nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blindworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes. Cognate with Swedish blindorm, blindödla. 1. Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard. Example: […] we haue a blind worme to be found vnder logs in woods, and timber that hath lien long in a place, which some also doo call (and vpon better ground) by the name of [s]low worms, and they are knowen easilie by their more or lesse varietie of striped colours, drawen long waies from their heads, their whole bodies little excéeding a foot in length, & yet is there venem deadlie. Example: You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong, Come not near our fairy queen.
Word: facile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish and Portuguese fácil (“easy”), Catalan fàcil, Romanian facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton. Pronunciation: /ˈfæs.aɪl/, /ˈfæs.əl/, [ˈfæs.ɫ̩], /ˈfä.sʌɪl/ 1. Easy; contemptibly easy. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: […] as he that is benummed with cold, sits still shaking, that might relieve himselfe with a little exercise or stirring, doe they complaine, but will not use the facile and ready meanes to doe themselves good; […] 2. Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. Labels: archaic Example: His facile disposition made him many friends. 3. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). Example: Her writing was facile and articulate. Example: we can learn the impression that he made upon a stranger and a foreigner at this period, thanks to the facile pen of Fannu Burney. 4. Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.). Example: He arrived with a facile understanding of her works. Example: There is a facile view that our green commitments – to tackling climate change, avoiding air and water pollution, protecting natural habitats – are an obstacle to growth. The message of the commodity markets is surely different. 5. Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily. Example: Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.
Word: bilirubin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from German Bilirubin. By surface analysis, bili- + rub- + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., bilirubin, bilirubine, bilirubina). Pronunciation: /bɪlɪˈɹuːbɪn/ 1. A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The doctors said this was very common, just her new-born liver catching up with the rest of her — the build-up of bilirubin in her blood. The substance red blood cells produce when broken down.
Word: cabriolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cabriolet. Pronunciation: /kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/ 1. An automobile with a retractable top. Example: Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears. 2. A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse. Labels: historical Example: Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky. Example: "I think," said Isabella, startling Louisa, who had been watching the cabriolet down the street, "that Lady Penrhyn might have asked you to go with mamma."
Word: time travel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: time + travel 1. Travel to the past or to the future, typically by means of a time machine or a wormhole. Labels: uncountable 2. The ability to access previous states of a database. Labels: uncountable
Word: time travel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: time + travel 1. Alternative form of time-travel Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: autocannibalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + cannibalism. 1. The eating of part of one's own body. Labels: uncountable Example: god damn it babies, you've got to involuntarily practice some degree of autocannibalism - alt text for Dinosaur Comics, February 15, 2012, http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2144
Word: time-traveller Part of Speech: noun 1. One who engages in time travel.
Word: eccentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der. Medieval Latin eccentricusder. Middle French excentriquebor. English eccentric From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ɛkˈsɛntɹɪk/ 1. Not at or in the centre; away from the centre. Example: Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use. 2. Not perfectly circular; elliptical. Example: As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater. 3. Having a different center; not concentric. 4. Of a person, deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange. Labels: figuratively Example: 1801, Author not named, Fyfield (John), entry in Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern, page 127, He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct. Example: Such is not the case with Mr. Martin Van Butchell, one of the most eccentric characters to be found in the British metropolis, and a gentleman of indisputable science and abilities, but whose strange humors and extraordinary habits, have rather tended to obscure than to display the talents he possessed. 5. Of a motion, against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter). 6. Having different goals or motives. Labels: figuratively Example: a. 1626, Francis Bacon, 1867, Richard Whately (analysis and notes), James R. Boyd (editor), Essay XI: Wisdom for a Man's Self, Lord Bacon's Essays, page 171, […] for whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands he crooketh them to his own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master or state: […] 7. Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side. Example: Oospores may be centric, subcentric, subeccentric or eccentric. Antheridial branches may or may not be present, and are androgynous, monoclinous, diclinous or hypogynous.
Word: eccentric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der. Medieval Latin eccentricusder. Middle French excentriquebor. English eccentric From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/, /ɛkˈsɛntɹɪk/ 1. One who does not behave like others. Example: A tiny, feisty woman who always spoke her mind, Charlotte was an eccentric in the wonderful way that some women from the last century were natural eccentrics. Example: Eccentrics live longer, happier, and healthier lives than conformist normal citizens, according to the neuropsychologist David Weeks. 2. A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs. Labels: slang 3. A circle not having the same centre as another. 4. A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion. Example: The position of the eccentrics which is necessary to make the pistons drive the engine forward must be directly the reverse of that which would cause them to drive the engine backwards. To be able, therefore, to reverse the motion of the engine, it would only be necessary to be able to reverse the position of the eccentrics, which may be accomplished by either of two expedients. Example: Clavius goes on to use the large number of orbs in Fracostoro's theory as another reason to prefer the Ptolemaic system, then couples this issue with that of the relative capacity of the theories to save the phenomena, then finally reiterates the lack (as he sees it) of conflict between the Aristotelian natural philosophy and the eccentrics and epicycles of mathematical astronomy. 5. An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle. Example: Research tells us that eccentrics, heavy partials, and static exercise may require several days or weeks of recovery time.
Word: duress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English duresse, from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia (“hardness”), from dūrus (“hard”). Pronunciation: /djʊˈɹɛs/, /d͡ʒʊˈɹɛs/, /duˈɹɛs/, /dəˈɹɛs/ 1. Harsh treatment. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […]the agreements[…]made with their landlords, during the time of ſlavery, are only the effect of dureſſe and force;[…]. 2. Constraint by threat. Labels: uncountable Example: It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during filming. 3. Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats. Labels: uncountable
Word: duress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English duresse, from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia (“hardness”), from dūrus (“hard”). Pronunciation: /djʊˈɹɛs/, /d͡ʒʊˈɹɛs/, /duˈɹɛs/, /dəˈɹɛs/ 1. To put under duress; to pressure. Example: Someone was duressing her. Example: The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.
Word: wormhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/ 1. A hole burrowed by a worm. Example: To fill with worme-holes stately monuments. Example: But he had no sooner got through the worm-hole, than the lad put a small peg in the hole. 2. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel. Example: […]where there is a net flux of lines of force, through what topologists would call "a handle" of the multiply-connected space, and what physicists might perhaps be excused for more vividly terming a "wormhole". Example: Wormhole distortion has overloaded main power systems! 3. A location in a monitor program containing the address of a routine, allowing the user to substitute different functionality. Labels: slang
Word: wormhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957. Pronunciation: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/ 1. To make porous or permeable through the formation of small holes or tunnels. Labels: transitive
Word: place Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English placen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯s/, [ˈpʰl̥eɪ̯s], /ˈpleːs/, [ˈpʰl̥eːs], /ˈplæ̝ɪ̯s/ 1. To put (someone or something) in a specific location. Labels: transitive Example: He placed the glass on the table. Example: to place someone on a pedestal 2. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). Labels: ergative Example: The Cowboys placed third in the league. Example: Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race. 3. To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)). Labels: ergative, intransitive Example: In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars. 4. To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered. Labels: transitive Example: I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where. 5. To vouch for someone's alibi. Labels: transitive Example: The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder. 6. To sing (a note) with the correct pitch. Labels: transitive 7. To make. Labels: transitive Example: We were all focused intently on the triangular conference call speaker in the middle of the table. President Trump's communications team was placing a call to President Volodymyr Zelenksy of Ukraine, and we were here to listen. Example: to place a call 8. To bet. Labels: transitive Example: I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls. 9. To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc. Labels: transitive Example: They phoned hoping to place her in the management team. Example: Designated as the core of the southern forces were: the 5th Division, which was recalled from northern French Indochina to Shanghai, placed under the direct control of Imperial Headquarters, and, on October 12, ordered to “train primarily for landing operations” (Imperial Headquarters Army Order 467); the Imperial Guard Division, which was ordered on October 22 to assemble at Shant’ou (Swatow); the 48th Division, reorganized on October 22 from the Taiwan Mixed Brigade and ordered to advance to Hainan island; and the 18th Division at Canton. 10. To place-kick (a goal). Labels: transitive 11. To assign (more or less value) to something. Labels: transitive Example: My workplace places a high premium on team spirit. Example: She places little value on religion.
Word: coordinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of coōrdinō (“arrange together”), from co- + ōrdinō, equivalent to co- + ordinate. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. See also ordain and ordinate. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nɪt/, /ˈkwɔː.dɪ.nɪt/, /koʊˈɔɹ.də.nɪt/, /ˈkɔɹ.də.nɪt/, /ˈkwɔɹ.də.nɪt/ 1. Of the same rank; equal. Labels: not-comparable Example: two coordinate terms Example: whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country
Word: coordinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonné. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nɪt/, /ˈkwɔː.dɪ.nɪt/, /koʊˈɔɹ.də.nɪt/, /ˈkɔɹ.də.nɪt/, /ˈkwɔɹ.də.nɪt/ 1. A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure. Example: Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you. Example: What makes Doveland so fascinating is that there are no records of a town with such a name, the town was not renamed or altered its zoning, and there is no map of the state that includes the coordinates of a town called Doveland, Wisconsin. Yet people claim they remember the town, had friends or relatives who lived there, have visited it, and a few folks have souvenirs to prove they have been to Doveland. 2. Something that is equal to another thing. Example: These are coordinates; because each, in the sphere of its powers, is equal to, and independent of the others; and because the three united make the government. 3. Coordinated clothes. Labels: humorous, in-plural
Word: coordinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonner. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɔː.dɪˌneɪt/, /ˈkwɔː.dɪnˌneɪt/, /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, /ˈkɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ 1. To place in the same order or rank. Labels: transitive 2. To synchronize (activities). Labels: ambitransitive Example: It can be difficult to coordinate movement of both legs after an operation. Example: I was playing tennis for the first time, and it was difficult to coordinate. 3. To match (objects, especially clothes). Labels: ambitransitive Example: The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate. Example: As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial ambitions.
Word: hypothetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, [ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkəɫ], [ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkɫ̩] 1. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural. Example: Such a subjunctive as appears in the principal clause (i.e. the apodosis) of a conditional sentence may be called a hypothetical subjunctive. An hypothetical subjunctive expresses an action¹ which, while its non-occurrence is implied, is yet supposed to occur, if some other action occur. Example: To establish standing under Article III, a plaintiff must satisfy the following three requirements: (1) "the plaintiff must have suffered an injury in fact - an invasion of a legally protected interest which is (a) concrete and particularized, and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical"; ... 2. Conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent.
Word: hypothetical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, [ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkəɫ], [ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkɫ̩] 1. A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition. Example: These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information. Example: He told ABC News: “Just to give you a hypothetical, we would respond by leading a Nato – a collective – effort that would take out every Russian conventional force that we can see and identify on the battlefield in Ukraine and also in Crimea and every ship in the Black sea.”
Word: mar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”). Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)/, /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞] 1. To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage. Labels: transitive Example: […] and putteth ether many a good mā by ignorance in ieopardy of his life, or marreth good medicines to the great diſhoneſtie both of the Phiſician and of Goddes worthy creatures, the herbes and medecines: Example: Prospero: […]huſh, and be mute / Or elſe our ſpell is mar'd.
Word: mar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to annoy, disturb, neglect, forget, ignore”). Cognate with Scots mer, mar (“to obstruct, impede, spoil, ruin”), Dutch marren (“to push along, delay, hinder”), dialectal German merren (“to entangle”), Icelandic merja (“to bruise, crush”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to annoy, bother, disturb, offend”), Lithuanian miršti (“to forget, lose, become oblivious, die”), Armenian մոռանալ (moṙanal, “to forget, fail”), Sanskrit मृष् (mṛṣ, “forget, neglect”). Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)/, /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞] 1. A blemish. Example: For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.
Word: mar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of mere. Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)/, /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞] 1. Alternative form of mere (“a body of standing water”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mayor. Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)/, /mɑɹ/, [mɑɹ], [mɑ˞] 1. Alternative form of mayor and mair. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: faster-than-light Part of Speech: adj 1. Faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, the theoretical speed limit for travel within the universe. Labels: comparative-only Example: Faster-than-light drives use element zero cores to reduce the mass of a ship, allowing higher rates of acceleration. This effectively raises the speed of light within the mass effect field, allowing high speed travel with negligible relativistic time dilation effects.
Word: shortcut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short English cut English shortcut From short + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, /ˈʃoːtkʌt/, /ˈʃɔːtkʊt/, /ˈʃɔːtˌkət/, /ˈʃɔɾtˌkʌt/ 1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. 2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. Example: East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services. 3. A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it. Example: There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop. 4. Ellipsis of keyboard shortcut. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: shortcut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short English cut English shortcut From short + cut. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, /ˈʃoːtkʌt/, /ˈʃɔːtkʊt/, /ˈʃɔːtˌkət/, /ˈʃɔɾtˌkʌt/ 1. To take or use a shortcut
Word: tachyon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as: tachy- + -on, from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”). Coined by American physicist Gerald Feinberg in 1967. Pronunciation: /ˈtæk.i.ɒn/, /ˈtæ.kiˌɑn/ 1. A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. Labels: particle 2. A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost.
