boom

en-verb

boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)

booms (present singular third-person)
booming (participle present)
boomed (participle past)
boomed (past)

Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.

It can get fast enough that it's hard to see what flashed on your screen though, so it would be nice if chess engines had a feature of persistently showing you what move they planned to play before they boomed, even if it took less than a second for them to figure it out.

2021 January 23, Bram Cohen, “You're doing computer chess game commentary wrong”, in Medium, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

In its White game Stockfish had various moments of booming during these long thinks, but these long thinks always ended disappointingly in a slightly lower evaluation than it started with.

2022 April 22, Matthew Sadler, “TCEC Season 22 SuperFinal: Komodo Dragon vs Stockfish”, in TCEC, archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

(computer chess, slang) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position away from zero, indicating a likely win or loss.


boom

→ German: Boom

Indonesian: bum

→ Japanese: ブーム (būmu)

→ Polish: boom

Some chess commentators know to excitedly point out when booms happen but they almost universally are missing out on the next step of explaining what the boom meant.

The evaluation boom and moob continued as Stockfish headed for a queen-rook-knight vs queen-rook-knight position that looked pretty nasty to me!

(computer chess, slang) An instance of booming.


sombrero

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.

(bowling) A series of four consecutive strikes.


blue

en-noun

blue (countable and uncountable, plural blues)

From Middle English blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew (“blue”), from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Late Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”) attested from Isidore of Seville), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with dialectal English blow (“blue”), Scots blue, blew (“blue”), North Frisian bla, blö (“blue”), Saterland Frisian blau (“blue”), Dutch blauw (“blue”), German blau (“blue”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish blå (“blue”), Icelandic blár (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“yellow”), Middle Irish blá (“yellow”). Doublet of blow.
Possibly related also to English blee (“colour”), from Old English blēo (“colour”); but direct derivatives of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”) in Old English include: Old English blāw and blēo (“blue”), Old English blǣwen (“bluish, light-blue”), blǣhǣwen (“blue-coloured, bluish, violet or purple colour”, literally “blue-hued”). There seems to be a parallel connection in Germanic between words for blue and colour, dually exemplified by Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“colour, blee”) and *blāu (“blue”); and Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“colour, hue”) and *hēwijaz (“blue, purple”).
The sense "obscene, pornographic" is apparently from the colour; various theories exist as to how it arose, including that it is from the colour of the envelopes used to contain missives of the censors and managers to vaudevillian performers on objectionable material from their acts that needed to be excised.

m+

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.


finale

(chess) endgame, end game (moment in the game when the threat of checkmate is low and the kings participate in the struggle)


queen

Tok Pisin: kwin

desc

⇒ American Sign Language: G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown

→ Burmese: ကွင်း (kwang:)

→ German: Queen

→ Japanese: クイーン (kuīn), クィーン (kwīn)

→ Korean: 퀸 (kwin)

→ Marshallese: kwiin

→ Sikaiana: kuini

→ Spanish: cuina

→ Thai: ควีน (kwiin)

From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).
Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English regina). Doublet of quean and gyne.

gloss

"wife"; > Middle Low German <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml">quene</i> (“elderly woman”)

cog

[…] and yet I will not ſay but amongſt duſt there is Pearle found, and in hard rockes Dyamonds of great value, and ſo amongſt many women there are ſome good, as that gracious and glorious Queene of all woman kinde the Virgin Mary the mother of al bliſſe, what wun her honour, but an humble minde and her paines and loue vnto our Sauiour Chriſt.

1620, Thomas Tell-Troth [pseudonym of Joseph Swetnam], The Araignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women: Or the Vanitie of Them, Choose You Whether, London, published 1807, retrieved 2022-01-14:

A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.

(Christianity) The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).

Holonym: chess set

For this cauſe that when he [the pawn] can procede so well in warre, as to arriue at the laſte rancke of hys enemies, he is choſen and made the beſt piece of the playe, to wit, he is the Quene.

1562, Damiano da Odemira, translated by Iames Rowbothum, The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts Renewed, with Instructions Both to Learne It Easely, and to Play It Well, London, page A7v:

And, further, let us ſuppoſe, that your King is at Liberty to attack his Pawns upon one Side of the Board, by reckoning how many moves it will take your King to march and take thoſe two Pawns, and alſo, by adding the Number of Moves, which will be neceſſary for you to make a Queen with one of your Pawns: You will, by this Method, find out the exact number of Moves, before you can make a Queen.

1761, Edmond Hoyle, An Essay Towards Making the Game of Chess Easily Learned, London, retrieved 2022-01-13, page 51:

Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:

(chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Holonyms: deck of cards, pack of cards

There is 5. trumps beside the Queene, yᵉ hindmost yᵘ shalt finde her

Just remember that a nine or ten on the flop may trap you against the early raiser if he’s holding a big pair, or if he catches an ace or king or queen — or even a jack — on a later round.

2003, Lou Krieger, Kathleen Keller Watterson, Internet Poker: How to Play and Beat Online Poker Games, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: ConJelCo, →ISBN, pages 84–85:

(card games) A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.


queen

en-verb

queen (third-person singular simple present queens, present participle queening, simple past and past participle queened)

queens (present singular third-person)
queening (participle present)
queened (participle past)
queened (past)

Neither King will be able to stop the opponent's pawns from queening, when the game should be a draw. In such cases, which side queens first, or queens with check, can make a crucial difference. In this case, White promotes his pawn first and is able to put this advantage to good use.

2003, Yasser Seirawan, Winning Chess Endings, London: Everyman Chess, →ISBN, page 39:


gold

Borrowed from English gold, from Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

der

(fantasy roleplaying games board games) miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre


stand

en-verb

stand (third-person singular simple present stands, present participle standing, simple past stood, past participle stood or (obsolete) standen or (nonstandard) stand)

stands (present singular third-person)
standing (participle present)
stood (past)
stood (participle past)
standen (obsolete participle past)
stand (nonstandard participle past)
stand (infinitive)

→ Ido: standar

→ Norman: stanner, sténer

Sranan Tongo: tan

From Middle English standen, stonden (verb) and stand, stond (noun, from the verb), from Old English standan (“to stand, occupy a place”), from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną (“to stand”), from Pre-Germanic *sth₂-n-t-´, an innovative extended n-infixed form of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
cognates
Cognate with Scots stand (“to stand”), Saterland Frisian stounde (“to stand”), West Frisian stean (“to stand”), dialectal German standen (“to stand”), Danish stande (“to stand”), Swedish stånda (“to stand”), Norwegian standa (“to stand”), Faroese standa (“to stand”), Icelandic standa (“to stand”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (standan), Russian стоя́ть (stojátʹ, “to stand”). Also from *steh₂-: Irish seas, Latin stare, Lithuanian stóti, Old Church Slavonic стояти (stojati), Albanian shtoj (“to increase”), Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to put”), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hištaⁱti), Sanskrit तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati). From the related Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): West Frisian stean, Dutch staan, German stehen, Danish stå.

cog

a house divided against itself cannot stand

behind every successful man there stands a woman

dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

where you stand depends on where you sit

(card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.


black

en-adj

black (comparative blacker or more black, superlative blackest or most black)

blacker (comparative)
more black (comparative)
blackest (superlative)
most black (superlative)

Bislama: blak

Sranan Tongo: blaka

Aukan: baaka

→ Caribbean Hindustani: blaaka

Tok Pisin: blak

Torres Strait Creole: blaik

→ Dutch: black

→ French: black

→ Greek: μπλάκης (blákis)

From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”) (compare Dutch blaken (“to burn”), Low German blak, black (“blackness, black paint, (black) ink”), Old High German blah (“black”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”) (compare Latin flagrāre (“to burn”), Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”), Sanskrit भर्ग (bharga, “radiance”)). More at bleak.
Sense 20 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 黑面 (hak1 min6, “to pull a long face, to scowl”).

sort

of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener

Coordinate term: red (“of the hearts or diamonds suits”)

I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

(card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.

