Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/July 20: difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Content deleted Content added
Added audio file |
m there's no need to restart the numbering from 1 each time it's interrupted Tag: Reverted |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
# {{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand|agriculture|slang}} A [[sheep]] [[leave#Verb|left]] to the [[end#Noun|end]] to be [[shear#Verb|sheared]] (for example, because its [[wool]] is [[filthy]], or because it is [[difficult]] to [[catch#Verb|catch]]). |
# {{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand|agriculture|slang}} A [[sheep]] [[leave#Verb|left]] to the [[end#Noun|end]] to be [[shear#Verb|sheared]] (for example, because its [[wool]] is [[filthy]], or because it is [[difficult]] to [[catch#Verb|catch]]). |
||
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A person who {{l|en|cobble|cobbles|to [[assemble]] or [[mend#Verb|mend]] in an [[improvised#Adjective|improvised]] or [[rough#Adjective|rough]] [[way]]}}; a [[clumsy]] [[workman]]. |
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A person who {{l|en|cobble|cobbles|to [[assemble]] or [[mend#Verb|mend]] in an [[improvised#Adjective|improvised]] or [[rough#Adjective|rough]] [[way]]}}; a [[clumsy]] [[workman]]. |
||
#:[…] |
|||
[...] |
|||
# {{lb|en|US|alcoholic beverages}} An [[alcoholic#Adjective|alcoholic]] [[drink#Noun|drink]] [[contain]]ing [[spirit#Noun|spirit]] or [[wine#Noun|wine]], with [[lemon juice]] and [[sugar#Noun|sugar]]. |
# {{lb|en|US|alcoholic beverages}} An [[alcoholic#Adjective|alcoholic]] [[drink#Noun|drink]] [[contain]]ing [[spirit#Noun|spirit]] or [[wine#Noun|wine]], with [[lemon juice]] and [[sugar#Noun|sugar]]. |
||
#:[…] |
|||
[...] |
|||
# A [[roadworker]] who [[lay#Verb|lays]] [[cobble#Noun|cobbles]]. |
# A [[roadworker]] who [[lay#Verb|lays]] [[cobble#Noun|cobbles]]. |
||
#:[…] |
|||
[...] |
|||
# {{lb|en|Britain|dialectal}} |
# {{lb|en|Britain|dialectal}} |
||
## The [[shiny]], [[hard#Adjective|hard]] [[seed#Noun|seed]] of the [[horse chestnut]] [[tree]] (''[[Aesculus hippocastanum]]''), especially when [[use#Verb|used]] in the [[game#Noun|game]] of the [[same#Adjective|same]] [[name#Noun|name]] ''(sense 1.2)''; a [[conker]], a horse chestnut. |
## The [[shiny]], [[hard#Adjective|hard]] [[seed#Noun|seed]] of the [[horse chestnut]] [[tree]] (''[[Aesculus hippocastanum]]''), especially when [[use#Verb|used]] in the [[game#Noun|game]] of the [[same#Adjective|same]] [[name#Noun|name]] ''(sense 1.2)''; a [[conker]], a horse chestnut. |
||
## {{lb|en|games}} {{synonym of|en|conkers|t=a [[game#Noun|game]] for [[two]] [[player]]s in which the [[participant]]s each have a horse-chestnut ([[know#Verb|known]] as a cobbler ''(sense 1.1)'' or [[conker]]) [[suspend]]ed from a [[length]] of [[string#Noun|string]], and [[take turns]] to [[strike#Verb|strike]] their [[opponent]]'s conker with their own with the [[object#Noun|object]] of [[destroy]]ing the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed}} |
## {{lb|en|games}} {{synonym of|en|conkers|t=a [[game#Noun|game]] for [[two]] [[player]]s in which the [[participant]]s each have a horse-chestnut ([[know#Verb|known]] as a cobbler ''(sense 1.1)'' or [[conker]]) [[suspend]]ed from a [[length]] of [[string#Noun|string]], and [[take turns]] to [[strike#Verb|strike]] their [[opponent]]'s conker with their own with the [[object#Noun|object]] of [[destroy]]ing the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed}} |
||
#:[…] |
|||
[...] |
|||
# {{non-gloss definition|Used as a name for various [[animal]]s.}} |
# {{non-gloss definition|Used as a name for various [[animal]]s.}} |
||
## {{lb|en|Australia}} ''Also'' '''estuary cobbler''': |
## {{lb|en|Australia}} ''Also'' '''estuary cobbler''': |
Revision as of 09:00, 20 July 2021
Word of the day
for July 20 | |
cobbler n | |
| |
← yesterday | About Word of the Day • Nominate a word • Leave feedback | tomorrow → |