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"bubblehead":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a foolish or stupid person"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cched"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a murder mystery so obvious that even bubbleheads need not tax their brains"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1917, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204153"
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},
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"bubkes":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the least amount : beans",
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": nothing"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259p-k\u0259s",
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"\u02c8bu\u0307p-"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beans",
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"continental",
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"damn",
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"darn",
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"durn",
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"diddly",
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"diddly-squat",
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"doodley-squat",
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"doodly-squat",
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"fig",
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"ghost",
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"hoot",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"lick",
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"modicum",
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"rap",
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"squat",
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"syllable",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"whoop"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish (probably short for kozebubkes , literally, goat droppings), plural of bubke, bobke , diminutive of bub, bob bean, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish b\u00f3b bean",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1937, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223807"
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},
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"buccaneer":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"intransitive verb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies",
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": pirate",
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": an unscrupulous adventurer especially in politics or business",
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": pirate"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8nir",
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"\u02ccb\u0259-k\u0259-\u02c8nir"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"corsair",
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"freebooter",
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"pirate",
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"rover"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"buccaneers who preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The bright red metal canister and buccaneer -esque design bring to mind pirates and adventure. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"By this time, a fourth New Orleans buccaneer had joined the team of Harris p\u00e8re et fils and Theriot\u2014David Schatz, a former railroad diesel mechanic who now heads operations at Whinstone. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"After trading in his comfortable life for one of a buccaneer , Stede becomes captain of a pirate ship, but struggles to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Her father was a son of Sam Lord, a notorious Barbadian buccaneer who died in 1844, relatives said. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"In 1760, Jacques Kanon, a buccaneer , bought the estate and gave his name for luck and prosperity. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
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"Don\u2019t miss your opportunity to talk and dress like a real buccaneer as International Talk Like a Pirate Day comes but once a year. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Sep. 2021",
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"Or Joseph Duveen, the eccentric buccaneer art dealer played by Adrien Brody in the same story. \u2014 Susan Morrison, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021",
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"Garrett Basch and Dan Halsted also serve as executive producers along with Taika Waititi, who will direct the pilot as well in addition to playing Blackbeard, the infamous buccaneer . \u2014 M\u00f3nica Marie Zorrilla, Variety , 20 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"French boucanier woodsman, pirate (in the 17th century West Indies), from boucaner to smoke meat, from boucan wooden frame for smoking meat, from Tupi moka\u0294\u1ebd\u0301, mboka\u0294\u1ebd\u0301 , from mo-, mbo- causative marker + ka\u0294\u1ebd to be roasted, dried",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220448"
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},
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"buck up":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to become encouraged : brace up",
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": improve , smarten",
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": to raise the morale of"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"brighten",
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"cheer (up)",
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"lighten",
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"look up",
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"perk (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darken",
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"sadden"
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],
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"examples":[
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"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be",
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"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But the President's attempt to buck up the national psyche and his own political prospects rang rather hollow. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"So buck up and develop your strategies and techniques to handle such recluse situations with finesse. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Republicans have balked at a provision to buck up IRS tax enforcement in order to help pay for the package, but Senate Democrats are planning to move ahead Wenesday with the first procedural votes on the still-incomplete bill. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 20 July 2021",
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"Forward Draymond Green noticed and told him to buck up . \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"Kristy and Liz buck up and head to the Delaney\u2019s for tea. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"The veteran reporter David Sirota offers a fairly mind-bending essay on the way that public-pension funds are being used to bankroll billionaires\u2014and to buck up the fossil-fuel industry. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 21 July 2021",
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"Southie beaches have seen an influx in recent years of twenty-something techies and financial types who sometimes buck up against the sensibilities of patrons with generational roots in the neighborhood. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2021",
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"By Tuesday, some governments were already recasting their decisions as a step to buck up confidence in vaccinations \u2014 a regrouping, of sorts, of a troubled effort. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":" buck entry 2 ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1844, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174120"
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},
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"bucket":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a typically cylindrical vessel for catching, holding, or carrying liquids or solids",
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": something resembling a bucket: such as",
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": the scoop of an excavating machine",
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": one of the receptacles on the rim of a waterwheel",
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": one of the cups of an endless-belt conveyor",
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": one of the vanes of a turbine rotor",
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": bucketful",
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": bucket seat",
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": basket sense 3b",
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": to draw or lift in buckets",
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": to ride (a horse) hard",
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": to drive hurriedly or roughly",
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": to deal with in a bucket shop",
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": hustle , hurry",
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": to move about haphazardly or irresponsibly",
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": to move roughly or jerkily",
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": to rain very heavily : pour",
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": a usually round container with a handle for holding or carrying liquids or solids",
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": a large container that is part of a machine and is used for collecting, scooping, or carrying",
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": bucketful"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259t",
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"\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dip",
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"lade",
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"ladle",
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"scoop",
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"spoon"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"We used two buckets of paint to paint the living room.",
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"made buckets of money in the stock market",
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"Verb",
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"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire",
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"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Mount Whitney, a bucket -list hike for many, is the tallest point in the continental U.S. \u2014 Amy Sinatra Ayres, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
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"Participants come to the organization for a variety of reasons: Some sailed during childhood summer camps and want to take formal classes, and others have bucket -list sailing goals. \u2014 Erin E. Williams, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
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"Ask any serious mountain biker to rattle off their bucket -list riding destinations and Kingdom Trails, northern Vermont\u2019s 100-plus-mile network of premium singletrack, is bound to come up. \u2014 Outside Online , 1 June 2022",
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"For fighters such as Wallin, who hopes to become just the second Swedish world champion in boxing , coming to Detroit is a bucket -list item. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
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"If your budget is bigger and so are your kids, indulge in a bucket -list getaway to Castle Hot Springs. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
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"Set on a low hill about 7 miles outside of this town of 4,300, the cluster of monoliths is much smaller than the United Kingdom\u2019s Stonehenge and don\u2019t have quite the same bucket -list appeal (or a gift shop). \u2014 Cameron Mcwhirter, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
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"For anyone with a more than cursory knowledge of American music, Harris is a bucket -list concert. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
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"For the moment, suffice it to say that although Witherspoon\u2019s note-perfect performance may never be forgotten, Perrotta has reclaimed the name Tracy Flick from the bucket of misogynist punchlines. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Kessler\u2019s layup is the Tigers\u2019 only bucket in their last 10 attempts. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"Patton\u2019s layup with 7:29 left put the Vikings in front for the first time in the second half, and Brock Finstuen\u2019s steal and bucket a minute later gave CSU a 61-58 lead. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2022",
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"For example, if classify gifts as 'needs' and new decorations as 'wants,' put most of your money in the gifts bucket and save a very small amount for new decor. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2021",
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||
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"From trendy sweatsuits to bucket hats to watches, the streetwear spectrum is deep\u2014and everybody wants a piece. \u2014 Nandi Howard, Essence , 4 May 2021",
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"Another way to bucket your goals is to categorize them into the sum of the parts or the parts of the sum. \u2014 Gregory Salsburg, Forbes , 28 Apr. 2021",
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||
|
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"East Boston 34, Boston English 23 \u2014 Junior guard Madison Theriault bucketed 18 points for the Jets (4-9). \u2014 Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2020",
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||
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"To travelers, Arizona is known for some of the Southwest's most iconic vacation destinations\u2014from sprawling golf and tennis facilities to innovative wellness retreats to bucket -list natural attractions. \u2014 Chadner Navarro, Fortune , 28 Jan. 2020",
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"Senior Zakiirah King put up a team-leading nine points while senior Victoria Davis put up eight and junior Samara Curry bucketed seven. \u2014 Edith Noriega, azcentral , 4 Dec. 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1640, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190324"
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},
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"buckle":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
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||
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"verb"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch",
|
||
|
|
": an ornamental device that suggests a buckle",
|
||
|
|
": a crisp curl",
|
||
|
|
": to fasten with a buckle",
|
||
|
|
": to prepare with vigor",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to bend, give way, or crumple",
|
||
|
|
": to become fastened with a buckle",
|
||
|
|
": to apply oneself with vigor",
|
||
|
|
": to bend or move usually under the influence of some external agency",
|
||
|
|
": collapse",
|
||
|
|
": to give way : yield",
|
||
|
|
": a product of buckling : bend , fold",
|
||
|
|
": a coffee cake baked with berries and a crumbly topping",
|
||
|
|
": a fastening device which is attached to one end of a belt or strap and through which the other end is passed and held",
|
||
|
|
": to fasten with a buckle",
|
||
|
|
": to bend, crumple, or give way",
|
||
|
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": to start to work hard",
|
||
|
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": to fasten your seat belt"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259l",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u0259-k\u0259l"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"cave (in)",
|
||
|
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"collapse",
|
||
|
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"crumple",
|
||
|
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"founder",
|
||
|
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"give",
|
||
|
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"go",
|
||
|
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"go out",
|
||
|
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"implode",
|
||
|
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"tumble",
|
||
|
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"yield"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
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"She buckled the horses into their harness.",
|
||
|
|
"The pavement buckled in the heat."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200514"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buckler":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small round shield held by a handle at arm's length",
|
||
|
|
": a shield worn on the left arm",
|
||
|
|
": one that shields and protects",
|
||
|
|
": to shield or defend with a buckler"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-kl\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aegis",
|
||
|
|
"egis",
|
||
|
|
"ammunition",
|
||
|
|
"armor",
|
||
|
|
"cover",
|
||
|
|
"defense",
|
||
|
|
"guard",
|
||
|
|
"protection",
|
||
|
|
"safeguard",
|
||
|
|
"screen",
|
||
|
|
"security",
|
||
|
|
"shield",
|
||
|
|
"wall",
|
||
|
|
"ward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1593, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215945"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bucks":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Buckinghamshire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195827"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bucolic":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral",
|
||
|
|
": relating to or typical of rural life",
|
||
|
|
": idyllic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc-\u02c8k\u00e4-lik"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"country",
|
||
|
|
"pastoral",
|
||
|
|
"rural",
|
||
|
|
"rustic",
|
||
|
|
"rustical"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"urban"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Pine Ridge \u2026 . Its generic blandness and vaguely bucolic quality anticipated similar names\u2014the Oak Parks and River Groves and Lake Forests and Chestnut Hills \u2026 \u2014 Ian Frazier , On the Rez , 2000",
|
||
|
|
"\u2026 the massive population growth has transformed a collection of bucolic villages and mill towns into a chain of strip-mall suburbs. \u2014 Jonathan Cohn , New Republic , 7 Feb. 2000",
|
||
|
|
"\u2026 Intel gives its generations of microprocessors such bucolic code names as Deschutes, Tillamook, and Katmai but then rolls them out with names that rival those of popes and medieval heads of state: Pentium the III, Celeron the Meek, and Xeon the Magnificent. \u2014 Jake Kirchner , PC Magazine , 25 May 1999",
|
||
|
|
"\u2026 the North Shore commuter train scuds through bucolic landscape for a while, the rocks and trees permitting glimpses of Appleton Farms \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , New England Monthly , October 1989",
|
||
|
|
"a bucolic region where farms are still common",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even in these bucolic settings, the occasional column of smoke could be seen where a Russian shell had slammed into a cottage or landed in a field and started a fire. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bucolic setting does not, in any way, call to mind high fashion. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But then the pandemic hit, followed by a rush of wealthy urbanites seeking fresh-air retreats in bucolic settings. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With its bucolic Georgian mansions and charming cobblestone streets, Charleston\u2019s darker history\u2014particularly its role in the transatlantic slave trade\u2014is easy for visitors to overlook. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This liberal art college in a bucolic setting has a mix of Gothic buildings and modern structures as well as art installations dotted around the vast campus. \u2014 Juyoung Seo, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Marin County supervisors are considering a temporary ban on new residential vacation rentals in its popular, bucolic western region because of a worsening housing shortage. \u2014 Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Among the latter are Catherine Opie\u2019s self-portrait, which reveals elaborate arm tattoos, and Justine Kurland\u2019s study of six women with children in a shallow, bucolic stream. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Valley Hotel, which offers a bucolic boutique-like experience conveniently located near the Wold Games action. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Latin bucolicus , from Greek boukolikos , from boukolos cowherd, from bous head of cattle + -kolos (akin to Latin colere to cultivate) \u2014 more at cow , wheel ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210822"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buddy-buddy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": familiarly friendly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0259-d\u0113-\u02c8b\u0259-d\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bosom",
|
||
|
|
"chummy",
|
||
|
|
"close",
|
||
|
|
"especial",
|
||
|
|
"familiar",
|
||
|
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
|
"inseparable",
|
||
|
|
"intimate",
|
||
|
|
"inward",
|
||
|
|
"near",
|
||
|
|
"thick",
|
||
|
|
"tight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"distant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173919"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"budge":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward",
|
||
|
|
": move , shift",
|
||
|
|
": to give way : yield",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to move or change",
|
||
|
|
": pompous , solemn",
|
||
|
|
": to move or cause to move especially slightly",
|
||
|
|
": to give in"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259j",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259j"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blink",
|
||
|
|
"bow",
|
||
|
|
"capitulate",
|
||
|
|
"concede",
|
||
|
|
"give in",
|
||
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"relent",
|
||
|
|
"submit",
|
||
|
|
"succumb",
|
||
|
|
"surrender",
|
||
|
|
"yield"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"resist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Their horses refused to budge .",
|
||
|
|
"The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge .",
|
||
|
|
"Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.",
|
||
|
|
"We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Aly & AJ are partnering with Bobbi Brown on the relaunch of the iconic shadow stick, which now has a more buttery and budge -proof formula and comes in 10 new metallic shades. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For dagger-sharp brows with a no- budge hold, define and shape them with the Urban Decay Brow Blade Waterproof Eyebrow Pencil & Ink Stain. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Senate has approved the infrastructure bill and the larger budge blueprint. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But more broadly, experts say, the labor mismatch is a signal of empowerment for a working class that hadn\u2019t seen the federal minimum wage budge since the Great Recession. \u2014 Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The cushioned footbed and budge -proof straps are game-changers. \u2014 Lauren Sanchez, Vogue , 9 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Even with a no- budge formula, setting brows can be particularly challenging for several reasons. \u2014 Lauren Dana, Allure , 7 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"These audiences didn\u2019t want yesterday\u2019s news, or even this morning\u2019s; the slightest budge toward progress was meaningful and welcome. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Total budge appropriations, including all district funds, total $98.3 million, with general fund appropriations of $75.85 million. \u2014 Brian Lisik, cleveland , 22 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Convincing Republican members to agree remains an uphill battle, though some seem willing to budge . \u2014 CBS News , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Biden gave no indication that the United States was willing to budge from its previous rejection of Ukrainian requests to establish a no-fly zone over the country or to provide it with the MiG-29 warplanes that Poland offered some weeks ago. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If Democrats do not budge from their position against using reconciliation for the debt ceiling and Republicans refuse to offer support to raise the limit through traditional legislation, another stalemate later in the year appears inevitable. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Hurst asked for at least one day of netting, then just one four-hour season instead of eight, but Jones wouldn\u2019t budge and the states ended the Compact meeting without allowing any additional mainstem commercial fishing. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There was a last-ditch meeting between the selectmen and the town\u2019s clergy, almost all of whom backed the protesters, but the officials wouldn\u2019t budge . \u2014 Bill Mckibben, The New Yorker , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Health experts were ultimately willing to split the difference and compromise at 1.5% \u2014 but legislative leaders wouldn\u2019t budge , insisting that anything below 2% would result in too much disruption to in-person learning, Weiler said. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The door wouldn\u2019t budge , so Garcia ran to the driver\u2019s side door to pull the woman out. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The problem is the other three teams in the division aren\u2019t going to budge easily. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 25 Oct. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1599, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182843"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"budget":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually leather pouch, wallet, or pack",
|
||
|
|
": its contents",
|
||
|
|
": stock , supply",
|
||
|
|
": a quantity (as of energy or water) involved in, available for, or assignable to a particular situation",
|
||
|
|
": an account of gains and losses of such a quantity",
|
||
|
|
": a statement of the financial position of an administration (as of a nation) for a definite period of time based on estimates of expenditures during the period and proposals for financing them",
|
||
|
|
": a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures",
|
||
|
|
": the amount of money that is available for, required for, or assigned to a particular purpose",
|
||
|
|
": to put or allow for in a statement or plan coordinating resources and expenditures : to put or allow for in a budget",
|
||
|
|
": to require to adhere to a budget",
|
||
|
|
": to allocate funds for in a budget",
|
||
|
|
": to plan or provide for the use of in detail",
|
||
|
|
": to put oneself on a budget",
|
||
|
|
": suitable for someone whose is following a plan for coordinating resources and expenditures : suitable for one on a budget (see budget entry 1 ) : inexpensive",
|
||
|
|
": a statement of estimated income and expenses for a period of time",
|
||
|
|
": a plan for using money",
|
||
|
|
": to include in a plan for using money",
|
||
|
|
": to plan for efficient use"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-j\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-j\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"account",
|
||
|
|
"deposit",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"kitty",
|
||
|
|
"nest egg",
|
||
|
|
"pool"
|
||
|
|
],
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"antonyms":[
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"arrange",
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"blueprint",
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"calculate",
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"chart",
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"choreograph",
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"design",
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"frame",
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"lay out",
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"map (out)",
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"organize",
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"plan",
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"prepare",
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"project",
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"scheme (out)",
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"shape",
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"strategize (about)"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Metro\u2019s board approved the closure as part of its fiscal 2023 budget . \u2014 Gaya Gupta, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
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"As a rule, buy the largest-capacity M.2 SSD your budget allows. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
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"Instead, look for ways to trim your monthly budget . \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 17 June 2022",
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"During this same week, the council voted to deny the school system\u2019s request to transfer funds out of its transportation budget . \u2014 Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
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"To make this cost-share feasible, low-income shoppers may have to swap to a vegetable protein like beans to keep to their budget . \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
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"Fortune wants to hear how inflation is affecting your budget . \u2014 Megan Leonhardt, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
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"Despite the initial lower payout, UAB will see its athletic operating budget expand exponentially and provide more opportunities for student-athletes. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 16 June 2022",
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"AB InBev tracks its budget on a monthly basis and sets a one-year plan and reviews it at least quarterly. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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||
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"To fully stay ahead, organizations must forecast and budget for potential risks. \u2014 Bruce Dahlgren, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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||
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"This is a critical step as most people don\u2019t meticulously budget and have been reliant on some company to pay their expenses for the past 40 some-odd years. \u2014 Andrew Rosen, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
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"And what destinations should budget -conscious travelers avoid altogether? \u2014 cleveland , 15 May 2022",
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"And what destinations should budget -conscious travelers avoid altogether? \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"As is, these seven chapters total nearly nine hours, so anyone planning a weekend binge should budget accordingly. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 27 May 2022",
|
||
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"Library Executive Director Dave Della Terza told the library board this week a construction manager would help budget and plan costs, supervise the day-to-day work and coordinate with the vendors to complete the project. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 20 May 2022",
|
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|
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"Covenant House has no shortage of success stories \u2014 young adults come in, get their degrees, get a job, learn how to budget their money, save up for independent housing and continue to save and maintain an independent lifestyle. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 16 May 2022",
|
||
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"Here's what to expect and how to budget accordingly. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
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"Explosions, gunshots, car crashes, fireworks and snark populate the first trailer for Netflix\u2019s mega- budget summer action thriller The Gray Man. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"There isn\u2019t a ton of competition in the ultra- budget wireless earbuds segment, but there is some. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"To open a mid- budget romantic comedy in theaters at this number, in this market? \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Downey is taking his first steps out of mega- budget blockbusters in some time. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s a week after Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s first of a three-part mega- budget Exorcist trilogy which is intended as a kind of theaters/Peacock dual proposition. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
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"But to say that mid- budget movies don't exist anymore isn't completely true, film experts said. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a recent report by Airlines for America, the trade group noted that 15 percent of travelers boarded ultra- budget carriers in 2020, up from 5 percent in 2010. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Watcher, feels like an artifact of a different era, when smart mid- budget chillers were among the most anticipated coming attractions. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
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"Verb",
|
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"1618, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
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"Adjective",
|
||
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"1941, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202647"
|
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},
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"buff":{
|
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"type":"noun",
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a garment (such as a uniform) made of buff leather",
|
||
|
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"the state of being nude",
|
||
|
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"a moderate orange yellow",
|
||
|
|
"a light to moderate yellow",
|
||
|
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"a device having a soft absorbent surface (as of cloth) by which polishing material is applied",
|
||
|
|
"fan , enthusiast",
|
||
|
|
"of the color buff",
|
||
|
|
"having a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises",
|
||
|
|
"polish , shine",
|
||
|
|
"to give a velvety surface to (leather)",
|
||
|
|
"a pale orange yellow",
|
||
|
|
"a stick or wheel with a soft surface for applying polish",
|
||
|
|
"fan entry 3",
|
||
|
|
"to polish with or as if with a buff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259f",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"addict",
|
||
|
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"aficionado",
|
||
|
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"afficionado",
|
||
|
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"bug",
|
||
|
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"devotee",
|
||
|
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"enthusiast",
|
||
|
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"fan",
|
||
|
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"fanatic",
|
||
|
|
"fancier",
|
||
|
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
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"fool",
|
||
|
|
"freak",
|
||
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"habitue",
|
||
|
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"head",
|
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|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
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"junkie",
|
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|
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"junky",
|
||
|
|
"lover",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"maven",
|
||
|
|
"mavin",
|
||
|
|
"nut",
|
||
|
|
"sucker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"file",
|
||
|
|
"grind",
|
||
|
|
"hone",
|
||
|
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
|
"rub",
|
||
|
|
"sand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, people have been bathing in the buff on Nantucket\u2019s more remote stretches for years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The USS Lexington, a WWII-era aircraft carrier is also a winner for the family history buff . \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For the history buff , consider this collection of New York Times front pages from every year on your father-in-law's birthday. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Prometheus Lens will be getting an actual burn, in addition to a huge trace rifle buff that\u2019s coming against majors and bosses and are getting more ammo. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The authenticity of the altimeter was subsequently verified, confirms Luis Gaxiola, a Mexican aviation history buff and honorary member of the American Legion Post 11. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On TikTok, the Australian art-history buff Mary McGillivray approaches the Western canon and pop-cultural subjects with a distinctively feminist, historicizing lens. \u2014 R.e. Hawley, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This scratch-off poster is a fun way to boost film-watching bragging rights for your favorite movie buff . \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are no frills at Cinemark 16, just fun for any movie buff on a budget. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The secret to applying a foolproof fake tan is to use a blending brush to buff self-tanning mousse or spray into the skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company\u2019s logo is a silhouette of a buff runner holding a wine glass in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trimming the losers while moving funds into defensive or hedging positions can reduce losses and even buff returns. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But most of the attention has come from other boys on TikTok looking to get buff . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons and all types of bantams set well. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Then again, few of us are as buff as The Rock or as suave as James Bond. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And here\u2019s the real naked truth about nude art modeling Most models do not look like buff male athletes that leaped off a Grecian urn or come-hither maidens that sauntered off a Renaissance canvas. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Around the aquamarines is a festoon motif of pink rubellites, buff -top amethysts and white diamonds set in pink gold. \u2014 WSJ , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Send your history buff a piece of America's past, everything from the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to the moment the first atomic bomb came to be. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Suede is made using a technique called Sueding, in which an abrasive is applied to buff the surface of the hide. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Together, these ingredients work to break down and buff away at dry skin, effectively cleansing and leaving only healthy and new skin behind. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After pledging $21 billion in equity and raising $25.5 billion of debt and margin loan financing, Musk has continued to use Twitter to buff his image as a brash billionaire who is not afraid to break the rules of polite society. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What about the people who buff the Bay Bridge to a shine? \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gently buff away dullness and impurities with this scrub, best used every two to three days. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Somerville\u2019s exfoliant for the face formulated for the body to buff away rough skin. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffalo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"any of several wild bovids such as",
|
||
|
|
"water buffalo",
|
||
|
|
"cape buffalo",
|
||
|
|
"bison",
|
||
|
|
"a large North American bison ( Bison bison ) that has a dense coat of dark brown fur with a shaggy mane on the head and lower neck, short hollow horns, and heavy forequarters with a large muscular hump over the shoulders and that formerly was abundant in North America but is now reduced to small populations of plains and prairies chiefly of the central U.S. and Canada american bison \u2014 compare european bison",
|
||
|
|
"the flesh of the buffalo used as food",
|
||
|
|
"any of several suckers (genus Ictiobus ) found mostly in the Mississippi River valley",
|
||
|
|
"bewilder , baffle",
|
||
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
|
"any of several wild oxen and especially the American bison",
|
||
|
|
"city and port on Lake Erie and the Niagara River in western New York population 261,310"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
||
|
|
"beguile",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"burn",
|
||
|
|
"catch",
|
||
|
|
"con",
|
||
|
|
"cozen",
|
||
|
|
"deceive",
|
||
|
|
"delude",
|
||
|
|
"dupe",
|
||
|
|
"fake out",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"gaff",
|
||
|
|
"gammon",
|
||
|
|
"gull",
|
||
|
|
"have",
|
||
|
|
"have on",
|
||
|
|
"hoax",
|
||
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
||
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"juggle",
|
||
|
|
"misguide",
|
||
|
|
"misinform",
|
||
|
|
"mislead",
|
||
|
|
"snooker",
|
||
|
|
"snow",
|
||
|
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
|
"string along",
|
||
|
|
"suck in",
|
||
|
|
"sucker",
|
||
|
|
"take in",
|
||
|
|
"trick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"undeceive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense.",
|
||
|
|
"in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Now the Eastern Shoshone have 65 buffalo and the Northern Arapaho 32. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"An American buffalo is on the loose, casually roaming around Chicago's suburbs looking for a new home. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In 2016, Canada allowed 100 buffalo to be returned to the Blackfeet Reservation. \u2014 Michelle Miller, CBS News , 25 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"An effort to bring wild buffalo to the Great Plains aims to restore one of the world\u2019s most endangered landscapes and increase climate resilience. \u2014 Louise Johns, Wired , 12 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Others have a Columbian buffalo mozzarella that Frankel likes. \u2014 Michael Russell, oregonlive , 16 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Jaguars, sloths, tapirs, horses, coyotes, buffalo , rabbits, and squirrels up and down the North American continent are now spared from screwworms too. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 26 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Make that the big ten\u2014lion, my face, leopard, my face, rhino, my face, elephant, my face, buffalo , my face. \u2014 Colin Nissan, The New Yorker , 18 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Today, a lot of paneer in India is made with a mix of buffalo and less-expensive cow\u2019s milk. \u2014 Leena Trivedi-grenier, SFChronicle.com , 15 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Eva has the senior management in our company completely buffaloed . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"How far must buffalo roam to fulfill their ecological role? \u2014 National Geographic , 16 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1891, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffet":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a blow especially with the hand",
|
||
|
|
": something that strikes with telling force",
|
||
|
|
": to strike sharply especially with the hand : cuff",
|
||
|
|
": to strike repeatedly : batter",
|
||
|
|
": to drive, force, move, or attack by or as if by repeated blows",
|
||
|
|
": to make one's way especially under difficult conditions",
|
||
|
|
": sideboard sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a counter for refreshments",
|
||
|
|
": a restaurant operated as a public convenience (as in a railway station)",
|
||
|
|
": a meal set out on a buffet or table for ready access and informal service",
|
||
|
|
": an assortment of options or offerings : variety",
|
||
|
|
": served informally especially as a buffet (see buffet entry 3 sense 2c )",
|
||
|
|
": to pound repeatedly",
|
||
|
|
": a cabinet or set of shelves for the display of dishes and silver : sideboard",
|
||
|
|
": a meal set out on a buffet or table from which people may serve themselves"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-f\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-f\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00fc-\u02c8f\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"British especially",
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00fc-\u02c8f\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"British especially",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-f\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00fc-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"clout",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
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"hook",
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"knock",
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"larrup",
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"lash",
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"lick",
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"pelt",
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|
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"pick",
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||
|
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"plump",
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||
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"poke",
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"pound",
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|
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"punch",
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|
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"rap",
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|
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"stinger",
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"stripe",
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"stroke",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"switch",
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"thud",
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|
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"thump",
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|
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"thwack",
|
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|
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"wallop",
|
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|
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"welt",
|
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|
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"whack",
|
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|
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"wham",
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|
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"whop",
|
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|
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"whap"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"bash",
|
||
|
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"baste",
|
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|
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"bat",
|
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|
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"batter",
|
||
|
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"beat",
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||
|
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"belabor",
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|
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"belt",
|
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|
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"birch",
|
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|
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"bludgeon",
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|
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"bung up",
|
||
|
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"club",
|
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|
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"curry",
|
||
|
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"do",
|
||
|
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"drub",
|
||
|
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"fib",
|
||
|
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"flog",
|
||
|
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"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"hide",
|
||
|
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"lace",
|
||
|
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lather",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddle",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pommel",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"pummel",
|
||
|
|
"punch out",
|
||
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slate",
|
||
|
|
"slog",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"tan",
|
||
|
|
"thrash",
|
||
|
|
"thresh",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"tromp",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"whale",
|
||
|
|
"whip",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap",
|
||
|
|
"whup",
|
||
|
|
"work over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The strong winds buffeted the ship.",
|
||
|
|
"fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193554"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffoon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a ludicrous figure : clown",
|
||
|
|
": a gross and usually ill-educated or stupid person",
|
||
|
|
": a foolish or stupid person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fcn",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fcn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffo",
|
||
|
|
"clown",
|
||
|
|
"harlequin",
|
||
|
|
"zany"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Stop acting like a buffoon .",
|
||
|
|
"the children at the birthday party giggled at the buffoon's silly tricks",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Who would kow-tow to this buffoon and jump through hoops for his blessing? \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cyrano is often played as a man of unfettered brilliance who has learned to be a buffoon as a matter of self-preservation. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Who would kow-tow to this buffoon and jump through hoops for his blessing? \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Joe Biden won in 2020 not simply by making the case that Trump was a dangerous buffoon that everyone was sick of. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The president, Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep), is a hack and a buffoon surrounded by many, none more poisonous than her high-ranking son, Jason (Jonah Hill in relentless insult-comic mode). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The part of Tom Grunick seemed a descendant of affable buffoon Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but James L. Brooks\u2019 nuanced writing and Hurt\u2019s performance gave surprising depths to his vapidity. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French bouffon , from Old Italian buffone ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222243"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bug":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug ) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests",
|
||
|
|
": any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs",
|
||
|
|
": any of several insects (such as a head louse ) commonly considered obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
": an unexpected defect, fault, flaw, or imperfection",
|
||
|
|
": a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) especially when causing illness or disease",
|
||
|
|
": an often unspecified or nonspecific sickness presumed to be caused by such a microorganism",
|
||
|
|
": a concealed listening device",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden enthusiasm",
|
||
|
|
": enthusiast",
|
||
|
|
": a prominent person",
|
||
|
|
": a crazy person",
|
||
|
|
": a weight allowance given apprentice jockeys",
|
||
|
|
": bother , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to plant a concealed microphone in",
|
||
|
|
": to lose one's composure : freak",
|
||
|
|
": protrude , bulge",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to bug",
|
||
|
|
": bogey , bugbear",
|
||
|
|
": any of a large group of insects that have four wings, suck liquid food (as plant juices or blood), and have young which resemble the adults but lack wings",
|
||
|
|
": an insect or other small creeping or crawling animal",
|
||
|
|
": flaw",
|
||
|
|
": bother entry 1 sense 1 , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to stick out",
|
||
|
|
": an insect or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a spider)",
|
||
|
|
": any of various insects (as the bedbug or cockroach) commonly considered obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
": any of the order Hemiptera and especially of its suborder Heteroptera of insects that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and that lack a pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult",
|
||
|
|
": a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) especially when causing illness or disease",
|
||
|
|
": an often unspecified or nonspecific sickness presumed to be caused by such a microorganism",
|
||
|
|
": to plant a concealed microphone in \u2014 compare eavesdrop , wiretap",
|
||
|
|
"river over 450 miles (720 kilometers) long in central Europe rising in western Ukraine, forming part of Ukraine\u2013Poland and Poland\u2013Belarus borders, and flowing into the Vistula River in Poland",
|
||
|
|
"river over 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southwestern Ukraine flowing southeast to the estuary of the Dnieper River"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fcg"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"addict",
|
||
|
|
"aficionado",
|
||
|
|
"afficionado",
|
||
|
|
"buff",
|
||
|
|
"devotee",
|
||
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
||
|
|
"fan",
|
||
|
|
"fanatic",
|
||
|
|
"fancier",
|
||
|
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"freak",
|
||
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"habitue",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"junkie",
|
||
|
|
"junky",
|
||
|
|
"lover",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"maven",
|
||
|
|
"mavin",
|
||
|
|
"nut",
|
||
|
|
"sucker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
|
"annoy",
|
||
|
|
"bother",
|
||
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
||
|
|
"chafe",
|
||
|
|
"eat",
|
||
|
|
"exasperate",
|
||
|
|
"frost",
|
||
|
|
"gall",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"grate",
|
||
|
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
||
|
|
"irk",
|
||
|
|
"irritate",
|
||
|
|
"itch",
|
||
|
|
"nark",
|
||
|
|
"nettle",
|
||
|
|
"peeve",
|
||
|
|
"persecute",
|
||
|
|
"pique",
|
||
|
|
"put out",
|
||
|
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
|
"rile",
|
||
|
|
"ruffle",
|
||
|
|
"spite",
|
||
|
|
"vex"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1935, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222935"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bug off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": leave , depart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bail",
|
||
|
|
"bail out",
|
||
|
|
"begone",
|
||
|
|
"book",
|
||
|
|
"bug out",
|
||
|
|
"bugger off",
|
||
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
||
|
|
"clear off",
|
||
|
|
"clear out",
|
||
|
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"depart",
|
||
|
|
"dig out",
|
||
|
|
"exit",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"get off",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"go off",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"peel off",
|
||
|
|
"pike (out ",
|
||
|
|
"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"push off",
|
||
|
|
"push on",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"run along",
|
||
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
||
|
|
"scarper",
|
||
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
||
|
|
"step (along)",
|
||
|
|
"take off",
|
||
|
|
"vamoose",
|
||
|
|
"walk out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrive",
|
||
|
|
"come",
|
||
|
|
"show up",
|
||
|
|
"turn up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bug off , or I'll sic my dogs on you!"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"probably short for bugger off ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220951"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bug out":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to retreat during a military action",
|
||
|
|
": to flee in panic",
|
||
|
|
": to depart especially in a hurry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bolt",
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"flee",
|
||
|
|
"fly",
|
||
|
|
"hightail (it)",
|
||
|
|
"retreat",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"run away",
|
||
|
|
"run off",
|
||
|
|
"skedaddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the ground soldiers bugged out just before the start of the aerial bombing",
|
||
|
|
"the strange visitor bugged out without so much as saying a word",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even my tests of the weakest GPUs never made GTA V bug out that way. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than acting to restore our leverage, by retaking Bagram Air Base or another airfield, the White House rushed to bug out by the August 31 deadline that the Taliban insisted on. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One of these rifles, properly set up, will make your eyes bug out with bug-sized groups. \u2014 David E. Petzal, Field & Stream , 16 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Their damage is mostly economic, coming in the form of sick days, when people are told to sit tight, drink some fluids, and wait the bug out . \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 21 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Urban bug out kits are not complete without this simple water procurement tool. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 27 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Overall, however, these searches all remain well under the Kardashian threshold, suggesting that Americans aren\u2019t ready to bug out en masse just yet. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Check your bug out bags and prepper materials, stock up. \u2014 Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner , 28 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"This sleek kit is a great fit for your camping gear, vehicle, tackle box, disaster kit or bug out bag. \u2014 Tim Macwelch, Outdoor Life , 9 Sep. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192801"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugaboo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an imaginary object of fear",
|
||
|
|
": bugbear sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": something that causes fear or distress out of proportion to its importance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259-\u02ccb\u00fc"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"b\u00eate noire",
|
||
|
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"black beast",
|
||
|
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"bogey",
|
||
|
|
"bogie",
|
||
|
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"bogy",
|
||
|
|
"bugbear",
|
||
|
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"dread",
|
||
|
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"hobgoblin",
|
||
|
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"ogre"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"politicians complaining about that old bugaboo , high oil prices",
|
||
|
|
"doing one's tax returns are a real bugaboo for some people",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The methane bugaboo began around 2003 when a mysterious cloud of methane gas was found, by satellite, hovering above Farmington in New Mexico. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lindholm should also help in late-game, lead-protection situations, which have been a bugaboo for the B\u2019s in recent weeks. \u2014 Steve Conroy, courant.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pearl hopes his staff can find some ways to curb the bugaboo of foul issues that could eventually bite the Tigers. \u2014 al , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Slow starts have remained a bugaboo this season; the Steelers trailed Kansas City 23-0 at halftime and by 30 in the second half of their meeting earlier this season. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 2011 first-round pick has played in just nine games this season, sidelined for stretches by injuries \u2014 a bugaboo throughout his 11 years \u2014 and the coronavirus. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jarquez Hunter averaged 21 yards on a pair of kickoff returns, and perhaps most importantly, Auburn did not commit any penalties on special teams\u2014something that had been a bugaboo for the Tigers during much of the year. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"First, let\u2019s disabuse ourselves of the bugaboo of the mass exit of teachers. \u2014 Talia Milgrom-elcott, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Turnovers have been our bugaboo the last few years. \u2014 Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com , 23 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"earlier buggybow, bugger-bo , of unknown origin",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202743"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugbear":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear",
|
||
|
|
": an object or source of dread",
|
||
|
|
": a continuing source of irritation : problem"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g-\u02ccber"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
||
|
|
"black beast",
|
||
|
|
"bogey",
|
||
|
|
"bogie",
|
||
|
|
"bogy",
|
||
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
||
|
|
"dread",
|
||
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
||
|
|
"ogre"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The biggest bugbear of the skiing business is a winter with no snow.",
|
||
|
|
"communism was once the nation's biggest bugbear",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Hungary\u2019s Prime Minister Viktor Orban\u2014an EU bugbear and pal of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2014had been the holdout. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Range anxiety, once the bugbear of mainstream thought about EVs, is no longer the top concern for shoppers. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The task of mathematically defending Beveridge\u2019s ideas was taken up by one of the most influential and quantitatively gifted British economists of the century\u2014Nicholas Kaldor, that bugbear of Berman\u2019s. \u2014 Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bugbear of the American Left, and false savior of nationalist conservatives, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, won his fourth consecutive term. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some ban the Times\u2019 1619 Project, or ethnic studies, or training in diversity, inclusion, and belonging, or the bugbear known as critical race theory. \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"China now firmly occupies the position of Republican bugbear . \u2014 Laura Jedeed, The New Republic , 26 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Similarly, this series has something to say about self-absorption: Emily\u2019s failure to learn French or immerse herself in French culture, a bugbear of the show\u2019s haters, is treated critically in this new season. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"His shoulders, for one, have always been a real bugbear for him. \u2014 E. Alex Jung, Vulture , 12 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194434"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugger":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": sodomite",
|
||
|
|
": a worthless person : rascal",
|
||
|
|
": fellow , chap",
|
||
|
|
": a small or annoying thing",
|
||
|
|
": to commit sodomy with",
|
||
|
|
": damn",
|
||
|
|
": to put into disorder : bungle , botch",
|
||
|
|
": a person who plants electronic bugs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-g\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-g\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
|
"beast",
|
||
|
|
"bleeder",
|
||
|
|
"blighter",
|
||
|
|
"boor",
|
||
|
|
"bounder",
|
||
|
|
"buzzard",
|
||
|
|
"cad",
|
||
|
|
"chuff",
|
||
|
|
"churl",
|
||
|
|
"clown",
|
||
|
|
"creep",
|
||
|
|
"cretin",
|
||
|
|
"crud",
|
||
|
|
"crumb",
|
||
|
|
"cur",
|
||
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
||
|
|
"dog",
|
||
|
|
"fink",
|
||
|
|
"heel",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"jerk",
|
||
|
|
"joker",
|
||
|
|
"louse",
|
||
|
|
"lout",
|
||
|
|
"pill",
|
||
|
|
"rat",
|
||
|
|
"rat fink",
|
||
|
|
"reptile",
|
||
|
|
"rotter",
|
||
|
|
"schmuck",
|
||
|
|
"scum",
|
||
|
|
"scumbag",
|
||
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
||
|
|
"skunk",
|
||
|
|
"sleaze",
|
||
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
||
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
||
|
|
"slime",
|
||
|
|
"slimeball",
|
||
|
|
"slob",
|
||
|
|
"snake",
|
||
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
||
|
|
"sod",
|
||
|
|
"stinkard",
|
||
|
|
"stinker",
|
||
|
|
"swine",
|
||
|
|
"toad",
|
||
|
|
"varmint",
|
||
|
|
"vermin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
|
"boggle",
|
||
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
||
|
|
"boot",
|
||
|
|
"botch",
|
||
|
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
|
"bungle",
|
||
|
|
"butcher",
|
||
|
|
"dub",
|
||
|
|
"flub",
|
||
|
|
"fluff",
|
||
|
|
"foozle",
|
||
|
|
"foul up",
|
||
|
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
||
|
|
"louse up",
|
||
|
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"muck up",
|
||
|
|
"muff",
|
||
|
|
"murder",
|
||
|
|
"screw up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171844"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugger off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": leave , depart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bail",
|
||
|
|
"bail out",
|
||
|
|
"begone",
|
||
|
|
"book",
|
||
|
|
"bug off",
|
||
|
|
"bug out",
|
||
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
||
|
|
"clear off",
|
||
|
|
"clear out",
|
||
|
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"depart",
|
||
|
|
"dig out",
|
||
|
|
"exit",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"get off",
|
||
|
|
"go",
|
||
|
|
"go off",
|
||
|
|
"move",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up ",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"peel off",
|
||
|
|
"pike (out ",
|
||
|
|
"pull out",
|
||
|
|
"push off",
|
||
|
|
"push on",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"run along",
|
||
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
||
|
|
"scarper",
|
||
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
||
|
|
"step (along)",
|
||
|
|
"take off",
|
||
|
|
"vamoose",
|
||
|
|
"walk out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrive",
|
||
|
|
"come",
|
||
|
|
"show up",
|
||
|
|
"turn up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"bugger off , or I'll call the police!"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1922, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184205"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugging":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of an order (Hemiptera and especially its suborder Heteroptera) of insects (such as an assassin bug or chinch bug ) that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and incomplete metamorphosis and are often economic pests",
|
||
|
|
": any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs",
|
||
|
|
": any of several insects (such as a head louse ) commonly considered obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
": an unexpected defect, fault, flaw, or imperfection",
|
||
|
|
": a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) especially when causing illness or disease",
|
||
|
|
": an often unspecified or nonspecific sickness presumed to be caused by such a microorganism",
|
||
|
|
": a concealed listening device",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden enthusiasm",
|
||
|
|
": enthusiast",
|
||
|
|
": a prominent person",
|
||
|
|
": a crazy person",
|
||
|
|
": a weight allowance given apprentice jockeys",
|
||
|
|
": bother , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to plant a concealed microphone in",
|
||
|
|
": to lose one's composure : freak",
|
||
|
|
": protrude , bulge",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to bug",
|
||
|
|
": bogey , bugbear",
|
||
|
|
": any of a large group of insects that have four wings, suck liquid food (as plant juices or blood), and have young which resemble the adults but lack wings",
|
||
|
|
": an insect or other small creeping or crawling animal",
|
||
|
|
": flaw",
|
||
|
|
": bother entry 1 sense 1 , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to stick out",
|
||
|
|
": an insect or other creeping or crawling invertebrate animal (as a spider)",
|
||
|
|
": any of various insects (as the bedbug or cockroach) commonly considered obnoxious",
|
||
|
|
": any of the order Hemiptera and especially of its suborder Heteroptera of insects that have sucking mouthparts, forewings thickened at the base, and that lack a pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult",
|
||
|
|
": a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) especially when causing illness or disease",
|
||
|
|
": an often unspecified or nonspecific sickness presumed to be caused by such a microorganism",
|
||
|
|
": to plant a concealed microphone in \u2014 compare eavesdrop , wiretap",
|
||
|
|
"river over 450 miles (720 kilometers) long in central Europe rising in western Ukraine, forming part of Ukraine\u2013Poland and Poland\u2013Belarus borders, and flowing into the Vistula River in Poland",
|
||
|
|
"river over 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southwestern Ukraine flowing southeast to the estuary of the Dnieper River"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259g",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fcg"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"addict",
|
||
|
|
"aficionado",
|
||
|
|
"afficionado",
|
||
|
|
"buff",
|
||
|
|
"devotee",
|
||
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
||
|
|
"fan",
|
||
|
|
"fanatic",
|
||
|
|
"fancier",
|
||
|
|
"fiend",
|
||
|
|
"fool",
|
||
|
|
"freak",
|
||
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"habitue",
|
||
|
|
"head",
|
||
|
|
"hound",
|
||
|
|
"junkie",
|
||
|
|
"junky",
|
||
|
|
"lover",
|
||
|
|
"maniac",
|
||
|
|
"maven",
|
||
|
|
"mavin",
|
||
|
|
"nut",
|
||
|
|
"sucker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
|
"annoy",
|
||
|
|
"bother",
|
||
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
||
|
|
"chafe",
|
||
|
|
"eat",
|
||
|
|
"exasperate",
|
||
|
|
"frost",
|
||
|
|
"gall",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"grate",
|
||
|
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
||
|
|
"irk",
|
||
|
|
"irritate",
|
||
|
|
"itch",
|
||
|
|
"nark",
|
||
|
|
"nettle",
|
||
|
|
"peeve",
|
||
|
|
"persecute",
|
||
|
|
"pique",
|
||
|
|
"put out",
|
||
|
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
|
"rile",
|
||
|
|
"ruffle",
|
||
|
|
"spite",
|
||
|
|
"vex"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1935, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220549"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bughouse":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"mentally deranged crazy",
|
||
|
|
"an asylum for the mentally ill"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259g-\u02cchau\u0307s",
|
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"gaga",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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||
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"wud"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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||
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"uncrazy"
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||
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],
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"anyone would go bughouse after spending a week with her relatives"
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Adjective",
|
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"1887, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun",
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"1899, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"build up":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": something produced by building up",
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||
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": the act or process of building up",
|
||
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": to develop gradually by increments",
|
||
|
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": to promote the health, strength, esteem, or reputation of",
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||
|
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": to accumulate or develop appreciably"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bild-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
|
"appreciate",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"boom",
|
||
|
|
"burgeon",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
||
|
|
"climb",
|
||
|
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"enlarge",
|
||
|
|
"escalate",
|
||
|
|
"expand",
|
||
|
|
"gain",
|
||
|
|
"increase",
|
||
|
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"mount",
|
||
|
|
"multiply",
|
||
|
|
"mushroom",
|
||
|
|
"proliferate",
|
||
|
|
"rise",
|
||
|
|
"roll up",
|
||
|
|
"snowball",
|
||
|
|
"spread",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"wax"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"contract",
|
||
|
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"decrease",
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||
|
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"diminish",
|
||
|
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"dwindle",
|
||
|
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"lessen",
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||
|
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"recede",
|
||
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"wane"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
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||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"There is a big traffic buildup on the highway.",
|
||
|
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"You should clean the mechanism regularly to prevent buildup of dirt.",
|
||
|
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"Both players were given big buildups before the game.",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"static electricity built up on the cat's fur",
|
||
|
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"the roller coaster built up momentum",
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||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"But, the Russian leader cautioned, the same would not be true if NATO staged a military buildup in the two countries. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The white lines are indicators of calcium buildup in the breast\u2019s arterial wall, which is different from coronary artery calcification, already known as a cardiovascular risk. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So the researchers suggested that using THC frequently could activate that receptor in a way that leads to inflammation in blood vessels, which in turn can accelerate a buildup of plaque in the arteries that can lead to a heart attack. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The option to the minor leagues was reversed a few days later because of fluid buildup in his knee, which led to Senzel rehabbing the injury in Arizona for the remainder of the season. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Luker Dong, a resident in Pudong, said that his 73-year-old father suffered from uremia \u2014 a buildup of toxins in the blood \u2014 that required him to get hemodialysis at a hospital three times a week. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Does that foreclose the option of a U.S. troop buildup in Eastern Europe? \u2014 Robert Burns, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Longtime residents say the groups of uniformed GIs have emerged from their bases only in recent days, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a buildup in U.S. forces based in Poland. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The buildup of aerial forces in Eastern Europe carries risks. \u2014 Eric Schmitt, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The mobile app enables creators to build up their own songs through a very simple set of tools that do not require musical expertise to use. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The fraudster will then work to build up the credit rating for the fake persona with the goal of securing bigger loans or credit card limits and then bailing without ever paying the lending agency. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Blood starts to build up in the veins, which then increases pressure in those blood vessels. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But with the fans on their side in Game 3, the energy is going to build up . \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And wearables companies seem primed to build up women as a customer base \u2014 and pool of research participants. \u2014 Katie Palmer, STAT , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Businesses can choose to build up or tear down the foundations of our pluralistic society. \u2014 Robert Netzly, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"India also had to build up strength in his back legs, which did not develop properly since living as a house pet prevented the tiger from running at full speed or jumping. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Cubs will continue to build up Miley, whose left elbow inflammation prevented a normal spring. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1555, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183442"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"built-in":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": forming an integral part of a structure or object",
|
||
|
|
": constructed as or in a recess in a wall",
|
||
|
|
": built into the ground",
|
||
|
|
": inherent",
|
||
|
|
": already established",
|
||
|
|
": a built-in piece of furniture",
|
||
|
|
": forming a permanent part of a structure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bilt-\u02c8in",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bilt-\u02ccin",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bil-\u02c8tin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"constitutional",
|
||
|
|
"constitutive",
|
||
|
|
"essential",
|
||
|
|
"hardwired",
|
||
|
|
"immanent",
|
||
|
|
"inborn",
|
||
|
|
"inbred",
|
||
|
|
"indigenous",
|
||
|
|
"ingrain",
|
||
|
|
"ingrained",
|
||
|
|
"engrained",
|
||
|
|
"inherent",
|
||
|
|
"innate",
|
||
|
|
"integral",
|
||
|
|
"intrinsic",
|
||
|
|
"native",
|
||
|
|
"natural"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adventitious",
|
||
|
|
"extraneous",
|
||
|
|
"extrinsic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1919, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213546"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulge":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"verb",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to jut out swell",
|
||
|
|
"to become swollen or protuberant",
|
||
|
|
"to bend outward",
|
||
|
|
"to be filled to overflowing",
|
||
|
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
|
"to cause to bulge",
|
||
|
|
"a protuberant or swollen part or place",
|
||
|
|
"sudden expansion",
|
||
|
|
"advantage , upper hand",
|
||
|
|
"bilge sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"bilge sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"to swell or curve outward",
|
||
|
|
"a swelling part a part that sticks out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259lj",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bag",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"belly",
|
||
|
|
"billow",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"jut",
|
||
|
|
"overhang",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pooch",
|
||
|
|
"pouch",
|
||
|
|
"pout",
|
||
|
|
"project",
|
||
|
|
"protrude",
|
||
|
|
"stand out",
|
||
|
|
"start",
|
||
|
|
"stick out",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"convexity",
|
||
|
|
"jut",
|
||
|
|
"overhang",
|
||
|
|
"projection",
|
||
|
|
"protrusion",
|
||
|
|
"protuberance",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Another of his cautions When hardware is embedded in the door and humidity causes woodwork to contract and expand, the door might stick or bulge out slightly. \u2014 Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For instance, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) recommends people with diverticulosis\u2014a disease in which little sacs bulge out of the weak areas of your colon wall\u2014incorporate more fiber into their diet. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The moon's gravitational pull and subsequent effect on the tides causes water on Earth's surface to bulge slightly around the equator. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One likened the process to pushing in one side of a balloon only to see the opposite side bulge out. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Your eyes bulge out of your face, and hearts possibly appear in them. \u2014 Sara K. Runnel, The New Yorker , 31 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As many hospitals bulge again with covid-19 patients, a wide swath of the health-care industry is exasperated that federal health officials have not made available any more of the aid since President Biden took office. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Tire boots\u2014thick rubber patches\u2014will hold together most gashes, but if the rip is large and ragged, the tube may bulge through. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 1 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Reflections in the brass base of the lamp bulge out, convex, contorted, unlike real objects below. \u2014 Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The bulge allowed air more typical of midsummer to spread over the region. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That will change, and so, too, will the club\u2019s 5 \u00bd-game bulge in the AL East \u2013 for better or worse. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2014, a 4.5-million voter edge for Republicans led to 247 red seats; in 2020, an almost 4.7 million vote bulge for Democrats created just 222 blue ones. \u2014 David Daley, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And McGovern agreed that the Babe was fat\u2014but thought that should inspire the average American. Ruth would put in two hours of work each day to battle the bulge , working with medicine balls, dumbbells, and treadmills. \u2014 Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At the Garden, he was dressed like a guy ready for a rowdy night in a rural bar boots, sleeveless flannel, tight jeans with a Skoal-sized bulge in the back pocket. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What the man doesn\u2019t know is that the interior of his down jacket has suffered a structural failure, and the filling has massed along the bottom hem, forming a conspicuous bulge at his waist. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Once considered a formidable asset, has India\u2019s demographic bulge turned toxic due to the country\u2019s lost economic decade? \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Theresa Grant, a resident of Culver City, has endured debilitating pain for the past year from a mysterious bulge protruding from her lower rib cage. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 4b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulging":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": swelling or thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface : protuberant",
|
||
|
|
": swollen with contents"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259l-ji\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"And the big, bulging , muscles that let Hulk SMASH so effectively aren't the same as carrying a lot of excess fat. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Indian streamer ALTBalaji has revealed a focus on the burgeoning Indian youth market and a bulging slate. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 10 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, the green frogs are very interested in what is going on right in front of their little bulging eyes. \u2014 Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 11 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Hayes\u2019 former boyfriend, Jimmy Jackson, then 72, was seen in surveillance video leaving Hayes\u2019 apartment with a bulging suitcase and dragging it through the lobby to a dumpster outside. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 23 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Collecting every bit of data makes for a bulging warehouse. \u2014 Christian Ofori-boateng, Forbes , 5 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Fisher isn\u2019t concerned with trying to keep everyone happy, a task next to impossible anyway in the era of the bulging transfer portal. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, ExpressNews.com , 1 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Just what a frothy stock market needed: a bulging slate of tech IPOs, breaking a lengthy drought. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 31 Aug. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The convention center's architecture, full of bulging , rectangular concrete blocks, becomes a perilous series of leaps for Ellie. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 2 June 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1812, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215821"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulk (up)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to bulk up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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|
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"she bulked up her hair with one hand as she reached for the shears with the other",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The food, supplements and protein powder needed to bulk up are expensive. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Plus, an extra half-pound fill bag is included, so snorers can bulk up their pillow over time to slowly get comfortable with a more elevated, anti-snore head position. \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Period panties won't noticeably bulk up your crotch the way most diapers do. \u2014 De Elizabeth, Allure , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company has chosen instead to bulk up its internal development muscle with the $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie in January and, most recently, the pickup of Haven Studios in Canada for an undisclosed sum. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a world where most media companies are trying to bulk up for the fight with Netflix \u2014 and in some cases buying up other studios to do so \u2014 agencies want more leverage for themselves. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This is how Baltimore envisioned it, after all, when the club went into full-sell mode to bulk up a farm system. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"As such, Canada needs to bulk up its foreign policy muscle to avoid being outmaneuvered on the international diplomatic podium. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Some of these adulterants or additives may be as simple as sugar or artificial sweeteners that are added for taste, or additives or fillers that bulk up the drug. \u2014 Nadia Kounang, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1979, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194025"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bull":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"biographical name",
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a male bovine",
|
||
|
|
": an adult uncastrated male domestic bovine",
|
||
|
|
": a usually adult male of various large animals (such as elephants, whales, or seals)",
|
||
|
|
": one who buys securities or commodities in expectation of a price rise or who acts to effect such a rise \u2014 compare bear",
|
||
|
|
": one that resembles a bull (as in brawny physique)",
|
||
|
|
": bulldog",
|
||
|
|
": police officer , detective",
|
||
|
|
": taurus",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to a bull",
|
||
|
|
": male",
|
||
|
|
": suggestive of a bull",
|
||
|
|
": large of its kind",
|
||
|
|
": to advance forcefully",
|
||
|
|
": to act on with violence",
|
||
|
|
": force",
|
||
|
|
": a solemn papal letter sealed with a bulla or with a red-ink imprint of the device on the bulla",
|
||
|
|
": edict , decree",
|
||
|
|
": to fool especially by fast boastful talk",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in idle and boastful talk",
|
||
|
|
": a grotesque blunder in language",
|
||
|
|
": empty boastful talk",
|
||
|
|
": nonsense sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"bulletin",
|
||
|
|
": an adult male ox or an adult male of certain other large animals (as the elephant and the whale)",
|
||
|
|
"Bornemann 1810\u20131880 Norwegian violinist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bobby",
|
||
|
|
"constable",
|
||
|
|
"cop",
|
||
|
|
"copper",
|
||
|
|
"flatfoot",
|
||
|
|
"fuzz",
|
||
|
|
"gendarme",
|
||
|
|
"lawman",
|
||
|
|
"officer",
|
||
|
|
"police officer",
|
||
|
|
"policeman",
|
||
|
|
"shamus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bore",
|
||
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
||
|
|
"crash",
|
||
|
|
"elbow",
|
||
|
|
"jam",
|
||
|
|
"jostle",
|
||
|
|
"muscle",
|
||
|
|
"press",
|
||
|
|
"push",
|
||
|
|
"shoulder",
|
||
|
|
"squeeze"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1884, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1609, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174516"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulldoze":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to coerce or restrain by threats : bully",
|
||
|
|
": to move, clear, gouge out, or level off by pushing with or as if with a bulldozer",
|
||
|
|
": to force insensitively or ruthlessly",
|
||
|
|
": to operate a bulldozer",
|
||
|
|
": to force one's way like a bulldozer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02ccd\u014dz",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bore",
|
||
|
|
"bull",
|
||
|
|
"crash",
|
||
|
|
"elbow",
|
||
|
|
"jam",
|
||
|
|
"jostle",
|
||
|
|
"muscle",
|
||
|
|
"press",
|
||
|
|
"push",
|
||
|
|
"shoulder",
|
||
|
|
"squeeze"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The crew is bulldozing the trees.",
|
||
|
|
"They bulldozed a road through the hills.",
|
||
|
|
"The governor bulldozed the law through the legislature.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"How can a democratic system potentially bulldoze away established rights favored by the people from whom all power is supposed to flow? \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Will the Bryant Bulldogs bulldoze their way into more March Madness? \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"City officials had also previously attempted to receive approval to bulldoze the property but did not move forward after hearing community concerns. \u2014 Fox News , 28 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Musk can\u2019t bulldoze past regulations of this particular nature. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The impasse has led to intensifying calls to unilaterally change filibuster rules so Democrats can bulldoze over Republicans\u2019 objections. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps from bull entry 1 + alteration of dose ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193641"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bully":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a blustering, browbeating person",
|
||
|
|
": one who is habitually cruel, insulting, or threatening to others who are weaker, smaller, or in some way vulnerable",
|
||
|
|
": pimp",
|
||
|
|
": a hired ruffian",
|
||
|
|
": sweetheart",
|
||
|
|
": a fine chap",
|
||
|
|
": to treat (someone) in a cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive fashion : to act like a bully toward",
|
||
|
|
": to cause (someone) to do something by means of force or coercion",
|
||
|
|
": to use language or behavior that is cruel, insulting, threatening, or aggressive",
|
||
|
|
": excellent",
|
||
|
|
": resembling or characteristic of a bully",
|
||
|
|
": pickled or canned usually corned beef",
|
||
|
|
": someone who is cruel, insulting, or threatening to another and often to one who is smaller, weaker, or in some way vulnerable",
|
||
|
|
": to be cruel, insulting, or threatening to another and often to one who is smaller, weaker, or in some way vulnerable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bullyboy",
|
||
|
|
"hector",
|
||
|
|
"intimidator"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abuse",
|
||
|
|
"brutalize",
|
||
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
||
|
|
"ill-use",
|
||
|
|
"kick around",
|
||
|
|
"maltreat",
|
||
|
|
"manhandle",
|
||
|
|
"mess over",
|
||
|
|
"mishandle",
|
||
|
|
"mistreat",
|
||
|
|
"misuse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"He bullied his younger brothers.",
|
||
|
|
"children who had been bullied by their father since infancy",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"that's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1), Verb, and Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1693, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1753, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170355"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullyboy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a swaggering bully"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113-\u02ccb\u022fi",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bully",
|
||
|
|
"hector",
|
||
|
|
"intimidator"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"political bullyboys who threaten their opponents",
|
||
|
|
"unfortunately, some local bullyboys had made the park their turf, and families avoided it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1909, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181318"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bum":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buttocks",
|
||
|
|
": of poor quality or nature",
|
||
|
|
": not valid or deserved",
|
||
|
|
": not pleasant or enjoyable",
|
||
|
|
": affected or disabled by damage or injury",
|
||
|
|
": loaf",
|
||
|
|
": to spend time unemployed and often wandering",
|
||
|
|
": to obtain by asking or begging : cadge",
|
||
|
|
": one who sponges (see sponge entry 2 sense 2 ) off others and avoids work",
|
||
|
|
": one who performs a function poorly",
|
||
|
|
": one whose time is devoted to a recreational activity",
|
||
|
|
": vagrant , tramp",
|
||
|
|
": with no settled residence or means of support",
|
||
|
|
": a drinking spree : bender",
|
||
|
|
": disappoint , depress",
|
||
|
|
": a person who avoids work",
|
||
|
|
": tramp entry 2 sense 1 , hobo",
|
||
|
|
": to obtain by asking or begging"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backside",
|
||
|
|
"behind",
|
||
|
|
"booty",
|
||
|
|
"bootie",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"breech",
|
||
|
|
"buns",
|
||
|
|
"butt",
|
||
|
|
"buttocks",
|
||
|
|
"caboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cheeks",
|
||
|
|
"derriere",
|
||
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"fanny",
|
||
|
|
"fundament",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"haunches",
|
||
|
|
"heinie",
|
||
|
|
"hunkers",
|
||
|
|
"keister",
|
||
|
|
"keester",
|
||
|
|
"nates",
|
||
|
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"rear end",
|
||
|
|
"rump",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tail end",
|
||
|
|
"tush"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
||
|
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
||
|
|
"cheesy",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"crappy",
|
||
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
||
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
||
|
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"junky",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"low-grade",
|
||
|
|
"low-rent",
|
||
|
|
"mediocre",
|
||
|
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
||
|
|
"schlock",
|
||
|
|
"schlocky",
|
||
|
|
"shlock",
|
||
|
|
"shlocky",
|
||
|
|
"second-rate",
|
||
|
|
"shoddy",
|
||
|
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"that was bum advice that you got from that chat room"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1863, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1970, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191035"
|
||
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},
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||
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"bumble":{
|
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"type":[
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||
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"noun",
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"verb",
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"verb ()"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": buzz",
|
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|
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": drone , rumble",
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||
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": blunder",
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||
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": to speak ineptly in a stuttering and faltering manner",
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||
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": to proceed unsteadily : stumble",
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": bungle",
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||
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": to act, move, or speak in a clumsy way"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l",
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l"
|
||
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],
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||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"burr",
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"buzz",
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||
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"drone",
|
||
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"hum",
|
||
|
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"whir",
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|
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"whirr",
|
||
|
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"whish",
|
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|
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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||
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"zip",
|
||
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"zoom"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"blow",
|
||
|
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"bobble",
|
||
|
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"boggle",
|
||
|
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"bollix (up)",
|
||
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"boot",
|
||
|
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"botch",
|
||
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"bugger (up)",
|
||
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"bungle",
|
||
|
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"butcher",
|
||
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"dub",
|
||
|
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"flub",
|
||
|
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"fluff",
|
||
|
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"foozle",
|
||
|
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"foul up",
|
||
|
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"fumble",
|
||
|
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"goof (up)",
|
||
|
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"louse up",
|
||
|
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"mangle",
|
||
|
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"mess (up)",
|
||
|
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"muck up",
|
||
|
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"muff",
|
||
|
|
"murder",
|
||
|
|
"screw up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-001604"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bummer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that bums",
|
||
|
|
": an unpleasant experience (such as a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug)",
|
||
|
|
": failure , flop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-m\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"down",
|
||
|
|
"downer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bindle stiff",
|
||
|
|
"bum",
|
||
|
|
"hobo",
|
||
|
|
"sundowner",
|
||
|
|
"swaggie",
|
||
|
|
"swagman",
|
||
|
|
"tramp",
|
||
|
|
"vagabond",
|
||
|
|
"vagrant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202902"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bump":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a swelling of tissue",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden rise or uneven area in a road surface likely to jolt a passing vehicle",
|
||
|
|
": a cranial protuberance",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden forceful blow, impact, or jolt",
|
||
|
|
": demotion",
|
||
|
|
": an action of thrusting the hips forward with an abrupt suggestive motion (as in a dance or in a burlesque striptease act) \u2014 compare grind entry 2 sense 4",
|
||
|
|
": baby bump",
|
||
|
|
": an increase in amount",
|
||
|
|
": a small quantity of an illicit drug when inhaled in powdered form at one time",
|
||
|
|
": the act or an instance of bumping (see bump entry 2 sense 4 ) the ball with the forearms",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or knock with force or violence",
|
||
|
|
": to collide with",
|
||
|
|
": to dislodge with a jolt",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to a scalar change",
|
||
|
|
": to oust usually by virtue of seniority or priority",
|
||
|
|
": to hit (the ball) with the forearms held close together and facing upward (as when receiving a serve)",
|
||
|
|
": to play or listen to (recorded music, especially rap)",
|
||
|
|
": to knock against something with a forceful jolt",
|
||
|
|
": to proceed in or as if in a series of bumps",
|
||
|
|
": to encounter something that is an obstacle or hindrance",
|
||
|
|
": to encounter especially by chance",
|
||
|
|
": a rounded swelling of flesh as from an injury",
|
||
|
|
": a small raised area on a surface",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden heavy impact or jolt",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or knock against something",
|
||
|
|
": to move along unevenly : jolt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259mp",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259mp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"knot",
|
||
|
|
"lump",
|
||
|
|
"node",
|
||
|
|
"nodule",
|
||
|
|
"swelling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"collide",
|
||
|
|
"crash",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"impact",
|
||
|
|
"impinge",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"ram",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"strike",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"thud"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"But Apple plans to upgrade the entry-level iPad this year, with the new model expected to receive a big specs bump . \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Airplay also saw a bump of nearly 330% as audience for the song went from 41,000 to over 422,000 in a week. \u2014 Shirley Halperin, Variety , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Also pretty clearly, the only real Trump-skeptical candidate in the race, a millionaire named Matt Dolan, received a big bump , too, and is now running second or third in recent polls. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In all, the new state budget for the fiscal year through March 31, 2023, allocates $4.7 billion in operating funds to the state Office of Mental Health \u2014 a bump of nearly $800 million from the previous fiscal year. \u2014 Abigail Kramer, ProPublica , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And, finally, what will this big pay bump mean for other early-career workers in other parts of the sprawling General Dynamics universe? \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The new military branch is one of his few legacies that Biden has embraced, with the White House submitting a recent budget request of $24.5 billion for the Space Force, a bump of about 40% over the prior year. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In stark contrast to her bump -baring designer outfit, Rihanna styled her skirt and bra top with affordable Adidas Samba Classic Shoes, proving that not all comfortable shoes for pregnant women are chunky and \u2014 excuse our bluntness \u2014 ugly. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Also worth mentioning that Tickets was released when ticket and merch bundles still were permitted to register as album sales for Billboard chart calculations, which gave that album a big bump that Sellout cannot benefit from. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The two brackets will be filled out based on the final OSAA rankings, but league champions ranked outside of the top 16 will be moved into the Top 16 bracket and will bump the lowest seeds to the Next 16 bracket. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dune earned $3 million in Australia this weekend to bump its worldwide cume to $393 million. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The selection committee ought to bump Alabama to No. 1 and slide Georgia to No. 3 to save the potential rematch for the national championship. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 5 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Jayden de Laura threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Jackson Jr. to bump the lead to 44-18 with 8:37 to play. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But that match won't vest until your 25th month of service, at which point the government will bump up its match to a full 5% of your basic pay going forward. \u2014 Jeanne Sahadi, CNN , 11 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Miller then slammed into the end zone on fourth-and-1 with 8:09 left in the game to bump the lead to 24-16. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 9 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Thorne connected with Jordon Simmons for a 14-yard touchdown on the next play to bump the lead to 21-0. \u2014 Andrew Seligman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"According to the Wall Street Journal, government officials have indicated plans to bump interest rates up by half a percentage point during the meeting, and raise them again in July by the same amount. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 6 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1558, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175723"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bump off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to murder casually or cold-bloodedly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assassinate",
|
||
|
|
"croak",
|
||
|
|
"dispatch",
|
||
|
|
"do in",
|
||
|
|
"execute",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"ice",
|
||
|
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
|
"liquidate",
|
||
|
|
"murder",
|
||
|
|
"neutralize",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"put away",
|
||
|
|
"rub out",
|
||
|
|
"slay",
|
||
|
|
"snuff",
|
||
|
|
"take out",
|
||
|
|
"terminate",
|
||
|
|
"whack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191807"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumper":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a brimming cup or glass",
|
||
|
|
": something unusually large",
|
||
|
|
": unusually large",
|
||
|
|
": banner sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a device for absorbing shock or preventing damage (as in collision)",
|
||
|
|
": a bar at either end of an automobile",
|
||
|
|
": one that bumps",
|
||
|
|
": a brief interval on radio or television filled with music, video shots, or voice-overs that marks a break between a program and a commercial",
|
||
|
|
": a bar across the front or back of a motor vehicle intended to lessen shock or damage from collision",
|
||
|
|
": larger or finer than usual"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"A-OK",
|
||
|
|
"A1",
|
||
|
|
"awesome",
|
||
|
|
"bang-up",
|
||
|
|
"banner",
|
||
|
|
"beautiful",
|
||
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
||
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
||
|
|
"boffo",
|
||
|
|
"bonny",
|
||
|
|
"bonnie",
|
||
|
|
"boss",
|
||
|
|
"brag",
|
||
|
|
"brave",
|
||
|
|
"bully",
|
||
|
|
"capital",
|
||
|
|
"choice",
|
||
|
|
"classic",
|
||
|
|
"cool",
|
||
|
|
"corking",
|
||
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"divine",
|
||
|
|
"dope",
|
||
|
|
"down",
|
||
|
|
"dynamite",
|
||
|
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
|
"fab",
|
||
|
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
|
"famous",
|
||
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
||
|
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
|
"first-string",
|
||
|
|
"five-star",
|
||
|
|
"four-star",
|
||
|
|
"frontline",
|
||
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
||
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
||
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
||
|
|
"gone",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"groovy",
|
||
|
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
|
"high-class",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"hype",
|
||
|
|
"immense",
|
||
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"lovely",
|
||
|
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"neat",
|
||
|
|
"nifty",
|
||
|
|
"noble",
|
||
|
|
"number one",
|
||
|
|
"No. 1",
|
||
|
|
"numero uno",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
||
|
|
"par excellence",
|
||
|
|
"peachy",
|
||
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
||
|
|
"phat",
|
||
|
|
"prime",
|
||
|
|
"primo",
|
||
|
|
"prize",
|
||
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
||
|
|
"quality",
|
||
|
|
"radical",
|
||
|
|
"righteous",
|
||
|
|
"sensational",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
|
"sterling",
|
||
|
|
"superb",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"superlative",
|
||
|
|
"supernal",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"terrific",
|
||
|
|
"tip-top",
|
||
|
|
"top",
|
||
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"top-notch",
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"top-of-the-line",
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"top-shelf",
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"topflight",
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"topping",
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"unsurpassed",
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"wizard",
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"wonderful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"buffer",
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"cocoon",
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"cushion",
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"cushioning",
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"fender",
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"pad"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"We had a bumper crop of tomatoes this year.",
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"it's been a bumper year for movies aimed at intelligent adults"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun (1)",
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"circa 1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Adjective",
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"1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183631"
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},
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"bumpkin":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun ()"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an awkward and unsophisticated rustic",
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": a spar projecting from a ship especially at the stern"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-k\u0259n",
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-k\u0259n"
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||
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chawbacon",
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||
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"churl",
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||
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"clodhopper",
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||
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"cornball",
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||
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"countryman",
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||
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"hayseed",
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||
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"hick",
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||
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"provincial",
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||
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"rube",
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||
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"rustic",
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||
|
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"yokel"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"cosmopolitan",
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||
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"cosmopolite",
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||
|
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"sophisticate"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
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"1570, in the meaning defined above",
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||
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"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1613, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174838"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumptious":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
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"adverb",
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-sh\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
|
"assumptive",
|
||
|
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
|
"chesty",
|
||
|
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
|
"huffish",
|
||
|
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
|
"important",
|
||
|
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
|
"pompous",
|
||
|
|
"presuming",
|
||
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
|
"sniffy",
|
||
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
|
"uppish",
|
||
|
|
"uppity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"humble",
|
||
|
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
|
"modest",
|
||
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bump entry 1 + -tious (as in fractious )",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175233"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumpy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having or covered with bumps",
|
||
|
|
": marked by bumps or jolts",
|
||
|
|
": marked by or full of difficulties",
|
||
|
|
": having or covered with bumps",
|
||
|
|
": having sudden up-and-down movements"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-p\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"choppy",
|
||
|
|
"herky-jerky",
|
||
|
|
"jerky",
|
||
|
|
"jouncy",
|
||
|
|
"rough"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The road is very bumpy .",
|
||
|
|
"the bumpy skin of a cucumber",
|
||
|
|
"The flight was very bumpy .",
|
||
|
|
"The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The high-flying journeyman guard and defensive stopper overcame his struggles and a bumpy basketball road to stick in the NBA at last, shining alongside Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, oregonlive , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hayes experienced a bumpy rookie season that was marred by injuries. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Jo Adell isn\u2019t quite yet back in the mix for more MLB playing time after a bumpy debut season in 2020, but Minasian said the 22-year-old former first-round pick has been making strides at the team\u2019s alternate training site. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 24 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Okoro is one third of the way through his bumpy rookie season. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"News of the spike comes as Americans brace for a chaotic election \u2014 and a bumpy flu season that could exacerbate the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 6 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"All is certainly not lost, but the offseason of transition is certainly off to a bumpy start. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Universal, on the other hand, has endured a bumpy start to the new year. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Technology chief Josh Adams and product development head Billy Boozer stepped down from Truth Social after a bumpy start in February for its iPhone app, Reuters reported Monday. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190627"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bunch":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": protuberance , swelling",
|
||
|
|
": a number of things of the same kind",
|
||
|
|
": group sense 2a",
|
||
|
|
": a considerable amount : lot",
|
||
|
|
": swell , protrude",
|
||
|
|
": to form a group or cluster",
|
||
|
|
": to form into a bunch",
|
||
|
|
": a number of things of the same kind growing together",
|
||
|
|
": group entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": to gather in a bunch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259nch",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259nch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"body",
|
||
|
|
"circle",
|
||
|
|
"clan",
|
||
|
|
"clique",
|
||
|
|
"community",
|
||
|
|
"coterie",
|
||
|
|
"coven",
|
||
|
|
"crowd",
|
||
|
|
"fold",
|
||
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"gang",
|
||
|
|
"klatch",
|
||
|
|
"klatsch",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"network",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"ring",
|
||
|
|
"set"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bag",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"belly",
|
||
|
|
"billow",
|
||
|
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
|
"jut",
|
||
|
|
"overhang",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pooch",
|
||
|
|
"pouch",
|
||
|
|
"pout",
|
||
|
|
"project",
|
||
|
|
"protrude",
|
||
|
|
"stand out",
|
||
|
|
"start",
|
||
|
|
"stick out",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"He always had a bunch of keys on his belt.",
|
||
|
|
"Dried herbs hung in bunches from the kitchen rafters.",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The child's tights bunched at the ankles.",
|
||
|
|
"the dress bunches a bit at the waist",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Moreover, the Orioles were an underachieving bunch caught in the crossfire between the two warring leagues that would not make peace until 1903, after the Baltimore club was gone. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And that can blow minds because in sports culture and locker room culture there\u2019s a bunch of stuff that lingers. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For the brunch-casual bunch , there\u2019s a bloody mary with shrimp and a cheesy fondue with a serious combination of shrimp and crawfish and all the reckless joy of queso. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One dates to the 18th century and involves poets, proverbs and a bunch of English scalawags bilking investors out of their money. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Challenge will see 456 players compete in a series of games for a $4.56 million prize, similar to the plot of the show \u2014 well, except for the part where a bunch of the players die in the process. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So that\u2019s a bunch of people who already have the distinction of being beaten by Biden, some of whom fail to resolve the age issue that is supposedly a preeminent concern. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Garth Brooks performed on June 4 at the new stadium in downtown Birmingham, packing the house, pleasing his fans and playing a big bunch of hits. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On the field, the Blue Jays are a diverse and vibrant bunch . \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Rather than using removable inserts that bunch up in the wash and get thrown away, all Lume Six bras are offered in two versions: unlined or with thin sewn-in padding. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Women\u2019s styles frustrate Emily Casey, 32, a software engineer in Brooklyn, tending to bunch under her arms. \u2014 Aria Darcella, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Charitable contributions are not the only way to bunch . \u2014 Jamie Hopkins, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That meant the Flyline kit needed to accommodate the contours of a seated skier while eliminating seams, pockets, zippers, and any excess fabric that could bunch up in the chair. \u2014 Nick Heil, Outside Online , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Many of the shootings bunch up at the city\u2019s major thoroughfares. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Use carpeting or hardwood flooring as opposed to area rugs, which can bunch up or become a tripping hazard. Keep walking areas clear of clutter. \u2014 Arlene Becker, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To buy: 2 tomatoes, 1/2 pound red or yellow potatoes, 1 red onion, 1 bottle balsamic vinegar, 1 bottle dried oregano, 1 container minced garlic, 1 bunch broccoli florets, 1 block feta cheese (3 ounces needed) and 1 bunch cilantro. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Each fluffy pillow is stuffed with poly fiber filling that won't bunch up overnight. \u2014 Amy Schulman, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 Sep. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213952"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bunco":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a swindling game or scheme"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"con",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
|
"hustle",
|
||
|
|
"scam",
|
||
|
|
"shell game",
|
||
|
|
"sting",
|
||
|
|
"swindle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"they were experts at that bunco , having fleeced wide-eyed tourists for years",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The group organizes weekly and monthly events including dinners, dances, bingo and bunco . \u2014 Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 14 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Invite your bunco club or friends who have never played. \u2014 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of Spanish banca bench, banking, bank in gambling, from Italian \u2014 more at bank ",
|
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"first_known_use":[
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"1872, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214743"
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},
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"buncombe":{
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||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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||
|
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": insincere or foolish talk : nonsense"
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||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-k\u0259m"
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||
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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||
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"applesauce",
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"balderdash",
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"baloney",
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"boloney",
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"beans",
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"bilge",
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"blah",
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"blah-blah",
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"blarney",
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"blather",
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"blatherskite",
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"blither",
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"bosh",
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"bull",
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"bunk",
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"claptrap",
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"codswallop",
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"crapola",
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"crock",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"fiddle",
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"fiddle-faddle",
|
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"fiddlesticks",
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||
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"flannel",
|
||
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"flapdoodle",
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||
|
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"folderol",
|
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|
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"falderal",
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"folly",
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|
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"foolishness",
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||
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"fudge",
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"garbage",
|
||
|
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"guff",
|
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"hogwash",
|
||
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"hokeypokey",
|
||
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"hokum",
|
||
|
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"hoodoo",
|
||
|
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"hooey",
|
||
|
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"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
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"humbug",
|
||
|
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"humbuggery",
|
||
|
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"jazz",
|
||
|
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"malarkey",
|
||
|
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"malarky",
|
||
|
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"moonshine",
|
||
|
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"muck",
|
||
|
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"nerts",
|
||
|
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"nonsense",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
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"piffle",
|
||
|
|
"poppycock",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"rot",
|
||
|
|
"rubbish",
|
||
|
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
|
"slush",
|
||
|
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"What a load of bunkum !",
|
||
|
|
"a cinematic depiction of the Middle Ages that was derided as pure bunkum by historians",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Unfortunately, but somewhat predictably, the press has fallen for Bukele\u2019s bunkum hook, line, and sinker. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 18 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Reich makes $300,000 a year teaching anti-capitalist bunkum to impressionable young minds \u2014 on top of at least $40,000 per hour giving speeches around the country. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 5 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But like many others on the right, Peterson is ultimately motivated by an inability to let bunkum prevail unchallenged. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Almost no records survived, though, so the history of the Pony Express is littered with impostors, inaccuracies, and plain bunkum . \u2014 National Geographic , 23 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"For sixteen seasons, John Elway let all the bunkum bounce off his big shoulders. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 23 May 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum . \u2014 Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com , 21 May 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" Buncombe county, North Carolina; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214408"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bung":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the stopper especially in the bunghole of a cask",
|
||
|
|
": bunghole",
|
||
|
|
": the cecum or anus especially of a slaughtered animal",
|
||
|
|
": to plug with or as if with a bung",
|
||
|
|
": throw sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a stopper that closes or covers a hole in a barrel"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"block",
|
||
|
|
"dam",
|
||
|
|
"fill",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"plug",
|
||
|
|
"stop",
|
||
|
|
"stuff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"thousands of pounds in illegal bungs",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"we had bunged up the moving van so much that we couldn't have possibly squeezed in one more thing",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Lemish, like Kramer, is a diva, always ready to pull the bung from his emotions. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Two grandkids were up by the windshield, crammed in front of blue drums of gas, with gas pooled around the bungs and more tanks in the stern leaking gas. \u2014 Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Indiana State Fair food Here are 22 new food items coming to the fair: American Hero \u2013 A soft bung hosting a meat trio of Virginia ham, salami and pepperoni. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 15 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Prosecutors allege that Mazzacurati presided over a consortium where the original aim of saving Venice seems to have been forgotten amid bungs to political parties and cronies. \u2014 Manfred Manera, Newsweek , 18 July 2014",
|
||
|
|
"Johnson had removed the drum\u2019s bung , which is like a cap, and car wash polish erupted on the left side of his face, according to the incident report. \u2014 Rick Barrett, USA TODAY , 20 Dec. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Never apply heat to an empty drum when the caps and bungs aren't removed. \u2014 jsonline.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada\u2019s tar sands are bunged -up with protests against new pipelines. \u2014 The Economist , 27 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Stuff that today\u2019s parents would get all bunged up about \u2013 no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls \u2013 were just part of regular ol\u2019 parenting. \u2014 Jill Hamilton, Orange County Register , 20 Apr. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185336"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bung up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": batter entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"baste",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"batter",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belabor",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"birch",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"curry",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"drub",
|
||
|
|
"fib",
|
||
|
|
"flog",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"hide",
|
||
|
|
"lace",
|
||
|
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lather",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddle",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pommel",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"pummel",
|
||
|
|
"punch out",
|
||
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slate",
|
||
|
|
"slog",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"tan",
|
||
|
|
"thrash",
|
||
|
|
"thresh",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"tromp",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"whale",
|
||
|
|
"whip",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap",
|
||
|
|
"whup",
|
||
|
|
"work over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"he's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201616"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bungle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to act or work clumsily and awkwardly",
|
||
|
|
": mishandle , botch",
|
||
|
|
": to act, do, make, or work badly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
|
"boggle",
|
||
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
||
|
|
"boot",
|
||
|
|
"botch",
|
||
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
||
|
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
|
"butcher",
|
||
|
|
"dub",
|
||
|
|
"flub",
|
||
|
|
"fluff",
|
||
|
|
"foozle",
|
||
|
|
"foul up",
|
||
|
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
||
|
|
"louse up",
|
||
|
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"muck up",
|
||
|
|
"muff",
|
||
|
|
"murder",
|
||
|
|
"screw up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.",
|
||
|
|
"bungled the job the first time she tried to do it",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The fifth-round draft choice \u2014 no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here \u2014 the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Attorney Kim Foxx managed to bungle things up early by exchanging texts with a relative of Smollett\u2019s, and everything got weirder from there. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That is a question for the next president of baseball operations to solve, and the Mets cannot afford to bungle another job search. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn\u2019t bungle the reopening. \u2014 Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Don\u2019t mess around and bungle the best quarterback situation the Seahawks franchise has ever seen. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The on-field product was a disaster, only in part because of a season-ending injury to quarterback Dak Prescott, and the new coach found something new to bungle almost every week. \u2014 Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The reality is for countries that bungle the public health response, the economic damage is going to be deeper and longer lasting. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The prosecutor in that case, Debranjan Banerjee, told me that individuals working on behalf of the traffickers had offered him a bribe to bungle the prosecution so that the defendants would be released on bail. \u2014 Smita Sharma, National Geographic , 28 Sep. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203017"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bunk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": bunk bed",
|
||
|
|
": a built-in bed (as on a ship) that is often one of a tier of berths",
|
||
|
|
": a sleeping place",
|
||
|
|
": a feeding trough for farm animals and especially cattle",
|
||
|
|
": to occupy a bunk or bed : stay the night",
|
||
|
|
": to provide with a bunk or bed",
|
||
|
|
": bunkum , nonsense",
|
||
|
|
": a hurried departure or escape",
|
||
|
|
": bunk bed",
|
||
|
|
": a built-in bed (as on a ship or train)",
|
||
|
|
": a sleeping place",
|
||
|
|
": to stay overnight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014bk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014bk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bed",
|
||
|
|
"doss",
|
||
|
|
"hay",
|
||
|
|
"kip",
|
||
|
|
"lair",
|
||
|
|
"pad",
|
||
|
|
"rack",
|
||
|
|
"sack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accommodate",
|
||
|
|
"bestow",
|
||
|
|
"billet",
|
||
|
|
"bivouac",
|
||
|
|
"board",
|
||
|
|
"camp",
|
||
|
|
"chamber",
|
||
|
|
"domicile",
|
||
|
|
"encamp",
|
||
|
|
"harbor",
|
||
|
|
"house",
|
||
|
|
"lodge",
|
||
|
|
"put up",
|
||
|
|
"quarter",
|
||
|
|
"roof",
|
||
|
|
"room",
|
||
|
|
"shelter",
|
||
|
|
"take in"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"We'll bunk here for the night.",
|
||
|
|
"She was able to bunk with friends."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1900, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1870, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191109"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bunko":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a swindling game or scheme"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"con",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"flimflam",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
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"hustle",
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"scam",
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"shell game",
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"sting",
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"swindle"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"they were experts at that bunco , having fleeced wide-eyed tourists for years",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
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"The group organizes weekly and monthly events including dinners, dances, bingo and bunco . \u2014 Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com , 14 June 2018",
|
||
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"Invite your bunco club or friends who have never played. \u2014 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
|
||
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"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
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"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
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"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
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"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The event will feature a Texas Hold 'Em poker tournament, bunco , dinner and raffle prizes. \u2014 Staff Reports, Glendale News-Press , 27 Oct. 2017"
|
||
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|
],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":"perhaps alteration of Spanish banca bench, banking, bank in gambling, from Italian \u2014 more at bank ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1872, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212905"
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},
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"bunkum":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
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||
|
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": insincere or foolish talk : nonsense"
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||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-k\u0259m"
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||
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applesauce",
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"balderdash",
|
||
|
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"baloney",
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||
|
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"boloney",
|
||
|
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"beans",
|
||
|
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
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"blah",
|
||
|
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"blah-blah",
|
||
|
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"blarney",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
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"blatherskite",
|
||
|
|
"blither",
|
||
|
|
"bosh",
|
||
|
|
"bull",
|
||
|
|
"bunk",
|
||
|
|
"claptrap",
|
||
|
|
"codswallop",
|
||
|
|
"crapola",
|
||
|
|
"crock",
|
||
|
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
|
"drool",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
|
"flannel",
|
||
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
|
"folderol",
|
||
|
|
"falderal",
|
||
|
|
"folly",
|
||
|
|
"foolishness",
|
||
|
|
"fudge",
|
||
|
|
"garbage",
|
||
|
|
"guff",
|
||
|
|
"hogwash",
|
||
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
||
|
|
"hokum",
|
||
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
||
|
|
"hooey",
|
||
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
|
"jazz",
|
||
|
|
"malarkey",
|
||
|
|
"malarky",
|
||
|
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"nerts",
|
||
|
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
|
"poppycock",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"rot",
|
||
|
|
"rubbish",
|
||
|
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
|
"slush",
|
||
|
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"What a load of bunkum !",
|
||
|
|
"a cinematic depiction of the Middle Ages that was derided as pure bunkum by historians",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Unfortunately, but somewhat predictably, the press has fallen for Bukele\u2019s bunkum hook, line, and sinker. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 18 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Reich makes $300,000 a year teaching anti-capitalist bunkum to impressionable young minds \u2014 on top of at least $40,000 per hour giving speeches around the country. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 5 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But like many others on the right, Peterson is ultimately motivated by an inability to let bunkum prevail unchallenged. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Almost no records survived, though, so the history of the Pony Express is littered with impostors, inaccuracies, and plain bunkum . \u2014 National Geographic , 23 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"For sixteen seasons, John Elway let all the bunkum bounce off his big shoulders. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 23 May 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum . \u2014 Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com , 21 May 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" Buncombe county, North Carolina; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192400"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buns":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a sweet or plain small bread",
|
||
|
|
": a round roll",
|
||
|
|
": a knot of hair shaped like a bun",
|
||
|
|
": buttocks",
|
||
|
|
": load sense 4",
|
||
|
|
": a sweet or plain round roll",
|
||
|
|
": the concentration of nitrogen in the form of urea in the blood"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0113-\u02ccy\u00fc-\u02c8en"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backside",
|
||
|
|
"behind",
|
||
|
|
"booty",
|
||
|
|
"bootie",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"breech",
|
||
|
|
"bum",
|
||
|
|
"butt",
|
||
|
|
"buttocks",
|
||
|
|
"caboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cheeks",
|
||
|
|
"derriere",
|
||
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"fanny",
|
||
|
|
"fundament",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"haunches",
|
||
|
|
"heinie",
|
||
|
|
"hunkers",
|
||
|
|
"keister",
|
||
|
|
"keester",
|
||
|
|
"nates",
|
||
|
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"rear end",
|
||
|
|
"rump",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tail end",
|
||
|
|
"tush"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220356"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": float sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel or something (such as a shoal ) lying under the water",
|
||
|
|
": life buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to mark by or as if by a float or buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to keep afloat",
|
||
|
|
": support , uplift",
|
||
|
|
": to raise the spirits of",
|
||
|
|
": float",
|
||
|
|
": a floating object anchored in a body of water to mark a channel or to warn of danger",
|
||
|
|
": life buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to keep from sinking : keep afloat",
|
||
|
|
": to brighten the mood of"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The sloshing ocean, meanwhile, is always depositing new material onto the surface of the buoy . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"LimnoTech first placed a buoy on Lake Erie near Toledo in 2014, stemming from a scare that resulted from an outbreak of toxic algal blooms on the lake that threated drinking water. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If the buoy fell or the castaway stepped off the perch, they would be eliminated from the challenge. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s bad enough in normal conditions, but when the wind blows, the Island Hole at Sawgrass is the size of a buoy . \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For 25 years, an oceanographic buoy named Peggy has been moored in the middle of the Bering Sea collecting data on ocean conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"That left only seven people competing in the ol' balance-on-a-narrow-perch-while-holding-a- buoy -with-two-handles contest. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the Immunity Challenge, castaways held a buoy by supporting it with two rods on a narrow platform. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But somehow, a possum ended up hugging a buoy in the Tasman Sea before being rescued by the authorities. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Ukrainian leaders have sought to buoy troops\u2019 morale. \u2014 Julian Duplain, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With fewer entertainment options, slots pulled double duty and helped buoy gaming revenue. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gonsolin gave up just two hits and one walk in his latest gem, continuing to buoy a Dodgers rotation that could have more reinforcements on the way, with Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney both scheduled to go on rehab assignments this weekend. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Government programs designed to buoy struggling Americans during the first phase of the pandemic included federal stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits for parents in the form of monthly cash payments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Those are all signs of the kind of ingenuity and collaboration that ultimately could not only repair the grid but also buoy the island\u2019s society and economy, too. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But better-than-expected political advertising helped buoy its first quarter revenue, a sign that political ads will reach record levels this year. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This has helped buoy equities in the country, Mr. Schamotta said, as more investors have placed long bets that the country\u2019s currency will rise in value. \u2014 Dion Rabouin, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, an expansive approach could buoy young people whom Democrats view as a central part of their coalition, allowing Biden to deliver concrete results when many of his proposals from the left remain stalled on Capitol Hill. \u2014 al , 30 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174824"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoyed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": float sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a floating object moored to the bottom to mark a channel or something (such as a shoal ) lying under the water",
|
||
|
|
": life buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to mark by or as if by a float or buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to keep afloat",
|
||
|
|
": support , uplift",
|
||
|
|
": to raise the spirits of",
|
||
|
|
": float",
|
||
|
|
": a floating object anchored in a body of water to mark a channel or to warn of danger",
|
||
|
|
": life buoy",
|
||
|
|
": to keep from sinking : keep afloat",
|
||
|
|
": to brighten the mood of"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The sloshing ocean, meanwhile, is always depositing new material onto the surface of the buoy . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"LimnoTech first placed a buoy on Lake Erie near Toledo in 2014, stemming from a scare that resulted from an outbreak of toxic algal blooms on the lake that threated drinking water. \u2014 Peter Krouse, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"If the buoy fell or the castaway stepped off the perch, they would be eliminated from the challenge. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s bad enough in normal conditions, but when the wind blows, the Island Hole at Sawgrass is the size of a buoy . \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For 25 years, an oceanographic buoy named Peggy has been moored in the middle of the Bering Sea collecting data on ocean conditions for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"That left only seven people competing in the ol' balance-on-a-narrow-perch-while-holding-a- buoy -with-two-handles contest. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the Immunity Challenge, castaways held a buoy by supporting it with two rods on a narrow platform. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But somehow, a possum ended up hugging a buoy in the Tasman Sea before being rescued by the authorities. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Ukrainian leaders have sought to buoy troops\u2019 morale. \u2014 Julian Duplain, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With fewer entertainment options, slots pulled double duty and helped buoy gaming revenue. \u2014 Will Yakowicz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gonsolin gave up just two hits and one walk in his latest gem, continuing to buoy a Dodgers rotation that could have more reinforcements on the way, with Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney both scheduled to go on rehab assignments this weekend. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Government programs designed to buoy struggling Americans during the first phase of the pandemic included federal stimulus checks and expanded child tax credits for parents in the form of monthly cash payments. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Those are all signs of the kind of ingenuity and collaboration that ultimately could not only repair the grid but also buoy the island\u2019s society and economy, too. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But better-than-expected political advertising helped buoy its first quarter revenue, a sign that political ads will reach record levels this year. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This has helped buoy equities in the country, Mr. Schamotta said, as more investors have placed long bets that the country\u2019s currency will rise in value. \u2014 Dion Rabouin, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"However, an expansive approach could buoy young people whom Democrats view as a central part of their coalition, allowing Biden to deliver concrete results when many of his proposals from the left remain stalled on Capitol Hill. \u2014 al , 30 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210328"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burble":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make a bubbling sound",
|
||
|
|
": babble , prattle",
|
||
|
|
": prattle",
|
||
|
|
": the breaking up of the smooth flow of air about a body (such as an airplane wing)"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abracadabra",
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"babble",
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"blabber",
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"double Dutch",
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"double-talk",
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"drivel",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"gibberish",
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"jabber",
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"jabberwocky",
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"mumbo jumbo",
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"nonsense",
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"prattle",
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"slobber"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The baby burbled happily in her crib.",
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"Noun",
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"the burble of babies can be so endearing",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Award shows always seem to burble up just when the world\u2019s attention is turned to particularly dire concerns and celebrities are left to justify their very public form of self-congratulations. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Some water, a pinch of salt\u2014this is the kind of mixture that, under the right conditions, could give life a chance to burble into existence, Rivera-Valent\u00edn told me. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 24 Nov. 2021",
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||
|
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"Whether or not the math quite works out, these are the references that burble to the surface while watching Stein\u2019s family drama of money and secrets long buried. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2020",
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||
|
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"Shortly after burbling out his unhinged suggestions for investigating whether the coronavirus can be killed by mainlining household disinfectants or shooting burst of super light under the skin, Trump tried to walk that back. \u2014 The Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2020",
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||
|
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"Behind the glass fronts are shelves of Mason jars in which Mr. De Smedt\u2019s starters burble away. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
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||
|
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"On the road, its Performance Blue paint is as in your face as its popping and burbling active exhaust. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 30 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
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"The others just continued to burble new expert warnings. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 8 Apr. 2020",
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||
|
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"Curreri and Sproule had spent time in Nairobi, collaborating with Kenyan musicians, and a few songs are flecked with West African rhythms and burbling bass lines. \u2014 Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads , 14 Mar. 2020",
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||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Being a habitat requires a water source too, so Williams installed a fountain against the house, half hidden by pots of reeds and the long graceful branches of a Waverly sage, its constant burble a soothing garden song. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ford adds drama with a synthetic soundtrack of a big-engine burble that's been smoothed into a warble. \u2014 Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver , 7 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Now new research finds the fizz of a thawing glacier can be distinguished from the burble of a softening iceberg, and that these telltale sounds are more intense in places where ice is melting faster. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 29 May 2018",
|
||
|
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"Whatever the season \u2014 from rainy spring to hot, dry summer \u2014 the brook provides a constant burble . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"If anything, this little burble of content suggests that no political faction\u2019s stranglehold on storytelling is absolute or unchallengeable. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"This structure is what gives bread dough the strength and elasticity to capture all the bubbles and burbles produced by yeast in order to grow fluffy, chewy, and light when baked. \u2014 Sohla El-waylly, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Tchaikovsky\u2019s second movement depicts a waterfall in sonic burbles and cascades worthy of Berlioz. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 28 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The burble of her voice and that of the Volkswagen's engine also harmonized in a strangely soothing way. \u2014 Steve King, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Feb. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213220"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burden":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": something that is carried : load",
|
||
|
|
": duty , responsibility",
|
||
|
|
": something oppressive or worrisome",
|
||
|
|
": the bearing of a load",
|
||
|
|
": capacity for carrying cargo",
|
||
|
|
": load sense 11",
|
||
|
|
": load , oppress",
|
||
|
|
": a central topic : theme",
|
||
|
|
": chorus , refrain",
|
||
|
|
": a bass or accompanying part",
|
||
|
|
": something carried : load",
|
||
|
|
": something that is hard to endure",
|
||
|
|
": the capacity of a ship for carrying cargo",
|
||
|
|
": to have a heavy load or put a heavy load on",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to have to deal with",
|
||
|
|
": load sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": something that is a duty, obligation, or responsibility",
|
||
|
|
": burden of proof"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rd-\u1d4an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cargo",
|
||
|
|
"draft",
|
||
|
|
"freight",
|
||
|
|
"haul",
|
||
|
|
"lading",
|
||
|
|
"load",
|
||
|
|
"loading",
|
||
|
|
"payload",
|
||
|
|
"weight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"encumber",
|
||
|
|
"freight",
|
||
|
|
"lade",
|
||
|
|
"laden",
|
||
|
|
"load",
|
||
|
|
"lumber",
|
||
|
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"saddle",
|
||
|
|
"weight"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I don't wish to burden you with my problems.",
|
||
|
|
"burdened the dog with a little backpack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1541, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173006"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burdensome":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": imposing or constituting a burden : oppressive",
|
||
|
|
": so heavy or hard to take as to be a burden"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an-s\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-d\u1d4an-s\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
|
"cruel",
|
||
|
|
"excruciating",
|
||
|
|
"grievous",
|
||
|
|
"grim",
|
||
|
|
"hard",
|
||
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
||
|
|
"harsh",
|
||
|
|
"heavy",
|
||
|
|
"inhuman",
|
||
|
|
"murderous",
|
||
|
|
"onerous",
|
||
|
|
"oppressive",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"rugged",
|
||
|
|
"searing",
|
||
|
|
"severe",
|
||
|
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
|
"tough",
|
||
|
|
"trying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"easy",
|
||
|
|
"light",
|
||
|
|
"soft"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The responsibility has become burdensome .",
|
||
|
|
"the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Although online lenders provide quick solutions, their loan agreements and payment terms are often burdensome . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Tennis is notorious for chewing up its youngsters, either burning them out or filling them with expectations that become burdensome when unmet. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And suddenly they\u2019re being made to feel like this rather burdensome person who has to have a cup of tea. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Still, Greninger, the University of Washington virology lab\u2019s assistant director, said government managers can take measures to both avoid burdensome bureaucracy and avoid being taken advantage of. \u2014 Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That said, also be aware that for overly burdensome chores or other physical work, outsourcing tasks can sometimes be worth the expense. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Policymakers and health-care systems are looking to reduce the burdensome costs of this treatment. \u2014 Leslie Trigg, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some Philippine economists and lawmakers now warn that further Chinese dealings would put the country at risk of more burdensome loans. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Most college graduates are no strangers to the burdensome reality of paying off their student loans \u2014 especially today. \u2014 Brittany Kasko, Fox News , 12 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174707"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burgeon":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"verb",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) sprout",
|
||
|
|
"bloom",
|
||
|
|
"to grow and expand rapidly flourish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259r-j\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
|
"appreciate",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"boom",
|
||
|
|
"build up",
|
||
|
|
"climb",
|
||
|
|
"enlarge",
|
||
|
|
"escalate",
|
||
|
|
"expand",
|
||
|
|
"gain",
|
||
|
|
"increase",
|
||
|
|
"mount",
|
||
|
|
"multiply",
|
||
|
|
"mushroom",
|
||
|
|
"proliferate",
|
||
|
|
"rise",
|
||
|
|
"roll up",
|
||
|
|
"snowball",
|
||
|
|
"spread",
|
||
|
|
"swell",
|
||
|
|
"wax"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contract",
|
||
|
|
"decrease",
|
||
|
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
|
"dwindle",
|
||
|
|
"lessen",
|
||
|
|
"recede",
|
||
|
|
"wane"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years.",
|
||
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Weaver helped burgeon the Scottsdale Bella Vista Prep girls hoops in 2018. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Even though Snapchat stopped losing users in February 2019, expectations were that any further user growth would continue to come from burgeoning markets in South America and Asia. \u2014 Amrita Khalid, Quartz , 21 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Georgetown University\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology published a deep dive into the burgeoning market of A.I. chips. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"To many, the region\u2019s burgeoning wildlife markets\u2014which sell a wide range of animals such as bats, civets, pangolins, badgers and crocodiles\u2014are perfect viral melting pots. \u2014 Jane Qiu, Scientific American , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"See Andrew Brisbo, Shoran Reid Williams and Rush Hasan on a show focused on the burgeoning marijuana market in Michigan. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 23 Nov. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Certainly his burgeoning relationship with Sophie (Zazie Beetz), the single mother down the hall, seems too good to be true. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"As with Israel, Moscow\u2019s burgeoning relationship with Saudi Arabia represents a sea change from the Soviet era. \u2014 Angela Stent, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"With its burgeoning constellation, SpaceX has surged ahead of OneWeb and several other competitors seeking to develop low-latency Internet from space. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 6 Jan. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English burjonen , from Anglo-French burjuner , from burjun bud, from Vulgar Latin *burrion-, burrio , from Late Latin burra fluff, shaggy cloth",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burial":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": grave , tomb",
|
||
|
|
": the act or process of burying",
|
||
|
|
": the act of placing a dead body in a grave or tomb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8be-r\u0113-",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113-\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burying",
|
||
|
|
"entombing",
|
||
|
|
"entombment",
|
||
|
|
"inhumation",
|
||
|
|
"interment",
|
||
|
|
"interring",
|
||
|
|
"obsequy",
|
||
|
|
"obsequies",
|
||
|
|
"sepulture"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disinterment",
|
||
|
|
"exhumation",
|
||
|
|
"unearthing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"They prepared the body for burial .",
|
||
|
|
"She wanted to give him a proper burial .",
|
||
|
|
"Did you attend the burial ?",
|
||
|
|
"The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Descending any further to investigate or find the man was not possible, and the climber was presumed dead based on the volume of ice, the distance of the fall and the duration of the burial , the release said. \u2014 Paradise Afshar, CNN , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ahead of the burial , a large crowd gathered to escort her casket from an east Jerusalem hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City. \u2014 Time , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ahead of the burial , a large crowd gathered to escort her casket from an east Jerusalem hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City. \u2014 Josef Federman, ajc , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ahead of the burial , a large crowd gathered to escort her casket from an east Jerusalem hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City. \u2014 Josef Federman, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ahead of the burial , a large crowd gathered to escort her casket from an east Jerusalem hospital to a Catholic church in the nearby Old City. \u2014 Josef Federman, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Daniel Athens, now 31, was charged with criminal mischief of a public monument or place of human burial and later sentenced to 18 months in a state prison. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Both bodies are among the earliest examples of ritual burial in the world, reports Cameron Gooley of the Sydney Morning Herald. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Parts of the skeleton's armor, along with weapons and a leather knapsack, survived nearly 2,000 years of burial . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English beriel, berial , back-formation from beriels (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels ; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb, Old English byrgan to bury \u2014 more at bury ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193224"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burlesque":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation",
|
||
|
|
": mockery usually by caricature",
|
||
|
|
": theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns (see turn entry 2 sense 4d ), comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts",
|
||
|
|
": to imitate in a humorous or derisive manner : mock",
|
||
|
|
": to employ burlesque"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8lesk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caricature",
|
||
|
|
"parody",
|
||
|
|
"put-on",
|
||
|
|
"rib",
|
||
|
|
"send-up",
|
||
|
|
"spoof",
|
||
|
|
"takeoff",
|
||
|
|
"travesty"
|
||
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"caricature",
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"do",
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"imitate",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"parody",
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"send up",
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"spoof",
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"travesty"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The book is a burlesque of Victorian society.",
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"a writer whose burlesque often bordered on cruelty",
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"Several important 20th-century performers got their start in burlesque .",
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"Verb",
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"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Chl\u00f6e\u2019s detractors found the bump and grind of her choreography, reminiscent of Black burlesque , anywhere from concerning to downright disrespectful. \u2014 Allure , 13 May 2022",
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"This burlesque of rotten movies and overwrought acting excuses bad choices and lack of control through the dubious notion that audiences are superior to it all. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Dollar bills flew and tassels twirled Friday, March 11, 2022, as The French Connection burlesque and variety show took the stage at the White Rabbit. \u2014 Michelle Pemberton, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"Their junior-high burlesque is a sight gag as well as the heart of the series; more literally than most teen pariahs, Maya and Anna have trouble fitting in. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
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"But many of the most splendid creations seen here are for drag and burlesque \u2014 gloves designed to be worn and then, finger by finger, flirtatiously removed. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"But the brilliant thing about online burlesque , Higgs told me, was that there was no bar. \u2014 Madison Moore, The Atlantic , 26 July 2021",
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"Reynolds points out that the shows displayed genuine pathos and nobility in addition to racist burlesque . \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 13 Apr. 2021",
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"Trixie Minx\u2019s holiday burlesque features a mix of naughty and nice acts as well as her risqu\u00e9 dreidel routine and a stripping Santa. \u2014 NOLA.com , 21 Dec. 2020",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Similar to past years, the festival will feature a variety of performances ranging from singers to storytellers, magic to mind reading and belly dancing to burlesque . \u2014 Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225744"
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},
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"burn":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"noun ()",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases",
|
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": to undergo combustion",
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||
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": to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusion",
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": to contain a fire",
|
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": to give off light : shine , glow",
|
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": to be hot",
|
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|
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": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain",
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||
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": to become emotionally excited or agitated: such as",
|
||
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": to yearn ardently",
|
||
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": to be or become very angry or disgusted",
|
||
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": to undergo alteration or destruction by the action of fire or heat",
|
||
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": to die in the electric chair",
|
||
|
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": to force or make a way by or as if by burning",
|
||
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": to suffer sunburn",
|
||
|
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": to cause to undergo combustion",
|
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|
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": to destroy by fire",
|
||
|
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": to use as fuel",
|
||
|
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": to use up : consume",
|
||
|
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": to transform by exposure to heat or fire",
|
||
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": to produce by burning",
|
||
|
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": to record digital data or music on (an optical disk) using a laser",
|
||
|
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": to record (data or music) in this way",
|
||
|
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": to injure or damage by or as if by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation : scorch",
|
||
|
|
": to execute by burning",
|
||
|
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": electrocute",
|
||
|
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": irritate , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to misfortune, mistreatment, or deception",
|
||
|
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": to beat or score on",
|
||
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": to cut off all means of retreat",
|
||
|
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": to rebuke strongly",
|
||
|
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": to use one's resources or energies to excess",
|
||
|
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": to work or study far into the night",
|
||
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": an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as",
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": injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations",
|
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|
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": a burned area",
|
||
|
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": an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn",
|
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|
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": a burning sensation",
|
||
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": the firing of a rocket engine in flight",
|
||
|
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": anger",
|
||
|
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": increasing fury",
|
||
|
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": a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone",
|
||
|
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": creek sense 1",
|
||
|
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": to be on fire or to set on fire",
|
||
|
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": to destroy or be destroyed by fire or heat",
|
||
|
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": to make or produce by fire or heat",
|
||
|
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": to give light",
|
||
|
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": to injure or affect by or as if by fire or heat",
|
||
|
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": to ruin by cooking too long or with too much heat",
|
||
|
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": to feel or cause to feel as if on fire",
|
||
|
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": to feel a strong emotion",
|
||
|
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": to record music or data on a computer disk",
|
||
|
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": to get a sunburn",
|
||
|
|
": an injury produced by burning or by something rubbing away the skin",
|
||
|
|
": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain",
|
||
|
|
": to become reddened or irritated by or as if by exposure to sun or wind",
|
||
|
|
": to injure or damage by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation",
|
||
|
|
": to break down and use as a source of energy",
|
||
|
|
": bodily injury resulting from exposure to heat, caustics, electricity, or some radiations, marked by varying degrees of skin destruction and hyperemia often with the formation of watery blisters and in severe cases by charring of the tissues, and classified according to the extent and degree of the injury \u2014 see first-degree burn , second-degree burn , third-degree burn",
|
||
|
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": an abrasion having the appearance of a burn",
|
||
|
|
": a burning sensation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"combust",
|
||
|
|
"flame",
|
||
|
|
"glow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beck",
|
||
|
|
"bourn",
|
||
|
|
"bourne",
|
||
|
|
"brook",
|
||
|
|
"brooklet",
|
||
|
|
"creek",
|
||
|
|
"gill",
|
||
|
|
"rill",
|
||
|
|
"rivulet",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"runlet",
|
||
|
|
"runnel",
|
||
|
|
"streamlet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184613"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burn (up)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204510"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burned-out":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": worn-out",
|
||
|
|
": exhausted",
|
||
|
|
": destroyed by fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rnd-\u02c8au\u0307t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rnt-\u02c8au\u0307t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"all in",
|
||
|
|
"aweary",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"beaten",
|
||
|
|
"bleary",
|
||
|
|
"bushed",
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"done",
|
||
|
|
"drained",
|
||
|
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
|
"knackered",
|
||
|
|
"limp",
|
||
|
|
"logy",
|
||
|
|
"loggy",
|
||
|
|
"played out",
|
||
|
|
"pooped",
|
||
|
|
"prostrate",
|
||
|
|
"spent",
|
||
|
|
"tapped out",
|
||
|
|
"tired",
|
||
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
|
"washed-out",
|
||
|
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
|
"weary",
|
||
|
|
"wiped out",
|
||
|
|
"worn",
|
||
|
|
"worn-out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unwearied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170607"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burning":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"being on fire",
|
||
|
|
"ardent , intense",
|
||
|
|
"affecting with or as if with heat",
|
||
|
|
"resembling that produced by a burn",
|
||
|
|
"of fundamental importance urgent",
|
||
|
|
"affecting with or as if with heat",
|
||
|
|
"resembling that produced by a burn",
|
||
|
|
"a sensation of being on fire or excessively heated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259r-ni\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ablaze",
|
||
|
|
"afire",
|
||
|
|
"aflame",
|
||
|
|
"alight",
|
||
|
|
"blazing",
|
||
|
|
"combusting",
|
||
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"flaming",
|
||
|
|
"ignited",
|
||
|
|
"inflamed",
|
||
|
|
"enflamed",
|
||
|
|
"kindled",
|
||
|
|
"lit",
|
||
|
|
"lighted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She stared at the burning embers for a long time.",
|
||
|
|
"a burning hatred of corruption",
|
||
|
|
"The medicine produced a burning sensation on my tongue.",
|
||
|
|
"Symptoms include itchy, burning eyes.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Selena Gomez made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week to promote her Hulu hit Only Murders in the Building, but Jimmy Kimmel soon brought the conversation around to his own burning question What was Britney Spears' wedding like? \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This hand-poured, clean- burning soy candle will scent your apartment for up to 60 hours. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"A few hundred yards away, the fire brigade was finishing hosing down the burning warehouse of a company that made thermal insulation materials. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"All 22 crew members were rescued, and the ship was left adrift and burning . \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And this clean- burning , non-pooling candle redolent of spicy peppercorn, earthy vetiver, and intoxicating gardenia, evokes Medina\u2019s old-world charms exploring spice markets, getting lost in the Medina, and strolling through the Casbah. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Even those of the opinion there wasn't a burning need for a redo -- reimagined or otherwise -- should conclude there's a place for this one too. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In a separate vein, Thomas has responded passionately to America's history of lynching and cross- burning . \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 24 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The disparities in living standards, education, and access to land between Israeli Jews and the Palestinian citizens of Israel, who account for some 20 percent of the population, have become a burning issue. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":null,
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burnt-out":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": worn-out",
|
||
|
|
": exhausted",
|
||
|
|
": destroyed by fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rnd-\u02c8au\u0307t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rnt-\u02c8au\u0307t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"all in",
|
||
|
|
"aweary",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"beaten",
|
||
|
|
"bleary",
|
||
|
|
"bushed",
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"done",
|
||
|
|
"drained",
|
||
|
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
|
"knackered",
|
||
|
|
"limp",
|
||
|
|
"logy",
|
||
|
|
"loggy",
|
||
|
|
"played out",
|
||
|
|
"pooped",
|
||
|
|
"prostrate",
|
||
|
|
"spent",
|
||
|
|
"tapped out",
|
||
|
|
"tired",
|
||
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
|
"washed-out",
|
||
|
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
|
"weary",
|
||
|
|
"wiped out",
|
||
|
|
"worn",
|
||
|
|
"worn-out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unwearied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214031"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burst":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to break open, apart, or into pieces usually from impact or from pressure from within",
|
||
|
|
": to give way from an excess of emotion",
|
||
|
|
": to give vent suddenly to a repressed emotion",
|
||
|
|
": to emerge or spring suddenly",
|
||
|
|
": launch , plunge",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled to the breaking point",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to burst",
|
||
|
|
": to force open (something, such as a door or a way) by strong or vigorous action",
|
||
|
|
": to flood over",
|
||
|
|
": to produce by or as if by bursting",
|
||
|
|
": to be larger, fuller, or more crowded than could reasonably have been anticipated",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden outbreak",
|
||
|
|
": a vehement outburst (as of emotion)",
|
||
|
|
": explosion , eruption",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden intense effort",
|
||
|
|
": the duration of fire in one engagement of the mechanism of an automatic firearm",
|
||
|
|
": an act of bursting",
|
||
|
|
": a result of bursting",
|
||
|
|
": a visible puff accompanying the explosion of a shell (see shell entry 1 sense 9b )",
|
||
|
|
": to break open or in pieces (as by an explosion from within)",
|
||
|
|
": to suddenly show emotion",
|
||
|
|
": to come or go suddenly",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled to the maximum",
|
||
|
|
": a sudden release or effort"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rst",
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"\u02c8b\u0259rst"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"blow up",
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"crump",
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"detonate",
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"explode",
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"go off",
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"pop"
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],
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"flare",
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"flare-up",
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"flash",
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"flicker",
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"flurry",
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"flutter",
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"outbreak",
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"outburst",
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"spurt"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"That same month, a judge granted a couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Miller after the actor allegedly burst into their bedroom in Hawaii, threatened them, and stole their passport and wallet. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
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||
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"One person was killed Friday after an airplane crashed into a Southern California strawberry field shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, according to media reports. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
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"The hall filled with cheering and applause as Scott burst into tears. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
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"Payton Gendron, 18, burst into a Tops Friendly Markets store and shot 13 people -- 11 of them Black, investigators said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022",
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"Wright veered off the road and the 1997 Hyundai crashed into a support beam and burst into flames. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
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"Instead, an hour or so elapsed before a tactical Border Patrol unit burst into the classroom and killed the shooter. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
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"Since Tuesday, residents have gathered daily to mourn after sorrow burst into what feels like nearly every household in this town of about 16,000 people. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 28 May 2022",
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"In particular, the scene opens with a group of Force-sensitive younglings being trained in the Jedi Temple just before Clone Troopers burst into the building, shooting at the Jedi and children. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Inside the school, while an initial burst of at least 100 shots ended quickly, sporadic gunfire continued. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
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||
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"The last two seasons used up the list of 21 storm names, an unprecedented burst of activity. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 25 May 2022",
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"Tempe plans to reopen the westbound lanes of US 60 between Loop 101 and McClintock Drive early next week after an underground water pipe burst and flooded the highway two weeks ago. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
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||
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"Asked whether Blue Is the Warmest Colour would have benefited from such a position, Seydoux lets out an almost shocking burst of laughter. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
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"A few seconds later, ground operators triggered a flight-termination system, which destroyed the rocket in an astonishing burst of fire and smoke over the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There was an active snow squall \u2014 an intense burst of snow that often drastically reduces visibility \u2014 at the time of the pileup on the northbound side of I-81, a spokesperson for the state police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Having surprised the world with the speed and unity of an early burst of sanctions, Washington, Brussels and London have more recently gone at different speeds rolling out potentially more controversial rounds. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"But after that initial burst of activity \u2013 12 of the first 24 players nominated went for $30 or more -- the auction room suddenly turned cold. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183711"
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},
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"bursting":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": to break open, apart, or into pieces usually from impact or from pressure from within",
|
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|
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": to give way from an excess of emotion",
|
||
|
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": to give vent suddenly to a repressed emotion",
|
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": to emerge or spring suddenly",
|
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|
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": launch , plunge",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled to the breaking point",
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": to cause to burst",
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||
|
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": to force open (something, such as a door or a way) by strong or vigorous action",
|
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": to flood over",
|
||
|
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": to produce by or as if by bursting",
|
||
|
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": to be larger, fuller, or more crowded than could reasonably have been anticipated",
|
||
|
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": a sudden outbreak",
|
||
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": a vehement outburst (as of emotion)",
|
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|
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": explosion , eruption",
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||
|
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": a sudden intense effort",
|
||
|
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": the duration of fire in one engagement of the mechanism of an automatic firearm",
|
||
|
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": an act of bursting",
|
||
|
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": a result of bursting",
|
||
|
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": a visible puff accompanying the explosion of a shell (see shell entry 1 sense 9b )",
|
||
|
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": to break open or in pieces (as by an explosion from within)",
|
||
|
|
": to suddenly show emotion",
|
||
|
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": to come or go suddenly",
|
||
|
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": to be filled to the maximum",
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||
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": a sudden release or effort"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259rst",
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"\u02c8b\u0259rst"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
|
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|
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"blow up",
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"crump",
|
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"detonate",
|
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|
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"explode",
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"go off",
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"pop"
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],
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"antonyms":[
|
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|
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"flare",
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"flare-up",
|
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|
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"flash",
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|
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"flicker",
|
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"flurry",
|
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|
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"flutter",
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"outbreak",
|
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"outburst",
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"spurt"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"That same month, a judge granted a couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Miller after the actor allegedly burst into their bedroom in Hawaii, threatened them, and stole their passport and wallet. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One person was killed Friday after an airplane crashed into a Southern California strawberry field shortly after takeoff and burst into flames, according to media reports. \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The hall filled with cheering and applause as Scott burst into tears. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Payton Gendron, 18, burst into a Tops Friendly Markets store and shot 13 people -- 11 of them Black, investigators said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Wright veered off the road and the 1997 Hyundai crashed into a support beam and burst into flames. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Instead, an hour or so elapsed before a tactical Border Patrol unit burst into the classroom and killed the shooter. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Since Tuesday, residents have gathered daily to mourn after sorrow burst into what feels like nearly every household in this town of about 16,000 people. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi, CNN , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In particular, the scene opens with a group of Force-sensitive younglings being trained in the Jedi Temple just before Clone Troopers burst into the building, shooting at the Jedi and children. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Inside the school, while an initial burst of at least 100 shots ended quickly, sporadic gunfire continued. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The last two seasons used up the list of 21 storm names, an unprecedented burst of activity. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tempe plans to reopen the westbound lanes of US 60 between Loop 101 and McClintock Drive early next week after an underground water pipe burst and flooded the highway two weeks ago. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Asked whether Blue Is the Warmest Colour would have benefited from such a position, Seydoux lets out an almost shocking burst of laughter. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"A few seconds later, ground operators triggered a flight-termination system, which destroyed the rocket in an astonishing burst of fire and smoke over the Pacific Ocean. \u2014 David Rompf, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There was an active snow squall \u2014 an intense burst of snow that often drastically reduces visibility \u2014 at the time of the pileup on the northbound side of I-81, a spokesperson for the state police said Wednesday. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Having surprised the world with the speed and unity of an early burst of sanctions, Washington, Brussels and London have more recently gone at different speeds rolling out potentially more controversial rounds. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But after that initial burst of activity \u2013 12 of the first 24 players nominated went for $30 or more -- the auction room suddenly turned cold. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215857"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bury":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to dispose of by depositing in or as if in the earth",
|
||
|
|
": to inter with funeral ceremonies",
|
||
|
|
": to conceal by or as if by covering with earth",
|
||
|
|
": to cover from view",
|
||
|
|
": to have done with",
|
||
|
|
": to conceal in obscurity",
|
||
|
|
": submerge , engross",
|
||
|
|
": to put (a playing card) out of play by placing it in or under the dealer's pack",
|
||
|
|
": to succeed emphatically or impressively in making (a shot)",
|
||
|
|
": to defeat overwhelmingly",
|
||
|
|
": to settle a disagreement : become reconciled",
|
||
|
|
": to place in the ground and cover over for concealment",
|
||
|
|
": to put (a dead body) in a grave or tomb",
|
||
|
|
": to cover with something",
|
||
|
|
": to cover up : hide",
|
||
|
|
"town in Greater Manchester, northwestern England population 172,200"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8be-r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"entomb",
|
||
|
|
"hearse",
|
||
|
|
"inhume",
|
||
|
|
"inter",
|
||
|
|
"lay",
|
||
|
|
"put away",
|
||
|
|
"tomb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disinter",
|
||
|
|
"exhume",
|
||
|
|
"unearth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In its letter to GEPD, the EPA urged the state regulators to review the reasons why the federal agency intended to deny a plan to bury waste at southeast Ohio\u2019s General James M. Gavin Power Plant, one of the largest power stations in the country. \u2014 Max Blau, ProPublica , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The likelihood of his survival was so uncertain that his father returned home with a shoebox to bury him at the time. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the United States of America, to bury their children. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a neighbor died of internal bleeding, which the family believes was exacerbated by the stress of living under occupation, one of the soldiers helped bury her in a yard, Mr. Horbones said. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bed will bury the bottom part of the tree\u2019s trunk in moist soil and mulch, encouraging diseases and infections. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Do not bury the feelings of nostalgia, loneliness, or heartbreak that may be present for you. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a similar vein, 90 percent of the greyhounds did not bury their toys. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bombs falling from the air at high speed might bury themselves in swamps or soft soil, resulting in hidden hazards to civilians. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English burien, birien, beryen, going back to Old English byrgan, byrian, going back to Germanic *burgjan-, probably meaning \"to conceal\" (whence also Old Norse byrgja \"to close, shut, hide\"), zero-grade derivative from the base of *bergan- \"to keep safe\" \u2014 more at harbor entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210931"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burying":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to dispose of by depositing in or as if in the earth",
|
||
|
|
": to inter with funeral ceremonies",
|
||
|
|
": to conceal by or as if by covering with earth",
|
||
|
|
": to cover from view",
|
||
|
|
": to have done with",
|
||
|
|
": to conceal in obscurity",
|
||
|
|
": submerge , engross",
|
||
|
|
": to put (a playing card) out of play by placing it in or under the dealer's pack",
|
||
|
|
": to succeed emphatically or impressively in making (a shot)",
|
||
|
|
": to defeat overwhelmingly",
|
||
|
|
": to settle a disagreement : become reconciled",
|
||
|
|
": to place in the ground and cover over for concealment",
|
||
|
|
": to put (a dead body) in a grave or tomb",
|
||
|
|
": to cover with something",
|
||
|
|
": to cover up : hide",
|
||
|
|
"town in Greater Manchester, northwestern England population 172,200"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8be-r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8ber-\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"entomb",
|
||
|
|
"hearse",
|
||
|
|
"inhume",
|
||
|
|
"inter",
|
||
|
|
"lay",
|
||
|
|
"put away",
|
||
|
|
"tomb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disinter",
|
||
|
|
"exhume",
|
||
|
|
"unearth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In its letter to GEPD, the EPA urged the state regulators to review the reasons why the federal agency intended to deny a plan to bury waste at southeast Ohio\u2019s General James M. Gavin Power Plant, one of the largest power stations in the country. \u2014 Max Blau, ProPublica , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The likelihood of his survival was so uncertain that his father returned home with a shoebox to bury him at the time. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the United States of America, to bury their children. \u2014 Minyvonne Burke, NBC News , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a neighbor died of internal bleeding, which the family believes was exacerbated by the stress of living under occupation, one of the soldiers helped bury her in a yard, Mr. Horbones said. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bed will bury the bottom part of the tree\u2019s trunk in moist soil and mulch, encouraging diseases and infections. \u2014 Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Do not bury the feelings of nostalgia, loneliness, or heartbreak that may be present for you. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a similar vein, 90 percent of the greyhounds did not bury their toys. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bombs falling from the air at high speed might bury themselves in swamps or soft soil, resulting in hidden hazards to civilians. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English burien, birien, beryen, going back to Old English byrgan, byrian, going back to Germanic *burgjan-, probably meaning \"to conceal\" (whence also Old Norse byrgja \"to close, shut, hide\"), zero-grade derivative from the base of *bergan- \"to keep safe\" \u2014 more at harbor entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201827"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bus":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule",
|
||
|
|
": automobile",
|
||
|
|
": a small hand truck",
|
||
|
|
": bus bar",
|
||
|
|
": a set of parallel conductors (see conductor sense d(1) ) in a computer system that forms a main transmission path",
|
||
|
|
": a spacecraft or missile that carries one or more detachable devices (such as warheads )",
|
||
|
|
": to criticize, blame, or punish (someone in a vulnerable position) especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage",
|
||
|
|
": to travel by a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers usually along a fixed route according to a schedule : to travel by bus",
|
||
|
|
": to work as a busboy",
|
||
|
|
": to transport by bus",
|
||
|
|
": clear sense 4d",
|
||
|
|
": to remove dirty dishes from",
|
||
|
|
"business",
|
||
|
|
": a large motor vehicle for carrying passengers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"auto",
|
||
|
|
"automobile",
|
||
|
|
"car",
|
||
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
||
|
|
"machine",
|
||
|
|
"motor",
|
||
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
||
|
|
"motorcar",
|
||
|
|
"wheels"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
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"She boarded a bus in Nashville.",
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"Are you traveling by train or by bus ?",
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"Verb",
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"He buses tables at the local diner.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The agency is also putting hundreds of train and bus operators through refresher courses and tests to recertify them after Metro discovered many were lacking up-to-date credentials. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Another 42,000 are in Local 100, which represents New York City bus and subway workers. \u2014 Ted Reed, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Elissa Matross, 75, speaking to health commissioners, said the lack of a mask mandate on the city\u2019s Muni bus and rail system has forced her to abandon Muni and take Bay Area Rapid Transit instead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"The OMJ Center is located near a bus and bike route and will be providing free parking for attendees. \u2014 Cierra Britten, The Enquirer , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"After a four-day journey by bus and foot across Moldova, Romania and Hungary, the family settled in Warsaw, Poland's capital. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 3 June 2022",
|
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|
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"Taxi and ride hailing services, as well as private cars, will be allowed onto roads in low-risk areas, while bus , subway and ferry services will also resume, the municipal government said in a statement on Monday. \u2014 Time , 31 May 2022",
|
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"By the next season, Caminiti was back to drinking beers on the team\u2019s bus and plane. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Open for exploration were a police car, city dump truck, fire truck, U.S. Postal Service vehicle, Berea City School District bus , excavator, Cuyahoga County Public Library delivery truck, Army National Guard vehicles and more. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The Jewish Agency, an organization which runs the hotline and that helps Jews immigrate to Israel, has been helping to bus Jews in Ukraine to hotels in Poland, Moldova, Hungary and Romania. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Texas Republicans, Democrats call out Gov. Abbott's plan to bus migrants to D.C. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That left enough time to head to the hotel for a quick meal and then bus to the Kohl Center. \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brey has remained one of Blakeney\u2019s close friends and agreed to bus his team 4-plus hours north after a Saturday game at Virginia Tech to play Howard. \u2014 Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The other six women head off for the ceremony, and send the shuttle bus back to pick up Mary. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brandon can\u2019t remain a head coach driving the team bus down this road and stopping to throw his players under it. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In all, more than 109 million people will drive, fly or bus out of town. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And would bus lanes replacing on-street parking from Bowdoin to Charles Circle on Cambridge Street be more effective? \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 5 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Noun",
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|
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"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
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||
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224843"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bush":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective ()",
|
||
|
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"biographical name ()",
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": shrub",
|
||
|
|
": a low densely branched shrub",
|
||
|
|
": a close thicket of shrubs suggesting a single plant",
|
||
|
|
": a large uncleared or sparsely settled area (as in Australia) usually scrub-covered or forested : wilderness",
|
||
|
|
": a bunch of ivy formerly hung outside a tavern to indicate wine for sale",
|
||
|
|
": tavern",
|
||
|
|
": advertising",
|
||
|
|
": a bushy tuft or mass",
|
||
|
|
": brush entry 2 sense 2a",
|
||
|
|
": minor league",
|
||
|
|
": to support, mark, or protect with bushes",
|
||
|
|
": to extend like a bush : resemble a bush",
|
||
|
|
": having a low-growing compact bushy habit",
|
||
|
|
": serving, occurring in, or used in the bush",
|
||
|
|
": bushing",
|
||
|
|
": falling below acceptable standards : unprofessional",
|
||
|
|
": a usually low shrub with many branches",
|
||
|
|
": a stretch of uncleared or lightly settled country",
|
||
|
|
"George (Herbert Walker) 1924\u20132018 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1981\u201389); 41st president of the U.S. (1989\u201393)",
|
||
|
|
"George W(alker) 1946\u2013 son of George H. W. Bush American politician; 43rd president of the U.S. (2001\u201309)",
|
||
|
|
"1890\u20131974 American electrical engineer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backcountry",
|
||
|
|
"backland(s)",
|
||
|
|
"backwater",
|
||
|
|
"backwoods",
|
||
|
|
"frontier",
|
||
|
|
"hinterland",
|
||
|
|
"outback",
|
||
|
|
"outlands",
|
||
|
|
"up-country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
|
"bush-league",
|
||
|
|
"crummy",
|
||
|
|
"crumby",
|
||
|
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"sour",
|
||
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
||
|
|
"subpar",
|
||
|
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"wack",
|
||
|
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1595, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1566, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1959, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211843"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bush-league":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": being of an inferior class or group of its kind : marked by a lack of sophistication or professionalism",
|
||
|
|
": minor league"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccl\u0113g"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bad",
|
||
|
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
|
"bush",
|
||
|
|
"crummy",
|
||
|
|
"crumby",
|
||
|
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"ill",
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
|
"off",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"poor",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"sour",
|
||
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
||
|
|
"subpar",
|
||
|
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"wack",
|
||
|
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
|
"adequate",
|
||
|
|
"all right",
|
||
|
|
"decent",
|
||
|
|
"fine",
|
||
|
|
"OK",
|
||
|
|
"okay",
|
||
|
|
"passable",
|
||
|
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"tolerable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Sure, the Bucs are trying to get ready for the playoffs, but this was bush league . \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"In contemporary universities, in the social sciences and humanities, calling oneself Dr. is thought bush league . \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 11 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The chief antagonist to these concerned scientists is Edward Teller (Joel Basman), the most fervent advocate for the construction of a hydrogen bomb that would make the atomic blasts in Japan seem almost bush league . \u2014 Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Highlighting only Kitchens\u2019 blunders when calling identical plays and hiding his successes is deceitful and bush league . \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Not to be outdone, Richard Mille, grand master of alternative material innovation, is at the final stage of crafting a watch case from a material that relegates even unobtanium to the bush leagues by its sheer badassitude. \u2014 Wei Koh, A-LIST , 3 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The other maddening thing is that the Zinke scandal seems almost bush league in the swampy World Series of corruption that is Donald Trump\u2019s Washington. \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 5 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1908, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1902, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212318"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"adjective (2)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": covered with or as if with a bushy growth",
|
||
|
|
": lost especially in the bush",
|
||
|
|
": perplexed sense 1 , confused",
|
||
|
|
": tired , exhausted",
|
||
|
|
": having a bushing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sht"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"all in",
|
||
|
|
"aweary",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"beaten",
|
||
|
|
"bleary",
|
||
|
|
"burned-out",
|
||
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
||
|
|
"dead",
|
||
|
|
"done",
|
||
|
|
"drained",
|
||
|
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
|
"fatigued",
|
||
|
|
"jaded",
|
||
|
|
"knackered",
|
||
|
|
"limp",
|
||
|
|
"logy",
|
||
|
|
"loggy",
|
||
|
|
"played out",
|
||
|
|
"pooped",
|
||
|
|
"prostrate",
|
||
|
|
"spent",
|
||
|
|
"tapped out",
|
||
|
|
"tired",
|
||
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
||
|
|
"washed-out",
|
||
|
|
"wearied",
|
||
|
|
"weary",
|
||
|
|
"wiped out",
|
||
|
|
"worn",
|
||
|
|
"worn-out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unwearied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (1)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1907, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170610"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"business":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood trade , line",
|
||
|
|
"a commercial or sometimes an industrial enterprise",
|
||
|
|
"such enterprises",
|
||
|
|
"dealings or transactions especially of an economic nature patronage",
|
||
|
|
"role , function",
|
||
|
|
"an immediate task or objective mission",
|
||
|
|
"a particular field of endeavor",
|
||
|
|
"affair , matter",
|
||
|
|
"personal concern",
|
||
|
|
"right",
|
||
|
|
"serious activity requiring time and effort and usually the avoidance of distractions",
|
||
|
|
"maximum effort",
|
||
|
|
"creation , concoction",
|
||
|
|
"movement or action (such as lighting a cigarette) by an actor intended especially to establish atmosphere , reveal character, or explain a situation",
|
||
|
|
"a damaging assault",
|
||
|
|
"rebuke , tongue-lashing",
|
||
|
|
"double cross",
|
||
|
|
"a bowel movement",
|
||
|
|
"purposeful activity busyness",
|
||
|
|
"the activity of making, buying, and selling goods or services",
|
||
|
|
"a commercial enterprise",
|
||
|
|
"the normal activity of a person or group",
|
||
|
|
"personal concerns",
|
||
|
|
"matter entry 1 sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"-n\u0259z",
|
||
|
|
"Southern also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8biz-n\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"custom",
|
||
|
|
"patronage"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Citi\u2019s no annual fee Double Cash, for example, provides a 2% cash-back reward, while some small- business cards such as Chase\u2019s Ink series offer as much as a 5% return on telecom expenses. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Craft cannabis growers in Illinois may resume preparing to open for business after a judge Wednesday ended his order that prevented the state from expediting new licenses. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The co-working operator has seen more business lately from companies trading in traditional office space for something smaller and more flexible. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Three executives will jointly run Paramount\u2019s international business for now. \u2014 Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Blu-ray discs cannibalized Hollywood\u2019s traditional business . \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dan\u2019s team to launch this business and look forward to working with filmmakers around the world to help bring local language, culturally rich films to a global audience. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And this phenomenon is not limited to reportage of Biden family business . \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Since 2017, his home, paddy fields and decade-old nursery business have been washed away twice. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English bisynesse , from bisy busy + -nesse -ness",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 10"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164602"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bust":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast",
|
||
|
|
": the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist",
|
||
|
|
": the breasts of a woman",
|
||
|
|
": to break or smash especially with force",
|
||
|
|
": to make inoperative",
|
||
|
|
": to bring an end to : break up",
|
||
|
|
": to ruin financially",
|
||
|
|
": exhaust , wear out",
|
||
|
|
": to tease or give a hard time to",
|
||
|
|
": tame",
|
||
|
|
": demote",
|
||
|
|
": arrest",
|
||
|
|
": raid",
|
||
|
|
": hit , slug",
|
||
|
|
": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)",
|
||
|
|
": to go broke",
|
||
|
|
": burst",
|
||
|
|
": break down",
|
||
|
|
": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )",
|
||
|
|
": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush",
|
||
|
|
": spree",
|
||
|
|
": a hearty drinking session",
|
||
|
|
": a complete failure : flop",
|
||
|
|
": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )",
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|
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": punch , sock",
|
||
|
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": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )",
|
||
|
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": arrest sense 1",
|
||
|
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": bankrupt , broke",
|
||
|
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": a piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck",
|
||
|
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": a woman's bosom",
|
||
|
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": to hit with the fist",
|
||
|
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": break entry 1 sense 1"
|
||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0259st",
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0259st"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"degrade",
|
||
|
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"demote",
|
||
|
|
"disrate",
|
||
|
|
"downgrade",
|
||
|
|
"reduce"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"clout",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"hook",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"punch",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"smack",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"sock",
|
||
|
|
"spank",
|
||
|
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
|
"swat",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"thud",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"welt",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"wham",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"He busted his watch when he fell.",
|
||
|
|
"I think the camera is busted .",
|
||
|
|
"Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
|
||
|
|
"She got busted for drug possession.",
|
||
|
|
"Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191013"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"busted":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast",
|
||
|
|
": the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist",
|
||
|
|
": the breasts of a woman",
|
||
|
|
": to break or smash especially with force",
|
||
|
|
": to make inoperative",
|
||
|
|
": to bring an end to : break up",
|
||
|
|
": to ruin financially",
|
||
|
|
": exhaust , wear out",
|
||
|
|
": to tease or give a hard time to",
|
||
|
|
": tame",
|
||
|
|
": demote",
|
||
|
|
": arrest",
|
||
|
|
": raid",
|
||
|
|
": hit , slug",
|
||
|
|
": to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)",
|
||
|
|
": to go broke",
|
||
|
|
": burst",
|
||
|
|
": break down",
|
||
|
|
": to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack )",
|
||
|
|
": to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3 ) or flush",
|
||
|
|
": spree",
|
||
|
|
": a hearty drinking session",
|
||
|
|
": a complete failure : flop",
|
||
|
|
": a business depression (see depression sense 2 )",
|
||
|
|
": punch , sock",
|
||
|
|
": a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b )",
|
||
|
|
": arrest sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": bankrupt , broke",
|
||
|
|
": a piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck",
|
||
|
|
": a woman's bosom",
|
||
|
|
": to hit with the fist",
|
||
|
|
": break entry 1 sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259st",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259st"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"degrade",
|
||
|
|
"demote",
|
||
|
|
"disrate",
|
||
|
|
"downgrade",
|
||
|
|
"reduce"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bang",
|
||
|
|
"bash",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"beat",
|
||
|
|
"belt",
|
||
|
|
"biff",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bop",
|
||
|
|
"box",
|
||
|
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"clap",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"clout",
|
||
|
|
"crack",
|
||
|
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"douse",
|
||
|
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
|
"hack",
|
||
|
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"hook",
|
||
|
|
"knock",
|
||
|
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
|
"lash",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"plump",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pound",
|
||
|
|
"punch",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
|
"slam",
|
||
|
|
"slap",
|
||
|
|
"slug",
|
||
|
|
"smack",
|
||
|
|
"smash",
|
||
|
|
"sock",
|
||
|
|
"spank",
|
||
|
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
|
"swat",
|
||
|
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"thud",
|
||
|
|
"thump",
|
||
|
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
|
"welt",
|
||
|
|
"whack",
|
||
|
|
"wham",
|
||
|
|
"whop",
|
||
|
|
"whap"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"He busted his watch when he fell.",
|
||
|
|
"I think the camera is busted .",
|
||
|
|
"Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges.",
|
||
|
|
"She got busted for drug possession.",
|
||
|
|
"Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205211"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"busy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"engaged in action occupied",
|
||
|
|
"being in use",
|
||
|
|
"full of activity bustling",
|
||
|
|
"foolishly or intrusively active meddling",
|
||
|
|
"full of distracting detail",
|
||
|
|
"to make engaged in action to make busy (see busy entry 1 sense 1a ) occupy",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"actively at work",
|
||
|
|
"being used",
|
||
|
|
"full of activity",
|
||
|
|
"to make busy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8bi-z\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"active",
|
||
|
|
"assiduous",
|
||
|
|
"bustling",
|
||
|
|
"diligent",
|
||
|
|
"employed",
|
||
|
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
|
"hopping",
|
||
|
|
"industrious",
|
||
|
|
"laborious",
|
||
|
|
"occupied",
|
||
|
|
"sedulous",
|
||
|
|
"tied-up",
|
||
|
|
"working"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
|
"bemuse",
|
||
|
|
"catch up",
|
||
|
|
"engage",
|
||
|
|
"engross",
|
||
|
|
"enthrall",
|
||
|
|
"enthral",
|
||
|
|
"enwrap",
|
||
|
|
"fascinate",
|
||
|
|
"grip",
|
||
|
|
"immerse",
|
||
|
|
"interest",
|
||
|
|
"intrigue",
|
||
|
|
"involve",
|
||
|
|
"occupy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"Donald Trump's revenge tour faced a split-decision Tuesday in South Carolina, highlighting a busy primary night that belonged mainly to favorites in Nevada, Texas, Maine and North Dakota. \u2014 David Jackson, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The sprawling home feels busy , if a bit icy, with its towering, crisp white walls, and various bags and boxes in corners. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And though Brown isn't working on a Halsey biopic (yet), she's been keeping busy with Stranger Things, which will debut the final two episodes of season 4 on July 1, with a fifth and final season coming at a later date. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The act of baking is soothing both to the giver and the receiver, to the busy baker and to the person taking a big bite of a fluffy slice of sponge. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The flooding cut off road access to Gardiner, a town of about 900 people near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Gardner rivers, just outside Yellowstone's busy North Entrance. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Summer is often a busy , exciting time for restaurant openings, and this year is no different. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Atlanta officials held a ceremony with the relatives of civil rights heroes Tuesday to celebrate the completion of renovations to a busy corridor named after the city\u2019s most famous son. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The flooding cut off road access to Gardiner, Montana, a town of about 900 people near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Gardner rivers, just outside Yellowstone\u2019s busy North Entrance. \u2014 Amy Beth Hanson, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Wedding planning isn't the only thing keeping the Olympic gold medalist busy these days. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the old days\u2014the \u201990s\u2014the affluent but creatively stifled would busy themselves DJing behind a turntable. \u2014 Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The challenge of transferring patients from rural communities to outlying hospitals, and from those hospitals to busy Anchorage facilities, was a factor in the decision. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The cabin is too secluded to wander off-property, so guests busy themselves with activities. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 18 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One fear is that those who have the resources to help effect action on climate change will instead busy themselves with building their own escape pods. \u2014 Anna Russel, The New Yorker , 3 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163620"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"but":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"conjunction",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"preposition",
|
||
|
|
"pronoun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": except for the fact",
|
||
|
|
": that",
|
||
|
|
": without the concomitant that",
|
||
|
|
": if not : unless",
|
||
|
|
": than",
|
||
|
|
": on the contrary : on the other hand : notwithstanding",
|
||
|
|
": yet",
|
||
|
|
": with the exception of",
|
||
|
|
": that",
|
||
|
|
": that \u2026 not",
|
||
|
|
": with the exception of : barring",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 compare but entry 1 sense 2c",
|
||
|
|
": other than",
|
||
|
|
": without , lacking",
|
||
|
|
": outside",
|
||
|
|
": only , merely",
|
||
|
|
": outside",
|
||
|
|
": to the contrary",
|
||
|
|
": that not : who not",
|
||
|
|
": the kitchen or living quarters of a 2-room cottage",
|
||
|
|
": yet nevertheless",
|
||
|
|
": while just the opposite",
|
||
|
|
": except that : unless",
|
||
|
|
": other than : except",
|
||
|
|
": only entry 2 sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"except",
|
||
|
|
"excepting",
|
||
|
|
"only",
|
||
|
|
"saving",
|
||
|
|
"yet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apart from",
|
||
|
|
"aside from",
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"barring",
|
||
|
|
"beside",
|
||
|
|
"besides",
|
||
|
|
"except",
|
||
|
|
"excepting",
|
||
|
|
"except for",
|
||
|
|
"excluding",
|
||
|
|
"exclusive of",
|
||
|
|
"other than",
|
||
|
|
"outside",
|
||
|
|
"outside of",
|
||
|
|
"save",
|
||
|
|
"saving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Conjunction",
|
||
|
|
"But scientists and doctors say things aren\u2019t that simple \u2014 and a belief that exposing children to marijuana, either directly or indirectly, is harmless isn\u2019t supported by the facts. \u2014 Daniel M. Jimenez, The Cannifornian , 22 June 2017",
|
||
|
|
"But with a full and volatile season behind them, the two have grown closer, prompting check-ins from Bradford last month, seeking tidbits from his coach who watched OTA practices on a tablet from his Kentucky retreat. \u2014 Chad Graff, Twin Cities , 15 June 2017",
|
||
|
|
"The tech firm didn\u2019t pull that video down, but reached out to police. \u2014 Queenie Wong, The Mercury News , 3 May 2017",
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"But campus leaders like Chancellor Vincent Fulginiti and many community donors had a bigger vision. \u2014 Matthew Wynia, The Denver Post , 1 May 2017",
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||
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"Normally a chain moving here wouldn\u2019t pique my interest too much, but this place has got some serious fans \u2014 called \u2018 \u2014 Allyson Reedy, The Know , 24 Apr. 2017",
|
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"The powerhouse, year-round clubs might be peaking again but the strongest undercurrents Saturday came from team connections. \u2014 Dan Albano, Orange County Register , 22 Apr. 2017",
|
||
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"But enough do to make a significant dent in the prescription numbers. \u2014 Christopher Ingraham, The Cannabist , 21 Apr. 2017",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
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||
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"Normally, big job losses trigger massive searches for full-time jobs, but this crisis has been anything but normal. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 1 June 2020",
|
||
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|
"Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, Washington Post , 30 May 2020",
|
||
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"Despite the pleas for calm, the nation seemed anything but as a fitful week drew to a close. \u2014 Robert Klemko, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2020",
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||
|
|
"The Big Ten hasn\u2019t enacted a conference-wide date but Ohio State, which is scheduled to visit Oregon a week after NDSU on Sept. 12, has said its players will begin workouts June 8. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2020",
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||
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"These assumptions are in need of scrutiny, not by comparison with other countries but of this country with itself a few generations ago. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Nick has more power but Joey is a bit more nimble -- everything else is essentially equal. \u2014 John Owning, Dallas News , 27 May 2020",
|
||
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"Some people just believe that there\u2019s no way but to just fight back. \u2014 Chris Buckley, New York Times , 15 May 2020",
|
||
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"Facebook has no option but to get its act together in India. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
|
||
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"The wide-angle lens of television invites immersion in a pivotal midlife decade that\u2014for anyone juggling a career, children, and aging parents, as well as their own compromises, regrets, and unfulfilled ambitions\u2014is anything but dry. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The narrative thrust hangs on the hook of a seemingly ordinary American family ending up in a situation that\u2019s anything but , and the enterprise is to figure out what exactly happened. \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Mahomes likely won\u2019t get but deserves the MVP award after overcoming a slightly tougher road than Rodgers to get his conference\u2019s top seed. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
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"Anyone meeting its representatives and leaders cannot but be impressed by their knowledge, education, and intelligence. \u2014 Douglas Carr, National Review , 14 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Pliskova jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the second set, and while Wozniacki held her serve, Pliskova did not let up, winning all of her first serve points and all but two on her second serve. \u2014 Alexa Philippou, Cincinnati.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
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|
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"The controversies of this presidency have made bipartisan cooperation all but impossible, and there is not enough unity among Republicans to pass politically charged legislation on a partisan basis. \u2014 James Capretta, National Review , 19 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"However, according to reports from Argentine journalist Lucas Ajuria on Twitter, Simeone's future at Genoa is all but over, and Spurs are set to scrap it out with Serie A side Fiorentina for the player's signature. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Aug. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"By 5 p.m. Tuesday, some 1,200 workers, including tree and line crews from KCP&L and other utilities, had restored power to all but 2,400 customers. \u2014 Lily O\u2019neill, Shane Sanderson, And Lily Oppenheimer, kansascity , 25 July 2017",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
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"But there was a but of confusion from the judges and fans at home. \u2014 Leah Rocketto, Woman's Day , 29 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"But even the tech titans have lots of shrugs and buts . \u2014 Shira Ovide, New York Times , 1 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"That way there's no ifs, ands or buts about what's going on. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Ohio State yeah- buts teams like Rutgers all the time. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Investor advocates have long wanted one set of rules to apply to both advisors and brokers: that anyone handling money put investors\u2019 interests first, with no ifs, ands or buts . \u2014 Barry Ritholtz, latimes.com , 24 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"As for consumers who still subscribe to traditional cable and for whom these streaming services are just additive, there are no ifs, ands, or buts about it: the monthly fees are mounting. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Le meneur de jeu espagnol a marqu\u00e9 10 buts et a offert 18 passes d\u00e9cisives cette saison. \u2014 SI.com , 17 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Weigh-in daily No ifs, ands, or buts , about it, get on the scale. \u2014 Kimberly Garrison, Philly.com , 1 May 2018"
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||
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Conjunction, Preposition, Adverb, and Pronoun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Preposition",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Adverb",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Pronoun",
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"circa 1518, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun",
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"1724, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202051"
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},
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"butcherly":{
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"type":"adjective",
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"definitions":[
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"resembling a butcher savage"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r-l\u0113",
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"synonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"brutal",
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"brute",
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"cruel",
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"fiendish",
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"heartless",
|
||
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"inhuman",
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"inhumane",
|
||
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"sadistic",
|
||
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"savage",
|
||
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"truculent",
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||
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"vicious",
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||
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"wanton"
|
||
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"benign",
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||
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"benignant",
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||
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"compassionate",
|
||
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"good-hearted",
|
||
|
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"humane",
|
||
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"kind",
|
||
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"kindhearted",
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||
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"sympathetic",
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||
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"tenderhearted"
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||
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran."
|
||
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":null,
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"1513, in the meaning defined above"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
|
||
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},
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||
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"noun",
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"verb"
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop",
|
||
|
|
": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a button: such as",
|
||
|
|
": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as",
|
||
|
|
": bud",
|
||
|
|
": an immature whole mushroom",
|
||
|
|
": button mushroom",
|
||
|
|
": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
|
||
|
|
": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)",
|
||
|
|
": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil",
|
||
|
|
": push button",
|
||
|
|
": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)",
|
||
|
|
": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response",
|
||
|
|
": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function",
|
||
|
|
": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow",
|
||
|
|
": exactly",
|
||
|
|
": exactly on target : on the nose",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish or decorate with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop",
|
||
|
|
": to close or fasten with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": to close (the lips) to prevent speech",
|
||
|
|
": to close or seal tightly",
|
||
|
|
": to have buttons for fastening",
|
||
|
|
": a small ball or disk used for holding parts of a garment together or as an ornament",
|
||
|
|
": a small often round part of a machine that makes the machine do something when pushed",
|
||
|
|
": to close or fasten with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a small knob or disk: as",
|
||
|
|
": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
|
||
|
|
": cotyledon sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"If that sounds like just your speed, these Halloween flicks are available for all Hulu subscribers at the click of a remote control button . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, start the recording by clicking the big red button , then press play on the voice mail on your phone. \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The programmed options, the ease of cleaning, the safety button on the basket, the price, just to name a few. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hot-glue the alternating points to the center, top with a button , and attach to a dowel. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What's great is the watch is easy to use thanks to its four button design and automatic connection to satellites to begin displaying course information. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Smith and Jennings also placed a donate button on their website and, quickly, members, friends and others chipped in. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some at the time expressed doubts that the button -light technology would usurp the then-beloved BlackBerry, or even succeed at all, but the iPhone has come to dominate the market today, accounting for roughly half of the smartphone market share. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Click the + button in the upper right to Follow the new version of Rocking the RV Life. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215045"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butt (on ":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a buttonhole or loop",
|
||
|
|
": a usually circular metal or plastic badge bearing a stamped design or printed slogan",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a button: such as",
|
||
|
|
": any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as",
|
||
|
|
": bud",
|
||
|
|
": an immature whole mushroom",
|
||
|
|
": button mushroom",
|
||
|
|
": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
|
||
|
|
": a small globule of metal remaining after fusion (as in assaying)",
|
||
|
|
": a guard on the tip of a fencing foil",
|
||
|
|
": push button",
|
||
|
|
": something (such as a push button) that has the real or symbolic capability of initiating a catastrophe (such as a nuclear attack)",
|
||
|
|
": a hidden sensitivity that can be manipulated to produce a desired response",
|
||
|
|
": a usually box-shaped computer icon that initiates a specific software function",
|
||
|
|
": the point of the chin especially as a target for a knockout blow",
|
||
|
|
": exactly",
|
||
|
|
": exactly on target : on the nose",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish or decorate with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": to pass (a button) through a buttonhole or loop",
|
||
|
|
": to close or fasten with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": to close (the lips) to prevent speech",
|
||
|
|
": to close or seal tightly",
|
||
|
|
": to have buttons for fastening",
|
||
|
|
": a small ball or disk used for holding parts of a garment together or as an ornament",
|
||
|
|
": a small often round part of a machine that makes the machine do something when pushed",
|
||
|
|
": to close or fasten with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a small knob or disk: as",
|
||
|
|
": the terminal segment of a rattlesnake's rattle",
|
||
|
|
": cotyledon sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t-\u1d4an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"If that sounds like just your speed, these Halloween flicks are available for all Hulu subscribers at the click of a remote control button . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, start the recording by clicking the big red button , then press play on the voice mail on your phone. \u2014 Chris Velazco, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The programmed options, the ease of cleaning, the safety button on the basket, the price, just to name a few. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hot-glue the alternating points to the center, top with a button , and attach to a dowel. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What's great is the watch is easy to use thanks to its four button design and automatic connection to satellites to begin displaying course information. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Smith and Jennings also placed a donate button on their website and, quickly, members, friends and others chipped in. \u2014 Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some at the time expressed doubts that the button -light technology would usurp the then-beloved BlackBerry, or even succeed at all, but the iPhone has come to dominate the market today, accounting for roughly half of the smartphone market share. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Click the + button in the upper right to Follow the new version of Rocking the RV Life. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"How To Sign Up For The Hulu Streaming Offer Step 1: Head to Hulu and activate this limited-time deal by clicking the Try Now button below. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And, in some cases, people may have had to button up even more amid COVID due to toxic environments. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Thinking fast, Antonia and Margarita hang bags around their necks and button up their coats over them. \u2014 Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hit the Buy Now button in this article to start building your cart. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 30 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225934"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butt in":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to meddle in the affairs of others : interfere"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"interfere",
|
||
|
|
"interlope",
|
||
|
|
"intermeddle",
|
||
|
|
"intrude",
|
||
|
|
"meddle",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"muck (about ",
|
||
|
|
"nose",
|
||
|
|
"obtrude",
|
||
|
|
"poke",
|
||
|
|
"pry",
|
||
|
|
"snoop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"stop butting in on my personal life"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1899, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-234051"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"a solid emulsion of fat globules, air, and water made by churning milk or cream and used as food",
|
||
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"a buttery substance such as",
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"any of various fatty oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures",
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"a creamy food spread",
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"one made of ground roasted nuts",
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"flattery",
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"to spread with or as if with butter",
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"a solid yellowish fatty food obtained from cream or milk by churning",
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"a food that is made of cooked and crushed nuts or fruit and that can be spread",
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"to spread with or as if with butter",
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"a solid emulsion of fat globules, air, and water made by churning milk or cream and used as food",
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"a buttery substance",
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"any of various fatty oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures"
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],
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"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r",
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"synonyms":[
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"adulation",
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"blarney",
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"flannel",
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"flattery",
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"incense",
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"overpraise",
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"soft soap",
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"sweet talk",
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"taffy"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Would you like some butter for your potato?",
|
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|
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"Saut\u00e9 the onions in melted butter .",
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"Verb",
|
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"butter a piece of bread",
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"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
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|
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"Lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with the butter or vegetable oil. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
|
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|
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"Rather than using butter or oil in the pan to brown the onions and sear the steak, Heria uses a zero-calorie avocado spray. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"Then add some protein, like a spoonful of nut butter or a handful of walnuts, or some plain Greek yogurt, for an energy boost that will keep you going until lunch. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
|
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"Inside a typical ration box was macaroni, rice, oatmeal, canned meat, sweet and condensed milk, sugar, butter . \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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|
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"They are made from a simple wheat dough, rolled and shaped into half-moons, and stuffed with various fillings before being boiled and served with lashings of melted butter and sour cream. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
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|
"Featuring decadent layers of butter and sugar, ensaymada's sweetness is perfectly balanced with the saltiness of queso de bola, or Edam, a semi-hard cheese from the Netherlands. \u2014 Dorothy Hernandez, CNN , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The Lakeview bakery rolls fresh-baked brioche in butter and sugar and fills it with berry, vanilla bean custard and blueberry. \u2014 Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
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|
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"Cream the powdered sugar and butter in a stand mixer until light and fluffy. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
|
||
|
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"Line the bottom with a round of parchment paper and butter the paper. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From a nutritional standpoint, this menu addition doesn\u2019t exactly butter Yawitz\u2019s biscuit. \u2014 Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a little coaxing from Blake, who is trying to butter Ariana up in hopes of winning over her legions of fans, Hailey joins Team Ariana. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Top with the remaining bread slices; butter the side facing out. \u2014 Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Rough spots of pavement make their way through the steering wheel with soft thumps, enough to communicate a sense of the road but nothing that would turn your cream to butter on the way home from the grocery store. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Shape the dough Lightly oil or butter the inside surfaces of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan or Detroit pizza pan. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 30 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Generously butter a 3-quart baking dish that is at least 2 inches deep. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 23 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Generously butter a deep, 8-inch or 9-inch square baking dish. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 Aug. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163712"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"buttocks":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits",
|
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|
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": the seat of the body",
|
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|
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": rump sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
": the back of the hip which forms one of the rounded parts on which a person sits",
|
||
|
|
": rump sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits",
|
||
|
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": the seat of the body",
|
||
|
|
": the corresponding part of a quadruped : rump"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t-\u0259k"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backside",
|
||
|
|
"behind",
|
||
|
|
"booty",
|
||
|
|
"bootie",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"breech",
|
||
|
|
"bum",
|
||
|
|
"buns",
|
||
|
|
"butt",
|
||
|
|
"caboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cheeks",
|
||
|
|
"derriere",
|
||
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"fanny",
|
||
|
|
"fundament",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"haunches",
|
||
|
|
"heinie",
|
||
|
|
"hunkers",
|
||
|
|
"keister",
|
||
|
|
"keester",
|
||
|
|
"nates",
|
||
|
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"rear end",
|
||
|
|
"rump",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tail end",
|
||
|
|
"tush"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries to her arm and buttock and was later released. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Women have increasingly opted for buttock -augmentation procedures in recent years, according to practitioners \u2014 a surgery that has grown as fast as any other cosmetic procedure in recent memory. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Also on Sunday, a 30-year-old was shot in his back and buttock in the early morning, police said. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"According to prosecutors, the shooter, then-19-year-old John Timothy Earnest, first shot congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, in the back of her right shoulder and right buttock . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Its protagonist: a cosmetic dermatologist to the stars, known for his Botox and buttock -enhancement procedures, who tried his luck as a megamansion developer. \u2014 Katherine Clarke, WSJ , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The homeless victim suffered gunshot wounds to his head, face, chest, thigh, buttock and hand, according to court records. \u2014 Mark Morales, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Police found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound in his left buttock at the residence. \u2014 Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There\u2019s the fall onto the right or left buttock , followed by the roll onto the gut. \u2014 Chuck Culpepper, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English buttok \u2014 more at butt entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195716"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button-down":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": having a button-down collar",
|
||
|
|
": having buttons from the collar to the waist",
|
||
|
|
": conservatively traditional or conventional",
|
||
|
|
": adhering to conventional norms in dress and behavior",
|
||
|
|
": a shirt with a button-down collar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"archconservative",
|
||
|
|
"brassbound",
|
||
|
|
"conservative",
|
||
|
|
"die-hard",
|
||
|
|
"hidebound",
|
||
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
||
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"old-line",
|
||
|
|
"old-school",
|
||
|
|
"orthodox",
|
||
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
||
|
|
"reactionary",
|
||
|
|
"standpat",
|
||
|
|
"traditional",
|
||
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
||
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
||
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
||
|
|
"large-minded",
|
||
|
|
"liberal",
|
||
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
||
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
||
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
||
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
||
|
|
"open-minded",
|
||
|
|
"progressive",
|
||
|
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201239"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzz":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make a low continuous humming sound like that of a bee",
|
||
|
|
": murmur , whisper",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled with a confused murmur",
|
||
|
|
": to make a signal with a buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": to go quickly : hurry",
|
||
|
|
": scram",
|
||
|
|
": to feel high especially from a drug",
|
||
|
|
": to utter covertly by or as if by whispering",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to buzz",
|
||
|
|
": to fly fast and close to",
|
||
|
|
": to summon or signal with a buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": to let in through an electronically controlled entrance",
|
||
|
|
": to drink to the last drop",
|
||
|
|
": a persistent vibratory sound",
|
||
|
|
": a confused murmur",
|
||
|
|
": rumor , gossip",
|
||
|
|
": a flurry of activity",
|
||
|
|
": fad , craze",
|
||
|
|
": speculative or excited talk or attention relating especially to a new or forthcoming product or event",
|
||
|
|
": an instance of such talk or attention",
|
||
|
|
": a signal conveyed by buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": a telephone call",
|
||
|
|
": high sense 4",
|
||
|
|
": to make a low humming sound like that of bees",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled with a low hum or murmur",
|
||
|
|
": to fly an airplane low over",
|
||
|
|
": a low humming sound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259z",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259z"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abound",
|
||
|
|
"brim",
|
||
|
|
"bristle",
|
||
|
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
|
"burst",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"crawl",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
|
"pullulate",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"teem"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"ring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Rendon told him to buzz off, refusing to recognize the pledges. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unlike in the early days, Russian aircraft\u2014other than the Orlan reconnaissance drones that frequently buzz over the village\u2014rarely fly above Ukrainian positions because several had been shot down in the area, the soldiers said. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His AppleWatch is set to buzz every 20 minutes to remind him to drink. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Club include London\u2019s storied members-only clubs, which buzz with activity from breakfast through late-night festivities. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Best Ideas for Kids Save money on craft supplies and use toilet paper rolls to make googly-eyed bees your kids will buzz around the house with. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With the fat tires and assist, a ranger can buzz up to an injured rider or trail mishap at speed. \u2014 Ty Brookhart, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"In other election seasons, the restaurant would buzz for months with arguments over candidates and issues. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In other election seasons, the restaurant would buzz for months with arguments over candidates and issues. \u2014 Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In a couple of weeks many of the world\u2019s best will converge on Connecticut to play in the Travelers Championship and the buzz has always been about who is coming. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In the first week of April this year, the buzz around Swvl was about its entry into Africa\u2019s group of billion-dollar companies. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The US Open is coming to Brookline next month, and the buzz in Boston is palpable. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And, everyone also agrees, that the buzz at Pimlico Race Course would be a lot higher this week if that 80-1 horse were here. \u2014 John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The buzz at the Royalton event is that Carey is coming back to Black. \u2014 Danyel Smith, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Congress came back to the Washington mother ship this week, and the buzz was that the Democrats will move heaven and earth to give the American public a reason to vote for them in November\u2019s midterm elections. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The buzz about the four-day workweek is everywhere, from LinkedIn posts and Twitter threads to possible federal legislation. \u2014 Lindsay Tjepkema, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What was the buzz on social media where people upset. \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 20 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222846"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzzard":{
|
||
|
|
"type":"noun",
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"buteo",
|
||
|
|
"any of various usually large birds of prey (such as the turkey vulture)",
|
||
|
|
"a contemptible or rapacious person",
|
||
|
|
"a usually large bird of prey that flies slowly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":"\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259rd",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bloodsucker",
|
||
|
|
"harpy",
|
||
|
|
"kite",
|
||
|
|
"predator",
|
||
|
|
"shark",
|
||
|
|
"vampire",
|
||
|
|
"vulture",
|
||
|
|
"wolf"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"prey"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the real estate buzzards were really putting pressure on the one homeowner who was still refusing to sell",
|
||
|
|
"that crotchety old man can be a real buzzard when he's in a bad mood\u2014which is usually the case",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Fukuyama\u2019s buzzard triumphalism has been echoed everywhere. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From a bat, buzzard and barn owl, to a scorpion, seahorse and squirrel monkey, Inside In is a collection of more than 50 arthropods, mollusks, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. \u2014 Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Health, sequencing, buzzard \u2019s luck, bad decisions and a snowball type of effect can bury a team already gasping for air. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 17 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"No-hitters at times can reflect a team\u2019s poor fortunes \u2013 a series of line drives hit directly at fielders, or a defender making a dazzling play to rob a batter and reinforce the buzzard \u2019s luck surrounding the squad. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 22 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Still, this is without question a great hire for UCF, which was searching for a coach late in the game after Josh Heupel fell for Tennessee like a buzzard for a landfill. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Weekend 1 of the rest of our vile virus lives perched like a buzzard over our collective behavior this weekend. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 18 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"As military governor of the city, so the legend goes, Funston presided over a clean-up so thorough that buzzards left town, since there was nothing left to scavenge. \u2014 Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com , 4 Apr. 2020",
|
||
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"That could be some sort of vision, a buzzard eating a dead bobcat. \u2014 al , 21 Mar. 2020"
|
||
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English busard , from Old French, alteration of buison , from Latin buteon, buteo hawk",
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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||
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},
|
||
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"bunglesome":{
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||
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"type":[
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"adjective"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": awkward , clumsy"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l-s\u0259m"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"awkward",
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||
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"clumsy",
|
||
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"clunky",
|
||
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"cranky",
|
||
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"cumbersome",
|
||
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"cumbrous",
|
||
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"ponderous",
|
||
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"ungainly",
|
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"unhandy",
|
||
|
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"unwieldy"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"handy"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"get rid of that bunglesome old suitcase and buy something with wheels"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-125321"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burnish":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective or noun",
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing",
|
||
|
|
": polish sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge",
|
||
|
|
": luster , gloss",
|
||
|
|
": to make shiny"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-nish",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-nish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buff",
|
||
|
|
"dress",
|
||
|
|
"furbish",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"grind",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"rub",
|
||
|
|
"shine",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"smoothen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"luminance",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"sheen",
|
||
|
|
"shine"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"after some much-needed polishing, the silver tea set had a brilliant burnish",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The Academy election will burnish San Diego County\u2019s already bright reputation in science. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That's why he's gone from architect of the 1994 crime bill, intended to burnish his law-and-order bona fides during the Clinton years, to criminal justice crusader in the Black Lives Matter era. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The White House still has plenty of tools at its disposal to speed the energy transition and burnish its reputation on the world stage, though. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Here are the biggest questions for China going into the Games, an event meant to help burnish its reputation on the international stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The efforts have won Poland widespread praise and helped the government burnish an international image damaged by the ruling Law and Justice party's past hostility to non-European immigrants and asylum-seekers. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Russia's war in Ukraine has afforded Macron the chance to demonstrate his influence on the international stage and burnish his pro-NATO credentials. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Harris has worked over the past year to burnish her foreign policy credentials, helped in part by assignments given to her by Biden that introduced her to foreign leaders and placed her at the center of critical global issues. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Australia has pledged A$1 billion ($700 million) in funding to help protect the Great Barrier Reef as the government looks to burnish its green credentials ahead of a national election due by May. \u2014 Ben Westcott, Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The dark burnish brings deep savory notes, but even a hint of burn will make the whole mole bitter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The cream turns into a rich sauce and the cheese gets bubbly-brown; the greens towards the top burnish (kale chips!) but those underneath stay silky-soft. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"As each streetlamp passed, the burnish of its reflected light rolled up alongside them on the asphalt, like a dolphin curious about a new boat in her waters, and then veered away. \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Perhaps the open roasting caused the sugar to caramelize, adding a slightly bitter burnish that mitigated the awful sweetness. \u2014 Mimi Sheraton, The Seattle Times , 25 Sep. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The reds of radishes and tomatoes, the burnish of crisped bacon and bright greens of beans and hardy lettuces showed through milky dressings that coated each piece. \u2014 Bonnie S. Benwick, charlotteobserver , 1 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"A renovation, completed in late 2015, with updates this spring and summer to some of its signature restaurants, adds a new burnish to this destination, just as Mexico City itself is becoming a must-go spot, especially for the international jet set. \u2014 Melena Ryzik, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-194518"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bustling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": full of lively activity : busily astir"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259s-li\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"active",
|
||
|
|
"assiduous",
|
||
|
|
"busy",
|
||
|
|
"diligent",
|
||
|
|
"employed",
|
||
|
|
"engaged",
|
||
|
|
"hopping",
|
||
|
|
"industrious",
|
||
|
|
"laborious",
|
||
|
|
"occupied",
|
||
|
|
"sedulous",
|
||
|
|
"tied-up",
|
||
|
|
"working"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"idle",
|
||
|
|
"inactive",
|
||
|
|
"unbusy",
|
||
|
|
"unemployed",
|
||
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"While the 29-year-old has developed her own following and steady gigs in the bustling city, her career hasn\u2019t always been so seamless. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Good medical colleges, including one for women, a fledgling Filipino community in a bustling port city. \u2014 Shannon Liao, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"More than six weeks after the Russian siege began, Ukrainian troops are continuing to fight the vastly superior Russian forces in ferocious battles amid the ruins of what once was a bustling city on the Sea of Azov coast. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Oscillating between the Arizona wilderness and the bustling city of Phoenix, ancient and modern forged an identity with eyes forward and a heart tethered to the old ways. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Its 38 stories overlook the Uptown and Galleria neighborhoods (plus offer helicopter access), yet offer what feels like a retreat from the bustling city. \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Emily left her small town for the bustling city of Xi'an, China, to teach English. \u2014 Rebecca Detken, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Council Crest is always my first stop when showing visitors around Portland to see a little bit of everything, from mountains to the bustling city, all from the tallest point in the city. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kabul is now a bustling commercial city, with new apartment buildings rising above the skyline. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1582, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-225434"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubbleheaded":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a foolish or stupid person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02cched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"airhead",
|
||
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
||
|
|
"blockhead",
|
||
|
|
"bonehead",
|
||
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
||
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
||
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
||
|
|
"clodpole",
|
||
|
|
"clot",
|
||
|
|
"cluck",
|
||
|
|
"clunk",
|
||
|
|
"cretin",
|
||
|
|
"cuddy",
|
||
|
|
"cuddie",
|
||
|
|
"deadhead",
|
||
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
||
|
|
"dimwit",
|
||
|
|
"dip",
|
||
|
|
"dodo",
|
||
|
|
"dolt",
|
||
|
|
"donkey",
|
||
|
|
"doofus",
|
||
|
|
"dope",
|
||
|
|
"dork",
|
||
|
|
"dullard",
|
||
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
||
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
||
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
||
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
||
|
|
"dummy",
|
||
|
|
"dunce",
|
||
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
||
|
|
"fathead",
|
||
|
|
"gander",
|
||
|
|
"golem",
|
||
|
|
"goof",
|
||
|
|
"goon",
|
||
|
|
"half-wit",
|
||
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
||
|
|
"hardhead",
|
||
|
|
"idiot",
|
||
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
||
|
|
"imbecile",
|
||
|
|
"jackass",
|
||
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
||
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
||
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
||
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
||
|
|
"loon",
|
||
|
|
"lump",
|
||
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
||
|
|
"meathead",
|
||
|
|
"mome",
|
||
|
|
"moron",
|
||
|
|
"mug",
|
||
|
|
"mutt",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"nimrod",
|
||
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
||
|
|
"ninny",
|
||
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
||
|
|
"nit",
|
||
|
|
"nitwit",
|
||
|
|
"noddy",
|
||
|
|
"noodle",
|
||
|
|
"numskull",
|
||
|
|
"numbskull",
|
||
|
|
"oaf",
|
||
|
|
"pinhead",
|
||
|
|
"prat",
|
||
|
|
"ratbag",
|
||
|
|
"saphead",
|
||
|
|
"schlub",
|
||
|
|
"shlub",
|
||
|
|
"schnook",
|
||
|
|
"simpleton",
|
||
|
|
"stock",
|
||
|
|
"stupe",
|
||
|
|
"stupid",
|
||
|
|
"thickhead",
|
||
|
|
"turkey",
|
||
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
||
|
|
"yahoo",
|
||
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"brain",
|
||
|
|
"genius"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a murder mystery so obvious that even bubbleheads need not tax their brains"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1917, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-132942"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bustle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to move briskly and often ostentatiously",
|
||
|
|
": to be busily astir : teem",
|
||
|
|
": noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity",
|
||
|
|
": a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness and drapery of the back of a woman's skirt or dress",
|
||
|
|
": the drapery so supported",
|
||
|
|
": to move about in a busy or noisy way",
|
||
|
|
": busy or noisy activity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-s\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abound",
|
||
|
|
"brim",
|
||
|
|
"bristle",
|
||
|
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
|
"burst",
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"crawl",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
|
"pullulate",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"teem"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ado",
|
||
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
|
"bobbery",
|
||
|
|
"bother",
|
||
|
|
"clatter",
|
||
|
|
"clutter",
|
||
|
|
"coil",
|
||
|
|
"commotion",
|
||
|
|
"corroboree",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"do",
|
||
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
||
|
|
"fun",
|
||
|
|
"furor",
|
||
|
|
"furore",
|
||
|
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
||
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
||
|
|
"hoopla",
|
||
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
||
|
|
"hubbub",
|
||
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
||
|
|
"hurly",
|
||
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
||
|
|
"hurricane",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
||
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
||
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
||
|
|
"moil",
|
||
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
||
|
|
"pother",
|
||
|
|
"row",
|
||
|
|
"ruckus",
|
||
|
|
"ruction",
|
||
|
|
"rumpus",
|
||
|
|
"shindy",
|
||
|
|
"splore",
|
||
|
|
"squall",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"to-do",
|
||
|
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
|
"turmoil",
|
||
|
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
|
"welter",
|
||
|
|
"whirl",
|
||
|
|
"williwaw",
|
||
|
|
"zoo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests.",
|
||
|
|
"on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun (1)",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun (1)",
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"1637, in the meaning defined above",
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"Noun (2)",
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"1782, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-135840"
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},
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"buffed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a garment (such as a uniform) made of buff leather",
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": the state of being nude",
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||
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": a moderate orange yellow",
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||
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": a light to moderate yellow",
|
||
|
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": a device having a soft absorbent surface (as of cloth) by which polishing material is applied",
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||
|
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": fan , enthusiast",
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||
|
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": of the color buff",
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||
|
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": having a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises",
|
||
|
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": polish , shine",
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||
|
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": to give a velvety surface to (leather)",
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": a pale orange yellow",
|
||
|
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": a stick or wheel with a soft surface for applying polish",
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": fan entry 3",
|
||
|
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": to polish with or as if with a buff",
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"[earlier buff an enthusiast about going to fires; perhaps from the buff overcoats worn by volunteer firefighters in New York City about 1820]"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259f",
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"\u02c8b\u0259f"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addict",
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"aficionado",
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"afficionado",
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"bug",
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"devotee",
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"enthusiast",
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"fan",
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"fanatic",
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"fancier",
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|
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"fiend",
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"fool",
|
||
|
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"freak",
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||
|
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"habitu\u00e9",
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||
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"habitue",
|
||
|
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"head",
|
||
|
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"hound",
|
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|
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"junkie",
|
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|
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"junky",
|
||
|
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"lover",
|
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|
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"maniac",
|
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|
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"maven",
|
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"mavin",
|
||
|
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"nut",
|
||
|
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"sucker"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
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"file",
|
||
|
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"grind",
|
||
|
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"hone",
|
||
|
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"rasp",
|
||
|
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"rub",
|
||
|
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"sand"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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|
|
"In fact, people have been bathing in the buff on Nantucket\u2019s more remote stretches for years. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The USS Lexington, a WWII-era aircraft carrier is also a winner for the family history buff . \u2014 Rebecca Treon, Chron , 23 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For the history buff , consider this collection of New York Times front pages from every year on your father-in-law's birthday. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Prometheus Lens will be getting an actual burn, in addition to a huge trace rifle buff that\u2019s coming against majors and bosses and are getting more ammo. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The authenticity of the altimeter was subsequently verified, confirms Luis Gaxiola, a Mexican aviation history buff and honorary member of the American Legion Post 11. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On TikTok, the Australian art-history buff Mary McGillivray approaches the Western canon and pop-cultural subjects with a distinctively feminist, historicizing lens. \u2014 R.e. Hawley, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This scratch-off poster is a fun way to boost film-watching bragging rights for your favorite movie buff . \u2014 Karla Pope, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There are no frills at Cinemark 16, just fun for any movie buff on a budget. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The secret to applying a foolproof fake tan is to use a blending brush to buff self-tanning mousse or spray into the skin. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, SELF , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company\u2019s logo is a silhouette of a buff runner holding a wine glass in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Trimming the losers while moving funds into defensive or hedging positions can reduce losses and even buff returns. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But most of the attention has come from other boys on TikTok looking to get buff . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Barred Rocks, buff Orpingtons and all types of bantams set well. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Then again, few of us are as buff as The Rock or as suave as James Bond. \u2014 Callum Borchers, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And here\u2019s the real naked truth about nude art modeling: Most models do not look like buff male athletes that leaped off a Grecian urn or come-hither maidens that sauntered off a Renaissance canvas. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Around the aquamarines is a festoon motif of pink rubellites, buff -top amethysts and white diamonds set in pink gold. \u2014 WSJ , 2 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Send your history buff a piece of America's past, everything from the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to the moment the first atomic bomb came to be. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Suede is made using a technique called Sueding, in which an abrasive is applied to buff the surface of the hide. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Together, these ingredients work to break down and buff away at dry skin, effectively cleansing and leaving only healthy and new skin behind. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The point of this change isn\u2019t purely to buff him or counterbalance the nerfs. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After pledging $21 billion in equity and raising $25.5 billion of debt and margin loan financing, Musk has continued to use Twitter to buff his image as a brash billionaire who is not afraid to break the rules of polite society. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What about the people who buff the Bay Bridge to a shine? \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Gently buff away dullness and impurities with this scrub, best used every two to three days. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Somerville\u2019s exfoliant for the face formulated for the body to buff away rough skin. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-143843"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bureau":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": writing desk",
|
||
|
|
": one having drawers and a slant top",
|
||
|
|
": a low chest of drawers for use in a bedroom",
|
||
|
|
": a specialized administrative unit",
|
||
|
|
": a subdivision of an executive department of a government",
|
||
|
|
": a branch of a newspaper, newsmagazine, or wire service in an important news center",
|
||
|
|
": a usually commercial agency that serves as an intermediary especially for exchanging information or coordinating activities",
|
||
|
|
": a low chest of drawers for use in a bedroom",
|
||
|
|
": a division of a government department",
|
||
|
|
": a business office that provides services"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8byu\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8by\u0259r-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8byu\u0307r-\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agency",
|
||
|
|
"arm",
|
||
|
|
"branch",
|
||
|
|
"department",
|
||
|
|
"desk",
|
||
|
|
"division",
|
||
|
|
"office",
|
||
|
|
"service"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the Federal Bureau of Investigation",
|
||
|
|
"The book is on top of my bureau .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The fraud uncovered by the bureau was has been referred to the Attorney General's office. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Kate Olberding, the vice president of brand engagement for the bureau , said that Cincinnatians have not registered a consumer complaint regarding Traveling communities in at least the past three years. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In an interview, Phinney said that\u2019s common practice for the bureau . \u2014 Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Shkreli was released from a low-security federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, and transferred to community confinement overseen by the bureau , the BOP spokesperson said in a statement to Forbes. \u2014 Anna Kaplan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Projections by the bureau indicate that the total population of nonwhite people in America will exceed the white population by 2045. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By 2019, there were only four boarding schools operated by bureau of Indian Education, and they are no longer tasked with assimilating the students. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Meanwhile, industrial output fell 7.5% in the month, according to a statement by the Shanghai statistics bureau . \u2014 Fortune , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In 2020, President Donald J. Trump\u2019s pick for the bureau , Chuck Canterbury, a conservative police union official, was forced to withdraw after several Republican senators publicly questioned his commitment to the Second Amendment. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"French, desk, cloth covering for desks, from Old French burel woolen cloth, from Old French *bure , from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1698, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190504"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullheadedness":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": stupidly stubborn : headstrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02c8he-d\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adamant",
|
||
|
|
"adamantine",
|
||
|
|
"dogged",
|
||
|
|
"hard",
|
||
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
||
|
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
||
|
|
"headstrong",
|
||
|
|
"immovable",
|
||
|
|
"implacable",
|
||
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
||
|
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
|
"intransigent",
|
||
|
|
"mulish",
|
||
|
|
"obdurate",
|
||
|
|
"obstinate",
|
||
|
|
"opinionated",
|
||
|
|
"ossified",
|
||
|
|
"pat",
|
||
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
||
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
||
|
|
"self-willed",
|
||
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
|
"unbending",
|
||
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
||
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
||
|
|
"unyielding",
|
||
|
|
"willful",
|
||
|
|
"wilful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
|
"complying",
|
||
|
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
|
"relenting",
|
||
|
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a bullheaded boss who won't take advice from anyone",
|
||
|
|
"a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1818, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191057"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubble":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small globule that is typically hollow and light: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a small body of gas within a liquid",
|
||
|
|
": a thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas",
|
||
|
|
": a globule in a transparent solid",
|
||
|
|
": something (such as a plastic or inflatable structure) that is hemispherical or semicylindrical",
|
||
|
|
": something that lacks firmness, solidity, or reality",
|
||
|
|
": a delusive or fraudulent scheme or undertaking",
|
||
|
|
": a sound of or like that of bubbling or gurgling liquid",
|
||
|
|
": magnetic bubble",
|
||
|
|
": a state of booming economic activity (as in a stock market) that often ends in a sudden collapse",
|
||
|
|
": the condition of being at risk of exclusion or replacement (as from a tournament)",
|
||
|
|
": an enclosed or isolated sphere of experience or activity in which the like-minded members of a homogeneous community support and reinforce their shared opinions",
|
||
|
|
": a usually small group of people (such as family members, friends, coworkers, or classmates) who regularly interact closely with one another but with few or no others in order to minimize exposure and reduce the transmission of infection during an outbreak of a contagious disease : pod entry 4 sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": an area within which sports teams stay isolated from the general public during a series of scheduled games so as to prevent exposure to disease and that includes accommodations, amenities, and the location at which the games are held",
|
||
|
|
": a series of scheduled games that is played between sports teams staying in a bubble",
|
||
|
|
": to cause someone to suddenly realize that something believed, trusted, or admired is not really true, good, etc.",
|
||
|
|
": to form or produce bubbles",
|
||
|
|
": to rise in or as if in bubbles",
|
||
|
|
": to flow with a gurgling sound",
|
||
|
|
": to become lively or effervescent",
|
||
|
|
": to speak in a lively and fluent manner",
|
||
|
|
": to utter (something) effervescently",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to bubble",
|
||
|
|
": a tiny round body of air or gas in a liquid",
|
||
|
|
": a round body of air within a solid",
|
||
|
|
": a thin film of liquid filled with air or gas",
|
||
|
|
": to form or produce bubbles",
|
||
|
|
": to flow with a gurgle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dribble",
|
||
|
|
"guggle",
|
||
|
|
"gurgle",
|
||
|
|
"lap",
|
||
|
|
"plash",
|
||
|
|
"ripple",
|
||
|
|
"splash",
|
||
|
|
"trickle",
|
||
|
|
"wash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"pour",
|
||
|
|
"roll",
|
||
|
|
"stream"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"They saw air bubbles in the water.",
|
||
|
|
"There were bubbles in the ice.",
|
||
|
|
"The Internet stock bubble finally burst.",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the soapy water bubbled down the drain",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"From the moment Glinda descends to the stage on a circular, bubble -like conveyance, Newberry is an absolute treat, a comic compound of Billie Burke, Judy Holliday, and Elle Woods. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Simply cut them in half, remove the pit, oil them well and grill over medium-low heat unit the juice starts to bubble , the surface gets caramelized and the fruit begins to slump into a sweet, sloppy mess. \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Any sunny breaks in the clouds only heat and bubble up more instability \u2014 fuel for later storms to be strong to severe. \u2014 A. Camden Walker, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Big cap stocks are still substantially overpriced for a basic reason: Corporate earnings mushroomed to bubble proportions because of the spending frenzy that raged in the rebound from the pandemic. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And over the past 13-plus years, Pluto in Capricorn has caused many ugly truths to bubble to the surface, resulting in the downfall of corporations and people in power that have refused to evolve. \u2014 Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
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"Inside the Alabama bubble that might seem impossible, but Fisher\u2019s insults were celebrated pretty much everywhere else. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 25 May 2022",
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"Our attention to staying inside the bubble has been constant. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 18 May 2022",
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"Delle Donne didn't play in the 2020 season inside the league's bubble in Bradenton, Florida because of medical concerns. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Let the jars rest in the canner for 10 more minutes to help prevent siphoning (when the boiling ingredients bubble up under the lid, breaking the seal). \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"The need for organizations to become more agile and innovative for customers doesn\u2019t mean that every task or area needs to bubble with creativity and reinvention. \u2014 Luc Hennekens, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"The oil should bubble immediately, but no dark smoke should visibly rise from the oil. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"This is a classic war story told simply and well, its meanings not forced but allowed to bubble up on their own. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
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"Shock and surprise were just two of the emotions to bubble to the surface when Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian \u2014 and the world \u2014 found out Tristan Thompson had fathered a child with another woman. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
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"Your skin may also actually feel hot and bubble up into small blisters if the burn reaches the inner layer of the skin, called the dermis. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 6 May 2022",
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"These typically include citric acid (the chemical equivalent of lemon juice), and effervescent ingredients that help stubborn deposits bubble up from the surface. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
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"The oil should bubble immediately, but no dark smoke should visibly rise from the oil. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191212"
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},
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"butterfingered":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"cack-handed",
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"clumsy",
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"graceless",
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"ham-fisted",
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"ham-handed",
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"handless",
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"heavy-handed",
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"left-handed",
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"maladroit",
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"unhandy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"handy",
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"sure-handed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1615, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191248"
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},
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"building block":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a unit of construction or composition",
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": something essential on which a larger entity is based"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"component",
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"constituent",
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"element",
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"factor",
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"ingredient",
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"member"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"whole"
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],
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"examples":[
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"historically the infantry division has been a basic building block of armies",
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The rich Masque de Radiance is infused with Vitamin C and energy- building block ATP, and gives skin an energizing, moisturizing boost. \u2014 Angela Lei, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Alex Fudge transferred to Florida, becoming another key building block for former St. Mary\u2019s guard and USF head coach Todd Golden, who left the Dons for the Gators last month. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As much pressure as Mitchell has to lead the team to greatness, Gobert\u2019s entire utility as a championship building block is arguably in question. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Head coach Mike Aikens said the season was a huge building block for the franchise going forward. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
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"From plastic to concrete, CO2 is a basic industrial building block \u2014 a valuable commodity. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Fever won\u2019t put the pressure on her, but the reality is this: If the Fever are going to make strides in the direction of contention, this year's No. 2 overall pick is the critical building block . \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In Jacksonville, Walker will be a vital building block for a franchise seeking a reset after coach Urban Meyer was fired just 13 games into his inaugural campaign. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The three act structure is the basic building block for storytelling. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1756, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192158"
|
||
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},
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"burr":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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|
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"biographical name",
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit",
|
||
|
|
": a plant that bears burs",
|
||
|
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": something that sticks or clings",
|
||
|
|
": hanger-on",
|
||
|
|
": an irregular rounded mass",
|
||
|
|
": a tree burl",
|
||
|
|
": a thin ridge or area of roughness produced in cutting or shaping metal",
|
||
|
|
": a trilled uvular \\r\\ as used by some speakers of English especially in northern England and in Scotland",
|
||
|
|
": a tongue-point trill that is the usual Scottish \\r\\",
|
||
|
|
": a small rotary cutting tool",
|
||
|
|
": a bit used on a dental drill",
|
||
|
|
": a rough humming sound : whir",
|
||
|
|
": to speak with a burr",
|
||
|
|
": to make a whirring sound",
|
||
|
|
": to pronounce with a burr",
|
||
|
|
": to form into a projecting edge",
|
||
|
|
": to remove burrs from",
|
||
|
|
"Aaron 1756\u20131836 3rd vice president of the U.S. (1801\u201305)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"chirr",
|
||
|
|
"churr",
|
||
|
|
"drone",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"purr",
|
||
|
|
"thrum",
|
||
|
|
"whir",
|
||
|
|
"whirr",
|
||
|
|
"whiz",
|
||
|
|
"whizz",
|
||
|
|
"zoom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"drone",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"whir",
|
||
|
|
"whirr",
|
||
|
|
"whish",
|
||
|
|
"whiz",
|
||
|
|
"whizz",
|
||
|
|
"zip",
|
||
|
|
"zoom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"a tool that can cut through steel leaving a smooth edge and no burrs",
|
||
|
|
"heard the burr of a distant engine",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The rock could be as minor as a burr on a blade, but if it wasn\u2019t eliminated or moved out of the way, the entire manufacturing process could be compromised. \u2014 Lance Knight, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The soup that results is magnificently subtle, playing the delicate, fresh springlike taste of asparagus off the satisfying umami burr of the shiitake mushrooms. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This second book in the series features an ADHD heroine grappling with the messiness of her life and a silver fox swordmaker with a Scottish burr designed to give you chills. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Like the Bambino, investing in a good conical burr grinder to go alongside the Rancilio Silvia is key. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s five inches wider and three inches longer than the Bambino and includes a conical burr grinder, along with a hot water wand. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After a few months, my geekiest coffee friend directed me to a next-level setup: a Hario V60 pour-over coffee maker (which is also what Benchakul uses in his shop), a Baratza Encore burr grinder and a scale. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Stumble and it\u2019s a second bowl loss in Frisco, the first losing streak of the season and a nagging saddle burr because of the special things that hovered just out of reach. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Brooke Shields manages to up the location ante by sharing a castle with a Scottish Duke, played by Cary Elwes, speaking in a burr as deep as a dish of haggis. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 9 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1798, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193251"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulky":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having bulk",
|
||
|
|
": large of its kind",
|
||
|
|
": corpulent",
|
||
|
|
": having great volume in proportion to weight",
|
||
|
|
": great in size or volume",
|
||
|
|
": being large and awkward to handle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259l-k\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259l-k\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"big",
|
||
|
|
"biggish",
|
||
|
|
"boxcar",
|
||
|
|
"considerable",
|
||
|
|
"goodly",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"handsome",
|
||
|
|
"hefty",
|
||
|
|
"hulking",
|
||
|
|
"husky",
|
||
|
|
"large",
|
||
|
|
"largish",
|
||
|
|
"outsize",
|
||
|
|
"outsized",
|
||
|
|
"oversize",
|
||
|
|
"oversized",
|
||
|
|
"sizable",
|
||
|
|
"sizeable",
|
||
|
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
|
"tidy",
|
||
|
|
"voluminous"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bantam",
|
||
|
|
"dinky",
|
||
|
|
"dwarf",
|
||
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"puny",
|
||
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
||
|
|
"small",
|
||
|
|
"smallish",
|
||
|
|
"undersized",
|
||
|
|
"undersize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a big, bulky football player",
|
||
|
|
"bulky packages might cost more to mail",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Some people may enjoy the slimness of the iPhone and want to have a case that is protective, but not too bulky . \u2014 Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The form is just bulky enough to announce itself and comes in basic black or white. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The case depth runs from 14.35 to 13.75 mm, tapering down gradually from the crystal toward the wrist\u2014a design that accommodates the spherical differential and double-balance-wheel architecture of the movement without feeling too bulky . \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The hardware itself is fairly bulky to accommodate this performance, but the Pro still comes off as premium, with a reliable touchpad and keyboard. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The chickens are under threat of frostbite, the dog has to be pushed outside, and our jeans are bulky from long underwear; the weather app shows negative numbers in the evenings. \u2014 Jessica Wapner, The New Yorker , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While fanny packs are convenient to hold necessities, many styles are too bulky to wear while running. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The exception is TVs, which are too bulky to store and ship. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The headsets are bulky , sweaty and make many people feel sick. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194015"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burgle":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to break into and steal from (a home, business, etc.) : burglarize",
|
||
|
|
": to commit robbery",
|
||
|
|
": burglarize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-g\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-g\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break in",
|
||
|
|
"burglarize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"someone burgled the lab when no one was there and let the animals out of their cages",
|
||
|
|
"the neighbors returned from vacation to find that their house had been burgled",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Todd\u2019s Ice, located near Genova\u2019s in the 140 Village Shopping Center in Westminster, has also been burgled \u2014 and more than once \u2014 according to owner Todd Asplen. \u2014 Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 28 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The unexpected disarray could have been the sign of a struggle, but Swearingen chalked it up to a break-in, and later filed a police report saying his home had been burgled while he was gone. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle , 21 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"It was later revealed to belong to a MPD officer whose home was burgled in May this year. \u2014 Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al , 14 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"More recently came the Bling Ring, eight well-off young adults from Southern California who burgled jewels from the homes of a handful of young celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Megan Fox. \u2014 Eric Konigsberg, Town & Country , 12 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Russia has more than twice the number of intentional homicides than the US, but Americans are over five times more likely to be burgled and over 14 times more likely to be assaulted, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. \u2014 Henrik Pettersson, CNN , 14 Mar. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"West Brom winger James McClean has caused a stir on social media by lambasting a Twitter troll who revelled in the fact that he was recently burgled . \u2014 SI.com , 7 Jan. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"He is also charged with burgling Woods' apartment two weeks earlier, court records show. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com , 5 Jan. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"He was charged under the Espionage Act and faced 115 years imprisonment, but the case ended in a mistrial because the government illegally gathered evidence (by, among other tactics, burgling his psychiatrist\u2019s office). \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"back-formation from burglar ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1867, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195819"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": clown , buffoon",
|
||
|
|
": a male singer of comic roles in opera"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-(\u02cc)f\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffoon",
|
||
|
|
"clown",
|
||
|
|
"harlequin",
|
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"zany"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"in the comic opera, the buffo shared his entrance aria with a grimacing mime"
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||
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":"Italian, from buffone ",
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||
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"first_known_use":[
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||
|
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"1764, in the meaning defined above"
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||
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203258"
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||
|
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},
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||
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"bullyrag":{
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||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"verb"
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||
|
|
],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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": to intimidate by bullying",
|
||
|
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": to vex by teasing : badger"
|
||
|
|
],
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||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0113-\u02ccrag",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-"
|
||
|
|
],
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||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"blackjack",
|
||
|
|
"bogart",
|
||
|
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"browbeat",
|
||
|
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"bulldoze",
|
||
|
|
"bully",
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||
|
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"cow",
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||
|
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"hector",
|
||
|
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"intimidate",
|
||
|
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"strong-arm"
|
||
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],
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||
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[
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"the kind of neighborhood in which it was standard practice for young teens to be bullyragged into joining a street gang"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205439"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butt":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
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"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buttocks",
|
||
|
|
": the large or thicker end part of something:",
|
||
|
|
": the thicker or handle end of a tool or weapon",
|
||
|
|
": a lean upper cut of the pork shoulder",
|
||
|
|
": the base of a plant from which the roots spring",
|
||
|
|
": an unused remainder (as of a cigarette or cigar)",
|
||
|
|
": cigarette",
|
||
|
|
": the part of a hide or skin corresponding to the animal's back and sides",
|
||
|
|
": an object of abuse or ridicule : victim",
|
||
|
|
": target",
|
||
|
|
": range sense 5c",
|
||
|
|
": a blind for shooting birds",
|
||
|
|
": a backstop (such as a mound or bank) for catching missiles shot at a target",
|
||
|
|
": goal",
|
||
|
|
": limit , bound",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or shove with the head or horns",
|
||
|
|
": to thrust or push headfirst : strike with the head or horns",
|
||
|
|
": to come into conflict",
|
||
|
|
": a blow or thrust usually with the head or horns",
|
||
|
|
": abut",
|
||
|
|
": to place end to end or side to side without overlapping",
|
||
|
|
": to trim or square off (something, such as a log) at the end",
|
||
|
|
": to reduce (something, such as a cigarette) to an unused remainder by stubbing or stamping : to reduce to a butt (see butt entry 1 sense 3a )",
|
||
|
|
": a large cask especially for wine, beer, or water",
|
||
|
|
": any of various units of liquid capacity",
|
||
|
|
": a measure equal to 108 imperial (see imperial entry 1 sense 4 ) gallons (491 liters)",
|
||
|
|
": a target of ridicule or hurtful humor",
|
||
|
|
": the part of the body on which a person sits",
|
||
|
|
": the thicker or bottom end of something",
|
||
|
|
": an unused remainder",
|
||
|
|
": to strike or thrust with the head or horns",
|
||
|
|
": to intrude on someone else's activity or conversation",
|
||
|
|
": a blow or thrust with the head or horns"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"backside",
|
||
|
|
"behind",
|
||
|
|
"booty",
|
||
|
|
"bootie",
|
||
|
|
"bottom",
|
||
|
|
"breech",
|
||
|
|
"bum",
|
||
|
|
"buns",
|
||
|
|
"buttocks",
|
||
|
|
"caboose",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cheeks",
|
||
|
|
"derriere",
|
||
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
||
|
|
"duff",
|
||
|
|
"fanny",
|
||
|
|
"fundament",
|
||
|
|
"hams",
|
||
|
|
"haunches",
|
||
|
|
"heinie",
|
||
|
|
"hunkers",
|
||
|
|
"keister",
|
||
|
|
"keester",
|
||
|
|
"nates",
|
||
|
|
"posterior",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"rear end",
|
||
|
|
"rump",
|
||
|
|
"seat",
|
||
|
|
"tail",
|
||
|
|
"tail end",
|
||
|
|
"tush"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"derision",
|
||
|
|
"jest",
|
||
|
|
"joke",
|
||
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"mock",
|
||
|
|
"mockery",
|
||
|
|
"sport",
|
||
|
|
"target"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2d",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1579, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1642, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1634, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (4)",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-060228"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burglarize":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to break into and steal from",
|
||
|
|
": to commit burglary against",
|
||
|
|
": to commit burglary",
|
||
|
|
": to commit a burglary at"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-gl\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-gl\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break in",
|
||
|
|
"burgle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C.",
|
||
|
|
"before they were caught, the thieves had burglarized dozens of houses around the city",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Pack had to watch thieves burglarize the shop on his cellphone on two occasions. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The sheriff\u2019s office said the three suspects who robbed Golden Gate Petroleum match three suspects who were caught on camera attempting to burglarize the Smoke Shop on Curry Street, about 4 miles away. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Barry Croft, a Delaware truck driver whom prosecutors describe as a bomb maker, was convicted in 1994 of conspiring to steal cars and burglarize an apartment complex. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family did not know of anyone who would burglarize their home. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The same man might have tried to burglarize other businesses previously, including a local pizza parlor where security video showed a man crawling on his belly, the station said. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Investigators said the suspects saw Davey Blackburn, the woman's husband, leave his house and seized the opportunity to also burglarize the Blackburn home. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Prosecutors believe Su was home when Resiles tried to burglarize the house. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Witnesses thwarted at least two attempts to burglarize homes in Park Ridge last week, each involving what is believed to be the same car reported near the scene, police said. \u2014 Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1840, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-065521"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulwark":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart",
|
||
|
|
": breakwater , seawall",
|
||
|
|
": a strong support or protection",
|
||
|
|
": the side of a ship above the upper deck",
|
||
|
|
": to fortify or safeguard with a bulwark",
|
||
|
|
": a solid structure like a wall built for defense against an enemy",
|
||
|
|
": something that defends or protects"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-(\u02cc)w\u0259rk",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccw\u022frk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259l-(\u02cc)w\u0259rk",
|
||
|
|
"sense 3 also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-w\u0259rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cover",
|
||
|
|
"defend",
|
||
|
|
"fence",
|
||
|
|
"fend",
|
||
|
|
"forfend",
|
||
|
|
"guard",
|
||
|
|
"keep",
|
||
|
|
"protect",
|
||
|
|
"safeguard",
|
||
|
|
"screen",
|
||
|
|
"secure",
|
||
|
|
"shield",
|
||
|
|
"ward"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assail",
|
||
|
|
"assault",
|
||
|
|
"attack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"vowed to use any means necessary to bulwark the country against a terrorist attack",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Australia\u2019s Labor Party won a national election less than a month ago, making Anthony Albanese prime minister and ousting Scott Morrison, who had cast himself as a bulwark against China. \u2014 David Winning, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Throughout that national spectacle, The Republic served as a bulwark against the unprecedented attack on democracy itself. \u2014 Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His Fidesz party is slightly ahead in the polls, buttressed by a vast pro-government media apparatus that played down the carnage caused by Russia and presented Mr. Orban as the only bulwark against bloodshed spreading into Hungary. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is especially urgent at a moment when some of the loudest voices calling for new restraints on global capitalism are white nationalists who see white racial solidarity as the best bulwark against a soulless market. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Consumers, the bulwark of the economy, still have a lot of financial firepower built up from earlier in the pandemic, when they were cooped up at home and showered with stimulus checks from the federal government. \u2014 Rich Miller, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Since independence, Haitians had outlawed foreign land ownership as a symbol of their freedom and a bulwark against invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel may be the most important bulwark protecting Michiganders should Roe fall. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There may also be a kind of extrajudicial bulwark protecting Griswold. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The goal is to bulwark oil and gas against ambitious climate change policies by claiming the moral high ground \u2014 even as those fuels kindle a global crisis that disproportionately harms people who aren\u2019t white. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The company is hoping to bulwark itself in an uncertain economy. \u2014 Lucinda Shen, Fortune , 4 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Iconic businesses would be boarded up, as if bulwarked against some invading army. \u2014 James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"But so is lasting peace, bulwarked by the safeguarding of human rights \u2014 particularly for Afghan women \u2014 and the prevention of Afghanistan again becoming a haven for terrorism. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities , 8 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Even Einstein, the prototypical loner, was bulwarked by a vast correspondence of arguing and discussion. \u2014 Dennis Overbye, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2016"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-112404"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butcher":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh",
|
||
|
|
": a dealer in meat",
|
||
|
|
": one that kills ruthlessly or brutally",
|
||
|
|
": one that bungles or botches",
|
||
|
|
": a vendor especially on trains or in theaters",
|
||
|
|
": to slaughter and dress for market",
|
||
|
|
": to kill in a barbarous manner",
|
||
|
|
": botch",
|
||
|
|
": a person whose business is killing animals for sale as food",
|
||
|
|
": a dealer in meat",
|
||
|
|
": a person who kills in large numbers or in a brutal manner",
|
||
|
|
": to kill and prepare (an animal) for food",
|
||
|
|
": massacre entry 2",
|
||
|
|
": to make a mess of : botch"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
||
|
|
"blunderer",
|
||
|
|
"botcher",
|
||
|
|
"bumbler",
|
||
|
|
"bungler",
|
||
|
|
"fumbler",
|
||
|
|
"screwup"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"massacre",
|
||
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
||
|
|
"slaughter"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"They've hired someone to butcher the hogs.",
|
||
|
|
"Many innocent people were butchered under his regime.",
|
||
|
|
"The band has butchered my favorite song.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Escondido\u2019s 50-year-old meat market and restaurant company, famous for its carne asada beef, will open a second market and butcher shop in Temecula\u2019s Promenade shopping mall in the fall. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At El Potro, for example, butcher bills are 60 percent higher now than in early 2020, and steaks that once sold for $16 in the restaurant cost almost that much to buy wholesale. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The food menu includes butcher cuts grilled to perfection, charcuterie plates perfect for sharing, crispy green beans, and a refreshing tuna sashimi. \u2014 Isabelle Kliger, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The upmarket destination resort has made a national splash, enlisting Nancy Silverton to curate seasonal events like last November\u2019s sold-out, beef-centric dinner prepared by celebrity Tuscan butcher Dario Cecchini for $500 a pop (plus tax and tip). \u2014 Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At her local kosher butcher shop, the prices were rising even higher: more than $200 for a 5-pack of short ribs. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Thayer-Funfgeld said that early on, Thayer\u2019s Select Meats quickly became known as the area butcher shop offering friendliness, quality and great customer service. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But to his knowledge, Myers said, Central Market is the first grocery chain to offer the meatless butcher concept. \u2014 Richard Webner, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Carrots, onions, fresh rosemary, celery, garlic, salt and pepper are added to spice up this butcher 's platter. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"There are no swimsuit competitions, but contestants may be required to butcher a sheep. \u2014 Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After Christmas, when the winter was deep and the crops were in, families would gather at a farm, as if for a barn raising, to butcher hogs, putting meat away in a smokehouse for the coming year. \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When these immunological assassins happen upon a cell that\u2019s been hijacked by a virus, their first instinct is to butcher . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, early human ancestors began to make stone tools and used them to butcher animals. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Five adult volunteers had offered their pickup trucks, garage space and strength to help the children take apart the animal and eventually butcher it. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce have something in common \u2014 broadcasters butcher their names. \u2014 William J. Cole, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
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"Verb",
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-120617"
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},
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"burnout":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the cessation of operation usually of a jet or rocket engine",
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": the point at which burnout occurs",
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": exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration",
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": a person suffering from burnout",
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": a person showing the effects of drug abuse",
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": to drive out or destroy the property of by fire",
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": to cause to fail, wear out, or become exhausted especially from overwork or overuse",
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||
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": to suffer burnout",
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||
|
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": exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration",
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": a person affected with burnout",
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": a person showing the effects of drug abuse"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t",
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"\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"collapse",
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"exhaustion",
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"fatigue",
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"frazzle",
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"lassitude",
|
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"prostration",
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||
|
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"tiredness",
|
||
|
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"weariness"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
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|
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"break",
|
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|
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"bust",
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"do in",
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"do up",
|
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|
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"drain",
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"exhaust",
|
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"fag",
|
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"fatigue",
|
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"frazzle",
|
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|
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"harass",
|
||
|
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"kill",
|
||
|
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"knock out",
|
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|
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"outwear",
|
||
|
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"tire",
|
||
|
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"tucker (out)",
|
||
|
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"wash out",
|
||
|
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"wear",
|
||
|
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"wear out",
|
||
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"weary"
|
||
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],
|
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|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
||
|
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"Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout .",
|
||
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"the burnout rate among teachers",
|
||
|
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"a novel about academic burnouts",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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|
"Early Saturday morning, firefighters completed a defensive burnout on the west side of the East Fork of the Andreafsky River to protect equipment and structures near a fish weir \u2014 a fence placed in flowing water to direct the movement of fish. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Early Saturday morning, firefighters completed a defensive burnout on the west side of the East Fork of the Andreafsky River to protect equipment and structures near a fish weir \u2014 a fence placed in flowing water to direct the movement of fish. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, ajc , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And a relentless pandemic burnout has only added to the toll and exacerbated the pressures. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The shade proliferated far and wide, which, in recent years, has led to burnout in certain design circles. \u2014 Max Berlinger, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"District employees say that covering for unfilled positions is leading them to burnout . \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Companies elevating the importance of mental health need to make sure their leaders are not on a path to burnout as well. \u2014 Michael Timmes, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Video of the incident posted on social media shows a pickup truck doing a tire burnout across the intersection as other drivers honk their horns. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And then there's the burnout of working over a year and a half through the pandemic. \u2014 Lauren Weber, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"So increasing health approaches are critical to ensure sales talent don\u2019t burn out or give up. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Leaders can burn out because there is so much work to do all throughout, from the lead up to the closing and for some time after the merger. \u2014 Jenn Lofgren, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Professional gamers, barely past their teens, burn out even faster than athletes. \u2014 Arijeta Lajka, CBS News , 21 Dec. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"In the years since, the original game\u2019s update schedule slowed to a crawl, and additions grew insubstantial, leading many players to burn out or move on. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The overwork and staffing shortages of the pandemic have affected veterinarians as much as other doctors and nurses, and dealing with the constant moral dilemmas and emotional output was driving many to burn out even before 2020. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now entering his 23rd year in the league, Brady is relishing every last ounce of what his mind and body will give him \u2014 a determined star not ready to burn out . \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Businesses are still contending with this problem as burn out and employee turnover are increasing. \u2014 Daniel Newman, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"People burn out because their employers have not successfully managed chronic job stressors. \u2014 Christina Maslach, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-151050"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttress":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building",
|
||
|
|
": something that resembles a buttress: such as",
|
||
|
|
": a projecting part of a mountain or hill",
|
||
|
|
": a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel \u2014 see hoof illustration",
|
||
|
|
": the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it",
|
||
|
|
": something that supports or strengthens",
|
||
|
|
": to give support or stability to (a wall or building) with a projecting structure of masonry or wood : to furnish or shore up with a buttress (see buttress entry 1 sense 1 )",
|
||
|
|
": support , strengthen",
|
||
|
|
": a structure built against a wall or building to give support and strength",
|
||
|
|
": something that supports, props, or strengthens",
|
||
|
|
": to support or strengthen : to support with or as if with a buttress"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-tr\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-tr\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anchor",
|
||
|
|
"dependence",
|
||
|
|
"dependance",
|
||
|
|
"mainstay",
|
||
|
|
"pillar",
|
||
|
|
"reliance",
|
||
|
|
"standby"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bear",
|
||
|
|
"bolster",
|
||
|
|
"brace",
|
||
|
|
"carry",
|
||
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
||
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
||
|
|
"stay",
|
||
|
|
"support",
|
||
|
|
"sustain",
|
||
|
|
"undergird",
|
||
|
|
"underpin",
|
||
|
|
"uphold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the mother had always been the buttress of our family in trying times",
|
||
|
|
"after the wall collapsed, the construction company agreed to rebuild it with a buttress",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.",
|
||
|
|
"The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Don Ware, who lives up the hill in Niguel Summit and worked for decades as a petroleum geologist, is skeptical that building below the buttress is safe. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"He was attracted to the backyard view of the buttress , which looks more like a lush hillside than a strategy to keep landslides at bay. \u2014 Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It was advertised as a stately financial district and as a buttress to stop the rapid erosion of Victoria Island\u2019s shoreline. \u2014 Maggie Andresen, Scientific American , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica\u2019s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This promotion has been broadly criticized as a fever dream conceived in the memetic bowels of the internet and as a convenient buttress for bad arguments against vaccination. \u2014 James Heathers, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Yet the detrimental impact of canceling football, which is the economic buttress of many athletic departments, would have rippled across college sports. \u2014 Jason Wingard, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In addition to saving power overall, this feature acts as a buttress to support all the other power-intensive operations the GeForce laptops perform without overtaxing the system. \u2014 Lynne Peskoe-yang, Popular Mechanics , 27 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"These nonscholarly mentions buttress reports that open access enables a broader audience, beyond the core scientific community, to read research findings. \u2014 Jeffrey Brainard, Science | AAAS , 1 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"And the Puerto Rican woman on the jury kept coming back to the failure of the police to provide additional evidence to buttress Clanton. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Hollywood Brown arrived in trades to buttress the receiving corps, but Christian Kirk left in free agency, as did the most dangerous player on defense\u2014pass-rusher Chandler Jones. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In testimony leading up to the vote, Poseidon and its supporters argued that building the desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Investors were surprised Thursday because they\u2019ve been conditioned to believe the Fed will always come through with a put to buttress the market. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The fines will buttress the public perception that while ordinary Britons faced severe restrictions on socializing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the premier and his aides were partying in government buildings. \u2014 Emily Ashton, Fortune , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"What further additions and subtractions among the rest of the team need to happen to buttress their particular games? \u2026 and 2) what kind of market is there for Mitchell and Gobert, which is to ask, what could the Jazz get in return? \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The company and its supporters argue that building the $1.4-billion desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Still, Russia\u2019s efforts to buttress its war machinery with repair and resupply capabilities are unlikely to solve its overarching problems, the official said. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-183402"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burnished":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing",
|
||
|
|
": polish sense 3",
|
||
|
|
": to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge",
|
||
|
|
": luster , gloss",
|
||
|
|
": to make shiny"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-nish",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-nish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buff",
|
||
|
|
"dress",
|
||
|
|
"furbish",
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"grind",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"rub",
|
||
|
|
"shine",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"smoothen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
|
"luminance",
|
||
|
|
"luster",
|
||
|
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
|
"polish",
|
||
|
|
"sheen",
|
||
|
|
"shine"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"after some much-needed polishing, the silver tea set had a brilliant burnish",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The Academy election will burnish San Diego County\u2019s already bright reputation in science. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That's why he's gone from architect of the 1994 crime bill, intended to burnish his law-and-order bona fides during the Clinton years, to criminal justice crusader in the Black Lives Matter era. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The White House still has plenty of tools at its disposal to speed the energy transition and burnish its reputation on the world stage, though. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Here are the biggest questions for China going into the Games, an event meant to help burnish its reputation on the international stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The efforts have won Poland widespread praise and helped the government burnish an international image damaged by the ruling Law and Justice party's past hostility to non-European immigrants and asylum-seekers. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Russia's war in Ukraine has afforded Macron the chance to demonstrate his influence on the international stage and burnish his pro-NATO credentials. \u2014 Fox News , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Harris has worked over the past year to burnish her foreign policy credentials, helped in part by assignments given to her by Biden that introduced her to foreign leaders and placed her at the center of critical global issues. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Australia has pledged A$1 billion ($700 million) in funding to help protect the Great Barrier Reef as the government looks to burnish its green credentials ahead of a national election due by May. \u2014 Ben Westcott, Bloomberg.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The dark burnish brings deep savory notes, but even a hint of burn will make the whole mole bitter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The cream turns into a rich sauce and the cheese gets bubbly-brown; the greens towards the top burnish (kale chips!) but those underneath stay silky-soft. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"As each streetlamp passed, the burnish of its reflected light rolled up alongside them on the asphalt, like a dolphin curious about a new boat in her waters, and then veered away. \u2014 Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Perhaps the open roasting caused the sugar to caramelize, adding a slightly bitter burnish that mitigated the awful sweetness. \u2014 Mimi Sheraton, The Seattle Times , 25 Sep. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The reds of radishes and tomatoes, the burnish of crisped bacon and bright greens of beans and hardy lettuces showed through milky dressings that coated each piece. \u2014 Bonnie S. Benwick, charlotteobserver , 1 May 2018",
|
||
|
|
"A renovation, completed in late 2015, with updates this spring and summer to some of its signature restaurants, adds a new burnish to this destination, just as Mexico City itself is becoming a must-go spot, especially for the international jet set. \u2014 Melena Ryzik, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1646, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-073402"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumbler":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buzz",
|
||
|
|
": drone , rumble",
|
||
|
|
": blunder",
|
||
|
|
": to speak ineptly in a stuttering and faltering manner",
|
||
|
|
": to proceed unsteadily : stumble",
|
||
|
|
": bungle",
|
||
|
|
": to act, move, or speak in a clumsy way"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259m-b\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burr",
|
||
|
|
"buzz",
|
||
|
|
"drone",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"whir",
|
||
|
|
"whirr",
|
||
|
|
"whish",
|
||
|
|
"whiz",
|
||
|
|
"whizz",
|
||
|
|
"zip",
|
||
|
|
"zoom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
|
"boggle",
|
||
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
||
|
|
"boot",
|
||
|
|
"botch",
|
||
|
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"bugger (up)",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
|
||
|
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"flub",
|
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|
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"fluff",
|
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|
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"foozle",
|
||
|
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"foul up",
|
||
|
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"fumble",
|
||
|
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"goof (up)",
|
||
|
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"louse up",
|
||
|
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"mangle",
|
||
|
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"mess (up)",
|
||
|
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"muck up",
|
||
|
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"muff",
|
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|
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"murder",
|
||
|
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"screw up"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
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"The episode kicks off with Rinna continuing to bumble around in the IKEA cupboards in her garage. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
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"This book by the editors of the blog Lawfare isn\u2019t just another compendium of insider gossip and bumbling treachery. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Jim Parsons is a mercurial wonder as Henry Willson, the brutal, high-powered agent (and closeted homosexual) who turns bumbling Roy into marquee star Rock Hudson through sheer force of will (and compulsory dental work). \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 29 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
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"The Lakers looked like a bumbling organization, and the Pelicans looked inept. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 16 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Men are often presented as bumbling babysitters instead of caretakers \u2014 that onerous task nearly always falls on the mother. \u2014 Maia Efrem, refinery29.com , 15 June 2019"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
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|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"Verb (1)",
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"1689, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Verb (2)",
|
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|
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"1533, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105328"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bundle":{
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
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|
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": a group of things fastened together for convenient handling",
|
||
|
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": package , parcel",
|
||
|
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": a considerable number : lot",
|
||
|
|
": a sizable sum of money",
|
||
|
|
": a person embodying a specified quality or characteristic",
|
||
|
|
": bunch sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle)",
|
||
|
|
": vascular bundle",
|
||
|
|
": a package offering related products or services at a single price",
|
||
|
|
": to make into a bundle",
|
||
|
|
": to hustle or hurry unceremoniously",
|
||
|
|
": to include (a product or service) with a related product for sale at a single price",
|
||
|
|
": hurry , hustle",
|
||
|
|
": to practice bundling",
|
||
|
|
": a number of things fastened, wrapped, or gathered closely together",
|
||
|
|
": to fasten, tie, or wrap a group of things together",
|
||
|
|
": to move or push into or out of a place quickly",
|
||
|
|
": to dress warmly",
|
||
|
|
": a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle) : fasciculus , tract"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u1d4al",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u1d4al",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259n-d\u1d4al"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accelerate",
|
||
|
|
"fast-track",
|
||
|
|
"hasten",
|
||
|
|
"hurry",
|
||
|
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
||
|
|
"whisk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Scroll down to shop the Casper Mother's Day sale and see what's included in each bundle . \u2014 Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But at least the retailer isn\u2019t forcing you to buy the products in a bundle like GameStop. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tickets to the exhibition at Great Lakes Mall range in price from $13 per person in a family bundle , all the way to $26 for VIP adult admission. \u2014 Anne Nickoloff, cleveland , 21 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Also available as a bundle with cosmetic case and lanyard card case ($139). \u2014 cleveland , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Initially, the two could be sold as a bundle , but over time they will be brought together into one giant streaming service, Mr. Zaslav told staff on Friday. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bugs were first found in the United States in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014, after supposedly hitching a ride as a bundle of eggs from China via a shipment of stone. \u2014 Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Seasons 1-3 can be purchased as a bundle for $24.99. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The other catch is that PS5 units will only be sold as a bundle , likely at over $800. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Reuters reported in March that Volkswagen, BMW, and Porsche are having trouble getting the wire harnesses, which bundle cables in a vehicle, as Ukraine suppliers have been closed by the war. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fans will also have the option to bundle their hotel stay with their festival passes via official hotel partner Fuse Technologies. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Creating exclusive content or acquiring premium content necessary to bundle streaming content on a platform means enormous investments. \u2014 Wayne Lonstein, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Enlarge / Microsoft will allow third-party apps to bundle their own widgets starting later this year. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Disney+ also gives users the option to bundle with ESPN+, to watch live sports, and Hulu for $13.99 a month with ads. \u2014 al , 20 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lawmakers plan to bundle the virus aid package with fiscal 2021 spending, which expires Sunday at midnight. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 20 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Avoid arguments with the genius Erv\u00e9t split duvet bundle that features customizable inserts for each side of the bed. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But Matt Johnson, co-chief executive of TruConnect, said California is the only state that won\u2019t let wireless companies bundle Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program money into one enhanced offering for customers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1606, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111659"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"building":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)",
|
||
|
|
": the art or business of assembling materials into a structure",
|
||
|
|
": a permanent structure built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activities or for storage",
|
||
|
|
": the art, work, or business of assembling materials into a structure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bil-di\u014b",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bil-di\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"edifice",
|
||
|
|
"structure"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"My office is in that small brick building .",
|
||
|
|
"We bought the land for building .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Today, Koenen has his own building with a classroom and beekeeping equipment shop. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The week before the government sanctioned Kovaleva, a small crowd gathered outside her building . \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Google has hung its trademark G on its new 16-story office building on Main Street. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The video shows the two arguing in front of the leasing office of their building , according to the WISH-TV report. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Ocean City, a longtime rival to Wong\u2019s King Seafood, was closed during a recent trip down Southeast 82nd Avenue, its building wrapped in a chain link fence. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Season Two picks up right after the events of the Season One finale (spoilers ahead), with Mabel (Gomez), Charles (Martin), and Oliver (Short) implicated in the homicide of their building \u2019s Board President, Bunny. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The windows of its administrative building are shattered. \u2014 Missy Ryan, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Joe and Fi run a small coffee shop on the first floor of our San Francisco Chronicle building at Fifth and Mission streets. \u2014 Emilio Garcia-ruiz, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113411"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butter up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to charm or beguile with lavish flattery or praise"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adulate",
|
||
|
|
"belaud",
|
||
|
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
|
"flatter",
|
||
|
|
"hero-worship",
|
||
|
|
"honey",
|
||
|
|
"massage",
|
||
|
|
"overpraise",
|
||
|
|
"puff",
|
||
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
||
|
|
"stroke"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1819, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123529"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bugger (up)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make mistakes in doing or making (something)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-162937"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": fellow , man",
|
||
|
|
": an old man",
|
||
|
|
": any of various devices or pieces of material for reducing shock or damage due to contact",
|
||
|
|
": a means or device used as a cushion against the shock of fluctuations in business or financial activity",
|
||
|
|
": something that serves as a protective barrier: such as",
|
||
|
|
": buffer state",
|
||
|
|
": a person who shields another especially from annoying routine matters",
|
||
|
|
": mediator sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a substance capable in solution of neutralizing both acids and bases and thereby maintaining the original acidity or basicity of the solution",
|
||
|
|
": a solution containing such a substance",
|
||
|
|
": a section of computer memory for temporarily storing information",
|
||
|
|
": one that accepts information at one rate and delivers it at another",
|
||
|
|
": to lessen the shock of : cushion",
|
||
|
|
": to treat (something, such as an acid solution) with a buffer",
|
||
|
|
": to prepare (aspirin) with an antacid",
|
||
|
|
": to collect (data) in a buffer",
|
||
|
|
": one that buffs",
|
||
|
|
": a substance or mixture of substances (as bicarbonates and some proteins in biological fluids) that in solution tends to stabilize the hydrogen-ion concentration by neutralizing within limits both acids and bases",
|
||
|
|
": buffer solution",
|
||
|
|
": to treat (as a solution or its acidity) with a buffer",
|
||
|
|
": to prepare (aspirin) with an antacid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-f\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259f-\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broker",
|
||
|
|
"conciliator",
|
||
|
|
"go-between",
|
||
|
|
"honest broker",
|
||
|
|
"interceder",
|
||
|
|
"intercessor",
|
||
|
|
"intermediary",
|
||
|
|
"intermediate",
|
||
|
|
"interposer",
|
||
|
|
"mediator",
|
||
|
|
"middleman",
|
||
|
|
"peacemaker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cushion",
|
||
|
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
|
"soften"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The trees help buffer the house from the hot summer sun.",
|
||
|
|
"The wall buffers the noise of the traffic."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1749, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1854, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-164442"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money : purchase",
|
||
|
|
": to obtain in exchange for something often at a sacrifice",
|
||
|
|
": redeem sense 6",
|
||
|
|
": bribe , hire",
|
||
|
|
": to be the purchasing equivalent of",
|
||
|
|
": accept , believe",
|
||
|
|
": to make a purchase",
|
||
|
|
": to purchase a portion of or interest in",
|
||
|
|
": to get killed : die",
|
||
|
|
": to delay an imminent action or decision : stall",
|
||
|
|
": something of value at a favorable price",
|
||
|
|
": bargain",
|
||
|
|
": an act of acquiring possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of something by payment especially of money : an act of buying (see buy entry 1 sense 1 ) : purchase",
|
||
|
|
": to get by paying for : purchase",
|
||
|
|
": bargain entry 1 sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012b"
|
||
|
|
],
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"synonyms":[
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"cop",
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"pick up",
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"purchase",
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"take"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bargain",
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"deal",
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"pennyworth",
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"snip",
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"steal"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"I bought this hat for $10.",
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"He bought the quilt from a local artist.",
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"Stock prices are low, so now is a good time to buy .",
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"He said it was a mistake, but I don't buy it.",
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"Noun",
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"four cartons of ice cream for four dollars is a real buy",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The legislation wouldn\u2019t ban any weapons or raise the age to buy assault-style weapons to 21 from 18, which was the age of the gunmen in both Buffalo and Uvalde. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"At the national level, the House passed a bill last week to raise the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles to 21. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
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"Elsewhere, in the House, lawmakers voted last week to raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy semi-automatic rifles. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
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"In Hinsdale, Bradley paid $1.38 million in mid-2010 to buy the three-story, 12-room house from its builder, Oakley Home Builders. \u2014 Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"The Capitol Reef Natural History Association sells reusable utensil sets for those who buy food products from the park, and Fritzke added that the park has completely eliminated its use of plastic bags. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"But recent comments from Wu suggest the city is not able, or willing, to do anything at this stage regarding this project, such as trying to buy the property out from under Lincoln. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
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"Get snow cones or buy ice cream from an ice cream truck. \u2014 Cindy Eng, Chron , 12 June 2022",
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"Oceanside will be the next new member of the Clean Energy Alliance, a group of North County cities that buy their power from sources other than the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. \u2014 Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"But 92% of analysts still rate Amazon as a buy \u2014compared with 74% that do so for Apple, according to FactSet. \u2014 Dan Gallagher, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"The country\u2019s most recent buy was on May 9, when Bukele stepped in front of bitcoin\u2019s decline then to purchase 500 coins for $15.3 million, or an average price of $30,744 each. \u2014 Fortune , 14 June 2022",
|
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"The Times is also making a national cinema buy for the 60 second spot, with versions also set to run on TV, streaming services and social media channels. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
|
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|
|
"The nice thing about placing buy orders with a limit price is that your order does not get executed until the stock trades at your limit price. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While a splash pad may seem like a fairly straight-forward buy , there are several important angles to consider. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Club for Growth, which has endorsed Republican Blake Masters, launched a TV buy starting Friday, reserving $665,000 worth of airtime per AdImpact. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Apple Pay Later, Apple\u2019s buy -now-pay-later service. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Yeni, a university student in Havana, is the administrator of several large buy -and-sell groups on WhatsApp. \u2014 Lillian Perlmutter, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-182703"
|
||
|
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},
|
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"bubbly":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
||
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|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": full of bubbles : effervescent",
|
||
|
|
": full of or showing good spirits : lively , effusive",
|
||
|
|
": resembling a bubble",
|
||
|
|
": champagne sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8b\u0259-b(\u0259-)l\u0113"
|
||
|
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bouncy",
|
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|
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"buoyant",
|
||
|
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"crank",
|
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|
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"effervescent",
|
||
|
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"exuberant",
|
||
|
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"frolic",
|
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|
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"frolicsome",
|
||
|
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"gamesome",
|
||
|
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"gay",
|
||
|
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"high-spirited",
|
||
|
|
"vivacious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
||
|
|
"sullen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"She is pretty, bubbly , and smart.",
|
||
|
|
"offered their bubbly congratulations to the expectant parents",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"An intricate rendering of Amethyst crystals is followed by a dog with a bubbly body of basalt. \u2014 Howard Lee, Ars Technica , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Poured over ice, the bubbly combination makes a refreshing and quick-to-pour cocktail. \u2014 Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Other options include Karma, known for its bubbly selection, and Nefarious Cellars, with structured red wines and an expansive view of the landscape. \u2014 Emily Cappiello, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Because of his bubbly personality and general zest for life, Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames can be a lot of fun to be around. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"After the final out, Giants players hugged on the field and coaches did the same in the dugout before heading inside the clubhouse for a bubbly celebration. \u2014 Michael Wagaman, ajc , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Berlusconi presented himself as the bubbly soda that would wash away the unpleasant taste left by the trials. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Through tonight: Clear skies will rule, as any of the bubbly clouds of the day dissipate with sunset. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The culprit is unrealistic expectations and reversion to the mean for the bubbly sectors that got them there. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 11 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Try cranberry juice, lemonade, or even pomegranate as a base for your bubbly . \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Along with almost every major celebration comes a call to pop open the bubbly . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 5 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"This agreeable champers is on the delicate side, with peach, apple and apricot flavors and a soft bubbly texture. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Two delicious ros\u00e9s lead the way, along with a Bordeaux, a California cabernet and a South African bubbly . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Dash mini toaster oven revives leftover Buffalo wings, busts out bubbly Bagel Bites, and inspires joy. \u2014 Annalee Soskin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 11 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"View this post on Instagram bought myself some peanuts, crackerjacks, a hamburger, and sipped bubbly while dancing with my girls to a few of our fav country music artists. \u2014 Lia Beck, refinery29.com , 6 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit will offer free rides on New Year\u2019s Eve, a perk for revelers who pop too much bubbly . \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 30 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Many of these spots also offer free bubbly upon arrival and again at 12 o\u2019clock. \u2014 Josie Sexton, The Know , 19 Dec. 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1916, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-035116"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"build":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole : construct",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to be constructed",
|
||
|
|
": to develop according to a systematic plan, by a definite process, or on a particular base",
|
||
|
|
": increase , enlarge",
|
||
|
|
": to engage in building",
|
||
|
|
": to progress toward a peak (as of intensity)",
|
||
|
|
": to develop in extent",
|
||
|
|
": to stimulate to vigorous action",
|
||
|
|
": to make an integral part of",
|
||
|
|
": to use as a foundation",
|
||
|
|
": form or mode of structure : make",
|
||
|
|
": bodily conformation of a person or animal",
|
||
|
|
": a version or iteration of a product or component",
|
||
|
|
": to make by putting together parts or materials",
|
||
|
|
": to produce or create gradually by effort",
|
||
|
|
": to grow or increase to a high point or level",
|
||
|
|
": the shape and size of a person's or animal's body"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bild",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bild"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
|
"confect",
|
||
|
|
"construct",
|
||
|
|
"erect",
|
||
|
|
"fabricate",
|
||
|
|
"make",
|
||
|
|
"make up",
|
||
|
|
"piece",
|
||
|
|
"put up",
|
||
|
|
"raise",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"set up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"constitution",
|
||
|
|
"figure",
|
||
|
|
"form",
|
||
|
|
"frame",
|
||
|
|
"habit",
|
||
|
|
"physique",
|
||
|
|
"shape"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Krishna has long asked important questions regarding how for-profit firms donate part of their sales revenue to nonprofits to drive up their sales and build brand awareness. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Eventually, the archbishop directed St. Stephen to close, join another parish or build a new sanctuary in Oak Creek. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Back home, in 1952, she was hired to design and build displays for Kaufmann\u2019s department store in Pittsburgh. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The upgrades are being funded in part by a $387 million library bond approved by voters in 2020 to renovate or build eight buildings, including a new 95,000-square-foot library in east Multnomah County. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Why not retain Wood long term and build around him? \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Saturday morning, guests restore small, vulnerable trails degraded by overuse after the fire closed the robust McKenzie River Trail, build bicycle maintenance stations or help with reforestation. \u2014 Melissa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The couple came north so Seth could seek work, and also, as so many do, to escape their own pasts and build a new future. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The cost to reconfigure traffic and build the land bridge has been estimated at $229 million, the majority of which is expected to be funded by state and federal sources. \u2014 Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"No This fingerprint-resistant stainless steel beauty from Maytag is a quality build . \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Master & Dynamic MW75 headphones are an excellent pair of noise cancelling headphones, with a premium design and build , and excellent frequency response. \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 21 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This was the 14th annual Women Build event, which City National and its colleagues have supported for several years, as well as two to three Habitat build projects each year. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"From the superb build quality and excellent connectors to the high-quality cable and those super-soft lambskin earpads, these are deluxe headphones. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One of the car\u2019s final build slots was posted for sale on Dutch luxury marketplace, JamesEdition, this past February. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Police described the suspect as a Black male, with a bald head, beard, and medium build , wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, and dark shoes. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Formella\u2019s office said Thursday that the person\u2019s described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, standing about 5-foot-10 with a medium build , short brown hair, and a clean-shaven face. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Original Universal is also reputed for its comfort and lightweight build . \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-060108"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bull's-eye":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a very hard globular candy",
|
||
|
|
": a circular piece of glass especially with a lump in the middle",
|
||
|
|
": the center of a target",
|
||
|
|
": something central or crucial",
|
||
|
|
": a shot that hits the bull's-eye",
|
||
|
|
": something that precisely attains a desired end",
|
||
|
|
": a simple lens of short focal distance",
|
||
|
|
": a lantern with such a lens",
|
||
|
|
": the center of a target",
|
||
|
|
": a shot that hits the center of a target"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307lz-\u02cc\u012b",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307lz-\u02cc\u012b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bottom line",
|
||
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
||
|
|
"core",
|
||
|
|
"crux",
|
||
|
|
"essence",
|
||
|
|
"gist",
|
||
|
|
"heart",
|
||
|
|
"kernel",
|
||
|
|
"keynote",
|
||
|
|
"meat",
|
||
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
||
|
|
"net",
|
||
|
|
"nub",
|
||
|
|
"nubbin",
|
||
|
|
"nucleus",
|
||
|
|
"pith",
|
||
|
|
"pivot",
|
||
|
|
"point",
|
||
|
|
"root",
|
||
|
|
"sum"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091954"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulletproof":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": impenetrable to bullets",
|
||
|
|
": not subject to correction, alteration, or modification",
|
||
|
|
": invincible",
|
||
|
|
": made to stop bullets from going through"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259t-\u02ccpr\u00fcf",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259t-\u02ccpr\u00fcf"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"impregnable",
|
||
|
|
"indomitable",
|
||
|
|
"insuperable",
|
||
|
|
"insurmountable",
|
||
|
|
"invincible",
|
||
|
|
"invulnerable",
|
||
|
|
"unbeatable",
|
||
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
||
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"superable",
|
||
|
|
"surmountable",
|
||
|
|
"vincible",
|
||
|
|
"vulnerable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The car has bulletproof windows.",
|
||
|
|
"The police officer was wearing a bulletproof vest.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Ukraine has raised more than $54 million from Bitcoin donations, $15 million of which have been spent on military supplies such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most advanced technologies are never bulletproof . \u2014 Sean Mcdermott, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Republicans have nearly bulletproof gerrymanders of legislatures in swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Overall, the benefits are huge, but no fix is completely bulletproof . \u2014 Chris Nicoli, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Lawmakers already can get reimbursement for buying protective equipment such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"While highly effective at preventing severe illness and death, the shots are not bulletproof . \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Vaccines are not bulletproof , but those who do get infected tend not to be critically ill. \u2014 Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The source, who demanded anonymity to speak freely, said that Intriago is also known for providing firearms, firearms parts, and military and police equipment such as bulletproof vests. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 11 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-104839"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butchery":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": slaughterhouse",
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": the preparation of meat for sale",
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|
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": cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings",
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": botch"
|
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307ch-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8bu\u0307-ch\u0259-"
|
||
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bloodbath",
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"carnage",
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||
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"death",
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"holocaust",
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"massacre",
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"slaughter"
|
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[
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"the butchery of civilians during the war",
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||
|
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"butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Quinn, who previously served as the executive sous chef at EMP, has turned his attention to the seasonal and local at the Noortwyck, which will feature in-house butchery , bread making and dry-aging. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
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|
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"Marrow on Kercheval is two culinary businesses with the restaurant focus on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table with an emphasis on minimizing waste. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
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|
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"When that kind of butchery is done by weapons purchased legally, clearly the laws need to change. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
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"Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has become a rare exception, its butchery in plain view via saturation coverage for anyone with a video screen. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
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|
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"This Ukrainian town, not far from the capital, Kyiv, is where the war\u2019s worst atrocities have been discovered, and as the days pass the full scope of the terror and butchery only grows. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
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"The children learned history and geography, but also shoe-cobbling, sewing, butchery , and aircraft mechanics. \u2014 Rachel Lu, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
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|
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"Butcher Erika Nakamura, who discovered her love for the craft of whole animal butchery while working in New York City restaurants, easily disputes the idea that bone marrow is a cheap dish. \u2014 Stacey Lastoe, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022",
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|
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"The restaurant focuses on nose-to-tail butchery and farm-to-table with an emphasis on minimizing waste. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 1 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-170854"
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},
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|
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"buzzing":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
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|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to make a low continuous humming sound like that of a bee",
|
||
|
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": murmur , whisper",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled with a confused murmur",
|
||
|
|
": to make a signal with a buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": to go quickly : hurry",
|
||
|
|
": scram",
|
||
|
|
": to feel high especially from a drug",
|
||
|
|
": to utter covertly by or as if by whispering",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to buzz",
|
||
|
|
": to fly fast and close to",
|
||
|
|
": to summon or signal with a buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": to let in through an electronically controlled entrance",
|
||
|
|
": to drink to the last drop",
|
||
|
|
": a persistent vibratory sound",
|
||
|
|
": a confused murmur",
|
||
|
|
": rumor , gossip",
|
||
|
|
": a flurry of activity",
|
||
|
|
": fad , craze",
|
||
|
|
": speculative or excited talk or attention relating especially to a new or forthcoming product or event",
|
||
|
|
": an instance of such talk or attention",
|
||
|
|
": a signal conveyed by buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": a telephone call",
|
||
|
|
": high sense 4",
|
||
|
|
": to make a low humming sound like that of bees",
|
||
|
|
": to be filled with a low hum or murmur",
|
||
|
|
": to fly an airplane low over",
|
||
|
|
": a low humming sound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259z",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259z"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abound",
|
||
|
|
"brim",
|
||
|
|
"bristle",
|
||
|
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
|
"burst",
|
||
|
|
"bustle",
|
||
|
|
"crawl",
|
||
|
|
"hum",
|
||
|
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
|
"pullulate",
|
||
|
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
|
"teem"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"ring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Will this just be a means for the ultra-wealthy to buzz over poor neighborhoods to Dodger Stadium or Crypto.com Arena? \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Rendon told him to buzz off, refusing to recognize the pledges. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Unlike in the early days, Russian aircraft\u2014other than the Orlan reconnaissance drones that frequently buzz over the village\u2014rarely fly above Ukrainian positions because several had been shot down in the area, the soldiers said. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His AppleWatch is set to buzz every 20 minutes to remind him to drink. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 23 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Club include London\u2019s storied members-only clubs, which buzz with activity from breakfast through late-night festivities. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Best Ideas for Kids Save money on craft supplies and use toilet paper rolls to make googly-eyed bees your kids will buzz around the house with. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With the fat tires and assist, a ranger can buzz up to an injured rider or trail mishap at speed. \u2014 Ty Brookhart, Outside Online , 20 Mar. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"In other election seasons, the restaurant would buzz for months with arguments over candidates and issues. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Dosist's nanoblend gummies take effect in just 10 to 15 minutes, which is great if your dad is used to getting his buzz on more immediately, like enjoying a beer. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There\u2019s been a lot of buzz around the idea of genderless fashion over the last couple of seasons, much of it coming, ironically, from the menswear space. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That kind of buzz could lead to another blockbuster for Pratt. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The series generated plenty of buzz even before launch as the first Marvel comic to feature a Muslim and Pakistani American teen as the title character. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Canceled in 2020 and completed in April of last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK HealthCare Boys\u2019 Sweet 16 has returned to its traditional mid-March time slot and seems to have its buzz back. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But for all its buzz , can bidens pilosa deliver those same all-star results? \u2014 Caitlin Kenny, refinery29.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a couple of weeks many of the world\u2019s best will converge on Connecticut to play in the Travelers Championship and the buzz has always been about who is coming. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172023"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buck":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"biographical name ()",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": dollar sense 3b",
|
||
|
|
": a sum of money especially to be gained",
|
||
|
|
": money",
|
||
|
|
": a male animal",
|
||
|
|
": a male deer or antelope",
|
||
|
|
": a male human being : man",
|
||
|
|
": a dashing fellow : dandy",
|
||
|
|
": antelope",
|
||
|
|
": buckskin",
|
||
|
|
": an article (such as a shoe) made of buckskin",
|
||
|
|
": a supporting rack or frame",
|
||
|
|
": a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting",
|
||
|
|
": to spring into the air with the back arched",
|
||
|
|
": to charge against something",
|
||
|
|
": to move or react jerkily",
|
||
|
|
": to refuse assent : balk",
|
||
|
|
": to strive for advancement sometimes without regard to ethical behavior",
|
||
|
|
": oppose , resist",
|
||
|
|
": butt entry 3",
|
||
|
|
": to throw or dislodge (a rider) by bucking",
|
||
|
|
": to move or charge into",
|
||
|
|
": to pass especially from one person to another",
|
||
|
|
": to move or load (heavy or cumbersome objects) especially with mechanical equipment",
|
||
|
|
": an act or instance of bucking",
|
||
|
|
": stark , completely",
|
||
|
|
": responsibility",
|
||
|
|
": an object formerly used in poker to mark the next player to deal",
|
||
|
|
": a token used as a mark or reminder",
|
||
|
|
": of the lowest grade within a military category",
|
||
|
|
": the male of an animal (as a deer or rabbit) the female of which is called doe",
|
||
|
|
": dollar",
|
||
|
|
": man entry 1 sense 1 , fellow",
|
||
|
|
": to spring or jump upward with head down and back arched",
|
||
|
|
": to charge or push against",
|
||
|
|
": to go against : oppose",
|
||
|
|
": to become more confident",
|
||
|
|
"Linda B. 1947\u2013 American biologist",
|
||
|
|
"Pearl 1892\u20131973 n\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"American novelist",
|
||
|
|
"[short for sawbuck sawhorse]"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beau",
|
||
|
|
"Beau Brummell",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"dude",
|
||
|
|
"fop",
|
||
|
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
|
"jay",
|
||
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
||
|
|
"macaroni",
|
||
|
|
"pretty boy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hitch",
|
||
|
|
"hoick",
|
||
|
|
"jerk",
|
||
|
|
"jolt",
|
||
|
|
"twitch",
|
||
|
|
"yank"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the car bucked and stalled",
|
||
|
|
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1750, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1877, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1928, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172245"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buddy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": companion , partner",
|
||
|
|
": friend sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": fellow",
|
||
|
|
": to become friendly",
|
||
|
|
": featuring a friendship or partnership between the two main usually male characters",
|
||
|
|
": a close friend"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-d\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-d\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"alter ego",
|
||
|
|
"amigo",
|
||
|
|
"chum",
|
||
|
|
"compadre",
|
||
|
|
"comrade",
|
||
|
|
"confidant",
|
||
|
|
"confidante",
|
||
|
|
"crony",
|
||
|
|
"familiar",
|
||
|
|
"friend",
|
||
|
|
"intimate",
|
||
|
|
"mate",
|
||
|
|
"musketeer",
|
||
|
|
"pal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"enemy",
|
||
|
|
"foe"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"His fishing buddy just bought a new boat.",
|
||
|
|
"my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The comedy veterans team up for Netflix\u2019s new buddy action flick, streaming July 24. \u2014 Essence , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In any case, what happened during one performance is uncontested: Henry, or Oscar, was led onstage, saw his buddy Don, folded his legs, sat down where he wasn\u2019t supposed to and resisted all entreaties to move along. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"And there\u2019s my cross-country skiing buddy and fellow retiree, Owen Davis, the ace copy chief in an era in which so many don\u2019t value editing. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"With his buddy Ed Norton at his side, Ralph would concoct scheme after scheme with the hopes of getting rich, none of which ever came to fruition. \u2014 Mike Postalakis, SPIN , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Or her Ice Age Trail hiking buddy Little Bird, who is in her early 60s and hiked the Appalachian Trail in two sections. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When Howie meets and falls for the privileged Charlie (James Scully as the film\u2019s Bingley), friction ensues between their opposing friend groups even as sparks fly between Noah and Charlie\u2019s buddy , Will (Ricamora). \u2014 Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In March, Depp\u2019s longtime buddy Marilyn Manson, who is godfather to Depp\u2019s daughter, filed a defamation lawsuit against the actress Evan Rachel Wood, who has publicly accused Manson of emotional abuse and rape. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Passion plays, Homeric odysseys and homoerotic buddy comedies. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Tweens and teens can buddy up at Edge and Vibe, respectively, two chic hangouts with activities curated specifically for them. \u2014 Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with 2021 Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"His political opponents are aghast that a former human-rights lawyer, imprisoned as a student activist for opposing South Korea\u2019s own military dictatorship, could buddy up to a man like Kim. \u2014 Time , 23 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That work ethic has drawn comparisons to buddy Collin Sexton. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"His complicated struggles to accept this team as well as having to buddy up with an actual terrorist was so fun to watch. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"He's already barged into the campaign, slamming Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and buddying up with Brexit Party boss Nigel Farage \u2014 a constant thorn in Johnson's right side. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"To maximize the use of a Zero Waste Box consider buddying up with friends, family or co-workers. \u2014 Laura Daily, Washington Post , 25 June 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Indeed, even those who were inclined to buddy up to Trump appear to be changing course. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"The buddy program helps the newcomers bolster those same skills in a safe environment, organizers said. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is a buddy comedy adventure involving an elite North Korean soldier and an espionage official from South Korea. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There's literally a camel being milked by our buddy Glen (Clark Middleton). \u2014 Laura Sirikul, EW.com , 5 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The events that transpire turn the film into a buddy comedy-meets-Cage-style action movie. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In circles, otherwise known as buddy groups\u2014safe spaces where women could get together and share their stories. \u2014 Courtney Rubin, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The iQIYI original drama may not be a buddy drama, but there\u2019s definitely bromance. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The untitled show, which sources say Fox envisions as a possible companion to Call Me Kat, is a buddy comedy about two women who are placed in the witness protection program. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The mothers said their children grew up in a community where they always have been accepted by every school group, whether through a buddy program in elementary school or an adaptive PE program in high school. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com , 24 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1976, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-191323"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"buchu camphor":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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||
