New words list December 2016

List of new word entries

In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:

New words 
New sub-entries
New senses

New word entries

• Bama, n. and adj.
• bilat, adj. and n.
• bralette, n.
• Brexit, n.
• brook, n.2
• brook, v.2
• browsability, n.
• browsable, adj.
• browzy, adj.
• brr-brr, int.
• bru, n.
• brubru, n.
• Brucella, n.
• bruchid, n.
• bruck, n.
• Brucknerian, adj. and n.
• Bruegelesque, adj.
• Bruegelian, adj.
• bruery, n.
• bruisingly, adv.
• bruisy, adj.
• bruiting, n.
• bruja, n.
• brujería, n.
• brujo, n.
• brulé, n.
• brum, int. and n.2
• brumation, n.
• bruncheon, n.
• bruncher, n.
• brunchtime, n.
• brunchy, n. and adj.
• Bruneian, n. and adj.
• Brunello di Montalcino, n.
• brunello, n.
• Brunfelsia, n.
• Brunnera, n.
• brunoise, n.
• brusar, n.
• close out, n.
• cross-step, n.
• cross-step, v.
• cross-stepping, n.
• da kine, n.
• defamatorily, adv.
• defang, v.
• defanged, adj.
• defatigate, adj.
• defaunate, v.
• defaunated, adj.
• defaunation, n.
• Defcon, n.
• defeasance, v.
• defease, n.
• defeather, v.
• defeathered, adj.
• defeathering, n.
• defecatory, adj.
• defectability, n.
• defecting, adj.
• defederalization, n.
• defederalize, v.
• defencing | defensing, adj.
• defensin, n.
• defensor civitatis, n.
• downed, adj.1
• ekphrastic, adj.
• exampling, n.
• exemplificatory, adj.
• exemplifying, adj.
• exemplifying, n.
• exemplum virtutis, n.
• findability, n.
• finderscope, n.
• finger cot, n.
• finger jam, n.
• finger point, n.
• finger pointer, n.
• finger-point, v.
• finger-pointing, adj.
• finger-stool, n.
• fingertip, v.
• frontside, n., adj., and adv.
• fulcrum, v.
• Fulfulde, n. and adj.
• fulghter, n.
• fulgurating, n.
• full load, n. and adj.
• full spread, n. and adj.2
• fulled, adj.1
• fulleride, n.
• fullerite, n.
• full-fat, adj.
• full-metal-jacket, adj. and n.
• full-metal-jacketed, adj.
• full-scale, adj.
• full-service, adj. and n.
• fulvic, adj.
• glam-ma, n.
• go bag, n.
• goaler, n.
• goalside, n., adv., and adj.
• gob, v.3
• gobbin, n.1
• gobby, adj.
• gobful, n.
• goblet, n.3
• gobo, n.1
• gobsmacking, adj.
• gochujang, n.
• Grexit, n.
• grom, n.
• gub, v.
• haakdoring, n.
• hack boat, n.2
• hack job, n.
• hack, n.7
• hackability, n.
• hackable, adj.
• hackathon, n.
• hackboat, n.1
• hackbrett, n.
• hackbut of crochet, n.
• hackdom, n.
• hackery, n.2
• hackfest, n.
• hackish, adj.1
• hackish, adj.2
• hackit, adj.
• hackleback, n.
• hackled, adj.1
• hackney cab, n.
• hacksaw, v.
• hacksilver, n.
• heaty, adj.
• hookthorn, n.
• Livian, adj.
• livity, n.
• livor mortis, n.
• livre d’artiste, n.
• lixival, adj.
• macking, adj.
• mini-mal, n.
• O-line, n.
• out-strategize, v.
• paddleboarding, n.
• rag-doll, v.
• sack-back, n. and adj.
• sefte, adj.
• sensi, n.
• sensibilization, n.
• serve and volley, adj. and n.
• shaka, int. and n.
• sinfull, n.
• soft corn, n.1
• soft kill, n.
• soft launch, v.
• soft release, n.
• softballer, n.
• softphone, n.
• softscape, n.
• softscaping, n.
• stratifying, adj.
• Stratocaster, n.
• stratum corneum, n.
• stratum super stratum, adv. and n.
• telecentre | telecenter, n.
• telecoil, n.
• teleconference, v.
• telecopter, n.
• telefax, v.
• teleiotic, adj.
• telemarking, n.
• teleoperate, v.
• telephone card, n.
• teleporter, n.
• Telescopium, n.
• telestrator, n.
• televiser, n.
• televisibility, n.
• tombstone, v.
• tombstoning, adj.
• tombstoning, n.
• touch dance, n.
• touch-proof, adj.
• truck, n.3
• verklempt, adj.
• window band, n.2
• wobbleboard, n.
• YouTuber, n.

