CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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bubbling in CommonParlance
- definition emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
- definition marked by high spirits or excitement
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bubbly in CommonParlance
- definition emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
- definition full of or showing high spirits
- definition a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there
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bubo in CommonParlance
- definition a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
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bubonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or evidencing buboes
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bubonic plague in CommonParlance
- definition the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
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buccal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or toward the cheek
- definition of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
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buccal artery in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies blood to the buccinator muscle and the cheek
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buccal cavity in CommonParlance
- definition the cavity between the jaws and the cheeks
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buccaneer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- definition live like a buccaneer
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buccaneering in CommonParlance
- definition hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
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buccinator muscle in CommonParlance
- definition a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth
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buccula in CommonParlance
- definition a fold of fatty tissue under the chin
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buck in CommonParlance
- definition a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- definition a piece of paper money worth one dollar
- definition a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- definition mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- definition to strive with determination
- definition resist
- definition move quickly and violently
- definition jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
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buck fever in CommonParlance
- definition nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter
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buck private in CommonParlance
- definition an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
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buck sergeant in CommonParlance
- definition a sergeant of the lowest rank in the military
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buck up in CommonParlance
- definition gain courage
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buck's fizz in CommonParlance
- definition a mixed drink containing champagne and orange juice
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buck-and-wing in CommonParlance
- definition a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps
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buck-toothed in CommonParlance
- definition having protruding upper front teeth
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buckaroo in CommonParlance
- definition local names for a cowboy (‘vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and ‘buckaroo’ is used especially in California)
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buckbean in CommonParlance
- definition perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
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buckboard in CommonParlance
- definition an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles
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bucked up in CommonParlance
- definition inspired with confidence
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buckeroo in CommonParlance
- definition local names for a cowboy (‘vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and ‘buckaroo’ is used especially in California)