nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: theodolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade. Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒdəlaɪt/ 1. A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles. Example: I drew outlines (according to my usual custom) of all the hills on the horizon before us, and took angles on them with the theodolite. Example: The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.
Word: Backus normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. The Backus-Naur form. Labels: obsolete
Word: butch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed. Pronunciation: /bʊt͡ʃ/ 1. Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude. Example: There, look, Mr. Horne! Vada that great butch lucoddy! Example: Nor can I credit that a — to put it crudely — proud bisexual butch Italian — albeit one lonely, poor, emotional and without strong will — which Giovanni is shown to be in the earlier part of the book, should become, in a mere matter of months, and as the result of any happening, the venal hysterical fairy that he does. 2. Of a woman (usually lesbian), having a masculine appearance, or attitude. Example: Then I started going out with different kinds of women, and I started feeling more like I wanted to be more butch. […] I feel much more butch than I feel femme. Example: The process of appreciating a butch aesthetic may be even more complex for bisexual butch women. In contrast to lesbian butches who may date only within a butch-femme community, bisexual butch women may be more likely to […] In comparison to butch bisexual women, it may be easier for femme bisexual women to locate male and female dating partners […]
Word: butch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed. Pronunciation: /bʊt͡ʃ/ 1. A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. Labels: countable, slang Example: Coming out appeals to the narcissistic pleasure of presenting to another a finished image of ourselves, which they return to us in exactly the same form: [someone tells] you [they are] a bisexual butch, and you confirm it. But instead, it seems all too likely – especially, perhaps, for bisexuals, whose claims to identity always need that much more proof – that no such mirror-image will be returned.
Word: butch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from butcher. Pronunciation: /bʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To work as a butcher. Labels: intransitive, nonstandard Example: Sax thouſand years are near hand fled, / Sin’ I was to the butching bred, / And mony a ſcheme in vain’s been laid, / To ſtap or ſcar me; / Till ane Hornbook’s ta’en up the trade, / And faith, he’ll waur me. Example: Butch, to practice the trade of a butcher, to kill. 2. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market. Labels: nonstandard, transitive Example: Take thy huge offal and white liver hence, / Or in a twinkling of this true-blue steel / I shall be butching thee from nape to rump. Example: “Couldn’t Ali butch the cow, please?” said Bill, whose ears were ever open when the question of food was raised.
Word: temporary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/, /ˈtɛmpəɹi/, /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/ 1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time. Example: Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement. 2. Existing only for a short time or short times.
Word: temporary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/, /ˈtɛmpəɹi/, /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/ 1. One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office. 2. A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
Word: bag lady Part of Speech: noun 1. A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags. Labels: informal
Word: homeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English hāmlēas Middle English *homles English homeless From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmlɪs/, /ˈhoʊmləs/ 1. Lacking a permanent place of residence. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches. Example: Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief. 2. Containing no place that might be called home. Labels: not-comparable Example: But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]
Word: homeless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English hāmlēas Middle English *homles English homeless From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”). Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmlɪs/, /ˈhoʊmləs/ 1. A person who is homeless. Labels: nonstandard, offensive, possibly Example: Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world. Example: […] homelesses' due process rights and infringed upon the homelesses' fundamental right to travel […]
Word: black sheep Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason. Labels: idiomatic Example: He was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers. 2. A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy. Labels: idiomatic Example: “It’s just what I should have expected,” said Mr. Hawley, mounting his horse. “Any cursed alien blood, Jew, Corsican, or Gypsy.”¶ “I know he’s one of your black sheep, Hawley. But he is really a disinterested, unworldly fellow,” said Mr. Farebrother, smiling. Example: Kissinger, after all, is a figure of renown among the self-appointed leaders of "the people from whom he stems" and a frequent speaker at Jewish charity galas, whereas Ajami is a man almost entirely deserted by his people, a pariah at what should be his hour of triumph. In Arnoun, a family friend told me, "Fouad is a black sheep because of his staunch support for the Israelis." 3. A worker who refuses to strike; a scab. Labels: idiomatic Example: It used to be the law that a black sheep could be brought into the fold of conformity: where there were 'recognised terms of employment – a standard created by a collective agreement or award covering a substantial proportion of the employers and workers in any trade or industry […] 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, sheep. Example: Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full.
Word: webcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From web + -cast, from broadcast. 1. A video and/or audio broadcast transmitted via the Internet
Word: webcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From web + -cast, from broadcast. 1. To make such a broadcast
Word: kindly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”); equivalent to kind + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/ 1. Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic. Example: A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons. Example: The shade by which my life was crost, […] Has made me kindly with my kind 2. Favourable, gentle, pleasant, tidy, auspicious, beneficent. Labels: dated Example: Ye Heav'ns! from high the devvy nectar pour, / And in ſoft ſilence ſhed the kindly ſhovv'r! Example: His Brothers' wisdom or their love— / But calmly from the spot withdrew; / The like endeavours to renew, / should e'er a kindlier time ensue. 3. Lawful. Labels: archaic 4. Natural; inherent to the kind or race. Labels: obsolete Example: the kindly fruits of the earth Example: An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting,
Word: kindly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English kyndely, kyndly, kyndeliche, from Old English ġecyndelīċe, equivalent to kind + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/ 1. In a kind manner, out of kindness. Example: He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car. Example: Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me; / The carriage held but just ourselves / And Immortality. 2. In a favourable way. Example: Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead. 3. Used to make a polite request: please. Example: Kindly refrain from walking on the grass. Example: May we request that patrons kindly take their seats. 4. With kind acceptance; used with take. Labels: US Example: I don't take kindly to threats. Example: Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary. 5. Kind of, somewhat. Labels: dialectal 6. Readily. Labels: archaic 7. Naturally. Labels: obsolete
Word: punch buggy Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which the first player to call "Punch buggy!" on sighting a Volkswagen Beetle gets to punch the other. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: sweet sixteen Part of Speech: noun 1. A girl's sixteenth birthday, or sixteenth-birthday party and a related coming of age party. Labels: US, informal Example: But one tradition associated with the age hangs on: the Sweet Sixteen celebration. Symptomatic of at least a partial swing away from counterculture sentiments, the Sweet Sixteen party—relatively dormant during the anti‐Establishment turmoil of the late 60's and early 70's—is becoming popular again as a way of marking the 16th birthday. 2. Sixteen.
Word: imperium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm/, /ɪmˈpɪɹi.əm/ 1. Supreme power; dominion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ootheca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oo- (“egg-”) + theca (“sheath”). Pronunciation: /əʊəˈθiːkə/ 1. An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids). Example: Since the founding of the colony it had been a tradition to unload oothecae – egg sacs – in the cabinets so the younglings would be near the principal food stocks. 2. The theca or sporangium of ferns.
Word: alms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos) 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 ἐλεέω (eleéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) Ancient Greek -συνος (-sunos) Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē) Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)bor. Late Latin eleēmosyna Vulgar Latin *alēmosynabor. Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā Old English ælmesse Middle English almesse English alms From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “to have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Catalan almoina (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”). Pronunciation: /ɑːmz/, /ɑmz/, /ɑlmz/, /æmz/ 1. Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food. Example: She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money. Example: Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.
Word: case badge Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sticker, usually placed on the front of a personal computer, stating the name of the company who produced the computer.
Word: ranula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (“a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/, /ˈɹæn.jəl.ə/ 1. A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.
Word: dieselpunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diesel + -punk. 1. A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community). Labels: uncountable Example: In other words, steampunk explores adjustment to an industrial culture from the opposite direction to cyberpunk -- but has very much the same agenda. Me, I'm trying to write dieselpunk ... Example: […] post-apocalyptic dieselpunk action adventure […]
Word: Peyer's patches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peyer's patch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lily pad Part of Speech: noun 1. The round leaf of a water lily, which floats on the surface of the water. 2. A small, discreet base Labels: US
Word: rubber band Part of Speech: noun 1. An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
Word: rubber band Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of rubber-band. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: My mother gave me maybe 150 to 200 letters, […] all rubber banded together month by month and in dates. Example: Prompt them to pick up ten sticks, rubber band them together, and quickly move them to the tens office.
