Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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bootleg

/ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ verb, noun, adjective

Forms bootlegs bootlegging bootlegged

  1. verb (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.
  2. verb (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor. “In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.”
  3. verb (ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product. “In the 1990s, Grandpa used to bootleg under some sort of Robin-Hood-esque notion.”
  4. verb (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To operate a mine illicitly. “In the 1930s, Grandpa used to bootleg to make ends meet.”
  5. noun The part of a boot that is above the instep.
  6. noun An illegally produced, transported, or sold product. “He thinks he can cross this border with bootleg and get away with it. I doubt he's right. Maybe years ago, but not nowadays.”
  7. noun (music) An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert. “Years ago I heard a fantastic bootleg of that song. It was my favorite rendition.”
  8. noun (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
  9. noun (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
  10. adjective Illegally produced, transported, or sold.
  11. adjective Being an inferior imitation of something, possibly a counterfeit. “bootleg coffee”

Synonyms

contraband pirated ersatz moonshine corn liquor black black-market smuggled

Etymology

From boot + leg. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “bootleg”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details