nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shoot through Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave, to disappear. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: ‘If I haven't got that money this evening I'll have to shoot through.’ Example: He did not mind the new store, but when some stirrer said that there was a motel coming, he shot through to find a better hole further inland, muttering that 'the place is getting as big as one of them southern city places!’ 2. To die. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: Play your didgeridoo, Blue / Play your didgeridoo / Ah, like, keep playin' 'til I shoot through, Blue / Play your didgeridoo 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, through. Example: A mostly novelized story shot through with some factual names and dates.
Word: to save one's life Part of Speech: phrase 1. At all. (Used with "can't", "couldn't" etc. to emphasize a lack of skill.) Labels: informal Example: I can't dance to save my life. Example: After she began to have a Governoress for Stuyvesant Jimpson and an Imported Nurse for the little Evelyn Jimpson her memory began to blur in spots and she couldn’t have done up the Dishes to save her life. 2. Under any circumstances; [I'd] rather die than ... (Used with "will not", "would not" etc. to emphasize refusal.) Labels: excessive, informal Example: She wouldn't eat baked beans to save her life.
Word: tantilizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of tantalizing. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: ...in ardent pursuit of his shadow, which the tantilizing purchaser has let out for the occasion.
Word: baroque pearl Part of Speech: noun 1. A pearl that has an irregular shape
Word: reaggravation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + aggravation. 1. The state or act of reaggravating. Example: She has a reaggravation of her brain injury because she fell down the stairs again. 2. A state resulting from a reaggravation. Example: That looks like a reaggravation on his leg; he injured it two weeks ago as well. 3. The last monitory before excommunication.
Word: reaggravations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reaggravation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reaggravated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reaggravate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reaggravates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reaggravate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reaggravating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reaggravate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: re-aggravation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of reaggravation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-aggravations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of re-aggravation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: re-aggravates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of re-aggravate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: re-aggravated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of re-aggravate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: re-aggravating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of re-aggravate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dick milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Semen. Labels: idiomatic, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: It took me and Chauncey about a good five minutes after that to catch our breaths before straightened up and heading out, leaving the homeowner to whack himself off to a satisfying conclusion with the curded dick milk we left on his face and back. Example: As his orgasm subsided, Tim slipped the head of his cock back into my mouth and I whimpered like a puppy, sucking greedily, enjoying the taste of his sperm bursting on my tongue. I stroked my cock as I lapped at Tim's cockhead, savoring his dick milk. I let out a muffled cry and shot my own load. It spurt through the air, landing on my belly in thick drops.
Word: man milk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + milk. 1. semen Labels: slang, uncountable Example: But, my mind was taken off the pain by the sensation of the man's cock unloading into my fuck hole. He pushed into me, sending jet after jet of sticky white man milk into the deepest part of my bowels. Example: I sucked and sucked on his nuts, then he rammed his cock in my mouth again, and sure enough he was soon feeding me the sweetest, creamiest man-milk I'd ever tasted.
Word: boy pussy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈboɪˌpʊ.si/ 1. The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I carried the lube pump with me and set it on the floor next to the bench, so I raised my legs up high, took a few big dollops, and then worked them into my boy pussy, pressing into the well-fucked, well-rimmed passage, which was already sticky from the cum of my last few customers. Then I just lay on the bench, my greased fuck hole open and ready for more. Example: "Put your legs up for me. That's it bitch, show me that boy pussy," Marco said. "You want this, whore?" he said, rubbing his wildly throbbing cock against the boy's tight hole. 2. The vagina or vulva of a transgender man or other transmasculine person. Labels: vulgar
Word: man pussy Part of Speech: noun 1. The anus and rectum of a man, usually the receptive participant (the bottom) in gay sex. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: We're up for a little man-pussy, Albert. Me and Jake, we're gonna get our dicks into you, you cute little shit. Example: On a surprisingly large number of those occasions, gentle, submissive, effeminate Danny also received a lot of blow-jobs and fucked a lot of man-pussy himself. 2. The vulva or vagina of a trans man. Labels: vulgar
Word: boy cunt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪ.kʌnt/ 1. The anus of a man, usually the passive participant in gay sex. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Your butt plug is on the sink there clean it up too and put it back up your boy cunt and go upstairs and meet me in the office for your instructions. Example: While the other two fucked his throbbing boy-cunt, Dirk started jerking off. 2. The vagina and/or vulva of a trans man. Labels: vulgar
Word: man cunt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmænˌkʌnt/ 1. The anus of a man, usually the receptive participant in gay sex. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: He spat onto his cock and watched the bubbles of his saliva disappear into Josh's man-cunt. Example: Ryan was moaning with pleasure, and these noises were egging him on to go deeper into the hole, to try and lick the inside of his beautiful man cunt. 2. The vulva or vagina of a trans man. Labels: vulgar
Word: exteriourly Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of exteriorly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: extrinsick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of extrinsic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fabrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fabric. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: back kitchens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back kitchen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of fanatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fanatick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of fanatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fantastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of fantastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: fantastick Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of fantastic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: kiss off Part of Speech: verb 1. to bid goodbye to (someone) with a kiss. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: My girlfriend came to kiss me off at the airport. 2. to dismiss casually; to sidetrack or shut down (someone); to reject or spurn. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. to leave; get lost, beat it Labels: euphemistic, imperative, intransitive, usually Example: We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, Get used to it. If you don't like it, kiss off.
Word: forensick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of forensic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: terrifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of terrific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: anteriour Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of anterior. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: kitty bar the door Part of Speech: adv 1. Very defensively; so as to prevent opponents from scoring. Labels: not-comparable Example: They played kitty bar the door and won 1–0.
Word: frantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of frantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: frantickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From frantick + -ly. 1. Obsolete form of franticly. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: frenetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of frenetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: frigorifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of frigorific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas.
Word: keep on trucking Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of keep on truckin'. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But, unlike those weapons, which could sustain high speeds in the 40s of knots in short bursts, the Type 93, whilst still being somewhat faster than them, could keep on trucking right out to 22,000 yards. At a more mundane 36 knots, it would run twice as far with its near-eleven-hundred-pound warhead. For the first time in the dreadnought era, a nation had a torpedo that could legitimately be fired, not only beyond the practical range of enemy guns, but also beyond the absolute range limits of practically any battleship gun then in service, at least in the slower speed setting, whilst also being near-invisible, due to the almost complete absence of exhaust gasses.
Word: geocentrick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of geocentric. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: in writing Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. By means of a written message, as opposed to orally or through other means. Example: I request the prohibition in writing, please. Example: THE emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River having communicated to me, in writing, through you, their desire to come to a favourable understanding with the British Government
Word: georgick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of georgic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: georgick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of georgic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And ſurely if the purpoſe be in good earneſt not to vvrite at leaſure that vvhich mẽ [men] may read at leaſure, but really to inſtruct and ſuborne Action and actiue life, theſe Georgickes of the mind concerning the huſbãdry & tillage thereof, are no leſſe vvorthy thẽ the heroical deſcriptiõs of vertue, duty, & felicity vvherfore the maine & primitiue diuiſion of Morall knovvledge ſeemeth to be into the Exemplar or Platforme of Good, and the Regiment or Culture of the mind; […]
Word: gigantick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of gigantic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sickhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sykhous, sek hous (“hospital”, literally “the house for the sick”), equivalent to sick + house. Cognate with Dutch ziekenhuis (“hospital”), German Low German Süükhuus, Sükenhuus (“hospital”), Norwegian sykehus (“hospital”), German Siechhaus, Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), Danish sygehus (“hospital”), Swedish sjukhus (“hospital”), Icelandic sjúkrahús (“hospital”), West Frisian sikehûs (“hospital”). Compare also German Krankenhaus (“hospital”), Saterland Frisian Kroankenhuus (“hospital”), and Old English lǣċehūs (“hospital”). 1. A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital. Example: The sickhouse was a cool, capacious, and convenient building, well adapted to the purpose for which it was used. Example: What was still called the new sickhouse, where people were taken to be tended if their illness was contagious, […]
Word: in the wink of an eye Part of Speech: adv 1. Instantaneously; extremely quickly. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: "The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
Word: sickhouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sickhouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in the least Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At all, in the slightest, in any way. Labels: idiomatic Example: — Are you worried? — Not in the least! Example: Were you in the least upset yesterday?
Word: Gothick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of Gothic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Gothick Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Gothic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: in plain view Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Easily seen, very visible. Labels: idiomatic
Word: gymnastick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of gymnastic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: athletick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of athletic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: if memory serves Part of Speech: phrase 1. If I have correctly remembered the details. Example: But A. P. H. has told us how he has demonstrated, at least twice, that indeed a cheque need not be on paper. Once, if memory serves, he used a table napkin; on the other occasion it was the label of an almost empty wine bottle.
Word: how are you getting along Part of Speech: phrase 1. A greeting roughly equivalent to how are you. Labels: informal
Word: how's everything Part of Speech: phrase 1. An informal greeting, asking how a person's life is going.
Word: how goes it Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The phrase is a regular Early Modern English equivalent of how's it going (when neither progressive tenses nor do-support were obligatory). As such it could have survived through regional dialects. Nevertheless modern usage is likely a calque of German wie geht es, perhaps additionally also Dutch hoe gaat het, Danish hvordan går det, etc. 1. An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you. Labels: idiomatic Example: Here comes the Lady Paulina's Steward: hee can deliuer you more. How goes it now (Sir.) Example: ‘Scotty, man, how goes it?’ Bennie said, patting me warmly on the back as we shook hands.
Word: harmonick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of harmonic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: harmonick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of harmonic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hop up Part of Speech: verb 1. To excite (people). Labels: transitive 2. To get in a high vehicle. Labels: intransitive 3. To stand up quickly. Labels: intransitive 4. To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up. Example: Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!
Word: hectick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hectic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hectick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hectic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cantalope Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of cantaloupe. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: heliocentrick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of heliocentric. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hæretick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of heretic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: heretick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of heretic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: heretick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of heretic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hermetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hermetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: histrionick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of histrionic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: After three years of constant applause, Miss [Elizabeth] O'Neill directed her steps towards the summit of histrionick exertion, being engaged for the season of 1814 at Covent Garden, where she made her first entrée as Juliet, on the 6th of October, being at once recognised as the first Hibernian actress, who had joined transcendant beauty with rare histrionick talent, since the time of Mrs. [Peg] Woffington.
Word: historick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of historic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: power bottom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From power + bottom. 1. An especially aggressive or energetic receiving partner during sex. Example: In one phrase, power bottom means, "Shut up and lie down. I'll take care of the rest." Example: Dennis: I'm sure there's a great deal of switching back and forth, but I think more often than not, bears are tops. Unless they happen to be power bottoms.
Word: power bottoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of power bottom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydraulick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hydraulic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hydraulick Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of hydraulic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hydraulicks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydraulics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hydrostatick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hydrostatic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hydrostaticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydrostatics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hypercritick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hypercritic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hypochondriack Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of hypochondriac. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1753 December 17th, John Rutty, A Spiritual Diary and Soliloquies (first edition, 1777) in The Life of Samuel Johnſon, LL.D. (first edition, 1791), aut. James Boswell, volume II, “1777. Ætat. 68.”, page 155
Word: hypochondriack Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hypochondriac. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hysterick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of hysteric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hysterick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hysteric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: iambick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of iambic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: iambick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of iambic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: identick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of identic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Cleaveland Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Cleveland. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A surname.
Word: return'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of return Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impolitick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of impolitic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: explainin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of explaining. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: associatin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of associating. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: organizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of organizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: apologizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of apologizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: baptizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of baptizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: realizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of realizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: agonizin' Part of Speech: adj 1. Informal form of agonizing. Labels: form-of, informal
Word: agonizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of agonizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: recognizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of recognizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: criticizin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of criticizing. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: entitlin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of entitling. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: enstall Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of install. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: authentick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of authentic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [T]here they find Ignatius, and then they beleeve him not for his ovvn Authority, but for a truths ſake, vvhich they derive from elſ vvhere: to vvhat end then ſhould they cite him as authentick for Epiſcopacie, vvhen they cannot knovv vvhat is authentick in him, but by the judgement vvhich they brought vvith them, and not by any judgement vvhich they might ſafely learne from him.
Word: conjur'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conjure Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: discern'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of discern Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past
Word: endeavour'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endeavour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: endeavor'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of endeavor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conceiv'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conceive Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: indeavour'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of indeavour Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: indeavor'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of indeavor Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: indeavor Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of endeavor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: indeavor Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of endeavor. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: inorthodox Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + orthodox. 1. Synonym of unorthodox.
Word: chip shot Part of Speech: noun 1. An approach shot made from a location a short distance from the green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole. Example: A 45-foot chip shot on the 18th hole gave Billy Casper Jr. of Bonita, Calif., a 5-under-par 65. Example: Woods finished on a high note when he muscled a chip shot out of the rough behind the 18th green, landed it on the fringe and got it to roll within inches of the hole. 2. A relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance. Example: When Ludwig Millfors lined up for a 19-yard chip shot of a field goal with three seconds left in the game, NDSU—and its 13,637 homecoming fans—had reason to feel comfortable. Example: A 20-yard run by quarterback Kade Harrington put them in Glander's range, and the senior kicker booted a chip-shot 30-yard field goal with 11 seconds left. 3. A shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal. Example: Plantation surprised Palm Springs North early with a chip shot close to the net by Mike Noll. 4. A takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle. Example: [I]n the Canadian curling championship . . . Florian scored with last rock on the first end and picked up another on the second when Ernie came up too fast on a chip shot and missed by a foot. 5. The achievement of a goal or the striking of a target with a ball or other projectile in relatively nonchallenging or routine circumstances, by throwing (as in basketball) or by discharging a firearm (as in hunting). Example: Stan Smith's chip shot from underneath the basket put North in charge 58-52. Example: Most of the deer I see are going to be out of range. For someone with a gun, 50 yards is a chip shot. For a bowhunter, it's no shot. 6. Something that is easy to do or to achieve. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Barnes could hardly get the words out: "It's a, it's a, it's a chip shot for Democrats to take the House," he added.
Word: chip-shot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chip shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chipshot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chip shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fabricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fabrick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indexterity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + dexterity. 1. Lack of dexterity, skill, or readiness in any respect; awkwardness; sluggishness; clumsiness. Labels: uncountable
Word: indefensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + defensive. 1. Not defensive; unprotected.
Word: intrinsick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of intrinsic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: confessionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confessionalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /kənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Confessionalization represents the defeat of efforts to rebuild the unified Latin Church. Example: Regardless of belief, all secular and ecclesiastical authorities pursued similar policies of ‘confessionalization’ intended to impose the official faith of their territory through education, improved clerical supervision and more intensive ‘visitations’ to probe individual belief and monitor religious practices.
Word: bade fair Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of bid fair Labels: form-of, past
Word: maieutics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”), from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates compares his procedure to that of a midwife. Pronunciation: /meɪˈjuːtɪks/ 1. Synonym of Socratic method. Labels: uncommon, uncountable
Word: savagedom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From savage + -dom. 1. A savage state or condition; savagery. Labels: uncountable 2. Savages. Labels: collective, uncountable
Word: saught Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). 1. Reconciliation; peace; ease. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: saught Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). 1. To reconcile; become reconciled. Labels: UK, ambitransitive, dialectal
Word: saught Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”). 1. Reconciled; agreed; at one. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: Phillis Part of Speech: name Etymology: A less common spelling of Phyllis. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Word: Phillis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s. 1. A surname transferred from the given name.
Word: Phillipa Part of Speech: name Etymology: A less common spelling of Philippa. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: "Well, you know when a father's name is Paul and they name the baby girl, Paulette?" "Or Paula." "That's right. Or his name is Philip and they name her Phyllis?" "Or Phillipa. Don't forget Phillipa. I love the name Phillipa."
Word: Phillida Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: While he dressed he sang an ancient ballad, at the top of his voice, to an air he improvised. Phillida was a fair maid / As fresh as any flower; / Whom Harpalus the herd-man praide / To be his paramoure. / Harpalus and eke Corin, / Were herd-men both ysere; / And Phillida would twist and spinne, / And thereto sing ful clere. "Phyllis!" cried John. "Can you hear in the bedroom? I sing of thee!" "I thought her name was Phillida," said Phyllis, setting the bedroom door ajar. "Phillida is Old English for Phyllis," he explained.
Word: become of Part of Speech: verb 1. to happen to, to occur to. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Then the Witch looked at the big, shaggy Lion and asked, "When Dorothy has returned to her own home, what will become of you?"
