nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: halfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half (alternative form of halves). Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: entrepreneurialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English entrepreneurial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English entrepreneurialism From entrepreneurial + -ism. 1. The spirit or state of acting in an entrepreneurial manner. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The mixed-economy university in Europe seems better suited to stimulating entrepreneurialism that is linked to creativity and innovation than purely privately financed institutions. Example: However, the mainstream pro-capitalist position, especially as flat-out climate-change denialism becomes less common in the ruling class, is that the invisible hand and mighty forces of ‘entrepreneurialism’ will definitely lead to the ‘fixing’ of the problem.
Word: ajava Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ajwain. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: misapply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English misapply From mis- + apply. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsəˈplaɪ/ 1. To apply incorrectly; to misuse. Example: It may be that the jury in this case have misapplied the rule laid down by this Court, but not in favour of the defendants. I cannot help thinking they might well have held the watercourse to be the true boundary line between the two properties.
Word: misapplies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misapply Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misapplied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misapply Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: "Dear mamma " was an enormous edifice of white satin and diamonds, which one laments over, as one does over a misapplied peerage, that ever some people should possess them.
Word: misapplying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misapply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accretions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of accretion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: olema Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ulema. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: the land of Egypt was ruled by a Sultan endowed with justice and generosity, one who loved the pious poor and companied with the Olema and learned men
Word: Tourette's syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Tourette syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: ‘We kids didnʼt know anything about Touretteʼs syndrome, but we knew this particular kid couldnʼt help yelling insults and making noises.’
Word: Tourette's disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Tourette syndrome Labels: uncountable
Word: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Tourette syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: Tourette's Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Tourette syndrome. Labels: uncountable
Word: palata Part of Speech: noun 1. A Burmese flatbread, also known as paratha. Labels: Myanmar
Word: sex changes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sex change Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throw the book at Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the metaphor of a large book, containing all the possible laws broken or punishments for a particular crime, being thrown at an offender. Attested since at least 1897. 1. To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: COURT THROWS BOOK AT HIM: ... Thomas Pasco, beggar, got everything the statutes would permit Judge Binkle to give him yesterday afternoon. 2. To apply the harshest possible punishment to. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: [C]riminals ... dreaded to be brought into his court, as a conviction meant a severe sentence. As one criminal expressed it to another, "The judge throws the book at you." Example: The judge, not weeping any, throws the book at him, which means he gives Bob the limit. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, book, at.
Word: ga-ga Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gaga (“senile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ga-ga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew גע־גע, reduplicated form of Hebrew גע (“touch”). 1. A variant of dodgeball played inside a fenced area, usually a hexagon or octagon. Labels: uncountable
Word: ga-ga Part of Speech: intj 1. The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: take to the cleaners Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A humorous alteration of the older expression to clean (someone) out. 1. To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: “That’s not the idea. These people you want taken to the cleaners were friends of yours yesterday. Maybe they will be friends again next week. I don’t care about that. But I’m not playing politics for you.[…] Example: Dizzy refused to pose with a blonde chorine clad only in step-ins. "No sir," exploded Dizzy. ". . . [M]y wife would take me to the cleaners if she saw a picture like that." 2. To thrash someone. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: One more time, mate, I'll take you to the fuckin' cleaners!
Word: throw away the key Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An ellipsis of lock someone up and throw away the key. 1. To never release someone (e.g., from prison). Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Let's get these men together in a room and I would suggest feed them bread and water and throw away the key until they come together
Word: coat hanger Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə/, /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈhæ̝ŋɚ/, /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈheɪ̯ŋɚ/, /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈhɛ̃ŋɚ/, /ˌkəʉ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə/ 1. A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.
Word: coat-hanger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coat hanger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coathanger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coat hanger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cut a rug Part of Speech: verb 1. To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Young-generation patrons seem to be as fascinated watching the more mature dancers cut a rug. Example: Came here to get ya, but I can't wait / To grab me a partner and cut a rug up tonight 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, a, rug.
Word: show someone the door Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, someone, the, door. 2. To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: "[N]o man shall laugh at me now that I'm down. Show him the door, Dig." 3. To dismiss, fire, or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included. Labels: broadly, especially, idiomatic Example: The medical profession, by its drift toward specialization, is handing the family doctor his hat and showing him the door. Example: In Maryland, Rep. Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . . The always-charming Morella . . . provided great constituent service. . . . Still, voters showed her the door.
Word: toss and turn Part of Speech: verb 1. To be unable to settle into a comfortable sleeping position. Labels: intransitive Example: I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long. Example: for, after tossing and turning the greatest part of the night, and tormenting myself with the falsest notions and apprehensions of things, I fell, through mere fatigue, into a kind of delirious doze
Word: fumet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French fumet (“aroma”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Doublet of fumetto. 1. A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fumet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French fumier dung, Old French femier, from Latin fimum (“dung”). See fewmet. 1. The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae. Example: The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old. Example: When he cries he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head; […]
Word: fall on one's sword Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Refers to the practice of some Roman military leaders, who would commit suicide following a devastating defeat by literally falling on the point of their own swords. 1. To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: [Bob] Stempel was laboring to undo the damage when GM's board forced him to fall on his sword after little more than two years on the job. Example: ‘There is no sympathy for her […]’ one Minister said. ‘She [Jacqui Smith] may just fall on her sword, or Gordon [Brown] might humiliate her with a demotion to something like the Department for International Development. 2. To voluntarily take the blame for a situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: The bemedaled Marine refused to fall on his sword and take full blame for the scandal. Example: Humility does not require you to fall on your sword. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To commit suicide by allowing one’s body to drop onto the point of one's sword.
Word: stump up Part of Speech: verb 1. To pay for something, often with reluctance. Labels: UK, informal Example: Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards. Example: Not least because last spring, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that HM Treasury's new northern base would be in Darlington. If that doesn't encourage the Treasury to stump up cash to upgrade the town's station, then I fear nothing will.
Word: al fresco Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of alfresco. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: al fresco Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of alfresco. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: broad church Part of Speech: noun 1. A wide scope of political or religious philosophies and ideas. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: The Liberal party in Australia is often described as being a broad church, encompassing conservatives and radicals, wets and dries. Example: If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility. This duo operates like an extended wink and a nudge; they tell voters the Coalition is a broad enough church to be a home for fringe views.
Word: broad church Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Broad Church. Labels: alt-of
Word: kremlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Similar forms are attested, per Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, in earlier German Kremelin and French Cremlin, which are theorized to come from Old East Slavic кремльнъ (kremlĭnŭ, “having a kremlin”), from кремль (kremlĭ), whence Russian кремль (kremlʹ). 1. A fortified, central complex found in various Russian cities. Example: 9% of historical parks are the gardens of monasteries and kremlins (fortified centres in the towns), 8% are urban ("public") gardens and only 2% are parks on urban estates. Example: Several cities in Russia were built around fortresses called kremlins. Russians built kremlins for defense during the Middle Ages. A kremlin was often located along a river.
Word: food coma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Jocular compound of food + coma. 1. A state of lethargy and sleepiness that comes on shortly after eating a large or heavy meal. Labels: humorous, informal
Word: food comas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of food coma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ringmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring + master. 1. The person who manages the performers in a circus ring. 2. The person who maintains a webring. Labels: Internet Example: Individuals looking to add their own homepage to a particular ring are, however, more or less at the mercy of the ringmaster, who often maintains a ring homepage listing its acceptance (or membership) policies and an index of its member sites. Example: Each of the member websites in a webring had a navigation area at the bottom of the page that had “next” and “previous” buttons directing surfers to other sites in the ring. […] People needed ringmasters because the number of sites aimed at women was exploding.
Word: ringmaster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ring + master. 1. To act as ringmaster. 2. To control (a group of people). Labels: figuratively
Word: Kain Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Irish, variant of Kane.
Word: lumber yards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lumber yard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Noa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Noa, a surname mostly found in Cuba. The surname could also derive from German Noä. 1. A surname.
Word: Beefeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beef + eater. 1. A Yeoman Warder Labels: UK, informal
Word: hip-huggers Part of Speech: noun 1. Tight-fitting pants (trousers) with a waistline that rests on the hips Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: open-face Part of Speech: adj 1. Composed of a single slice of bread or other base with a topping. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Open-Face Bagel Thins with Scallion Schmear / Makes 2 servings: 2 open-face bagel thins each
Word: open-faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Being a single slice of bread with a topping. Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Having an honest and sincere expression. Labels: not-comparable Example: Frank Broughton was a finely-grown, open-faced boy of thirteen, the eldest of a family of four, and to-morrow he was to be launched upon the unknown sea of public-school life. Example: There is a leader—there is usually a leader when men leave their established perimeters—and today it is Quinn Davies, a tanned, open-faced man accoutered with artifacts of a Native American ancestry he wishes he possessed.
Word: brepho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos, “baby”). 1. baby Labels: morpheme, rare Example: Symptoms appeared, during last winter, of the Brephomania or Fever of Rejuvenescence which took possession of many persons of both sexes, well on towards their grand climacteric. Example: The Doctor and I do not wish it to be understood by this that we are advocates for the resumption of brephophagy in our own country […]
Word: openhanded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: In the painting, the enslaved and (as conjectured by historian Steven Weisenburger) sexually abused Margaret Garner betrays her liaison with her owner Archibald Gaines with an exposed, openhanded gesture toward him. Example: And when I did not answer, f-for my mouth was t-too dry for speech, he asked again, and I stammered out some nonsense, and then he struck me, openhanded, as though I was not a man. 2. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: In the economic realm, because of its temporary preponderance, the United States could afford to be openhanded. Example: Yet he understood nothing of real magnanimity; his charity was part of an openhanded recklessness, which made him fling the goods of fortune to the wind as soon as gained—part of the character of grand seigneur he aspired to assume. 3. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: Let selling be an openhanded selling, with justly balanced scales and price which do not prejudice either party, buyer or seller. Example: Arm-in-arm with religious liberals stand a legion of openhanded political liberals, humanists, and, of course, homosexuals themselves, all of whom passionately embrace homosexuality as a morally and constitutionally justified “alternative lifestyle." 4. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: We believe the majority of Swiss guides use the Swiss loop at the end of the rope, and the openhanded loop in the middle. Example: The iconic flower of love could be found in every state of its life cycle -- tender green shoots with tiny green thorns that looked like baby teeth, buds determined not to reveal themselves any sooner than necessary, fresh blooms that resemble sleepers just opening their eyes, and full blosssoms with the openhanded beauty of an old person's wrinkled face.
Word: openhanded Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: Patterson smacks her openhanded on the side of the head. 2. Alternative form of open-handed. Example: He leaves the mild Alexander to continue, under the pressure of fraternal competition, the hereditary policy of Peter and Catherine; to raise levy after levy, loan after loan, ineffectually, while loans of any amount required are given openhanded by the people of France and England to their governments and the seas of the world remain open to the commerce of the Allies.
Word: openhanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of openhand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: openhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From open + hearted. 1. Alternative form of open-hearted. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Drinking must be sociable, and if it escalates to a certain degree of liveliness, then it promotes the arousal of the mind and makes it sociable. Moreover, in this way it also removes the propensity for dissimulation, and makes one openhearted. Example: Dear son, don't be openhearted [generous], for openhearted people have empty pockets.
Word: open-hearth Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a reverberatory furnace used to make steel, usually in mass-produced quantities. Labels: not-comparable Example: a then-new steel mill with three large open-hearth furnaces 2. Designating the steel so produced. Labels: not-comparable Example: Early open-hearth steels, beating crucible steels on price but often unable to match their quality, were nonetheless well suited to many applications where extreme strength was superfluous but low cost was essential. 3. Describing an open hearth in the home, especially in premodern centuries when such hearths were more common. Labels: not-comparable Example: the little tricks of open-hearth cooking that she had nearly forgotten after years behind a coal range
Word: reverberatory furnace Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gases, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction).
Word: reverberatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜːb(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/, /ɹɪˈvɜːbət(ə)ɹi/, /ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt(ə)ɹi/, /ɹə-/, /ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.
Word: reverberatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɜːb(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/, /ɹɪˈvɜːbət(ə)ɹi/, /ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt(ə)ɹi/, /ɹə-/, /ɹɪˈvɚb(ə)ɹətɔɹi/ 1. A reverberatory furnace.
Word: open-plan Part of Speech: adj 1. Having large rooms with few dividing barriers such as partitions. Example: Sitting in one of the booths (with table and comfy seats) in the open plan ground floor reception, Network Rail Business Change Manager Sarah Newman explains how NR had been eyeing up the building in late 2024, with work starting on site in August 2025.
Word: pronominal verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of verb that has an attached pronoun in some languages (e.g. French, Spanish).
Word: zip file Part of Speech: noun Etymology: zip (meaning "move at high speed") was suggested by Robert Mahoney, friend of Phil Katz (original developer of the format). 1. A computer file containing the zipped (compressed) contents of one or more files; a kind of compressed archive. Example: To make that functionality available, you have to place a zip file containing the source in the top-level directory of the plug-in [...] Example: To e-mail a zip file, you need to attach the zip file to an e-mail message.
Word: NWT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Northwest Territories. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of new with tags. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: traghetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian traghetto (“ferry”). 1. A gondola that ferries people across the Grand Canal in Venice.
Word: run on Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue without interruption Labels: idiomatic Example: We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time. 2. Using a certain time zone. Example: I was still running on daylight savings time. Example: Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time. 3. To continue talking for a long time. Labels: idiomatic Example: She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways. 4. To operate with a particular energy source. Example: This car runs on bio-alcohol. 5. To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank. Example: Accordingly, depositors may run on a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness. 6. To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. Labels: historical 7. To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. Labels: dated, transitive 8. To rely on (something) for popular support in an election. Labels: transitive Example: The senator is running on his record. 9. To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone). Labels: ditransitive, slang Example: Don'chu run game on me.
Word: run through Part of Speech: verb 1. To summarise briefly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Let me run through today's meeting for those who missed it. Example: The following steps run you through a typical scanning operation using a flatbed scanner: ... 2. To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive Example: ... we'll run you through a very quick and abbreviated process from production through bottling. 3. To repeat something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: We will run through scene 2 until we get it right. 4. To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn through, get through Example: I ran through my wages in two days. Now I've got to live on next to nothing till Friday! 5. To go through hastily. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: to run through a book 6. To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of its society. Example: The central concern that runs through The Technology Trap is that, unless we are very careful, our latest technological revolution may well turn out to be a tumultuous rerun of the Industrial Revolution, with dire social and political consequences. 7. To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Make just one move, and I'll run you through, sir, without hesitation. Example: D. Lop." Offer to flinch, and I'll run you through. Offic.: Take their Swords, or knock 'em down. 8. To get something approved quickly. Labels: transitive Example: The plans for the new building were rushed through. 9. To fuck. Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive Example: “There's a white girl, Betty Anderson, down on Cricket Hill Lane parked under them mulberry trees across from the old Carter place getting run through by a colored boy in a bright red Plymouth Fury. You might wanna get out there before Big Jim Anderson find^([sic]) himself with a half-breed grandchild,” […] 10. To continue past an intersection or a sign that is intended to cause one to stop. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: You just ran through a stop sign. 11. Of a waterway, to flow through an area. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The Seine river runs through Paris. 12. To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: This train runs through the county. 13. To continue through territory owned by another company without being exchanged for a different train. Labels: transitive 14. To be present and intense. Labels: transitive Example: The cardamom runs through the cake. 15. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, through.
Word: dealership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dealer Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English dealership From dealer + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːləʃɪp/ 1. A place that sells items, especially cars. Example: I visited the car dealership today. Example: It comes as a series of weekly protests branded “Tesla Takedown” have occurred at various locations across the U.S., which has seen a number of vehicles set on fire and various charging stations and dealerships vandalized by protesters. On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles.
Word: flick the bean Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of flick one's bean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disinheritance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disinherit + -ance, replacing disheritance. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtən(t)s/, /ˌdɪsənˈhɛrətən(t)s/ 1. The act of disinheriting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: full of beans Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the 1840s. Possibly a reference to coffee beans. Attributed to Robert Strang. 1. Energetic and enthusiastic. Labels: idiomatic Example: "What do you mean by the expression 'Bucks you up'?" "Well, makes you full of beans, you know. Makes you fizz." "I don't understand a word you say. You're English, aren't you?" Example: Irwin's friend Chris White reflected on a friendship that began in 1975. . . . "Full of beans, full of life, gung-ho, fearless, tenacious at anything he attempted."
Word: full of beans Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the 1930s. A euphemistic form of full of shit. 1. Incorrect; uninformed; exaggerating or expressing falsehood. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Anybody who tells you that they know what today's readers want is full of beans. Example: McCain says he can save $100 billion in earmarks, but he's full of beans.
Word: shacked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shack up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shacked up Part of Speech: adj 1. Sharing a small room or accommodation between many (often too many) people Labels: not-comparable 2. (of a couple) Sharing a house, but not married. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: couple up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two. Labels: transitive Example: It is utterly impossible for any factory in the United States to couple up 8,000 feet of hose within ten hours unless they had thirty or forty men on and have the couplings made, […] 2. To get into pairs; to become a group of two. Labels: intransitive Example: For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone. Example: By contrast, lesbians are sexually sedate. They dont cruise sex clubs. They couple up and stay coupled, and they like cuddling and hugging more than they do serious, genitally-based sex.
Word: massaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of massage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: massaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of giving a massage.
Word: complicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of complicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dispatches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispatch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispatches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dispatch Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thickens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thicken Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: televised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of televise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: televised Part of Speech: adj 1. Broadcast by television. Labels: not-comparable Example: The disruption to rail-related construction follows Johnson's televised address to the nation on March 23, after which fresh government guidelines on social distancing were issued to help halt the spread of Coronavirus.
Word: squished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of squish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spliced Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: spliced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of splice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rigs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪɡz/ 1. plural of rig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rigs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rig Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: refundable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English refund Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English refundable From refund + -able. 1. Able to be refunded in case of customer dissatisfaction, loss, breakage etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: The entrance fee is refundable if you choose not to stay for more than half an hour. Example: RDG explains: "From April 1 2026, the following tickets, Anytime, Off-Peak, Day Travelcards and most Ranger and Rover tickets, will no longer be refundable on the day they become valid for travel." It calls the £40m it thinks it loses "refund abuse", which it explains as "refunds on tickets that have been used but not scanned or endorsed, where a customer falsely states that they did not travel". I'm sure such abuse takes place (and that it's done by passengers). But RDG is taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut and punishing many millions of honest passengers by making tickets more restrictive.
Word: refundable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English refund Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English refundable From refund + -able. 1. Something that is eligible to be refunded.
Word: reinsert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English insert English reinsert From re- + insert. 1. To insert again. Labels: transitive Example: The spare intermediate vehicles have been sent north by road to Worksop for store, but will be reinserted into the EMUs when required.
Word: reabsorb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb English reabsorb From re- + absorb. 1. To absorb again.
Word: reacquire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English acquire English reacquire From re- + acquire. 1. To acquire again. Labels: transitive Example: This country, for example, has retained hold of the Pacific islands, established its dominance in Japan, occupied southern Korea, and maintained an important force of Marines in China. At the same time Russia has been incorporating the Kuriles and southern Sakhalin, re-acquiring rights it once possessed in Manchuria, and occupying north Korea.
Word: reactivate 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 *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate English reactivate From re- + activate. 1. To activate again. Example: Since the strike began, more than 2,400 performers have joined or reactivated their Cameo accounts. Example: An attorney discipline judge in California has rejected a request from ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman to reactivate his law license following her recent recommendation that he be disbarred, which rendered him unable to practice law for now.
Word: readdress 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 *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Italic *dwizrektos Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *dwizregō Latin dīrigō Latin dīrēctus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierbor. Middle English adressen English address English readdress From re- + address. 1. To address, direct, or deal with again. Labels: transitive Example: Her latest paper readdresses some old problems in philosophy. Example: “Evenin', Commander,” Clarke said with mock cheerfulness. “How's it goin'?” Gadsby ignored this overture, turned away, and readdressed himself to his drink. 2. To change the address of. Labels: transitive Example: John doesn't live there any more. You'd better readdress that parcel. Example: We can use this relocator code ourselves to readdress the DOS to the memory level that we want.
Word: readjust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English adjust English readjust From re- + adjust. 1. To adjust again.
Word: readmit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English admit English readmit From re- + admit. 1. To admit, or allow to enter, again.
Word: readopt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English adopt English readopt From re- + adopt. 1. adopt again
Word: reanalyze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English analyze English reanalyze From re- + analyze. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈæn.ə.laɪz/, /ɹiˈæn.ə.laɪz/, [ɹiˈɛən.ə.laɪz], [ɹiˈɛːn.ə.laɪz], /ɹiːˈæn.ə.lɑɪz/ 1. To analyze again. 2. To analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. Example: "SOS" has, in contemporary usage, been reanalyzed to stand for "save our souls". Example: Thus hamburger (whose true etymology is 'city of Hamburg' + er 'someone from') has been reanalyzed as ham + burger 'burger made with ham.'
Word: reapply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English reapply From re- + apply. 1. To apply again. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: In March 2008, the name was reapplied incorrectly as County of Durham, but this was also removed by February 2009.
Word: reappoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English appoint English reappoint From re- + appoint. 1. To appoint again. Labels: transitive
Word: reappraise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English appraise English reappraise From re- + appraise. 1. To appraise again.
Word: rearrest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English arrest English rearrest From re- + arrest. 1. To arrest again. Example: The police rearrested the suspect after finding new evidence linking him to the crime.
Word: rearrest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English arrest English rearrest From re- + arrest. 1. A second or subsequent arrest.
Word: reascend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English ascend English reascend From re- + ascend. 1. To ascend again. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I had forgotten my umbrella, and had to reascend the stairs to find it. Example: […] to reascend the place from whence they came, and rejoin that Substance from whence they were discerped […]
Word: reassemble 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 *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble English reassemble From re- + assemble. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːəˈsɛmbəl/ 1. To assemble again. 2. To put back together; to reverse the process of disassembly. Example: Once the concrete for each section has cured, the wall sections are disassembled and reassembled further along, while the inner section is moved along ready for the next section to be constructed.
Word: reassert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assert English reassert From re- + assert. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/, /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/ 1. To assert again. Example: Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda. Example: They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.
Word: reassign 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 *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English reassign From re- + assign. 1. To assign again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: The offending employees were reassigned after the incident. Example: Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000. 2. To transfer back what was previously assigned. Labels: transitive
Word: re-attach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English attach English re-attach From re- + attach. 1. To attach again.
Word: recatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch English recatch From re- + catch. 1. To catch again. Labels: transitive
Word: rethatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English thatch English rethatch From re- + thatch. 1. To thatch again, especially something that has previously been thatched.
Word: reattain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English attain English reattain From re- + attain. Pronunciation: /ɹiːəˈteɪn/ 1. To attain again. Example: On balance, it would seem fair to say that the standards of 1939 were about equalled, being not yet reattained in some respects but excelled in others. Example: While the Deutsche Bundesbahn has not reattained the pre-eminence in European railway speed that the German railways enjoyed before the 1939-1945 war, speeds in that country are steadily moving upwards [...].
Word: reattempt 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 *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin temptō Latin attemptōder. Old French atempterbor. Middle English attempten English attempt English reattempt From re- + attempt. 1. To attempt again. Labels: transitive
Word: reattempt 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 *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin temptō Latin attemptōder. Old French atempterbor. Middle English attempten English attempt English reattempt From re- + attempt. 1. Another attempt.
Word: reboil 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 *bew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.? Latin bulla Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin bulliō Old French boillirbor. Middle English boillen English boil English reboil From re- + boil. 1. To boil again. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: rebroadcast 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 *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast English rebroadcast From re- + broadcast. 1. Retransmission; a repeated or relayed broadcast. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.
Word: rebroadcast 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 *bʰer-der.? Proto-Germanic *braidaz Proto-West Germanic *braid Old English brād Middle English brod English broad Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast English broadcast English rebroadcast From re- + broadcast. 1. To broadcast again.
Word: rebury 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 *bʰergʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *burgijaną Proto-West Germanic *burgijan Old English byrġan Middle English birien English bury English rebury From re- + bury. 1. To bury again. Labels: transitive Example: Yet something is happening: On Sept. 14, in a ceremony at a war memorial in Tengchong, Yunnan, the remains of 19 soldiers of the Nationalist Chinese Expeditionary Force who died in Burma during World War II were reburied in China, a first since the Communists seized power in 1949. Example: As such, he paints the “Indians” back into the nineteenth-century landscapes that have attempted to unrepresent them; he tries (repeatedly) to rebury the skull; he installs signs to “teac[h] the Grass about Green” (43) and “Sky about Blue” (45); he replaces the buffalo with iron versions; and he tries to paint away the church.
Word: recalculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English calculate English recalculate From re- + calculate. 1. To calculate again.
Word: recharter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English charter English recharter From re- + charter. 1. To charter again 2. To grant a second charter
Word: recharter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English charter English recharter From re- + charter. 1. A second, or renewed charter Example: 1833-1834, Daniel Webster, The removal of the deposits if the public will […] shall demand a recharter for a longer or a shorter time
Word: rechristen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English christen English rechristen From re- + christen. 1. To christen or baptize again. Labels: transitive 2. To rename. Labels: transitive Example: Jewellery is broken up; watches are 'rechristened.' The 'fences' or receivers of stolen goods are of all grades, and serve every sort of thief; and in Hoxton thieves of every kind seem to be represented. Example: Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.
Word: recirculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English circulate English recirculate From re- + circulate. 1. To circulate again. Example: Ferry says he’s recirculating bones that would otherwise collect dust in someone’s basement and offering valuable services to people who may otherwise never interact with real human bones. Example: It's from last summer, but is recirculating because Talarico is back in the news as he feuds with fellow candidate Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in March.
Word: reclassify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English classify English reclassify From re- + classify. 1. To classify again; to give a new classification to. Labels: transitive Example: Two-car CrossCountry Class 170/5 diesel multiple units are being extended to three-car formations and reclassified as Class 170/6s, to boost capacity on the Birmingham-Stansted Airport route. So far, two have been reformed by Arriva TrainCare at Bristol Barton Hill and put back into traffic. 2. To change the graduation year of (a student) by reclassification. Labels: transitive