12499
prepuce
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpriːpjuːs/[Alternative forms]
- præpuce (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- creep up
[Etymology]
From Latin praeputium.
[Noun]
prepuce (plural prepuces)
1.(anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the tip (glans) of the penis.
1922, Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more. — James Joyce, Ulysses
1985, But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
2.(anatomy) The corresponding part of the clitoris.
[See also]
- circumcise, circumcision
[Synonyms]
- foreskin
- preputium
- akroposthion
- (part of the clitoris): clitoral hood
- See also Wikisaurus:foreskin
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
prepuce m. (plural prepuces)
1.foreskin
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2012/01/26 10:09
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12501
foreskin
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔːskɪn/[Etymology]
From fore- + skin.
[Noun]
foreskin (plural foreskins)
1.The retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve-dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. — Genesis 17:14, the Christian Bible.
In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution. [1]
[References]
1.^ 1990, Robert D. Martin, Primate Origins and Evolution: A Phylogenetic Reconstruction, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-08565-4:
[See also]
- circumcise, circumcision
[Synonyms]
- prepuce
- See also Wikisaurus:foreskin
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0
2012/01/26 10:09
2012/01/26 10:09
12503
cock
[[English]]
ipa :/kɑk/[Etymology 1]
Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, an onomatopoeia akin to Old Norse kokkr "cock", reinforced by Old French coq and cocorico, also sound-imitative.
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”). Cognate with Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”).
[Etymology 3]
from Old French coque (“a type of small boat”), from child-talk coco 'egg'
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2012/01/26 10:10
12504
dick
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪk/[Etymology 1]
Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean 'everyman', from which the word acquired other meanings.
[Etymology 2]
A shortening and alteration of de(t)ec(tive).
[Etymology 3]
A shortening and alteration of dec(laration).
[Etymology 4]
Wikipedia has an article on:Yan Tan TetheraWikipediaFrom Celtic numerals.
[[German]]
ipa :/dɪk/[Adjective]
dick (comparative dicker, superlative am dicksten)
1.thick
2.fat
[Etymology]
From Old High German dicchi akin to Old Saxon thikki
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2012/01/26 10:10
12506
dicky
[[English]]
[Adjective]
dicky (comparative dickier, superlative dickiest)
1.Alternative spelling of dickey.
2.(colloquial) doubtful, troublesome
He had a dicky heart.
3.(vulgar) like a dick; foolish
[Noun]
dicky (plural dickies)
1.Alternative spelling of dickey.
2.(colloquial) A louse
3.(Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
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0
2012/01/26 10:10
2012/01/26 10:10
12512
dingbat
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪŋˌbæt/[Noun]
dingbat (plural dingbats)
1.(informal) A silly or stupid person.
2.2003, The Gilmore Girls (TV, episode 4.07)
"The fire department is out here because some dingbat parked in the red zone."
3.1978, World according to Garp, John Irving, chapter 2
"'Midge was such a dingbat', Jenny Fields wrote in her autobiografy, 'that she went to Hawaii for a vacation during World War Two.'"
4.(typography) A special ornamental typographical symbol, such as a bullet, an arrow, a pointing hand etc.
5.1982, The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists, Arthur Plotnik, p.8
"The compulsive editor, when checking the specs on an article, can't help checking also for such items as initial capital and closing dingbat, if they are used routinely. These decorative items have a way of being forgotten..."
6.(architecture) An architectural style of apartment building, where the second storey overhangs an area for parking cars.
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0
2012/01/26 10:12
2012/01/26 10:12
12514
dodad
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Apparently from doodad, with spelling influenced by do.
[Noun]
dodad (plural dodads)
1.(rare) Alternative spelling of doodad.
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2012/01/26 10:13
2012/01/26 10:13
12519
dummy
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌmi[Etymology]
This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.
[Noun]
dummy (plural dummies)
1.A silent person; a person who does not talk.
2.An unintelligent person.
Don't be such a dummy!
3.A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
4.Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.
To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.
5.A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.
The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.
6.(Australian, New Zealand, UK) A pacifier.
The baby wants her dummy.
7.(card games, chiefly bridge) A player whose hand is shown and is to be played from by another player.
8.(UK) A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; feint.
9.2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, BBC:
Raul Meireles was the victim of the home side's hustling on this occasion giving the ball away to the impressive David Vaughan who slipped in Taylor-Fletcher. The striker sold Daniel Agger with the best dummy of the night before placing his shot past keeper Pepe Reina.
10.(linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.
The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.
11.(programming) An unused parameter or value.
If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.
[Synonyms]
- (a thing in the form of a person): mannequin, marionette
- (a pacifier): pacifier (US), soother (Canada)
[Verb]
dummy (third-person singular simple present dummies, present participle dummying, simple past and past participle dummied)
1.To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
2.To feint
3.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, BBC:
The more glamorous qualities usually associated with him are skill and pace and he used those to race on to a ball across him and dummy a defender before having a right-foot shot saved.
4.2011 January 15, Kevin Darling, “West Ham 0 - 3 Arsenal”, BBC:
For the first, the 30-year-old allowed Walcott space on the right to send in a pass that was expertly dummied by Samir Nasri, allowing Van Persie to swivel and smash right-footed past Robert Green.
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2012/01/26 10:14
12521
nuts
[[English]]
[Adjective]
nuts (comparative more nuts, superlative most nuts)
1.(colloquial) Insane, mad.
After living on the island alone for five years, he eventually went nuts.
2.(colloquial, figuratively) Crazy, mad; unusually pleased or, alternatively, angered.
I just go nuts over her fantastic desserts.
The referee made a bad call against the home team and the crowd went nuts.
[Anagrams]
- stun, tuns
[Interjection]
nuts
1.Indicates annoyance, anger, or disappointment.
Nuts! They didn't even listen to what I had to say.
2.Signifies rejection of a proposal or idea, as in forget it, no way, or nothing doing.
[Noun]
nuts pl.
1.Plural form of nut.
2.(vulgar, slang) Testicles.
Ohhh, he just got kicked in the nuts!
3.(poker) A hand that can be proven unbeatable even when the hand's holder does not know any of the hidden cards the other poker players involved in a hand hold or held.
[Synonyms]
- nutty
- See also Wikisaurus:insane
[Verb]
nuts
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nut.
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2012/01/26 10:15
2012/01/26 10:15
12523
gam
[[English]]
ipa :-æm[Anagrams]
- AGM
- gma
- mag
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English gamb (“leg”). Alternative etymologies suggest that it may be of Polari origin possibly from Italian.
[Etymology 2]
[Etymology 3]
From the Irish gám.
[References]
- “gams” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[[Bandjalang]]
[Noun]
gam
1.(Wahlubal) hair of the head
[Synonyms]
- guhndun
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Pronoun]
gam
1.me (direct object)
A bheil thu gam chluinntinn? - Do you hear me?
2.them (direct object)
Cha robh i gam faicinn. - She didn't see them.
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
gam c.
1.a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in Africa, Europe, Asia and America
2.(colloquial) someone who takes advantage of a demise or a bankruptcy, usually in a legal, but, for the affected people, offensive way
Innan konkurshandlingarna ens var undertecknade samlades gamarna i verkstaden för att se vad som var värt att sälja vidare
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
gam
1.sorrow
[See also]
- envâ-ı gam
- kaygılar
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :/ˈɡæm/[Noun]
gam
1.gram (unit of mass)
This Vietnamese entry was created from the translations listed at gram. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see gam in the Vietnamese Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
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12526
bugger
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʌɡə/[Etymology]
From French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics to whom various unnatural practices were ascribed.
[External links]
- The Origins and Common Usage of British swear-words
[Interjection]
bugger
1.(slang, UK, Australian, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
Bugger, I've missed the bus.
Oh, bugger--
2.(slang, US, euphemistic, rare) Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.
[Noun]
bugger (plural buggers)
1.(obsolete) A heretic.
2.(UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers′ charter. (see Are judges politically correct?)
3.(slang, pejorative) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
He's a silly bugger for losing his keys.
The bugger′s given me the wrong change.
My computer's being a bit of a bugger.
4.1928, Frank Parker Day, Rockbound, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h,
“I′ll take it out on dat young bugger,” he thought viciously.
5.1947, James Hilton, So Well Remembered, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0600371h,
Here the cheers and shouts of the gallery were interrupted by a shabby little man in the back row who yelled out with piercing distinctness: “Don't matter what you call ′im now, George. The bugger′s dead.”
6.(slang) A situation that causes dismay.
So you're stuck out in woop-woop and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger.
7.(slang, UK) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
How are you, you old bugger?
8.1946, Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand, in Collected Stories, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341,
Good luck, you old bugger!
9.1953 February-March, Henry Beam Piper, John Joseph McGuire, Null-ABC, in Astounding Science Fiction, Gutenberg eBook #18346],
“And if Pelton found out that his kids are Literates—Woooo!” Cardon grimaced. “Or what we've been doing to him. I hope I′m not around when that happens. I′m beginning to like the cantankerous old bugger.”
10.(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.
I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.
11.(slang, UK) Someone who is very fond of something
I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes.
12.(slang, USA - West) A rough synonym for whippersnapper.
What is that little bugger up to now?
[Synonyms]
- bummer
- damn
- whoops
- See also Wikisaurus:dammit
[Verb]
bugger (third-person singular simple present buggers, present participle buggering, simple past and past participle buggered)
1.(vulgar, UK) To sodomize.
To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
2.(slang, vulgar in UK) To break or ruin.
This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up.
3.(slang, British, Australian) To be surprised.
Bugger me sideways! Bugger me, here's my bus. Well, I'm buggered!
4.(slang, British, Australian) To feel contempt for some person or thing.
Bugger Bognor. (Alleged to be the last words of king George V of the United Kingdom in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis.)
5.(slang, British, Australian) To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.
Bugger this for a lark. Bugger this for a game of soldiers.
6.(slang, British, Australian) To be fatigued.
I'm buggered from all that walking.
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12528
frig
[[English]]
ipa :/frɪɡ/[Etymology 1]
From Middle English friggen (“to quiver”), perhaps from Old English *frygian (“to rub, caress”), related to Old English frēogan, frīgan (“to love, release, embrace, caress”), frīge (pl., “love”). More at free.Alternative etymology derives frig (Early Modern English frigge) from Middle English frikien (“to keep (the arms and hands) in constant motion”), from Old English frician (“to dance”).
[Etymology 2]
Abbreviation
[[Aromanian]]
[Etymology]
From Latin frīgus.
[Noun]
frig
1.cold, coldness
[[Romanian]]
[Antonyms]
- (cold): căldură
[Etymology]
From Latin frīgus (“cold”).
[Noun]
frig n. (plural friguri)
1.cold, frigidity
2.(in the plural, popular variant frigură) fever, chill
[Synonyms]
- (cold): răcoare
- (fever): febră
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0
2012/01/26 10:18
2012/01/26 10:18
12531
spunk
[[English]]
ipa :/spʌŋk/[Anagrams]
- punks
[Etymology]
1530, blend of spark and funk (obsolete, “spark”).Funk (“spark, touchwood”) is from Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funce, *fanca (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *funkōn, *fankô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“to shine”), and is akin to Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”).
[Noun]
spunk (uncountable)
1.(obsolete) A spark.
2.Touchwood; tinder.
3.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
Spunk, or Touch-wood prepared, might perhaps make it Russet: and some, as Beringuccio affirmeth, have promised to make it Red.
4.Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
5.(Australian, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person (normally male).
6.(UK, slang) Male ejaculate; semen.
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[Verb]
spunk (third-person singular simple present spunks, present participle spunking, simple past and past participle spunked)
1.(UK, slang) to ejaculate
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2012/01/26 10:19
12532
lemon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɛmən/[Adjective]
lemon (comparative more lemon, superlative most lemon)
1.Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
2.Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
[Anagrams]
- melon
[Etymology]
From Old French limon (“citrus”), from Arabic ليمون (laymūn) or Persian لیمون (limun). Cognate with Sanskrit निम्ब (nimbū, “lime”).
[Noun]
lemon (plural lemons)
1.A yellowish citrus fruit.
2.A semitropical evergreen tree that bears such fruits.
3.A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4.A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
5.(slang) A defective or inadequate item.
He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
6.(Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) favour, favor.
A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
7.(fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
[See also]
- citrine
- citron
- citronella
- melissa
- fever grass
- Appendix:Colors
[Synonyms]
- (defective item): bomb
[[Esperanto]]
[Noun]
lemon
1.accusative singular of lemo
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0
2012/01/26 10:21
12535
savor
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- savour (British)
[Anagrams]
- arvos
- sarvo, 'sarvo
[Etymology 1]
From Old French savour, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”).
[Etymology 2]
From Old French savourer, from Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”).
[[Ido]]
[Verb]
savor
1.future infinitive of savar
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0
2010/04/05 13:52
2012/01/26 10:22
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12545
katana
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese Katana (刀 or かたな)
[Noun]
katana (plural katana or katanas)
1.A type of Japanese longsword, 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō) having a single edge and slight curvature.
[[Chamicuro]]
[Noun]
katana
1.blanket
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese katana.
[Noun]
katana m. (plural katanas)
1.Japanese sword
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
katana (hiragana かたな)
1.刀: any sword; a blade; a knife
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0
2012/01/26 11:19
2012/01/26 11:19
12548
sash
[[English]]
ipa :-æʃ[Etymology]
Arabic شاش (šāš, “muslin cloth”).
[Noun]
sash (plural sashes)
1.A decorative length of cloth worn as a broad belt or over the shoulder, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
2.The opening part of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
3.(software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
[Synonyms]
- (decorative length of cloth): belt, strap, waistband
- (GUI): splitter
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0
2012/01/26 11:20
12550
sashimi
[[English]]
ipa :/saʃɪmɪ/[Etymology]
From Japanese 刺身 (sashimi, “sliced raw fish”).
[Noun]
sashimi (usually uncountable; plural sashimis)
1.Thin slices or pieces of raw fish which can be salmon, yellowfin, etc., eaten alone or in sushi (formed sticky rice, wrapped in seaweed)
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
sashimi
1.sashimi
[[Polish]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 刺身 (sashimi)
[Noun]
sashimi n. (indeclinable)
1.sashimi
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0
2012/01/26 11:20
2012/01/26 11:20
12553
tsunami
[[English]]
ipa :/tsuːˈnɑːmi/[Etymology]
Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).
[Noun]
tsunami (plural tsunamis or tsunami)
1.A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.
[See also]
- earthquake
- flood
- natural disaster
- seaquake
- seiche
- tidal wave
- waterquake
[Synonyms]
- tidal wave (usage conflict)
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
tsunami f.
1.tsunami
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/tsunami/[Etymology]
From Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.
[Noun]
tsunami m. (plural tsunami's, diminutive tsunamietje)
1.tsunami
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
- minusta, muistan
[Noun]
tsunami
1.tsunami
[[French]]
ipa :/tsy.na.mi/[Etymology]
From Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.
[Noun]
tsunami m. (plural tsunamis)
1.tsunami
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
Japanese
[Noun]
tsunami f. inv.
1.tsunami
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[tsuˈna̠.mi][Etymology]
Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).
[Noun]
tsunami (hiragana つなみ)
1.津波: tsunami, tidal wave
[Synonyms]
- maremoto
[[Polish]]
ipa :[t͡s̪s̪ũn̪ãmʲi][Etymology]
From Japanese 津波 / 津浪 (つなみ (tsunami, “seismic sea wave”, literally “harbour wave”)).
[Noun]
tsunami n. (indeclinable)
1.tsunami
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/(t)suˈna̠mi/[Etymology]
From English tsunami, from Japanese 津波/津浪 (つなみ, tsunami), “harbour wave”.
[Noun]
tsunami m. (plural tsunamis)
1.tsunami
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/tsʉːˈnɑːmɪ/[Noun]
tsunami c.
1.tsunami
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12557
cao
deleted.
2012/01/26 11:23
12559
harakiri
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- hari-kari, harikari
[Noun]
harakiri (uncountable)
1.Alternative spelling of hara-kiri.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :-iri[Etymology]
From Japanese 腹切り.
[Noun]
harakiri
1.hara-kiri, seppuku
[[Polish]]
ipa :/xaraˈkiri/[Etymology]
From Japanese 腹切り.
[Noun]
harakiri n. (uninflected)
1.hara-kiri
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 腹切り.
[Noun]
harakiri n. and c.
1.hara-kiri
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0
2012/01/26 11:24
2012/01/26 11:24
12561
seppuku
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 切腹 (せっぷく (seppuku)).
[Noun]
seppuku (uncountable)
1.A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame or as a means of protest.
[See also]
- bushido
- hara-kiri
- kamikaze
- suicide
[Synonyms]
- hara-kiri
[[Polish]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 切腹 (せっぷく (seppuku)).
[Noun]
seppuku n. (indeclinable)
1.seppuku
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2012/01/26 11:24
12565
carnation
[[English]]
ipa :/kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/[Adjective]
carnation
1.Of a rosy pink or red colour, like human flesh.
[Anagrams]
- Cantorian
[Etymology]
Recorded since 1538, either (for its original color) from Medieval (=modern) French carnation "person's color or complexion" (probably from Italian carnagione "flesh color," from Late Latin carnatio "fleshiness", from Latin caro "flesh") or a corruption of coronation (from coronare 'to crown', from corona 'crown'; because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals).
[Noun]
carnation (countable and uncountable; plural carnations)
1.(botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
1.originally Dianthus caryophyllus
2.other members of genus Dianthus and hybridsThe type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.A rosy pink colour
(archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and fleshSometimes, a scarlet colour.
[Synonyms]
- (plant, flower): clove pink, gillyflower
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- connaitra, connaîtra
[Etymology]
Plausibly from Italian carnagione "flesh color", anyway from Late Latin carnatio "fleshiness", (from Latin caro "flesh") or a corruption of coronation (from coronare 'to crown', from corona 'crown'; because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals.
[Noun]
carnation f.
1.The fleshy pinkish color carnation
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12567
reincarnate
[[English]]
[Verb]
reincarnate (third-person singular simple present reincarnates, present participle reincarnating, simple past and past participle reincarnated)
1.to be reborn especially in a different body or as a different species
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- tracannerei
[Verb]
reincarnate
1.second-person plural present indicative of reincarnare
2.second-person plural imperative of reincarnare
3.Feminine plural of reincarnato
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12569
thunderbird
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈθʌndəbəːd/[Etymology]
From thunder + bird.
[Noun]
thunderbird (plural thunderbirds)
1.A mythological bird.
2.1999, Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh, VII:
A man there was, grim his expression, just like a Thunderbird his features were frightening.
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jack_bob
12579
とけい
deleted.
2012/01/26 17:40
12586
ああ
deleted.
2012/01/26 17:41
12588
無意味
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
無意味 (hiragana むいみ, romaji muimi)
1.nonsense; meaninglessness
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0
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12589
obvious
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɒb.viː.əs/[Adjective]
obvious (comparative more obvious, superlative most obvious)
1.Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
[Antonyms]
- unobvious
- non-obvious
- subtle
[Etymology]
From Latin obvius (“being in the way so as to meet, meeting, easy to access, at hand, ready, obvious”), from ob- (“before”) + via (“way”).
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:obvious.
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2012/01/26 21:52
TaN
12591
じん
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
じん (romaji jin)
[Noun]
じん (romaji jin)
1.人: person
2.仁: benevolence
3.ジン: gin
4.壬: ninth heavenly stem
5.陣: (military) camp, formation
[Proper noun]
じん (romaji Jin)
1.仁: A male given name
[Suffix]
じん (romaji -jin)
1.人: person from that group; -ian
2.人: person who does that thing
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0
2012/01/28 14:03
12598
ケーキ
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
From English cake.