New sub-entries

• at full belt
• barrel roll
• beach cruiser
• board rider
• board shaper
• bridal shower
• browse line
• browser-based
• browsing history
• Brunonianism
• Bruges Group
• bruise-coloured
• bruisewater
• Brummagemized
• Brunswick-black
• command central
• competitive examinationist
• critical period
• dawn patrol
• defeasibly
• defeatedly
• defect-free
• defence attorney
• defence counsel
• defence department
• defence lawyer
• defence secretary
• defence-splitting
• defence-splitting pass
• defensive back
• defensive coordinator
• defensive driving
• defensive end
• defensive lineman
• defensive tackle
• dick pic
• direct examination
• drop goal
• drop-kicker
• duck dive
• duck-dive
• duck-diving
• Birminghamizing
• bruisedness
• gobsmackingly
• hackerdom
• telemarker
• televisional
• window-like
• full-heartedness
• telegenically
• telekinetically
• teleonomically
• touchy-feeliness
• Eskimo roll
• exam board
• exam conditions
• exam question
• exam result
• examination board
• examination result
• examining board
• examining room
• examining table
• example sentence
• finder’s fee
• finding aid
• finding dog
• finger cherry
• finger chip
• finger lime
• finger neb
• finger prick
• finger puppet
• finger sandwich
• finger tap
• finger weaving
• finger-beam
• finger-click
• finger-comb
• finger-combed
• finger-fuck
• fingermeal
• finger-pop
• fingerprint recognition
• fingerprint region
• fingerspell
• fingerspelling
• fingertip save
• finger-wag
• found money
• freak dance
• freak dance
• fulfillable
• full belt
• full bleed
• full disclosure
• full English
• full English breakfast
• full gainer
• full lock
• full name
• full powers
• full professorship
• full suit
• full-bearded
• full-bred
• full-colour
• full-court
• full-centred
• full-throatedly
• fullended
• full-fat milk
• full-frame
• fulling mallet
• full-line
• full-motion
• full-packed
• full-service broker
• full-service brokerage
• full-spectrum
• full-suspension
• full-tank
• full-text
• full-thickness
• full-throttle
• full-tusked
• full-voice
• fully-automatic
• fully-clothed
• fully-equipped
• fully-fitted
• fully-formed
• fully-grown
• fully-trained
• fulvic acid
• glass harmonica
• goal celebration
• goal chance
• goal circle
• goal judge
• goal setting
• goal third
• goal-driven
• goal-hanger
• goal-line technology
• goalminder
• goal-orientated
• goal-poacher
• goalscoring
• goat herder
• goat keeper
• goat leaf
• goat meat
• goat whey
• goat’s cheese
• goat’s path
• goat’s whey
• goat’s willow
• goat-getter
• goatgrass
• goaving
• gob feeder
• Gobelin carpet
• goblet drum
• goblin shark
• hack pack
• hackerproof
• hackerspace
• hacking hammer
• hackit-faced
• hackle-raising
• hack-proof
• hairy goat
• impact zone
• inside break
• least finger
• living bread
• living donation
• living donor
• living flame
• living hell
• living history
• living history museum
• living history re-enactment
• living proof
• living quarters
• living statue
• living stone
• living treasure
• living trust
• sense memory
• sense of proportion
• sense of purpose
• sense of reality
• sense of self
• sense-making
• sensible energy
• sensible experience
• sensible soul
• sensitive joint vetch
• sensitivity analysis
• sensor array
• sensory garden
• sensory impairment
• sensory receptor
• sensory world
• shortboard revolution
• Siberian Express
• single-fin
• six-yard area
• six-yard box
• soft belly
• soft box
• soft cheese
• soft coke
• soft commission
• soft condensed matter
• soft dollars
• soft error
• soft hammer
• soft hyphen
• soft key
• soft lead
• soft matter
• soft mutation
• soft nose
• soft pine
• soft sign
• soft taco
• soft target
• soft tennis
• soft toss
• soft wall
• soft-shoeing
• soft-hued
• soft-play
• soft-play area
• soft-point
• soft-ripened
• soft-roader
• soft-sided
• soft-textured
• softwood cutting
• squaretail
• stand-up paddle surfing
• Strasbourg Parliament
• strass glass
• strata peat
• strategy document
• strategy game
• Strathspey dance
• Strathspey reel
• stratified medicine
• stratified random sampling
• SUP
• SUPing
• telearchics
• teleaxial
• telebusiness
• telecardiogram
• telecare
• teledemocracy
• teledensity
• tele-education
• teleflasher
• telegraph company
• telegraph operator
• telehealth
• tele-hood
• telejournalism
• teleological argument
• Teleosaurus
• telephone answerer
• telephone company
• telephone counselling
• telephone engineer
• telephone equipment
• telephone handset
• telephone helpline
• telephone hotline
• telephone interview
• telephone link
• telephone manner
• telephone network
• telephone pole
• telephone poll
• telephone sales
• telephone service
• telephone switchboard
• telephone system
• telephone tapper
• telephone voice
• telepic
• telepoint compass
• telescope goldfish
• telescope mirror
• telescope mount
• telescopic handler
• telescopic lens
• teleseismology
• telestereograph
• telesurgery
• television acting
• television actor
• television actress
• television advertisement
• television advertising
• television age
• television broadcaster
• television cameraman
• television celebrity
• television comedian
• television comedy
• television commentator
• television company
• television documentary
• television executive
• television guide
• television industry
• television journalism
• television monitor
• television movie
• television presenter
• television production
• television programming
• television ratings
• television reception
• television rights
• television schedule
• television script
• television special
• television writer
• televisuality
• telewriting
• to be a living proof of
• to be a living proof that
• to be living proof of
• to be living proof of (<r>also</r> that)
• to be living proof that
• to be the (<r>also</r> a) living proof of (<r>also</r> that)
• to be the living proof of
• to be the living proof that
• to close out
• to find out
• to hack around
• to hack up
• to touch in
• to touch off
• to touch out
• touch foul
• touch method
• touch organ
• touch paralysis
• touch system
• touch therapy
• touch typewriting
• touchdown pass
• touch-dry
• touch-in-goal line
• touch-tag
• touchtone phone
• touchtone telephone
• tow-in
• tow-in surfer
• tow-in surfing
• tri-fin
• try at goal
• try line
• turtle roll
• TV acting
• TV actor
• TV actress
• TV ad
• TV advert
• TV advertisement
• TV advertising
• TV age
• TV broadcast
• TV broadcaster
• TV broadcasting
• TV cameraman
• TV celebrity
• TV chef
• TV comedian
• TV comedy
• TV commentator
• TV coverage
• TV critic
• TV documentary
• TV drama
• TV engineer
• TV executive
• TV frequency
• TV guide
• TV industry
• TV interview
• TV journalism
• TV journalist
• TV lounge
• TV magazine
• TV monitor
• TV news
• TV picture
• TV presenter
• TV producer
• TV production
• TV programming
• TV pundit
• TV ratings
• TV reception
• TV region
• TV reporter
• TV rights
• TV schedule
• TV script
• TV serial
• TV set
• TV signal
• TV special
• TV spot
• TV star
• TV transmission
• TV transmitter
• TV van
• TV writer
• twin-fin
• under exam conditions
• window casing
• window cleaning
• window cling
• window guard
• window lock
• window manager
• woad ball
• woady
• wobble-energy
• wobbler syndrome
• woe-monger
• wogball

New senses

• balconette, n.
• barrel, n.
• barrel, v.
• blow, n.1
• bomb, n.
• bootee, n.
• bootee, n.
• bowl, n.1
• break, n.1
• break, n.1
• carve, v.
• catch, v.
• corduroy, n. and adj.
• cruiser, n.
• dart, n.
• down, v.2
• down, adv.
• fin, n.1
• floater, n.
• freak, n.1
• fumble, v.
• glass, n.1
• glass, v.
• golliwog, n.
• ground, v.
• hairy, adj. and n.
• hold-down, n.
• inside, n., adj., adv., and prep.
• inside, n., adj., adv., and prep.
• kicker, n.
• lesson, n.
• line-up, n.
• lip, n.
• shape, v.
• shaper, n.
• snake, v.1
• stand-up, adj. and n.
• swallow-tail | swallowtail, n.
• try, n.
• try, n.
• turtle, n.2
• upstander, n.
• walled, adj.1
• zombie, n.