yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
Gubbins
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
psycho-functionalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: psychofunctionalism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A form of functionalism (philosophical paradigm of mind) based on the rejection of behaviorist theories in psychology and their replacement with empirical cognitive models of the mind.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
psycho-functionalist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: psychofunctionalist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who believes in psycho-functionalism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
DBC
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: DBCs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: circumcoronene; abbreviation of dodecabenzocoronene.
pos: noun
Translations:
tear-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tear-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fight; a scrap.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
examples: We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.
Translations:
robonaut
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From robo- + -naut (a robotic astronaut).
Base: robo
Inflected forms:
form: robonauts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A humanoid robot designed to perform relatively complex physical operations on space missions.
pos: noun
Translations:
pro-claimant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pro- + claimant.
Base: claimant
Affixes: pro-
Inflected forms:
form: more pro-claimant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pro-claimant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: proclaimant
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In favor of a claimant or claimants.
pos: adj
examples: One faction, vehemently pro-claimant, loathed the Vanderbilts on principle for their arrogant refusal to believe that a man who actually worked for a living could be one of them: a man who worked as a butcher – a butcher! – a man not only engaged in physical labour but physical labour of the lowest and most degraded sort, the kind that splashed the worker with blood ang guts.
Translations:
rolex
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of rolled + eggs. The name rolex comes from its method of preparation, with the chapati and the egg omelette rolled together.
Compound parts: rolled
eggs
Inflected forms:
form: rolexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An omelette served inside a chapati.
pos: noun
tags: Uganda
examples: Rolex is a chapati roll with fried eggs stuffed in, accompanied with fresh vegetable salad.
All this time our rolex has always been a humble meal; a taste best savoured around suburbs by those who, if not out of time to prepare a decent meal, are out of money to do as much. […] To spice up the event, a dish of well-manicured and half-piece (half-piece!) rolexes was ushered in.
A welcome, if humble, addition to Kampala's edible offerings is the 'rolex'. This is nothing more (or less) than a freshly cooked chapati enhanced by a fresh omelette, chopped onions, green peppers and finely sliced cabbage.
An omelette fried and rolled up in a chapati (Indian flatbread), rolex is excellent food on the go, and a firm breakfast favourite on the streets of Kampala, where it's often still served in a roll or cone of newspaper.
Translations:
nafs
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Arabic نَفْس (nafs).
Inflected forms:
form: nafs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The self; the psyche, ego, or soul.
pos: noun
Translations:
counter-canter
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: dressage
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
Etymology: From counter- + canter.
Base: canter
Affixes: counter-
Inflected forms:
form: counter-canters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: counter-canters
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: counter-cantering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: counter-cantered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: counter-cantered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A canter that is performed in a circle, leading with the leg opposite to the direction of the canter.
pos: noun
examples: She used to come to the indoor riding school at Knightsbridge and ride my charger, Foxhunter, which I taught to do counter-canters, extended trots, half-passes and other dressage movements.
Before you start teaching your horse to do a flying change, you need to be able to perform counter-canter.
Because it challenges your horse's balance and strengthens his outside hind leg, the counter-canter is an excellent gymnastic exercise for improving balance and collection.
gloss: To perform a counter-canter.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Translations:
pea-maggot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pea-maggots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The caterpillar of a small moth, Cydia nigricana, which lays its eggs in pea pods.
pos: noun
Translations:
forward-leaning
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more forward-leaning
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most forward-leaning
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: forward leaning
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Disposed to take action or to exercise initiative; aggressive; bold.
pos: adj
tags: US
idiomatic
examples: "I got a little too rambunctious, like a colt that got out of the barn to play, and I pulled myself in. I didn't do it all myself. My task force lawyer was whispering like Jiminy Cricket in my ear. I probably got us a little too far forward leaning at one point in time and then pulled us back." - Alan Fiers, a C.I.A. official, on secretly aiding Nicaraguan rebels. (A2:2.)
He denied ever using the phrase "forward-leaning" (a euphemism at the Pentagon for the most coercive techniques) over torture policy.
“He was right to say they could be more forward leaning about what they could possibly do against ISIS,” said James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
gloss: Innovative, cutting-edge, progressive, visionary.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: The 52-year-old Nagano has made a career on fiery yet polished accounts of edgy contemporary music. […] Nagano works frequently with forward-leaning composers like Rihm.
Now Switzerland is a trailblazer in the quest to return stolen assets to developing nations. "Passing such a forward-leaning law is not easy," says Mark Vlasic, a professor at Georgetown University.
However, he said the UK would not pander to “protectionist agendas, disguised as arguments about financial stability” and would instead address concerns by “forward-leaning proposals for greater transparency, cooperation, and agreed standards based on international norms”.
Translations:
sheet-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From sheet + -like.
Base: sheet
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more sheet-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sheet-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sheetlike
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Like or resembling a sheet
pos: adj
Translations:
will-worship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Worship that is self-invented; superstitious observance without divine authority.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
scald-crow
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Literally, “scabby crow”; see obsolete scald (“scabby”).
Inflected forms:
form: scald-crows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: hooded crow
pos: noun
Translations:
anti-seize
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From anti- + seize.
Base: seize
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: anti-seizes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: antiseize
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: antiseize
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A compound used on threads, bolts, gaskets and other mechanical joints to prevent seizing and galling, to improve installation, removal and disassembly, and to prevent corrosion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Acting to prevent metal surfaces from binding or seizing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bioretention
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bio- + retention.
Base: retention
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
form: bioretentions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: retention (removal) of groundwater contaminants
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fake-tanned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more fake-tanned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fake-tanned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having tanned skin as a result of using a tanning product.
pos: adj
examples: [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.
Translations:
Huawei
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the company, Huawei. Huawei was borrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more.
Inflected forms:
form: Huaweis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A smartphone made by the Huawei company.
pos: noun
Translations:
Sabahan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Sabah + -an.
Base: Sabah
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more Sabahan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Sabahan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Sabahans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Sabah.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to the Sabahan language family.
pos: adj
gloss: A native of Sabah.
pos: noun
Translations:
jonathan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: jonathans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instrument used by smokers to light pipes.
pos: noun
Translations:
thumb-ring
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thumb-rings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ring fastened to the guard of a dagger or sword to protect the wielder's hand.
pos: noun
Translations:
Deuteronomic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Deuteronomy in the Bible.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the Deuteronomic tradition the verb for "dwell" (shakken) is used to express the indwelling of God's name, not His divine being.
Translations:
smooth-spoken
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more smooth-spoken
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most smooth-spoken
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a pleasant-sounding voice.
pos: adj
gloss: Plausible.
pos: adj
gloss: Flattering.
pos: adj
Translations:
horseface
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From horse + face.
Compound parts: horse
face
Inflected forms:
form: horsefaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The face of a horse.
pos: noun
examples: It comes in the form of a mask, or a harmless owl, or a punning resemblance in the soft muzzle of a horseface.
In the mid-1940s, he used it as a mask, on an owl, or on a horseface.
gloss: A face (of a human or other non-horse animal) that is long and ugly, with coarse features, thus having a resemblance or fancied resemblance to the face of a horse.
pos: noun
examples: He did have a horseface, Darby decided angrily as he yanked a handkerchief from his back pocket to wipe the tobacco off another ruined shirt.
There had been gossip about the American Minister's wife's absence, which reported that she was very ugly and had a horseface.
But she had a horseface and nobody knew how on earth she got in.
gloss: Someone who is unattractive because they have a horseface.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Near-synonym: dogface
We got a horseface for a home room teacher.
Aunt Samantha had shown annoyance at this by puffing her nostrils and issuing a sort of whinny-like protest which made her seem all the more a horseface.
This one girl, Dasanna, kept asking me if I wanted to meet in person, and she wasn't a horseface in the game or anything, so we decided to hang at Champps sports bar.
On Tuesday, the President of the United States referred to a porn star with whom he has been alleged to have had in affair in the mid 2000s as "horseface."
Related words: horsiness
Translations:
snot-green
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more snot-green
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most snot-green
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of a yellowish-green color like that of mucus.
pos: adj
Translations:
sparr
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Likely from Middle English *spar, from Old Norse sparr, spǫrr (“sparrow”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”). Doublet of sparrow.
Inflected forms:
form: sparrs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An English sparrow, house sparrow (Passer domesticus).
pos: noun
Translations:
eco-angst
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From eco- + angst.
Base: angst
Affixes: eco-
Inflected forms:
form: eco-angsts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Angst over damage to the ecosystem.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
OML
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: oml
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Oh my Lord
pos: intj
tags: Internet
Translations:
even-weave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From even + weave.
Base: even
Inflected forms:
form: even-weaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: evenweave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fabric used for embroidery whose warp and weft are the same size.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
lifecourse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: lifecourses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: life course
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: life-course
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The chronological sequence of events in a life
pos: noun
Translations:
gabra
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Malay gabra.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Panicky and confused.
pos: adj
tags: Manglish
Singlish
not-comparable
examples: Who like army. No freedom and NCOs always shout. They have loud voices. They shout only we gabra (panic).
In the sports field, the nervous little boy who is drafted into the squad to make up a full team gets all “gabra” (or confused) when he receives the ball and “cocks up” the match resulting in his team’s defeat.
Just poke fun only you gabra.... how to survive like that?
Translations:
post-PC
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
government
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: From post- + PC.
Base: PC
Affixes: post-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: After the decline of the personal computer in favour of mobile devices.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [Tim] Cook devoted the beginning of the event to talking about Apple's vision of a "post-PC" world, one in which your primary computer doesn't have a mouse or a keyboard. This chart shows the success of that vision. And this is just the beginning.
gloss: After the decline of political correctness.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Typhoon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Typhoons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.
pos: noun
gloss: A Hawker Typhoon, a World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
Tiffy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Tiffies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber aircraft.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A military mechanic.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
Translations:
saala
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi साला (sālā).
Inflected forms:
form: saalas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sala
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: brother-in-law
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: a term of abuse, swear word
pos: noun
tags: India
derogatory
slang
vulgar
Translations:
house-hunting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From house + hunting.
Compound parts: house
hunting
Inflected forms:
form: househunting
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The search for a suitable house to buy or rent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
house-hunter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From house + hunter.
Compound parts: house
hunter
Inflected forms:
form: house-hunters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person seeking a suitable house to buy or rent.
pos: noun
Translations:
shoey
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From shoe + -y (diminutive suffix).
Base: shoe
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: shoeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: shoeies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more shoey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most shoey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A shoe.
pos: noun
tags: childish
examples: Don’t send me posies / When it’s shoeies that I need, […]
“Mother — Mother will you tie up my shoeies?” Susan’s lisping voice interrupted their conversation. / “Put a footsie up here,” Babs sang out. “’At’s a girl.”
“[…] The whole world is fouled up. Roosevelt fouled the whole world up.” / “You think so, too?” marveled Teddy. “I thought only the shoeies were in that kind of shape.” / “Shoes are your life.” Burr shrugged.
gloss: The drinking of an alcoholic beverage out of a shoe, especially as a celebratory act.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
slang
gloss: A shoesmith.
pos: noun
tags: dated
slang
gloss: Related to, resembling, or featuring shoes.
pos: adj
examples: The Telegraph profile carried a picture of Mrs May in front of an office wall decorated with shoey pictures.
gloss: Fond of shoes.
pos: adj
examples: A lot of fashionistas dress from their feet upwards but as I'm not a "shoey" person, I prefer to pick my clothes first.
Related words: shoesies
Translations:
gerund-grinder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: gerund-grinders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rigid or pedantic teacher.
pos: noun
Translations:
co-speech
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From co- + speech.
Base: speech
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Co-occurring with speech
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hatha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit हठ (haṭha).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
iyengar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of hatha (yoga) that focuses on precision in asana and pranayama
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
jivamukti
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A modern, vigorous form of yoga
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
free-from
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
marketing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of food, drink, cosmetics etc.: created without the use of ingredients that some consumers prefer to avoid, such as allergens or animal products.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In general, Mintel's research shows that consumers appear happy with the quality and taste of free-from products, but they are still looking for greater choice.
In the UK, the overall market for 'free-from' products is expected to show continued strong growth in the near future. Within the next 5 years, it is expected to almost double, growing by 97% from 2007–2012, reaching an estimated £354 million.
Translations:
Sillery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A kind of champagne produced near Reims.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
panamerican
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pan- + American.
Base: American
Affixes: pan-
Inflected forms:
form: more panamerican
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most panamerican
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Pan-American
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pan-American
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pan-american
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: pan American
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Panamerican
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Americas in their entirety.
pos: adj
Translations:
ouchy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ouch + -y.
Base: ouch
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more ouchy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ouchy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Painful, hurtful; that is expressed by the word ouch.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: This is ouchy pain like breaking your leg, not heartache pain like when 'N Sync broke up and left me with nothing.
Translations:
drummy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From drum + -y.
Base: drum
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: more drummy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most drummy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: drummies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a drum.
pos: adj
examples: Water dripped onto the tarpaulin with a drummy sound.
gloss: Of a tile, producing a drum-like sound when tapped or walked on because there is a hollow area beneath.
pos: adj
gloss: A drum majorette.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
colloquial
examples: CItyKidz has formed a drummy squad. The squad consists of 22 Grade 1 girls. On Saturday the 29th September the drum majorette squad headed to the Florida Albion Football Club to see other teams in action and to take part in a workshop.
gloss: The drum magazine of a firearm.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Yeah, niggas acting funny, hit 'em with that drummy all in his tummy
Translations:
corbie-messenger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: corbie-messengers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A messenger who returns too late, or not at all.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
Translations:
C-value
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: C-values
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The amount of DNA (in picograms) in a haploid nucleus (a measure of the genome size)
pos: noun
Translations:
question-begging
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From begging the question. First attested in the nineteenth century.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: begging the question; logically circular.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
not-comparable
examples: They got sick of his question-begging punditry.
Vulgarity is a stupid, superficial, question-begging accusation, which has become today the easiest refuge of mediocrity.
On traction, the Report adds little to existing knowledge, save a question-begging observation that "enough experience has been gained on electric and hydraulic transmission systems to enable conclusions to be drawn on the relative merits of each."
gloss: The act of begging the question.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Wikia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Wikias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A wiki hosted on the wiki farm Wikia.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
examples: The information found on a wikia is often the most comprehensive and de facto source of fan-authored content around a topic.
Because editorial links between Wikipedia and the Wikias are quite rare, we attempt to connect more strongly the Wikia collections in our study to Wikipedia by employing NEMO, a state-of-the-art Wikipedia-based EDL system.
The battle between the two sub‐fandoms led to some actions within the Wikia, and the change in “the collaborative authorship” (Booth 2010, 92) of the platform. But the Wikia is also and above all a symbol of how well organized the fandom is, […]
Translations:
Phillie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: Phillies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A player that plays for the Philadelphia Phillies
pos: noun
Translations:
K-selection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Coined by the American ecologists Robert H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in 1967. The choice of the letter K came from the German Kapazitätsgrenze (“capacity limit”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A theory involving natural selection based on quality.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
r-selection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Coined by the American ecologists Robert H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in 1967. The choice of the letter r came from rate.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A theory involving natural selection based on quantity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bethe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Decapitalization of Bethe. Coined by astrophysicist Gerald E. Brown. Named after astrophysicist Hans Bethe, his collaborator on papers where this value frequently occurs.
Inflected forms:
form: bethes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit of energy equivalent to 10⁵¹ ergs, or 10⁴⁴ joules.
pos: noun
Translations:
sally-picker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sally-pickers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various warblers.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Translations:
deep-browed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more deep-browed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most deep-browed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of great intellectual power.
pos: adj
tags: poetic
Translations:
co-commander
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From co- + commander.
Base: commander
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: co-commanders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A joint commander; a person sharing a role of military command.
pos: noun
Translations:
tun-moot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old English tūn (“town”) + mōt (“meeting”).
Inflected forms:
form: tun-moots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An assembly of the town or village.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
salami-slice
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the way a large salami is reduced in size by having thin slices removed from it.
Inflected forms:
form: salami-slices
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: salami-slicing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: salami-sliced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: salami-sliced
pos: verb
tags: past
form: salami slice
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To engage in salami slicing.
pos: verb
tags: UK
idiomatic
informal
transitive
examples: Lawyers and businessmen made fortunes in land deals and then leveraged profits to build more ticky-tack in fragile areas. A friend of mine boasts how his company broke the ban on subdivisions in the foothills. Vast areas were closed off to hikers. The city council and Pima County supervisors, for reasons I've never understood, kept saying yes. In the end Tucson quietly salami-sliced itself to death.
Congress should not be misled to believe that "salami slicing" indications and off-label prescribing practices will resolve the Act's current inequities. These trends will only proliferate problems with the Act.
As project manager it is unlikely that you have all the necessary knowledge and subject matter expertise to undertake this task alone. You will need to involve other people in helping you salami slice the project.
By salami slicing the disease into subgroups, it allows them [pharmaceutical companies] to get the orphan drug approval with all the government benefits and even some of the subsidies.
Getting a sense of inter-generational solidarity and buy-in to a revised social contract will be critical to reform, and any approach that salami-slices the population risks instead becoming highly divisive.
gloss: To engage in salami slicing.
pos: verb
tags: UK
idiomatic
informal
transitive
examples: So basically it means we are going to take an entire MEDAC out of the ability to contribute to the health care of the men and women and their families in uniform. There is no way that I can salami slice that.
I mean, I have a personal view that the approach to the budget has been to salami-slice across everything, so the good and the bad get cut equally. It avoids the very contentious decisions, but it also unfortunately means that some very productive stuff takes a hit, rather than gets prioritised.
In the last few years, as the cuts have really started to bite, austerity has morphed from theoretical Whitehall discussions about how best to salami-slice departmental budgets into the reality of people’s everyday lives.
"[...] Bit by bit, HS2 and its grand vision for a rail network that might actually belong in the 21st century rather than in the 19th century is being salami-sliced until all that is left is a Birmingham to London shuttle with a few token services to Manchester - benefiting few but costing us all."
Related words: salami slicing
salami tactics
salami technique
Translations:
Leb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of Lebanese.
Inflected forms:
form: Lebs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a Lebanese or Middle Eastern person.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
derogatory
ethnic
offensive
slur
examples: 'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'
... Bani as he attempts to slough away his Leb background only to reclaim it and all it represents - not least gang culture.
Translations:
hypebeast
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hype + beast.
Compound parts: hype
beast
Inflected forms:
form: hypebeasts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hype beast
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person obsessed with acquiring fashionable items, especially clothing and shoes.
pos: noun
tags: neologism
slang
examples: Steve loved sneakers, knew hypebeasts, and was good with money.
Channels such as Louis Vagon and Demohot produce videos with hypebeasts that generate hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views and frequently appear on the trending section of YouTube.
A freelancer pitched a piece about Indian hypebeasts—whether companies like Nike and Adidas can connect with them locally, as all the hypebeasts in India are buying their Supreme and Palace and, you know, Nike Air Jordans online from overseas.
Translations:
Serbo-Communist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
Inflected forms:
form: more Serbo-Communist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Serbo-Communist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Serbo-communist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Serbocommunist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Serbo-Communists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Serbo-communist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Serbocommunist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Serbo-Communism.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
ethnic
slur
gloss: A communist, either of Serbian heritage or collaborating with Serbs.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
ethnic
slur
Translations:
custard-pie
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: custard-pies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: custard-pieing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: custard-pied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: custard-pied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To push a custard pie into (someone's face)
pos: verb
Translations:
frings
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Blend of fries + rings.
Compound parts: fries
rings
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A combined portion of fries and onion rings.
pos: noun
tags: neologism
plural
plural-only
slang
examples: Side orders of Caesar salad, french fries, onion rings, frings (fries and rings), or chili fries ($2-4).
Hefty patties stacked high with fresh toppings are accompanied by a basket of “frings”–fries and rings.
Translations:
cord-cutter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
media
television
Inflected forms:
form: cord-cutters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who cancels traditional subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favor of Internet streaming services.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: “Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.”
Translations:
GaN
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: gallium nitride.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
flanno
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From flannel + -o.
Base: flannel
Affixes: -o
Inflected forms:
form: flannos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A flannelette shirt.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
attributive
informal
often
examples: When I started teaching I thought I'd better dress like an adult, so I bought lots of 'grown-up' clothes. […] They were replaced with jeans, T-shirts, flannos, sweatshirts and, in Canberra, duffle coats and beanies.