Word: in the world Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. An intensifier, often used after an interrogative word. Labels: idiomatic Example: What in the world was that? Example: Who in the world would want to do that? 2. Used for emphasis after a qualified noun. Example: the happiest girl in the world Example: Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror”segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world. 3. In this present age; here and now. Example: In the world you will have trouble, but I leave you my peace that where I am there you may also be. 4. In this present age; here and now. Example: With some effort and discipline anyone can learn to get up early and to stand through long church services, to make prostrations and to work, and work hard, at jobs that you don’t necessarily like. A lot of people in the world have a much more difficult life in that sense.
Word: OSI layer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the seven layers of abstraction in the OSI model of communications systems: application, presentation, session, transport, network, data link, or physical.
Word: to-ward Part of Speech: prep 1. Archaic form of toward. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Tom and Joe, who had come upon the group of other pupils after the impromptu snowball throwing contest had started, advanced further to-ward their school companions. Peaches and Teeter were still engaged in their friendly struggle, until Peaches tripped over a stone, concealed under a blanket of snow, and both went down in a struggling heap.
Word: OSI model Part of Speech: name 1. A description of the standard functions of a communications system in terms of seven layers of abstraction (the OSI layers).
Word: shrink away Part of Speech: verb Etymology: shrink + away 1. To draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away. Example: But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush. He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell. Example: Emily could be fearless enough on occasion; but in the presence of a nature which she instinctively felt to be hostile to hers she shrank away in something that was more repulsion than fear.
Word: in for it Part of Speech: adj 1. Irrevocably committed to something. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. In trouble. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: when her ears were bent towards him, and I felt her form beneath me gathering up like whalebone, and her hind-legs coming under her, and I knew that I was in for it. Example: "You sure did [hit someone with the snowball]," added Teeter, stiffling a laugh. "And of all persons in the school but Professor Rodd. Oh my! Oh wow! You're in for it now! He won't do a thing to you fellows! Look at his hat! Here he comes!"
Word: chose jugée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chose jugée, "judged thing". 1. A point, issue etc. which has already been decided (especially legally) and is therefore not worth discussing. Example: The Duchess objected to the Amen, which I thought gave an air of forgiveness and chose jugée to the whole thing […] Example: ‘We will not, if you please, argue the matter, which for me is a chose jugée.’
Word: choses jugées Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chose jugée Labels: form-of, plural
Word: St. Luke's summer Part of Speech: noun 1. A short period of warm weather around St Luke's Day (18 October); an Indian summer (also figuratively). Example: to me there was something infinitely pathetic and appealing in the idea of the egg having a sort of St. Luke's summer of commercial usefulness. Example: Almost every virtue of every season is contracted into the little span of St. Luke's summer, the very vintage of the year's juices.
Word: little summer of St. Luke Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of St. Luke's summer.
Word: chromedome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chrome dome. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monkeys might fly out of my butt Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Popularized by the 1992 film Wayne's World. Likely a variation on pigs might fly. 1. A response to a suggested situation that one thinks has no chance of ever occurring. Labels: Canada, US, slang, vulgar Example: ‘I am sure he'll pay you back tomorrow.’ ‘Yeah right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.’
Word: race against time Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which something must be done hurriedly, before a deadline. Labels: idiomatic Example: Scottish curler Eve Muirhead was left facing a race against time to make the first European Tour event of the season after being stung by a wasp. Example: Dealing with all the radioactive waste left on site is a slow-motion race against time, which will last so long that even the grandchildren of those working on site will not see its end. The process will cost at least £121bn.
Word: spin out Part of Speech: verb 1. To prolong; to make longer (in time). Labels: ambitransitive, idiomatic Example: After Ashby summit it was difficult to spin out the more than ample schedule allowance. Example: Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early. 2. To rotate about the yaw axis while skidding, such that the vehicle's longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion. Labels: intransitive Example: Two cars spun out on the icy road and wound up in a ditch. 3. To cause one's vehicle to rotate about the yaw axis while skidding, such that the vehicle's longitudinal axis is no longer aligned with its direction of linear motion; or to experience such behavior from one's vehicle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The Formula One driver spun out on a tight curve. Example: Bob accidentally spun out his Mercedes when he hit a patch of black ice. 4. To form a subsidiary company which continues part of the prior operations of the parent company. 5. To freak out; to experience a mental health crisis, especially one that is public or damaging; to be drawn into and derailed by a psychotic break, burst of anger, etc; to fail catastrophically, especially if caused by a freak out. Labels: informal
Word: in the blink of an eye Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Immediately, instantaneously. Labels: idiomatic Example: Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.
Word: now or never Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌnaʊ‿ə ˈnɛvə/, /ˌnaʊ‿əɹ ˈnɛvəɹ/ 1. At this sole opportunity or time, or not at all. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: [A]s you tender the welfare of your country, I entreat you not to forget or delay so public-spirited a work. Now or never is the time. Example: "Come off, now or never," cried Amyas, clutching him by the arm, and dragging him away like a child.
Word: infoshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info + shop. 1. A storefront or social centre that serves as a node for the distribution of political information and resources for local activists.
Word: infoshops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infoshop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sketchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sketch + -able. 1. Capable of being sketched.
Word: antibomb Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + bomb. 1. Opposing the use of the atomic bomb.
Word: antideportation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + deportation. 1. Opposing deportation. Example: an antideportation protest
Word: missized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mis- + sized. 1. Of the wrong size.
Word: kytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IFU Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of instruction(s) for use. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: doublestack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From double + stack. 1. Involving intermodal containers stacked two units high. Labels: not-comparable
Word: narcissistic personality disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A personality disorder characterized by an overinflated sense of self-importance (incl. subordination of other people's needs), sensitivity to criticism and difference in opinion and the denigration of others that are deemed lesser. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: People with narcissistic personality disorder usually have very low self-esteem and base all their self-worth on how much attention they receive.
Word: personality disorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of personality disorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iliac furrow Part of Speech: noun 1. The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people. Example: Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt. Example: His physique is like a Roman god with very pronounced iliac furrows or Apollo's belt.
Word: nonexcitatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + excitatory. 1. Not excitatory. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonrenormalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + renormalized. 1. Not renormalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nontorsional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + torsional. 1. Not torsional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonheterotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + heterotic. 1. Not heterotic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: latrotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of latrotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: putamens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of putamen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluricultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs Proto-Italic *plēōs Old Latin plousder. Latin plūs Latin plūris Latin pluri-bor. English pluri- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English cultural English pluricultural From pluri- + cultural. 1. Of or pertaining to several cultures.
Word: plurilingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pluri- + lingual. 1. Of or pertaining to several languages.
Word: plurilingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pluri- + lingual. 1. One who speaks several languages.
Word: balloon knot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy to the appearance of the knot in a balloon. 1. The anus. Labels: idiomatic, slang, vulgar Example: The Bloodhound Gang said Pennsylvania's official song "sucks mad balloon knot . . . making the Keystone State look as lame as one of the Dakotas." Example: I know what you're thinking, but there's nothing gay about getting naked, bending over in front of your guido buddy, and offering up your balloon knot to him for a healthy waxing. There's nothing gay about a smooth anus. Right?
Word: balloon knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balloon knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glottophagy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French glottophagie, coined by Louis-Jean Calvet. By surface analysis, glotto- + -phagy. 1. The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: One scientist's language spread is another's glottophagy. There are a number of partly overlapping perspectives, which can be regarded as concerned primarily with progression or regression.
Word: housecare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + care. 1. Treatment of a patient at his or her own home. Labels: uncountable Example: Service responses to the problems of old age couched in terms of housecare are clearly irrelevant to the needs of many older people. 2. Care and maintenance of one's home. Labels: uncountable Example: Pharmaceuticals and consumer chemicals: Includes cosmetics, housecare products, toiletries, veterinary products.
Word: hundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive form of hundred with -y. 1. hundred, especially 100 dollars Labels: slang Example: That's nine-hundy for just one class. Even state schools can't beat the rate your community college offers. Example: It's a shame she'll end up losing both her lunch and five hundy.
Word: magnetick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of magnetic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: macaronick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of macaronic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: macaronick Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of macaronic. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: magnifick Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of magnific. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: a.l. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of autograph letter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: athlete's girdle Part of Speech: noun 1. The iliac furrows. Example: Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, also known as an athlete's girdle, Apollo's Belt or an Adonis belt Example: My goal is to be as ripped as those juiceheads with the deep-ass athlete's girdles at the gym
Word: Adonis belt Part of Speech: noun 1. The iliac furrows. Example: I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt. Example: aficionados (or at least the more aesthetically minded among them) sometimes refer to this as an 'Apollo's belt' or 'Adonis girdle' – a classic case of reality mirroring art, rather than the other way round.
Word: Adonis belts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Adonis belt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: athlete's girdles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of athlete's girdle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juice-head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of juicehead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: juice head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of juicehead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: juice-heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juice-head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juice heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of juice head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transf. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of transferred sense. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of transformer (“electrical device”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Banks of pot transfs.
Word: West German Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from, or pertaining to West Germany. Labels: not-comparable Example: After 1945 West Germans wisely shunned the word. The East Germans were less inhibited: it was now the West German media that became the capitalist and fascist Lügenpresse. Example: The first Antifas functioned as platforms to organize against far-right groups like the National Democratic Party (NPD) in an autonomist movement still numbering in the tens of thousands of active members and capable of occupying entire city blocks in some West German metropoles.
Word: West German Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who comes from or lives in West Germany. Example: After 1945 West Germans wisely shunned the word. The East Germans were less inhibited: it was now the West German media that became the capitalist and fascist Lügenpresse.
Word: unvirtuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unvertuose, unvertuous, equivalent to un- + virtuous. 1. Not virtuous; having no virtue.
Word: West Germans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of West German Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Locrian mode Part of Speech: noun 1. A mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale except with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by one half step each, yielding the interval pattern (semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone). Example: Starting on the note C, a Locrian mode produces a scale with the notes C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C Example: {c'des'es'f'ges'aes'bes'c}
Word: protein shake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protein + shake. 1. A beverage containing protein mixed with milk or water for the purposes of improved nutrition, especially in bodybuilding. Example: We have (...) a soy-based protein shake that comes in vanilla and chocolate flavors Example: 2005. David Perlmutter, Carol Colman, "The better brain book" You can drink one protein shake daily as a snack or meal substitute.
Word: if it's not one thing it's another Part of Speech: phrase 1. Many problems are happening simultaneously or in close succession; there is always another problem arising, continually (in life; in one's life; in this place; etc).
Word: protein shakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protein shake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: if you ask me Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to introduce one's opinion, without being asked for it. Labels: informal Example: B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world. R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir. Example: Some damned fool made him an American officer; but if you ask me, I think he's neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring. He changed sides once so he wouldn't lose his property, and if you ask me, he's ready to do it again.
Word: transferred sense Part of Speech: noun 1. A (usually looser) meaning of a word or phrase developed from a metaphoric application of its original signification.
Word: if you don't mind me saying Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be taken Example: He addressed him politely: 'If you don't mind me saying so, you look a bit worried.' Salman answered him frankly: 'Well if I wasn't worried, do you think I'd come here to sell a thermos flask?'
Word: what's the difference Part of Speech: phrase 1. (rhetorical question) The difference does not matter; so what? Labels: idiomatic Example: “Genies, fairies, whatever, what's the difference, bring them here I want to talk to them,” 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, is, the, difference. Example: "I don't see why it's any more ridiculous to wear flowers on your hat than on your dress," protested Anne. "Lots of little girls there had bouquets pinned on their dresses. What's the difference?" Example: What's the difference between new Windows programs and old ones? If you're paying close attention, you'll notice subtle differences in the way new 32-bit Windows programs look. Dialog boxes, for example, are likely to have tabbed pages ...
Word: feinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feint + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪn.təɹ/ 1. Someone who feints.
Word: shide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schyd, schide, schyde (“plank, board, beam, splinter, chip”), from Old English sċīd (“thin slip of wood, shingle, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīd, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, plank, tile”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, *skey- (“to cut; divide; separate; split”). Cognate with North Frisian skeid (“billet of wood”), German Scheit (“log, piece of wood”), Swedish skid (“wooden shoe, sole, skate”), Icelandic skíð (“a billet of wood”). Doublet of ski. Pronunciation: /ʃaɪd/ 1. A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38 inches in circumference. Labels: obsolete Example: For a tall shyde and nayle for the same house, jd, Example: And [although] by the true intente of the said Statue everie Bende of Faggot should be Three Foote, […] the said evill disposed people doe [make] the saide Bendes or Faggots stickes much shorter, […] And that everie Tall Shide marked Two, beinge rounde bodied, shall conteine in compasse Three and twentie Inches of Assise aboute, […]