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39345 on stream [[English]] [Adverb] editon stream (not comparable) 1.In or into operation or production. 2.2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53: HSTs continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units [...] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher. [References] edit - “on stream”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39346 binged [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - big end [Verb] editbinged 1.simple past tense and past participle of bing 2.simple past tense and past participle of binge 0 0 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39350 bing [[English]] ipa :/bɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - GBNI, Gbin [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English bing, binge, benge, from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”).Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap. [Etymology 2] editOrigin obscure. Compare Scots bin (“to move speedily with noise”). [Etymology 3] editOnomatopoeia of a bouncing sound. [Etymology 4] edit [References] edit 1. ^ http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/831562--ryanair-looking-at-standing-seats-pay-toilets (accessed 17 September 2010) [[Khumi Chin]] ipa :/bĩ˧/[Etymology] editAkin to Burmese ဘိန်း (bhin:). [Noun] editbing 1.opium [References] edit - K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, page 42 [[Mandarin]] [Romanization] editbing 1.Nonstandard spelling of bīng. 2.Nonstandard spelling of bǐng. 3.Nonstandard spelling of bìng. [[Manx]] [Etymology 1] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Irish bind, binn (“melodious, harmonious; sweet, pleasing”). [Mutation] edit [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Noun] editbing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural binger, definite plural bingene) 1.form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by binge [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Noun] editbing m (definite singular bingen, indefinite plural bingar, definite plural bingane) 1.alternative form of binge [[Scots]] ipa :/ˈbɪŋ/[Alternative forms] edit - byng [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse bingr; cf. Middle English bynge (“a bin, enclosure, pen”).Cf also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap. [Noun] editbing (plural bings) 1.A man-made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by-product of coal mining or the shale oil industry. Can also refer to the waste by-product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound. 2.A heap or pile. 3.A small hill, usually manmade. [Verb] editbing (third-person singular simple present bings, present participle bingin, simple past bingt, past participle bingt) 1.To pile up; to create a bing. [[Yagara]] [Noun] editbing 1.father [References] edit - State Library of Queensland, 2019 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ‘WORD OF THE WEEK’: WEEK EIGHTEEN., 13 May 2019. [[Zhuang]] ipa :/piŋ˨˦/[Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Tai *pliːŋᴬ (“aquatic leech”). Cognate with Thai ปลิง (bpling), Lao ປີງ (pīng), Lü ᦔᦲᧂ (ṗiing), Shan ပိင် (pǐng). [Etymology 2] editFrom Mandarin 兵 (bīng). 0 0 2009/09/10 09:42 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39351 Bing [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - GBNI, Gbin [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editBrand name. 0 0 2009/09/10 09:42 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39352 binge-watch [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - binge watch, bingewatch [Etymology] editFrom binge +‎ watch. [Verb] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:binge-watchingWikipedia binge-watch (third-person singular simple present binge-watches, present participle binge-watching, simple past and past participle binge-watched) 1.To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in a short period of time. 2.2013, Vishal Gaikwad, "Curry Corner", South Wales Echo, 10 March 2013: Thankfully, due to the power of BBC iPlayer, I was able to binge-watch the whole series of The Great British Sewing Bee last Sunday. 3.2014, Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, "Joe Trainor Wants You…", Out & About Magazine, June 2014, page 41: "People come to shows, but not in the numbers we all hope for. We must give audiences a reason to tear away from the Internet and binge-watching Doctor Who." 4.2014, Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, "Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother – and Possible Presidential Run", People, 4 June 2014: "Oh, that was good, too," she [Hillary Clinton] said, describing a little self-consciously how she and her husband Bill "totally binge-watched" the first season of House of Cards. 0 0 2021/06/10 08:15 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39353 bingewatch [[English]] [Verb] editbingewatch (third-person singular simple present bingewatches, present participle bingewatching, simple past and past participle bingewatched) 1.Alternative form of binge-watch 2.2018 July 10, Jen Ortiz, “Your First Look at 'Insatiable,' Netflix's Revenge Comedy Series You'll Be Obsessed With This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan: If you like your comedies dark—like, I-need-a-flashlight-level dark—mark your calendars and send out the group text for a Friday night bingewatch now: Insatiable, Netflix's new thrillingly twisted teen revenge comedy starring Disney alum Debby Ryan, premieres August 10. 3.2019 April 30, Michelle Mills, “What's streaming on Netflix in May”, in LA Daily News: May is here, and that's the only reason we need to bingewatch some new shows and movies. 4.2019 December 17, Tumi Riba, “How to have a holiday at home”, in Randfontein Herald: Go old school and rent some DVDs or stay true to the modern age and bingewatch a series on Netflix. 0 0 2021/06/10 08:15 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39354 watch [[English]] ipa :/wɒt͡ʃ/[Etymology 1] editAs a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. [See also] edit - wait - wake 0 0 2009/01/07 11:34 2022/01/21 11:11 TaN
39355 rapter [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Prater, parter, prater, repart, retrap [Noun] editrapter (plural rapters) 1.Obsolete form of raptor. 2.1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 10 p. 3[1]: […] chaste Winifrid: who chose Before her mayden-gem she forcibly would lose, To have her harmlesse life by the leud Rapter spilt:Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for “rapter” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) [[Latin]] [Verb] editrapter 1.first-person singular present passive subjunctive of raptō 0 0 2022/01/23 09:08 TaN
39356 rapto [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈrap.toː/[Etymology] editFrom raptus +‎ -ō, from rapiō. [Participle] editraptō 1.dative masculine singular of raptus 2.dative neuter singular of raptus 3.ablative masculine singular of raptus 4.ablative neuter singular of raptus [References] edit - rapto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - rapto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - rapto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. - (ambiguous) to live on meat, fish, by plunder: vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25) [Verb] editraptō (present infinitive raptāre, perfect active raptāvī, supine raptātum); first conjugation 1.I seize and carry off, abduct 2.I drag along 3.I ravage, plunder [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈʁap.tu/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin raptus. [Noun] editrapto m (plural raptos) 1.abduction, kidnap 2.theft Synonyms: roubo, rapina [Verb] editrapto 1.first-person singular present indicative of raptar [[Spanish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin raptus[1]. [Further reading] edit - “rapto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editrapto m (plural raptos) 1.abduction; kidnapping [References] edit 1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN [Verb] editrapto 1.First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of raptar. 0 0 2022/01/23 09:08 TaN
39357 raptor [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹæptɚ/[Anagrams] edit - Parrot, parrot [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin raptor (“thief”). [Etymology 2] editPopularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor. [Further reading] edit - raptor at OneLook Dictionary Search [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈrap.tor/[Etymology] editFrom rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”). [Noun] editraptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension 1.A thief, robber, plunderer. 2.An abductor, kidnapper. Synonym: rapīnātor [References] edit - raptor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - raptor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editraptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras) 1.abductor; kidnapper Synonym: sequestrador [[Spanish]] [Further reading] edit - “raptor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editraptor m (plural raptores) 1.kidnapper; abductor 0 0 2022/01/23 09:08 TaN
39358 one-two [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Wooten [Noun] editone-two (plural one-twos) 1.(soccer) A quick one-touch play between two players. 2.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎[1]: A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded. 3.(boxing) A one-two punch; two punches delivered in rapid succession 4.Two things in short succession 5.November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder. 6.(motor racing) A race victory such that two (often both) cars of a constructor or team finish first and second in the race. 0 0 2021/08/26 18:23 2022/01/23 15:26 TaN
39359 one-two punch [[English]] [Noun] editone-two punch (plural one-two punches) 1.A combination of two punches, one from each hand, thrown in rapid succession. 2.(by extension) A rapid sequence or combination of two things that has a quick or powerful effect. 3.2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, ISSN 1054-4836, page 124: Fish + Broccoli The benefit: You can sock it to cancer with this one-two punch. 0 0 2021/08/26 18:23 2022/01/23 15:26 TaN
39362 shape [[English]] ipa :/ʃeɪp/[Anagrams] edit - HEPAs, Heaps, ephas, heaps, phase [Etymology] editFrom Middle English shap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gender, genitalia”), from Proto-West Germanic *ga- + *skap, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *skapą (“shape, nature, condition”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Cognate with Middle Dutch schap (“form”), Middle High German geschaf (“creature”), Icelandic skap (“state, condition, temper, mood”).The verb is from Middle English shapen, schapen, from Old English scieppan (“to shape, form, make, create, assign, arrange, destine, order, adjudge”), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to create”), from the noun. Cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). [Noun] editshape (countable and uncountable, plural shapes) 1.The status or condition of something The used bookshop wouldn't offer much due to the poor shape of the book. 2.Condition of personal health, especially muscular health. The vet checked to see what kind of shape the animal was in. We exercise to keep in good physical shape. 3.The appearance of something in terms of its arrangement in space, especially its outline; often a basic geometric two-dimensional figure. He cut a square shape out of the cake. What shape shall we use for the cookies? Stars, circles, or diamonds? 4.Form; formation. 5.2006, Berdj Kenadjian, Martin Zakarian, From Darkness to Light: What if God's plans and actions do mold the shape of human events? 6.(iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. 7.(iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. 8.(cooking, now rare) A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape. 9.1918 March, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], chapter IV, in The Return of the Soldier, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 222017629, page 92: And if I 'm late for supper there 's a dish of macaroni cheese you must put in the oven and a tin of tomatoes to eat with it. And there is a little rhubarb and shape. 10.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 111: It was brawn and shape for high tea. 11.(gambling) A loaded die. 12.1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Gambling and Organized Crime: Hearings (page 76) A top cheater seldom ever uses shapes or loaded dice because they do not assure you of winning. 13.(programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type. [Synonyms] edit - (give shape): form, mold, (rare) shapen [Verb] editshape (third-person singular simple present shapes, present participle shaping, simple past shaped or (obsolete) shope, past participle shaped or (archaic) shapen) 1.(Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make. Earth was shapen by God for God's folk. 2.1685, Satan's Invisible World Discoveredː Which the mighty God of heaven shope. 3.(transitive) To give something a shape and definition. 4.1932, The American Scholar, page 227, United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa The professor never pretended to the academic prerogative of forcing his students into his own channels of reasoning; he entered into and helped shape the discussion but above all he made his men learn to think for themselves and rely upon their own intellectual judgments. 5.2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847: Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. Shape the dough into a pretzel.   For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl. 6.To form or manipulate something into a certain shape. 7.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], OCLC 5634253, book II (Pleasure), page 437: Mature the Virgin was of Egypt's Race: / Grace ſhap'd her Limbs; and Beauty deck'd her Face: […] 8.2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC: Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner. 9.(of a country, person, etc) To give influence to. 10.To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. 11.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v]: The more of you 'twas felt, the more it shap'd / Unto my end of stealing them 12.(obsolete) To imagine; to conceive. 13.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]: Oft my jealousy / Shapes faults that are not. 0 0 2009/12/25 11:18 2022/01/23 15:35
39363 shape up [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - heaps up, upheaps [Synonyms] edit - (correct one's bad habits or behavior): improve, pull one's finger out, pull one's socks up - (transform into): become, turn into, turn out to be [Verb] editshape up (third-person singular simple present shapes up, present participle shaping up, simple past and past participle shaped up) 1.(intransitive, idiomatic) To improve; to correct one's bad habits or behavior. He'd better shape up soon, or he'll fail the class. 2.(intransitive, idiomatic) To take shape; to transform into or become. The fog has vanished and it's shaping up to be a beautiful day. 3.1983, The Right Stuff, 02:04:00 from the start: Pretty good. A full refrigerator! I can see this afternoon is shaping up just great. 4.2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]: Even though this episode felt packed to the brim and sometimes unwieldly, the strongest moments were spent with Cersei, Sansa, and Daenerys: three daughters who were never supposed to rule, wading through their pain and suffering to shape The Seven Kingdoms. A lot has been said and written about the sons in this story who were never meant to rule (Tyrion, Jon, even Sam) but this season is shaping up to be an examination of these women. 0 0 2022/01/23 15:35 TaN
39365 for the record [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editfor the record 1.For the purpose of being recorded, especially when already known I will ask you, for the record, to state your name and address. Now, just for the record, you have served time for drug dealing, haven't you? 2.2004, John N. Maclean, Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 13: During brief courtroom appearances, Pattan restricted his comments for the record to “Guilty, sir” for each of the two counts of the indictment. 0 0 2022/01/23 15:35 TaN
39368 presentation [[English]] ipa :/ˌpɹɛzənˈteɪʃən/[Alternative forms] edit - præsentation (archaic) [Anagrams] edit - penetrations [Etymology] editFrom Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesentātiōnem, accusative singular of praesentātiō (“representation, exhibition”).Morphologically present +‎ -ation [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:presentationWikipedia presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations) 1.The act of presenting, or something presented. 2.1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page): Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires. 3.A dramatic performance. 4.An award given to someone on a special occasion. 5.Money given as a wedding gift. 6.A lecture or speech given in front of an audience. 7.(medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician. The presentation of the thirty-four-year-old male in the emergency room was slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation. 8.(medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth. 9.(mainly LGBT) Gender presentation; gender expression. 10.(fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent. 11.(mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators. 12.The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice. 13.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522: If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him. 14.(immunology) The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response. [[Old French]] [Noun] editpresentation f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations) 1.presentation (act of presenting something or someone) 2.presentation (demonstration) [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - prestationen [Etymology] editFrom French présentation, from présenter + -ation, equivalent to presentera +‎ -ation. Cognate with English presentation, German Präsentation, Norwegian Bokmål presentasjon, Norwegian Nynorsk presentasjon and Danish præsentation. [Noun] editpresentation c 1.a presentation 0 0 2021/08/19 09:36 2022/01/23 15:40 TaN
