handout

handouts (plural)
hand-out (alternative)

→ German: Handout

كُرَّاسَة

printed sheet given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use

ողորմություն

gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor — see also freebie

hand-out

(racquets, real tennis, squash) player to whom a ball is served

(US, card games, archaic, rare) An act of dealing playing cards; a deal.


standoff

stand off (alternative)
stand-off (alternative)


crackdown

en-noun

crackdown (countable and uncountable, plural crackdowns)

After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.

2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:

In the last two years crackdowns on various sectors of the economy, as well as prominent Chinese businessmen, have caused uncertainty. These have recently widened to include foreign nationals and firms, heightening worries in the international business community.

2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC:

Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement.

(requires an object in genitive) подавле́ние n (podavlénije)


show-off

show-offs (plural)
showoff (alternative)

Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt.

“Don’t tell me what to do, you double-crossing little show-off!” he grated. “Here, stand aside there, and let a man pass.”

1959, Roger Barlow, Stormy Voyage, New York: Simon and Schuster:

He was still a tad disgruntled about being used as a work-horse, but he allowed this feeling to be repressed in favor of the pomp and circumstance of the parade. He was, after all, a bit of a show-off when he could get away with it. And that is a real understatement!

2003, Robert J. Evans, Chris Dulabone, Abducted to Oz:

Totally obsessive fans are a good measure of a ride’s popularity, but they’re kind of a pain in the ass, too. They lipsynch the soundtrack, cadge souvenirs and pester you with smarmy, show-off questions.

2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Tor Books:

One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.


turnover

a turnover collar

Chamoisette glove samples for spring show some very swagger styles with gauntlet tops and turnover cuffs piped and embroidered with harmonious contrasts.

1922, Women's Wear, Toronto, volume 6, page 51:

Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.


turnaround

turnaround (countable and uncountable, plural turnarounds)

turnarounds (plural)
turn-around (alternative)
turn around (alternative)
turnround (alternative)

/ˈtɜːnəˌɹaʊnd/

/ˈtɜɹnəˌɹaʊnd/

The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot.

The act of turning to face in the other direction.

They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.

They tried to reduce their turnaround time on incoming paperwork. [noun adjunct form]

The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.

(music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.


turnout

turnout (countable and uncountable, plural turnouts)

turnouts (plural)
turn-out (alternative)


stand-in

They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.

A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.

дубльор

person who stands in for an actor during shooting setup


standout

This tape measure has a standout of 14 feet.

The distance a self-retracting metal tape measure can be extended before collapsing under its own weight.


knockoff

knockoffs (plural)
knock-off (alternative)
knock off (alternative)

(knitting) A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.


knockout

knockouts (plural)
knock-out (alternative)

→ Belarusian: нака́ўт (nakáŭt)

desc

→ Portuguese: nocaute, knockout (unadapted spelling)

→ Russian: нока́ут (nokáut)

→ Spanish: nocaut

→ Ukrainian: нока́ут (nokáut)

→ Vietnamese: nốc ao

The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.

The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.

knockout auction
knockout auction#English


fuckup

fuckups (plural)
fuck-up (alternative)
fuck up (alternative)

Forgetting our anniversary was a major fuckup.

The gate was high; it had been a nine-foot drop; she had landed wrong and broken her arm. Oh Jesus Christ, what a fuckup.

1980, Stephen King, Firestarter, Simon and Schuster, published 2016, →ISBN, page 464:

You've got to fire that fuckup.

(vulgar, derogatory) One who continually makes mistakes.

Don't mind me; I'm just a harmless fuckup.

I can't believe she's dating that colossal fuckup, all he does is bitch about baseball.

Family? Family? Friends? Drugged-up wandering suicidal search-of-the-self fuck-ups don't have families.

1994, John Hodge, Shallow Grave, spoken by Alex Law (Ewan McGregor):

2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Dr. Oz and Nutritional Supplements […] Having a monarchy means the fate of your country is basically a genetic lottery, because every family has the one fuckup they talk about behind their backs. And if you’re thinking, “my family doesn’t,” then I’m afraid it’s you. I’m sorry about that.”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 8, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:

(vulgar, derogatory) An ineffective person; a person who fucks up a lot.


workout

After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.

2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-05-22:

Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:

(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.


layoff

One of the muscles on the point of the shoulder was torn loose and it didn't need more than a glance to see that Mr. Hickey was in for a long lay-off. He wouldn't pitch again for quite a spell, if ever;

1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post:

But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool

2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:

After a ten-month layoff, during which extensive testing had taken place in conjunction with AEI, the 'Blue Trains' resumed full operation on October 2 1961, [...].

2021 July 28, Ben Jones, “When BR got cracking after withdrawal of 'Blue Trains'”, in RAIL, number 932, page 32:

A period of time when someone is unavailable for work.


breakdown

en-noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

breakdowns (plural)
break-down (alternative)

sınma

failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature

Come, hold on, boys, do n't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a break down to wind up with.

1859, John Russell Bartlett, “Break down”, in Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company; London: Trübner and Company, →OCLC, page 49:

Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned break[-]down. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet—these were the instruments. The trio took their places side by side, and began to play some rattling dance-music, and beat time with their big boots.

1906, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Californian’s Tale”, in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 193:

(dance, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of individuals or pairs in succession, common among African-Americans from the Southern United States; also, a lively event, chiefly in a rural setting, at which such dancing is done; a hoedown, a shindig.

breakdown-tanssi

shuffling dance common among African-Americans from the Southern United States


checkup

checkups (plural)
check-up (alternative)

The appointment was just for a checkup.

A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.


makeshift

en-adj

makeshift (comparative more makeshift, superlative most makeshift)

more makeshift (comparative)
most makeshift (superlative)
make-shift (alternative)
make shift (alternative)

Deverbal from make shift. First appears c. 1554, in the publications of H. Hilarie.

They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Hodgson was able to introduce Arsenal teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for his debut late on as this makeshift England line-up closed out a victory that was solid for the most part without ever threatening to be spectacular.

2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.


sit-up

sit-ups (plural)
situp (alternative)
sit up (alternative)

Susan's doing sit-ups to strengthen her muscles.

An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position.


late

late (comparative later, superlative latest)

later (comparative)
latest (superlative)

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.

der

The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them.


blackout

en-noun

blackout (countable and uncountable, plural blackouts)

blackouts (plural)
black-out (alternative)

→ Dutch: black-out

→ French: blackout

→ German: Blackout

→ Portuguese: blecaute, blackout

The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November.

There have been several examples of space weather affecting power grids in the last few decades, notably blackouts caused by GICs [geomagnetically induced currents] in Canada in 1989 and Sweden in 2003.

2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:

A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.

In co-operation with the Government departments, the British railway companies prepared their stations, offices, docks, hotels, trains, and other premises for the necessary blackout of lighting that it was realised would be required in a state of emergency, and in the case of the experimental voluntary blackouts which took place in July and August the railway companies concerned co-operated in every way possible.

1939 November, Charles E. Lee, “Railways and the War — I”, in Railway Magazine, page 317:

During the "blackout", many real cars and lorries had their front wings painted white, in order to avoid accidents.

1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 88:

(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.

blackout blinds; blackout curtains

(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.


cutaway

cutaways (plural)
cut-away (alternative)

fraklip

the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else

Thousands of hectares of cutaway are now under squares of grass and conifers, but by the 1990s it was obvious that most of the total area was suitable only for "non-productive" uses.

2002 July 10, “Cutaway bog promises new, wild landscapes”, in Irish Times, Ireland:

This vast land-art and sculpture park is on a former cutaway bog – “cutaway” being the term for a bog where all the commercial peat has been extracted.

2025 March 29, “‘Thanks to the bogs, life will continue. Just not ours’”, in Irish Times, Ireland:


setback

After some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way.

DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.

1996, “Return to Grace”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 14 (Science Fiction), →OCLC:

The Constitutional Court has ruled today, November 17th, that Section 1448 of the Thai Civil and Commercial, stating that “a marriage can take place only between a man and a woman”, is constitutional under the Thai constitutional law. This decision could be a major setback for many Thai LGBTQ activist groups’ continued journey of what they call basic human rights to legally allow same-sex marriages in Thailand.

2021 November 17, Nop Meechukhun, “Thailand’s Constitutional Court rules Section 1448 of heterosexual marriages lawful, LGBTQ rights groups ‘disappointed’”, in The Pattaya News, Bangkok: The Pattaya News Company Limited, retrieved 2021-11-17:

An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

(by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.


runoff

runoff (countable and uncountable, plural runoffs)

The next series of high tides or large waves will tend to rebuild the berm and redam the stream. Ultimately, increased runoff due to fall or winter rains will raise the stream level to the point where it breaks through.

1994, Ruth Patrick, Rivers of the United States, Estuaries, page 138:

That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.

odtok

portion of precipitation or irrigation which does not infiltrate

The runoff of nitrates is poisoning the lake.

Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.

valunta

dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water

(sports) A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.

döntő

sports: a second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated

There will now be a runoff as neither front runner received more than 50% of the vote.

It is one of the left's best ever results and will raise momentum for next month's final runoff where only the two candidates will compete against each other.

2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian:

Mr. Macron was unable to command more than a small plurality of support against several opponents in the first round of voting on April 10. Ms. Le Pen, who finished second, is his opponent in the runoff election on Sunday.

2022 April 21, Michael Crowley, “U.S. Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.

جولة الإعادة

politics: second or further round of an indecisive election


Passover

Passovers (plural)
Passeouer (alternative)
passover (alternative)

Deverbal from pass over. Coined by William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), the first translator of the Bible into modern English, as a calque of Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh).

Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism

מַצּוֹת מצות#Hebrew

The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus.

𐕗𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕣

the one-day or multi-day biblical or Jewish festival


meltdown

meltdown (countable and uncountable, plural meltdowns)

→ Japanese: メルトダウン (merutodaun)

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Four years have passed since the meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, but the grim legacy of the Soviet catastrophe is still unfolding. https://web.archive.org/web/20041130094534/http://www.time.com/time/daily/chernobyl/chernobyl.index.html

Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.

اِنْصِهَار نَوَوِيّ

severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor

razrušénije aktívnoj zony jádernovo reáktora

разруше́ние акти́вной зоны я́дерного реа́ктора

Channel 4 switchboards went into meltdown this week when viewers called to complain about a Brass Eye programme on child sex.

2001, James Wickham, “Perv Spoof Bosses Axe Wrestling”, in The Daily Star:

Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262

Not only that, but wishcycling is playing a big role in the current global recycling meltdown.

2019 August 30, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown”, in Mother Jones:

A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.

nedsmeltning

Now if I am really anxious, I can take a moment to think about what is making me anxious and what to do about it; before I would just spiral into a meltdown really quickly, with no understanding of why.

2016, Laura, quoted in Wenn Lawson & Kirsty Dempster-Rivett, The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum, page 26

However, if the accumulation of stress chemicals, stimulation and/or demands are occurring too fast or are too intense to block out, then a meltdown is probable.

2019, Bill Nason, The Autism Discussion Page on Stress, Anxiety, Shutdowns and Meltdowns: Proactive Strategies for Minimizing Sensory, Social and Emotional Overload, page 171:

If you're experiencing challenges that are extremely stressful and may lead you to being overwhelmed, or set off a meltdown in the workplace, this may be very concerning to your work colleagues.

2022, Barb Cook, Yenn Purkiss, The Autism and Neurodiversity Self Advocacy Handbook: Developing the Skills to Determine Your Own Future, page 33:

(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.


stand-up

stand-up (countable and uncountable, plural stand-ups)

→⇒ Finnish: stand-up-komedia

⇒ Icelandic: uppistand

→ Japanese: スタンドアップ (sutandoappu)

→ Korean: 스탠드업 (seutaendeueop)

desc

סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ

→ Hebrew: סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ (sténdap)

→ Hebrew: סְטֶנְדְּאָפּ (sténdap)

→ Polish: stand-up

→ Russian: стенда́п (stendáp)

→⇒ Spanish: standupero

→ Swedish: ståuppare (calque)

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Sometimes the club has music, sometimes stand-up.

(uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage


pushover

/ˈpʊʃəʊvə(ɹ)/

A deverbal from push over. First use appears c. 1891 in the Galveston Daily News.

Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.

pusilánime

Someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied


standby

en-noun

standby (countable and uncountable, plural standbys)

standbys (plural)
stand-by (alternative)

During three weeks of the run, I was performing with walking pneumonia, but I had no choice other than to perform because we didn't have the budget for stand-bys.

1977 December 17, Harold Pickett, quoting Jim Ferguson, “New York, New York”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 6:


makeup

Makeup
Merriam-Webster
Oxford English Dictionary

makeup (usually uncountable, plural makeups)

makeups (plural)
make-up (alternative)
make up (alternative)

⇒ Portuguese: make

→ Japanese: メイクアップ

“Will I get a chance to take a makeup? My mother paid for the exam.”

2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 117:

(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.

pótteszt

education: test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material


rollback

rollback (countable and uncountable, plural rollbacks)

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The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.

During the 1990s the Pope, who played such a central role in the rollback of communism, was one of the few international figures who could be heard speaking out against the new capitalist order.

2004 December 16, Seumas Milne, “The struggle is no longer against religion, but within it”, in The Guardian:

Politically, Brzezinski was a centrist, or conservative, Democrat. He criticised both the Eisenhower administration’s “rollback” policy towards communism in Europe, and the Nixon-Kissinger detente.

2017 May 28, Godfrey Hodgson, “Zbigniew Brzezinski obituary”, in The Guardian:

(political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.


know-how

→ Danish: know-how

→ Dutch: knowhow

→ Finnish: know-how

→ German: Know-how

→ Italian: know-how

→ Japanese: ノウハウ (nōhau)

→ Portuguese: know-how

→ Russian: ноу-хау (nou-xau)

→ Spanish: know-how

→ Swedish: know-how

desc

→ Thai: โนว์ฮาว

→ Thai: โนว์ฮาว

Deverbal from know how. American English, 1838.

Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.

American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to “the postscientific society” as an unrecognized bonus for American creators of new products and services.

2008 April 20, G. Pascal Zachary, “How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.”, in New York Times:

The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).

دِرَايَة

the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly


kiss-up

Joe got that promotion because he was a kiss-up, not because he knew the job.

(colloquial) One who flatters a supervisor, or superior, in order to get special attention


castaway

Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.


break-in

There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.

breaking and entering
breaking and entering

The act of entering a place with the intent to steal or commit some other offense; an instance of breaking and entering.


lookout

lookouts (plural)
look-out (alternative)

The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.

A lack of lookouts was partially responsible for the deaths of two track workers at Margam East Junction in south Wales on July 3, according to an interim report published by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch on December 5. [...] "The absence of a lookout with no involvement in the work activity removed a vital safety barrier," says the report.

2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Absence of lookouts contributed to Margam deaths”, in Rail, page 20:

A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.

نَاطُور

person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.


mock-up

Circa 1915–1920, deverbal from mock up (verb), by imitation of French maquette.

The second-class accommodation shown in mock-up at last year's Railway Design exhibition in London was open saloon, but there is still nagging concern that the public has expressed a clear preference for compartments.

1964 February, “British Railways' passenger plans”, in Modern Railways, page 73:

A full-size mock-up carriage of a Liverpool City Region Class 777, built as a part of the design process, has been transferred to the National College for Advanced Transportation & Infrastructure (NCATI) in Doncaster, to be used as a teaching aid.

2022 January 12, “News in pictures: Liverpool carriage goes to college”, in Rail, number 948, page 20:

A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.


walkabout

Deverbal from walk about; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is also derived therefrom.

While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.

September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:

(British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.


walkaway

walkaways (plural)
walk-away (alternative)


walkover

walkovers (plural)
walk-over (alternative)

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Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.

15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian:

(Singapore, politics) An uncontested election.

(colloquial) Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.

The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.

It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.

A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel

An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.


takeover

takeovers (plural)
take-over (alternative)

If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.

2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:

(economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.

(economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.

Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official.

1991, Information Services on Latin America (Oakland, Calif.), ISLA: Volume 43, Issues 1-3, p. 195

A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.


warm-up

Keep a sharp eye on the referee during warm-up to check out his mood.

A period of time allocated for performing warm-ups.


pullover

→ Bulgarian: пуловер (pulover)

→ Catalan: pul·lòver

→ Danish: pullover

→ Esperanto: pulovero

→ French: pull-over

→ Gulf Arabic: بلوڤر (blōvar)

→ German: Pullover

→ Hungarian: pulóver

→ Greek: πουλόβερ (poulóver)

→ Italian: pullover

→ Japanese: プルオーバー (puruōbā)

→ Georgian: პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)

→ Korean: 풀오버 (purobeo)

→ Polish: pulower

→ Portuguese: pulôver

→ Russian: пуло́вер (pulóver)

→ Sicilian: pullover

→ Spanish: pulóver

→ Swedish: pullover

I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.

2010, D. E. Gray, The Warrior in Me, page 23:

(chiefly law enforcement) An instance of a vehicle being pulled over.


stickup

stickups (plural)
stick-up (alternative)

(slang) A wing collar with white bow tie, worn with school dress by distinguished senior boys at Eton College.


washout

en-noun

washout (countable and uncountable, plural washouts)

washouts (plural)
wash-out (alternative)

huuhtoutuminen

erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; channel produced by this action

The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.

An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.

pesuri

In a message to NR [National Rail] staff on August 14, Haines said: "It's not just Scotland impacted by extreme wet weather. This week we have seen, and will continue to see, heavy rain fall. This has caused washouts and landslips across the length and breadth of Great Britain."

2020 August 26, “Network News: [Grant] Shapps Orders Rapid Review of Flash Flood Resilience from NR”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:

The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.

(originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.

huuhtoutuma

(British, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.

pudokas

(mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow of water.


see-through

en-adj

see-through (comparative more see-through, superlative most see-through)

more see-through (comparative)
most see-through (superlative)
seethrough (alternative)
see-thru (alternative)

If you are planning to wear a see-through dress, wear something underneath.

Transparent or translucent; that can be seen through.


backup

→ Danish: backup

→ Italian: backup

→ Japanese: バックアップ (bakkuappu)

→ Korean: 백업 (baegeop)

→ Portuguese: backup, becape

→ Swedish: backup

The accident caused a mile-long backup on the highway.

The blockage caused a backup in the plumbing.

An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.

tailback

accumulation of material caused by an obstruction of flow

He's got a gun! You'd better send for backup.

Shaman: My patience is tested, but Uvenk invokes correctly. Grunt, who is your krantt? Your allies willing to kill and die on your behalf?
Shepard: How is a candidate tested if he brings backup on his Rite of Passage?
Shaman: Not every krogan can be the strongest warrior, but each must inspire his peers to battle at his side.
Shaman: If the ones who know you best can find nothing worthy in you, you should wander the wastes and die alone before you weaken my clan.

2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:

Debbie Ahn, on piano, provided some mesmerizing back-up and many fiery, on-target solos.

1984 April 21, Pam Gordon, “'There's Always Cost': Ferron's Boston Concert”, in Gay Community News, page 17:


backup

Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment


giveaway

giveaways (plural)
give-away (alternative)

tapahtuma, jossa jaetaan ilmaiseksi

event where something is given away for free

if people are given an item for as long as there is supply

arvonta

if the people who receive an item are decided randomly

The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.

Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway. Everyone loves a giveaway (with the notable exceptions of key chains and nail clippers which have been rendered nearly meaningless by repetition).

1983, Teleconnect: The Voice of the Telephone Interconnect Industry:

Perhaps the most frequently used giveaway is "free rent," an abatement of rent for a specific period of tenancy.

1984, Journal of Property Management - Volumes 49-50 - Page 21:

These giveaway bags cost tens of thousands of dollars, but the sentiment of a thank you for your guests is at the heart of those giveaway bags.

2005, Paulette Wolf, Jodi Wolf, Donielle Levine, Event Planning Made Easy:

Something that is given away or handed out for free.

In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings.

1987, Sun Bear, Edward B. Weinstock, The Path of Power, page 233:

His counterpart Tom Wiles also speaks directly for the honored persons in giveaways; in Shannon's outgoing princess giveaway, he addresses a woman named Rose as Shannon gives her a dance shawl: "Shannon says/ now you can kick up your heels" (Wiles 1999)

2001, Kathleen Glenister Roberts, Giving Away: The Performance of Speech and Sign in Powwow Ritual Exchange, page 104:

Following the feast the tables were cleared, making room for the giveaway.

2012, Chad Hamill, Songs of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau, page 124:

This has been such a rewarding exercise for so many of us involved in the giveaway.

2015, Sarah Mayberry, Kelly Hunter, Megan Crane, The Great Wedding Giveaway:

An event at which things are given away for free.


blow-up

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The kids played with a blow-up sea-monster in the pool.


buildup

en-noun

buildup (countable and uncountable, plural buildups)

buildups (plural)
build-up (alternative)

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Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.

There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.

One of the pricetags of the U.S. military buildup is a lack of health care in poorer communities.

1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 3:

An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.


write-off

en-verb

write-off (third-person singular simple present writes-off, present participle writing-off, simple past wrote-off, past participle written-off)

writes-off (present singular third-person)
writing-off (participle present)
wrote-off (past)
written-off (participle past)
writeoff (alternative)

If you are eager to manufacture the recharging unit, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its physical life and provide you with a lower breakeven volume. If you prefer to outsource, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its tax life and provide you with a higher breakeven volume.

2000, Roy L. Nersesian, Trends and Tools for Operations Management, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 80:

This has spurred major efforts to write-off loans by the two pilot banks and considerable progress at the largest of the SOCBs (the ICBC).

2005, OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2005/13 (September 2005): China, OECD Publishing, page 146

Provided that where the Collector or any of his subordinates is responsible for the collection of any tax, […] the power to write-off such tax, […] on the ground of its being irrecoverable, shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Land Administration […]

2007, Ganapathy Palanithurai et al., A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu), Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 58:


jerkoff

jerkoffs (plural)
jerk off (alternative)
jerk-off (alternative)

Deverbal from jerk off (“to masturbate”).

deverbal

Someone told me once that there's a right and wrong
Punishment was sure for those who dare to cross the line
But it must not be true
For jerk-offs just like you and
Maybe it's just bullshit
I should play God
And shoot you myself

1992, “Jerk-Off (live)”, performed by Tool:

All New Yorkers have this feeling that anyone who's not from New York is a jerk-off. And I couldn't believe that someone had the balls to shoot at me.

1992, Eric Lee, Saigon to Jerusalem: conversations with U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who […] , page 25:

I think she's a very nice girl, but she's marrying that jerkoff.

1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler):

(idiomatic, vulgar, derogatory) Someone who behaves obnoxiously, rudely, inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male.

Widerling

rude, mean, nasty, ignorant, obnoxious person


blowback

en-noun

blowback (countable and uncountable, plural blowbacks)

blowbacks (plural)
blow-back (alternative)

The Israeli UZI submachine gun, one the most easily recognized examples of a blowback firearm, is well known for its simplicity, ease of manufacture, low maintenance, and utter reliability.

2012, Robert E. Walker, Cartridges and Firearm Identification, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 24:

(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.

All of the other retired C.I.A. officers who appeared before the subcommittee today acknowledged that the problem of the “domestic blowback” of agency propaganda had been a genuine problem, out most of them dismissed the mounting concern over C.I.A.'s past employment of American journalists as misguided.

1977 December 28, John M. Crewdson, “Colby Acknowledges U.S. Press Picked Up Bogus C.I.A. Accounts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

During Congressional hearings on the agency in the mid-1970's, it was revealed that some of the agency's programs to plant false information in the foreign press had resulted in items being published by American news organizations. This phenomenon, known as blowback, was sharply criticized by the committees at the time, and the C.I.A. has since been required to take precautions so that such false information does not affect political debate in this country.

1986 October 2, Stephen Engelberg, “U.S. Plan Against Qaddafi Is Said To Intensify”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

It is a story about blowback from Sunni Islamist extremists who went to Syria from various Arab countries and were allowed to assemble there in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

2008 October 17, “Syria's blowback problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

Paranoid I was being ripped off, I 'tested' the potency of the skunk on a wasp by trapping it under a glass, and giving it a blowback.

2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Random House, →ISBN, page 41:

(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).

The Boulogne stop lasted a few minutes, during which I was surprised to see no use was made of the blower. In this country, if you shut the regulator without the blower on, the odds are there will be a blowback.

1961 February, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 109:

(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.


hand-off

hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)

Vertex shaders are algorithms that transform the vertex information stored in the model before handoff to the rasterizer.

2012, Walt Ritscher, HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers, page 6:

(computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.


cleanup

cleanup (countable and uncountable, plural cleanups)

cleanups (plural)
clean-up (alternative)

Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.

The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob Barrett was at third base and hitting sixth; Jess Hill was the number seven batter in left field; Red Rolfe batted eighth and played shortstop; and the right-hander, George Miner, was on the mound.

1994, Ronald A. Mayer, The 1937 Newark Bears: A Baseball Legend, →ISBN, page 27:

There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.

2000, Richard Ben Cramer, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, →ISBN, page 528:

I had been getting hits off Jim Palmer and had a streak going and went from hitting 8th to 7th, to 6th, 5th, and then finally McKeon put me in at cleanup.

2010, Kenneth Hogan, Batting 10th for the Yankees, →ISBN:

(baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.


buy-in

buy-in (countable and uncountable, plural buy-ins)

When tournament players are eliminated but remain eager to win back their buy-in, side games often develop and upstage tournament play with limits exceeding those in the tournament.

1983, David M. Hayano, Poker faces: the life and work of professional card players:

(poker) The amount that a player buys in for


cock-up

And I'm sorry for all the cock-ups, my cabinet are absolute crap. We'll have to do better next year.

2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant):

In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.

2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 46:

(Commonwealth, mildly vulgar slang) A mistake.

The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter.

1824, John Johnson, Typographia, volume 2, page 33:

(obsolete, UK, Ireland, printers' slang) A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations.

Cockernonie, a gathering up of the hair of women, after a fashion similar to that of the modern "chignon," and sometimes called a "cock-up." Mr. Kirkton, of Edinburgh, preaching against "cock-ups"—of which chignons were the representatives a quarter of a century ago—said: "I have been all this year preaching against the vanity of women, yet I see my own daughter in the kirk even now with as high a 'cock-up' as any one of you all."

1888, Charles Mackay, A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch, page 30:

(obsolete, Scotland) A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.


come-on

Deverbal from come on to. First use appears c. 1897, in the publications of Edward W. Townsend. See cite below.

When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstein's, were programmed as A Stranger, A Wayfarer, or Manson and, by conducting themselves for the major portion of two hours like overly verbose and objectionable pallbearers, peculiarly persuaded the come-ons that they were replicas of Christ and that the rest of the cast, a bunch of low-lifes, were converted to the faith by them.

1975, George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff, The Theatre Book of the Year, 1942-1943, page 82:

(theater, slang) A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.


comeback

→ Dutch: comeback m

→ Finnish: comeback

→ French: comeback m

→ German: Comeback n

→ Norwegian Bokmål: comeback m or n

→ Danish: comeback n

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: comeback n

→ Persian: کامبک (kâmbak)

→ Russian: камбэ́к m (kambɛ́k)

→ Swedish: comeback c

→ Ukrainian: камбе́к m (kambék)

That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.

According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale comeback! It will be the girls' first Korean comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy."

2013 December 6, alim17, “Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!”, in allkpop.com:

A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.

I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.

2011 February 5, Paul Fletcher, “Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.

remuntada

sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage


tumbledown

en-adj

tumbledown (comparative more tumbledown, superlative most tumbledown)

more tumbledown (comparative)
most tumbledown (superlative)
tumble-down (alternative)

They lived in a tumbledown shack on the edge of the woods.

The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.

Some distance north of both stations was a rather small and tumbledown shed for Great Central engines, and there was generally one or more goods tank engines outside it, painted black and lined out in red.

1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:


rundown

→ Spanish: rondón

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Smith is caught in a rundown, but Jones will come around to score.

(baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.


setup

Trust me, that was a setup!

A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.


layout

→ German: Layout

→ Dutch: lay-out

→ Polish: layout

→ Portuguese: layout

→ Russian: лейаут (lejaut)

→ Swedish: layout

(electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.

(Internet) The customizable features of a user's profile (such as profile picture, screen name, and bio) collectively.

(gymnastics) A fully stretched out position of the body, with toes pointed and legs straight.


toss-up

It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well.

(idiomatic) A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.

egyre megy

a decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter

“He’ll do,” said the Doctor, quietly. “It must have been a toss-up all through the night. ’Think you’re to be congratulated on this case.”

1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 151:

No longer is the best picture going to be a toss-up between that troika of national-historical heavies: Argo, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Instead, a warm welcome back for Life of Pi, widely dismissed by many as "this year's Hugo" but this column's dark-horse pick from October.

2013 January 11, Tom Shone, The Guardian:

Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.

kétesélyes

either of two outcomes that are equally likely

The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.

жребий

the toss of a coin used to decide some issue


speakeasy

en-noun

speakeasy (plural speakeasies or speakeasys)

speakeasies (plural)
speakeasys (plural)

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Deverbal from speak easy (= speak quietly [interj.]); for the history, see Wikipedia at speakeasy § Etymology.

Many of the legitimate nightclubs of today sprang like legalized phoenixes from the still-hot ashes of the speakeasies of prohibition days.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 90:

Retuning^([sic]) to Gotham, he came to intimately know Manhattan's speakeasy scene. “At a speakeasy,” Hirschfeld acknowledged, “you had to be known to get in...each place had its own clientele.” Membership cards, really fake IDs, were common.

2020, David Rosen, Prohibition New York City, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 39:

(historical) An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s.

контрабандна кръчма

illegal saloon operated during the Prohibition period


touch-up

The frosting just needs a little touch-up to be smooth and even.


catch-up

catch-up (countable and uncountable, plural catch-ups)

catch-ups (plural)
catchup (alternative)
catch up (alternative)

Rapid expansion of Britain's transport network during the 'railway mania' of the 19th century meant that the testing of engineering principles often played catch-up to the ambitions of progress.

2021 March 24, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Metallic marvels from rail's Iron Age”, in RAIL, number 927, page 57:

An act of catching up or attempting to catch up.


runaway

runaways (plural)
run-away (alternative)

The drivers were generally boys […] They would stop the team when other boats passed and at locks while waiting for the water to rise or fall. They could also be useful in preventing or stopping runaways. Horses were easily startled and might bolt off the tow path or into the canal itself.

2012, John H. White, Jr., Wet Britches and Muddy Boots, page 171:

The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.


dustup

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back-up

Despite deploying a contingency workforce of fully trained non-striking and non-union back-up staff, Network Rail was forced to issue a limited timetable with only 20% of services running on June 21, 23 and 25.

2022 June 29, “Network News: Emergency timetables: just 20% of services set to run”, in RAIL, number 960, page 6:


login

Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.

(computing) The process or an instance of logging in.


breakaway

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From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

The breakaway republic is slowly establishing order and civil society.

1946, William Brown, Hansard, 19 November, 1946, Trade Unions Closed Shop, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
Nor is it true, although it has been suggested as true, that I am in favour of breakaway or splinter unions

As Actaeon turned, Melanchaetes / The ringleader of this breakaway trio / Grabbed a rear ankle / In the trap of his jaws.

1997, Ted Hughes, “Actaeon”, in Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, page 111, lines 144–147:

[…] the Sunday Times said some 20 MPs are ready to form a breakaway party if Mrs Leadsom is elected as leader over Home Secretary Theresa May […]

2016 July 10, “Iain Duncan Smith claims 'black ops' bid to 'denigrate' Leadsom”, in BBC News:

The breakaway party espouses land expropriation without compensation and sweeping state nationalism, including nationalizing the Reserve Bank.

2024 June 5, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “Jacob Zuma has made a dramatic comeback in South Africa’s elections. Will he have the last laugh over Ramaphosa?”, in CNN:

birtərəfli şəkildə müstəqilliyini elan etmiş

a breakaway wall

In Hollywood, rehearsing for his show, Red Skelton plunged headlong into a "breakaway" door. It didn't break, and Red was hospitalized with concussion and a mild case of shock.

1954 August 30, “The Week in Review”, in Time:

Capable of breaking off without damaging the larger structure.


breakaway

1932, Alan Lennox-Boyd, Hansard, 10 May, 1932, Finance Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
[…] this Finance Bill represents a definite breakaway from the old practice of mass bribing, vote catching, and political Finance Bills which we were in grave danger of establishing as a permanent part of our national activities.

If the horse had been any good—or if he had known how to get any good out of the horse—he would have risked everything on a breakaway and a wild gallop.

1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 11, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998:

Following a breakaway of the test train near Huntingdon during final trials, the start of the London-Newcastle-Edinburgh "Roadrailer" service scheduled for August 19 was postponed.

1963 September, Modern Railways, page 146:

During all that time, the French-speaking province of Quebec demanded additional powers to preserve its language and unique culture, while separatist pressure, generated by the Parti Quebecois, threatened breakaway if the demands were frustrated.

1992 December 21, Michael S. Serrill, “Back On Track”, in Time:

[…] the adoption of the veil by Muslim women in West European countries is often justified as a mark of their autonomy, a breakaway from the sexualizing influences of Western culture.

2011, Jeffrey Weeks, The Languages of Sexuality, Routledge, page 158:

The act of breaking away from something.

2011, Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott (eds.), The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Appendix: The Great Fights, George Dixon vs. Jack Skelly (September 6, 1892), p. 262,
The gong sounded almost immediately after the breakaway.

(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.

1893, The Argus, 29 April, 1893, p. 4, col. 4, cited in Edward Ellis Morris, Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages, 1898, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks09/0900231.txt
The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway or dodged the horns of a sulky beast, took the chance.

(Australia) An animal that breaks away from a herd.


getaway

getaways (plural)
get-away (alternative)

This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had to have the model. And what a model - tinted up by nature herself as the perfect complement of her own harmonics!

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 58:

(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.


getaway

They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.

Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.


roundup

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(US, agriculture) An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.


cop-out

He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done.

Even when they are talking one-on-one, we aren't allowed to see behind the posturing and emblematic language. The major exception to this is Da Mayor […] who is both scorned and respected, seen as both a cop-out and a hero.

1989 August 12, Kate Rushin, “Is Better Than Hollywood Good Enough?”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 8:


takeaway

takeaways (plural)
take-away (alternative)

(US) A concession made by a labor union in the course of negotiations.


take-away

The small scale of Chinese take-aways is an important factor in making these businesses viable for families.

(chiefly UK, Australia and New Zealand) A takeout restaurant, or food from such restaurant.


takeoff

takeoff (countable and uncountable, plural takeoffs)

takeoffs (plural)
take-off (alternative)

I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

A quantification, especially of building materials.

Encyclopaedia of Sport
The take-off should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.

The spot from which one takes off; specifically, the place from which a jumper rises in leaping.


take-off

take-off (countable and uncountable, plural take-offs)


take-up

take-up (countable and uncountable, plural take-ups)

The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.

(machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.


pullout

pullout (countable and uncountable, plural pullouts)

pullouts (plural)
pull-out (alternative)

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Capt. Greg Baarts with the CHP Northern Division says information pulled from the SUV's software shows the vehicle was stopped at the highway pullout before it accelerated straight off the cliff.

2018 April 1, Paul Elias, Phoung Le, “CHP: Deadly SUV Cliff Crash May Have Been Intentional”, in www.usnews.com, Associated Press; U.S. News and World Report, retrieved 2018-04-05:

An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.


takeout

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

takeouts (plural)
take-out (alternative)

desc

Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

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(Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.


checkout

en-noun

checkout (countable and uncountable, plural checkouts)

checkouts (plural)
check-out (alternative)

/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/

The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.

uloskirjautuminen

The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.

maksaminen

(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.


add-on

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(poker) Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.


change-up

change-ups (plural)
changeup (alternative)

The pitcher had a devastating change-up.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery.


strikeout

strikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)

strikeouts (plural)
strike-out (alternative)

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The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.

(countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.

三振

baseball: an instance or the act of striking out


shakedown

shakedowns (plural)
shake-down (alternative)

Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.

What is this, a shakedown?

Four Thai police officers charged with murder in connection with the deadly shakedown of a suspected drug dealer in custody were arrested Wednesday after a video clip of the incident shared on social media caused a public furor.

2021 August 25, Tassanee Vejpongsa, “Four Thai Police Charged in Drug Suspect’s Death After Video Surfaces”, in Bloomberg, Bloomberg, retrieved 2021-08-25:

(slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail

All sorts of gossip floated about; one story told was that a selector, and not the youngest of that staid and sober party, was found putting his boots into his shakedown at night, and lying outside the entrance of his tent, giving careful directions to some one to call him in time for the morning mail.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 79:

"There's nowhere for me to lie down, sir," he answered, and there was in his voice a humbleness which was very distressing. -- "Don't you know anyone in the house who'll give you a shakedown?" -- "No, sir."

1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage:

‘You two,’ he says, ‘you're not going back tonight. […] I can make you shake-downs on the veranda and we'll have a bite to eat.’

1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 107:


shakedown

that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft


carryout

carryout (countable and uncountable, plural carryouts)

carryouts (plural)
carry-out (alternative)

(Midland US, Scotland) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.

(Midland US, Scotland) An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand; a takeaway.


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A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming.

2004, Wayne Wolf, FPGA-Based System Design:

(computing) A command that exports a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) from the current column of an addition operation.


pull-down

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The new seating in the second-class open coach; note the newspaper racks and the pull-down tables on the seat-backs.

1964 July, Brian Haresnape, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 4, photo caption:


pulldown

pulldown (countable and uncountable, plural pulldowns)

For example, let’s say you do a set of pulldowns followed by two dropsets. If you get 10 reps with 170 on the first set, immediately select 150 and knock out another 10.

(Can we date this quote?), Greg Merritt, “Go Beyond Failure with Dropsets”, in Muscle & Fitness:


pop-up

I packed a pop-up hamper in my suitcase.

Coming into view suddenly from a concealed position.

[…] I had a pop-up book of sexual organs by the time I was four –[…]

1985, Margaret Atwood, “Night”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 155:

Opening out to form a three-dimensional structure when the page of a book is opened.

(military) Employing the cold launch technique.


pop-up

pop-up advertisement
pop-up advertisement

(Internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.

anunci emergent

advertisement that pops up when one accesses an Internet page

A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.


rollover

rollover (countable and uncountable, plural rollovers)

rollovers (plural)
roll-over (alternative)

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“They blink if I step on the brake at the same time, and anybody who don't step on his brakes when he's makin^([sic]) a turn is lookin^([sic]) to do a rollover.”

1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game:

(automotive) A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.

kierähdysonnettomuus

automotive: a road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns


set-aside

(Britain and Europe) land that has been taken out of agricultural production to reduce crop surpluses


lineup

We have a simple business process that consists of two steps: people wait in a lineup then fill out an application form.

2005, Alastair Muir, Lean Six Sigma Statistics, page 285:

I've heard that information before and try to remember to do that when there isn't a lineup of customers. When there is a lineup of customers, I don't feel that I have enough time.

2019, Tamara Beth Olsen, Life Lessons from an Ice Cream Shop:

As soon as I entered, I saw a lineup of about 10 to 15 customers.

2020, Brenda Robinson, Harley Robinson, The Customer Service Your Customers Expect:

(Canada) A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue.

More than any other batter in the lineup, he can keep the inning going with a a base hit, and over a season he'll have as many at-bats as teh lead-off man and thus hit hard and often for his team.

1993, Jerry Kindall, Baseball: Play the Winning Way, page 248:

For example, as before, the leadoff hitter for the visiting team in the top of the first inning fails to come to bat and the #2 batter in the lineup subsequently becomes the initial batter in the inning.

2015, Andres Wirkmaa, The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, page 70:

That meant Howell moved from a weak-hitting lineup to a great-hitting lineup, and players generally said they hit better if they had better hitters around them.

2022, Paul Aron ·, The Lineup: Ten Books That Changed Baseball, page 96:

A double-car lineup means the third-fastest car lines up behind the pole sitter and the fourth-fastest behind the car on the outside of the front row, and so on throughout the field.

The lineup was then set fastest to slowest.

2017, Greg Engle, The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR:

Next, Tuddy gave us the lineup for the next race, which would be as follows: Bud, Puck, Joey, Pepper, me, then Ty.

2021, James Jackson, Blue Ridge: A New Home:

(car racing) The order in which race-cars are positioned at the start of a race, based on qualifying times.

The mid-size Chevelle lineup featured revised frontal styling and one new model, a Concours Estate Wagon that sported wood-grain exterior trim and a black-accented grille.

2008, J. “Kelly” Flory, Jr., American Cars, 1960-1972: Every Model, Year by Year, page 486:

If you look at its whole product lineup—cars, motorcycles, marine engines, lawn mowers , power generators, and so forth —Honda makes about 30 million engines a year worldwide.

2009, James E. Harbour, James V. Higgins, Factory Man, page 100:

If you decide that part of your portfolio should be in mutual funds, you can do a lot worse than going with T. Rowe Price's lineup of entirely load-free funds.

2011, Russell Wild, Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies, page 46:

Let's take another example in this space looking at Dr.^([sic]) Pepper Snapple (DPS), which has a strong lineup of leading brands, including Snapple A&W Root Beer, 7UP, Hawaiian Punch, Sunkist, Country Time Lemonade, and Yoo‐hoo chocolate beverage against Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST), the high‐caffeine energy drink maker.

2012, John L. Person, Mastering the Stock Market, page 82:

Starbucks has continuously reshaped its lineup, tweaking its prices and introducing new offers like the Frappuccino, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, and the Oleato. These active adjustments to its lineup allow Starbucks to continue to deliver what customers need at prices they're willing to pay.

2023, Jean-Manuel Izaret, Arnab Sinha, Game Changer, page 193:

(marketing) The set of product options available from a particular manufacturer or under a particular brand name.

After losing half the lineup, the band went on hiatus before reemerging in late 1991 with a new lineup of Goss, bassist Googe and the legendary Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith on drums.

2013, Pete Crigler, Majorlabelland And Assorted Oddities, page 36:

Honing the band's anthemic sound and stance, they relocated to Richmond and created a solid lineup.

2014, Kevin Prested, Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records, page 79:

Throughout their career, Pearl Jam has experienced a number of lineup changes, and the band has had several members come and go over the years.

2023, Zander Pearce, The Journey Of Pearl Jam — From Grunge To Glory:

(music) The members of a music group at any one time.


takedown

(slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.

polizeiliche Festnahme

a taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer

Takedown (grappling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.

The DMCA also gives the targets of notice-and-takedown complaints a limited opportunity to have access to their materials restored.

2001, Charles H. Kennedy, An introduction to U.S. telecommunications law:

Enforced removal of material from a website, etc.


windup

If you don't mind windup, spring-driven cameras, the Bolex 16s are good nonsync cameras.

2012, Jack Anderson, Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot, page 216:


sellout

sellouts (plural)
sell-out (alternative)

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The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout.

(informal, idiomatic) A person who compromises his or her principles for financial gain.

مَأْجُوْرٌ

a person who compromises his or her principles


cook-off

cook-off (countable and uncountable, plural cook-offs)

(countable, chiefly US) A cooking contest.


hangout

From hang + out, as a deverbal from hang out.

Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time.

My connection to gay men and lesbians in Cuba came about through the help of a straight man, Rafael, whom I'd met in old Havana. A day after I told him of my search, he came to me with names of three tea houses known to be gay/lesbian hang-outs. We went together and found a mix of gay and straight people.

1990 December 16, “Going To Cuba”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 10:

A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.


plug-in

hard-wired

antonym(s) of “designed to be plugged in”

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Designed to be plugged into an electrical power outlet or circuit.


plug-in

(computing) A module or device that interacts with another to add a specific feature or function.

An electric vehicle that can be recharged from an external power source.

They take your best bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and boil it up with Satsuma peel and bits of stick, resulting in a hot sour wine and every room of the house smelling like a festive Airwick Plug-in has exploded, with the added bonus that all your best pans are now ruined. Cheers!

2013, Rob Temple, Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves One Rainy Day at a Time, page 141:

But unlike other Glade products with the aroma being released simply by spraying it or by opening the container, this new product the "Glade Plug-In" required that the product actually be plugged into an electrical socket in order for the aroma and fragrance to get released into the air, with the slogan for its product being "Plug it in, plug it in".

2015, Sheldon Malone, Changing the Way You Think: One-Year Devotional Unlocking the Mind with the Word of God:

Plus, I expect a Febreze plug-in would smell like heaven to me right now.

2017, Poppy Dolan, The Bluebell Bunting Society:

I quickly picked up the dirty laundry that was scattered all around, opened the window, sprayed the room down with Febreze, changed the plug-in, and called it good.

2021, Lori A. Bonnevier,MSW,LCSW, You Don't Have to Crush Your Ex: Hints, Hacks, and Hell-No's to Win Your Custody Evaluation:

An air freshener that can be charged by connecting it to the mains power supply.


brush-off

brush-offs (plural)
brushoff (alternative)

A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.

For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.

An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.


punch-up

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throw-in

(Ireland) the start time of a Gaelic football match, comparable to kick off in other games.


playoff

playoffs (plural)
play-off (alternative)

Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.

A final game in a series needed to break a tie.


cutback

cutback (countable and uncountable, plural cutbacks)

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An inversion feature of a rollercoaster, similar to a corkscrew but with the second half reversed.


closeout

Dealing with closeouts is something every surfer should learn – especially if you live and surf in California.

2004, Chris Cote, “HOW TO Backside Closeout Snap with Andy Irons - Ending your ride with style and drama.”, in Transworld Surf:

(surfing) A wave which breaks all at once, as opposed to breaking progressively along its length.


blowout

Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...

2015, Trish Nicholson, Inside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea Journals, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN:

Chloe's lips formed a thin line, and she guided her sister a few feet away from Aubrey and Erik, her hooker heels sinking into the shells a little as they went. "C'mon, Jane. Erik's cousin is a Barnie and is hosting a blowout tonight. The party is in Salem"

2016, Blayne Cooper, Blind Side of the Moon, Bella Books, →ISBN:

(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.

An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.


let-down

let-down (countable and uncountable, plural let-downs)

let-downs (plural)
letdown (alternative)

The majority of peasant farmers in the tropics allow the calf to suckle before milking in order to obtain a let-down of milk.

1990, WJA Payne, An Introduction to Animal Husbandry in the Tropics:

Occasionally a baby will be caught off-guard by mother's strong let-down and he will choke and sputter a bit.

2004, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 7th edition, Penguin, page 54:

Through oxytocin mediation, these afferent pathways become so well established that letdown can occur even when the mother merely thinks of her baby.

2010, Jan Riordan, Karen Wamback, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 4th edition, Jones & Bartlett, page 91:

(countable, uncountable) The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers.


fallout

fallout (countable and uncountable, plural fallouts)

title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D.

Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism

A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.


crossover

crossover (countable and uncountable, plural crossovers)


rip-off

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He promised to mail me a refund, but it was just a rip-off.


throwback

throwback (countable and uncountable, plural throwbacks)

Under the throwback rule, sales into a state where the taxpayer is not taxable are “thrown back” from the destination state to the origin state by adding the nontaxable sales to the numerator in the apportionment factor.

2005, LeAnn Luna, “Throwback rules, multistate corporations”, in Joseph J. Cordes, Robert D. Ebel, Jane G. Gravelle, editors, The Encyclopedia of Taxation & Tax Policy (Second Edition), The Urban Institute Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 436:

The effect of the throwback rule is to distribute income according to sales in the origin state. The effect of the throwout rule is to distribute income according to the taxpayer’s overall activities as measured by the other apportionment factors.

2006, Joann Martens-Weiner, chapter 4, in Company Tax Reform in the European Union: Guidance from the United States and Canada on Implementing Formulary Apportionment in the EU, Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, page 53:

Attributing the gross receipts to the Member State of origin (i.e. applying a throwback rule) constitutes a benefit for that state that is not justified by the rationale of the gross receipts factor.

2009, Stefan Mayer, chapter 4, in Formulary Apportionment for the Internal Market (Doctoral Series; 17), IBFD, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 220:

(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.


send-up

1998, Wing Chun, "The Reluctant Hero," televisionwithoutpity.com, 24 Nov,
The clever send-up of the horror genre shows a profound understanding of the traditional Hollywood machinations.

The tired storyline, centered on a lesbian couple's search for a sperm donor, is irritatingly spoofish and lacks the subtlety that makes for great send-ups.

2006, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Blood Moon's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film, page 115:

A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.


trade-in

property used as part payment for a new purchase


diehard

en-adj

diehard (comparative more diehard, superlative most diehard)

more diehard (comparative)
most diehard (superlative)
die-hard (alternative)

Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.

Fanatically opposing progress or reform.

For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.

The libertarian right of the Consservative Party, many of them diehard Europhobes, privately referred to the health minister and his advisers as "the Gestapo" for their faith in enforced lockdowns.

Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs.

Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.


diehard

diehards (plural)
die-hard (alternative)

I should like my Scottish correspondent to see recent statements by leading officers of certain American railways which both have been among the most extreme diehards for steam, and also have developed the most powerful and outstanding steam locomotive designs—[…].

1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in RailwAy Magazine, page 13:


wind-up

Maybe you could get a wind-up toy to distract him.

(of a machine) Needing to be wound up in order to function.

natahovací

needing to be wound up in order to function


turn-off

turn-offs (plural)
turnoff (alternative)

A road where one turns off, such as a motorway exit.


turn-on

Pretty eyes have always been a turn-on.

(idiomatic) Something that attracts, gives pleasure, or encourages, especially sexually.

kiihottava asia

more often "kiihottaa" for "be a turn-on"


stopover

stopovers (plural)
stop-over (alternative)

A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.

pysähdys

short interruption of a journey made with terrain vehicles

välilasku

short interruption of a flight; does not refer to a place


bailout

bailouts (plural)
bail-out (alternative)

Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section.

1972, Popular Mechanics, volume 138, number 3, page 193:

The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.


fly-in

IBM […] has staged to "fly-ins" of company executives to appeal to lawmakers.

2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Transgender Rights: Striving for Equality (page 165)

The bringing of a people to a place by air travel.


payback

en-noun

payback (usually uncountable, plural paybacks)

They beat us last year, so this year's win was payback.


pile-up

Traffic was backed up for miles due to a twelve-car pile-up on the freeway earlier today.

Pinot was among those involved in the huge pile-up just as the race entered the final three kilometres. Grazes were visible under his torn clothing as he pedalled, with a face like thunder, to the finish line.

2020 August 29, Jeremy Whittle, “Alexander Kristoff takes Tour de France yellow jersey after day of crashe”, in The Guardian:

(colloquial) A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially

A pile of crashed vehicles due to a traffic accident.

(American football) A pile of tackling players.

If the supervisor deals with daily workload in an orderly way and does not put pressure on the employee about a pile-up of work, then the employee's perception of pressure will be reduced and the employee will not suffer from work pressure stress.

2001, Gavriel Salvendy, Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and Operations Management, →ISBN:

Evidently, the annealing in NO ambient results in a pile-up of nitrogen at the oxide/SiC interface and this results in a reduction of interface states near the conduction band edge of 4H-SiC [16,30,31].

2002, Carl-Mikael Zetterling, Process Technology for Silicon Carbide Devices, →ISBN, page 107:

Cusp-like trapezoidal shaping functions have been shown to produce the best signal-to-noise ratio and still maintain short duration to avoid pile-up of events.

2004, G. Molnar, Handbook of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis: With Neutron Beams, →ISBN:

Because family crises evolve and are resolved over a period of time, families seldom are dealing with a single stressor, but rather, our longitudinal data suggest they experience a pile-up of stressors and strains (i.e., demands), particularly in the aftermath of a major stressor, such as a death, a major role change for one member, or a natural disaster.

2014, Hamilton I Mc Cubbin, Marvin B Sussman, Social Stress and the Family, →ISBN:

An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome.


carry-on

carry-on (countable and uncountable, plural carry-ons)

carry-ons (plural)
carryon (alternative)

handbagage

the luggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger

Sometimes all this carry-on about race, religion and sex seems so petty and silly that I cannot take it seriously.

1978 December 9, Nancy Walker, “Sexism and Racism at GCN?”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 10:

"I love salad",she dared when it came to the next course, and then inwardly cringed when it seemed that that was actually a special order and there was such a carry-on about what kind of salad she wanted.

The stopping, restarting, swearing and routine self-deprecation ("I'm in trouble with the vicar – eternal trouble," quips Martin) is the kind of carry-on that has fans purring with pleasure.

2011 November 27, Kitty Empire, The Observer:

(countable, British, New Zealand) A palaver; a disorderly or absurd situation.


dropout

dropout (countable and uncountable, plural dropouts)

dropouts (plural)
drop-out (alternative)

(cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.

uitvaleinde

slot in a bicycle frame to hold the axle of a wheel


pull-up

pull-ups (plural)
pullup (alternative)
pull up (alternative)

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DeWitt compared the average number of pullups college men can do grasping the bar with palms toward the face (supinated) and palms away from the face (pronated), and with kicking and kipping while raising the body. The subjects averaged 2.08 more pullups with the palms supinated than with the palms pronated.

1978 Physical Fitness Research Digest page 3

1983, An Electromyographic Study of the Latissimus Dorsi and Pectoralis Major During the Performance of Pronated and Supinated Pull-ups:

2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
I did lots of push-ups and pull-ups, and my only regret is that I stopped doing them as a young adult when I finally got to work out in health clubs instead of my basement or garage.

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.

набиране

an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back


push-up

Season's most popular blouses feature push-up sleeves, little- boy collars, dainty ties.

These intriguing outfits feature harem pants with long draped front-panel belts, slinky, sleeveless coats, flowing dresses that cling, trousers with push-up legs and deep-cut pants that reveal a whole lot of slim, smooth belly- button and all!

A lovely body-skimming blouson with flattering full sleeves and wide push-up cuffs.

(fashion) Designed to be worn rolled up.


push-up

An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.

تَمْرِين اَلضَّغَط

exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor

Push-ups give girls with smaller breasts an extra bit of lift and shape.

2004, Katie Meier, A Girl's Guide to Life, page 93:


push-up

en-verb

push-up (third-person singular simple present push-ups, present participle push-upping, simple past and past participle push-upped)

push-ups (present singular third-person)
push-upping (participle present)
push-upped (participle past)
push-upped (past)
pushup (alternative)

Jenk kept off to the side, but joined the class as they started their push-ups.[…] Jenk push-upped, eyes on the ground.

2006, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Storm, page 154:

To perform a push-up, or to lift oneself off the ground in a push-up-like manner.


breakout

en-noun

breakout (countable and uncountable, plural breakouts)

Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.

(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.

A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.

[…] a "breakout" game where a ball is bounced off a bar at the bottom of the screen up to a wall of bricks. Each time the ball strikes a brick it is eliminated and points are awarded.

[…] a breakout game in Greenfoot […] In breakout the user hits a ball with a paddle into bricks […]

2011, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson, Problem Solving with Data Structures Using Java (page 355)

[…] a breakout game clone on the left, with rectangular bricks.

2016, James R. Parker, Python: An Introduction to Programming:

[…] a breakout game which is based on a 1970's arcade game, where a player character moves a paddle on the lower part of the game screen in order to break bricks on the upper part of the game screen using a ball that may bounce back […]

2018, Wee Hoe Tan, Design, Motivation, and Frameworks in Game-Based Learning, page 221:

(uncountable, video games) A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one.


layaway

layaway (countable and uncountable, plural layaways)

Deverbal from lay away. The truly solidified verb (as contrasted with the merely misspelled one) is back-formed from the noun but is nonstandard.

(Canada, US) An item which has been held in this way.

капарирана стока

An item which has a deposit placed on it


liftoff

liftoffs (plural)
lift-off (alternative)

we have liftoff [in narration of launches]

(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.

излитане

the point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground


letdown

letdown (countable and uncountable, plural letdowns)


lead-in

After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.

An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

(journalism) A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.


letup

without letup

It rained without letup for many hours.

We waited for a letup in the rain, then we ran home before it started again.


lockout

lockouts (plural)
lock-out (alternative)

a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts

The situation of being locked out of a building.

lockout–tagout

(industrial operations) A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.

(weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".

2016, Christian Thibaudeau, “Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts”, in T-Nation:

(weightlifting) An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.


slip-up

I think she will forgive an accidental slip-up, so don’t worry too much about misspeaking.

The door step was a broad unhewn rock, brought from the neighboring pasture. It had not a flat and even surface, but was considerably sloping from the door to the road, so that in icy times the scholars in passing out used to snatch from the scant declivity the transitory pleasures of a slide. But look out for a slip-up, ye careless, for many a time have I seen an urchin's head where his feet were but a second before.

[1839 November, “The District School as It Was. By One who Went to It.”, in Connecticut Common School Journal, volume II, number 4, Hartford, Conn.: Published under the direction of the Board of Commissioners of Common Schools; printed by Case, Tiffany & Co., […], →OCLC, page 60, column 1:

Fearing to advance upon unknown grounds lest he might meet with some of those slip-ups which kill an orator dead, he waits until the question, proposed by others, has become well set forth; then, having a clear perception of the subject, he enters the lists and conducts the attack by a well-known process at the bar—that of assailing the weakest point of the enemy.

1867, Lucien de la Hodde, chapter XVI, in [John Wolcott Phelps], transl., The Cradle of Rebellions, a History of the Secret Societies of France, Galion, Oh.: A. Estill, […], →OCLC, pages 368–369:

Then, Old Hugo came near a bad slip-up; though he was only one of the gipsies. He was caught 'shoving the queer' in Newark and New York.

1867, Orpheus C. Kerr [pseudonym; Robert Henry Newell], “The Miller and His Men”, in Avery Glibun; or, Between Two Fires. A Romance, New York, N.Y.: G. W. Carleton & Co., publishers; London: S[ampson] Low, Son, & Co., →OCLC, page 166, column 2:

The chess-player also has need of a quick eye and a steady nerve; [...] However, the self-possession which he requires is to be distinguished from freedom from the momentary nervous excitement which causes so many "slip-ups" in billiards.

1867 March 13, “C.”, “Games”, in The Advocate, volume III, number I, Cambridge, Mass.: Published […], by the students of Harvard College; press of John Wilson and Son, →OCLC, page 5, column 1:

[...] I was a little irritated with his attitude of pinpoint criticism and his habit of coming to me with reports of footling slip-ups which he could easily have set right himself or brought to the attention of the clerks concerned, [...]

1955 January 22, S. Roberts, “The Man who Made the Grade: A Short Story”, in Ram Singh, A. K. Mukerji, editors, Thought, air edition, volume VII, number 4, New Delhi: Printed on behalf of Siddhartha Publications Ltd., by R. L. Chadha at Naya Hindustan Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, column 2:

And I went to the cemetery and I had the guide check the names, all of the names, I did not want any slipup.

1957 February 8, Martin Kenneth Tytell (witness), “Testimony of Martin Kenneth Tytell, Accompanied by Chester T. Lane and Byron N[icholson] Scott, as Counsel”, in Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session on the Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States: […] Part 66 […], Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 4111:

That was a slip-up on the part of the committee. Everyone makes a mistake, and gentlemen, I hope you will not make that mistake again. Personally, I rather doubt that he [John Howard Tillotson] would have appeared in executive session even if this slip-up had not occurred, and the fact of the matter is that he did not avail himself of the opportunity when the time came.

1964 June 26, Richard H[oward] Ichord [Jr.], “Testimony of John Howard Tillotson, Accompanied by Counsel, John F. Eisberg”, in Communist Activities in the Minneapolis, Minn., Area: Hearings before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session: […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 1923:

He [Joseph M. Heiser Jr.] praises the ordnance soldier and logistician and blames improperly used systems, misunderstandings as to how programs were to work, poor communications and leadership as the problems for many of the slipups in logistical support to the Army in the field, especially in the combat areas in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

1992 February, Edward C. Starnes, “Book Review: A Soldier Supporting Soldiers: Joseph M. Heiser Jr., LTG (USA, Retd.): Center of Military History, Washington, D.C., 1991, 323 pages. …”, in Claire B. Starnes, editor, Ordnance: The Professional Bulletin of the Ordnance Soldier (PB; 9-92-1), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63, column 2:

How difficult is it to pick 10 playoff games correctly? [...] Even the current leader Alan Sasso, who earned 261 points through the conference championships had one slipup.

2009 January 22, Andrew Das, “Bitter days turn sweet for fans of Cardinals”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-05-12:

For the second year in a row at Wimbledon, Roger Federer went to five sets against a Frenchman but this time there would be no slip-ups.

2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2016-11-15:

(idiomatic) A (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.


tradeoff

tradeoffs (plural)
trade-off (alternative)

Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make.

An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.


hold-up

→ Cebuano: holdap

→ French: hold-up

→ Tagalog: holdap

This was another hand on which a holdup caused declarer to lose control and to go down in a sensational way: […]

1974, Terence Reese, Master Play in Contract Bridge, page 75:

In a holdup, a player delays taking a trick until opponents' entries are reduced.

(bridge) The holding back of a card that could win a trick in order to use it later.


lockup

He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.

(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.


fadeaway

fadeaways (plural)
fade-away (alternative)

In his final years he [John Ogdon] gave an interview to an American journalist who noticed that "his handshake is a boneless fadeaway["].

2014 May 11, Ivan Hewett, “Piano Man: a Life of John Ogdon by Charles Beauclerk, review: A new biography of the great British pianist whose own genius destroyed him [print version: A colossus off-key, 10 May 2014, p. R27]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):

An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.


runout

runout (countable and uncountable, plural runouts)

(cricket) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.

(skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.

2011 September 13, Nick Paumgarten, “Ode to Happy Endings: Celebrating the least appreciated aspect of a great run.”, in Skiing, archived from the original on 2011-12-10:

(skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.

There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out.

A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.


sell-out

A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.

2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:


kick-off

kick-offs (plural)
kickoff (alternative)

The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now

2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:

Alcohol consumption following football matches is fuelling domestic abuse in the hours after a game, according to new evidence suggesting that changing kick-off times could help reduce violence.

2021 July 4, Michael Savage, “Early kick-offs linked to more alcohol abuse and violence in the home”, in The Observer:

(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

Duffy, 26, began a campaign for the 9th Suffolk district […] The crowd of approximately 50 people at his kickoff party was overwhelming composed of other young, white gay men.

1990 February 4, Laura Briggs, “Gay Republican To Oppose Black Rep”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 3:

Darbishire glanced at the first manuscript. "This one’s pretty ribby for a kick-off. It’s Binns’ famous effort.”

1952, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings and Darbishire:

(by extension) The opening sequence of any event.

(music) The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.


comeover

Some laborer, a comeover for sure, perhaps had stolen it, disabused his bosses of it, and for what?

2008, Kathleen M. Henry, Critical Mass, →ISBN, page 46:

It was a comeover who told me that she disliked the Manx because they were so “provincial.” She was quite wrong. The Manx were not in the least provincial; they were profoundly insular—and the distinction is essential.

2011, Jonathan Raban, Coasting: A Private Voyage, →ISBN:

(Isle of Man) An immigrant: a non-Manx person living on the Isle of Man.