Word: elastic band Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.
Word: coexist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From co- + exist. Compare Latin coexsistō. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/, /ˌkoʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/ 1. To exist contemporaneously or in the same area. Labels: intransitive, stative, usually Example: peacefully coexist Example: learn to coexist
Word: combatant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/, /kəmˈbæ.tənt/, /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/ 1. A person engaged in combat, often armed. Example: Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public. Example: Come hither, you that would be combatants: Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favour, Quite to forget this quarrel and the cause.
Word: combatant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/, /kəmˈbæ.tənt/, /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/ 1. Contending; disposed to contend. Example: Their valours are not yet so combatant, Or truly antagonistick, as to fight; 2. Involving combat. Example: He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight. 3. Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Or, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant guardant argent, by […]
Word: Cockney rhyming slang Part of Speech: noun 1. A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The word chosen as the rhyme often shares attributes of the word that it replaces. Labels: uncountable
Word: Adam and Eve Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ædm̩ ænd iːv/, [ˌædm̩ n̩ ˈiːv] 1. The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis. Example: Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve. Example: Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave / I said “Let’s go and play Adam and Eve”
Word: Adam and Eve Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ædm̩ ænd iːv/, [ˌædm̩ n̩ ˈiːv] 1. A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors. Labels: figuratively 2. The puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale).
Word: Adam and Eve Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ædm̩ ænd iːv/, [ˌædm̩ n̩ ˈiːv] 1. To believe. Labels: Cockney, slang, transitive Example: Would you Adam and Eve it: I’ve only gone an’ lost me wallet, ain’t I?
Word: aris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Aristotle, Cockney rhyming slang for bottle, itself shortened from bottle and glass, Cockney rhyming slang for arse. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹɪs/ 1. arse Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: Barclays Bank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang, in allusion to the banking company Barclays Bank, named after James Barclay, who became a partner in 1736. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kliːzˌbæŋk/ 1. A wank. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: boracic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (bura). Pronunciation: /bɔˈɹæsɪk/ 1. Relating to, or impregnated with borax. Labels: not-comparable 2. Synonym of boric. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: boracic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”). Pronunciation: /bɔˈɹæsɪk/ 1. penniless Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: brassic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Brassica. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæsɪk/ 1. Of or relating to brassicas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brassic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: boracic with elision of the vowel in the first syllable, the spelling being modified to fit the pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæsɪk/ 1. Alternative form of boracic (“penniless”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Eh, basically man, ah'm totally brassic. Ah've goat thirty– two pence in ma poakit and a pound in ma account at the Abbey National.
Word: Brahms and Liszt Part of Speech: adj 1. Pissed, drunk. Labels: Cockney, not-comparable, slang
Word: Bristol Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪstəl/ 1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn. 2. Several places in Canada: 3. Several places in Canada: 4. Several places in Canada: 5. A populated place in Limón Province, Costa Rica. 6. A populated place in Cornwall County, Jamaica. 7. A populated place in Loreto department, Peru. 8. Several places in the United States: 9. Several places in the United States: 10. Several places in the United States: 11. Several places in the United States: 12. Several places in the United States: 13. Several places in the United States: 14. Several places in the United States: 15. Several places in the United States: 16. Several places in the United States: 17. Several places in the United States: 18. Several places in the United States: 19. Several places in the United States: 20. Several places in the United States: 21. Several places in the United States: 22. Several places in the United States: 23. Several places in the United States: 24. Several places in the United States: 25. Several places in the United States: 26. Several places in the United States: 27. Several places in the United States: 28. Several places in the United States: 29. Several places in the United States: 30. Several places in the United States: 31. Several places in the United States: 32. Several places in the United States: 33. Several places in the United States: 34. Several places in the United States: 35. A surname from Old English.
Word: Bristol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Bristowe, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more. The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪstəl/ 1. Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one. Labels: countable Example: In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.
Word: butchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butchers Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: butchers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of butcher Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: butcher's Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butcher + -’s, presumably abbreviation of butcher’s shop or similar; compare greengrocer’s etc. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/ 1. Synonym of butchershop. Labels: UK, uncountable 2. A look (short form of butcher's hook) Labels: Australia, UK, slang, uncountable Example: Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
Word: gorblimey Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Representing a Cockney pronunciation of God blind me!; traditionally, people would curse using contractions rather than breaking the third commandment (Do not use the Lord's name in vain oaths). Compare strewth, zounds, sblood. Pronunciation: /ɡɔːˈblaɪ.mi/ 1. Expressing surprise, anger, etc. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: dumbfuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + fuck. Dysphemistically modelled after dumbass. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmˌfʌk/ 1. An extraordinarily stupid person. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: You dumb fucks, you're nothin’ but lunch ducks / Big nuts here swinging like nunchucks
Word: fuckface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English fuckface From fuck + face. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkˌfeɪs/ 1. An ugly or otherwise undesirable or annoying person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, vulgar Example: Laugh away fuckface, that picture is going to be on the cover of every major newspaper in two days time.
Word: fuckhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- Proto-Germanic *fukkōną Old English *fuccian Middle English *fukken English fuck substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English fuckhead From fuck + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkˌhɛd/ 1. A stupid or otherwise undesirable person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, vulgar
Word: lady-killer Part of Speech: noun 1. A man unusually attractive to women. Labels: colloquial Example: Davey, smart in clean shirt, riding-breeches and leggings, was in his element, his quick eyes everywhere, fancying himself too as a lady-killer. Example: Spotlight on me, I still look twenty / Still get money, lady killer pushing a Bentley 2. An uncaring womanizer. Labels: colloquial
Word: lady killer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lady-killer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ladykiller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lady-killer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: womanizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English womanize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English womanizer From womanize + -er (agent noun). Pronunciation: /ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/ 1. A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women. Example: A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”. Example: Sometimes the stereotype is framed as light and cheeky—think the “boys will be boys” mentality exemplified by sitcom womanizers such as How I Met Your Mothers Barney Stinson or '''Two and a Half Mens Charlie Harper.
Word: uptight Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʌpˈtaɪt/ 1. Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious. Labels: colloquial Example: Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light. 2. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense. 3. Sexually repressed. Labels: colloquial Example: He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now! 4. Unfriendly or rude. Labels: colloquial Example: Withnail: Just because the best tailoring you’ve ever seen is above your fucking appendix doesn’t mean anything. / Danny: Don’t get uptight with me, man.
Word: uptight Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʌpˈtaɪt/ 1. An uptight person. Labels: colloquial
Word: butcher's hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat. 2. Synonym of butcher's. Labels: Cockney, singular, singular-only, slang
Word: cobblers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense)http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cob1.htm 1. plural of cobbler Labels: form-of, plural 2. testicles. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Then she only goes and kicks me right in me cobblers, don’t she! 3. Nonsense. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Stop talking cobblers. Load of old cobblers.
Word: gorgeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gorgeouse, a borrowing from Middle French gorgias (“elegant, fashionable”), from Old French gourgias, gorgias (“gorgeous, gaudy, flaunting, gallant, fine”), of uncertain origin, but apparently connected with Old French gorgias (“a gorget, ruffle for the neck”), from Old French gorge (“bosom, throat”). See gorge. Semantic evolution probably akin to "swelling of the throat or bosom due to pride, bridling up" to "assume an air of importance, flaunting". Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔːd͡ʒəs/, /ˈɡoːd͡ʒəs/, /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/, /ˈɡɔɾd͡ʒəs/ 1. Sumptuously dressed. Labels: endearing, sometimes Example: Two or three of them wore polished silk hats, elaborate shirt-fronts, diamond breastpins, kid gloves, and patent-leather boots...The others were more or less loosely clad...One of the gorgeous ones remarked... 2. Very beautiful. Labels: endearing, sometimes Example: All the contest judges agreed that Brigitt was absolutely gorgeous. Example: The sunsets in Hawaii are gorgeous. 3. Very enjoyable, pleasant, tasty, etc. Labels: rare Example: Hummus is absolutely gorgeous.
