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abt

abt

adj

  1. (academics) all but thesis: A description of the status of a masters, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.

prep

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of about.

act

act

noun

  1. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  2. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  3. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  4. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  5. (countable) Any organized activity.
  6. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  7. (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
  8. (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
  9. (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  10. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  11. (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
  12. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
  13. The process of doing something.

verb

  1. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  2. (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
  3. (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
  4. (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  5. (intransitive) To do something.
  6. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  7. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  8. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
  9. (obsolete, Scotland, transitive) To enact; to decree.
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  11. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
  12. (transitive) To feign.
  13. (transitive) To play (a role).

adt

aet

aet

prep_phrase

  1. (soccer) Alternative form of a.e.t.

aft

aft

adj

  1. located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane

adv

  1. (nautical) At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

noun

  1. (dated slang) Alternative form of afternoon: the time of day from noon until early evening.
  2. (nautical) The stern portion of a vessel.

agt

aht

ait

ait

noun

  1. (Scotland) An oat.
  2. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

alt

alt

adj

  1. Abbreviation of alternate.
  2. Abbreviation of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.

noun

  1. (Internet) An alternate account.
  2. (Internet, gaming) An alternate or secondary character.
  3. (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
  4. (music) High pitch, of a voice or instrument; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave.
  5. (now archaic) A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition.
  6. Abbreviation of altitude.
  7. Synonym of altbier

amt

amt

noun

  1. (historical) A county in Denmark.
  2. Abbreviation of amount.

ant

ant

noun

  1. (Internet) A Web spider.
  2. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

verb

  1. (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

apt

apt

adj

  1. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
  2. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
  3. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

noun

  1. An apartment; a flat.

art

art

noun

  1. (countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
  2. (countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
  3. (countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
  4. (countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
  5. (uncountable) Aesthetic value.
  6. (uncountable) Artwork.
  7. (uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
  8. (uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
  9. (uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
  10. (uncountable, dated) Contrivance, scheming, manipulation.

verb

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of be

ast

ast

verb

  1. Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past tense and past participle of ask

ata

atb

atb

Noun

  1. active time battle (gaming)

atc

ate

ate

noun

  1. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
  2. (Philippines) An elder sister

verb

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
  2. simple past tense of eat

atf

atf

Proper noun

  1. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (

Noun

  1. Automatic Transmission Fluid
  2. advanced tactical fighter
  3. Auxiliary Tugboat Fleet - a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations
  4. As Trustee For

ath

ati

atk

atm

atm

phrase

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of ATM.

atn

ato

atp

atp

prep_phrase

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of at this point; also ATP.

atr

ats

ats

noun

  1. plural of at

att

att

noun

  1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.

prep

  1. Obsolete spelling of at

atv

bat

bat

noun

  1. (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).
  2. (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
  3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
  4. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
  5. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
  6. (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.
  7. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification.
  8. (derogatory) An old woman.
  9. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
  10. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
  11. (obsolete) A packsaddle.
  12. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
  13. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
  14. A part of a brick with one whole end.
  15. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
  16. A stroke; a sharp blow.
  17. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
  18. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
  19. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).

verb

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
  2. (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
  3. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
  4. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
  5. (intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
  6. (transitive) To flutter
  7. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

cat

cat

adj

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.

noun

  1. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  2. (archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
  3. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
  4. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
  5. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
  6. (historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
  7. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  8. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
  9. (slang) A person (usually male).
  10. (slang) A prostitute.
  11. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
  12. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  13. (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
  14. A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
  15. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
  16. A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
  17. Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
  18. Abbreviation of catamaran.
  19. Abbreviation of catapult.
  20. Abbreviation of category.
  21. Abbreviation of catfish.
  22. Abbreviation of computed axial tomography. Often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
  23. An animal of the family Felidae:
  24. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
  25. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
  26. The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

verb

  1. (computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
  2. (computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
  3. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  4. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  5. (slang) To vomit.
  6. To go wandering at night.
  7. To gossip in a catty manner.

cta

dat

dat

det

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of that.

eat

eat

noun

  1. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

verb

  1. (copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
  2. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
  3. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
  4. (stative, slang) To be very good; to rule; to rock.
  5. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
  6. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
  7. (transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
  8. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment.
  9. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
  10. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
  11. (transitive, often with up) To destroy, consume, or use up.
  12. (transitive, programming, informal) To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.
  13. (transitive, slang) To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
  14. (transitive, slang) To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).

eta

eta

noun

  1. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
  2. A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.
  3. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.

fat

fat

adj

  1. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
  2. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.
  3. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
  4. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.
  5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
  6. Alternative form of phat
  7. Bountiful.
  8. Bulbous; rotund.
  9. Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
  10. Fertile; productive.
  11. Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich (said of food).
  12. Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
  13. Thick; large.

noun

  1. (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.
  2. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
  3. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
  4. (informal, derogatory) A fat person.
  5. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
  6. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
  7. (slang) An erection.
  8. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.
  9. A beef cattle fattened for sale.
  10. Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.
  11. That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
  12. The best or richest productions; the best part.

verb

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
  3. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.

gat

gat

noun

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar
  2. (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
  3. (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
  4. A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
  5. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

verb

  1. (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get
  2. (slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

gta

gta

Proper noun

  1. Grand Theft Auto, a series of video games by Rockstar Games.
  2. Greater Toronto Area, the most populous urban region in Southern Ontario, Canada.

hat

hat

noun

  1. (Cambridge University slang, obsolete) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard).
  2. (Internet slang) User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.
  3. (figuratively) A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.
  4. (figuratively) Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.
  5. (figuratively, by extension) The lottery or draw itself.
  6. (programming, informal) The caret symbol ^.
  7. (typography, nonstandard, rare) The háček symbol.
  8. (video games) A hat switch.
  9. A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

verb

  1. (Scotland, Northern England or obsolete) simple past tense of hit
  2. (intransitive) To shop for hats.
  3. (transitive) To appoint as cardinal.
  4. (transitive) To place a hat on.

ita

ita

noun

  1. A kind of palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco.

jat

jat

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of yat

kat

kat

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of khat
  2. An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.

lat

lat

noun

  1. (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
  2. (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
  3. (historical numismatics) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
  4. (historical numismatics) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
  5. (slang) latitude
  6. (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
  7. (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
  8. A coin or bill of either currency.

lta

mat

mat

adj

  1. Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”)

noun

  1. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
  2. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
  3. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
  4. (printing) Short for matrix.
  5. (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
  6. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
  7. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
  8. A thickly tangled mess.
  9. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  10. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
  11. Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”)

verb

  1. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
  2. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.

mta

nat

nat

noun

  1. (colloquial, US) Clipping of natatorium.
  2. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
  3. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.

oat

oat

noun

  1. (countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
  2. (uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
  3. (usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
  4. A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
  5. The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.

ota

pat

pat

adj

  1. Exactly suitable, fitting, apt; timely, convenient, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.
  2. Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

adv

  1. Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
  2. Perfectly.

noun

  1. (knitting) Clipping of pattern.
  2. A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
  3. A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
  4. Clipping of patent.
  5. The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

verb

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
  2. To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
  3. To gently rain.
  4. To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

pta

qat

qat

noun

  1. Alternative form of khat, a psychoactive stimulant obtained from the plant Catha edulis.

rat

rat

noun

  1. (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina.
  2. (chiefly informal) Short for muskrat.
  3. (informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
  4. (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
  5. (informal) An informant or snitch.
  6. (informal) Any of the numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) that resemble true rats in appearance, usually having a pointy snout, a long, bare tail, and body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
  7. (military, slang) A ration.
  8. (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
  9. (regional) A scratch or a score.
  10. (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
  11. (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
  12. A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
  13. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.

verb

  1. (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
  2. (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
  3. (regional) To scratch or score.
  4. (regional, rare, obsolete) To tear, rip, rend.
  5. (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray a person or party, especially by telling their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.
  6. Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.

rta

sat

sat

adj

  1. (UK, predicative) Seated; sitting (down).
  2. Abbreviation of satisfactory.
  3. Abbreviation of satisfied.

noun

  1. Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
  2. Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
  3. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sit

sta

sta

noun

  1. Abbreviation of station.

taa

taa

intj

  1. Alternative form of ta (“thanks”)

noun

  1. A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.
  2. The letter ت in the Arabic script.

tab

tab

noun

  1. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
  2. (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.
  3. (Tyneside and Mackem) A cigarette.
  4. (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
  5. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
  6. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
  7. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
  8. (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
  9. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
  10. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
  11. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
  12. (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.
  13. (slang) An ear.
  14. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.

verb

  1. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
  2. (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.

tac

tac

noun

  1. (Tyneside, slang) The drug cannabis.

tad

tad

noun

  1. (US, slang, dated) A street boy; an urchin.
  2. (informal) A small amount; a little bit.

tae

tag

tag

noun

  1. (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
  2. (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
  3. (chiefly US) A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
  4. (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
  5. (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
  6. (informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
  7. (music) The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
  8. (slang) A person's name.
  9. (television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
  10. A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
  11. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
  12. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
  13. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
  14. A sheep in its first year.
  15. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
  16. A small label.
  17. A type of cardboard.
  18. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
  19. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
  20. Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
  21. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

verb

  1. (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
  2. (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
  3. (transitive) To label (something).
  4. (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
  5. (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
  6. (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
  7. (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
  8. (transitive, graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
  9. (transitive, vulgar, slang, 1990s) to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
  10. To fasten; to attach.
  11. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.

tai

tai

noun

  1. A fish, the Japanese bream.

taj

taj

noun

  1. (historical) A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank.
  2. A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.

tak

tak

verb

  1. (Wearside, Durham) To take.

tal

tam

tam

noun

  1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  2. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.

tan

tan

adj

  1. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect.
  2. Yellowish-brown.

noun

  1. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
  2. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
  3. A yellowish-brown colour.
  4. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
  5. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  6. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

num

  1. (dialect, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

verb

  1. (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
  2. (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
  4. (transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

tao

tao

name

  1. (Chinese philosophy and religion) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.

noun

  1. (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
  2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

tap

tap

noun

  1. (computing, graphical user interface) The act of touching a touch screen.
  2. (dance) Ellipsis of tap dance.
  3. (finance) The situation where a borrowing government authority issues bonds over a period of time, usually at a fixed price, with volumes sold on a particular day dependent on market conditions.
  4. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die.)
  5. (medicine, informal) A procedure that removes fluid from a body cavity.
  6. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed; usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo.
  7. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard American English pronunciation of body.
  8. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
  9. A device used to dispense liquids.
  10. A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
  11. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
  12. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel.
  13. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking.
  14. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
  15. An Indian malarial fever.
  16. An interception of communication by authority.
  17. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
  18. Short for tap of work.

verb

  1. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
  2. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
  3. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
  4. (graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
  5. (informal) To cadge, borrow or beg.
  6. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
  7. (medicine, informal) To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
  8. (slang, vulgar, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
  9. To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
  10. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
  11. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
  12. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
  13. To exploit.
  14. To furnish with taps.
  15. To intercept a communication without authority.
  16. To make a sharp noise.
  17. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
  18. To put a new sole or heel on.
  19. To strike lightly.
  20. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.

tar

tar

noun

  1. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
  2. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
  3. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
  4. (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  5. (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
  6. (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  7. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
  8. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
  9. Coal tar.

verb

  1. (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive.
  2. (transitive) To besmirch.
  3. (transitive) To coat with tar.

tas

tas

noun

  1. Alternative spelling of tass

tat

tat

noun

  1. (India, archaic) A pony.
  2. (UK, gambling, slang, archaic) Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”)
  3. (countable, India) Gunny cloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius (jute).
  4. (slang) A tattoo.
  5. (uncountable, Britain) Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  6. (uncountable, Britain) Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  7. Alternative form of tatty (“kind of woven mat or screen”)

verb

  1. (slang) To apply a tattoo.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.

tau

tau

noun

  1. (Christianity) A crosier with a Τ-shaped head.
  2. (astronomy) Chiefly written τ: used to designate the nineteenth star (usually according to brightness) in a constellation.
  3. (historical) Short for tau meson, now known as a kaon.
  4. (mathematics, neologism) Chiefly written τ: an irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its radius, equal to twice the value of pi (2π; approximately 6.2831853071).
  5. (neurology) Short for tau protein (“a protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases”).
  6. A Τ-shaped object or sign; a Saint Anthony's cross, sometimes regarded as a sacred symbol.
  7. Short for tau lepton or tau particle (“an unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos; a tauon”).
  8. The ankh symbol (☥).
  9. The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew, and ancient Semitic alphabets; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.

tav

tav

noun

  1. Alternative form of taw (Semitic letter)

taw

taw

noun

  1. (obsolete) Tawed leather.
  2. (square dancing) A dance partner.
  3. A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
  4. A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
  5. A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
  6. The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.

verb

  1. (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
  2. (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
  3. (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
  5. To push; to tug; to tow.
  6. To shoot a marble.

tax

tax

noun

  1. (figurative, uncountable) A burdensome demand.
  2. (obsolete) charge; censure
  3. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
  4. Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

verb

  1. (transitive) To accuse.
  2. (transitive) To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items.
  3. (transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
  4. (transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).
  5. (transitive) To make excessive demands on.

tay

tay

noun

  1. (obsolete or dialect) Tea.

tba

tca

tea

tea

noun

  1. (countable, Commonwealth, northern US) A cup or (East Asia, Southern US) glass of any of these drinks, often with milk, sugar, lemon, and/or tapioca pearls.
  2. (cricket) The break in play between the second and third sessions.
  3. (slang, dated) Synonym of marijuana.
  4. (slang, especially gay slang and African-American Vernacular) Information, especially gossip.
  5. (uncountable) Any similar drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
  6. (uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.
  7. (uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
  8. (uncountable) The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
  9. (uncountable, Commonwealth) Synonym of supper, the main evening meal, whether or not it includes tea.
  10. (uncountable, UK) A light midafternoon meal, typically but not necessarily including tea.
  11. (uncountable, in combination) Meat stock served as a hot drink.
  12. A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to quickly drink a traditional cup of tea. It is now found in Chinese-language historical fiction.

verb

  1. To drink tea.
  2. To give tea.
  3. To take afternoon tea (the light meal).

tha

tha

article

  1. (US, African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of the.

pron

  1. (Northern England, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of thou. (parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where the MOUTH vowel became [a:] and then shortened in an unstressed thou)

tia

tia

name

  1. Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
  2. Initialism of This is Africa, a business newspaper.

noun

  1. (medicine) Initialism of transient ischemic attack.

phrase

  1. Initialism of thanks in advance.

tla

tma

toa

toa

noun

  1. (New Zealand) A brave warrior.
  2. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.
  3. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

tra

tra

intj

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

noun

  1. The catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

tua

tva

twa

uta

uta

noun

  1. A kind of Japanese poem.
  2. cutaneous leishmaniasis

vat

vat

noun

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A vessel for holding holy water.
  2. (dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.
  3. A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
  4. A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

verb

  1. (transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.
  2. (transitive) To put into a vat.

wat

wat

noun

  1. (cooking) A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
  2. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

pron

  1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

xat

xat

noun

  1. A carved pole erected as a memorial to the dead by some Native Americans of Western North America.

yat

yat

noun

  1. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) Alternative spelling of yatt (“woman”)
  2. A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
  3. The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).

zat

zat

abbrev

  1. Alternative form of izzat

conj

  1. Pronunciation spelling of that (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).