ant

plural ants · alternative ante · alternative ampte

1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

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   The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.

   2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32

   Synonyms: emmet, pismire, antmire, anty-mire

2. InternetA Web spider.

present singular third person ants · participle present anting · participle past anted · past anted · alternative ante · alternative ampte

1. biologyTo rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

   Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.

   1974, Eloise Potter and Doris Hauser, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk, volume 91, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2011, page 538

1. A diminutive of the male given name Anthony, from Latin.
2. A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Bure.
3. The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
4. InternetAnthropic (American artificial intelligence company)

   [Image shows an incoming text: To clarify, when you say "ant" do you mean Anthropic or an actual ant? Screenshotter's reply: Why the fuck would I mean Anthropic here] take me out of sf bro

   [2026 July 17, @boson2photon, X (post), archived from the original on 18 Jul 2026

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   if ant and oai IPO in 2026 there will be no permanent underclass. the IPO of the labs is one of the best things that can happen for average person's economic future* ¶ *unless it's a bubble lol

   2026 June 2, @andersonbcdefg, X (post), archived from the original on 18 Jul 2026

   have heard from a few ppl now who've been rejected by anthropic for not recalling exact syntax ¶ seems absurd at face value but remember Ant has one of the most talent dense applicant pools which permits them to be as absurd or nonsensical as they like & still be no worse off

   2026 June 3, @orphcorp, X (post), archived from the original on 18 Jul 2026

   Synonyms: Anth

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Afghanistan National Television.

plural ANTs

1. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Aids to Navigation Team, as used in the United States Coast Guard.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountableanthropologyAbbreviation of actor–network theory.
3. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountableastronomyAcronym of ambiguous nuclear transient.