basilisk

basilisks (plural)
basilisc (alternative)

From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos) (literally "minor king or chieftain", possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the "deadly gaze" could have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). The cognitohazard/infohazard sense is by analogy with the deadly gaze of the mythical creature.

Awake ye men of Memphis, heare the clange / Of Scythian trumpets, heare the Baſiliſkes, / That roaring, ſhake Damaſcus turrets downe, […]

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i:

(weaponry) A type of large brass cannon.


cannon

en-noun

cannon (countable and uncountable, plural cannons or (mainly UK) cannon)

cannons (plural)
cannon (UK mainly plural)

Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.

Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.

(military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.


muzzle

From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel.

onomatopoeic

expressive

(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.


sabre

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

(British spelling, Canadian spelling, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.


conversation

en-noun

conversation (countable and uncountable, plural conversations)

[ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩]

[ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩]

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione.
Morphologically converse + -ation.

(fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.


sow

sows (plural)
swine (archaic plural)
zew (alternative)
soo (alternative)

From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”).
See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.

(military) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.


IP

IP (countable and uncountable, plural IPs)

en:Iraqi police or an Iraqi police officer

(US, military, initialism, slang) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.

(US, military, slang) Initialism of Irish pennant.


chick

chick (plural chicks or (obsolete) chicken)

chicks (plural)
chicken (obsolete plural)

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.

The Aldis lamp flashes at the underside of each aircraft. It shows that the gear is down. Diegal is relaxing. This is such low responsibility, easy night duty. All the “chicks” (fighter aircraft) are home to roost except one.

2004, Joe Welzen, The Gutsy Stomach Walker, page 50:

(military, slang) A friendly fighter aircraft.


lice

→ Catalan: lliça

→ Italian: lizza

→ Portuguese: liça

→ Spanish: liza


buck

From Middle English bukke, bucke, buc, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, *bukkō, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“buck”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“ram”). Doublet of puck (billy goat).
Currency-related senses hail from American English, a clipping of buckskin as a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days (attested from 1748).
The idea of rigidly standing implements is instilled by Dutch bok (“sawhorse”) as in zaagbok (“sawbuck”).
The sense of an object indicating someone’s turn then occurred in American English, possibly originating from the game poker, where a knife (typically with a hilt made from a stag horn) was used as a place-marker to signify whose turn it was to deal. The place-marker was commonly referred to as a buck, which reinforced the term “pass the buck” used in poker, and eventually a silver dollar was used in place of a knife, which also led to a dollar being referred to as a buck.

(US, military slang, WWI–WWII) Lowest rank; a private.


buck

en-verb

buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked)

bucks (present singular third-person)
bucking (participle present)
bucked (participle past)
bucked (past)

From dialectal buck ("to give in, yield"; also bug (“to bend”)), from Middle Low German bucken (“to bend”) or Middle Dutch bucken, bocken (“to bend”), intensive forms of Old Saxon būgan and Old Dutch *būgan (“to bend, bow”), both from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *būganą (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Influenced in some senses by buck “male goat” (see above). Sense “to meet, to encounter” is a semantic loan from Jamaican Creole buck.
Compare bow and elbow.

gl

"to give in, yield"; also <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bug</i> (“to bend”)

(transitive, military) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

(US, military slang) To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.


scorpius

la-noun

scorpius m (genitive scorpiī or scorpī); second declension

scorpiī (genitive)
scorpī (genitive)
scorpius (nominative singular)
scorpiī (nominative plural)
scorpiī (genitive singular)
scorpī (genitive singular)
scorpiōrum (genitive plural)
scorpiō (dative singular)
scorpiīs (dative plural)
scorpium (accusative singular)
scorpiōs (accusative plural)
scorpiō (ablative singular)
scorpiīs (ablative plural)
scorpie (singular vocative)
scorpiī (plural vocative)
scorpiō (alternative)
scorpios (alternative)

See scorpiō


marine

→ Tokelauan: malini, maligi

Recorded since c.1420 as Middle English marin, borrowed from Middle French marin, from Old French, from Latin marinus (“of the sea”), itself from mare (“sea”), from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“body of water, lake”) (cognate with Old English mere (“sea, lake, pool, pond”), Dutch meer, German Meer, all from Proto-Germanic *mari). The modern pronunciation is presumably due to the influence of modern French marine, feminine singular of marin.

cog

He was a marine in World War II.

en:soldier at sea, especially of naval infantry

(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.


marine

nl-noun

marine f (plural marines, diminutive marinetje n)

marines (plural)
marinetje (diminutive neuter)

From French marine, from Latin marinus, derived from mare (“sea”).

(military) an armed navy (naval branch of armed forces)


rub

Inherited from Middle English rubben, of unknown origin; possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną, related to *reufaną (“to tear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian rubje (“to rub, scrape”), German Low German rubben (“to rub”), Low German rubblig (“rough, uneven”), Dutch robben, rubben (“to rub smooth; scrape; scrub”), Danish rubbe (“to rub, scrub”), Icelandic and Norwegian rubba (“to scrape”).
More at reave.

растира́ние

any substance designed to be applied by rubbing


insistence

en-noun

insistence (countable and uncountable, plural insistences)

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance.
Morphologically insist + -ence.

(fencing) The forcing of an attack through the parry, using strength.


joey

(UK, military, slang) A member of the Royal Marines.


decision

en-verb

decision (third-person singular simple present decisions, present participle decisioning, simple past and past participle decisioned)

decisions (present singular third-person)
decisioning (participle present)
decisioned (participle past)
decisioned (past)

Derived from Middle French, from Latin dēcīsiō, dēcīsiōnis, from dēcīdō (“to decide”).

(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout


ATM

Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
w:ms:Angkatan Tentera Malaysia

(Malaysia, military) initialism of Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (“Malaysian Armed Forces”)


battery

en-noun

battery (countable and uncountable, plural batteries)

→ Korean: 배터리 (baeteori)

Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“battre”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y.
The sense “electric battery” was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.

coin

the marines had six 8-inch howitzers, eight 4.2-inch mortars, and three 105-mm howitzer batteries, each with six pieces.

2005, Barry Leonard, Field Artillery in Military Operations Other Than War, page 20:

(military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons.


gig

The etymology of the noun is unknown, but compare Old French gigue (“a fiddle”). The verb is derived from the noun.

I received gigs for having buttons of my uniform undone.

(US, military) A demerit received for some infraction of a military deportment or dress code.


gig

en-verb

gig (third-person singular simple present gigs, present participle gigging, simple past and past participle gigged)

gigs (present singular third-person)
gigging (participle present)
gigged (participle past)
gigged (past)

His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.

(US, military) To impose a demerit (on someone) for an infraction of a military deportment or dress code.


detail

en-noun

detail (countable and uncountable, plural details)

Borrowed from Middle French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Frequently members of the small police detail dispatched to the scene joined in.

2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 7, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:

(military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.


detail

en-verb

detail (third-person singular simple present details, present participle detailing, simple past and past participle detailed)

details (present singular third-person)
detailing (participle present)
detailed (participle past)
detailed (past)

Two years after England’s World Cup victory, Stiles was at Wembley again to help Manchester United become the first English team to win the European Cup final. Again Eusébio was one of his opponents, playing for Benfica, and again Stiles was detailed to keep him quiet. […]

2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian:

(transitive, military, law enforcement) To assign to a particular task.

komentaa

military: to assign to a particular task


corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


pello

la-verb

pellō (present infinitive pellere, perfect active pepulī, supine pulsum); third conjugation

pellō (canonical)
pellere (infinitive present)
pepulī (active perfect)
pulsum (supine)
pellō (active first-person indicative present singular)
pellis (active indicative present second-person singular)
pellit (active indicative present singular third-person)
pellimus (active first-person indicative plural present)
pellitis (active indicative plural present second-person)
pellunt (active indicative plural present third-person)
pellēbam (active first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pellēbās (active imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pellēbat (active imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pellēbāmus (active first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pellēbātis (active imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pellēbant (active imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pellam (active first-person future indicative singular)
pellēs (active future indicative second-person singular)
pellet (active future indicative singular third-person)
pellēmus (active first-person future indicative plural)
pellētis (active future indicative plural second-person)
pellent (active future indicative plural third-person)
pepulī (active first-person indicative perfect singular)
pepulistī (active indicative perfect second-person singular)
pepulit (active indicative perfect singular third-person)
pepulimus (active first-person indicative perfect plural)
pepulistis (active indicative perfect plural second-person)
pepulērunt (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
pepulēre (active indicative perfect plural third-person)
pepuleram (active first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
pepulerās (active indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
pepulerat (active indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
pepulerāmus (active first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
pepulerātis (active indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
pepulerant (active indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
pepulerō (active first-person future indicative perfect singular)
pepuleris (active future indicative perfect second-person singular)
pepulerit (active future indicative perfect singular third-person)
pepulerimus (active first-person future indicative perfect plural)
pepuleritis (active future indicative perfect plural second-person)
pepulerint (active future indicative perfect plural third-person)
pellor (first-person indicative passive present singular)
pelleris (indicative passive present second-person singular)
pellere (indicative passive present second-person singular)
pellitur (indicative passive present singular third-person)
pellimur (first-person indicative passive plural present)
pelliminī (indicative passive plural present second-person)
pelluntur (indicative passive plural present third-person)
pellēbar (first-person imperfect indicative passive singular)
pellēbāris (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
pellēbāre (imperfect indicative passive second-person singular)
pellēbātur (imperfect indicative passive singular third-person)
pellēbāmur (first-person imperfect indicative passive plural)
pellēbāminī (imperfect indicative passive plural second-person)
pellēbantur (imperfect indicative passive plural third-person)
pellar (first-person future indicative passive singular)
pellēris (future indicative passive second-person singular)
pellēre (future indicative passive second-person singular)
pellētur (future indicative passive singular third-person)
pellēmur (first-person future indicative passive plural)
pellēminī (future indicative passive plural second-person)
pellentur (future indicative passive plural third-person)
pellam (active first-person present singular subjunctive)
pellās (active present second-person singular subjunctive)
pellat (active present singular subjunctive third-person)
pellāmus (active first-person plural present subjunctive)
pellātis (active plural present second-person subjunctive)
pellant (active plural present subjunctive third-person)
pellerem (active first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pellerēs (active imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pelleret (active imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pellerēmus (active first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pellerētis (active imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pellerent (active imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pepulerim (active first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
pepulerīs (active perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pepulerit (active perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pepulerīmus (active first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
pepulerītis (active perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pepulerint (active perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pepulissem (active first-person pluperfect singular subjunctive)
pepulissēs (active pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pepulisset (active pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pepulissēmus (active first-person pluperfect plural subjunctive)
pepulissētis (active pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pepulissent (active pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pellar (first-person passive present singular subjunctive)
pellāris (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
pellāre (passive present second-person singular subjunctive)
pellātur (passive present singular subjunctive third-person)
pellāmur (first-person passive plural present subjunctive)
pellāminī (passive plural present second-person subjunctive)
pellantur (passive plural present subjunctive third-person)
pellerer (first-person imperfect passive singular subjunctive)
pellerēris (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
pellerēre (imperfect passive second-person singular subjunctive)
pellerētur (imperfect passive singular subjunctive third-person)
pellerēmur (first-person imperfect passive plural subjunctive)
pellerēminī (imperfect passive plural second-person subjunctive)
pellerentur (imperfect passive plural subjunctive third-person)
pelle (active imperative present second-person singular)
pellite (active imperative plural present second-person)
pellitō (active future imperative second-person singular)
pellitō (active future imperative singular third-person)
pellitōte (active future imperative plural second-person)
pelluntō (active future imperative plural third-person)
pellere (imperative passive present second-person singular)
pelliminī (imperative passive plural present second-person)
pellitor (future imperative passive second-person singular)
pellitor (future imperative passive singular third-person)
pelluntor (future imperative passive plural third-person)
pellere (active infinitive present)
pellī (infinitive passive present)
pellēns (active participle present)
pulsūrum esse (active future infinitive)
pulsum īrī (future infinitive passive)
pulsūrus (active future participle)
pellendus (future participle passive)
pellundus (future participle passive)
pepulisse (active infinitive perfect)
pulsum esse (infinitive passive perfect)
pulsus (participle passive perfect)
pulsum fore (future infinitive passive perfect)
pulsūrum fuisse (active infinitive perfect potential)
pellendī (genitive gerund noun-from-verb)
pellendō (dative gerund noun-from-verb)
pellendum (accusative gerund noun-from-verb)
pellendō (ablative gerund noun-from-verb)
pulsum (accusative noun-from-verb supine)
pulsū (ablative noun-from-verb supine)

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō. Unrelated to Greek πέλω (pélō), which means "to stir."
The past participle pulsus is analogous; the logical outcome of Proto-Italic *poltos would have been *pultus. See vellō for a similar analogy.

der

Hostēs pulsī fugātīque sunt.

The enemy has been put to flight and chased.

(military) to rout, put to flight, discomfit


trap

en-noun

trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)

From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Germanic *trapjaną (“to tread, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (“to step, trip, trample”).
Cognate with Dutch trap (“trap, snare”), German Low German Trapp (“trap”). Akin also to West Frisian traap (“stepping, treading, stairway”), German Treppe (“step, stair”), Old English træppan (“to step, tread”). Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". French trappe and Spanish trampa are ultimately borrowings from Germanic.

فَخّ

trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense

koppi

device used to hold and suddenly release an object

сифо́н

bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases

vēuháutsīe

a type of trap to catch birds using bait with adjustable loop

After 100 traps, the arresting cables have to be replaced to minimize the danger of a worn or fatigued cable snapping under an aircraft.

(aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.


trap

en-verb

trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)

traps (present singular third-person)
trapping (participle present)
trapped (participle past)
trapped (past)

After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz.

(aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.


bout

From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought.
For the sense development compare bender.

An Italian boxer abandoned her bout at the Paris Olympics after only 46 seconds on Thursday, refusing to continue after taking a heavy punch from an Algerian opponent who had been disqualified from last year’s world championships over questions about her eligibility to compete in women’s sports.

2024 August 1, Tariq Panja, Jeré Longman, “Italian Boxer Quits Bout, Sparking Furor Over Gender at Olympics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.


acquire

acquire (third-person singular simple present acquires, present participle acquiring, simple past and past participle acquired)

acquires (present singular third-person)
acquiring (participle present)
acquired (participle past)
acquired (past)
acquire (infinitive)
acquire (first-person present singular)
acquired (first-person past singular)
acquire (present second-person singular)
acquirest (archaic present second-person singular)
acquired (past second-person singular)
acquiredst (archaic past second-person singular)
acquires (present singular third-person)
acquireth (archaic present singular third-person)
acquired (past singular third-person)
acquire (plural present)
acquired (past plural)
acquire (present subjunctive)
acquired (past subjunctive)
acquire (imperative present)
acquiring (participle present)
acquired (participle past)

From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.

(Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.


out

From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).
Cognate with Scots oot, out (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut, uute (“out”), West Frisian út (“out”), Dutch uit (“out”), German Low German ut (“out”), German aus (“out”), Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute (“out; outside”), Danish ud, ude (“out; outside”).

inh

Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.

[Galactic Federation official]: 'Does Samus suspect anything?' / Ship AI: 'No, I do not think so.' / [Galactic Federation official]: 'Good. Monitor her closely.' / Ship AI: 'Affirmative. Out.'

2002 November 18, Nintendo R&D1, Metroid Fusion, Nintendo, Game Boy Advance, scene: dispatch:

(procedure word, especially military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.


actual

en-noun

actual (countable and uncountable, plural actuals)

From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-.

der

Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over.

(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.


spot

en-verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

spots (present singular third-person)
spotting (participle present)
spotted (participle past)
spotted (past)

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

cog

The aircraft is spotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close.

1959, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2: Navy Training Courses, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 315:

This spotting order varies from carrier to carrier to suit the flight-deck layout. Certain aircraft must be spotted in a specific location to permit servicing, loading of ammunition, starting, maintenance, and so forth.

(aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.


stale

From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“place, something placed”) (compare French étal), from Frankish stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, earlier *staþlaz. Related to stall and stand.

der

Wherefore they had a great avauntage, but in coclusion thie french menne were slayne, and their horses taken, and so the lyght horsement came wyth their catail, nere to the embushment, and the frenchimen folowed, that seyng the englyshmen that kept the stale, came in al hast & rescued their light horsemen, and draue the frenchemen backe, & then made returne to their beastes

1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke:

All these in great hast came to Newnam bridge, where they found other Englishmen that had woone the bridge of the Frenchmen, and so all togither set foward to assaile the Frenchmen that kept the stale, and tarie till the residue of their companie which were gone a forraging vnto Calis walles were come: for the other that had spoiled the marishes were returned with a great bootie.

1808, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, page 580:

You cannot take the queen without giving a stale, therefore you lose the game.

1818, William Stopford Kenny, Practical Chess Exercises, page 205:

(military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

It is a stelling place and sovir harbry, Quhar ost in staill or embuschment may ly.

1513, Virgil, translated by G. Douglas, Æneid, XI x 96:

The erle of Essex...with .ii. C. speares was layde in a stale, if the Frenchmen had come neerer.

Neveryeles I knaw asweill by Englisemen as Scottishmen that their stale was no les then thre thowsand men.

1532, State Papers Henry VIII, published 1836, IV 626:

(Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.


pera

→ Jicarilla: béela

Inherited from Old Spanish pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.


fante

Aphetic form of infante (“child”), from Latin īnfāns, īnfantem (“infant, child”). Doublet of infante.


admiral

admirals (plural)
Admiral (alternative)
Adm. (alternative)
Adm (alternative)
adml. (alternative)
ADM (alternative)
admyralle (alternative)
amyrall (alternative)
admarall (alternative)
admerell (alternative)
admerolle (alternative)
admirell (alternative)
admyrell (alternative)
amerall (alternative)
ammyrall (alternative)
amral (alternative)
amrell (alternative)
amrelle (alternative)
admirail (alternative)
admiralle (alternative)
admyral (alternative)
admyrall (alternative)
amiral (alternative)
amirall (alternative)
ammiral (alternative)
admeral (alternative)
admerall (alternative)
ammirall (alternative)
admirant (alternative)
amrall (alternative)
ammirant (alternative)
admirall (alternative)
admirante (alternative)
admirel (alternative)

→ Cebuano: admiral

desctree

→ German: Admiral
→ Czech: admirál
Hungarian: admirális
→ Polish: admirał
→ Slovene: admirȃl
→ Ukrainian: адміра́л (admirál)

Swahili: admirali

→ Tagalog: ádmirál

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admiral
admiral of France

From Middle English admiral etc., from Anglo-Norman and Old French admiral etc., from Medieval Latin admiralis, admirallus, and admiralius, from irregular modification of amiralis etc. under the influence of the prefix ad- and particularly admiror (“to admire, respect”), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). The ending is frequently but mistakenly folk etymologized to derive from the article ال (al-), particularly in Arabic أَمِير اَلبَحْر (ʔamīr al-baḥr, “commander of the sea”), first attested as a Fatimid office, or in Arabic أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn, “Commander of the Believers, caliph”). It seems instead to have been borrowed from modification of only the first term in Arabic أَمِير الْأُمَرَاء (ʔamīr al-ʔumarāʔ, “emir of emirs, commander-in-chief”) as used as a title for important commanders in Norman Sicily in the mid-12th century. First attested as an English rank in reference to Gervase Alard of Winchelsea as "admiral of the fleet of the Cinque Ports". Doublet of emir, amir, Amir, and amira.
Etymology tree
Middle English admiral
English admiral

cog

أَمِير اَلبَحْر

أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِين

der

أَمِير الْأُمَرَاء

etymon

(military, now informal) The commander of a naval squadron or fleet, regardless of formal rank.

(military) The appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title.

... from my experience in Ours as well as from my former intimacy with many Officers of Note in the British Navy, I am convinced that the Parity of Rank between Sea & land or Marine Officers, is of more consequence to the harmony of the Service, than hath generally been imagined. — in the British Establishment — an Admiral ranks with a Genl a Vice Admiral with a Lieut Genl a Rear Admiral with a Major Genl a Commodore with a Brigadier Genl — a Captain with a Colonel, a master & Commander with a Lieut Colnel — a Lieut. Commanding with a Major, and a Lieutenant in the Navy Ranks with a Captain of Horse, Foot or Marines. — I propose not our Enemies as an Example for our Genl imitation — Yet as their Navy is the best regulated of any in the World, we must in Some degree imitate them and Aim at such further improvement as may one day make ours Vie with and Exceed theirs.

1776 September 4, John Paul Jones, letter to Robert Morris

He has appealed to the navies of Europe to prove, that we ought to have Admirals; then, of course he is willing, or at least ought to be so, to let their rules govern in promoting to that grade. The general principle which governs the navies of the old world is... when the Post is attained, then promotion is by inheritance... If a Post Captain in the English navy lives long enough, he is certain of being an Admiral, though not before he is sixty years of age... Hence it is manifest that the public interest no more requires the new grade of Admiral to be added to the navy, than it does the bestowing of orders of nobility on all the diplomatic agents, who represent the United States at the different courts of Europe.

1836 March 17, 'Candor', "The Navy", Army and Navy Chronicle, Vol. II, No. 11, p. 173

(military) A high rank in the British and American Navies, NATO grade OF-9, equivalent ranks in other navies, in coast guards, etc.

admiraal

high naval rank in the British and American navies or equivalent ranks


admiral

[ʔɐd̪.mɪˈɾ̪al̪]


admiral

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiraler, definite plural admiralene)

admiralen (definite singular)
admiraler (indefinite plural)
admiralene (definite plural)

→ Northern Sami: admirála

From Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”).

kommandøren og admiralen

1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker VI, page 181:

admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen har vært norsk forsvarssjef i noe over ett år

Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen has been Norwegian Chief of Defense for a little over a year

den iranske marinens nestkommanderende, admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

2011 December 30, Dagsavisen^([dagsavisen.no]):

the Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy, Admiral Mahmoud Moussavi

(military, nautical) an admiral (a naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces)


admiral

admiral m (definite singular admiralen, indefinite plural admiralar, definite plural admiralane)

admiralen (definite singular)
admiralar (indefinite plural)
admiralane (definite plural)


admiral

Borrowed from English admiral. Doublet of almirante.


admiralty

en-noun

admiralty (countable and uncountable, plural admiralties)

From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

(military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

(military) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.


affair

affairs (plural)
affaire (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English afere, affere, from Old French afaire, from a- + faire (“to do”), from Latin ad- + facere (“to do”). See fact, and compare ado.

(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.


maneuver

maneuvers (plural)
manoeuvre (alternative Commonwealth Ireland)
maneuvre (alternative nonstandard)
manoeuver (alternative nonstandard)
manœuver (alternative obsolete)
manœuvre (alternative British)

From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labor”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handġeweorc, German Handwerk. The verb is a doublet of the verb manure.

مُنَاوَرَة

a movement, often one performed with difficulty

The army was on maneuvers.

Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.

مُنَاوَرَة

a large training exercise of military troops


maniple

maniples (plural)
manyple (alternative)
mainipul (alternative)
manypule (alternative)
manaple (alternative)
manipul (alternative)
manipule (alternative)
manuple (alternative)
manipil (alternative)

From Late Middle English maniple, manyple (“scarf worn as vestment, maniple”), borrowed from Middle French, Old French maniple, manipule (“handful; troop of soldiers; scarf worn as vestment”) (modern French manipule), from Latin manipulus (“bundle, handful; troop of soldiers”), from manus (“hand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”)) + the weakened root of pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The English word is cognate with Italian manipulo (“scarf worn as vestment”) (obsolete), manipolo (“handful; troop of soldiers; scarf worn as vestment”).
Sense 2 (“part of a priest’s vestments”) is probably from the fact that the item was originally carried in the hand. It may originate from a handkerchief or napkin worn by Roman consuls as an indication of rank.

cog

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-maniple.wav

[T]hey divided the Haſtati, Principes, and Triaris, each of them into 10 companies, making of thoſe three ſorts of ſouldiers 30 ſmall regiments, which they called Manipuli: And again, they ſubdivided each maniple into two equall parts, and called them Ordines, which was the leaſt company in a legion, and according to the rate ſet down by Polybius, contained 60 ſouldiers. […] By this therefore it may appear that a legion conſiſted of four ſorts of ſouldiers, which were reduced into ten cohorts, and every cohort contained three maniples, and every maniple two orders, and every order had his Centurion marching in the head of the troop, and every Centurion had his Optionem, or Lieutenant, that ſtood in the tail of the troop.

1655, Clement Edmond[e]s, “The Second Commentary of the Wars in Gallia. [Observation.]”, in Julius Caesar, translated by Clement Edmond[e]s, The Commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar, of His Warres in Gallia, and the Civile Warres betwixt Him and Pompey, Translated into English: […], revised edition, London: […] R[oger] Daniel; and are to be sold by Henry Tvvyford, […], Nathaniel Ekins […], and Iohn Place […], →OCLC, book II, page 43:

And preſently changing the Order of his March, made his Flank which was next the Enemy thrice as ſtrong as it was before; plac'd ſeveral Spearmen and Slingers between the Battalions or Maniples of foot; planted all the Cavalry in the Wings; And after a brief Excitation to his Soldiers, caus'd the Army in this Figure to file off to the Left, and towards the Plain.

1709, Caius Crispus Sallustius [i.e., Gaius Sallustius Crispus], “The History of Caius Crispus Sallustius: Containing an Account of the Jurgurthine War”, in John Rowe, transl., Caius Crispus Sallustius the Historian Made English. […], London: […] Richard Sare, […], →OCLC, page 126:

Crossing the ditch, he was followed first by the men of his own maniple, and then by the whole legion.

1828, Titus Livius [i.e., Livy], “Book XXV.—Chapter XIV.”, in [anonymous], transl., The History of Rome by Titus Livius, the Twentieth to the Thirtieth Books Inclusive, […], volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] D. A. Talboys and J. Vincent, →OCLC, page 317:

Our Army, besides being of an insignificant strength compared with the physical force of the country, and so detached and scattered as to be mere maniples of men, has been so frequently into its original elements of citizenship, and has at all times so mingled with our social institutions, as to appear a homogeneous part of the grand community, and only a better regulated and more effective body of militia.

1833 June, “Art. II.—Documents Communicated to Congress by the President, at the Opening of the Second Session of the Twenty-second Congress, Accompanying the Report of the Secretary of War.”, in American Quarterly Review, volume XIII, number XXVI, Philadelphia, Pa.: [Henry Charles] Carey, [Isaac] Lea & Blanchard […], →OCLC, page 298:

He [Ignatius of Antioch] was taken to Rome in the custody of a maniple of ten soldiers.

1945, H. Burn-Murdoch, “Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr, a.d. 110”, in Church, Continuity & Unity, 1st paperback edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 120:

There was an insane delight to be taken in their mission. They were but two maniples. If the alarm were raised, thousands of Syracusan defenders would rise from their beds, drunk or not, and annihilate them. If it weren't, the rewards would be immeasurable.

2014, Ben Kane, Hannibal: Clouds of War, London: Arrow Books, Random House, →ISBN, page 426:

(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers.


ambulance

→ Baharna Arabic: عمبلوص (ʕambalūṣ)

→ Chichewa: ambulansi

→ Hindi: एम्बुलेंस (embulẽs)

→ Malay: ambulans

→ Swahili: ambulensi

African-American Vernacular, also Southern American English

Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).

EtymOnLine

Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ambulance”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.


spear

From Middle English spere, sperre, spear, from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Cognates
See also West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, German Speer, Old Norse spjǫr, *sparrô, Middle Dutch sparre (“rafter”), Old Norse sparri (“spar, rafter”), sperra (“rafter, beam”); also Latin sparus (“short spear”), Albanian ferrë (“thorn, thornbush”).

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.


pepper

en-noun

pepper (countable and uncountable, plural peppers)

peppers (plural)
piper (alternative archaic)

Tok Pisin: pepa

→ Hawaiian: pepa

→ Marshallese: pepa

From Middle English peper, piper, from Old English piper, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). The name was given to the capsicum fruit because of its unusual spicy taste, not unlike the Old World spice. Cognate with Scots pepar, Saterland Frisian Pieper, West Frisian piper, Dutch peper, German Low German Peper, German Pfeffer, Danish peber, Swedish peppar, Icelandic pipar. Doublet of falafel and peepul.

cog

He means to snatch the laurels from his brow, / At all his boasted pluck and prowess smile, / And give him pepper in superior style.

1906, Henry Downes Miles, Pugilistica, page 61:

[T]he Chicken had been tapped, and bunged, and had received pepper, and had been made groggy, and had come up piping, and had endured a complication of similar strange inconveniences, until he had been gone into and finished.

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:


grunt

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”).
Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

der

The poges stare at the grunts as though the grunts were Hell's Angels at the ballet.

1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 39:

The events described are those encountered by only 160 men, though the adversity recounted is representative of that experienced by all grunts in Vietnam.

1984, Charles Robert Anderson, The Grunts, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page xii:

He can't make that kind of decision. He's just a grunt!

1986, James Cameron, Aliens, spoken by Burke (Paul Reiser):

(US, military slang) An infantry soldier.


overalls

/ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/

(UK, military) Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.


joker

From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.

Joker - A friendly track or contact acting as a "suspect" track for exercise purposes only. (STANAG 1241)

1998, APP-6A: Military Symbols for Land-Based Systems, page 9:

(military) A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.


agent

csb-noun

agent m inan (female equivalent agentka)

(espionage) agent (someone who works for an intelligence agency)


agent

pl-noun

agent m pers (female equivalent agentka, diminutive agencik or agenciak)

agentka (feminine)
agencik (diminutive)
agenciak (diminutive)
agent (nominative singular)
agenci (nominative plural)
agenty (derogatory nominative plural)
agenta (genitive singular)
agentów (genitive plural)
agentowi (dative singular)
agentom (dative plural)
agenta (accusative singular)
agentów (accusative plural)
agentem (instrumental singular)
agentami (instrumental plural)
agencie (locative singular)
agentach (locative plural)
agencie (singular vocative)
agenci (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Agent, from French agent, from Middle French agent, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agens. First attested in 1609.

(espionage) officer, peeper, secret agent


alarm

sq-noun

alárm m (plural alárme, definite alármi, definite plural alármet)

alárm (canonical masculine)
alárme (plural)
alármi (definite)
alármet (definite plural)
alarm (indefinite nominative singular)
alarmi (definite nominative singular)
alarme (indefinite nominative plural)
alarmet (definite nominative plural)
alarm (accusative indefinite singular)
alarmin (accusative definite singular)
alarme (accusative indefinite plural)
alarmet (accusative definite plural)
alarmi (dative indefinite singular)
alarmit (dative definite singular)
alarmeve (dative indefinite plural)
alarmeve (dative definite plural)
alarmi (ablative indefinite singular)
alarmit (ablative definite singular)
alarmesh (ablative indefinite plural)
alarmeve (ablative definite plural)


goose-step

An intentionally disparaging alternative name for the "balance step" (German Stechschritt, "cut step") from a fancied resemblance to the waddling of geese.

The balance or goose-step introduced for their practice excites a fever of disgust.

1806 Feb. 11, Robert Thomas Wilson, Journal

A military parade is really a kind of ritual dance, something like a ballet, expressing a certain philosophy of life. The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber. It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face. Its ugliness is part of its essence... Why is the goose-step not used in England? There are, heaven knows, plenty of army officers who would be only too glad to introduce some such thing. It is not used because the people in the street would laugh.

1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. I:

(military, typically derogatory) A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches.


goose-step

en-verb

goose-step (third-person singular simple present goose-steps, present participle goose-stepping, simple past and past participle goose-stepped)

goose-steps (present singular third-person)
goose-stepping (participle present)
goose-stepped (participle past)
goose-stepped (past)

(military, typically derogatory) To march with a goose-step.


KIA

KIAs (plural)
K.I.A. (alternative)
K. I. A. (alternative)

(military) A person who is killed in action.


KIA

K.I.A. (alternative)
K. I. A. (alternative)

killed in action
killed in action#English

(military) Initialism of killed in action.


diversion

en-noun

diversion (countable and uncountable, plural diversions)

/daɪˈvɜːʃən/

/daɪˈvɜːʒən/

From Middle English diversion, dyversioun, from Medieval Latin diversiō, from Latin divertō (“to divert”); see divert.

