hadith (noun)§
Arabic
Arabic
A collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad which, with accounts of his daily practice, the Sunna, constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran. One of the sayings from the Hadith. (NOA)
A report of the sayings or actions of Muhammad or his companions, together with the tradition of its chain of transmission. The collective body of these traditions. (AHD)
A narrative record of the sayings or customs of Muhammad and his companions. The collective body of traditions relating to Muhammad and his companions. (MW)
EB: Corpus of the sayings or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, revered by Muslims as a major source of religious law and moral guidance. It comprises many reports of varying length and authenticity. The individual reports are also called hadith. For Muslims, hadiths are among the sources through which they come to understand the practice of Muhammad. As such, they constitute an important source, second only to the Koran, for law, ritual, and creed. (EB)
See: sunna
halal (adjective)§
Arabic
halal (adjective)§
Arabic
Sanctioned by Islamic law; especially ritually fit for use. Selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law. (MW)
Denoting or relating to meat prepared as prescribed by Muslim law. Religiously acceptable according to Muslim law. (NOA)
In Islam, any act or object sanctioned by Islamic law. Although the term may be broadly applied to virtually any activity or object, it is used especially to refer to dietary restrictions. (EB)
Denoting or relating to meat prepared as prescribed by Muslim law. Religiously acceptable according to Muslim law. (NOA)
In Islam, any act or object sanctioned by Islamic law. Although the term may be broadly applied to virtually any activity or object, it is used especially to refer to dietary restrictions. (EB)
Of food, places where food is sold, etc., correct according to Islamic law, for example following rules relating to the way animals are killed for meat, and how food is prepared or kept. Of an activity, a business, etc., allowed and correct according to Islamic law. (CD)
Conforming to dietary laws. Proper or legitimate. Food that's halal is allowed under the religious laws of Islam. It is especially important for observant Muslims to eat only halal meat that's been prepared in a certain way. The adjective halal can describe non-food items and also allowable or proper behavior. As a noun, meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah. (VC)
See: haram, sharia
halfpace (noun)§
A landing of a staircase like a broad step between two half flights. (MW)
halfpace (noun)§
A landing of a staircase like a broad step between two half flights. (MW)
A landing at the top of a flight of stairs before the stairs turn and ascend in the opposite direction. (CDC)
A platform of a staircase where the stairs turn back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. (WUD)
See: quarterpace
ham-handed or ham-fisted (adjective)§
Doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people. (CD)
A platform of a staircase where the stairs turn back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. (WUD)
See: quarterpace
ham-handed or ham-fisted (adjective)§
Doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people. (CD)
Clumsy, graceless, or tactless; inept; heavy-handed. Lacking dexterity or elegance. Approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings. (CDC)
Lacking dexterity or grace; heavy-handed. (MW)
Lacking dexterity or grace; heavy-handed. (MW)
Lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy. Lacking social grace or tact. (AHD)
Clumsy or bungling. (NOA)
haram (adjective)§
Arabic
Clumsy or bungling. (NOA)
haram (adjective)§
Arabic
Opposite of halal. Haram refers to any act or object expressly proscribed in the Koran and the hadith. Proscription must be explicit for classification as haram. (EB)
See: halal, sharia
head of house (noun)§
The principal of a college at the University of Oxford or Cambridge. The most senior pupil of a boarding house in a school; the teacher responsible for the welfare and development of the pupils in such a house. (OD)
head of house (noun)§
The principal of a college at the University of Oxford or Cambridge. The most senior pupil of a boarding house in a school; the teacher responsible for the welfare and development of the pupils in such a house. (OD)
A pastoral role in those secondary schools which operate a house system. The teacher who is appointed head of house has pastoral (general well-being) responsibility for all pupils in that house. (Oxford Dictionary of Education)
heat (noun)§
heat (noun)§
Metallurgy
A single operation of heating something, especially metal in a furnace. (NOA)
A single complete operation of making something warm or hot. Also, the quantity of material so heated. (MW)
A single complete operation of making something warm or hot. Also, the quantity of material so heated. (MW)
A single heating of metal, ore, etc. in a furnace or forge. The amount processed in a single heating. (CDC)
Example: A heat of steel.
heavy hitter (noun)§
An important or powerful person. (OD)
Example: A heat of steel.
heavy hitter (noun)§
An important or powerful person. (OD)
One that is important or influential. (AHD)
A very important or influential person. (CDC)
Big shot. (MW)
A person or company that has a lot of power, especially in business or politics. A person or organization with a lot of influence or power. (LDOCE)
Big shot. (MW)
A person or company that has a lot of power, especially in business or politics. A person or organization with a lot of influence or power. (LDOCE)
Someone or something that is very powerful or successful. A person or company that is very well known and has a lot of influence, or a product that is very successful. (CD)
hebdomad (noun)§
A group of seven; a period of seven days; week. (MW)
hebdomad (noun)§
A group of seven; a period of seven days; week. (MW)
Any period of seven consecutive days. (VC)
A week; a period of seven days. (WUD)
hebdomadal (adjective)§
Weekly, used especially of organizations which meet weekly. (NOA)
Happening or appearing once a week. (CD)
Of or occurring every seven days. (VC)
Weekly. (AHD)
Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly. (WUD)
hebetude (noun)§
The state of being dull or lethargic. (NOA)
The condition or state of being blunt or dull; dullness, bluntness, obtuseness, lethargy. (OED)
Dullness of mind; mental lethargy. The state of being dull or enervated. (WN)
Dullness of mind; mental lethargy. (AHD)
hegemony (noun; political science)§
Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others. (NOA)
Preponderant influence or authority over others; domination. The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group. (MW)
OED: Political, economic, or military predominance or leadership, esp. by one member of a confederacy or union over other states. An instance of this; a state, etc., having a position of political, economic, or military predominance over others. Social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu, or by a particular set of social or cultural ideas, way of doing things, or item, especially to the exclusion of others. A predominant social or cultural group; a group or regime which exerts undue influence within a society, especially through conditioned consent or the repression of dissent. (OED)
EB: The dominance of one group over another, often supported by legitimating norms and ideas. The term hegemony is today often used as shorthand to describe the relatively dominant position of a particular set of ideas and their associated tendency to become commonsensical and intuitive, thereby inhibiting the dissemination or even the articulation of alternative ideas. (EB)
hegemon (noun): The actor, group, class, or state that exercises hegemonic power or that is responsible for the dissemination of hegemonic ideas. (EB)
hegemonic (adjective)
hiemal (adjective)§
Of, characteristic of, or occurring in winter. (OD)
Of or relating to winter; wintry. (MW)
A less common word for hibernal. Of or pertaining to winter; wintry. (CDC)
A week; a period of seven days. (WUD)
hebdomadal (adjective)§
Weekly, used especially of organizations which meet weekly. (NOA)
Happening or appearing once a week. (CD)
Of or occurring every seven days. (VC)
Weekly. (AHD)
Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly. (WUD)
hebetude (noun)§
The state of being dull or lethargic. (NOA)
The condition or state of being blunt or dull; dullness, bluntness, obtuseness, lethargy. (OED)
Dullness of mind; mental lethargy. The state of being dull or enervated. (WN)
Dullness of mind; mental lethargy. (AHD)
hegemony (noun; political science)§
Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others. (NOA)
Preponderant influence or authority over others; domination. The social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group. (MW)
OED: Political, economic, or military predominance or leadership, esp. by one member of a confederacy or union over other states. An instance of this; a state, etc., having a position of political, economic, or military predominance over others. Social or cultural predominance or ascendancy; predominance by one group within a society or milieu, or by a particular set of social or cultural ideas, way of doing things, or item, especially to the exclusion of others. A predominant social or cultural group; a group or regime which exerts undue influence within a society, especially through conditioned consent or the repression of dissent. (OED)
EB: The dominance of one group over another, often supported by legitimating norms and ideas. The term hegemony is today often used as shorthand to describe the relatively dominant position of a particular set of ideas and their associated tendency to become commonsensical and intuitive, thereby inhibiting the dissemination or even the articulation of alternative ideas. (EB)
hegemon (noun): The actor, group, class, or state that exercises hegemonic power or that is responsible for the dissemination of hegemonic ideas. (EB)
hegemonic (adjective)
hiemal (adjective)§
Of, characteristic of, or occurring in winter. (OD)
Of or relating to winter; wintry. (MW)
A less common word for hibernal. Of or pertaining to winter; wintry. (CDC)
See: brumal (winter), vernal (spring), estival (summer)
hobbledehoy (noun)§
An awkward gawky youth. (MW)
A gawky adolescent boy. (AHD)
A clumsy or awkward youth. (NOA)
hobbledehoy (noun)§
An awkward gawky youth. (MW)
A gawky adolescent boy. (AHD)
A clumsy or awkward youth. (NOA)
An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy. (VC)
A clumsy or bad-mannered youth. A boy or adolescent youth, especially one who is awkward and gawky. An awkward, ungainly youth. (CDC)
hokey (adjective)§
Mawkishly sentimental; noticeably contrived. (NOA)
Corny; obviously contrived; phony. (MW)
A clumsy or bad-mannered youth. A boy or adolescent youth, especially one who is awkward and gawky. An awkward, ungainly youth. (CDC)
hokey (adjective)§
Mawkishly sentimental; noticeably contrived. (NOA)
Corny; obviously contrived; phony. (MW)
Mawkishly sentimental; corny. Noticeably contrived; artificial. (AHD)
Too emotional or artificial and therefore difficult to believe. (CD)
Very sentimental or emotional. Artificially formal. Silly and sentimental; you could also call it sappy or mawkish. A hokey speech is more likely to make people roll their eyes and squirm than to make them cry. When something is hokey, there's a hint of insincerity. (VC)
holding space or hold space (verb)§
Grok:
Term often used in emotional, psychological, and interpersonal contexts. It refers to the act of being fully present with someone, providing them with a safe, non-judgmental, and supportive environment where they can feel their emotions, express themselves, or work through their thoughts and experiences without any pressure to change or fix what they are feeling or going through. Holding space is particularly emphasized in therapy, counseling, and support groups, but it's also valuable in personal relationships, friendships, and even in leadership or educational settings. It's about creating an atmosphere where someone feels seen, heard, and understood, which can be incredibly healing or empowering. (Grok)
Pretentious idiom for being, or at least acting, empathetic. The term seems to be used by touchy-feely types to signal their superior empathy. (RM)
Note: For what it's worth, here is the genesis of this idea; I do not really have a problem with the idea itself. However, like virtue signaling, people use this term to signal their own superior empathy, which may or may not be authentic. But hey, they know the current lingo. Performative jargon is no guarantee of superior anything.
See: performative jargon
holograph (noun)§
Handwritten book or document. (VC)
A manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author. (NOA)
A document wholly in the handwriting of its author. (MW)
A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears. (AHD)
holographic (adjective), as in holographic will.
hooch (noun)§
hooch (noun)§
Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whiskey. (NOA)
Alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained. (MW)
Alcoholic liquor, spirits, especially of low quality or illegal provenance. (OED)
Alcoholic liquor, spirits, especially of low quality or illegal provenance. (OED)
Illicitly distilled liquor, often made from surprisingly unorthodox ingredients. Alcohol, liquor. Any inferior alcoholic drink (especially whisky). Etymology: Hoochinoo, an alcoholic liquor made by Alaskan Indians, especially the Hoochinoo people. (Green's)
See: plonkhudud (noun)§
Arabic
The set of laws and punishments specified by Allah in the Koran. (CDC)
Islamic laws stating the limits ordained by Allah and including the deterrent punishments for serious crimes. (VC)
In Islam, mandated punishments under shariah.
(Robert Spencer, Hudud, the Punishments Mandated in Islamic Law, JihadWatch.org, 2016)
See: sharia
humblebrag (verb and noun)§
verb:
(Robert Spencer, Hudud, the Punishments Mandated in Islamic Law, JihadWatch.org, 2016)
See: sharia
humblebrag (verb and noun)§
verb:
To make an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud. (NOA)
To make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements. (MW)
To make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements. (MW)
To let people know about something you are very proud of in a way that makes it appear as if you are complaining or embarrassed. (CD)
Say or write something that appears to be modest or critical of yourself, but is actually a way of boasting about your own success. (CDC)
noun:
An ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud. (NOA)
A superficially modest or self-deprecating statement that is clearly intended to impress others. (AHD)
Something you say which appears as if you are complaining or embarrassed, but is really a way of telling people about something that you are very proud of. (CD)
A statement that purports to be self-effacing but in fact reveals a person's wealth or importance. (CDC)