unicorn
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Is unicorn a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (historical) In various Bible translations, used to render the Latin unicornis or rhinoceros (representing Hebrew רְאֵם): a reem or wild ox.Examples: "God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ſtrength of an Vnicorne: he ſhall eate vp the nations his enemies, and ſhall breake their bones, and pierce them thorow with his arrowes."historical
2. (military) A howitzer.Examples: "The Sixth Inniskilling Dragoons and the First Battalion Royal Scots will be in attendance, and there will be unicorns, carricks, pursuivants, heralds, mace-bearers, ushers, and pages, together with the Purse-bearer, and the Lyon King-of-Arms, and the national anthem, and the royal salute"
3. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.Synonyms: black swan, hen's tooth, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shitslang
4. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.Examples: "But I also think, “They’re looking for a unicorn — a magical designer who can solve all their problems.” It’s too bad unicorns don’t exist. … I have never met a designer who is an expert in all those skill areas. … Even if you find a unicorn designer with all those skills, actually doing all those things at your company is a huge amount of work."; "He believes that good data scientists, “otherwise known as unicorn data scientists,” have three types of expertise."Synonyms: black swan, hen's tooth, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit
5. Someone or something that is rare and hard to find.Examples: "As the price of Web hosting plummeted and PCs and cell phones proliferated, college and grad-school dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page and Sergey Brin could suddenly conjure unicorns on their laptops."; "In May 2016, out of 163 global unicorns, China had 31, with a total valuation of $154 billion or about 26 percent of global unicorn valuation."Synonyms: black swan, hen's tooth, lightning in a bottle, one in a million, rara avis, rare bird, rarity, rocking horse shit
6. (attributive) Being many (especially pastel) colours; multicoloured.Examples: "unicorn smoothies"attributive
verb (English)
1. (slang) To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.Examples: "Katja*, 27, has unicorned on two separate occasions."; "“In Annie’s unicorning, she’s really able to try out other people’s relationships and see how they function from within,” Gillespie tells me."; "“Everyone wants the party, but nobody likes to plan,” explains Vixen Vu, a cam model who has been unicorning since she became sexually active."slang
2. (finance) To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.Examples: "Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO."; "For eager investors looking to score in a future IPO, the eight still-private martech unicorns might be tempting. That list includes Domo, Slack, Sprinklr, Shopify, and EventBrite, all of which have “unicorned,” or surpassed the billion-dollar valuation mark, in the past year or two."; "For instance, at the same time as Intercom was announcing its unicorning moment, a young Dublin tech company called Let's Get Checked (letsgetchecked.com) raised €10m in a funding round."
Definition source: Wiktionary