Word: joanna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name Joanna, which is a rhyme for the dialectal pronunciation of piano as /piˈænə/. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊˈænə/ 1. A piano. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: 2006, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (song) by the Scissor Sisters But I don't feel like dancin' When the old Joanna plays
Word: dog and bone Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone. Labels: Australian, Cockney, slang Example: Oi, keep the noise down! I'm talking to my old lady on the dog and bone.
Word: old lady Part of Speech: noun 1. An elderly woman. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonym: LOL Example: The door was opened by a little old lady. 2. One's mother. Labels: slang Example: My old lady was fond of corporal punishment. Example: ‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’ 3. One's girlfriend, wife or female significant other. Labels: US, slang Example: His wife was asking where their savings account balance had gone, but the way he put it was that his old lady was ragging him about his pay rate. Example: “[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.” 4. The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” or simply “The Old Lady”. Labels: UK, informal 5. A queen. Labels: slang Example: Watch out for that old lady waiting for you.
Word: old man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English alde mann, aldman, elde man, oldeman, from Old English eald man. 1. An elderly man. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable 2. One's father. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man? Example: One of her companions - a lanky youth with a Beatle-cut hairdo - hammered in a pin with the flat of his hand and hissed: "That's for the old man - he wouldn't let me use the car tonight." 3. A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: “[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.” Example: I was going through my old man’s pockets this morning 4. One's male employer, irrespective of age. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. An Australian Aboriginal elder. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: Big Paddy nursed his grief in a quiet, mad fury. Then he urged the Old Men to ‘sing out’ those responsible for the death of his son. 7. Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age. Labels: UK, countable, dated, uncountable Example: “Don't mention it, old man,” I responded courteously. Example: 'Coming up, coming up, coming up,' Pop said. 'There you are, Charley, old man. Larkin Special. Don't ask what's in it. Don't stare at it. Don't think. Just drink it down. In ten minutes you'll feel perfick again.' 8. Synonym of Old Adam. Labels: uncountable 9. Synonym of southernwood. Labels: uncountable 10. The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A new light has entered into the life and transformed it wonderfully, the soul has been born again, the old man has been put off, the new man which is akin to Jesus Christ has been put on. 11. Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: ‘You watch out for them old man brown snakes in here. I seen a shed skin back there in the hall.’
Word: Chris Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɹɪs/ 1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher or (less commonly) Christian. Example: A man named Chris Reynolds was credited $92 quadrillion USD on his paypal account, "This unexpected influx of wealth elevated him to the status of the richest person on the planet and the only quadrillionaire to have ever existed". Following this, after the man reported this error and it was fixed, "PayPal owned up to their mistake and thanked the richest man of all time for understanding the situation, saying: 'This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr. Reynolds understood this was the case'". Example: It had been 2,836 days since Chris Kirk last won on the PGA Tour. Yet after securing his first victory in over seven years on Sunday, that was not the first milestone the American golfer had on his mind. 2. A diminutive of the female given name (along with other variant forms) Christina.
Word: pen and ink Part of Speech: noun 1. A stink. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: syrup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/, /ˈsɪɹ.əp/, /ˈsɝ.əp/, /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/ 1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: maple syrup Example: pancake syrup 2. Any viscous liquid. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: cough syrup Example: rose syrup 3. Anything overly sweet or sentimental. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas. 4. A wig. Labels: Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: syrup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪ.ɹəp/, /ˈsɪɹ.əp/, /ˈsɝ.əp/, /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/ 1. To convert or process into syrup. Labels: transitive 2. To add syrup to. Labels: transitive 3. To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank. Labels: transitive
Word: plates of meat Part of Speech: noun 1. The feet. Labels: Cockney, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: currant bun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From currant + bun. 1. A bun containing currants.
Word: currant bun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From currant + bun. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Currant Bun. Labels: alt-of
Word: branding iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock. 2. Synonym of brandise (“stand for a pot or pan over a fire”). Labels: archaic
Word: iron out Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron. Labels: transitive Example: That shirt still has a few more wrinkles to iron out. 2. To make (something) flat or smooth as if with an iron. Labels: transitive Example: Dilatation of this type “irons out the folds” of the urethra, giving better drainage of the paraurethral glands, stimulating circulation and promoting rapid healing, especially when small doses (7½ gr. q.i.d.) of one of the triple-sulfonamides are given as an adjunct. 3. To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Let's just sit down and iron out an agreement on this issue. Example: We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it. 4. To thrash or beat up; to overwhelm in a fight. Labels: slang, transitive Example: It was a WhatsApp message saying, 'do you want to fight Christmas time/December? Exhibition, who ever you want'. […] Of course I would [fight a YouTuber] - especially Jake Paul! I'd iron him out. He wouldn't fight me though, would he? 5. To kill. Labels: slang, transitive Example: ‘I’ll f***king run out of the crowd with a f***king pillowcase, put it over his nut and just suffocate him.[’] […] He explained: ‘I think that’s the move because no-one’s going to iron him out and he needs to go don’t he, this geezer?[’]
Word: blues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bluːz/ 1. plural of blue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bluːz/ 1. A feeling of sadness or depression. Labels: countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable Example: I've got the blues today. Example: The blues have hit her hard, and she won't get out of bed. 2. A feeling of sadness or depression. Labels: countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable Example: Your blues is just like mine. Example: Your blues are just like mine. 3. A feeling of sadness or depression. Labels: countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable Example: I've got the lonely man's blues. Example: If you work here long enough, you'll have the butcher's blues just like me. 4. A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region. Example: A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues. 5. A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale. Labels: countable, singular, uncountable Example: My next number is a blues in G. 6. A uniform made principally of a blue fabric, and especially a full dress uniform thus colored. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They marched in their dress blues. Example: You never planned on the bombs in the sand Or sleeping in your dress blues. 7. Any of various blue pills sold on the street, mimicking the appearance of prescription painkiller tablets. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: blues Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bluːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blues scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale. Example: The blues scale: {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"alto sax" c'es'f'ges'g'bes'c2}
Word: delta blues Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of blues originating in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States, generally featuring minimal instrumentation and song structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: maelstrom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word was originally the name of a giant whirlpool off Norway in the Arctic Ocean which was said to destroy all ships that came close to it, likely the actual tidal pool system of Moskstraumen in Lofoten. It is borrowed from early modern Dutch maelstrom (“whirlpool”) (obsolete) (modern Dutch maalstroom), from malen (“to whirl around; to grind”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”)) + stroom (“stream; river; current or flow of water or other liquid”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)), and was popularized by Edgar Allen Poe’s short story A Descent into the Maelström (1841). Cognates * Danish malstrøm * German Mahlstrom * Swedish malström Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪl.stɹəm/, /ˈmeɪlˌstɹɒm/, /ˈmæl.stɹəm/, /ˈmeɪlˌstɹɑm/, /ˈmeɪlˌstɹɔm/ 1. A large and violent whirlpool. Example: To his right fell a gleaming sheet of water, and below it was a maelstrom, that made one giddy by its terrific gyrations. Example: The falukah plunged over a waterfall and was almost submerged, was caught again in a maelstrom and went twirling on in the blackness. 2. A chaotic or turbulent situation. Labels: figuratively Example: It was of Jean Paul's doing: some single billow in that vast World-Mahlstrom of Humour, with its heaven-kissing coruscations, which is now, alas, all congealed in the frost of death! Example: He escaped at last, dizzy from the maelstrom of conflicting emotions that had caught and whirled him.
Word: whistle and flute Part of Speech: noun 1. A suit. Labels: Cockney, slang
Word: obfuscatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English obfuscate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English obfuscatory From obfuscate + -ory. 1. Tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion. Example: I can't vote for a resolution with such obfuscatory language.
