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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, dialectal
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Synonyms: pug
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noun
A doe in its second year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dated, dialectal
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noun
A child's tooth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Abbreviation of thromboelastography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of thromboelastograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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noun
Abbreviation of thromboelastogram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable
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noun
Initialism of thermoelectric generator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
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noun
Acronym of triethylene glycol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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noun
two-year-old sheep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lamb
History
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