The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass.

(board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).

sort

chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white"


black

en-noun

black (countable and uncountable, plural blacks)

→ Japanese: ブラック (burakku)

→ Volapük: bläg

(countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.

At this point black makes a disastrous move.

(countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.

sort

chess and similar games: person playing with the black set of pieces


case

From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse, (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa.


case

He drew the case eight!

If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.

2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour, page 21:

(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.


hack

en-verb

hack (third-person singular simple present hacks, present participle hacking, simple past and past participle hacked)

hacks (present singular third-person)
hacking (participle present)
hacked (participle past)
hacked (past)

Spanish: jaquear

From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hoe; hew”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian häkje (“to hack”), West Frisian hakje (“to hack”), Dutch hakken (“to chop up; hack”), German hacken (“to chop; hack; hoe”), Danish hakke (“to chop”), Swedish hacka (“to hack; chop”), French hacher (“to chop”).
The computer senses date back to at least 1955 when it initially referred to creative problem solving. By 1963, the negative connotations of “black hat” or malicious hacking had become associated with telephone hacking (cf. phreaking).

اِخْتَرَقَ

to gain illegal access to a computer network

That player must be hacking, they got so many kills last game.

(intransitive, video games) To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.


see

en-verb

see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seeing, simple past saw or (dialectal) seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed, past participle seen or (dialectal) seent or (dialectal) seed or (dialectal) saw)

sees (present singular third-person)
seeing (participle present)
saw (past)
seen (dialectal past)
seent (dialectal past)
seed (dialectal past)
seen (participle past)
seent (dialectal participle past)
seed (dialectal participle past)
saw (dialectal participle past)
see (infinitive)

From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sjen (“to see”), Dutch zien (“to see”), Low German sehn, German sehen (“to see”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål se (“to see”), Norwegian Nynorsk sjå (“to see”), and more distantly with Latin sīgnum (“sign, token”), Albanian shih (“look at, see”) imperative of shoh (“to see”).

der

is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me

send it up the flagpole and see who salutes

that which has been seen cannot be unseen

there are none so blind as those who will not see

there's none so blind as those who will not see

throw things at the wall and see what sticks

I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.

(gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.


retreat

From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto.

doublet

(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.


complete

en-verb

complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)

completes (present singular third-person)
completing (participle present)
completed (participle past)
completed (past)

From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“I fill up, I complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“I fill, I fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full).

inh

(poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.


handout

→ 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

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.


DC

en-noun

DC (countable and uncountable, plural DCs)

(roleplaying games) Initialism of difficulty class.


RS

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
w:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.


red

en-adj

red (comparative redder or more red, superlative reddest or most red)

redder (comparative)
more red (comparative)
reddest (superlative)
most red (superlative)

nonred

antonym(s) of “having red as its colour”

antired

antonym(s) of “having red as its colour charge”

From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian read, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål rød, Norwegian Nynorsk raud; also Welsh rhudd, Latin ruber, rufus, Tocharian A rtär, Tocharian B ratre, Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Albanian pruth (“redhead”), Russian ру́дый (rúdyj) ("red", "redhaired"). Czech rudý, Lithuanian raúdas, Finnish rauta, Estonian raud, Serbo-Croatian riđ ("reddish", "red"), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬛𐬌𐬙𐬀 (raoidita), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá, “red, bloody”).

I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.

(card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)

punainen

(card games: of the hearts or diamonds suits


red

en-noun

red (countable and uncountable, plural reds)

sekobarbitaali

slang: secobarbital — see also secobarbital

(countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.


red

rȇd (canonical masculine)
ре̑д (Cyrillic)
rȇd (nominative singular)
rȅdovi (nominative plural)
rȇda (genitive singular)
rȅdōvā (genitive plural)
rȇdu (dative singular)
rȅdovima (dative plural)
rȇd (accusative singular)
rȅdove (accusative plural)
rȇde (singular vocative)
rȅdovi (plural vocative)
rȇdu (locative singular)
rȅdovima (locative plural)
rȇdom (instrumental singular)
rȅdovima (instrumental plural)


AP

AP (countable and uncountable, plural APs)

(countable, video games) Initialism of action point.

(countable, gambling) Initialism of advantage player.


AC

(roleplaying games) Initialism of armor class.


buff

buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)

From buffe (“leather”), from Middle French buffle (“buffalo”).

I just picked up an epic damage buff! Let's go gank the other team!

(video games, roleplaying games) An effect that makes a character or item stronger.


buff

en-verb

buff (third-person singular simple present buffs, present participle buffing, simple past and past participle buffed)

buffs (present singular third-person)
buffing (participle present)
buffed (participle past)
buffed (past)

The enchanter buffed the paladin to prepare him to fight the dragon.

I noticed that the pistols were buffed in the update.

(video games, roleplaying games) To make a character or an item stronger.


CS

first-person shooter
first-person shooter

(computer games) Initialism of Counter-Strike: a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games that began in 1999.


PB

en-noun

PB (countable and uncountable, plural PBs)

(sports, speedrunning) Initialism of personal best.


girl

girl (countable and uncountable, plural girls)

desctree

Jamaican Creole: gyal, gal
→ English: gal; gyal
→ Icelandic: gella
→ Japanese: ギャル (gyaru)
→ English: gyaru

Tok Pisin: gel

→⇒ Finnish: kiltsi

→ French: girl; gow

→ German: Girl

→ Hungarian: görl

→ Japanese: ガール (gāru)

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru.

(card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).


CM

en-noun

CM (countable and uncountable, plural CMs)

Sense "commercial" is a borrowing from Japanese CM (CM, “promotional video”), from English commercial + message.


SP

SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

(video games, mostly role-playing games) synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Common examples of meanings of the abbreviation include but are not limited to: skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point.


mill

en-verb

mill (third-person singular simple present mills, present participle milling, simple past and past participle milled)

mills (present singular third-person)
milling (participle present)
milled (participle past)
milled (past)

Back-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).

l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand

(transitive, collectible card games) To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.


mill

en-noun

mill (countable and uncountable, plural mills)

he’s had some fairly infamous mills in other events. Back in 2017’s Spring Championships, he burned the crucial Archmage Antonidas

2018 October 14, Jay Castello, “Pro Hearthstone player burns key card with perfect comedic timing”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:

(collectible card games) Discarding a card from one's deck.

Kingsane ^([sic – meaning Kingsbane]) Rogue will forever have a negative connotation attached to it because it began as a mill deck, and mill is one of the most tilt-inducing strategies in fantasy card games.

2018 June 16, Wavelength, “Efficient Off-Meta Decks Spotlight”, in Fade2Karma, archived from the original on 2021-11-28:

Great for mill, control, or even Voltron decks, Mnemonic Betrayal is a fantastic addition regardless of your strategy.

2018 September 24, Collin MacGregor, “Top 10 Guilds of Ravnica Commander Cards in Magic The Gathering”, in heavy.:

(collectible card games) A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.


SL

ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ

/ˀaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩³ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/

/ˀaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩³ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/


IL

(video games, speedrunning, initialism) Individual-level.


alo

eo-head

alo (accusative singular alon, plural aloj, accusative plural alojn)

alon (accusative singular)
aloj (plural)
alojn (accusative plural)

(chess) flank, wing (left or right side of the chessboard)


NS

(video games, first-person shooters) nice shot


KS

en-verb

KS (third-person singular simple present KSs, present participle KSing, simple past and past participle KSed)

KSs (present singular third-person)
KSing (participle present)
KSed (participle past)
KSed (past)

(online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.


ME

United States of America
United States of America

Abbreviation of Maine, a state of the United States of America.


MC

(video games, informal) Initialism of Minecraft.


luck

en-noun

luck (usually uncountable, plural lucks)

→ Welsh: lwc

From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish lykke (“luck”), Swedish lycka (“luck”), Icelandic lukka (“luck”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock.
A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk.
Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots.
Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.

cog

The creators of tool-assisted speedruns often manipulate luck to get the most favorable results in order to save the most time.

random number generator
random number generator#English

(video games, computing) The results of a random number generator.


turtle

en-verb

turtle (third-person singular simple present turtles, present participle turtling, simple past and past participle turtled)

turtles (present singular third-person)
turtling (participle present)
turtled (participle past)
turtled (past)

Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling.

(video games, board games) To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.


SD

(video games) Initialism of self-destruct.


wood

en-noun

wood (countable and uncountable, plural woods)

Sranan Tongo: udu

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).

der

[…] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.

1971, Chess Life & Review, volume 26, page 309:

(chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.


yellow

red

antonym(s) of “intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights”

From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wos, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”).
Compare Welsh gwelw (“pale”), Latin helvus (“dull yellow”), Irish geal (“white, bright”), Italian giallo (“yellow”) Lithuanian žalias (“green”), Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow”), Sanskrit हरि (hari, “greenish-yellow”), Russian жёлтый (žóltyj, “yellow”), Russian зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”). Cognate with German gelb (“yellow”), Dutch geel (“yellow”).
The verb is from Old English ġeolwian, from the adjective.

cog

(snooker) One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.


hole

→ Japanese: ホール (hōru)

→ Korean: 홀 (hol)

Sranan Tongo: olo

Inherited from Middle English hole, hol, from Old English hol (“orifice, hollow place, cavity”), from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”), noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”), which is of uncertain ultimate origin. Related to hollow.

отвор

orifice (see anus etc. for specific body cavities)

know one's ass from a hole in the ground

know one's head from a hole in the ground

know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground

(chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.


hand

From Middle English hond, hand, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
See also Dutch and Swedish hand (“hand”), Danish hånd, German Hand, West Frisian hân). Perhaps compare Old Swedish hinna (“to gain”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰-𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (fra-hinþan, “to take captive, capture”); and Latvian sīts (“hunting spear”), Ancient Greek κεντέω (kentéō, “prick”), Albanian çandër (“pitchfork, prop”).

handvol

that which is, or may be, held in a hand at once

hand

set of cards held by a player in a card game

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

catch someone with a hand in the cookie jar

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

give with one hand and take away with the other

one can't hold two watermelons in one hand

talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening

the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world

the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

(card games) The set of cards held by a player.

(historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.


hand

From Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *handuz. Cognate with Danish hånd, Norwegian hand, English hand and German Hand.

Hon fick en bra hand, och satsade högt

She was dealt a good hand, and placed a high bet

(card games) a hand (set of cards held by a player)


gray

From Middle English gray, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”).
See also Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár); also Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”).

cog

(US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.


boss

→ Cantonese: 波士 (bo¹ si⁶⁻²)

→ Danish: boss

→ French: boss

→ Indonesian: bos

→ Italian: boss

→ Japanese: ボス (bosu)

→ Korean: 보스 (boseu)

From Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”).
Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The representation of Dutch -aa- by English -o- is due to the older unrounded pronunciation of this letter, which is still used in North America and parts of Ireland, but was formerly found in some British accents as well.
The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), in turn from English boss.

cog

(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

vastus

in a game without other kinds of enemies


boss

fr-noun

boss m or f by sense (plural boss or bosses)


boss

boss (nominative singular)
bossowie (nominative plural)
bossa (genitive singular)
bossów (genitive plural)
bossowi (dative singular)
bossom (dative plural)
bossa (accusative singular)
bossów (accusative plural)
bossem (instrumental singular)
bossami (instrumental plural)
bossie (locative singular)
bossach (locative plural)
bossie (singular vocative)
bossowie (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes, from Old Dutch *baso, from Proto-Germanic *baswô.

(video games) boss (enemy in a video game)


wieża

wieżyczka (diminutive)
wieża (nominative singular)
wieże (nominative plural)
wieży (genitive singular)
wież (genitive plural)
wieży (dative singular)
wieżom (dative plural)
wieżę (accusative singular)
wieże (accusative plural)
wieżą (instrumental singular)
wieżami (instrumental plural)
wieży (locative singular)
wieżach (locative plural)
wieżo (singular vocative)
wieże (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish wieża, from Proto-Slavic *věža.


moon

Sranan Tongo: mun

Tok Pisin: mun

Torres Strait Creole: mun

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
cognates and doublets
Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

inh

(card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.


moon

en-verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

moons (present singular third-person)
mooning (participle present)
mooned (participle past)
mooned (past)


fella

head

fella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt)

felldi (indicative past singular third-person)
fellt (supine)
að fella (infinitive)
fellt (supine)
fellandi (participle present)
ég felli (indicative participle present)
við fellum (indicative present)
ég felli (present subjunctive)
við fellum (present subjunctive)
þú fellir (indicative participle present)
þið fellið (indicative present)
þú fellir (present subjunctive)
þið fellið (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það fellir (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau fella (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það felli (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau felli (present subjunctive)
ég felldi (indicative participle past present)
við felldum (indicative past)
ég felldi (past subjunctive)
við felldum (past subjunctive)
þú felldir (indicative participle past present)
þið fellduð (indicative past)
þú felldir (past subjunctive)
þið fellduð (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það felldi (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau felldu (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það felldi (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau felldu (past subjunctive)
fell (þú) (indicative participle past present)
fellið (þið) (indicative past)
felldu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
felliði (indicative past pronoun-included)
felldur (masculine nominative singular)
felld (feminine nominative singular)
fellt (neuter nominative singular)
felldir (masculine nominative plural)
felldar (feminine nominative plural)
felld (neuter nominative plural)
felldan (accusative masculine singular)
fellda (accusative feminine singular)
fellt (accusative neuter singular)
fellda (accusative masculine plural)
felldar (accusative feminine plural)
felld (accusative neuter plural)
felldum (dative masculine singular)
felldri (dative feminine singular)
felldu (dative neuter singular)
felldum (dative masculine plural)
felldum (dative feminine plural)
felldum (dative neuter plural)
fellds (genitive masculine singular)
felldrar (feminine genitive singular)
fellds (genitive neuter singular)
felldra (genitive masculine plural)
felldra (feminine genitive plural)
felldra (genitive neuter plural)
felldi (masculine nominative singular)
fellda (feminine nominative singular)
fellda (neuter nominative singular)
felldu (masculine nominative plural)
felldu (feminine nominative plural)
felldu (neuter nominative plural)
fellda (accusative masculine singular)
felldu (accusative feminine singular)
fellda (accusative neuter singular)
felldu (accusative masculine plural)
felldu (accusative feminine plural)
felldu (accusative neuter plural)
fellda (dative masculine singular)
felldu (dative feminine singular)
fellda (dative neuter singular)
felldu (dative masculine plural)
felldu (dative feminine plural)
felldu (dative neuter plural)
fellda (genitive masculine singular)
felldu (feminine genitive singular)
fellda (genitive neuter singular)
felldu (genitive masculine plural)
felldu (feminine genitive plural)
felldu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną. Causative of falla (“to fall”).


dub

I haven't had a dub in a few games.

Clipping of double-u.
(video games, Internet slang) A win.


handicap

en-noun

handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)

From hand-in-cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.

Here some of us fell to handicap, a sport that I never knew before, which was very good.

1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, page 95:

(obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.


Russian

Russian (countable and uncountable, plural Russians)

From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia + -an.

Ok, I do think I am starting to get used to it, but you have to admit, if youve^([sic]) been juggling bags and then start juggling Russians, they feel sooo lopsided to juggle at first!

