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪ̯] 1. An attempt. Example: I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it. Example: There was the day also when his favourite right uppercut had connected in most accurate and rhythmical fashion with the protruded chin of Bull Wardell of Whitechapel, whereby Silas put himself in the way of a Lonsdale Belt and a try for the championship. 2. An act of tasting or sampling. Example: I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it. 3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football. Example: Today I scored my first try. Example: But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through. 4. A screen, or sieve, for grain. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow. 5. A field goal or extra point 6. A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense. 7. A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
Word: try Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trye, trie, probably from Old French trié, past participle of Old French trier (“to try”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪ/, [t͡ʃɹaɪ̯], [tɹ̝̊aɪ̯], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔aɪ̯], [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪ̯] 1. Fine, excellent. Labels: obsolete Example: But he her ſuppliant hands, thoſe hands of gold, / And eke her feete, thoſe feete of ſiluer trye, […] Chopt off […].
Word: gnat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw. Pronunciation: /næt/ 1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. Example: [A]nd his servant was beside him with a fan to keep away the flies and gnats. 2. An annoying person. Labels: informal Example: "Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!"
Word: diabolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo. 1. Synonym of tritone.
Word: auntie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈɑːn.ti/, /ˈɐn.ti/ 1. Diminutive of aunt. Labels: diminutive, endearing, form-of 2. Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman. Labels: Africa, Australia, New-Zealand 3. Female domestic helper. Labels: Hong-Kong 4. An elderly gay man. Labels: US, slang
Word: auntie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English aunt Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English auntie From aunt + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈɑːn.ti/, /ˈɐn.ti/ 1. To be or behave like the aunt of. Example: In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by "auntying" all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes. Example: More and more children are being "auntied" by women in the community who feel it is their duty as mothers to care for parentless children.
Word: Beeb Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. Pronunciation: /biːb/ 1. The BBC. Labels: UK, informal
Word: Beeb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. Pronunciation: /biːb/ 1. A BBC Micro (British home computer). Labels: informal Example: The BBC Micro (alias the Beeb) is still quite a deluxe machine, with better high-resolution color graphics than any of its competitors. Example: I'm trying to connect an old 2400 modem to my Beeb. I've got the pin-outs for the RS423 and have connected them to the five pins of the RS232. But it still doesn't work.
Word: kit out Part of Speech: verb 1. To provide with equipment. Labels: UK, transitive Example: As the soccer mom-ish leader of nefarious crime cartel the Golden Circle, Poppy rules over the entire global drug trade, which she controls from a jungle lair curiously kitted out as a kitsch 50s utopia, featuring gleaming bowling alleys, diners and nail salons, but also, somewhat confusingly, robot dogs and a captive Elton John. Example: It has been kitted out with horizon scanning and other cameras, radar, 180° thermal imaging software, and acoustic monitors. 2. To prepare a boat or vehicle for a voyage or journey. Labels: UK, transitive 3. To supply with or dress in a uniform, especially a sports kit. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: try-hard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tryhard. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory
Word: muezzin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”). Pronunciation: /muˈɛ.zɪn/ 1. The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque. Example: approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi) Example: I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.
Word: barf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /bɑːf/, /bɑɹf/ 1. Vomit. Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable
Word: barf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /bɑːf/, /bɑɹf/ 1. To vomit. Labels: US, colloquial 2. Of a system: to fail. Labels: broadly, intransitive, slang Example: The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.
Word: barf Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /bɑːf/, /bɑɹf/ 1. An expression of disgust. Labels: colloquial Example: 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you. Rigby: Oh, barf.
Word: arsed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɑːst/ 1. simple past and past participle of arse. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arsed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɑːst/ 1. Bothered; willing to make an effort. Labels: Commonwealth, slang, vulgar Example: I can’t be arsed to get out of bed today. Example: We asked John if he wanted to come down the pub with us, but he couldn’t be arsed. 2. Having a particular kind of arse Labels: vulgar Example: a big-arsed man
Word: miscible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English miscible, from Late Latin miscibilis (“that can be mixed”), from Latin miscēre (“to mix”). 1. Able to be mixed together in all proportions.
Word: harangue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink. Pronunciation: /həˈɹæŋ/, [həˈɹæŋ], /həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ], /həˈɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. An impassioned, disputatious public speech. 2. A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written. Example: She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street. Example: The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.
Word: harangue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink. Pronunciation: /həˈɹæŋ/, [həˈɹæŋ], /həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ/, [həˈɹeɪ̯ŋ], /həˈɹɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver. Example: He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.
Word: boner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *bainaz Proto-Germanic *bainą Proto-West Germanic *bain Old English bān Middle English bon English bone Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English boner From bone + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)/, /ˈboʊ.nɚ/ 1. An erect penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Boys often refer to their enlarged penis as an "erection," a "boner," or a "hard on." Example: Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning? 2. An erect penis. Labels: figuratively, slang, vulgar Example: Why do politicians have such a boner for meaningless memorials? 3. One who or that which removes bones. 4. A blunder; a silly mistake. Labels: dated, especially, slang Example: He really pulled a boner that time! Example: SO! THEY LAUGH AT MY BONER, WILL THEY?? I'LL SHOW THEM! I'LL SHOW THEM HOW MANY BONERS THE JOKER CAN MAKE! 5. A trombonist Labels: humorous
Word: Muslimize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English Muslim 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 Muslimize From Muslim + -ize. 1. To make Muslim; to increase the Muslim character of. Labels: transitive Example: These captives are all christians when caught, but are immediately Moslemised. Example: In 1878, two years after Gordon had been appointed governor-general of the whole Sudan, Emin Effendi (he had Moslemized himself) was appointed governor of the Equatorial Province, which he found completely disorganized and demoralized, the happy hunting-ground of the slave raider.
Word: reboot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English reboot From re- + boot. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbuːt/ 1. An instance of rebooting. 2. A fresh start. Labels: broadly Example: That’s why we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeover. Example: Other reboots of beloved restaurants, like the Four Seasons, have failed. 3. The restarting of a series' storyline, discarding all previous continuity. 4. The restarting of a series' storyline without discarding previous continuity. Example: HBO Max has issued a straight-to-series order for “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin,” a reboot of the original Freeform series... “We’re such huge fans of what I. Marlene King and her iconic cast created, we knew that we had to treat the original series as #CANON" Example: As well as Ari Parker’s starring role, the reboot will introduce three characters played by people of colour, with Sara Ramirez, Karen Pittman and Sarita Choudhury to join the quartet.
Word: reboot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Frankish *bautander.? Old French botebor. Middle English bote English boot English reboot From re- + boot. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbuːt/, /ɹiːˈbuːt/ 1. To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure. Labels: ergative Example: We need to reboot the system after installing these updates. Example: The system reboots every weekend after updates are installed. 2. To start afresh. Labels: broadly Example: They rebooted the TV series, but it's even worse than the original. Example: What are the first steps to rebooting your business? 3. Restart; to return to an initial configuration or state. Example: Egg farmers do this to reboot birds' internal clocks so they start laying valuable eggs faster and, crucially, at the same time.
Word: bun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch. Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. Senses referring to baked goods. 2. Senses referring to baked goods. 3. Senses referring to baked goods. Labels: Northern-England, Northumbria, especially 4. Senses referring to baked goods. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England 5. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head. Example: loose bun; messy bun; tight bun Example: The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings. 6. A drunken spree. Labels: UK, slang 7. A newbie. Labels: Internet 8. A young girl or woman. Labels: slang 9. A buttock. Labels: Canada, US, in-plural, slang Example: nice buns; tight buns 10. The vagina. Labels: slang Example: How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun? Example: Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
Word: bun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch. Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. To form (the hair) into a bun. Labels: transitive Example: Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.
Word: bun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”). Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, childish, clipping, colloquial Example: She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie! 2. A bunny: a rabbit. Labels: archaic, dialectal 3. A squirrel. Labels: archaic, dialectal 4. The scut or tail of a hare. Labels: archaic, dialectal 5. A dry stalk. Labels: archaic, dialectal
Word: bun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Caribbean pronunciation of burn. Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. To smoke cannabis. Labels: Caribbean, slang 2. To shoot. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!" Don't care about your crew, bun them any day Example: Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me? 3. To forget. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang
Word: bun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Caribbean pronunciation of burn. Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. marijuana cigarette, joint Labels: Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Man say that they spray the fire I fuck that shit, I drop the bun
Word: bun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen. Pronunciation: /bʌn/, /bɐn/, /bən/, /bʊn/ 1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Word: Germanic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ 1. The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish. Example: Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos. 2. The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.
Word: Germanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ 1. Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons). Example: a Germanic tribe 2. Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic. Example: a Germanic language Example: Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […]. 3. Having German characteristics. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: He arrived with Germanic punctuality.
Word: Germanic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ 1. Synonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”) Labels: historical, nonstandard
Word: frag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of fragmentation grenade. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæɡ/, [ˈfɹʷæɡ], /ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. A fragmentation grenade. Labels: slang Example: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks. 2. A successful kill in a deathmatch game. A point or score (when considered collectively) gained by successfully killing opponents in a deathmatch game. Labels: slang Example: I'd been fighting him for ages, and then you stole my frag! Example: Oh, man. Did you play Online Gaming last night? No, yeah, no? I did. I got so many frags.
Word: frag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of fragmentation grenade. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæɡ/, [ˈfɹʷæɡ], /ˈfɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈfɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade. Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: One guy? I fragged a couple of hundred in 'Nam. Example: Cowboy says in a low voice: “Never turn your back on Mother. Never cut him any slack. He fragged Mr. Shortround.” 2. To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I fragged him once and then meleed him for the kill. 3. To kill. Example: I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards. Example: I have pistol-fragged far superior players coming at me with a shotgun with 100% health.
Word: gib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪb/, [ˈɡɪb], /ˈd͡ʒɪb/, [ˈd͡ʒɪb] 1. A castrated male cat or ferret. 2. A male cat; a tomcat. 3. A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout. 4. The lower lip of a horse.
Word: gib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown (late 18th century). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/, /ɡɪb/ 1. A strip, wedge, or bolt made from metal or wood and used for holding a machine part in place; usually with features (such as a taper and/or set screws) that allow for fine adjustment of the part's position. Example: ‘Neuf à la banque,’ quietly said the croupier. With his spatula he faced the Greek's two cards, ‘Et le sept,’ he said unemotionally, lifting up gently the corpses of the seven and queen and slipping them through the wide slot in the table near his chair which leads into the gib metal canister to which all dead cards are consigned.
Word: gib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown (late 18th century). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/, /ɡɪb/ 1. To fasten in place with a gib.
Word: gib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from giblet. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. A piece of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters. Labels: plural, usually 2. An instance of gibbing something. Labels: rare Example: The object is to get the most frags(with some extra enjoyment for quality frags/gibs) […]
Word: gib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from giblet. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪb/ 1. To destroy an in-game object so that it turns into gibs. Labels: transitive Example: Johnny Turbo has a chainsaw leg he can use to slide around and gib enemies […] 2. To be turned into gibs. Labels: intransitive Example: Weapons like the Devastator and other explosives make enemies gib into a bloody gore, while the auto shotgun can easily mow down hordes of, well, anything.
Word: gib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand. Pronunciation: /dʒɘb/ 1. plasterboard. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable
Word: gib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand. Pronunciation: /dʒɘb/ 1. To install plasterboard. Labels: New-Zealand Example: As the wallpaper stripping progresses the damage to walls becomes more apparent. It may require more variation orders for gibbing of walls as well as ceilings.
Word: gib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of give 1. To give. Example: Only gib me some few shingles an’ a flo’, an’ dar yer hev jes ez good a church ez de ’postles ebber hed ter preach in. Example: I has gib you licker an’ I has gib you music, an’ wife, dar, is cookin’ supper fur you, an’ it ain’ no mo’ den reason dat I’d wanter know whut we gwine git fur it.[…]“Yo’ supper is done an’ ef you’ll jest gib me room I’ll fix de table,” the woman remarked, taking the bread off the griddle.
Word: gib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of give 1. A benefit or handout.
Word: arse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Pronunciation: /ɑːs/, /ɐːs/, /aɹs/, /äːɹs/, /ɑɹs/ 1. A person's buttocks; the bottom, the backside. Also: the anus; the rectum. Labels: Commonwealth, vulgar Example: As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer. Example: No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse. 2. A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: “You're an arse,” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an arse. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an arse.” Example: He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse, when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you arse,” he said and tried again. 3. Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant. Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar 4. A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body; (by extension) one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc. Labels: countable, metonymically, slang, vulgar
Word: arse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Pronunciation: /ɑːs/, /ɐːs/, /aɹs/, /äːɹs/, /ɑɹs/ 1. To be silly, act stupid or mess around. Labels: Commonwealth, intransitive, slang, vulgar Example: Stop arsing around! Example: He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me[…].
Word: arse Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Pronunciation: /ɑːs/, /ɐːs/, /aɹs/, /äːɹs/, /ɑɹs/ 1. An expression of frustration. Labels: Commonwealth, vulgar Example: (euphemistic)
Word: morning wood Part of Speech: noun 1. An erection of the penis upon waking up, usually unrelated to erotic thoughts or dreams. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: So when Flat Stanley gets morning wood, wouldn't that just be paper? 2. Kindling used to light a fire in the morning. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: chivalrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/, /ˈt͡ʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/ 1. Honourable, especially to women; gallant. Example: Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true. Example: “I would then never have known what minute, or by whom, I was to be attacked next. But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.” 2. Involving chivalry.
Word: cataract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm The noun is derived from cataracts (noun (plural only)), from Late Middle English cataract, cataracta, cateract, cateracte (“floodgate of heaven”), from Old French cataracte (modern French cataracte), and from its etymon Latin cataracta (“floodgate; waterfall”), from Ancient Greek καταρ(ρ)άκτης (katar(rh)áktēs, “(noun) waterfall; (adjective) rushing downwards”), from καταρ(ρ)ᾱ́σσω (katar(rh)ā́ssō, “to pour down; to rush downwards”) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns denoting a state of being). Καταρ(ρ)ᾱ́σσω (Katar(rh)ā́ssō) is derived either: * from κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-, prefix meaning ‘downwards’) + ἀρᾰ́σσω (arắssō, “to dash to pieces; to strike”) (further etymology unknown, possibly onomatopoeic) or ῥᾱ́σσω (rhā́ssō, “to dash; to strike”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₂ǵʰ- (“to pound, strike”)); or * from καταρρηγνύναι (katarrhēgnúnai, “to break down”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/ 1. A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff. Example: The cataracts on the Nile helped to compartment Upper Egypt. Example: This Elephantis being an Iſland, is inhabited beneath the lovveſt cataract or fall of vvater three miles, and aboue Syene 16: […] 2. A flood of water; specifically, steep rapids in a river. Labels: broadly Example: [S]uch a violent ſtorme of raine vnburthened it ſelfe neere this place, and cauſed ſuch a ſudden Deluge and Cattaract, that a Carrauan of tvvo thouſand Camels periſht, and vvere caſt avvay by it. Example: Locksley Hall, that in the distance overlooks the sandy tracts, / And the hollow ocean-ridges roaring into cataracts. 3. An overwhelming downpour or rush; a flood. Labels: figuratively Example: His cataract of eloquence Example: Cataracts of declamation thunder here, / There foreſts of no-meaning ſpread the page / In vvhich all comprehenſion vvanders loſt; […] 4. A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke. Labels: historical 5. Synonym of waterspout (“a whirlwind that forms over water”). Labels: also, figuratively, obsolete Example: They ſay furthermore that in certeyne places of the ſea, they ſawe certeyne ſtremes of water which they caule ſpoutes faulynge owt of the ayer into the ſea: […] Sum phantaſie that theſe ſhulde bee the cataractes of heauen whiche were all opened at Noes fludde. Example: Blovv vvind & cracke your cheekes, rage, blovv / You caterickes, & Hircanios ſpout til you haue drencht, / The ſteeples drovvn'd the cockes, […]
Word: cataract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm The noun is derived from cataracts (noun (plural only)), from Late Middle English cataract, cataracta, cateract, cateracte (“floodgate of heaven”), from Old French cataracte (modern French cataracte), and from its etymon Latin cataracta (“floodgate; waterfall”), from Ancient Greek καταρ(ρ)άκτης (katar(rh)áktēs, “(noun) waterfall; (adjective) rushing downwards”), from καταρ(ρ)ᾱ́σσω (katar(rh)ā́ssō, “to pour down; to rush downwards”) + -της (-tēs, suffix forming nouns denoting a state of being). Καταρ(ρ)ᾱ́σσω (Katar(rh)ā́ssō) is derived either: * from κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-, prefix meaning ‘downwards’) + ἀρᾰ́σσω (arắssō, “to dash to pieces; to strike”) (further etymology unknown, possibly onomatopoeic) or ῥᾱ́σσω (rhā́ssō, “to dash; to strike”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₂ǵʰ- (“to pound, strike”)); or * from καταρρηγνύναι (katarrhēgnúnai, “to break down”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/ 1. Of a river, etc.: to fall in the form of a waterfall. Labels: intransitive Example: [N]o river should cataract larger than the Clyde. Example: After a short rest, we moved on over a quiet space of water to the third and greatest fall, where the whole body of the Nile precipitates itself from between two towering cliffs, foaming and plashing, and, in short, cataracting very respectably. 2. To cause (something) to pour or rush like a waterfall. Labels: figuratively, rare, transitive Example: My Poems have been reviewed. The Monthly has cataracted panegyric on me; the Critical cascaded it, and the Analytical dribbled it with civility.
Word: cataract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English cataract, cataracta, cateract, cateracte (“(medicine) clouding of the lens in the eye”), from Old French cataracte (“clouding of the lens in the eye”), and then either: * from its etymon Latin cataracta (“portcullis”) (in the sense of something blocking vision as a portcullis blocks a gateway), from Ancient Greek καταρ(ρ)άκτης (katar(rh)áktēs, “act of rushing down; portcullis”) (see further at etymology 1); or * from clāthrāta (in fenestra clāthrāta (“window grating”)), an inflected form of clāthrātus (“grated, latticed, clathrate”), from clāthrī (“grate, lattic”) + -ātus (suffix denoting possession of something, forming adjectives from nouns). Clāthrī is derived from Doric Greek κλᾷθρα (klāîthra), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“crook, hook; peg; to close something”). Pronunciation: /ˈkætəɹækt/, /ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/ 1. Synonym of portcullis (“a gate in the form of a grating which is lowered into place at the gateway of a castle, a fort, etc.”); also, a window grating. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Others did fortifie and rampire their Walls, […] assured the Port-culleys, fasten'd the Herses, Sarasinesks and Cataracks, placed their Centries, and doubled their Patrouilee. 2. A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision. Labels: broadly Example: [T]her is a Caratact which doth light vpon the eyes of a Hawke, whome we may tearme a ſuffuſion, a miſchiefe not ſafely remoued, and diuers times impoſſible to be recured, as namely whẽ [when] it is growen too thicke, and ouerlong hath bin ſuffered in the eye, without ſeeking remedie for it: […] Example: Rarely, a dense, swollen neglected cataract precipitates an angle-closure glaucoma. 3. A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Thoſe filmes vvhich darkened the eye of the mindes, are remoued, thoſe thicke Cataracts of earthly vanities are diſperſed and diſpelled, and a nevv light into a nevv heart infuſed. 4. A tool used for breaking flax; a brake. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: Some modern Pantagruelists, to shun and avoid that manual Labour, which such a separating and partitional Work would of necessity require, employ certain Catarratick Instruments, […] and athwart those Cataracts they break and bruise to very Trash the woody parcels [of the fictional herb “pantagruelion”], thereby to preserve the better the Fibres, which are the precious and excellent parts.
Word: dirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”). Cognate with dialectal Danish and Norn drit (“excrement”), Norwegian dritt (“excrement”), dialectal Swedish dret (“shit”), Faroese and Icelandic drit (“bird excrement”), Dutch drijten (“to defecate”), drits (“dirt, mud, filth”), drijt and dreet (“excrement”), Low German drieten (“to defecate”), Driet (“shit”), regional German Driss (“shit”), Old English ġedrītan (“to defecate”). The word originally referred to excrement before shifting to the current sense of "soil". For a semantic parallel, see Norwegian skitt (“dirt, filth, grime, mud”), from Old Norse skítr (“shit”), which is cognate with English shit. Pronunciation: /dɜːt/, /dɝt/, /dɪɾt/, /døːt/, /deːt/ 1. Soil or earth. Labels: US, uncountable, usually 2. A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The reporter uncovered the dirt on the businessman by going undercover. Example: Perhaps inevitably, as the manipulation of the stars' public images became ever more rigorous, so too did the efforts of gossip columnists such as Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper to uncover dirt and scandal. 4. Meanness; sordidness. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: honours […] thrown away upon dirt and infamy 5. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Freckles. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I'm one of Charlie's Angels too, but I'm the one with the dirty face. Example: a dirty-faced redhead poked a soiled kerchief beneath my nose, and charmlessly wheedled, "Spare coppers, mister, Spare coppers!" This runny-nosed waif, a "knacker" in the Dublin vernacular, was of the traveling breed who had of late given up their painted wagons for the grimy ghettos of the city. The child -God Bless the Mark- had freckles that splotched her face as though God had applied them too hurriedly with a blunt brush. 7. Excrement; dung. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: And the haft also went in after the blade: and the fatte closed vpon the blade, so that hee could not drawe the dagger out of his belly, and the dirt came out.
Word: dirt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English drit (“excrement”), from Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-, *treydʰ- (“to have diarrhea”). Cognate with dialectal Danish and Norn drit (“excrement”), Norwegian dritt (“excrement”), dialectal Swedish dret (“shit”), Faroese and Icelandic drit (“bird excrement”), Dutch drijten (“to defecate”), drits (“dirt, mud, filth”), drijt and dreet (“excrement”), Low German drieten (“to defecate”), Driet (“shit”), regional German Driss (“shit”), Old English ġedrītan (“to defecate”). The word originally referred to excrement before shifting to the current sense of "soil". For a semantic parallel, see Norwegian skitt (“dirt, filth, grime, mud”), from Old Norse skítr (“shit”), which is cognate with English shit. Pronunciation: /dɜːt/, /dɝt/, /dɪɾt/, /døːt/, /deːt/ 1. To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty Labels: rare, transitive