There is a general notion of how this stereotype dresses (flannos and ugg boots and mullet hairdos) and eats (pizza and Coke).
Translations:
ragey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From rage + -y.
Base: rage
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: ragier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: ragiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Full of rage; very angry; furious.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
yoga-babble
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: New Age terminology used in non-religious, non-spiritual contexts, such as corporate operations.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
uncountable
Translations:
FAANG
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
technology
Inflected forms:
form: FAANGs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The stock of one or more of these technology companies.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But a deeper reason is that the media-tech frontier has closed, and many investors are looking for the next mountain to scale. In the past two years, the so-called FAANGs— Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google—have seen their price-earnings ratios collapse by more than 60 percent; big tech companies are now trading near their lowest multiples in history.
Translations:
dove-eyed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more dove-eyed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dove-eyed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a meek expression in the eyes.
pos: adj
Translations:
spot-barred
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In which the spot stroke is forbidden to be played more than twice consecutively.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a spot-barred game or tournament
Translations:
beef-brained
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From beef + brained.
Compound parts: beef
brained
Inflected forms:
form: more beef-brained
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most beef-brained
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of beef-witted (“stupid, dull”).
pos: adj
Translations:
two-ranked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Alternately arranged in two exactly opposite rows.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
half-mourning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A mourning costume less than deep or full mourning, worn somewhat later after the death.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: "Very nice of Miss Hutchins to go into half-mourning, Parkinson," he remarked as they went along. "Thoughtful, and yet not ostentatious."
gloss: The condition of having one black eye.
pos: noun
tags: UK
humorous
obsolete
slang
uncountable
Translations:
handman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: From hand + man, modelled after handmaiden, etc. For the printing sense, see by hand.
Base: hand
Inflected forms:
form: handmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A (male) servant; manservant
pos: noun
tags: archaic
rare
examples: No one knew how many Oracles would show up at each ceremony, seeking replacements for their lieges' handmaidens or handmen.
gloss: One who assembles printing type by hand.
pos: noun
examples: The handman reads copy and assembles type by hand, including straight composition, tables and display.
Translations:
moon-knife
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: moon-knives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A crescent-shaped knife used by leatherworkers to shave off the fleshy parts of skins.
pos: noun
Translations:
neo-eugenics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + eugenics.
Base: eugenics
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The use of genetic manipulation to improve human hereditary qualities.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Despite the striking similarities between eugenics and neo-eugenics, it is important to mark a primary difference: that eugenics was, in some cases, mobilized as a genocidal movement. Even though neo-eugenics aims to eradicate specific bodies—just as eugenic sought—neo-eugenics does not subscribe to the minimum requirements of genocide as outlined by Esposito (2008, p. 137):[…]
Translations:
regent-bird
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: regent-birds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus)
pos: noun
Translations:
spur-way
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: spur-ways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: bridleway
pos: noun
Translations:
spur-heeled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Wearing spurs on one's heels.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a spur-heeled cowboy
gloss: Of a bird: having a long straight hind claw.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a spur-heeled cuckoo
Translations:
psybient
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Blend of psytrance + ambient.
Compound parts: psytrance
ambient
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A musical genre that is a fusion of psytrance and ambient.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Indeed, by the early 2000s, the music and cultures of psytrance (from psybient to darkpsy) was becoming entheogenically liminalised, a popular state of affairs from Europe to Israel, America to Australia and Brazil to South Africa.
Psybient artists include Shpongle, Entheogenic (2), Evan Bluetech, Yaniv Shulman, Kickbong, and some of the works of Younger Brother.
Shpongle was formed in 1996 and has been described by Posford as “like nothing you’ve ever heard before.” They have been noted for pioneering the “psybient” genre, which combines world music, such as Ram’s infamous flute, with synth-based electronic mixing, making a sound that has been a strong influence for so many groups since Shpongle’s inception.
The worldwide annual psychedelic festival for yoga, music, dance and nature lovers is again hosted lecturers, coaches, psychologists and healers along with 130 yoga workshops, seances and lectures, as well as a Psybient music festival with over 140 music artists and DJs performing on three stages.
Translations:
cold-avoidant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more cold-avoidant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cold-avoidant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting one of the two subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to experience and express positive emotion towards others.
pos: adj
Translations:
exploitable-avoidant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of avoidant personality disorder as defined by Lynn E. Alden and Martha J. Capreol in 1993. Characterised by an inability to express anger towards others or to resist coercion from others. May be at risk for abuse by others.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hill-topping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: hilltopping
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A reproductive behaviour of butterflies and certain other insect species in which individuals congregate on hill tops in order to find partners and mate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The setting up of a temporary amateur radio station on a hill top.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The act of watching a fox hunt from a hill top rather than taking part in the chase, or of following the hunt by moving from one high vantage point to another.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
microneedling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From micro- + needling.
Base: needling
Affixes: micro-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The repeated puncturing of the skin with tiny needles to stimulate collagen production.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the occasional red-light therapy session.
The three were among a cluster of five people sharing highly similar H.I.V. strains, four of whom had undergone a procedure called platelet-rich plasma microneedling at the spa.
Translations:
shambo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A style of music made by the Ovambo people of Namibia, influenced by reggae.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Ngatu also composes his own shambo songs on the album Biggest Gift, and he brings his own mixed musical traditions into his work.
Other musical forms include kwasa kwasa (a kind of rumba), kwiku, ndombolo, oviritje, Damara panchi, and shambo.
They describe their sound as a fuse of Afro-pop, hip-hop, house music and ragga dancehall. “Because of our cultural inclination, we incorporate shambo elements in our music to spice things up,” says Khasi.
Translations:
tallow-faced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more tallow-faced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tallow-faced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a pasty or sickly yellowish complexion.
pos: adj
Translations:
heat-and-eat
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Being a ready meal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Making foods from scratch also requires more time gathering ingredients than placing a container of heat-and-eat fare in your cart, but they'll taste better and be much more nutritious, making them well worth the extra time and effort.
Translations:
sailing-ice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Loose masses of ice on the surface of the ocean; pack ice through which a vessel can navigate.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
coff
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen.
Inflected forms:
form: coffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: coffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: coffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: coft
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: coft
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To buy, purchase.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
transitive
examples: I got a little manikin, I set him on my thoomiken;
I saddled him, I bridled him, I sent him to the tooniken:
I coffed a pair o' garters to tie his little hosiken;
Translations:
Pan-Islamic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pan- + Islamic.
Base: Islamic
Affixes: pan-
Inflected forms:
form: pan-Islamic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Panislamic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to all Islamic groups in the world.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The past and present fear of a monolithic Islamic threat has often been expressed in Pan-Islamic terminology.
This was repeated time and again in foreign propaganda, both during that time and in the Balkan War and First World War periods, as agents of the Committee of Union and Progress alternated between Pan-Turk and Pan-Islamic arguments to drum up support abroad, for example among elemnts of Turkic background in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
The jihad proclamation, Pan-Islamic sentiments presenting the Ottoman Sultan as Caliph, and feelings of Muslim solidarity combined to form a potentially powerful mix.
Translations:
Lankan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more Lankan
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Lankan
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Lankans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the country and island Sri Lanka.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to Sri Lankan culture or identity.
pos: adj
gloss: A native, inhabitant, or resident of Sri Lanka.
pos: noun
Translations:
metric-compatible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
Inflected forms:
form: more metric-compatible
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most metric-compatible
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: metrically compatible
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of a font, having identical metrics as another font, enabling it to serve as a substitute for another font without affecting document layout.
pos: adj
Translations:
biofabrication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bio- + fabrication.
Base: fabrication
Affixes: bio-
Inflected forms:
form: biofabrications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The manufacture of things from biological materials.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
well-pleased
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Highly gratified or satisfied.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “I also,” said the Tin Woodman, “am well pleased with my new heart; and, really, that was the only thing I wished in all the world.”
Translations:
Cheviot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Cheviots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sheep of a hardy short-wool breed reared on the Cheviot Hills.
pos: noun
Translations:
raft-rope
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: raft-ropes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rope used in whaling vessels for stringing blubber.
pos: noun
Translations:
tun-belly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tun-bellies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A big potbelly or paunch.
pos: noun
Translations: