This page gathers the 4,910 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Politics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 49 of 49: from “whipper-in” to “zule”.
- whipper-in noun One who enforces the discipline of a party, and urges the attendance and support of the members on all necessary occasions.
- whipsaw verb To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
- whisker biscuit noun Alternative letter-case form of Whisker Biscuit.
- whistle-stop verb To make a brief stop on a campaign tour to make a speech or perform some other type of public electioneering.
- white noun The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- white belt noun The lowest rank; beginner level.
- white crane noun Ellipsis of white crane style.
- white heat noun A strategy for economic growth through technological development, especially associated with the government of Harold Wilson.
- white horse noun A soldier who is the child of a minister, high-ranking civil servant or officer, or comes from a highly influential family, who may receive…
- white lives matter phrase A phrase used to protest against "black lives matter" (rally call, political and social movement) mostly by white people, to protect their…
- white nationalist noun A person who believes in white nationalism.
- white paper noun A parliamentary document announcing or proposing a government policy or action.
- white terror noun Coordinated violence committed against (actual or imagined) socialists and their sympathizers.
- whites noun A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.
- whitewall adj Describing a hair cut with a closely cropped back and sides and the hair on the top of the head left longer.
- whitewash verb To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to intentionally hide or…
- who whom phrase Who will defeat or dominate whom? A Bolshevist principle or slogan, urging action against the capitalists.
- widow-maker noun The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.
- wigwag verb To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro.
- wild weasel noun An attack airplane specialized for attacking anti-aircraft defenses (AADs), typically surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites and radar control…
- wildcat adj Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
- wildcatter noun A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
- willy noun A person who is manipulated into serving as a useful agent without knowing it.
- Wilsonian adj Of or relating to US politician Woodrow Wilson or his policies.
- Winchester noun Out of ordinance.
- wind noun The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- wind of a ball noun The condition where a round shot causes internal injury or concussion as it passes, without actually striking the victim.
- windage noun The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
- window noun Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- windscreen noun A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
- windshield noun A lightweight aerodynamic fairing mounted on the nose of an armor-piercing shell to reduce drag and increase range.
- wine mom noun A suburban middle-aged middle-class liberal woman, perceived as unsupportive of male, left-wing or working-class causes.
- wingcuck noun A person with strongly polarized political views; often associated with the alt-right or with socialist or Sanders-style politics
- wingnut noun A person who is or seems odd, eccentric, or crazy; especially, someone with bizarre or extreme political views.
- wingnutty adj Holding extremist views.
- wire cartridge noun An early type of shotgun cartridge that had wire lining in the case to assist concentrating the shot.
- withdraw verb Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- withering away of the state noun The proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.
- Woctor noun A nickname for a U.S. Air Force warrant officer, emphasizing their role as highly trusted technical experts who diagnose and solve complex…
- woke adj Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
- woke mind virus noun Leftist, progressive, or social justice-supporting movements that are perceived by opponents to be fanatical or corrupting society.
- woke mob noun Progressives collectively, seen as a group which exhibits qualities of mob mentality in their thinking and beliefs.
- woke right noun People who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.
- woketopian adj Excessively woke; demanding or reflecting values of social justice to an extreme extent.
- wolfpack noun During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and…
- wolfsangel noun A Z-shaped symbol, reminiscent of the Germanic wolf hook hunting device
- wombat trail noun The rural campaign trail, particularly with reference to the National Party.
- woobie noun A poncho liner.
- woodpecker noun A Type 92 heavy machine gun.
- woods noun For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).
- woolly bear noun An explosive shell that gives out dense smoke when it bursts.
- woolpack noun A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.
- work noun The staging of events to appear as real.
- work the refs verb To manipulate the press to view one's candidate favorably and to report negative stories on one's opponent.
- workie noun Chiefly in the form Workie: a member or supporter of a Working Men's (or Workingmen's) Party, one of a number of political parties…
- working majority noun A majority big enough for the party or faction in power to carry through most of its legislative programme without the risk of…
- workup noun A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation.
- wreath noun An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of…
- wrecking amendment noun An amendment made in bad faith by a legislator who disagrees with the principles of a bill and seeks to make it useless rather than simply…
- wrench verb To disarm an opponent by whirling their blade away.
- wristguard noun A metal band between the stock and the receiver.
- write in noun A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot.
- WTF phrase Initialism of what the fuck.
- X-plane noun Any of a series of experimental aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts.
- yagura noun A high wooden tower in front of a sumo arena from which a yobidashi beats the taiko drum each day before and after each tournament.
- yaguranage noun A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, places his knee against his opponent's inner thigh and drives the leg…
- yardfowl noun A political sycophant.
- yellow adj Related to the Liberal Democrats.
- yellow boy noun A Winchester Model 1866 lever action rifle.
- yellow dog noun Ellipsis of Yellow Dog Democrat.
- Yellow Dog Democrat noun A Democrat, especially a Southern one, who votes a straight party ticket; one who invariably votes for Democratic candidates.
- yessir intj Used to express assent, especially to a male superior.
- yielding parry noun deflecting the incoming attack by maintaining contact with the blade and changing the point of contact between the blades, moving from a…
- yo intj Present! Here!
- yo-yo noun A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up…
- yobidashi noun Any of the functionaries whose tasks include building the dohyo, making announcements, singing the shikona of each rikishi and advising…
- yobimodoshi noun A kimarite in which the attacker first pulls his opponent forward, then suddenly releases his grip and pushes him back and down.
- yobo noun A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute.
- yokozuna noun The highest rank of sumo wrestler, above ozeki; grand champion.
- yorikiri noun A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.
- yuan noun One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China.
- yuck noun Synonym of yearling (“a sophomore at West Point military academy”).
- Yvette noun A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.
- zap verb To kill; to eliminate.
- zero noun A casual misspelling of Zero ("a fighter aircraft operated by Imperial Japan during World War II").
- zero deflection noun The adjustment of a sight, exactly parallel to the axis of the bore of the gun to which it is attached.
- zero point noun The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath…
- zero-length adj Being or relating to a method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be near-vertically launched using rocket motors to rapidly…
- zero-length launching noun A technique in which the first motion of the missile or aircraft removes it from the launcher, typically before the missile fuel or…
- zero-zero adj Pertaining to the ejection of the occupant of an aircraft from a grounded stationary position (i.e. zero altitude and zero airspeed).
- zigzag adj Drunk.
- Zionism noun Jewish nationalism, the movement which supported first the establishment of a Jewish homeland and now supports the continuation of Israel…
- Zionist occupation government noun A government of a Western state secretly or openly controlled by Zionists or Zionist interests.
- zip verb To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.
- zip gun noun A crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
- zipper noun An air patrol carried out at dawn or dusk.
- zipperhead noun A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
- zippo noun A boat, tank, etc. equipped with flamethrowers.
- zombie state noun A country or nation that is entirely dependent on foreign aid or assistance in order to survive.
- zone of action noun A tactical subdivision of a larger area, the responsibility for which is assigned to a tactical unit; generally applied to offensive action.
- zone of fire noun An area into which a designated ground unit or fire support ship delivers, or is prepared to deliver, fire support. Fire may or may not be…
- zoo noun The jungle.
- zoo plane noun An airplane used during a political campaign to transport cameramen, technicians, members of lesser press publications, etc., separate from…
- zoomer noun An eccentric, erratic or crazy person, particularly associated with more extreme supporters of Scottish nationalism.
- zoomie noun A graduate of, or student at, the United States Air Force Academy, USAFA.
- zoomies noun Nontechnical units of radiation, such as are present in a compartment containing or near nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor, or are…
- zoot suit noun Synonym of goon suit (“waterproof rubber suit for pilots”).
- zouave noun a French soldier in the Union army of the Unites States civil war, or a Union soldier in a French soldier's uniform.
- zubuneri noun A kimarite in which the attacker buries his head in the opponent's chest, locks his arm, and spins him down using the head as fulcrum.
- zule noun One of the three stylized pillars (often considered chess rooks) in the canting arms of Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein.