tryout
noun
Open tryouts for the team are next Monday.
hoist
verb
Cargo was hoisted up into the ship.
let it hoist to the upper deck
noun
gave him a hoist over the wall
aka
abbreviation of also known as
synchronous
adjective
Libin defines meetings as synchronous discussions with more than three people
asynchronous
adjective
Asynchronous programming is a technique that enables your program to start a potentially long-running task, and then rather than having to wait until that task has finished, to be able to continue to be responsive to other events while the task runs. Once the task is completed, your program is presented with the result.
chirp
verb
The birds were chirping in the trees.
poke
verb
poked her head out of the window
carousel
noun
He loves to ride on the carousel at the park.
the luggage carousel at the airport
torque
noun
an automobile engine delivers torque to the drive shaft
hepatitis
noun
7 cases of severe acute hepatitis reported at Toronto children’s hospital
browser
noun
thaw
verb
The sun will soon thaw the snow and ice.
noun
flooding from the spring thaw
propane
noun
ad hoc
adjective
ad hoc solutions
We had to make some ad hoc changes to the plans.
slate
noun
started with a clean slate
Some school blackboards are made of slate.
The house has a slate roof.
She viewed her students as blank slates, just waiting to be filled with knowledge.
She wishes she could wipe the slate clean and start over in a different career.
jay
noun
scratch
verb
scratch out a living
The dog scratched its ear.
Careful, the cat will scratch.
noun
build a school system from scratch
bake a cake from scratch
controversial
adjective
Abortion is a highly controversial subject.
a decision that remains controversial
a controversial law
kinda
pronunciation spelling
- used for “kind of” in informal speech and in representations of such speech
I feel kinda [=somewhat] tired.
She’s spontaneous, a bundle of fun and kinda wild.
JavaScript is kinda magic
wrap
verb
a reporter wrapped up the mayor’s speech in a few sentences
shot put
javelin
noun
stray
adjective
a stray dog
currant
noun