(military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.


guide

→ Hindi: गाइड (gāiḍ)

→ Japanese: ガイド (gaido)

→ Korean: 가이드 (gaideu)

→ Norwegian: guide

→ Swedish: guide

→ Urdu: گائیڈ (gāeḍ)

c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to see, know; go, depart”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Cognate with Old English wītan (“to see, take heed to, watch after, guard, keep”). Related also to English wit.

cog

(military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.


trench

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. Doublet of tranche and traunch. Possible doublet of English: truncate

The soldiers in the trenches rely on logistical support.

Following in the tank's wake, the cameliers reached the first line of Turkish trenches, where they confronted a handful of Ottoman soldiers too wounded to retreat.

2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 331:

(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.


trench

en-verb

trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)

trenches (present singular third-person)
trenching (participle present)
trenched (participle past)
trenched (past)

No more shall trenching war channel her fields.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

Advanc'd upon the field there stood a mound
Of earth congested, wall'd , and trench'd around

1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “(please specify the book of the Iliad or chapter quoted from)”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

(military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.


trace

From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).

der

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.


Lombard

Lombards (plural)
Lumbard (alternative)
Lumbar (alternative)
lombard (alternative)

From Middle English Lombard, Lumbard, borrowed from Old French Lombard, Lombart (“a Lombard”), from Late Latin langobardus, longobardus (“a Lombard”), from Germanic, derived from the Proto-Germanic *langabardaz from elements *langaz + *bardaz; equivalent to long + beard. Some sources derive the second element instead from Proto-Germanic *bardǭ, *barduz (“axe”), related to German Barte (“axe”). Doublet of Langobard. Compare longbeard. Compare with Old English Langbeardas (“Lombards”).

(military, historical) A kind of Spanish cannon of the 16th century.


candlestick

candlesticks (plural)
canstick (alternative)

Sranan Tongo: kandratiki

From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).

inh

Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.

1930, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Grosset & Dunlap, page 20:

(British, military slang, historical) The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.


chandelier

/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/

/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.

llambadar

branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling

not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.

[1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume IX, page 37:

Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, page 32:

(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.


conventional

en-adj

conventional (comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)

more conventional (comparative)
most conventional (superlative)

atypical

antonym(s) of “pertaining to a convention”

weapon of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction

(weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.


carte

en-noun

carte (countable and uncountable, plural cartes)


dan

dan (nominative singular)
dani (nominative plural)
danové (nominative plural)
dana (genitive singular)
danů (genitive plural)
danovi (dative singular)
danu (dative singular)
danům (dative plural)
dana (accusative singular)
dany (accusative plural)
dane (singular vocative)
dani (plural vocative)
danové (plural vocative)
danovi (locative singular)
danu (locative singular)
danech (locative plural)
danem (instrumental singular)
dany (instrumental plural)

(martial arts) dan, master and teacher of judo, karate or other Japanese martial arts


dan

dan (nominative singular)
dany (nominative plural)
danu (genitive singular)
danů (genitive plural)
danu (dative singular)
danům (dative plural)
dan (accusative singular)
dany (accusative plural)
dane (singular vocative)
dany (plural vocative)
danu (locative singular)
danech (locative plural)
danem (instrumental singular)
dany (instrumental plural)

(martial arts) dan, master degree in judo and karate


kaki

Borrowed from Spanish caqui, from English khaki, ultimately from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).


Apache

Apaches (plural)
Apache (plural)
apache (alternative)

From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ˀa˙paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name.
The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

(military, plural only "Apaches") AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.


Fuchs

de-noun

Fuchs m (strong, genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)

Fuchses (genitive)
Füchse (plural)
Füchslein (diminutive neuter)
Füchschen (diminutive neuter)
Füchsin (feminine)
Fuchs (nominative singular)
Füchse (definite nominative plural)
Fuchses (genitive singular)
Füchse (definite genitive plural)
Fuchs (dative singular)
Fuchse (dative singular)
Füchsen (dative definite plural)
Fuchs (accusative singular)
Füchse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).

inh

canids: Hund: Fuchs · Hund · Kojote · Schakal · Wolf [edit]


strap

en-noun

strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)

straps (plural)
strop (alternative)
strope (alternative)

→ Japanese: ストラップ (sutorappu)

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).

lak

a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like

kawerapa

part of a bag that goes over the shoulder

ивица

a narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass

David Arquette was given the belt because he's a celebrity. Period. I wasn't that upset about it because even the on-air product treated it as laughable. It was a "fluke" that Arquette managed to grab the strap, and he held it for less than a week. But there was no point in it....that I do agree with.

2001 January 31, Greg Stinson, “WWF fans actually know the WWF sucks”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <KTUd6.209692$iy3.50200104@news1.rdc1.tn.home.com>:

During 2002, Triple H began this run of title defences of the Big Gold Belt. He'd basically been given the strap earlier in the month and there was a feeling he didn't deserve it.

2015, Arnold Furious, “Unforgiven 2002”, in The Complete WWE Guide Volume #6, →ISBN, page 60:

When people like me were deserting the WWE during the championship reign of JBL, "The Wrestling God", Vince didn't take the strap off of him. He's certainly not going to do anything because of this little piffle.

2017 April 11, Jason Todd!!!, “if multiple people are coming forth saying jbl harassed them, why doesn't vince fire his ass?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <5ad20526-36c9-4dac-89ba-df011e3d48f9@googlegroups.com>:

(slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.


move

move (nominative singular)
movet (nominative plural)
move (accusative nominative singular)
movet (accusative nominative plural)
moven (accusative genitive singular)
movet (accusative genitive plural)
moven (genitive singular)
movejen (genitive plural)
movein (genitive plural rare)
movea (partitive singular)
moveja (partitive plural)
movessa (inessive singular)
moveissa (inessive plural)
movesta (elative singular)
moveista (elative plural)
moveen (illative singular)
moveihin (illative plural)
movella (adessive singular)
moveilla (adessive plural)
movelta (ablative singular)
moveilta (ablative plural)
movelle (allative singular)
moveille (allative plural)
movena (essive singular)
moveina (essive plural)
moveksi (singular translative)
moveiksi (plural translative)
movetta (abessive singular)
moveitta (abessive plural)
movein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
moveni (nominative singular)
moveni (nominative plural)
moveni (accusative nominative singular)
moveni (accusative nominative plural)
moveni (accusative genitive singular)
moveni (accusative genitive plural)
moveni (genitive singular)
movejeni (genitive plural)
moveini (genitive plural rare)
moveani (partitive singular)
movejani (partitive plural)
movessani (inessive singular)
moveissani (inessive plural)
movestani (elative singular)
moveistani (elative plural)
moveeni (illative singular)
moveihini (illative plural)
movellani (adessive singular)
moveillani (adessive plural)
moveltani (ablative singular)
moveiltani (ablative plural)
movelleni (allative singular)
moveilleni (allative plural)
movenani (essive singular)
moveinani (essive plural)
movekseni (singular translative)
moveikseni (plural translative)
movettani (abessive singular)
moveittani (abessive plural)
moveineni (comitative plural)
movesi (nominative singular)
movesi (nominative plural)
movesi (accusative nominative singular)
movesi (accusative nominative plural)
movesi (accusative genitive singular)
movesi (accusative genitive plural)
movesi (genitive singular)
movejesi (genitive plural)
moveisi (genitive plural rare)
moveasi (partitive singular)
movejasi (partitive plural)
movessasi (inessive singular)
moveissasi (inessive plural)
movestasi (elative singular)
moveistasi (elative plural)
moveesi (illative singular)
moveihisi (illative plural)
movellasi (adessive singular)
moveillasi (adessive plural)
moveltasi (ablative singular)
moveiltasi (ablative plural)
movellesi (allative singular)
moveillesi (allative plural)
movenasi (essive singular)
moveinasi (essive plural)
moveksesi (singular translative)
moveiksesi (plural translative)
movettasi (abessive singular)
moveittasi (abessive plural)
moveinesi (comitative plural)
movemme (nominative singular)
movemme (nominative plural)
movemme (accusative nominative singular)
movemme (accusative nominative plural)
movemme (accusative genitive singular)
movemme (accusative genitive plural)
movemme (genitive singular)
movejemme (genitive plural)
moveimme (genitive plural rare)
moveamme (partitive singular)
movejamme (partitive plural)
movessamme (inessive singular)
moveissamme (inessive plural)
movestamme (elative singular)
moveistamme (elative plural)
moveemme (illative singular)
moveihimme (illative plural)
movellamme (adessive singular)
moveillamme (adessive plural)
moveltamme (ablative singular)
moveiltamme (ablative plural)
movellemme (allative singular)
moveillemme (allative plural)
movenamme (essive singular)
moveinamme (essive plural)
moveksemme (singular translative)
moveiksemme (plural translative)
movettamme (abessive singular)
moveittamme (abessive plural)
moveinemme (comitative plural)
movenne (nominative singular)
movenne (nominative plural)
movenne (accusative nominative singular)
movenne (accusative nominative plural)
movenne (accusative genitive singular)
movenne (accusative genitive plural)
movenne (genitive singular)
movejenne (genitive plural)
moveinne (genitive plural rare)
moveanne (partitive singular)
movejanne (partitive plural)
movessanne (inessive singular)
moveissanne (inessive plural)
movestanne (elative singular)
moveistanne (elative plural)
moveenne (illative singular)
moveihinne (illative plural)
movellanne (adessive singular)
moveillanne (adessive plural)
moveltanne (ablative singular)
moveiltanne (ablative plural)
movellenne (allative singular)
moveillenne (allative plural)
movenanne (essive singular)
moveinanne (essive plural)
moveksenne (singular translative)
moveiksenne (plural translative)
movettanne (abessive singular)
moveittanne (abessive plural)
moveinenne (comitative plural)
movensa (nominative singular)
movensa (nominative plural)
movensa (accusative nominative singular)
movensa (accusative nominative plural)
movensa (accusative genitive singular)
movensa (accusative genitive plural)
movensa (genitive singular)
movejensa (genitive plural)
moveinsa (genitive plural rare)
moveaan (partitive singular)
moveansa (partitive singular)
movejaan (partitive plural)
movejansa (partitive plural)
movessaan (inessive singular)
movessansa (inessive singular)
moveissaan (inessive plural)
moveissansa (inessive plural)
movestaan (elative singular)
movestansa (elative singular)
moveistaan (elative plural)
moveistansa (elative plural)
moveensa (illative singular)
moveihinsa (illative plural)
movellaan (adessive singular)
movellansa (adessive singular)
moveillaan (adessive plural)
moveillansa (adessive plural)
moveltaan (ablative singular)
moveltansa (ablative singular)
moveiltaan (ablative plural)
moveiltansa (ablative plural)
movelleen (allative singular)
movellensa (allative singular)
moveilleen (allative plural)
moveillensa (allative plural)
movenaan (essive singular)
movenansa (essive singular)
moveinaan (essive plural)
moveinansa (essive plural)
movekseen (singular translative)
moveksensa (singular translative)
moveikseen (plural translative)
moveiksensa (plural translative)
movettaan (abessive singular)
movettansa (abessive singular)
moveittaan (abessive plural)
moveittansa (abessive plural)
moveineen (comitative plural)
moveinensa (comitative plural)

(military slang) A conscript who acquires or has acquired exemptions from physical education for falsified reasons of health, i.e. by feigning sick.


piste

(fencing) The field of play of a fencing match.

planš

(fencing) the field of play of a fencing match


drop

en-verb

drop (third-person singular simple present drops, present participle dropping, simple past and past participle dropped or (archaic) dropt)

drops (present singular third-person)
dropping (participle present)
dropped (participle past)
dropped (past)
dropt (archaic participle past)
dropt (archaic past)

From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English dropian, droppian (“to drop”), from dropa (“a drop”) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).

спадам

to decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

laskea

to move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards — see also lower

laskea

to lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume

Drop and give me 20, now!

(US, Singapore, ergative, military, slang) To make someone, or be made to do push-ups or some other form of exercise on the ground as punishment.


AAC

en-noun

AAC (countable and uncountable, plural AACs)

airborne aircraft carrier
airborne aircraft carrier#English

(military, aviation) Abbreviation of airborne aircraft carrier.

aircraft armament change
aircraft armament change#English

(aviation, military) Initialism of aircraft armament change.

(military) Initialism of anti-aircraft command.


AAC

(military) Initialism of Anti-aircraft Corps.


ASA

air sovereignty alert
air sovereignty alert#English

(military) Initialism of air sovereignty alert: refers to fighter jet units that provide aerial defense of the nation via high-readiness aircraft.


RF

RF (countable and uncountable, plural RFs)

If battalion staff were involved, we generally called the insertion an RF, Romeo Foxtrot, or Rat Fuck.

1997, Chuck Carlock, Firebirds: A Harrowing Firsthand Account of Helicopter Combat in Vietnam, Bantam, →ISBN, page 300:

Thinking they actually were supporting the demonstrators, I went up to them and asked why. “No, we're not supporting them. This is just an RF (short for “Rat Fuck”). We're keeping the money," they told me, laughing.

2003, Guy T. Saperstein, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney:

(military, engineering, slang) Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”).


RF

Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier R

(US, military, aviation) reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix)


centurion

Borrowed from Latin centuriōnem. By surface analysis, centurie + -on.

(Ancient Rome, military) centurion (Roman officer)


AWOL

AWOLs (plural)
awol (alternative)
a.w.o.l. (alternative)
A.W.O.L. (alternative)

Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.

acronym

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

luvaton poissaolo

military: absence without proper authority

unerlaubte Entfernung f unerlaubte Entfernung von der Truppe

(military) A person who holds AWOL status.


naval infantry

(military) An organization of sailors who are trained and equipped to fight as an infantry unit on land.


commodore

→ Italian: commodoro

→ Portuguese: comodoro

→ Spanish: comodoro

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

(military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.

commodore admiral
commodore admiral#English

(military, nautical) Ellipsis of commodore admiral.

rear admiral (lower half)
rear admiral (lower half)

(US, military, nautical) A rear admiral (lower half).


commodore

fr-noun

commodore m or f by sense (plural commodores)

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur; from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mandō (“to order, command”).

capitaine de vaisseau
capitaine de vaisseau

capitaine de croiseur
capitaine de croiseur

(military, nautical) commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)


lieutenant

lieutenants (plural)
leftenant (alternative obsolete)
leftenaunt (alternative obsolete)
lieftenant (alternative obsolete)
lieftenaunt (alternative obsolete)
lieutenaunt (alternative obsolete)

→ Irish: leifteanant

→ Malay: leftenan

→ Swahili: luteni

From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”). Doublet of locum tenens.

пору́чик

in imperial Russian army (1730–1917), armies of White movement, and in armies of other Slavic nations

по́ру́чник

in certain Slavic armies—a non-dictionary form in limited use instead of поручик to more precisely reproduce local terminology

commissioned officer
commissioned officer

(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.

(military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.

lieutenant commander
lieutenant commander

lieutenant junior grade
lieutenant junior grade

(military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.

(military, US) A commissioned officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of ensign and below lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.

(military, UK) A commissioned officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant"; however, "second lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full lieutenant.

(military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander.

(military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval Commissioned Officer who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.


lieutenant

lieutenant m (plural lieutenants, feminine lieutenante)

lieutenants (plural)
lieutenante (feminine)

desctree

→ Danish: løjtnant
→ Faroese: loytnantur

→ Romansch: litinent

Univerbation of lieu tenant, literally “placeholder”, from tenir lieu (“to hold the place of someone, to act as a substitute for someone”).


cavalry

en-noun

cavalry (countable and uncountable, plural cavalries)

cavalries (plural)
cavalery (alternative)

From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.

Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.

1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXIII, in The White Company, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:

(military, usually historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

kavallerie

military service that fights with riding horses

የፈረሰኞች ጭፍራ

yäfäräsäñoč č̣əfra

(military, countable) An individual unit of this arm of service.

(military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.


reduce

en-verb

reduce (third-person singular simple present reduces, present participle reducing, simple past and past participle reduced)

reduces (present singular third-person)
reducing (participle present)
reduced (participle past)
reduced (past)

From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.

(transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).

(transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.


kinkku

kinkku (nominative singular)
kinkut (nominative plural)
kinkku (accusative nominative singular)
kinkut (accusative nominative plural)
kinkun (accusative genitive singular)
kinkut (accusative genitive plural)
kinkun (genitive singular)
kinkkujen (genitive plural)
kinkkua (partitive singular)
kinkkuja (partitive plural)
kinkussa (inessive singular)
kinkuissa (inessive plural)
kinkusta (elative singular)
kinkuista (elative plural)
kinkkuun (illative singular)
kinkkuihin (illative plural)
kinkulla (adessive singular)
kinkuilla (adessive plural)
kinkulta (ablative singular)
kinkuilta (ablative plural)
kinkulle (allative singular)
kinkuille (allative plural)
kinkkuna (essive singular)
kinkkuina (essive plural)
kinkuksi (singular translative)
kinkuiksi (plural translative)
kinkutta (abessive singular)
kinkuitta (abessive plural)
kinkuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kinkkuni (nominative singular)
kinkkuni (nominative plural)
kinkkuni (accusative nominative singular)
kinkkuni (accusative nominative plural)
kinkkuni (accusative genitive singular)
kinkkuni (accusative genitive plural)
kinkkuni (genitive singular)
kinkkujeni (genitive plural)
kinkkuani (partitive singular)
kinkkujani (partitive plural)
kinkussani (inessive singular)
kinkuissani (inessive plural)
kinkustani (elative singular)
kinkuistani (elative plural)
kinkkuuni (illative singular)
kinkkuihini (illative plural)
kinkullani (adessive singular)
kinkuillani (adessive plural)
kinkultani (ablative singular)
kinkuiltani (ablative plural)
kinkulleni (allative singular)
kinkuilleni (allative plural)
kinkkunani (essive singular)
kinkkuinani (essive plural)
kinkukseni (singular translative)
kinkuikseni (plural translative)
kinkuttani (abessive singular)
kinkuittani (abessive plural)
kinkkuineni (comitative plural)
kinkkusi (nominative singular)
kinkkusi (nominative plural)
kinkkusi (accusative nominative singular)
kinkkusi (accusative nominative plural)
kinkkusi (accusative genitive singular)
kinkkusi (accusative genitive plural)
kinkkusi (genitive singular)
kinkkujesi (genitive plural)
kinkkuasi (partitive singular)
kinkkujasi (partitive plural)
kinkussasi (inessive singular)
kinkuissasi (inessive plural)
kinkustasi (elative singular)
kinkuistasi (elative plural)
kinkkuusi (illative singular)
kinkkuihisi (illative plural)
kinkullasi (adessive singular)
kinkuillasi (adessive plural)
kinkultasi (ablative singular)
kinkuiltasi (ablative plural)
kinkullesi (allative singular)
kinkuillesi (allative plural)
kinkkunasi (essive singular)
kinkkuinasi (essive plural)
kinkuksesi (singular translative)
kinkuiksesi (plural translative)
kinkuttasi (abessive singular)
kinkuittasi (abessive plural)
kinkkuinesi (comitative plural)
kinkkumme (nominative singular)
kinkkumme (nominative plural)
kinkkumme (accusative nominative singular)
kinkkumme (accusative nominative plural)
kinkkumme (accusative genitive singular)
kinkkumme (accusative genitive plural)
kinkkumme (genitive singular)
kinkkujemme (genitive plural)
kinkkuamme (partitive singular)
kinkkujamme (partitive plural)
kinkussamme (inessive singular)
kinkuissamme (inessive plural)
kinkustamme (elative singular)
kinkuistamme (elative plural)
kinkkuumme (illative singular)
kinkkuihimme (illative plural)
kinkullamme (adessive singular)
kinkuillamme (adessive plural)
kinkultamme (ablative singular)
kinkuiltamme (ablative plural)
kinkullemme (allative singular)
kinkuillemme (allative plural)
kinkkunamme (essive singular)
kinkkuinamme (essive plural)
kinkuksemme (singular translative)
kinkuiksemme (plural translative)
kinkuttamme (abessive singular)
kinkuittamme (abessive plural)
kinkkuinemme (comitative plural)
kinkkunne (nominative singular)
kinkkunne (nominative plural)
kinkkunne (accusative nominative singular)
kinkkunne (accusative nominative plural)
kinkkunne (accusative genitive singular)
kinkkunne (accusative genitive plural)
kinkkunne (genitive singular)
kinkkujenne (genitive plural)
kinkkuanne (partitive singular)
kinkkujanne (partitive plural)
kinkussanne (inessive singular)
kinkuissanne (inessive plural)
kinkustanne (elative singular)
kinkuistanne (elative plural)
kinkkuunne (illative singular)
kinkkuihinne (illative plural)
kinkullanne (adessive singular)
kinkuillanne (adessive plural)
kinkultanne (ablative singular)
kinkuiltanne (ablative plural)
kinkullenne (allative singular)
kinkuillenne (allative plural)
kinkkunanne (essive singular)
kinkkuinanne (essive plural)
kinkuksenne (singular translative)
kinkuiksenne (plural translative)
kinkuttanne (abessive singular)
kinkuittanne (abessive plural)
kinkkuinenne (comitative plural)
kinkkunsa (nominative singular)
kinkkunsa (nominative plural)
kinkkunsa (accusative nominative singular)
kinkkunsa (accusative nominative plural)
kinkkunsa (accusative genitive singular)
kinkkunsa (accusative genitive plural)
kinkkunsa (genitive singular)
kinkkujensa (genitive plural)
kinkkuaan (partitive singular)
kinkkuansa (partitive singular)
kinkkujaan (partitive plural)
kinkkujansa (partitive plural)
kinkussaan (inessive singular)
kinkussansa (inessive singular)
kinkuissaan (inessive plural)
kinkuissansa (inessive plural)
kinkustaan (elative singular)
kinkustansa (elative singular)
kinkuistaan (elative plural)
kinkuistansa (elative plural)
kinkkuunsa (illative singular)
kinkkuihinsa (illative plural)
kinkullaan (adessive singular)
kinkullansa (adessive singular)
kinkuillaan (adessive plural)
kinkuillansa (adessive plural)
kinkultaan (ablative singular)
kinkultansa (ablative singular)
kinkuiltaan (ablative plural)
kinkuiltansa (ablative plural)
kinkulleen (allative singular)
kinkullensa (allative singular)
kinkuilleen (allative plural)
kinkuillensa (allative plural)
kinkkunaan (essive singular)
kinkkunansa (essive singular)
kinkkuinaan (essive plural)
kinkkuinansa (essive plural)
kinkukseen (singular translative)
kinkuksensa (singular translative)
kinkuikseen (plural translative)
kinkuiksensa (plural translative)
kinkuttaan (abessive singular)
kinkuttansa (abessive singular)
kinkuittaan (abessive plural)
kinkuittansa (abessive plural)
kinkkuineen (comitative plural)
kinkkuinensa (comitative plural)

Slang form of kiinni, inspired by kinkku (etymology 1).

(military slang) weekend spent in military service (for conscripts that get most weekends off)


commander

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.

(Singapore, military) A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher


take French leave

take French leave (third-person singular simple present takes French leave, present participle taking French leave, simple past took French leave, past participle taken French leave)

term-label

(idiomatic, intransitive, informal, dated)

takes French leave (present singular third-person)
taking French leave (participle present)
took French leave (past)
taken French leave (participle past)
take a French leave (alternative)

From take + French leave, apparently from a French custom, already recorded in the 18th century, of leaving from receptions or other events without formally announcing one’s departure to the host or hostess.

That officer […] reminded Burton of the necessity there was that all the officers of the Spitfire should hold themselves in readiness, as a court-martial was sure to be ordered relative to the loss of that ship: that order might possibly be telegraphed down, and he must therefore decline granting any leave, except for a few hours. Here was a disappointment with a vengeance. The first suggestion of the moment was one altogether unworthy of him, which was to incur the imputation of adopting Gallican habits, and taking, what is known by the term, "French leave."

1829, [William Nugent Glascock], “The Return”, in Sailors and Saints; or, Matrimonial Manœuvres. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 222–223:

In spite of threats and punishment, many Canadians [in the French army] deserted in order to care for their families and to provide food for the coming winter; more than two thousand are said thus to have taken French leave.

