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noun
- Any creature or machine that talks.
- An augmentative and alternative communication device.
- (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.
- (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
- (informal, politics) A talking point.
- (informal, media) A talk-show host.
- (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
- (marketing) A table talker or shelf-talker.
- A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
- (informal, media) A talk show
- (informal) Mouth.
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
- (countable, humorous, informal) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
- (countable) A puffball.
- A ball of fuzzy material.
- (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
- Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).
- (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
noun
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- A female child.
- (sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- (especially with a possessive) A female friend.
- One's girlfriend.
- (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- (somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
- One's daughter.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- a young female
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- a youthful female person
- a female human offspring
verb
noun
- A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
- (now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
- a living being
noun
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
verb
noun
- A living creature.
- (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
- (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- the state or fact of existing
conj
verb
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
adj
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- A living being or creature.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- Whatever can be owned.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
intj
- Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
- (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
- Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
- (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
- (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
adj
adv
- (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
- (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
- (abstract) In this matter.
- (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
- (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
- (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
- (abstract) In this context.
- (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
- in this circumstance or respect or on this point or detail
- in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
- at this time; now
noun
noun
- (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
- (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
- a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant
verb
noun
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- (gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
- (figuratively, humorous) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- (informal) Something very or unusually large.
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- (chiefly Australia) To harass.
- (informal, British, transitive) To condemn or reprimand.
- (UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
- (transitive) To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
noun
- (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
- (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- (dance, preceded by definite article) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
- (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
- (computing) A bot, software designed to perform a task.
- a mechanism that can move automatically
noun
- (colloquial) Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.
- (UK, Ireland) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
- (especially in the plural, sometimes controversial) A person (see usage notes).
- (colloquial) Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)
- (informal, term of address) dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
- (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
- (colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
- a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- an informal term for a youth or man
verb
noun
- (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
- A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- (figurative) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
noun
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A lizardlike person.
- (popularly, especially science fiction) Any large reptilian animal, including crocodiles and reptilian aliens.
- (properly) A reptile of the suborder Sauria.
- any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
adj
verb
noun
noun
- (endearing) A robot.
- A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
- A simple computer speaker.
- (radio, informal) A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).
- an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
noun
- (by extension) Any loud whisper intended to be heard.
- (theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.
- a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
verb
noun
- (psychology, philosophy, robotics) Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.
- (human-machine interaction) A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- (graphical user interface) Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.
noun
- Any creature or machine that talks.
- An augmentative and alternative communication device.
- (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.
- (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
- (informal, politics) A talking point.
- (informal, media) A talk-show host.
- (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
- (marketing) A table talker or shelf-talker.
- A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
- (informal, media) A talk show
- (informal) Mouth.
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
- (countable, humorous, informal) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
- (countable) A puffball.
- A ball of fuzzy material.
- (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
- Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).
- (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
noun
- (informal) A machine or vehicle, especially one that the speaker uses often and is fond of.
- A female child.
- (sometimes offensive, see usage note) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
- (especially with a possessive) A female friend.
- One's girlfriend.
- (colloquial) A term of address to a female (see usage notes)
- (somewhat childish, as a modifier) A female (tree, gene, etc).
- (card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
- One's daughter.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
- A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.
- A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
- a young female
- a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
- a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
- a youthful female person
- a female human offspring
verb
noun
- A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
- (now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
- a living being
noun
- (figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.
- (golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“one of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle”).
- (Australia) A swim or bathe; a bath.
- (UK) A piece of mucus in or removed from the nostril; a booger.
- (military, aviation, slang, proscribed) Synonym of bandit: an enemy aircraft.
- A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
- (military, aviation) An unidentified aircraft, especially as observed as a spot on a radar screen and suspected to be hostile.
- Alternative spelling of bogie (“hand-operated truck or trolley”).
- (golf) The notional opponent of a golfer playing alone.
- (engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.
- (UK, engineering) A bog-standard (representative) specimen taken from the center of production.
- (British, slang) A police officer.
- an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft
- (golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole
- a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil
verb
noun
- A living creature.
- (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
- (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
- a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- the state or fact of existing
conj
verb
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
adj
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- A living being or creature.
- (slang, euphemistic) A vulva or vagina.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- (in the plural) Possessions or equipment; stuff; gear.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (MLE) Alternative form of ting.
- (informal) A romantic couple.
- (MLE) Girl; attractive woman.
- (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing consumable goods.
- (slang, euphemistic) A penis.
- (informal, used possessively, chiefly in the negative) That which is favoured; personal preference.
- (informal, with a) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- Corporeal object.
- (informal) A custom or practice.
- Whatever can be owned.
- (informal, used possessively, with "do") One's typical routine, habits, or manner.
- A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- (informal, with the) The central point; the crux.
- Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
- a special situation
- a vaguely specified concern
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- an action
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- an artifact
- an event
- a separate and self-contained entity
- a special abstraction
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
verb
noun
adj
noun
- (informal) Any minibeast.
- (television) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
- Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
- (gambling, slang) A small piece of metal used in a slot machine to block certain winning combinations.
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
- A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
- (entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- A semi-automated telegraph key.
- (chiefly computing, engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
- Any insect.
- (informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.
- A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
- (Maine) A lobster.
- (gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.
- (poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
- (paleontology, slang) A trilobite.
- (slang, US, horse-racing) An asterisk denoting an apprentice jockey's weight allowance.
- (printing) Synonym of union bug.
- (informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
- (slang, US, horse-racing, by extension) A young apprentice jockey.
- (informal) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
- A contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.
- (chiefly LGBTQ, "the bug") HIV.
- insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
verb
- (transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
- (intransitive, of eyes) To bulge or protrude.
- (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- (informal, intransitive) To act suspiciously or irrationally, especially in a way that annoys others.
- (transitive) To represent (a value) using a bug on an instrument.
- tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
- annoy persistently
noun
- (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
- (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
- a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant
verb
noun
- A bizarre or whimsical creature.
- (informal) A prodigy; someone very talented in a specific domain.
- (gaming) A non-player character that player(s) fight against in role-playing games; a mob
- (figuratively, humorous) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.
- A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
- A cruel, heartless, or antisocial person, especially a criminal.
- (informal) Something very or unusually large.
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
- an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
- (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
- (chiefly Australia) To harass.
- (informal, British, transitive) To condemn or reprimand.
- (UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
- (transitive) To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
noun
- (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
- (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- (dance, preceded by definite article) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
- (Internet slang, 4chan slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
- (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality.
- (computing) A bot, software designed to perform a task.
- a mechanism that can move automatically
noun
- (colloquial) Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.
- (UK, Ireland) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
- (especially in the plural, sometimes controversial) A person (see usage notes).
- (colloquial) Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)
- (informal, term of address) dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
- (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
- (colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
- a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- an informal term for a youth or man
verb
noun
- (by extension) Any creature or thing of gigantic size.
- A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- (figurative) Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected.
- a person of exceptional importance and reputation
- someone that is abnormally large and powerful
noun
- (cladistically) Any simian, including humans.
- (derogatory) Synonym of uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.
- A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.
- (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
- (historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
- (slang, vulgar, uncommon) A penis.
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.
- (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.
- (strictly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- (dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.
- (slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.
- (blackjack) Synonym of face card.
- The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.
- (slang) Synonym of five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or (US, dated) 500 dollars.
- (derogatory) Synonym of idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.
- (slang, nautical) The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.
- (informal, sometimes offensive) A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.
- (slang, highly derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person.
- (slang, usually derogatory) A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.
- (slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.
- any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
- one who is playfully mischievous
verb
noun
- (figuratively) A lizardlike person.
- (popularly, especially science fiction) Any large reptilian animal, including crocodiles and reptilian aliens.
- (properly) A reptile of the suborder Sauria.
- any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
adj
noun
- (endearing) A robot.
- A pager (wireless telecommunication device).
- A simple computer speaker.
- (radio, informal) A broadcast interview taking place over the telephone (originally having to include a beeping sound to indicate that it was not a live broadcast).
- an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
noun
- (by extension) Any loud whisper intended to be heard.
- (theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.
- a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
verb
noun
- (psychology, philosophy, robotics) Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it.
- (human-machine interaction) A potential transaction or operation that is made possible by a given object or environment; especially, one that is made easily discoverable.
- (graphical user interface) Any interactive control or component serving as a cue to the user to take some action.