[Noun]
ケーキ (romaji kēki)
1.cake
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0
2012/01/28 15:45
12599
clipper
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- cripple
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ClipperWikipedia clipper (plural clippers)
1.Anything that clips.
2.(chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something.
3.Something that moves swiftly; especially:
1.(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
2.(informal) An Alberta clipper.(electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
[See also]
- Clipper chip
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From English, see above
[Noun]
clipper m. (plural clippers)
1.(nautical) heavy sailing ship
2.(aviation) transatlantic airplane
[References]
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
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12600
electrified
[[English]]
[Adjective]
electrified
1.Powered by electricity.
[Verb]
electrified
1.Simple past tense and past participle of electrify.
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0
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12601
electrify
[[English]]
[External links]
- electrify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- electrify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- electrify at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Verb]
electrify (third-person singular simple present electrifies, present participle electrifying, simple past and past participle electrified)
1.To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
2.To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
3.To excite suddenly and violently, especially by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
4.To become electric.
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0
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12605
wailing
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪlɪŋ[Etymology]
wail + -ing
[Noun]
wailing (plural wailings)
1.A loud drawn out scream and howl.
2.1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5:
'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.
[Verb]
wailing
1.Present participle of wail.
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0
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12607
pointy
[[English]]
[Adjective]
pointy (comparative pointier, superlative pointiest)
1.(informal) pointed in shape, having a point or points
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0
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12608
ファン
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
From English fan
[Noun]
ファン (romaji fan)
1.fan, an enthusiast of a performer etc.
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0
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12610
bored
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔː(r)d[Adjective]
bored (comparative more bored, superlative most bored)
1.suffering from boredom
2.uninterested, without attention
The piano teacher's bored look betrayed he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's boringly stereotype rendition of the brilliantly composed etudes
3.perforated by a hole or holes through bioerosion
[Anagrams]
- brode
- orbed
- robed
[Etymology]
From the verb to bore 'annoy', itself of unknown origin
[Related terms]
- bore
- boredom
- boring
[Verb]
bored
1.Simple past tense and past participle of bore.A bored woman selling souvenirs in Moscow.
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0
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12613
jutting
[[English]]
[Verb]
jutting
1.Present participle of jut.
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0
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12614
jut
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌt[Etymology]
From Middle English, alteration of jet, cognate with jetty
[Noun]
jut (plural juts)
1.something that sticks out
2.1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).
The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.
[Verb]
jut (third-person singular simple present juts, present participle jutting, simple past and past participle jutted)
1.(intransitive) to stick out
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/jʏt/[Verb]
jut
1.(with op) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of opjutten.
2.(with op) imperative of opjutten.
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
jut
1.Romanization of 𐌾̿̈́
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈjut/[Verb]
jut
1.to get to somewhere (to a location or a situation), to arrive (via a process or a journey)
2.to obtain, to get something (-hoz/-hez/-höz)
sok pénzhez jut - to get a large amount of money
3.to be gotten by someone, to be left to someone, to be given to someone (-nak/-nek)
Az ételből csak három embernek jut. - The food is enough for only three people.
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12615
freckled
[[English]]
[Adjective]
freckled (comparative more freckled, superlative most freckled)
1.Having freckles.
2.Covered with freckles
[See also]
- Wikipedia article on freckles
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0
2012/01/28 15:48
12616
freckle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɹɛkəl/[Etymology]
Middle English freken, frekel, from Old Norse freknur pl. (cf. Swedish fräkne, Danish fregne), s-less variant of Proto-Germanic *sprekalan 'freckle' (compare Norwegian dialect sprekla, Middle High German spreckel), from Proto-Indo-European *sp(h)er(e)g- 'to strew, sprinkle'. More at spark. Related to spry, sprack.
[Noun]
freckle (plural freckles)
1.A small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
Steve has brown hair, blue eyes and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
[Synonyms]
- ephelis
[Verb]
freckle (third-person singular simple present freckles, present participle freckling, simple past and past participle freckled)
1.(transitive) To cover with freckles.
2.(intransitive) To become covered with freckles.
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12617
klaxon
[[English]]
ipa :-æksən[Noun]
klaxon (plural klaxons)
1.A loud electric horn or alarm.
[[French]]
ipa :/klak.sɔ̃/[Noun]
klaxon m. (plural klaxons)
1.horn (of car)
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0
2012/01/28 15:48
12619
siren
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪərən[Adjective]
siren
1.relating to or like a siren
[Anagrams]
- reins
- resin
- rinse
- risen
- serin
[Etymology]
from Middle English, itself from Middle French sereine (itself from Late Latin sirena) & from Latin Sīrēn ultimately from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (seirēn)
[Noun]
siren (plural sirens)
1.(original sense) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
2.A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.
3.A dangerously seductive woman.
4.A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
5.A common name for mammals of Sirenia.
[References]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
[Synonyms]
- bewitching
- enchanting
- enticing
- sirenic
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12620
Siren
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
[Proper noun]
Siren
1.(zoology) a zoological name for a genus in family Sirenidae - the sirens.
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek Template:poltonic (seirēn)
[Noun]
Sīrēn f. (Sīrēnis)
1.a siren, a bird with the face of a virgin
2.drone in a hive
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0
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12621
squirming
[[English]]
[Verb]
squirming
1.Present participle of squirm.
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0
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12622
squirm
[[English]]
ipa :/skwɜːm/[Etymology]
Unknown. Perhaps imitative.
[Noun]
squirm (plural squirms)
1.A twisting, snakelike movement of the body.
[Synonyms]
- (twist with snakelike motions): writhe, wriggle
- (twist in discomfort): fidget
[Verb]
squirm (third-person singular simple present squirms, present participle squirming, simple past and past participle squirmed)
1.To twist one’s body with snakelike motions.
The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket.
2.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
...around us there had sprung up a perfect bedlam of screams and hisses and a seething caldron of hideous reptiles, devoid of fear and filled only with hunger and with rage. They clambered, squirmed and wriggled to the deck, forcing us steadily backward, though we emptied our pistols into them.
3.1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
"Throw it away, dear, do," she said, as they got into the road; but Jacob squirmed away from her...
4.To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment.
I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm.
5.2010, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1686: Twist in the Wind
MARIGOLD: Should I tell them I know?
DORA: Nah, let ’em squirm. Let’s go get some pie.
6.To evade (a question, an interviewer etc).
7.(figuratively) To move in a slow, irregular motion.
8.2011 February 5, Michael Kevin Darling, “Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton”, BBC:
The Dutchman then missed a retaken second spot-kick, before the Trotters hit back when Daniel Sturridge's shot squirmed under Heurelho Gomes.
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12623
hightail
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/[Etymology]
Refers to behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.
[Synonyms]
- (retreat quickly): flee, skedaddle
- (sport about): gambol
[Verb]
to hightail (third-person singular simple present hightails, present participle hightailing, simple past and past participle hightailed); usually, with it; see hightail it.
1.To retreat quickly.
As soon as she arrived, I hightailed it out of there.
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12625
bunching
[[English]]
[Noun]
bunching (plural bunchings)
1.An arrangement of items in a bunch.
[Verb]
bunching
1.Present participle of bunch.
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0
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12631
WIP
[[English]]
[Initialism]
WIP
1.work in progress
2.(accounting, operations) Work in process.
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0
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12634
klick
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- L-kick
[Etymology 1]
- Most likely a pseudo-condensed pronunciation of kilometre.
- Possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of a military odometer.
[Etymology 2]
See click
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
klick c.
1.clique; an exclusive group; a cabal
2.dab; a small amount of a wet substance klick n.
1.click; brief, sharp sound
2.click; act of pressing a mouse button
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