2011, jamescoutry24, “Beanbags > Russian”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):

(juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.


matka

pl-noun

matka f (diminutive mateczka or mateńka or matuchna or (dialectal) matynka or matusia or matuś, augmentative matczysko, related adjective matczyny)

mateczka (diminutive)
mateńka (diminutive)
matuchna (diminutive)
matynka (dialectal diminutive)
matusia (diminutive)
matuś (diminutive)
matczysko (augmentative)
matczyny (adjective)

Inherited from Old Polish matka. By surface analysis, mać + -ka.

(countable, games) captain (most important player or team manager)

(uncountable, obsolete, children's games) type of children's game


burro

gl-noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

burros (plural)
burra (feminine)
burras (feminine plural)

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).


flower

Unadapted borrowing from English flower.

(mahjong) act of declaring and revealing a flower or season tile and in order drawing a replacement tile


regina

Inherited from Latin rēgīna; cognate with Spanish reina.


regina

la-noun

rēgīna f (genitive rēgīnae, masculine rēx); first declension

rēgīna (canonical feminine)
rēgīnae (genitive)
rēx (masculine)
rēgīna (nominative singular)
rēgīnae (nominative plural)
rēgīnae (genitive singular)
rēgīnārum (genitive plural)
rēgīnae (dative singular)
rēgīnīs (dative plural)
rēgīnam (accusative singular)
rēgīnās (accusative plural)
rēgīnā (ablative singular)
rēgīnīs (ablative plural)
rēgīna (singular vocative)
rēgīnae (plural vocative)

Asturian: reina

Franco-Provençal: rêna

Friulian: reìne

Italian: regina

Maltese: reġina

Neapolitan: riggina

desctree

Old French: royne
French: reine
Norman: royne, ranne, reine
Walloon: royinne
→ Old East Slavic: ръ́ина (rŭ́ina)

Old Galician-Portuguese: reinha, reỹa, reynna, reýña, reyña, rreýña, rreyña, rainha, raynna, raỹa, rayña
Galician: raíña
Portuguese: rainha

Old Occitan: reina
Occitan: reina

Old Spanish: reyna
Spanish: reina (see there for further descendants)

Romansch: regina, rigegna, raïna

Sardinian: reina, arreina

desc

Sicilian: rijina (obsolete), riggina (influenced by Italian)

Venetan: rexina

Walloon: royinne

→ Basque: erregina

→ English: Regina, regina

→ Interlingua: regina

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: regina

→ Romanian: regină

→ Translingual: Regina

Inherited from Proto-Italic *rēgīnā, see there for more. A feminine counterpart to rēx, rēgis (“king”).


fish

en-noun

fish (countable and uncountable, plural fish or fishes)

Sranan Tongo: fisi

→ Chinook Jargon: pish

→ Finnish: fisu

→ Zulu: ufishi

From Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ (“fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *fisk, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz (“fish”) (compare West Frisian fisk, Dutch vis, German Fisch, Danish fisk, Norwegian fisk, Swedish fisk, Icelandic fiskur), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- (“fish”) (compare Irish iasc, Latin piscis).

a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle

a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day

teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring

the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet

what does that have to do with the price of fish

(countable, poker slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).


white

en-adj

white (comparative whiter or more white, superlative whitest or most white)

whiter (comparative)
more white (comparative)
whitest (superlative)
most white (superlative)

Bislama: waet

Sranan Tongo: weti

Aukan: weti

Saramaccan: wéti

Tok Pisin: wait

→ Japanese: ホワイト (howaito)

white fella

⇒ Nyunga: wadjela

white gin

⇒ Gamilaraay: waatyin

⇒ Ngiyambaa: wadjiin

⇒ Wiradjuri: waajin

Inherited from Middle English whit, hwit, from Old English hwīt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós, a byform of *ḱweytós (“bright; shine”).
cognates
* West Frisian wyt
*Dutch wit
* German weiß
* German weiss
* Norwegian Bokmål hvit
* Norwegian Nynorsk kvit
* Lithuanian šviẽsti (“to gleam”), šviesa (“light”)
* Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ, “light”), свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ, “clear, bright”)
* Persian سفید (sefid)
* Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (spaēta, “white”)
* Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá, “white, bright”).

cog

The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.

(board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

hvid

board games: deemed to belong to the white set


white

en-noun

white (countable and uncountable, plural whites)

bělásek

common name for butterflies in the subfamily Pierinae

(countable) Any object or substance that is of the color white.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.

In this position, white has an opportunity to make a good move.

(board games, chess) The person playing with the white set of pieces.

valkoinen

board games: person playing with the white pieces


male

male (genitive)
malet (partitive)
male (nominative singular)
maled (nominative plural)
male (accusative nominative singular)
maled (accusative nominative plural)
male (accusative genitive singular)
maled (accusative genitive plural)
male (genitive singular)
malede (genitive plural)
malet (partitive singular)
malesid (partitive plural)
malle (illative singular)
malesse (illative singular)
maledesse (illative plural)
males (inessive singular)
maledes (inessive plural)
malest (elative singular)
maledest (elative plural)
malele (allative singular)
maledele (allative plural)
malel (adessive singular)
maledel (adessive plural)
malelt (ablative singular)
maledelt (ablative plural)
maleks (singular translative)
maledeks (plural translative)
maleni (singular terminative)
maledeni (plural terminative)
malena (essive singular)
maledena (essive plural)
maleta (abessive singular)
maledeta (abessive plural)
malega (comitative singular)
maledega (comitative plural)

From malev (“army”), a word attested in the 13th century Livonian Chronicle of Henry. Coined by Ado Grenzstein in the 19th century.


matador

Borrowed from Spanish matador (“killer”). Used in the English language as title for a bullfighter, however referred to as a torero in Spain.

bor+

(card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.

(card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.


at

az-noun

at (definite accusative atı, plural atlar)

atı (accusative definite)
atlar (plural)
at (nominative singular)
atlar (nominative plural)
atı (accusative definite singular)
atları (accusative definite plural)
ata (dative singular)
atlara (dative plural)
atda (locative singular)
atlarda (locative plural)
atdan (ablative singular)
atlardan (ablative plural)
atın (definite genitive singular)
atların (definite genitive plural)
atım (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarım (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
atın (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atların (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atı (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atları (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
atınız (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınız (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atı (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atları (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atları (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
atımı (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarımı (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
atını (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atını (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
atınızı (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınızı (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarını (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
atıma (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarıma (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
atına (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atlarına (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atına (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atlarına (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
atınıza (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınıza (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarına (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
atımda (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarımda (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
atında (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atlarında (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atında (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atlarında (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
atınızda (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınızda (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarında (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
atımdan (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarımdan (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
atından (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atından (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
atınızdan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınızdan (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarından (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
atımın (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
atlarımın (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
atının (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
atlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
atının (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
atlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
atımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
atlarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
atınızın (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
atlarınızın (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
atının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
atlarının (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


at

atı (accusative definite)
atlar (plural)
at (nominative singular)
atlar (nominative plural)
atı (accusative definite singular)
atları (accusative definite plural)
ata (dative singular)
atlara (dative plural)
atta (locative singular)
atlarda (locative plural)
attan (ablative singular)
atlardan (ablative plural)
atın (genitive singular)
atların (genitive plural)
atım (first-person nominative singular)
atlarım (first-person nominative singular)
atın (nominative second-person singular)
atların (nominative second-person singular)
atı (nominative singular third-person)
atları (nominative singular third-person)
atımız (first-person nominative plural)
atlarımız (first-person nominative plural)
atınız (nominative plural second-person)
atlarınız (nominative plural second-person)
atları (nominative plural third-person)
atımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
atlarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
atını (accusative definite second-person singular)
atlarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
atını (accusative definite singular third-person)
atlarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
atımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
atlarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
atınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
atlarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
atlarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
atıma (dative first-person singular)
atlarıma (dative first-person singular)
atına (dative second-person singular)
atlarına (dative second-person singular)
atına (dative singular third-person)
atlarına (dative singular third-person)
atımıza (dative first-person plural)
atlarımıza (dative first-person plural)
atınıza (dative plural second-person)
atlarınıza (dative plural second-person)
atlarına (dative plural third-person)
atımda (first-person locative singular)
atlarımda (first-person locative singular)
atında (locative second-person singular)
atlarında (locative second-person singular)
atında (locative singular third-person)
atlarında (locative singular third-person)
atımızda (first-person locative plural)
atlarımızda (first-person locative plural)
atınızda (locative plural second-person)
atlarınızda (locative plural second-person)
atlarında (locative plural third-person)
atımdan (ablative first-person singular)
atlarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
atından (ablative second-person singular)
atlarından (ablative second-person singular)
atından (ablative singular third-person)
atlarından (ablative singular third-person)
atımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
atlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
atınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
atlarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
atlarından (ablative plural third-person)
atımın (first-person genitive singular)
atlarımın (first-person genitive singular)
atının (genitive second-person singular)
atlarının (genitive second-person singular)
atının (genitive singular third-person)
atlarının (genitive singular third-person)
atımızın (first-person genitive plural)
atlarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
atınızın (genitive plural second-person)
atlarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
atlarının (genitive plural third-person)
atım (first-person singular)
atlarım (first-person singular)
atsın (second-person singular)
atlarsın (second-person singular)
at (singular third-person)
attır (singular third-person)
atlar (singular third-person)
atlardır (singular third-person)
atız (first-person plural)
atlarız (first-person plural)
atsınız (plural second-person)
atlarsınız (plural second-person)
atlar (plural third-person)
atlardır (plural third-person)

From Ottoman Turkish آت (at, “horse”), from Proto-Turkic *at, *ăt (“horse”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَتْ (at, “horse”), Old Turkic 𐱃 (t¹ /at/, “horse”).

at bulunur meydan bulunmaz, meydan bulunur at bulunmaz

at çalındıktan sonra ahırın kapısını kapamak


alley

From Middle English aley, from Old French alee, feminine of alé, past participle of aler (“to go”) (French aller). Doublet of allée.

(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.

(bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.


perfect

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“to finish”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + facere (“to do, to make”). Spelling modified 15c. to conform to Latin etymology. Doublet of parfait.
Displaced native Old English fulfremed.

Awarded for scoring all Perfects in the Dominator rank!

2007, Barbara Smith, Chad Yancey, Video Game Achievements and Unlockables, page 17:

[…] a table of all the ratings that each player has achieved, giving you several scoring options based on player feedback (I simply record the number of perfects).

2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers-- in the Library?!:

(video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.


lane

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).
Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

cog

We booked a couple of lanes at the bowling alley.

(card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.

(video games) In MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) games, a particular path on the map that may be traversed by enemy characters.


piece

Belizean Creole: pees

Sranan Tongo: pisi

→ Finnish: biisi

→ Irish: píosa

→ Japanese: ピース (pīsu)

→ Scottish Gaelic: pìos

From Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion, quota”); doublet of English fit, fytte, fytt (“musical piece, chapter”), Icelandic fit (“web”), German Fitze (“skein”), from Old High German *fitjâ. Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Italian pezza, Italian pezzo.

der

Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward.

1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, section I:

(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.

قِطْعَة

chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games

Offizier

An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.


mapa

Borrowed from Latin mappa (“napkin”), from Punic [Term?].

(video games, board games) an environment where a game is played


as

From Latin as (“basic Roman unit of money”).

(games) an ace (the side of a die with a single pip)

(card games) an ace (a card with a single pip, usually of highest rank in a suit)


as

→ German: As, Ass

→ Hungarian: ász

→ Turkish: as

→ Vietnamese: át


as

English: ace (see there for further descendants)

Scots: ace

From Old French as (“ace”), from Latin as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”).

(dice games) The lowest possible throw in dice.


as

asik (diminutive)
as (nominative singular)
asy (nominative plural)
asa (genitive singular)
asów (genitive plural)
asowi (dative singular)
asom (dative plural)
asa (accusative singular)
asy (accusative plural)
asem (instrumental singular)
asami (instrumental plural)
asie (locative singular)
asach (locative plural)
asie (singular vocative)
asy (plural vocative)


as

ȁs (canonical masculine)
а̏с (Cyrillic)
as (nominative singular)
asovi (nominative plural)
asa (genitive singular)
asova (genitive plural)
asu (dative singular)
asovima (dative plural)
as (accusative singular)
asa (accusative singular)
asove (accusative plural)
asu (singular vocative)
asovi (plural vocative)
asu (locative singular)
asovima (locative plural)
asom (instrumental singular)
asovima (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from German As, from Latin as (“as, copper coin”).


as

ȃs (animate canonical masculine)
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ás (nominative singular)
ása (dual nominative)
ási (nominative plural)
ása (genitive singular)
ásov (dual genitive)
ásov (genitive plural)
ásu (dative singular)
ásoma (dative dual)
ásom (dative plural)
ása (accusative singular)
ása (accusative dual)
áse (accusative plural)
ásu (locative singular)
ásih (dual locative)
ásih (locative plural)
ásom (instrumental singular)
ásoma (dual instrumental)
ási (instrumental plural)

(card games) An ace; in a game of cards.


as

(card games) an ace (in a game of cards)


as

head

as (definite accusative ası, plural aslar)

ası (accusative definite)
aslar (plural)

tr:Lâkap ve Unvanların Kaldırılması Hakkındaki Kanun

Borrowed from French as. Note that in Ottoman Turkish until its end – though it be that playing cards had been introduced in Turkey by Europeans and French in particular – the card was called بك (bey). Apparently this usage switch is a function of the Law on the Abolishment of Nicknames and Titles from the 26th of November 1934 (Lâkap ve Unvanların Kaldırılması Hakkındaki Kanun).


safe

en-adj

safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)

safer (comparative)
more safe (comparative)
safest (superlative)
most safe (superlative)

→ Japanese: セーフ

From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).
Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).

der

(snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.


re

gg [good game], no re

(video games, slang) Clipping of rematch.


re

(card games) double raise (multiplies the current stake by 4)


re

→ Maltese: re

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Italic *rēks
Latin rēx
Italian re
Inherited from Latin rēx, via the nominative singular, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of rege, which was borrowed from Latin via the accusative rēgem.


re

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.


beetle

From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all.

1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine, volumes 33-35, page 12:

(uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.


beetle

en-verb

beetle (third-person singular simple present beetles, present participle beetling, simple past and past participle beetled)

beetles (present singular third-person)
beetling (participle present)
beetled (participle past)
beetled (past)

He beetled off on his vacation.

I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard.

1982, A Woman of No Importance (TV programme)

“[…] But he seems to have beetled off somewhere as usual. […]”

1983, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 144:

In the falling darkness Harry saw small collections of lights as they passed over more villages, then a winding road on which a single car was beetling its way home through the hills. …

2003, J. K. Rowling, “The Department of Mysteries”, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, →ISBN, page 766:

Her eyes still closed, his aunt smiled cruelly. “I know what you are dying to say, Bertie. Go ahead—take the cheap shot. I’ll squash you like the nasty little bug you are.” ¶ Thus chastened, the little man beetled away.

2005, James Doss, The Witch's Tongue, →ISBN, page 178:


beetle

en-adj

beetle (comparative more beetle, superlative most beetle)

more beetle (comparative)
most beetle (superlative)

From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.

inh

beetle brows


beetle

From Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beat + -le. Cognate with Low German Bötel (“mallet”).

Edward H[enry] Knight
w:Edward H. Knight

A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.


青

青 (canonical)
ao (romanization)
awo (romanization)
あを (hiragana historical)

/sawo/ (uncertain, may be compound as opposed to root) → /awo/ → /ao/
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *awo.
Appears as the latter part in older compounds with an -s- infix or prefix. It is unclear if this leading /s/ is indicative of an earlier form (sawo), or if this was an addition for euphony to avoid vowel clusters, or for other reasons. This /s/ is also seen in 雨(あめ) (ame, “rain”, becoming same in old compounds) and 稲(いね) (ine, “rice”, becoming shine in old compounds).
Given that this /s/ only ever appears interstitially, and given the semantics, this /s/ may be cognate with Korean interfix ㅅ (-s-) used to mark possession; compare German -s-.

ja-r

(card games) Short for 青短, 青丹 (aotan): one of the three hanafuda cards bearing a blue 短冊 (tanzaku, “narrow card used for poetry”); a 役 (yaku) of the three aotan cards, worth 3 points

青短

天正カルタ 天正カルタ#Japanese

(card games) a blue card in 天正カルタ (Tenshō karuta)


busted

en-adj

busted (comparative more busted, superlative most busted)

more busted (comparative)
most busted (superlative)

From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 2).

While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.

2022 March 25, Jason Parker, “"I'm not even aiming!": xQc says controller aim assist is broken in Fortnite”, in Sportskeeda:

(video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.


exit

en-verb

exit (third-person singular simple present exits, present participle exiting, simple past and past participle exited)

exits (present singular third-person)
exiting (participle present)
exited (participle past)
exited (past)

From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus.
The verb is derived from the noun.

ацара

to go out or go away from a place or situation — see also depart, leave

West now plays a low club to the J and Q. North exits in a trump.

2014, D. K. Acharya, Standard Methods of Contract Bridge Complete, page 173:

(bridge, intransitive) To give up the lead.


rail

→ Catalan: rail

→ Dutch: rail

→ French: rail

→ Japanese: レール (rēru)

→ Punjabi: ਰੇਲ (rel)

→ Spanish: raíl

→ Swahili: reli

→ Tibetan: རི་ལི (ri li, “train”)

From Middle English rail, rayl, *reȝel, *reȝol (found in reȝolsticke (“a ruler”)), partly from Old English regol (“a ruler, straight bar”) and partly from Old French reille; both from Latin regula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide, to govern”); see regular. Doublet of regal, regula, rigol, and rule.

doublet

(backgammon) The raised edge of the game board.


pata

pata (nominative singular)
padat (nominative plural)
pata (accusative nominative singular)
padat (accusative nominative plural)
padan (accusative genitive singular)
padat (accusative genitive plural)
padan (genitive singular)
patojen (genitive plural)
patain (genitive plural rare)
pataa (partitive singular)
patoja (partitive plural)
padassa (inessive singular)
padoissa (inessive plural)
padasta (elative singular)
padoista (elative plural)
pataan (illative singular)
patoihin (illative plural)
padalla (adessive singular)
padoilla (adessive plural)
padalta (ablative singular)
padoilta (ablative plural)
padalle (allative singular)
padoille (allative plural)
patana (essive singular)
patoina (essive plural)
padaksi (singular translative)
padoiksi (plural translative)
padatta (abessive singular)
padoitta (abessive plural)
padoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
patani (nominative singular)
patani (nominative plural)
patani (accusative nominative singular)
patani (accusative nominative plural)
patani (accusative genitive singular)
patani (accusative genitive plural)
patani (genitive singular)
patojeni (genitive plural)
pataini (genitive plural rare)
pataani (partitive singular)
patojani (partitive plural)
padassani (inessive singular)
padoissani (inessive plural)
padastani (elative singular)
padoistani (elative plural)
pataani (illative singular)
patoihini (illative plural)
padallani (adessive singular)
padoillani (adessive plural)
padaltani (ablative singular)
padoiltani (ablative plural)
padalleni (allative singular)
padoilleni (allative plural)
patanani (essive singular)
patoinani (essive plural)
padakseni (singular translative)
padoikseni (plural translative)
padattani (abessive singular)
padoittani (abessive plural)
patoineni (comitative plural)
patasi (nominative singular)
patasi (nominative plural)
patasi (accusative nominative singular)
patasi (accusative nominative plural)
patasi (accusative genitive singular)
patasi (accusative genitive plural)
patasi (genitive singular)
patojesi (genitive plural)
pataisi (genitive plural rare)
pataasi (partitive singular)
patojasi (partitive plural)
padassasi (inessive singular)
padoissasi (inessive plural)
padastasi (elative singular)
padoistasi (elative plural)
pataasi (illative singular)
patoihisi (illative plural)
padallasi (adessive singular)
padoillasi (adessive plural)
padaltasi (ablative singular)
padoiltasi (ablative plural)
padallesi (allative singular)
padoillesi (allative plural)
patanasi (essive singular)
patoinasi (essive plural)
padaksesi (singular translative)
padoiksesi (plural translative)
padattasi (abessive singular)
padoittasi (abessive plural)
patoinesi (comitative plural)
patamme (nominative singular)
patamme (nominative plural)
patamme (accusative nominative singular)
patamme (accusative nominative plural)
patamme (accusative genitive singular)
patamme (accusative genitive plural)
patamme (genitive singular)
patojemme (genitive plural)
pataimme (genitive plural rare)
pataamme (partitive singular)
patojamme (partitive plural)
padassamme (inessive singular)
padoissamme (inessive plural)
padastamme (elative singular)
padoistamme (elative plural)
pataamme (illative singular)
patoihimme (illative plural)
padallamme (adessive singular)
padoillamme (adessive plural)
padaltamme (ablative singular)
padoiltamme (ablative plural)
padallemme (allative singular)
padoillemme (allative plural)
patanamme (essive singular)
patoinamme (essive plural)
padaksemme (singular translative)
padoiksemme (plural translative)
padattamme (abessive singular)
padoittamme (abessive plural)
patoinemme (comitative plural)
patanne (nominative singular)
patanne (nominative plural)
patanne (accusative nominative singular)
patanne (accusative nominative plural)
patanne (accusative genitive singular)
patanne (accusative genitive plural)
patanne (genitive singular)
patojenne (genitive plural)
patainne (genitive plural rare)
pataanne (partitive singular)
patojanne (partitive plural)
padassanne (inessive singular)
padoissanne (inessive plural)
padastanne (elative singular)
padoistanne (elative plural)
pataanne (illative singular)
patoihinne (illative plural)
padallanne (adessive singular)
padoillanne (adessive plural)
padaltanne (ablative singular)
padoiltanne (ablative plural)
padallenne (allative singular)
padoillenne (allative plural)
patananne (essive singular)
patoinanne (essive plural)
padaksenne (singular translative)
padoiksenne (plural translative)
padattanne (abessive singular)
padoittanne (abessive plural)
patoinenne (comitative plural)
patansa (nominative singular)
patansa (nominative plural)
patansa (accusative nominative singular)
patansa (accusative nominative plural)
patansa (accusative genitive singular)
patansa (accusative genitive plural)
patansa (genitive singular)
patojensa (genitive plural)
patainsa (genitive plural rare)
pataansa (partitive singular)
patojaan (partitive plural)
patojansa (partitive plural)
padassaan (inessive singular)
padassansa (inessive singular)
padoissaan (inessive plural)
padoissansa (inessive plural)
padastaan (elative singular)
padastansa (elative singular)
padoistaan (elative plural)
padoistansa (elative plural)
pataansa (illative singular)
patoihinsa (illative plural)
padallaan (adessive singular)
padallansa (adessive singular)
padoillaan (adessive plural)
padoillansa (adessive plural)
padaltaan (ablative singular)
padaltansa (ablative singular)
padoiltaan (ablative plural)
padoiltansa (ablative plural)
padalleen (allative singular)
padallensa (allative singular)
padoilleen (allative plural)
padoillensa (allative plural)
patanaan (essive singular)
patanansa (essive singular)
patoinaan (essive plural)
patoinansa (essive plural)
padakseen (singular translative)
padaksensa (singular translative)
padoikseen (plural translative)
padoiksensa (plural translative)
padattaan (abessive singular)
padattansa (abessive singular)
padoittaan (abessive plural)
padoittansa (abessive plural)
patoineen (comitative plural)
patoinensa (comitative plural)

→ Ingrian: pata

Borrowed from Swedish spader (“spades”), from German Spaten, after Spanish espada and/or Italian spada (“sword”), originally used for the suit of swords in the Latin suits which corresponds to spades in the French suits.

patakymppi

(card games) spades (suit in playing cards)


pata

pata (nominative singular)
paat (nominative plural)
paan (genitive singular)
pattoin (genitive plural)
pattaa (partitive singular)
patoja (partitive plural)
pattaa (illative singular)
pattoi (illative plural)
paas (inessive singular)
paois (inessive plural)
paast (elative singular)
paoist (elative plural)
paalle (allative singular)
paoille (allative plural)
paal (adessive singular)
paoil (adessive plural)
paalt (ablative singular)
paoilt (ablative plural)
paaks (singular translative)
paoiks (plural translative)
patanna (essive singular)
pattaan (essive singular)
patoinna (essive plural)
pattoin (essive plural)
patant (exessive singular)
patoint (exessive plural)

Borrowed from Finnish pata, from Swedish spader.


leg

→ Finnish: legi

→ Hungarian: leg

From Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh”) (see it for more).
Cognate with Scots leg (“leg”), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb”), Norwegian Bokmål legg (“leg”), Norwegian Nynorsk legg (“leg”), Swedish lägg (“leg, shank, shaft”), Danish læg (“leg”), Lombardic lagi (“thigh, shank, leg”), Latin lacertus (“limb, arm”), Persian لنگ (leng). Upon borrowing, mostly displaced the native Old English term sċanca (Modern English shank).

der

piss on someone's leg and tell them it's raining

If one leg from your 2-way parlay pushes and the other wins, your parlay bet wins and is paid off as if it's a straight bet (paying -110 or whatever the odds were).

2020, Swain Scheps, Sports Betting For Dummies, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 265:

(gambling) An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).


leg

legek (plural)
leg (nominative singular)
legek (nominative plural)
leget (accusative singular)
legeket (accusative plural)
legnek (dative singular)
legeknek (dative plural)
leggel (instrumental singular)
legekkel (instrumental plural)
legért (causal-final singular)
legekért (causal-final plural)
leggé (singular translative)
legekké (plural translative)
legig (singular terminative)
legekig (plural terminative)
legként (essive-formal singular)
legekként (essive-formal plural)
legben (inessive singular)
legekben (inessive plural)
legen (singular superessive)
legeken (plural superessive)
legnél (adessive singular)
legeknél (adessive plural)
legbe (illative singular)
legekbe (illative plural)
legre (singular sublative)
legekre (plural sublative)
leghez (allative singular)
legekhez (allative plural)
legből (elative singular)
legekből (elative plural)
legről (delative singular)
legekről (delative plural)
legtől (ablative singular)
legektől (ablative plural)
legé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
legeké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
legéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
legekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
legem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
legjeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
leged (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
legjeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
legje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
legjei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
legünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
legjeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
legetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
legjeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
legjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
legjeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From English leg (“single game or match played in a tournament”).

bor

(darts) leg (single game played in darts)


alas

(card games) an ace; a card with a single spot


蛇

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蛇):
* → Japanese: 蛇(じゃ) (ja); 蛇(だ) (da)
* → Okinawan: 蛇(じゃー) (jā)
* → Korean: 사(蛇) (sa)
* → Vietnamese: xà (蛇)

Wutunhua: shai

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰaːl, *ɦljaːl, *lal): semantic 虫 + phonetic 它 (OC *l̥ʰaːl). 它 was also the original pictographic form of this character.
Unclear. Various theories have been proposed:
* Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lăj (“snake”), comparing this with Mizo hlai-ba (“a species of snake”) and Jingpho palai (“a species of iguana”). He also compares it to Proto-Kam-Sui *dzuːi² (“snake”). Schuessler (2007) considers these Tibeto-Burman forms to be unrelated.
* Matisoff (2003) relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (“snake”), but this comparison is no longer held in STEDT.
* Sagart (2005) relates it to Proto-Loloish *lay¹/² (“python”), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-lja(ŋ/k) (“python”), as well as Proto-Austronesian *bulay (“snake”). Comparison with the Austronesian form has been challenged by Orlandi (2018).
* Schuessler (2007) notes similarity to Proto-Hlai *ljaːɦ (“snake”) (from Pre-Hlai *Cilaːɦ) as well as to Austronesian words, such as Rade ala (“snake”), but considers the Kra-Dai forms to be possible borrowings from Chinese. (He does not seem to address the Austronesian forms directly.) In his view, a more likely relationship is with the /-lé/ in Khmer រលេ (rɔlei, “sinuously, in a twisting or wiggling manner (as a snake swimming)”). In Old Chinese, this also provides the second syllable in 委蛇 (OC *qrol lal, “winding; compliant; graceful”). 蛇 (“the winding thing”) is then a euphemism for common Sino-Tibetan 虺 (OC *hŋlulʔ, “snake”) for taboo reasons.
* Zhengzhang (2011) relates it to Proto-Austronesian *SulaR (“snake”).

och-l

它
虵
𢕷
𣙛
𤜣
𥝀
𧉮


they

head

they (third-person, nominative case, usually plural, sometimes singular, objective case them, possessive their, possessive noun theirs, reflexive themselves, or reflexive singular themself)

en-pron

them (objective)
their (possessive)
theirs (noun possessive)
themselves (reflexive)
themself (reflexive singular)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tóy
Proto-Germanic *þai
Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
Old Norse þeirbor.
Middle English þei
English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi.
The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”).
The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning "those" or "the". This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning "those", but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact.

etymon

it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right

other attested third-person singular pronouns

(bridge) The opponents of the side which is keeping score.


bleed

en-noun

bleed (countable and uncountable, plural bleeds)

From Middle English bleden, from Old English blēdan (“to bleed”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *blōþijaną (“to bleed”), from *blōþą (“blood”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots blede, bleid (“to bleed”), Saterland Frisian bläide (“to bleed”), West Frisian bliede (“to bleed”), Dutch bloeden (“to bleed”), Low German blöden (“to bleed”), German bluten (“to bleed”), Danish bløde (“to bleed”), Swedish blöda (“to bleed”).

(uncountable, roleplaying games) The phenomenon of in-character feelings affecting a player's feelings or actions outside of the game.


god

Belizean Creole: gaad

Sranan Tongo: gado

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

godship

with poss. pron. as joc. term of address

time spent laughing is time spent with the gods

The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.

The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.

2003, David Lojek, Emote to the Max, page 11:

(Internet, roleplaying games) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.


heel

From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.

couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel

(card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.

pakka

card games: cards set aside for later use


chat

chat (countable and uncountable, plural chats)

Abbreviation of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.

The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.

Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?

Chat, is this prime minister serious?

2024 September 11, Fatima Payman, 00:48 from the start, in Skibidi Senator Payman + 100,000 aura (video), archived from the original on 2024-09-12:

(Internet, uncountable, with or without "the") A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

(metonymically, originally video games) The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.


chat

chatowy (adjective)
chat (nominative singular)
chaty (nominative plural)
chatu (genitive singular)
chatów (genitive plural)
chatowi (dative singular)
chatom (dative plural)
chat (accusative singular)
chaty (accusative plural)
chatem (instrumental singular)
chatami (instrumental plural)
chacie (locative singular)
chatach (locative plural)
chacie (singular vocative)
chaty (plural vocative)


bid

en-verb

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)

bids (present singular third-person)
bidding (participle present)
bid (participle past)
bid (past)

From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.

der

(transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.


dart

nl-noun

dart m (plural darts, diminutive dartje n)

darts (plural)
dartje (diminutive neuter)


dart

From Old Norse darr, from Proto-Germanic *darōþuz.

pilkastning

throwing darts against a board generally


bust

en-verb

bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted or bust)

busts (present singular third-person)
busting (participle present)
busted (participle past)
busted (past)
bust (participle past)
bust (past)

From Middle English busten, a variant of Middle English bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare German Low German basten and barsten (“to burst”). More at burst.

So is the King's Gambit really busted?

2012 April 2, Frederic Friedel, “Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure”, in ChessBase:

(chess, slang) To refute an established opening.


bust

(chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.


nurse

nurse (third-person singular simple present nurses, present participle nursing, simple past and past participle nursed)

nurses (present singular third-person)
nursing (participle present)
nursed (participle past)
nursed (past)

From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).

der

It is to our interest to let Lee and Johnston come together, just as a billiard-player would nurse the balls when he has them in a nice place

1866, United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Supplemental report of the Joint Committee:

(transitive, billiards) To strike (billiard balls) gently, so as to keep them in good position during a series of shots.


bullshit

→ Czech: bulšit

خَرَابِيط

vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense

حَچِي فَاضِي

ħɐʃ͡ʒi fɑːðˤi

чушь соба́чья

čušʹ sobáčʹja

Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?

(card games, possibly vulgar) A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.


draw

en-verb

draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn or (colloquial and nonstandard) drew)

draws (present singular third-person)
drawing (participle present)
drew (past)
drawn (participle past)
drew (colloquial nonstandard participle past)
draw (infinitive)

From Middle English drawen, draȝen, dragen (“to drag, pull, push, draw (out), go to, make, add, etc.”), from Old English dragan, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, pull”). Doublet of drag and draught.
cognates
* Albanian dredh (“to turn, spin”)
* Danish drage
* Dutch dragen
* German tragen (“to carry”)
* Old Armenian դառնամ (daṙnam, “to turn”)
* Sanskrit ध्रजस् (dhrájas, “gliding course or motion”)
* West Frisian drage

snímat

cardgames: to take the top card of a deck into hand

every miller draws water to his own mill

one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen

(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.

At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card.

(card games) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.


draw

en-noun

draw (countable and uncountable, plural draws)

The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw

2007, Ryan Wiseman, Earn $30,000 Per Month Playing Online Poker: A Step-By-Step Guide to Single, page 82:

(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.

proyecto

poker: a situation where a player has four out of the five cards for a straight or flush


broken

en-adj

broken (comparative more broken, superlative most broken)

more broken (comparative)
most broken (superlative)

From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”).
Morphologically broke + -n.

the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last

This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.

(sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.


rainbow

Sranan Tongo: alenbo

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).

(poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.

sateenkaari

poker: flop containing three different suits


rainbow

(poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.


felt

en-verb

felt (third-person singular simple present felts, present participle felting, simple past and past participle felted)

felts (present singular third-person)
felting (participle present)
felted (participle past)
felted (past)

From Middle English felt, from Old English felt, from Proto-West Germanic *felt (compare Dutch vilt, German Filz, Danish filt, French feutre), from Proto-Indo-European *pilto, *pilso 'felt' (compare Latin pilleus (“felt”, adjective), Old Church Slavonic плъсть (plŭstĭ), Albanian plis, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos)), from *pel- 'to beat'. More at anvil.

(transitive, poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.


bed

→ Chichewa: bedi

→ Chuukese: pet

→ Esperanto: bedo

→ Japanese: ベッド (beddo)

African-American Vernacular, some speakers

From Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”).
cognates
Cognate with North Frisian baad, beed, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Low German Bedd, Dutch bed, German Bett, Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður, all meaning “bed”.
further possible etymology and cognates
The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh bedd (“grave”), Breton bez (“grave”); and probably also Russian бодать (bodatʹ, “to butt, gore”).

bed

flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.


save

en-verb

save (third-person singular simple present saves, present participle saving, simple past and past participle saved)

saves (present singular third-person)
saving (participle present)
saved (participle past)
saved (past)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós
Proto-Italic *salawos
Latin salvus
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin salvō
Latin salvāre
Old French sauverbor.
Middle English saven
English save
From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).

etymon

save one's breath to cool one's porridge

Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

(transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

حَفِظَ

computing: to write a file to a storage medium

to save a fiver

(transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.


save

Eu cheguei mesmo na última fase, mas perdi meu save então terei que começar o jogo de novo.

I did reach the final level, but I lost my save file so I'm gonna have to start the game over.

Insira um memory card no console com um save do jogo Shinobi.

2005, Equipe Digerati, Dicas Arrasadoras Para Playstation, Universo dos Livros Editora, →ISBN, page 80:

(informal, gaming) save file (of a video game or computer game)


tak

tȃk (canonical masculine)
та̑к (Cyrillic)
tȃk (nominative singular)
tákovi (nominative plural)
taka (genitive singular)
takova (genitive plural)
taku (dative singular)
takovima (dative plural)
tak (accusative singular)
takove (accusative plural)
tače (singular vocative)
takovi (plural vocative)
taku (locative singular)
takovima (locative plural)
takom (instrumental singular)
takovima (instrumental plural)


bind

en-noun

bind (countable and uncountable, plural binds)

From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną (compare West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, German binden, Danish binde), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.

cog

the Maróczy Bind

(chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.


read

en-verb

read (third-person singular simple present reads, present participle reading, simple past read, past participle read or (archaic, dialectal) readen)

reads (present singular third-person)
reading (participle present)
read (past)
read (participle past)
readen (archaic dialectal participle past)
read (infinitive)

From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).
Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). In West Germanic the verb had a sense “interpret”, which developed further into “interpret letters” in English and “interpret by intuition, guess” on the continent. Compare rede.

cog

(go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.


build

en-noun

build (countable and uncountable, plural builds)

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
From Middle English bilden, bulden, bylden, from Old English byldan and bytlan, bytlian (“to build”), from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan (“to build”), from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”). Related to Old English botl (“building, house”). More at bottle.

inh

I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.

In fact, thousands of D&D players constantly debate the virtues of various character builds (combinations of race, class, feat, and spell choices) and share their efforts with each other in hundreds of message boards and mailing lists.

2005, Bill Slavicsek, Richard Baker, Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies, page 279:

(gaming, slang, countable) A structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, or a configuration of a character's items or skills, created by the player.


lead

en-verb

lead (third-person singular simple present leads, present participle leading, simple past and past participle led)

leads (present singular third-person)
leading (participle present)
led (participle past)
led (past)

From Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan (“to lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to cause one to go, lead”), causative of Proto-Germanic *līþaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to leave, die”).
Cognate with West Frisian liede (“to lead”), Dutch leiden (“to lead”), German leiten (“to lead”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lede (“to lead”), Norwegian Nynorsk leia (“to lead”), Swedish leda (“to lead”). Related to Old English līþan (“to go, travel”).

der

to lead trumps

He led the ace of spades.

(transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with

To begin, to be ahead.
To begin a game, round, or trick, with


lead

en-noun

lead (countable and uncountable, plural leads)

your partner has the lead

(uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played


face

→ Danish: fjæs

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: fjes

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjes

→ Swedish: fejs, fjäs

→ Wu: 番斯 (¹fe-sy)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle English vis (“face, appearance, look”) (from Old French vis) and Middle English chere (“face”) from Old French chere.
In the sense of face as in reputation, influenced by Chinese 面子 (miànzi) or 臉／脸 (liǎn), both of which mean literally the front of the head and metaphorically one's public image. See lose face.

noncog

talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening

(card games) The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).

When playing aggro decks, hit face whenever you can; it's not worth spending your resources to try to control the board.

(video games, TCGs, uncountable) The player character, especially as opposed to minions or other entities which might absorb damage instead of the player character.