English Vocabulary Definition Checker

By Jethro on Sep 21, 2011

This is yet another request by California who wishes to have a formal English definition checker.

The command is once again self-explanatory:

!check OR .check OR @check <word here to check its defintion>
!check jaytea No Search Result Found for "jaytea" !check napa **Definition:** Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery. !check approbation **Definition:** Official approval. !check abstruse **Definition:** Difficult to penetrate. !check food for thought **Definition:** Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking.You can also use a self-trigger !check from your own input using the same command and its prefixes.
on *:sockclose:dict*:{
  tokenize 96 $sock($sockname).mark
  $5 No Search Result Found for $qt($replace($1,+,$chr(32)))
}
on *:sockopen:dict*:{
  tokenize 96 $sock($sockname).mark
  if ($sockerr) { $5 There's an issue for connection! | halt }
  $2 GET $+(/?Query=,$1,&button=Search) $3
  $2 Host: $+($sock($sockname).addr,$str($crlf,2)) | $2 $4
}
on *:input:*: if ($regex($1-,/^[!@.]check( |$)/iS)) dict $2-
on $*:text:/^[!@.]check( |$)/iS:*:{
  if (!$2) { .notice $nick Syntax: !check <Word> }
  elseif (%fc) { .notice $nick You can only check a definition every 3 seconds! }
  else { inc -u3 %fc $+($network,$cid,$wildsite) | dict $2- }
}
alias -l dict {
  var %dict $+(dict,..,$str($ticks,5),..,$cid,..,$network,..,$site)
  $+(sock,$iif($sock(%dict),close,open) %dict freedictionary.org 80)
  sockmark %dict $+($replace($strip($1-),$chr(32),+),`,sockwrite -nt %dict,`,$&
    HTTP/1.0,`,Connection: close,`,$iif($event = input,msg,.msg) $iif(#,#,$nick))
}
on *:sockread:dict*:{
  tokenize 96 $sock($sockname).mark
  if ($sockerr) { $5 There's an issue reading the website! | halt }
  var %dict | sockread %dict
  if ($regex(%dict,/<span class="d(efinition)">(.*)<\/span>/U)) { 
    $5 $+($chr(2),$+(D,$regml(1)),:,$chr(2)) $+($regsubex($right($regml(2),$&
      -1),/^(.)/,$upper(\1)),.) | sockclose $sockname
  }
}

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dma   -  Dec 10, 2015

still works in 2015 im back in the furture

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alabama   -  Oct 16, 2011

Apparently someone lowered it out of spite.

So if you gave me a 9, someone would have to score me a 1 or 2 to lower my overall rating. Whoever scored people's snippets badly without a reason why is simply a lame duck. I can easily guess who did it, but I won't mention "him" to divulge his childish act. I know I deserve much better than that son of a gun.

i gave it a 10

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Pangaea   -  Oct 07, 2011

heh, yea i do worry myself sometimes

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jaytea   -  Oct 07, 2011

well it's a good thing we're 5 years and 25 versions past 6.2 ;) otherwise, yes, that would be a real worry.

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Pangaea   -  Oct 07, 2011

dont think this will work with 6.2

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irchainscriptz   -  Sep 23, 2011

Nice snippet jethro!!

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blackvenomm666   -  Sep 23, 2011

its no problem jethro we all know you don't deserve a score like that

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x1L22   -  Sep 23, 2011

Thank youuu Excellent

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Jethro   -  Sep 23, 2011

Thank you all again for bumping up my score rating after someone's lame attempt to make it look bad.

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napa182   -  Sep 23, 2011

You are welcome Jethro.

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Jethro   -  Sep 22, 2011

Yes, it's for a good laugh is all. Of course, napa can mean a number of things. This script has been made to merely fetch the first, single result relevant to the definition you're checking.

And thank you, napa182.

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napa182   -  Sep 22, 2011

lol @ SunnyD
an nice lil socket Jethro 9/10 +Like

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Sorasyn   -  Sep 22, 2011

Note to self: Napa is a plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.

Haha that was a good laugh. :P

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Jethro   -  Sep 22, 2011

Thank you all for your kind and generous support toward my work.

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GrimReaper   -  Sep 22, 2011

Nice snippet Jethro_, Nice output and everything.. Gave a Like and 10 rating because the score as it was, Was not good enough imo, Someone being jealous and lowering the score like that is well out of order..

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blackvenomm666   -  Sep 22, 2011

yes yes dean can be a bit juevenile can't he? haha nicely done jeth +like and i'll boost your score for ya specially since it was lowered out of jealousy

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Jethro   -  Sep 22, 2011

Apparently someone lowered it out of spite.

So if you gave me a 9, someone would have to score me a 1 or 2 to lower my overall rating. Whoever scored people's snippets badly without a reason why is simply a lame duck. I can easily guess who did it, but I won't mention "him" to divulge his childish act. I know I deserve much better than that son of a gun.

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chachin   -  Sep 22, 2011

thanks.. another great snippet from the great Jethro 9/10 :D

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alabama   -  Sep 22, 2011

cool

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Jethro   -  Sep 21, 2011

I've edited a minor oversight.

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