1908, Elroy McKendree Avery, “Wolfe and Saunders before Quebec”, in A History of the United States and Its People from Their Earliest Records to the Present Time, volume IV, Cleveland, Ohio: The Burrows Brothers Company, →OCLC, page 269:

absent without leave
absent without leave

(specifically, chiefly military, euphemistic) To desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission; to go absent without leave (AWOL).

lähteä bundelle

to desert or be temporarily absent from duty or service without permission


Uniform Code of Military Justice

(US, military) The code of military law written for the use of the United States Armed Forces.


greens

From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).

բանջար

any vegetable eaten by humans, regardless of colour

Some years ago, moths ruined my greens, and my son, a career Army man, sensed my loss.

(military) The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.


crucifixion

en-noun

crucifixion (countable and uncountable, plural crucifixions)

/ˌkɹuːsɪˈfɪkʃən/

From Middle English crucifixioun, from Late Latin noun of process crucifīxiō, from perfect passive participle crucifīxus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō.

kruisiging

execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross

(military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.


over

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, related to *upó.
Akin to Scots ower, West Frisian oer, Dutch over, Low German over, över, German ober, über, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári).
Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.

(professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.


over

Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.

Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.

How do you receive? Over!

(procedure word, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.


over

From Middle Dutch ōver, from Old Dutch *ovar, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo. Compare German ober, über, Low German over, över, English over.

(procedure word, military) over (a radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and is expecting a response.)


سلام

fa-noun

سلام • (salâm)

→ Bengali: সেলাম (śelam), সালাম (salam)

→ Gujarati: સલામ (salām)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: सलाम (salām)

Urdu: سلام (salām)

→ Kazakh: сәлем (sälem)

→ Kyrgyz: салам (salam)

→ Marathi: सलाम (salām)

→ Mazanderani: سلام (selâm)

→ Nepali: सलाम (salām)

→ Punjabi: ਸਲਾਮ (salām)

→ Pashto: سلام (salām)

→ Sindhi: (salāmu)

Arabic script: سَلامُ

Devanagari script: सलामु

→ Telugu: సలాము (salāmu), సలాం (salāṁ)

→ Turkmen: salam, selam

→ Uyghur: سالام (salam)

→ Uzbek: salom

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”).


crotchet

/ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/

From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.

doublet

(military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

(military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.


punto

From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt.

To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there, to see thee pass thy puncto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:


fronte

Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”).


sleet

en-noun

sleet (countable and uncountable, plural sleets)

From Middle English slete, probably from Old English *slēte, *slȳte, *slīete, from Proto-West Germanic *slautijā, from Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (“sleet”). Walter W. Skeat, the author of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, suggests Old Norse slydda (whence Danish slud (“mixture of rain and snow”)). The word appears to be akin to Low German Sloot (“hail”), dialectal German Schloße (“large hailstone”), Old Gutnish sloyta (“slush, sleet”). Doublet of slut.

cog

(firearms) The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.


terzo

From Old Galician-Portuguese terço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tertius (“third”). Cognate with Portuguese terço and Spanish tercio.

(historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)


orb

From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.

(military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.


tattoo

en-noun

tattoo (countable and uncountable, plural tattoos)

From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.

(military) A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.

(military) A military display or pageant.


quart

From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

cog

[W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another.

1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):

(fencing) The fourth defensive position; quarte.


defect

en-verb

defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)

defects (present singular third-person)
defecting (participle present)
defected (participle past)
defected (past)

Borrowed from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“of, from”) + facere (“to do”).

bor+

(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.


chapter

en-verb

chapter (third-person singular simple present chapters, present participle chaptering, simple past and past participle chaptered)

chapters (present singular third-person)
chaptering (participle present)
chaptered (participle past)
chaptered (past)
chapiter (alternative)
chapitre (alternative)
chapiture (alternative)
chaptre (alternative)
chapyter (alternative)
chapytre (alternative)
chaptire (alternative)

From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.

der

If you're a single parent [soldier] and you can't find someone to take care of your children, they will chapter you out [administrative elimination from the service]. And yet if you use someone not certified, they get mad.

2001, John Palmer Hawkins, Army of Hope, Army of Alienation: Culture and Contradiction in the American Army Communities of Cold War Germany, page 117:

"He also wanted me to give you a message. He said that if you don't get your shit ready for this deployment, then he will chapter you out of his freakin' army."

2006, Thomas R. Schombert, Diaries of a Soldier: Nightmares from Within, page 100:

(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.


correction

en-noun

correction (countable and uncountable, plural corrections)

corrections (plural)
correxion (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English correccioun, correction, from Old French correccion (French correction), from Latin corrēctiō. Doublet of correctio.

I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.

(procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted


sock

sock (plural socks or (informal, nonstandard) sox)

socks (plural)
sox (informal nonstandard plural)

desctree

→ French: socquette
→ Portuguese: soquete

Japanese: ソックス (sokkusu) < socks

Swahili: soksi < socks (plural)

From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Beekes compares Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬑𐬀 (haxa, “sole of the foot”). Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”). Doublet of zocco; also related to zoccolo, socle, and zocalo.

der

(firearms, informal) Ellipsis of gun sock.


spoon

From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”).
Cognate with Scots spun, spon (“spoon, shingle”), West Frisian spoen, Dutch spaan (“chip, flinders”), German Span (“chip, flake, shaving”), Swedish spån (“chip, flake”), Norwegian Nynorsk spon (“chip, spoon”), Faroese spónur (“wood chip; spoon”), Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”)(though the connection to the Greek is likely impossible by modern reconstructions of PIE). Eclipsed non-native Middle English cuculer, coclear (“spoon”), from Old English cuculer, cuceler, cucler, borrowed from Latin cochlear (“spoon”).
The "metaphoric unit of personal energy" sense was coined by writer and disability advocate Christine Miserandino in 2003 (see spoon theory).

coinage

he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

(US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.


provost

From Middle English, from late Old English prōfost, prāfost, from Late Latin prōpositus, variant of Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”). In some senses, via Anglo-Norman provolt; via Anglo-Norman and Old French provost (modern French prévôt). As a Central European ecclesiastical office, via German Propst, Danish provst, etc.

steward

deputy overseeing medieval estates or fees

police officer

deputy overseeing medieval law enforcement; military police

A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:

(military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.

(fencing, historical) An assistant fencing master.

A senior deputy, a superintendent
An assistant fencing master.

(UK, military slang, obsolete) A provost cell: a military cell or prison.


provost

en-verb

provost (third-person singular simple present provosts, present participle provosting, simple past and past participle provosted)

provosts (present singular third-person)
provosting (participle present)
provosted (participle past)
provosted (past)

Around the time of the Rebellions of 1837 and the First Anglo-Afghan War, British servicemen spoke of being provosted.

(UK, transitive, used in passive, obsolete, military slang) To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.


Zug

de-noun

Zug m (strong, genitive Zuges or Zugs, plural Züge)

Zuges (genitive)
Zugs (genitive)
Züge (plural)
Zug (nominative singular)
Züge (definite nominative plural)
Zuges (genitive singular)
Zugs (genitive singular)
Züge (definite genitive plural)
Zug (dative singular)
Zuge (dative singular)
Zügen (dative definite plural)
Zug (accusative singular)
Züge (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: cuk

→ Hungarian: cúg

→ Kashubian: cuch

→ Norwegian Bokmål: tog

→ Polish: cug

→ Silesian: cug

Etymological Dictionary of the German Language

de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German zuc, zug, from Old High German zug, from Proto-West Germanic *tugi, from Proto-Germanic *tugiz, an abstract noun belonging to Proto-Germanic *teuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”).
Cognate with Dutch teug, Low German Tog, Hunsrik Zugh, English tug, Old English tyġe. Compare to German ziehen (“to pull, to draw”).

der

northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial


Aufzug

de-noun

Aufzug m (strong, genitive Aufzuges or Aufzugs, plural Aufzüge)

Aufzuges (genitive)
Aufzugs (genitive)
Aufzüge (plural)
Aufzug (nominative singular)
Aufzüge (definite nominative plural)
Aufzuges (genitive singular)
Aufzugs (genitive singular)
Aufzüge (definite genitive plural)
Aufzug (dative singular)
Aufzuge (dative singular)
Aufzügen (dative definite plural)
Aufzug (accusative singular)
Aufzüge (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ūfzuc, verbal noun of ūfziehen.

Der Aufzug der Truppen an der Grenze dauerte mehrere Tage.

The deployment of troops on the border lasted several days.