Word: whilst Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Late Middle English whilst, whilest, qwhilste (Northern England), quilest (Northwest Midlands) [and other forms], from whiles (“during the time that, while; only so long as; provided that; because, since; until”) + -t (excrescent suffix, perhaps due to a combination of -(e)s and the following word the, or influenced by the superlative suffix -est). Whiles is derived from whiles (“period of time, a while”, noun) (probably from the second element of adverbs and conjunctions like otherwhiles and somewhiles), from while (“period of time, a while”, noun) + -s (suffix forming adverbs of manner, space, and time); and while is from Old English hwīl (“period of time, a while”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, a while; period of rest, break, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The English word can be analysed as whiles + -t (excrescent suffix appended to words suffixed with -s). cognates * West Frisian wylst (“whilst”) Pronunciation: /waɪlst/, /ʍaɪlst/, /wɪlst/ 1. Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nay, I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, make him beleeue thou art ſir Topas the Curate, doe it quickly. Ile call ſir Toby the whilſt. Example: Hero. Leave, leave, tis novv too late. She is dead, her laſt is breathed. / Cleo[phila]. VVhat ſhall vvee doe. / Her[o]. Goe run, / And tell the Duke; and vvhilſt ile cloſe her eyes.
Word: whilst Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Late Middle English whilst, whilest, qwhilste (Northern England), quilest (Northwest Midlands) [and other forms], from whiles (“during the time that, while; only so long as; provided that; because, since; until”) + -t (excrescent suffix, perhaps due to a combination of -(e)s and the following word the, or influenced by the superlative suffix -est). Whiles is derived from whiles (“period of time, a while”, noun) (probably from the second element of adverbs and conjunctions like otherwhiles and somewhiles), from while (“period of time, a while”, noun) + -s (suffix forming adverbs of manner, space, and time); and while is from Old English hwīl (“period of time, a while”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, a while; period of rest, break, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The English word can be analysed as whiles + -t (excrescent suffix appended to words suffixed with -s). cognates * West Frisian wylst (“whilst”) Pronunciation: /waɪlst/, /ʍaɪlst/, /wɪlst/ 1. Synonym of while. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literary, rare Example: Drivers must switch off engines whilst on stand. Example: I ſaw a Smith ſtand with his hammer (thus) / The whilſt his Iron did on the Anuile coole. 2. Synonym of while. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literary, rare Example: [P]ray, step down to the cellar and fetch us a bottle of the Burgundy, 1678—it is the fourth bin from the right-hand turn—And I say, Craigie—you may fetch up half-a-dozen whilst you are about it—Egad, we'll make a night on't. 3. Synonym of while. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literary, rare Example: His company must do his minions grace, / Whil'ſt I at home ſtarue for a merrie looke: / Hath homelie age th'alluring beauty tooke / From my poore cheeke? Example: So then I am not lame, poore, nor diſpiſ'd, / VVhilſt that this ſhadow doth ſuch ſubſtance giue, / That I in thy abundance am ſuffic'd, / And by a part of all thy glory liue: […] 4. Synonym of while. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literary, rare Example: Modern engine sheds of advanced design have also been built at Radyr, Abercynon, and elsewhere, whilst other depots have been remodelled and re-equipped. Example: The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. 5. Synonym of while. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, literary, rare
Word: tardy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːdi/, /ˈtɑɹdi/ 1. Late; overdue or delayed. Example: He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth. Example: When everything is ended, then you come. / These tardy tricks of yours will, on my life, / One time or other break some gallows’ back. 2. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift. Example: […] fashions in proud Italy, / Whose manners still our tardy apish nation / Limps after in base imitation. Example: Nor should their Age by Yeares be told: / Whose Souls, more swift then Motion, clime; / And check the tardy Flight of Time. 3. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull. Example: His tardy performance bordered on incompetence. 4. Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy). Labels: obsolete Example: Be not ta’en tardy by unwise delay. Example: Yield, Scoundrel base (quoth she) or die; / Thy life is mine, and liberty. / But if thou think’st I took thee tardy, / And dar’st presume to be so hardy, / To try thy fortune o’re afresh, / I’le wave my title to thy flesh, 5. Criminal; guilty. Labels: obsolete Example: And the Franks served the Men much the same ſauce when they found them tardy, and made them run their Heats through the Streets