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.
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buffet car in CommonParlance
- definition a passenger car where food is served in transit
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buffeted in CommonParlance
- definition pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
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buffeting in CommonParlance
- definition repeated heavy blows
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buffing wheel in CommonParlance
- definition a wheel that is covered with soft material
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bufflehead in CommonParlance
- definition small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
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buffoon in CommonParlance
- definition a rude or vulgar fool
- definition a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
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buffoonery in CommonParlance
- definition acting like a clown or buffoon
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buffoonish in CommonParlance
- definition like a clown
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bufo in CommonParlance
- definition any toad of the genus Bufo
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bug in CommonParlance
- definition general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- definition a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- definition a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
- definition insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- definition a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
- definition annoy persistently
- definition tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
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bug out in CommonParlance
- definition bulge outward
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bug-hunter in CommonParlance
- definition a zoologist who studies insects
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bugaboo in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- definition a source of concern
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bugbane in CommonParlance
- definition North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
- definition a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
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bugbear in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- definition an object of dread or apprehension
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bugged in CommonParlance
- definition having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices
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bugger in CommonParlance
- definition someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
- definition practice anal sex upon
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bugger all in CommonParlance
- definition little or nothing at all
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bugger off in CommonParlance
- definition leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
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buggery in CommonParlance
- definition intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
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bugginess in CommonParlance
- definition the state of having bugs
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buggy in CommonParlance
- definition informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- definition infested with bugs
- definition a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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buggy whip in CommonParlance
- definition a horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy
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bugle in CommonParlance
- definition a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- definition any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
- definition a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
- definition play on a bugle
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bugle call in CommonParlance
- definition a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle