Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
intj
The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
An anteater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
A black person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, Zimbabwe, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
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Synonyms: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Acronym of zonula occludens toxin, a secretion of Vibrio cholerae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To zap, kill, or destroy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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History
Sound effect in the comic strip B.C., first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.
A sound effect. Popularized by the Usenet Oracle, a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.
