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moose
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mo?os, IPA(key): /mu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Homophone: mousse
Etymology 1
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
Noun
moose (plural moose or (dated, rare) mooses or (non-standard, jocular) meese)
- (US, Canada) The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
- (informal) An ugly person.
Usage notes
- The usual plural of moose is moose; compare the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant. Other plurals are rare and non-standard: mooses (with the usual English plural-forming suffix -s) and meese (jocularly formed by analogy to goose ? geese).
Synonyms
- (largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus)): elk (British), Newfoundland speed bump (Canadian, humorous)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Irish: mús
- ? Khmer: ????? (muuhs??)
- ? Korean: ?? (museu)
- ? Persian: ???? (mus)
- ? Arabic: ????? (m??)
- ? Thai: ??? (múus)
- Thai: ??????? (gwaang-mûut)
Translations
See also
- moose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Japanese ??? (“girl”).
Noun
moose
- (US, military, slang) An Asian girl taken as a lover.
- 2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree (page 279)
- In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.
- 2011, Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific (page 75)
- Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a 'Moose' and still take care of his other obligations.
- 2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree (page 279)
References
Ojibwe
Noun
moose (plural mooseg)
- worm
- caterpillar
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English mous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mus]
Noun
moose (plural mice)
- mouse
moose From the web:
- what moose eat
- what moose look like
- what moose meat taste like
- what moose sound like
- what moose eat in winter
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butter
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b??t?r, IPA(key): /?b?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b?t??]
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b???]
- (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b???], /?b?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /?b?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: but?ter
Etymology 1
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buter?, from Latin b?t?rum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (boút?ron, “cow cheese”), compound of ???? (boûs, “ox, cow”) and ????? (t?rós, “cheese”).
Noun
butter (usually uncountable, plural butters)
- A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it).
- (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance.
- (aviation, slang) A smooth plane landing.
Derived terms
Related terms
- butterfly
- butter-ham
Translations
Verb
butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered)
- (transitive) To spread butter on.
- To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow.
- (slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- butyraceous
- ghee
Etymology 2
butt +? -er
Noun
butter (plural butters)
- Someone who butts, or who butts in.
- 2005, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (page 156)
- […] these animals lacked self-correcting mechanisms of the kind seen in modern head-butters such as goats and big-horn sheep that would have kept the tremendous forces aligned with the rest of the skeleton.
- 2005, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (page 156)
Etymology 3
Derived from the aviation slang term
Adjective
butter (comparative more butter, superlative most butter)
- Very smooth, very soft
- That landing was total butter!
French
Etymology
From butte.
Verb
butter
- to heap
Conjugation
Further reading
- “butter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Verb
butter
- inflection of buttern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Noun
butter
- Alternative form of buter
Swedish
Adjective
butter (comparative buttrare, superlative buttrast)
- grumpy
Declension
Anagrams
- brutet, buttre
West Flemish
Noun
butter ?
- Alternative form of beuter
butter From the web:
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- what butter is good for you
- what butterflies are poisonous
- what butter is good for keto
- what butter to use for baking
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- what butter to use for crab legs
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