39372 segue [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɛɡweɪ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Italian segue (“it follows”) [1], from seguire (“to follow”), from Latin sequor; originally a term used in a musical score to indicate that the next movement or passage is to follow without a break. Cognate with Spanish seguir. Doublet of sue. Related to suit and sequence. [Noun] editsegue (plural segues) 1.An instance of segueing, a transition. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “segue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Verb] editsegue (third-person singular simple present segues, present participle segueing, simple past and past participle segued) 1.To move smoothly from one state or subject to another. Synonym: transition I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage. 2.(music) To make a smooth transition from one theme to another. Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next. 3.(of a disk jockey) To play a sequence of records with no talk between them. [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈse.ɡwe/[References] edit 1. ^ seguo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) [Verb] editsegue 1.third-person singular present indicative of seguire [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈsɛ.ɣɨ/[Verb] editsegue 1.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of seguir 2.second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of seguir 3.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of segar 4.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of segar 5.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of segar 6.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of segar 0 0 2012/11/25 10:06 2022/01/23 15:49
39373 ll [[English]] [Etymology] editAbbreviation of lines; formed similarly to pp for pages. [Noun] editll pl (plural only) 1.lines [[Spanish]] [Alternative forms] edit - ꝇ (ligature) [Further reading] edit - “ll” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Letter] editll (lower case, upper case LL, mixed case Ll) 1.elle, the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet, after l and before m [[Welsh]] ipa :/ɛɬ/[Further reading] edit - R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies [Letter] editll (lower case, upper case Ll) 1.The sixteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èll and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by m. [Mutation] edit - Ll at the beginning of words mutates to L in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word llawen (“merry”): 0 0 2022/01/23 15:49 TaN
39374 rightly [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹaɪtli/[Adverb] editrightly (comparative rightlier or more rightly, superlative rightliest or most rightly) 1.In a right manner, correctly, justifiably. She was quite rightly disappointed in not being promoted. I don't rightly know what he meant by that remark. 2.1909, Sidney Morse, An Encyclopaedia of Practical Recipes and Processes, The Success Company, page 21: If rightly used, it will save a great deal of money in every household. 3.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎[1]: Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] . 4.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport: Steven Fletcher headed in for Wolves late on, who were denied a penalty and what appeared to be a legitimate equaliser in stoppage time. Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will rightly be aggrieved by those two decisions. [Anagrams] edit - girthly [Etymology] editright +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/07/26 14:10 2022/01/23 15:51 TaN
39377 relentlessly [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈlɛntləsli/[Adverb] editrelentlessly (comparative more relentlessly, superlative most relentlessly) 1.In a relentless manner. [Etymology] editrelentless +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/10/19 16:55 2022/01/23 16:20 TaN
39379 elasticity [[English]] ipa :/ɪ.læsˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/[Etymology] editelastic +‎ -ity [Noun] editelasticity (countable and uncountable, plural elasticities) 1.(physics) The property by virtue of which a material deformed under load can regain its original dimensions when unloaded 2.(economics) The sensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity. If the sales of an item drop by 5% when the price increases by 10%, its price elasticity is -0.5. 3.(computing) A measure of the flexibility of a data store's data model and clustering capabilities. 4.(computing) A system's ability to adapt to changes in workload by automatically provisioning and de-provisioning resources. 5.(mathematics) The ratio of the relative change in a function's output with respect to the relative change in its input, for infinitesimal changes at a certain point. Synonym: point elasticity 6.The quality of being elastic. 7.Adaptability. Her elasticity allowed her to recover quickly. 8.1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎[1]: "I'll have a try at it, Gladys, if you will only give me an idea what would please you." She laughed at the elasticity of my character. 0 0 2019/11/20 16:40 2022/01/23 16:26 TaN
39384 gloriousness [[English]] [Etymology] editglorious +‎ -ness [Noun] editgloriousness (countable and uncountable, plural gloriousnesses) 1.glory, the state or quality of being glorious 2.1864, George MacDonald, A Hidden Life and Other Poems‎[1]: Wakes within, the ancient mind For a gloriousness defined: As she sought and knew your pleasure,-- Wiling with a dancing measure, Underneath your closed eyes She calls the shapes of clouded skies; White forms flushing hyacinthine Twine in curvings labyrinthine; Seem with godlike graceful feet, For such mazy motion meet, To press from air each lambent note, On whose throbbing fire they float; With an airy wishful gait On each others' motion wait; Naked arms and vesture free Fill up the dance of harmony. 3.1900, Various, Sacred Books of the East‎[2]: These two variegated, great goddesses striving for gloriousness, the golden ones who move crookedly, have approached thy sacrificial grass. 4.2000 January 21, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird”, in Chicago Reader‎[3]: Said the artist, "I'm celebrating the gloriousness of putrefaction." 0 0 2022/01/23 16:42 TaN
39385 checkerboard [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - chequerboard [Etymology] editchecker +‎ board [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:checkerboardWikipedia checkerboard (plural checkerboards) 1.A pattern of squares of alternating colours. 2.A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers. 3.(film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks. [Synonyms] edit - (board for draughts): draughtboard [Verb] editcheckerboard (third-person singular simple present checkerboards, present participle checkerboarding, simple past and past participle checkerboarded) 1.(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark. 0 0 2022/01/23 16:44 TaN
39387 glimmer [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). [Noun] editglimmer (countable and uncountable, plural glimmers) 1.A faint light; a dim glow. The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch. 2.A flash of light. 3.A faint or remote possibility. a glimmer of hope 4.(dated, uncountable) Mica. [Synonyms] edit - (flash of light): sparkle, shimmeredit - (shine with faint unsteady light): flicker, shimmer, twinkle [Verb] editglimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered) 1.(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light. The fireflies glimmered in the dark. the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp 2.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii]: The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editDerived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”). Sense 2 is from German Glimmer. Has also undergone influence from English. [Noun] editglimmer m (definite singular glimmeren, uncountable) 1.(literary and formal) magnificence, glitter, tinsel, something that shines Rikdommens glimmer The tinsel of wealth 2.mica Glimmer er et mineral som lett spaltes i tynne flak. Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves. [References] edit - “glimmer” in The Ordnett Dictionary - “glimmer” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - (sense 1) glans, prakt, herlighet - (sense 2) kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editDerived from glimre (“glitter, glisten, sparkle”), with influence from English. The definition is from German Glimmer. [Noun] editglimmer m (definite singular glimmeren, uncountable) 1.mica Glimmer er eit mineral som lett spaltast i tynne flak. Mica is a mineral that easily separates into thin leaves. [References] edit - “glimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - kråkesølv, mica, mikanitt 0 0 2009/04/07 18:18 2022/01/23 16:48 TaN
39389 Wesleyan [[English]] ipa :/ˈwezli.ən/[Adjective] editWesleyan (comparative more Wesleyan, superlative most Wesleyan) 1.Of or pertaining to John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism. 2.(by extension) Of or pertaining to Methodism in general [Etymology] editWesley +‎ -an [Noun] editWesleyan (plural Wesleyans) 1.A supporter of Wesleyanism. 2.1854, John Walford, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Late Venerable Hugh Bourne: However, after breakfast the prayings did not stop for the preachings, — each went on with force; people came flocking in; we had Wesleyans in abundance. [Proper noun] editWesleyan 1.A university located in Middletown, Connecticult. 0 0 2022/01/24 10:39 TaN
39390 Benton [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - bonnet [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Proper noun] editBenton 1.A surname​. 2.A male given name transferred from the surname. 3.A number of places in the United States: 1.A city, the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas. 2.A census-designated place in Mono County, California. 3.A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois. 4.A home rule city, the county seat of Marshall County, Kentucky. 5.A town, the parish seat of Bossier Parish, Louisiana. 6.A small city, the county seat of Scott County, Missouri. 7.A town, the county seat of Polk County, Tennessee.A small village in Bratton Fleming parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6536).A neighbourhood in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2768). [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Benton is the 912th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 37,912 individuals. Benton is most common among White (69.00%) and Black (24.95%) individuals. 0 0 2022/01/24 10:40 TaN
39394 afflicted [[English]] ipa :/əˈflɪktɪd/[Adjective] editafflicted (comparative more afflicted, superlative most afflicted) 1.Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability. [Verb] editafflicted 1.simple past tense and past participle of afflict [[Scots]] [Adjective] editafflicted (comparative mair afflicted, superlative maist afflicted) 1.afflicted [References] edit - Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. [Verb] editafflicted 1.past and past participle of afflict 0 0 2022/01/24 10:47 TaN
39395 afflict [[English]] ipa :/əˈflɪkt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”). [Verb] editafflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted) 1.(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 1:11–12: Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Leviticus 23:27: Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 4.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 41: [T]he wench was afflicted with religion and unapproachably austere. 5.(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow. 6.1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554: reassembling our afflicted powers 7.(obsolete) To make low or humble. 8.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 1: The Argument of mine afflicted stile Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. [[Scots]] ipa :/əˈflɪk(t)/[References] edit - Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. [Verb] editafflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflictin, simple past afflictit, past participle afflictit) 1.to afflict 0 0 2022/01/24 10:47 TaN
39396 revel [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹɛv.əl/[Anagrams] edit - Lever, elver, lever [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin revellere; re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”). [[Breton]] [Adjective] editrevel 1.sexual [Alternative forms] edit - reizhel [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [References] edit - "revel" in TermOfis, Office Public de la Langue Bretonne [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈrɛvəl/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old French revel, from reveler. [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2011/02/01 09:38 2022/01/24 10:47
39397 rags-to-riches [[English]] [Noun] editrags-to-riches 1.Alternative form of rags to riches 0 0 2022/01/24 10:47 TaN
39398 diner [[English]] ipa :/ˈdaɪnə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - -drine, Idren, Indre, Riden, drein, rined [Etymology] editdine +‎ -er [Further reading] edit - diner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editdiner (plural diners) 1.One who dines. 2.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival? 3.1983, Calvin Trillin, Third Helpings When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. 4.A dining car in a railroad train. Synonym: dining car 5.1979, Richard Gutman, American Diner The diner is everybody's kitchen. 6.A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades. Synonyms: (British) pub; see also Thesaurus:restaurant [[Breton]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin denarius. [Noun] editdiner ? 1.denary [[Catalan]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dinar. [Further reading] edit - “diner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “diner” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “diner” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “diner” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editdiner m (plural diners) 1.(usually in the plural) money [[Dutch]] ipa :/diˈneː/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French dîner, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French disner. [Noun] editdiner n (plural diners, diminutive dinertje n) 1.dinner, supper [Synonyms] edit - avondeten (neutral register) [[French]] ipa :/di.nɑ̃/[Further reading] edit - “diner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Verb] editdiner 1.Alternative spelling of dîner [[Middle English]] [Noun] editdiner 1.Alternative form of dyner [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editdiner m (plural diners) 1.diner (a small and inexpensive type of restaurant) [[Walloon]] [Verb] editdiner 1.Alternative form of dner 0 0 2022/01/24 10:48 TaN
39400 compassionate [[English]] ipa :/kəmˈpæʃənət/[Adjective] editcompassionate (comparative more compassionate, superlative most compassionate) 1.Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). Synonyms: empathetic, sympathetic, ruthful The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate (names given to God in Islam) 2.1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham,[1] As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell By looking pale, the wearer is not well, 3.1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,[2] […] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate. 4.1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, London: Bradbury and Evans, Chapter 49, p. 502,[3] He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes. 5.2007, Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Orlando: Harcourt, Chapter 7, p. 99,[4] […] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions. 6.Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family. compassionate leave; a compassionate visa 7.(obsolete) Inviting or asking for pity. Synonym: pitiable 8.c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 3,[5] It boots thee not to be compassionate: After our sentence plaining comes too late. [Etymology] editA pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”). [Verb] editcompassionate (third-person singular simple present compassionates, present participle compassionating, simple past and past participle compassionated) 1.(transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion. Synonyms: pity, feel sorry for 2.1602, Thomas Lodge (translator), The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus, London: G. Bishop et al., Chapter 6, p. 733,[6] […] seeing them die so wofully in the flames, he compassionated them. 3.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 2, Chapter 6, p. 83,[7] The Justice which Mr. Allworthy had executed on Partridge, at first met with universal Approbation; but no sooner had he felt its Consequences, than his Neighbours began to relent, and to compassionate his Case; 4.1794, William Godwin, Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, London: B. Crosby, Volume 2, Chapter 1, p. 4,[8] And yet I could not help bitterly compassionating the honest fellow, brought to the gallows, as he was, strictly speaking, by the machinations of that devil incarnate, Mr. Tyrrel. 5.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Chapter 3, p. 38,[9] “ […] if she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that.” 6.1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 17, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, page 236: I explained the circumstances of the past two days, which had driven me to the woods, and he deeply compassionated my distress. [[Italian]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2013/03/10 10:54 2022/01/24 10:49
39401 bladder [[English]] ipa :/ˈblædə/[Alternative forms] edit - blather, blether (Scotland) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”); akin to Old High German platara (German Blatter) and Old Norse blaðra (Danish blære), (Norwegian blære). [Noun] editbladder (plural bladders) 1.(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases. 2.(anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder. 3.(botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant. 4.The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls. 5.A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask. 6.(figuratively) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. 7.1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, "Sensus Communis", in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times to swim with bladders of philosophy [Synonyms] edit - vesica [Verb] editbladder (third-person singular simple present bladders, present participle bladdering, simple past and past participle bladdered) 1.To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate. 2.1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit 3.(transitive) To store or put up in bladders. bladdered lard [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈblɑ.dər/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch blader. Variant of blaar. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. [Noun] editbladder f or m (plural bladders, diminutive bladdertje n) 1.blister, particularly of paint [[Middle English]] [Noun] editbladder 1.Alternative form of bladdre 0 0 2012/06/23 20:17 2022/01/24 10:49
39402 bladder cancer [[English]] [Noun] editbladder cancer (countable and uncountable, plural bladder cancers) 1.(oncology) A disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. 0 0 2022/01/24 10:49 TaN
39405 in-home [[English]] [Adjective] editin-home (not comparable) 1.Taking place in or purposed for the domicile. in-home counselor [Anagrams] edit - home in 0 0 2022/01/24 10:50 TaN
39409 pillage [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/[Etymology] editFrom Old French pillage, from piller (“plunder”), from an unattested meaning of Late Latin piliō, probably a figurative use of Latin pilō (“I remove (hair)”), from pilus (“hair”). [Noun] editpillage (countable and uncountable, plural pillages) 1.The spoils of war. 2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]: Which pillage they with merry march bring home. 3.The act of pillaging. 4.2013, Zoë Marriage, Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo An employee at a brewery in Kinshasa rated the aftermath as more catastrophic to the company than the direct violence: It was more the consequences of the pillages that hit Bracongo – the poverty of the people, our friends who buy beer. [Synonyms] edit - (spoils of war): See Thesaurus:booty [Verb] editpillage (third-person singular simple present pillages, present participle pillaging, simple past and past participle pillaged) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. 2.1911, Sabine Baring-Gould, Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe, Chapter VI: Cliff Castles—Continued, Archibald V. (1361-1397) was Count of Perigord. He was nominally under the lilies [France], but he pillaged indiscriminately in his county. [[French]] ipa :/pi.jaʒ/[Etymology] editpiller +‎ -age [Further reading] edit - “pillage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editpillage m (plural pillages) 1.pillage [[Norman]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French pillage. [Noun] editpillage m (plural pillages) 1.(Jersey) looting [[Old French]] [Noun] editpillage m (oblique plural pillages, nominative singular pillages, nominative plural pillage) 1.pillaging 0 0 2022/01/24 10:52 TaN
39410 on the hook [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editon the hook 1.(often followed by for) In debt; obligated to pay or provide; liable; responsible or blamed. 2.1991 Oct. 27, Barbara Presley Noble, "Making a Difference: Lloyd's 'Indentured Servant'," New York Times (retrieved 15 June 2011): For now, at least, Mr. Wedell, who is a vice president at the Robinson-Humphrey Company, a subsidiary of Shearson Lehman, is still on the hook for unsettled claims. 3.2008 Sep. 29, "Washington to Wall Street: Drop Dead," Newsweek (retrieved 15 June 2011): Yes, incumbents of both parties—especially those incumbents facing tough re-election campaigns—don't want to be on the hook for this vote. 4.2010 April 15, Joseph R. Szczesny, "GM's Pension: A Ticking Time Bomb for Taxpayers?," Time: Could taxpayers really be on the hook for UAW pensions? Yes. 5.(of animals) Slaughtered for food. Antonym: on the hoof [References] edit - on the hook at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2022/01/24 10:52 TaN
39411 hook [[English]] ipa :/hʊk/[Anagrams] edit - Khoo, OHKO [Etymology] editFrom Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).CognatesCompare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake. [Noun] edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}A hook (sense 1) on a construction craneA hook shot (sense 23.2) in basketballA right hook (sense 23.4) in boxinghook (plural hooks) 1.A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. 2.A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook. 3.Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook. 4.1733-1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace: like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook 5.1819 September 19​, John Keats, “To Autumn”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, OCLC 927360557, stanza 2, page 138: Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, / Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook / Spares the next swath and all its twinèd flowers: [...] 6.The curved needle used in the art of crochet. 7.The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. 8.A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j. 9.A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely. 10.A snare; a trap. 11.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v]: A shop of all the qualities, that man Loues woman for, besides that hooke of Wiuing, 12.(in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones. 13.(informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity. He is not handling this job, so we're giving him the hook. 14.(agriculture) A field sown two years in succession. 15.(authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play. 16.(narratology) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention. 17.2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2021: The hook of Good Boys, Hollywood's latest odyssey of comic adolescent mischief, is that the kids behaving badly are, for once, truly kids. 18.(bridge, slang) A finesse. 19.(card games, slang) A jack (the playing card). 20.(geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey. 21.(music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song. The song's hook snared me. 22.2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The A.V. Club‎[2]: Guitarist Jade Puget and vocalist Davey Havok have distilled AFI’s strengths (a ferocious, post-hardcore rhythmic backbone; goth-tinctured, post-punky guitars; and Havok’s desperate, dramatic croon) into 14 taut, hook-driven songs. 23.(nautical, informal) A ship's anchor. 24.(programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour. Synonym: endpoint We've added hooks to allow undefined message types to be handled with custom code. 25.2015, Rachel Alt-Simmons, Agile by Design (page 182) In lieu of those unneeded hooks, write code to fail fast and prevent gaps from becoming a problem. 26.(Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word. 27.2003, Andrew Fisher, David Webb, The Art of Scrabble‎[3], →ISBN, page 58: Setup plays can also be made when you do not have the needed letter but believe your opponent doesn't know the hook owing to its obscurity. 28.(typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ. 29.(typography, rare) a háček. 30.2003, Language Issues XV–XVIII, page 36 Common diacritics in Slavonic language are the hook ˇ (as in haček – Czech for ‘hook’) and the stroke ´ (robić – Polish for ‘do/make’). 31.2003, David Adams, The Song and Duet Texts of Antonín Dvořák, page 168 In Czech, palatalization is normally indicated by the symbol ˇ, called haček or “hook.” 32.2004, Keesing’s Record of World Events L:i–xii, page unknown In detailing the proposed shortening of the Czech Republic to Česko…the hook (hacek) erroneously appeared over the letter “e” instead of the “C”. 33.Senses relating to sports. 1.(baseball) A curveball. He threw a hook in the dirt. 2.(basketball) a basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot. 3.(bowling) A ball that is rolled in a curved line. 4.1969, Harold Keith, Sports and Games‎[4], page 102: However, for pins on the bowler's right, such as the 3, 6, 9, or 10, move more toward the center of the foul line if you bowl a straight ball or slightly to the left of the center of the foul line if you bowl a hook. 5.(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc The heavyweight delivered a few powerful hooks that staggered his opponent. 6.2011 December 18, Ben Dirs, “Carl Froch outclassed by dazzling Andre Ward”, in BBC Sport‎[5]: American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times. 7.(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height. 8.(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. (See draw, slice, fade.)(Canada, Australia, military) Any of the chevrons denoting rank.(slang) A prostitute. Synonym: hooker - 1983, G. W. Levi Kamel, Downtown Street Hustlers (page 160) I was talkin' to a couple of the 'hooks' (female prostitutes) I know.(UK, slang, obsolete) A pickpocket. - 1885, Michael Davitt, Leaves from a Prison Diary (page 18) He preceded me to Dartmoor, where I found his fame even more loudly trumpeted than ever, especially by Manchester “hooks” (pickpockets), who boast of being the rivals of the “Cocks,” or Londoners, in the art of obtaining other people's property without paying for it. - 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern (page 58) "Everybody's a tool over there. Everybody's a hook, except them four guys on the points of the compass. They are eight or ten strong over there." But all professional pickpockets, however expert or however clumsy, operate on the basis of the situation just outlined. [References] edit 1. ^ “Hook” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 281, column 3. [Verb] edithook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked) 1.(transitive) To attach a hook to. Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away. 2.(transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish). He hooked a snake accidentally, and was so scared he dropped his rod into the water. 3.(transitive) To work yarn into a fabric using a hook; to crochet. 4.1917, L M Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams: No one seems to want anything but hooked mats now. 5.(transitive) To insert in a curved way reminiscent of a hook. He hooked his fingers through his belt loops. 6.(transitive) To ensnare or obligate someone, as if with a hook. She's only here to try to hook a husband. A free trial is a good way to hook customers. 7.(UK, US, slang, archaic) To steal. 8.(transitive) To connect (hook into, hook together). If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network. 9.(usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate. He had gotten hooked on cigarettes in his youth. I watched one episode of that TV series and now I'm hooked. 10.(cricket, golf) To play a hook shot. 11.(rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker). 12.(field hockey, ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player) The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty. 13.(soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends. 14.2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC‎[6]: The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards. 15.(intransitive, slang) To engage in prostitution. I had a cheap flat in the bad part of town, and I could watch the working girls hooking from my bedroom window. 16.(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word. 17.(bridge, slang) To finesse. 18.(transitive) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 19.(intransitive) To move or go with a sudden turn. [[Indonesian]] ipa :[ˈhʊk̚][Etymology] edit - From Dutch hoek (“corner, angle”), from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). - The hyper-correction influenced by the cognate English hook. [Noun] edithook (first-person possessive hookku, second-person possessive hookmu, third-person possessive hooknya) 1.(colloquial) alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”). 0 0 2009/07/27 11:52 2022/01/24 10:52 TaN
39413 despite [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈspaɪt/[Alternative forms] edit - despight (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - seed pit, septide [Etymology] editFrom Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). [Noun] editdespite (countable and uncountable, plural despites) 1.(obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred. 2.c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.: A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite. 3.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]: Thou waſt euer an obſtinate heretique in the deſpight of Beautie. 4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezekiel 25:6: all thy despite against the land of Israel 5.(archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult. 6.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II (in Middle English): he aſked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the deſpyte that he had done Doo your beſt ſaid Arthur I am right wroth ſaid Balen I wold he were quyte of the deſpyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte (please add an English translation of this quote) 7.1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554: a deſpite done againſt the Moſt High 8.Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance. 9.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 3: How often am I obliged to speak mal à propos, because my features are not sufficiently charming in a state of repose!—how often is my ingenuity racked to find a word, when a look would have been far better! I am compelled to be amusing, in my own despite. 10.1874, translated by Richard Crawley, Thucydides The Peloponnesian War: And for these Corcyraeans—neither receive them into alliance in our despite, nor be their abettors in crime. [Preposition] editdespite 1.In spite of, notwithstanding. 2.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 3”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634: So thou through windowes of thine age ſhalt ſee, Diſpight of wrinkles this thy goulden time. 3.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 19”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634: Yet doe thy worſt old Time diſpight thy wrong, My loue ſhall in my verſe euer liue young. 4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess‎[1]: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 5.1995, Billy Corgan (lyrics and music), “Bullet with Butterfly Wings”, in Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, performed by Smashing Pumpkins: Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage. 6.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎[2], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, DOI:10.3390/rel5010219, pages 219-257: Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film. [References] edit - despite at OneLook Dictionary Search - despite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Synonyms] edit - in spite of, maugre; see also Thesaurus:despite [Verb] editdespite (third-person singular simple present despites, present participle despiting, simple past and past participle despited) 1.(obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. 2.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], OCLC 37026674, (please specify |book=1 to 5): to despite his opposites 0 0 2009/01/21 15:23 2022/01/24 10:55 TaN
39421 at the mercy of [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editat the mercy of 1.(idiomatic) In the power of; defenceless/defenseless against. 2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. The ball game is scheduled for Saturday, but we're still at the mercy of the weather. 0 0 2021/09/18 16:01 2022/01/24 11:01 TaN
39422 mercy [[English]] ipa :/ˈmɜːsi/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English mercy, merci, from Anglo-Norman merci (compare continental Old French merci, mercit), from Latin mercēs (“wages, fee, price”), from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Displaced native Old English mildheortnes. [Interjection] editmercy 1.Expressing surprise or alarm. Mercy! Look at the state of you! [Noun] editmercy (countable and uncountable, plural mercies) 1.(uncountable) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him. Antonyms: mercilessness, ruthlessness, cruelty 2.(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. Have mercy on the poor and assist them if you can. 3.(uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. Mercy is one of his many virtues. 4.(countable) Instances of forbearance or forgiveness. Psalms 40:11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord 5.(countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for. It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed [Verb] editmercy (third-person singular simple present mercies, present participle mercying, simple past and past participle mercied) 1.To feel mercy 2.1866, Sarah Hammond Palfrey, Herman: Or, Young Knighthood, page 189: I despised her; but I mercied her, too, and gave her sweet berries to eat, and led her to my lodge, and said to my best wife, ' Get up from my best skin, for the white squaw is a guest, and is weary.' 3.1867, Henry Mills Alden, Lee Foster Hartman, & Frederick Lewis Allen, Harper's Magazine - Volume 34, page 402: At another time, forgetting "his verse," he attempted part of the Lord's Sermon on the Mount, by repeating, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be mercied!" 4.1888, Parnellism and Crime: Further evidence as to murders and outrages: There is not a less mercied pair of rogues within the walls of Ireland these days than you both. 5.1965, Equinox: An Anthology of New Writing from the Philippines: In vogue, an age, we are interrupted typics of Universal errors; established adults of vaudeville Street shows — but not quite complete or made whole Neither pitied, nor mercied, nor eldered as one Full disguised and costumed. 6.1996 June 4, Adrian Philips, “I think homosexuality destroys the society”, in alt.homosexual, Usenet: No thank you, I resent being mercied by a thing that is just a imaginary product of suppressive humans who wanna have power over people! 7.2004, Frederick Dale Bruner, Matthew: A Commentary - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 73: Thus Jesus represents human nature in a third way — not as mercied outsiders like the Magi, nor as a judged insider like Herod. Jesus is New Israel in person, the fulfilled promise wrapped in the life of a single Jewish child. 8.2016, Christine M. Bochen, The Way of Mercy, →ISBN: For Prevallet, as for Julian, God's love is a “mercying love” in which we are called to live. 9.2017, The Theological and Ecological Vision of Laudato Si', →ISBN: Jesus's gaze is “mercying”; he looks upon people and things with a love that sees the fullness of what they are and might be. 10.To show mercy; to pardon or treat leniently because of mercy 11.1833, Etienne Achille Réveil, Museum of Painting and Sculpture: In the middle of the room is a young Infanta intended for Marguerite Theresa, born in 1651, daughter of Philip the fourth, whose portrait Velasquez took in 1658, to send to Leopold, who had just been elected Emperor of Germanyd and who mercied her in 1666. 12.1963, John Brunner, Listen! The Stars!, page 46: Remember that kid that kept yelling that his father was mercied?” “Mercied?” - “The kid that kept saying his father was killed? 13.1999, Chuma Nwokolo, African Tales at Jailpoint, page 86: 'Hah! Good Samaritan indeed! Then why hasn't she mercied me all these years I've been begging for her pepper-soup on credit? 14.2005, Randy Howe, Softball for Weekend Warriors, →ISBN: Getting mercied sucks. And truth be told, mercying another team sucks. 15.2010, Peter Josyph, Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy, →ISBN, page 23: This was Suttree's trolley token, the one that mercied him, the one that froze him to death. [[Middle English]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French mercier. [Verb] editmercy 1.Alternative form of mercien 2.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III: Mildeliche Mede þanne · mercyed hem alle / Of þeire gret goodnesse. [[Middle French]] [Noun] editmercy m or f (plural mercys) 1.mercy (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another) 2.1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 5: la damoiselle qui grant paour avoit de mourir cria mercy the lady who was very afraid of dying cried out 'mercy!' 0 0 2021/09/18 16:01 2022/01/24 11:02 TaN
39423 Mercy [[English]] [Proper noun] editMercy 1.A female given name from English, one of the less common Puritan virtue names. 2.1844 Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 2: Mr Pecksniff was a moral man — a grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speech — and he had had her christened Mercy. Mercy! oh, what a charming name for such a pure–souled Being as the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Her sister’s name was Charity. There was a good thing! Mercy and Charity! [[Tagalog]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English Mercy. [Proper noun] editMercy 1.A female given name from English 0 0 2021/09/18 16:01 2022/01/24 11:02 TaN
39428 to that end [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editto that end 1.(formal, conjunctive, idiomatic) For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result. Synonyms: for that reason, therefore, so, wherefore, to which end, to this end, towards that end, for which purpose, for that purpose, for this purpose, to accomplish which We think that the world would be a better place without advertisements. To that end, we are going to remove all of the banners from our website. He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening. 2.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone. To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross. 0 0 2021/10/08 10:44 2022/01/24 11:03 TaN
39429 spat [[English]] ipa :/spæt/[Anagrams] edit - APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, Pats, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, stap, taps [Etymology 1] editOld English spittan, spætan. [Etymology 2] editOf uncertain origin; perhaps related to spit. [Etymology 3] editShortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779. A felt spat Australian 1970s Holden Kingswood with spats [Etymology 4] edit1804. American English, probably imitative. [Etymology 5] editAttested from 1823. [Etymology 6] editLatin spatium (“space”) [Further reading] edit - Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. [[Amis]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. [Numeral] editspat 1.four [[Danish]] ipa :/spat/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Low German spat. Compare German Spat and Swedish spatt. [Noun] editspat c (singular definite spatten, not used in plural form) 1.spavin (disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones) 2.få spat – get annoyed or angry [[Dutch]] ipa :/spɑt/[Anagrams] edit - past, stap, taps [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch spat. [Etymology 2] editFrom spatten. [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[Lower Sorbian]] ipa :[spat][Verb] editspat 1.supine of spaś [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Verb] editspat 1.Short form of spavati: "Cili Trogir ide spat" = "Cijeli Trogir ide spati" = "The whole City of Trogir goes to sleep" [[Taroko]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Atayalic *səpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. [Numeral] editspat 1.four 0 0 2022/01/24 11:03 TaN
39430 spit [[English]] ipa :/spɪt/[Anagrams] edit - ISTP, PITs, PTIs, TIPS, pist, pits, sipt, stip, tips [Etymology 1] editThe noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod; skewer; spike”), *spituz (“rod on which meat is cooked; stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *spid-, *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). The English word is cognate with Danish spid, Dutch spit, German Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”).The verb is derived from the noun,[2] or from Middle English spiten (“to put on a spit; to impale”), from spit, spite: see above.[3] The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch speten, spitten (modern Dutch speten), Middle Low German speten (Low German spitten, modern German spießen (“to skewer, to spear”), spissen (now dialectal)).[2] [Etymology 2] editThe verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to spit; to squirt”);[4] or from Middle English spit, spitte, spitten (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spittan, spyttan (“to spit”),[5][6] both from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū,[7] ultimately imitative; compare Middle English spitelen (“to spit out, expectorate”)[8] and English spew.[9] The English word is cognate with Danish spytte (“to spit”), North Frisian spütte, Norwegian spytte (“to spit”), Swedish spotta (“to spit”), Old Norse spýta (Faroese spýta (“to spit”), Icelandic spýta (“to spit”)).[6]The noun is derived from the verb;[10] compare Danish spyt (“spit”), Middle English spit, spytte (“saliva, spittle, sputum”),[11] spet (“saliva, spittle”),[12] spē̆tel (“saliva, spittle”),[13] North Frisian spiit.[10] [Etymology 3] editThe noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit.[14]The verb is from Middle English spitten (“to dig”), from Old English spittan (“to dig with a spade”),[15] possibly from spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”); see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch spetten, spitten (modern Dutch spitten), Middle Low German speten, spitten (Low German spitten), North Frisian spat, West Frisian spitte.[16] [Further reading] edit - rotisserie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - spit (landform) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - spitting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - spit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - James Orchard Halliwell (1847), “SPIT”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II (J–Z), London: John Russell Smith, […], OCLC 1008510154, page 785, column 1: “SPIT. (1) The depth a spade goes in digging, about a foot.” [References] edit 1. ^ “spit(e, n.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019; compare “spit, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914, and “spit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 “spit, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914. 3. ^ “spiten, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019. 4. ^ “spē̆ten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019. 5. ^ “spitten, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 21 March 2019. 6.↑ 6.0 6.1 “spit, v.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914. 7. ^ John Ayto (1990) Dictionary of Word Origins, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, →ISBN. 8. ^ “spitelen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019, derived from Middle English spitten. 9. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “spit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 10.↑ 10.0 10.1 “spit, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914. 11. ^ “spit(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019, derived from spitten (“to spit”). 12. ^ “spet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019, derived from spē̆ten (“to spit”). 13. ^ “spē̆tel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019. 14. ^ “spit, n.3”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914. 15. ^ “spitten, v.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2019. 16. ^ “spit, v.3”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914. [[Dutch]] ipa :/spɪt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch spit. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. [Noun] editspit n (plural spitten or speten, diminutive spitje n or speetje n) 1.A skewer. Synonyms: braadspit, vleesspies, vleesspit [[Ternate]] ipa :[ˈspit][Etymology] editFrom English speed [Noun] editspit 1.speedboat, motorboat [References] edit - Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh [[Tok Pisin]] [Etymology] editFrom English speed. [Noun] editspit 1.speed [[Westrobothnian]] ipa :/spiːt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Low German spīt. Compare Old Norse spé, Norwegian spit, English spite, Dutch spijt. See also spej. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Norse *spítr, from Proto-Germanic *spihtiz. Cognate with Old Norse spéttr, spætr, from *spihtaz, *spehtaz. Compare riit from *rihtijaną and witer from *wihtiz. 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39431 prescript [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt/[Adjective] editprescript (not comparable) 1.Directed; prescribed. 2.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section I”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. […], London: […] R[ichard] Royston […], published 1655, OCLC 1179639832, paragraph 7, page 4: A Holy place is ſomething, a ſeparate time is ſomething, a preſcript form of words is more, and ſeparate and ſolemn actions are more yet; but all theſe are made common by a common perſon, and therefore without a diſtinction of perſons have not a natural and reaſonable diſtinction and ſolemnity and exterior religion. [Etymology] editLatin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript. [Noun] editprescript (plural prescripts) 1.Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate. 2.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554: By his prescript a sanctuary is framed Of cedar 3.(obsolete) A medical prescription. 4.1661, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend, and pious Dr. H. Hammond Nor did he ever with so much regret submit unto any prescript, as when his physicians, after his great fever that he had in Oxford , required him to eat suppers. 0 0 2022/01/24 11:13 TaN
39433 tweet [[English]] ipa :/twiːt/[Etymology] editOnomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).[1] [Further reading] edit - tweet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “'Tweet' 2009 Word of the Year, 'Google' Word of the Decade, as voted by American Dialect Society”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[5], American Dialect Society, 2010-01-08 [Interjection] edittweet 1.An onomatopoeic of bird singing. 2.1977, David Byrne (lyrics and music), “Love → Building On Fire”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads: I've got two loves / And they go tweet (×9) like little birds [Noun] edittweet (plural tweets) 1.The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. 2.(Internet) An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter. [from 2007] 3.2007, April 22, “Jason Pontin”, in Twitter takes instant messaging to an extreme‎[2]: Every few seconds, a tweet appears and vanishes somewhere on the globe. 4.2008, Wendy Chisholm, Matthew May, Universal Design for Web Applications For example, as you edit a tweet in Twitter, the number of characters left is updated as you type. 5.2008, Chris Seibold, Big Book of Apple Hacks: A tweet can be received via SMS to your cell phone […] [References] edit 1. ^ Craig Hockenberry (June 28th, 2013), “The Origin of Tweet”, in furbo.org‎[1], archived from the original on 2013-07-02 [See also] edit - twitter - Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year [Verb] edittweet (third-person singular simple present tweets, present participle tweeting, simple past tweeted or (internet, very rare) twote, past participle tweeted or (internet, very rare) twoten) 1.(intransitive) To make a short high-pitched sound, like that of certain birds. 2.(transitive, intransitive, Internet) To post an update to Twitter. [from 2007] 3.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian‎[3]: In Saudi Arabia, one of the most conservative societies, one online rebel has rocked the Islamic establishment with tweeted allegations of corruption within the ruling royal family. 4.2017 January 25, “Donald Trump: 'We will build Mexico border wall'”, in BBC World Service‎[4], retrieved 2017-01-25: Mr Trump tweeted: "Big day planned on national security tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!" [[Catalan]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English tweet. [Noun] edittweet m (plural tweets) 1.tweet Synonyms: piulada, tuit [[Danish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English tweet. [Noun] edittweet 1.tweet (Twitter) 2.2014, Caspar Eric, 7 / 11, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN ... og at du lyver i dine tweets / ... / jeg skriver et tweet med våde fingre / ... / og der er 7 personer der citerer tweeten ... 3.2015, Anna Erelle, Forklædt som jihad-brud, Art People →ISBN David Thomsons kontakter synes, hans historie er for tyk, og han har trukket tweetet tilbage. [Verb] edittweet 1.imperative of tweete [[French]] [Noun] edittweet m (plural tweets) 1.a tweet (a message on Twitter) [Synonyms] edit - (Twitter): twit [[Polish]] ipa :/twit/[Etymology] editFrom English tweet. [Further reading] edit - tweet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - tweet in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] edittweet m inan 1.(Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter) [[Portuguese]] [Alternative forms] edit - tuíte [Noun] edittweet m (plural tweets) 1.(Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter) [[Spanish]] [Noun] edittweet m (plural tweets) 1.tweet 0 0 2009/07/14 17:57 2022/01/24 11:13 TaN
39434 itch [[English]] ipa :/ɪt͡ʃ/[Anagrams] edit - chit, tich [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”), German jucken. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”). 0 0 2022/01/24 11:16 TaN
39435 in the ballpark [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin the ballpark 1.(figuratively) In the same general vicinity (as); somewhat similar (to); typically construed with of. 0 0 2022/01/24 11:17 TaN
39439 spell [[English]] ipa :/spɛl/[Anagrams] edit - Pells, pells [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English spell, spel, from Old English spell (“news, story”), from Proto-Germanic *spellą (“speech, account, tale”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to tell”). Cognate with dialectal German Spill, Icelandic spjall (“discussion, talk”), spjalla (“to discuss, to talk”), guðspjall (“gospel”) and Albanian fjalë (“word”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English spellen, from Anglo-Norman espeler, espeleir, Old French espeller, espeler (compare Modern French épeler), from Frankish *spelōn, merged with native Old English spellian (“to tell, speak”), both eventually from Proto-Germanic *spellōną (“to speak”). Related with etymology 1. The sense “indicate a future event” probably in part a backformation from forespell (literally “to tell in advance”). [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English spelen, from Old English spelian (“to represent, take or stand in the place of another, act as a representative of another”), akin to Middle English spale (“a rest or break”), Old English spala (“representative, substitute”). [Etymology 4] editOrigin uncertain; perhaps a form of speld. [[Faroese]] ipa :/spɛtl/[Noun] editspell n (genitive singular spels, plural spell) 1.pity, shame 2.stór spell big shame 3.tað var spell it was a pity 4.spell var í honum it was too bad for him [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology 1] editFrom the verb spelle [Etymology 2] edit [See also] edit - spel (Nynorsk) [[Old English]] ipa :/spell/[Alternative forms] edit - spel [Antonyms] edit - lēoþ (“poem”) - lēoþcræft (“poetry”) [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *spell. [Noun] editspell n 1.story Sæġe mē spell be hrānum. Tell me a story about reindeer. 2.late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans Ne wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal. Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one. 3.news 4.late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans Þæt forme sċip ġesōhte land and ġebodode þæt eġeslīċe spell. The first ship reached land and announced the terrible news. 5.prose or a work of prose 6.late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy Þā hē þās bōc hæfde ġeleornode and of Lǣdene tō Engliscum spelle ġewende, þā ġeworhte hē hīe eft tō lēoðe. When King Alfred had studied this book and translated it from Latin verse into English prose, he converted it back into verse. 0 0 2022/01/24 11:18 TaN
39441 constancy [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɑnstənsi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin constantia. [Noun] editconstancy (usually uncountable, plural constancies) 1.(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc. 2.c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene 2, [1] A little water clears us of this deed: / How easy is it, then! Your constancy / Hath left you unattended. 3.1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 68: And, I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy. 4.1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, chapter 7 "On the Races of Man," Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists. 5.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124: The overall retention rate of 68 per cent indicates a robust constancy of the linguistic features investigated. 6.(countable) An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing. 7.1602, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 1, scene ii: younger spirits . . . whose constancies Expire before their fashions. [References] edit - Webster, Noah (1828), “constancy”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language - “constancy” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - “constancy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. - Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. - Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. 0 0 2022/01/24 13:40 TaN

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