Word: Everest Part of Speech: name Etymology: Mountain named after Sir George Everest. The surname may be from Norman French Devereux, meaning from Évreux. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvəɹɪst/, /ˈɛvɹɪst/, /ˈɛvəɹəst/, /ˈɛvɹəst/, /ˈiːvɹɪst/ 1. Ellipsis of Mount Everest. Labels: uncountable Example: One day in the late spring of 1924 an observer on the East Rongbuk Glacier at the foot of Everest, staring up at the summit of the mountain through a telescope, saw the morning mists part around the summit, and saw there two black figures climbing steadily upwards. One of them was an Oxford undergraduate, the other was Mallory. They were, at that moment, at a height of 28,400 feet, higher than any man has ever climbed before and only six hundred feet below the top. Example: The early expeditions, though they failed, did make the picture much clearer. The problems of Everest emerged- problems of supply and support, unbelievably treacherous weather, and worst of all, the problem of altitude itself- the terrifying lack of oxygen. Several of the early climbers attacking the summit from the north got within a thousand feet of it. Mallory and Irvin for instance, who attempted it in 1924. Neither of them came back. Why should a man climb Everest? It was Mallory himself who gave the classic reply: 'Because it is there'. Everest remained a challenge: aloof, inviolate, murderous. 2. Ellipsis of Mount Everest. Labels: countable 3. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Everest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Everesting. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvəɹɪst/, /ˈɛvɹɪst/, /ˈɛvəɹəst/, /ˈɛvɹəst/, /ˈiːvɹɪst/ 1. To repeatedly cycle up steep roads with a total distance equal to the height of Mount Everest. Example: Training for an Everest expedition in 1994, Mallory wrote, he had Everested by cycling eight times up Mount Donna Buang, outside Melbourne.
Word: parkour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈkʊə/, /pɑːˈkɔː/, /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/, /pɑɹˈkoɹ/ 1. An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements. Labels: uncountable Example: On Astypalea, the possibilities for parkour routines are endless, as illustrated by the variety of tricks each athlete unveiled at Art of Motion.
Word: parkour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French parkour, altered spelling of parcours (“course, route”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈkʊə/, /pɑːˈkɔː/, /pɑɹˈkʊɹ/, /pɑɹˈkoɹ/ 1. To freerun; to use parkour (to move over). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: It's about running at 100mph through the world, then parkouring up an exploding cube van that's 100ft in the air, bouncing off it and hitting the wall and keeping on going. Example: They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver.
Word: free running Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A term introduced by parkour practitioner Sebastien Foucan in a programme called Jump London as a synonym for parkour. The usage has since changed through the adverse reaction of parkour practitioners to somersaults and non-efficient movements being introduced to the discipline. 1. The activity of combining parkour with gymnastics to pass obstacles and demonstrate athletic talent, most often in urban environments. Labels: uncountable
Word: free runner Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who participates in free running.
Word: loa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Haitian Creole lwa. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ̯ə/, /ˈloʊ̯ə/, /ˈlʌʊ̯ə/ 1. In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings. Example: Here, on the Island Below the Sea, the loa have their permanent residence, their primal location. Example: Some will caution you at great length about the dangers of Vodou. They will tell you that the lwa are jealous, thin-skinned, and hot-tempered.
Word: kula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”). 1. A tower, turret or steeple in Southeastern Europe erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area. Example: Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other. Example: The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.
Word: kula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Melanesian language. 1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jap Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. The Japanese language. Labels: dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds? Example: He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen. “You speak Jap?” asked Cullen. “Looks like it, doesn't it?” 2. Clipping of Japanese. Labels: Australia, Hong-Kong, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: Jap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. A Japanese person. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, slur Example: Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never. 2. An Imperial Japanese Army soldier. Labels: derogatory, historical Example: The Japs had been confident that this first and sudden land grab could be accomplished without their becoming involved in a major war, and they were right. Example: ‘The telegram says “missing”.’ ’Nothing about “presumed drowned”?’ Sorrel asked. ’Nothing.’ ’Then he could easily be a prisoner in the hands of the Japs,’ she persisted.
Word: Jap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, not-comparable, slur Example: A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.
Word: Jap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare Nip (shortened from Nipponese). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæp/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of jap. Labels: alt-of
Word: story Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estoriebor. Middle English storie English story From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/, /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ 1. An account of real or fictional events. Example: The book tells the story of two roommates. Example: ...it must be exploded for fabulous, with other relics of ancient story... 2. A lie, fiction. Example: You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you? 3. A soap opera. Labels: US, colloquial Example: What will she do without being able to watch her stories? Example: He stood on the doorstep for a minute, listening for sounds inside the house — a radio, a TV tuned to one of the stories […] 4. History. Labels: obsolete Example: […] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions. 5. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account. Example: What's the story with him? Example: I tried it again; same story, no error message, nothing happened. 6. A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period. Labels: capitalized, sometimes Example: Worshippers in Mecca are streaming their stories live on Snapchat, opening up the Saudi city to non-Muslims online. Example: People can make stories public or private, and can choose if they want only a subsection of their followers to view them. 7. Ellipsis of user story. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: story Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estoriebor. Middle English storie English story From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie by aphesis, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “learning through research”). Doublet of history and storey. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/, /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ 1. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about. Labels: transitive Example: How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. Example: It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. 2. To post a story (chronological collection of pictures or short videos) on an application or website. Labels: ambitransitive, capitalized, sometimes Example: But Portman, quite self-deprecating about her social-media savvy, says she . . . isn’t quite fully at ease yet with the world of double-taps and geotags and storying. Example: I hereby argue that the only thing that would make these mini Friends reunions truly complete would be contributions from Aniston herself, who decidedly does not have an Instagram page. Imagine the content possibilities: Aniston looking flawless and chic by the pool; Aniston Storying herself shopping at Gelson’s; […]
Word: story Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alternative form of what's the story (“how are you?”) Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/, /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ 1. Used as a greeting, short for what's the story? Labels: Ireland, idiomatic Example: *Any non-Irish person should be aware that it is not necessary to take the question literally i.e. one shouldn't start to explain your life story when greeted with 'What's the story?' rather they should respond in kind e.g. Greeting: 'What's the story?' Response: 'What's the story?' There are several variations on the theme, the most popular being 'What's the story, bud?' or the pithy : 'Story, bud?' or the pithier still 'Story?'
Word: story Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/, /ˈstɔ.ɹi/ 1. Alternative spelling of storey. Labels: Philippines, US, alt-of, alternative Example: Our shop was on the fourth story of the building, so we had to install an elevator. Example: The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.
Word: nip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English nippen, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, probably a byform of earlier *knippen (suggested by the derivative Middle English knippette (“pincers”)), from Middle Low German knîpen, from Old Saxon *knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knīpaną (“to pinch”). Related to Dutch nijpen, knijpen (“to pinch”), Danish nive (“pinch”); Swedish nypa (“pinch”); Low German knipen; German kneipen and kneifen (“to pinch, cut off, nip”), Old Norse hnippa (“to prod, poke”); Lithuanian knebti. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. Example: May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress. 2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. Example: The small shoots ... must be nipt off. 3. To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold. 4. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. 5. To annoy, as by nipping. Example: And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. 6. To taunt. 7. To squeeze or pinch. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland 8. To steal; especially to cut a purse. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you. Example: The twelfth is a beau-trap, if a cull he does meet, / He nips all his cole, and turns him into the street. 9. To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.' Labels: obsolete Example: He had never expected to fling the soldier, or to be flung by Flea. “One nips or is nipped,” he thought, “and never knows beforehand. …"
Word: nip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English nippen, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, probably a byform of earlier *knippen (suggested by the derivative Middle English knippette (“pincers”)), from Middle Low German knîpen, from Old Saxon *knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knīpaną (“to pinch”). Related to Dutch nijpen, knijpen (“to pinch”), Danish nive (“pinch”); Swedish nypa (“pinch”); Low German knipen; German kneipen and kneifen (“to pinch, cut off, nip”), Old Norse hnippa (“to prod, poke”); Lithuanian knebti. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. A playful bite. Example: The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip. 2. A pinch with the nails or teeth. 3. Briskly cold weather. Example: There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside. Example: The day had only just broken, and there was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow. 4. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching Example: the nip of masses of ice 5. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. 6. A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum. 7. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. 8. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. 9. A short turn in a rope. 10. The place of intersection where one roll touches another 11. A pickpocket. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: A novice nip, newly arrived in London, went one afternoon to the Red Bull in Bishopsgate, an inn converted to a playhouse.
Word: nip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for nipperkin, ultimately from Middle Low German nippen or Middle Dutch nipen ("to sip; nip"; > Dutch nippen). Compare also German nippen (“to sip; taste”). Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor. Example: I’ll just take a nip of that cake. Example: He had a nip of whiskey.
Word: nip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nipple. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. A nipple, usually of a woman. Labels: in-plural, slang, vulgar Example: Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro? Example: I find bras totally uncomfortable, hot and itchy, for both work and leisure. But looking around, I seem to be in the minority. What are the rules for going braless? Is it OK to show my nips, or is it rude?
Word: nip Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of nipple. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. To have erect nipples. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: nip Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip. Labels: informal Example: Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk? Example: My trip ends at Wrexham General. While the '150' trundles the final half-mile down the single line to Wrexham Central, I nip over the footbridge to explore the main part of the station.
Word: nip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Canada 1931. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. A hamburger. Labels: Northwestern, Ontario
Word: nip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /nɪp/ 1. Alternative spelling of Nip; a Japanese person. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: macrophage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek. Pronunciation: /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
Word: bog standard Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bog-standard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pronto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus. Doublet of prompt. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒntəʊ/, [ˈpʰɹɒntʰəʊ̯], /ˈpɹɑntoʊ/, [ˈpʰɹɑntʰoʊ̯], [ˈpʰɹɑnoʊ̯] 1. Quickly, very soon, promptly. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I need to finish this assignment pronto. Example: “[…] I burst through the door with a pregnancy bump and shouted at him, pretending to be his mistress. I’ve never seen a man look so horrified in his life. I then went into a spontaneous lip-sync of ‘I Will Survive’.” (We need footage, pronto.)
Word: pronto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus. Doublet of prompt. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒntəʊ/, [ˈpʰɹɒntʰəʊ̯], /ˈpɹɑntoʊ/, [ˈpʰɹɑntʰoʊ̯], [ˈpʰɹɑnoʊ̯] 1. Quick, prompt. Labels: informal, rare Example: For a pronto lunch, take a slice or two to work and team with a tasty salad. Example: In pronto reaction time, Zeth chose to drive a black armored truck, […]
Word: skinflint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪnflɪnt/ 1. One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser. Example: You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.
Word: joke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒɵ̞ʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒəʉ̯k/ 1. An amusing story. Example: Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter. 2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. Example: It was a joke! 3. A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. Labels: figuratively Example: Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke. Example: The president was a joke. 4. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. Labels: figuratively Example: The final exam was a joke.
Word: joke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒɵ̞ʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒɔʊ̯k/, /ˈd͡ʒəʉ̯k/ 1. To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. Labels: intransitive Example: I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking. 2. To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with. Labels: intransitive Example: Relax, man, I'm just joking with you. 3. To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to joke a comrade Example: He made more than one visit to Oxbridge, where the young fellows were amused by entertaining the old gentleman, and gave parties and breakfasts and fêtes, partly to joke him and partly to do him honour.
Word: knock-knock joke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: knock-knock + joke 1. An audience-participation joke ending with a pun.
Word: practical joke Part of Speech: noun 1. A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else. Example: The class put a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair as a practical joke. Example: This is a street of elegant stucco terraced houses, two of which (numbers 23 and 24) straddled the mouth of the canyon. [...] they were knocked down and replaced with fake houses [...]. So began 150 years of practical jokes, with coal merchants sending young apprentices to deliver coal to the façades, or letters addressed to Mr N. O. Body, 24 Leinster Gardens. (There is no letterbox).
Word: whoopee cushion Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).
Word: whoopee Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ʍupi/, /ʍʊpi/, /wʊpi/ 1. A spontaneous expression of delight or joy. Example: Whoopee! I won!
Word: whoopee Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʍupi/, /ʍʊpi/, /wʊpi/ 1. To behave exuberantly; to make whoopee. Example: "If the 'twenties," said the stage-hand, who was a politician, "had done a bit more thinking and a bit less whoopeeing, we mightn't be where we are today.
Word: equine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/, /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/, /ˈiˌkwaɪn/ 1. Of, relating to, or reminiscent of horses. Example: He who believes that each equine species was independently created, will, I presume, assert that each species has been created with a tendency to vary, both under nature and under domestication, in this particular manner, so as often to become striped like other species of the genus; and that each has been created with a strong tendency, when crossed with species inhabiting distant quarters of the world, to produce hybrids resembling in their stripes, not their own parents, but other species of the genus. Example: It should come as no surprise that horses suffer from tendon and ligament injuries. When one considers these vital parts of the equine anatomy and the stresses placed upon them, it’s a tribute to the horse’s physical make-up that there aren’t more injuries. 2. Of or relating to any member or members of the genus Equus, including horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and others.
Word: equine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus (“of or pertaining to horses”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkˌwaɪn/, /ˈiːˌkwaɪn/, /ˈiˌkwaɪn/ 1. Any horse or horse-like animal, especially one of the genus Equus.