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": diosphenol"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-000409"
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},
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"buttoned-up":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": coldly reserved or standoffish"
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4and-\u02c8\u0259p"
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],
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||
|
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"synonyms":[
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"aloof",
|
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"antisocial",
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|
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"asocial",
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||
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"cold",
|
||
|
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"cold-eyed",
|
||
|
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"cool",
|
||
|
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"detached",
|
||
|
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"distant",
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||
|
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"dry",
|
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|
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"frosty",
|
||
|
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"offish",
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|
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"remote",
|
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"standoff",
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"standoffish",
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"unbending",
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"unclubbable",
|
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"unsociable"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"antonyms":[
|
||
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"cordial",
|
||
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"friendly",
|
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"sociable",
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||
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"social",
|
||
|
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"warm"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1767, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104545"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"button flower":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a tropical tree or shrub of the genus Gomphia (family Ochnaceae)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-105039"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buchnera":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus of herbs (family Scrophulariaceae) chiefly of warm regions with mostly opposite leaves and showy white or bluish purple flowers in bracted spikes \u2014 see bluehearts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259kn\u0259r\u0259",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307k-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin, after Andreas Elias B\u00fcchner \u20201769 German physician and professor",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112440"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bulletin":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a brief public notice issuing usually from an authoritative source",
|
||
|
|
": a brief news item intended for immediate publication or broadcast",
|
||
|
|
": periodical",
|
||
|
|
": the organ of an institution or association",
|
||
|
|
": to make public by bulletin",
|
||
|
|
": a short public notice usually coming from an informed or official source"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259-t\u1d4an",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-l\u0259-t\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"book",
|
||
|
|
"diurnal",
|
||
|
|
"gazette",
|
||
|
|
"journal",
|
||
|
|
"mag",
|
||
|
|
"magazine",
|
||
|
|
"newspaper",
|
||
|
|
"organ",
|
||
|
|
"paper",
|
||
|
|
"periodical",
|
||
|
|
"rag",
|
||
|
|
"review",
|
||
|
|
"serial",
|
||
|
|
"zine"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The television program was interrupted for a news bulletin .",
|
||
|
|
"picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The following items were taken from the Niles Police Department bulletin . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The sheriff's office sent out a bulletin looking for Antione Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Berlus, Anderson Petit-Frere, Steevenson Jacquet and Oriol Jean. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch And Tina Burnside, CNN , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Just last week, a Department of Homeland Security threat bulletin warned that domestic violent extremism remains one of the biggest terrorist threats in the country. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Department of Homeland Security released a bulletin earlier this week that said homegrown violent extremists may be targeting migrants and other groups, fueled in part by conspiracy theories. \u2014 Rick Jervis, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bulletin notably focused far more on homegrown extremism than threats from abroad. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"When alerted, San Francisco police put out a bulletin to officers and an alert on the San Francisco Citizen app, but its reach is only 1 mile, Dunleavy said. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"All that plays out here in unexpected ways, like a stark bulletin from another time. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The bulletin received a line-by-line review from officials at the FCC and the White House\u2019s National Economic Council, according to an FAA staffer involved in the matter. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Messages tacked to bulletin boards and written on dressing room blackboards conveyed the spirit of the team. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Viewers are asked to respond to prompts based on works on view in the show by scribbling notes or making sketches on brightly colored pieces of paper, and pinning them to bulletin boards. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Okpealuk was last seen in an area near town called West Beach coming out of a tent, according to an Alaska State Troopers bulletin that says her clothing description and direction of travel were both unknown. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Sep. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1812, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131424"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": magnitude",
|
||
|
|
": material that forms a mass in the intestine",
|
||
|
|
": fiber sense 1d",
|
||
|
|
": body",
|
||
|
|
": a large or corpulent human body",
|
||
|
|
": an organized structure especially when viewed primarily as a mass of material",
|
||
|
|
": a ponderous shapeless mass",
|
||
|
|
": the main or greater part",
|
||
|
|
": not divided into parts or packaged in separate units",
|
||
|
|
": in large quantities",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to swell or bulge : stuff",
|
||
|
|
": to gather into a mass or aggregate",
|
||
|
|
": swell , expand",
|
||
|
|
": to appear as a factor : loom",
|
||
|
|
": being in large quantities or not divided into separate units : being in bulk",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to materials in bulk",
|
||
|
|
": greatness of size or volume",
|
||
|
|
": the largest or chief part",
|
||
|
|
": in large amounts",
|
||
|
|
": material (as indigestible fibrous residues of food) that forms a mass in the intestine",
|
||
|
|
": fiber sense 2",
|
||
|
|
": a large mass",
|
||
|
|
": not divided into parts or packaged in separate units",
|
||
|
|
": in large quantities",
|
||
|
|
": being in bulk",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to materials in bulk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259lk",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259lk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259lk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259lk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"generality",
|
||
|
|
"lion's share",
|
||
|
|
"majority",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"preponderance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accumulate",
|
||
|
|
"amass",
|
||
|
|
"assemble",
|
||
|
|
"collect",
|
||
|
|
"concentrate",
|
||
|
|
"congregate",
|
||
|
|
"constellate",
|
||
|
|
"corral",
|
||
|
|
"garner",
|
||
|
|
"gather",
|
||
|
|
"group",
|
||
|
|
"lump",
|
||
|
|
"pick up",
|
||
|
|
"round up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"We spent the bulk of the summer at the beach.",
|
||
|
|
"Farming makes up the bulk of the country's economy.",
|
||
|
|
"The great bulk of these people are extremely poor.",
|
||
|
|
"Despite his bulk , he's a very fast runner.",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"They sent bulk shipments of food to the country.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"While total revenue can also include supplementary income sources, sales typically make up the bulk of it. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At densities comparable to that of an atomic nucleus, the neutrons that make up the bulk of these objects aren't able to occupy the same energy states at the same time. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While PGA Tour members make up the bulk of the field, the U.S. Open is administered by the U.S. Golf Association. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Semiconductor systems sales make up the bulk of Applied Materials\u2019 revenues, with $6.68 billion of the company\u2019s sales coming from this segment as of FY \u201921, making up almost 60% of total revenue. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The only culprit that can be conclusively ruled out is COVID vaccines, because kids under 5, who make up the bulk of the hepatitis cases, cannot yet be vaccinated. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Moore said that Gude\u2019s mask complaints make up a bulk of the complaints received. \u2014 Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Although smartphones and computers make up the bulk of the refurb market, there are other options. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The population of artists, producers, and engineers that make up the bulk of music\u2019s middle class saw their earnings stall over the last two decades before completely breaking down during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 T.m. Brown, Billboard , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Several years of substantial capital inflows helped bulk the ESG market up to a multi-trillion dollar market, capturing $50 billion worth of net new investments in 2020, and $70 billion in 2021. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The powders are concentrated pigments of color rather than filled with preservatives, talc, and all sorts of other fillers that bulk it out unnecessarily. \u2014 Essence , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, iPhone and iPad users can now bulk rename and delete tags in the Reminders app. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Like steroids do for humans, antibiotics such as tetracycline can bulk some animals up more quickly. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Others have turned to community WeChat groups to try to bulk buy fruit and vegetables. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nonetheless, Boeing has to enter the next round of competition with the vision system meeting Air Force expectations, because small differences bulk large when both offerors are proposing state-of-the-art products. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"At the same time, several drug dealers said in interviews, domestic dealers turned to fentanyl as a cheap way to bulk out thin wares. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Like, some people might bulk buy paper towels or toilet paper, or turpentine . . . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"But unlike other options, the padding doesn't add bulk . \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Our pros also liked the lightweight construction that won't add bulk to busy babies. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Laptop sleeves like this one from Amazon Basics come in different sizes to fit your laptop, are lightweight and won't add bulk to your luggage. \u2014 Heather Roy, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Starter Carlos Rod\u00f3n\u2019s two-year, $44 million deal was officially announced, and the Giants also welcomed swingman Jakob Junis, a right-hander who can provide bulk innings in the bullpen or can be stretched out to start. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Orioles acquired right-handed swingman Adam Plutko from Cleveland for cash considerations Saturday, using another team\u2019s roster crunch to add a pitcher who could cover bulk innings for them in 2021. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In many residential compounds, volunteers are working together to coordinate and distribute bulk orders of food and medicines. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On Meituan Select, entire apartment complexes can make bulk orders for groceries, which require less manpower and resources to coordinate than individual purchases. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"People have been forced to organize bulk orders for sharing with their neighbors, and an informal bartering system has been established in many housing communities. \u2014 Rebecca Kanthor / Shanghai, Time , 12 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun, Verb, and Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1529, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133113"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burst (forth)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144253"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buffoonery":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": foolish or playful behavior or practice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259-\u02c8f\u00fc-n\u0259-r\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02c8f\u00fcn-r\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clownery",
|
||
|
|
"clowning",
|
||
|
|
"foolery",
|
||
|
|
"high jinks",
|
||
|
|
"hijinks",
|
||
|
|
"horseplay",
|
||
|
|
"horsing around",
|
||
|
|
"monkey business",
|
||
|
|
"monkeying",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
||
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
|
"skylarking",
|
||
|
|
"slapstick",
|
||
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Despite taunts about being soft on crime, Jackson didn\u2019t lose her cool before the mansplaining and buffoonery . \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Giuliani's buffoonery was on full display during a press conference just days after the election held at a local Philadelphia landscaping company that happened to share the name of the Four Seasons hotel. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Beauty, youth, heightened vivacity or even buffoonery overwhelm us, and the figures do indeed seem alive. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Ebert applies a freewheeling buffoonery to Mister and, later, an opposite dimension of cruel menace to his other role, a policeman who under stress will undergo a dramatic conversion. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Every buffoonery of the president and his people was answered by an idiocy from the other side, which in its own style was just as sinister and just as clownish. \u2014 Lance Morrow, WSJ , 29 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"After seasons of corruption followed by buffoonery and anger, Daniel Espinoza died an optimist. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 28 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"As Kanye descended more into incomprehensible buffoonery , there was high-profile coverage of how Kim helped free Alice Marie Johnson after 21 years in prison. \u2014 Allison P. Davis, Vulture , 26 Apr. 2021",
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||
|
|
"It\u2019s not an art form that will appeal to everyone, with its silliness, rapid dialogue, stock characterizations, manic energy and acting that requires both buffoonery and at times a stilted formality. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Feb. 2021"
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],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"1621, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-145136"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"bupkus":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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|
": the least amount : beans",
|
||
|
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": nothing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259p-k\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307p-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"beans",
|
||
|
|
"continental",
|
||
|
|
"damn",
|
||
|
|
"darn",
|
||
|
|
"durn",
|
||
|
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"diddly",
|
||
|
|
"diddly-squat",
|
||
|
|
"doodley-squat",
|
||
|
|
"doodly-squat",
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||
|
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"fig",
|
||
|
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"ghost",
|
||
|
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"hoot",
|
||
|
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"iota",
|
||
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"jot",
|
||
|
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"lick",
|
||
|
|
"modicum",
|
||
|
|
"rap",
|
||
|
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"squat",
|
||
|
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"syllable",
|
||
|
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"tittle",
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||
|
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"whit",
|
||
|
|
"whoop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish (probably short for kozebubkes , literally, goat droppings), plural of bubke, bobke , diminutive of bub, bob bean, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish b\u00f3b bean",
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150054"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"buddler":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that buddles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259d(\u1d4a)l\u0259(r)",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307d-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152927"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulletin board":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a board for posting notices (as at a school)",
|
||
|
|
": a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board",
|
||
|
|
": a board for posting bulletins and announcements"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"After the game, the Warriors\u2019 Draymond Green went out of his way to give the Heat extra motivation with some primo bulletin board material by dismissing Miami\u2019s chances. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Besides the intrinsic motivation that comes with an elimination game at home, Doncic was gifted some further bulletin board material from his back-and-forth jawing with Phoenix star, Devin Booker. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Normally HOAs have very limited bulletin board space to post board agendas and announcements and lack sufficient space to allow all members to post personal bulletins. \u2014 Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The weekly conference calls expanded to include an internal electronic bulletin board called the Bull Horn. \u2014 R.j. Shook, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One of Sutter\u2019s friends bought each of the children a bulletin board to put up on their bedroom wall. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"One day, when Moore was rearranging the bulletin board in front of the class, Frank fell from his perch and almost landed on her. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Notes that have been sent to Father Yaroslav Nalysnyk are pinned up on a bulletin board at Christ the King Ukrainian Church. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On a bulletin board , drawings of flowers by the youngest children bore their names, signed in both. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162556"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bungler":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to act or work clumsily and awkwardly",
|
||
|
|
": mishandle , botch",
|
||
|
|
": to act, do, make, or work badly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"bobble",
|
||
|
|
"boggle",
|
||
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
||
|
|
"boot",
|
||
|
|
"botch",
|
||
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
||
|
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
|
"butcher",
|
||
|
|
"dub",
|
||
|
|
"flub",
|
||
|
|
"fluff",
|
||
|
|
"foozle",
|
||
|
|
"foul up",
|
||
|
|
"fumble",
|
||
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
||
|
|
"louse up",
|
||
|
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
|
"muck up",
|
||
|
|
"muff",
|
||
|
|
"murder",
|
||
|
|
"screw up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.",
|
||
|
|
"bungled the job the first time she tried to do it",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The fifth-round draft choice \u2014 no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here \u2014 the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Attorney Kim Foxx managed to bungle things up early by exchanging texts with a relative of Smollett\u2019s, and everything got weirder from there. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That is a question for the next president of baseball operations to solve, and the Mets cannot afford to bungle another job search. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn\u2019t bungle the reopening. \u2014 Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Don\u2019t mess around and bungle the best quarterback situation the Seahawks franchise has ever seen. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 26 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The on-field product was a disaster, only in part because of a season-ending injury to quarterback Dak Prescott, and the new coach found something new to bungle almost every week. \u2014 Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The reality is for countries that bungle the public health response, the economic damage is going to be deeper and longer lasting. \u2014 Jason Gale, Bloomberg.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The prosecutor in that case, Debranjan Banerjee, told me that individuals working on behalf of the traffickers had offered him a bribe to bungle the prosecution so that the defendants would be released on bail. \u2014 Smita Sharma, National Geographic , 28 Sep. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165927"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burro":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": donkey sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": a small donkey used as a pack animal",
|
||
|
|
": a small donkey often used to carry loads"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307r-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ass",
|
||
|
|
"donkey",
|
||
|
|
"jackass",
|
||
|
|
"moke"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"used a burro to carry the supplies",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In April, a wild burro died during surgery after being shot with an arrow. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Despite treatment from the veterinarian and other staff members, the burro could not be saved. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Bureau of Land Management Nevada Ben Noyes, a horse and burro specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, spots horses during the roundup. \u2014 Jim Carlton, WSJ , 13 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cato's burro enrollado features an armlength Sonoran tortilla sobaquera stuffed with carne asada, avocado, melted cheese, tomato and green chile that's then wrapped in bacon and seared up on the flattop. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"One legend has it that the burro is thousands of years old and was the preferred food of Mesoamerians. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The gnats came for the dwarf Meyer lemon tree and the burro \u2019s tail on the balcony. \u2014 Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times , 14 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Police said the driver was OK and added there have been reports of high burro activity on the Bullhead Parkway. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 9 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Vehicles normally require a tow and then the Bureau of Land Management or the roads department is called to take possession of the burro 's remains, Fromelt said. \u2014 Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic , 9 July 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Spanish, irregular from borrico , from Late Latin burricus small horse",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1775, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-171859"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoyant":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having buoyancy",
|
||
|
|
": such as",
|
||
|
|
": capable of floating",
|
||
|
|
": cheerful , gay",
|
||
|
|
": capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level",
|
||
|
|
": able to rise and float in the air or on the top of a liquid",
|
||
|
|
": able to keep a body afloat",
|
||
|
|
": lighthearted , cheerful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259nt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259nt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259nt",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259nt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blithe",
|
||
|
|
"blithesome",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"canty",
|
||
|
|
"cheerful",
|
||
|
|
"cheery",
|
||
|
|
"chipper",
|
||
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
||
|
|
"gay",
|
||
|
|
"gladsome",
|
||
|
|
"lightsome",
|
||
|
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
|
"upbeat",
|
||
|
|
"winsome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"dour",
|
||
|
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
|
"glum",
|
||
|
|
"morose",
|
||
|
|
"saturnine",
|
||
|
|
"sulky",
|
||
|
|
"sullen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.",
|
||
|
|
"The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The series, adapted from Emily St. John Mandel\u2019s 2014 novel about survivors of a cataclysmic viral outbreak, offered something buoyant and rare: a spirit of optimism. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s because it\u2019s both buoyant and IP67 dust- and waterproof, which means its submersible up to a meter for 30 minutes. \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"William Taubman\u2019s volumes about Khrushchev and Gorbachev are vivid, buoyant , and dramatic. \u2014 Yuri Slezkine, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Brazil\u2019s top samba schools filled Rio\u2019s Sambadrome, home to the festival since the 1980s, with buoyant and elaborate floats and dancers. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The through line for these seemingly disparate selections is his buoyant and mellifluous voice, capable of roping any and all material into the realm of genuine romance. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Written in a bracing, acerbic, and darkly comic tenor, the book is a surprisingly buoyant and fast-paced read, a modern and sly spin on the meaning of devotion. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The real-life Jan in the documentary was buoyant and articulate. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 20 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Plastic in the ocean is constantly being degraded; even something as big and buoyant as a milk jug will eventually shed and splinter into microplastics. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"see buoy entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1578, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180030"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burr mill":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a mill (such as a coffee mill) that grinds by means of a steel burr resembling in principle the old-fashioned millstone"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180055"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bum (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"to make sad that sort of news really bums me out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181501"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burly":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": strongly and heavily built : husky",
|
||
|
|
": strongly and heavily built"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beefy",
|
||
|
|
"brawny",
|
||
|
|
"hefty",
|
||
|
|
"hulking",
|
||
|
|
"husky",
|
||
|
|
"mesomorphic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a burly delivery man brought the furniture",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"For those who want to get really nuts, the outer edges of the burly front bumper can be removed. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"America\u2019s consummate communitarian, probably, was Franklin Roosevelt, who in one 1932 speech tried to convince his audience that the time for burly Jacksonian individualism had passed. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"These days, the site is run by a skeleton staff of two young nurses, a couple of medical assistants, and a burly Spanish-language translator. \u2014 Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2022",
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"Among them: those burly KGB thugs, those modern-day Cossacks hired to maintain order and protect the Cup and those who brought it. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
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||
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|
"To neutralize the drone, a metal box pops open and a burly quadcopter called Anvil takes off at startling speed. \u2014 Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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||
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|
"News of this caused an immediate uproar among fans of the original who doubt that boxy concept sketches can ever hope to live up to the burly machines made by International Harvester. \u2014 Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
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||
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"Police had earlier asked for the public's help in identifying the gunman, tweeting out surveillance photos of a burly man dressed in a hoodie on a hot day. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
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||
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|
"Vogelbach, the burly first baseman with a penchant for some big hits, notably a walk-off grand slam last year to turn a three-run deficit into a win, was non-tendered. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
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"first_known_use":[
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191236"
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},
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"bunghole":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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||
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": a hole for emptying or filling a cask",
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||
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": anus , asshole"
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||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-\u02cch\u014dl"
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||
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],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-192656"
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||
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},
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"buzz (off)":{
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||
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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||
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"Definition of buzz off informal \u2014 used as a rude or angry way to tell someone to go away He told me to buzz off . Buzz off , will you? I'm busy right now."
|
||
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],
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||
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"pronounciation":[],
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||
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[],
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||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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||
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"first_known_use":[],
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||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193240"
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||
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},
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||
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"bumptiousness":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
|
||
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"noun"
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||
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
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": presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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|
"\u02c8b\u0259m(p)-sh\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
|
"assumptive",
|
||
|
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
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"chesty",
|
||
|
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"haughty",
|
||
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
|
"huffish",
|
||
|
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"huffy",
|
||
|
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
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"important",
|
||
|
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
|
"pompous",
|
||
|
|
"presuming",
|
||
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
|
"sniffy",
|
||
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
|
"superior",
|
||
|
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
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"uppish",
|
||
|
|
"uppity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"humble",
|
||
|
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
|
"modest",
|
||
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The moment became legendary for many Canadians who relished the sight of our young, charismatic leader imposing his cheery manners on the bumptious American president. \u2014 Jonathan Kay, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That the bumptious billionaire Donald Trump at the moment looks to be the party\u2019s leader doesn\u2019t help. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Dickie is youngish and elegant, at least by the bumptious standards of Newark mobsters, and when the story begins he\u2019s dealing with two separate problems. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Britten\u2019s orchestration brilliantly characterizes the different social strata: oozy string slides and tinkling harps, celesta and glockenspiel for fairyland; winds and strings for the lovers; bumptious lower brass and bassoon for the tradesmen. \u2014 Scott Cantrell, Dallas News , 11 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But if the tech industry\u2019s bumptious history with antitrust enforcement is any lesson, a caretaker who has reluctantly stepped into the spotlight might be preferable to a charismatic leader born to it. \u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times , 21 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Donald Trump\u2019s bumptious , boisterous, blustering performance in his first face-to-face debate with Joe Biden changed the trajectory of the presidential race\u2014giving the former vice president a hefty lead. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"In 1993, the break-out star was Sean Burroughs, a bumptious earthen mound from Long Beach, California. \u2014 Adam Kuhlmann, Longreads , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"George Washington\u2019s mother, Mary Ball Washington, is often seen as a bumptious obstacle to her son\u2019s success. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2019"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bump entry 1 + -tious (as in fractious )",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-195440"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullheaded":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": stupidly stubborn : headstrong"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02c8he-d\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"also"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adamant",
|
||
|
|
"adamantine",
|
||
|
|
"dogged",
|
||
|
|
"hard",
|
||
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
||
|
|
"hardened",
|
||
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
||
|
|
"headstrong",
|
||
|
|
"immovable",
|
||
|
|
"implacable",
|
||
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
||
|
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
|
"intransigent",
|
||
|
|
"mulish",
|
||
|
|
"obdurate",
|
||
|
|
"obstinate",
|
||
|
|
"opinionated",
|
||
|
|
"ossified",
|
||
|
|
"pat",
|
||
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
||
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
||
|
|
"self-willed",
|
||
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
|
"unbending",
|
||
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
||
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
||
|
|
"unyielding",
|
||
|
|
"willful",
|
||
|
|
"wilful"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"amenable",
|
||
|
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
|
"complying",
|
||
|
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
|
"pliable",
|
||
|
|
"pliant",
|
||
|
|
"relenting",
|
||
|
|
"yielding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a bullheaded boss who won't take advice from anyone",
|
||
|
|
"a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1818, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231720"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bud":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a plant that may develop into a flower, leaf, or shoot",
|
||
|
|
": something not yet mature or at full development: such as",
|
||
|
|
": an incompletely opened flower",
|
||
|
|
": child , youth",
|
||
|
|
": an outgrowth of an organism that differentiates into a new individual : gemma",
|
||
|
|
": an outgrowth having the potential to differentiate and grow into a definitive organ or part : primordium",
|
||
|
|
": buddy",
|
||
|
|
": marijuana",
|
||
|
|
": in an early stage of development",
|
||
|
|
": to set or put forth buds",
|
||
|
|
": to commence growth from buds",
|
||
|
|
": to grow or develop from or as if from a bud",
|
||
|
|
": to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent",
|
||
|
|
": to produce or develop from buds",
|
||
|
|
": to cause (a plant) to bud",
|
||
|
|
": to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired variety",
|
||
|
|
": a small growth at the tip or on the side of a stem that later develops into a flower, leaf, or branch",
|
||
|
|
": a flower that has not fully opened",
|
||
|
|
": an early stage of development",
|
||
|
|
": to form or put forth a small growth that develops into a flower, leaf, or branch",
|
||
|
|
": to reproduce by asexual means by forming a small growth that pinches off and develops into a new organism",
|
||
|
|
": an asexual reproductive structure",
|
||
|
|
": a primordium having potentialities for growth and development into a definitive structure",
|
||
|
|
": an anatomical structure (as a tactile corpuscle) resembling a bud",
|
||
|
|
": to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bairn",
|
||
|
|
"bambino",
|
||
|
|
"chap",
|
||
|
|
"chick",
|
||
|
|
"child",
|
||
|
|
"cub",
|
||
|
|
"juvenile",
|
||
|
|
"kid",
|
||
|
|
"kiddie",
|
||
|
|
"kiddy",
|
||
|
|
"kiddo",
|
||
|
|
"moppet",
|
||
|
|
"sprat",
|
||
|
|
"sprout",
|
||
|
|
"squirt",
|
||
|
|
"whelp",
|
||
|
|
"youngling",
|
||
|
|
"youngster",
|
||
|
|
"youth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adult",
|
||
|
|
"grown-up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"The bush has plenty of buds but no flowers yet.",
|
||
|
|
"that sitcom star is still a bud , so all he needs right now are looks and personality",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The trees budded early this spring.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Nip hair shedding and undesirable flakes in the bud with this anti-dandruff shampoo that Kingsley loves. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The aim is to nip any silent transmission in the bud . \u2014 Karson Yiu, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sloan School of Management finds that corporate culture is 10.4 times more important to employees than compensation, not to mention the strongest factor in predicting turnover, leaders would do well to nip any and all forms of toxicity in the bud . \u2014 Vicky Valet, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Sometimes a stem terminates in leafy growth in place of a bud . \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In this genre-crossing comedy, Seth Rogen and James Franco star as two stoners who, high on a rare batch of bud , witness a murder and are then chased by bad guys. \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 18 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The headphones can also be set up so that holding and pressing the side of a bud will turn off the active noise cancellation/ however, while out for a run the headphones would do this without any input from me. \u2014 Benny Har-even, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"And rather than pesky touch controls, physical buttons on the outside of each bud makes everything less frustrating. \u2014 Brenda Stolyar, Wired , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Wash the garlic scapes, then trim off the end and the bud . \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Thankfully, leaves have begun to bud and temperatures are rising. \u2014 Matt Koesters, The Enquirer , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lincoln bud Norman Reedus gunning hard for a shot at playing Ghost Rider in the MCU. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In general, cold weather in spring delays bud break and warm weather accelerates it. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 13 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Many crops and plants in the Southeast have started to bud because of warmer weather until now and the freezing cold temperatures \u2014 maybe record low \u2014 that are expected on the back end of this bomb cyclone can cause some serious damage, Cohen said. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The best time to prune is now, before the tree begins to bud out. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s bud as in the flowering marijuana bud that Snoop likes to smoke, not the old Budweiser Bud Bowl Super Bowl ad campaign. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Take one bud out of your ear and these headphones also cut noise-cancelling to the earbud that remains in the other ear. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The center plans to continue measuring through the end of October, then will resume in March or April, when trees begin to bud . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004056"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bullhead City":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city in western Arizona across the Colorado River from Nevada population 39,540"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-004936"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buck":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"biographical name ()",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"noun ()",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": dollar sense 3b",
|
||
|
|
": a sum of money especially to be gained",
|
||
|
|
": money",
|
||
|
|
": a male animal",
|
||
|
|
": a male deer or antelope",
|
||
|
|
": a male human being : man",
|
||
|
|
": a dashing fellow : dandy",
|
||
|
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": antelope",
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||
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": buckskin",
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||
|
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": an article (such as a shoe) made of buckskin",
|
||
|
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": a supporting rack or frame",
|
||
|
|
": a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting",
|
||
|
|
": to spring into the air with the back arched",
|
||
|
|
": to charge against something",
|
||
|
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": to move or react jerkily",
|
||
|
|
": to refuse assent : balk",
|
||
|
|
": to strive for advancement sometimes without regard to ethical behavior",
|
||
|
|
": oppose , resist",
|
||
|
|
": butt entry 3",
|
||
|
|
": to throw or dislodge (a rider) by bucking",
|
||
|
|
": to move or charge into",
|
||
|
|
": to pass especially from one person to another",
|
||
|
|
": to move or load (heavy or cumbersome objects) especially with mechanical equipment",
|
||
|
|
": an act or instance of bucking",
|
||
|
|
": stark , completely",
|
||
|
|
": responsibility",
|
||
|
|
": an object formerly used in poker to mark the next player to deal",
|
||
|
|
": a token used as a mark or reminder",
|
||
|
|
": of the lowest grade within a military category",
|
||
|
|
": the male of an animal (as a deer or rabbit) the female of which is called doe",
|
||
|
|
": dollar",
|
||
|
|
": man entry 1 sense 1 , fellow",
|
||
|
|
": to spring or jump upward with head down and back arched",
|
||
|
|
": to charge or push against",
|
||
|
|
": to go against : oppose",
|
||
|
|
": to become more confident",
|
||
|
|
"Linda B. 1947\u2013 American biologist",
|
||
|
|
"Pearl 1892\u20131973 n\u00e9e",
|
||
|
|
"American novelist",
|
||
|
|
"[short for sawbuck sawhorse]"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beau",
|
||
|
|
"Beau Brummell",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"dude",
|
||
|
|
"fop",
|
||
|
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
|
"jay",
|
||
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
||
|
|
"macaroni",
|
||
|
|
"pretty boy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hitch",
|
||
|
|
"hoick",
|
||
|
|
"jerk",
|
||
|
|
"jolt",
|
||
|
|
"twitch",
|
||
|
|
"yank"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"the car bucked and stalled",
|
||
|
|
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1750, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1877, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Adverb",
|
||
|
|
"1928, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (3)",
|
||
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1918, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020753"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buchmanite":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a member of the Oxford Group movement : a follower of the religious reformer Frank Buchman or his teachings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccn\u012bt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"F. Buchman + English -ite ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020816"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushel":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of various units of dry capacity \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table",
|
||
|
|
": a container holding a bushel",
|
||
|
|
": a large quantity",
|
||
|
|
": repair , renovate",
|
||
|
|
": a unit of measure (as of grain, produce, or seafood) equal to four pecks or 32 quarts (about 35 liters)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0259l",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307-sh\u0259l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
|
"carload",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
|
"heap",
|
||
|
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
|
"loads",
|
||
|
|
"lot",
|
||
|
|
"mass",
|
||
|
|
"mess",
|
||
|
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
|
"much",
|
||
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
|
"pack",
|
||
|
|
"passel",
|
||
|
|
"peck",
|
||
|
|
"pile",
|
||
|
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
|
"pot",
|
||
|
|
"potful",
|
||
|
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
|
"raft",
|
||
|
|
"reams",
|
||
|
|
"scads",
|
||
|
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
|
"sight",
|
||
|
|
"slew",
|
||
|
|
"spate",
|
||
|
|
"stack",
|
||
|
|
"store",
|
||
|
|
"ton",
|
||
|
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
|
"volume",
|
||
|
|
"wad",
|
||
|
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
|
"yard"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ace",
|
||
|
|
"bit",
|
||
|
|
"dab",
|
||
|
|
"dram",
|
||
|
|
"driblet",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"handful",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"lick",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"mite",
|
||
|
|
"mouthful",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"ounce",
|
||
|
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"pittance",
|
||
|
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
|
"shade",
|
||
|
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
|
"smidgen",
|
||
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
||
|
|
"smidgin",
|
||
|
|
"smidge",
|
||
|
|
"speck",
|
||
|
|
"spot",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
||
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"streak",
|
||
|
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
|
"tad",
|
||
|
|
"taste",
|
||
|
|
"touch",
|
||
|
|
"trace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Corn futures trade at $8 per bushel , the highest price in a decade. \u2014 CBS News , 19 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Global wheat prices spiked 6%, with futures trading in Chicago hitting $12.40 per bushel , the highest price in two months. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 17 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee has doubled from $4 or $4.50 a bushel a year ago to $8 or $9 in May. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Soft red winter wheat for July delivery locked in at $12.39 a bushel after rising as high as $12.47, its highest level since mid-March. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Until recently, that drought a decade ago was the only time that corn cost more than $8 a bushel . \u2014 Ryan Dezember, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The status of nobility had been diluted by the new titles that Napoleon and Leopold II handed out by the bushel as favors to friends and courtiers\u2014not to mention the many fake ones that social climbing parvenus conferred upon themselves. \u2014 Tom Sancton, Town & Country , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Insect plagues were of such severity that farmers were paid by the bushel for locust corpses. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Russia and Ukraine harvest more than a quarter of the world\u2019s wheat, which has ramped 50% in price this year, to more than $12 per bushel \u2014 levels not seen since 2008. \u2014 Christopher Helman, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"circa 1877, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-023932"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrow":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (such as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation",
|
||
|
|
": to make a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": to progress by or as if by digging",
|
||
|
|
": to make a motion suggestive of burrowing : snuggle , nestle",
|
||
|
|
": to conceal oneself in or as if in a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": to penetrate by means of a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": to construct by tunneling",
|
||
|
|
": to make a motion suggestive of burrowing with : nestle",
|
||
|
|
": to hide in or as if in a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter and habitation : to hide in or as if in a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": a hole in the ground made by an animal (as a rabbit or fox) for shelter or protection",
|
||
|
|
": to hide in or as if in a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": to make a burrow",
|
||
|
|
": to proceed by or as if by digging",
|
||
|
|
": a passage or gallery formed in or under the skin by the wandering of a parasite (as the mite of scabies or a foreign hookworm)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014d, \u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"den",
|
||
|
|
"hole",
|
||
|
|
"house",
|
||
|
|
"lair",
|
||
|
|
"lodge"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"the chipmunk retreated to its burrow to have its babies",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"The rabbit burrowed into the side of the hill.",
|
||
|
|
"The frogs burrow under the mud.",
|
||
|
|
"The mole burrowed its way under the ground.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"In the predawn hours of a cold winter morning in the French Alps, the photographer Jose Grand\u00edo lay still in the snow, waiting for a stoat (Mustela erminea) to emerge from its burrow . \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow, declaring there would be six more weeks of winter. \u2014 Bradley Blackburn, CBS News , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Burrow won\u2019t have time to do much more than burrow , and Aaron Donald could be theMVP in a bruising response to his last tepid Super Bowl. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Phil left his burrow early that morning, as usual, to look for his shadow. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After scouting their territory, the groundhog will return to its burrow to sleep a few more weeks\u2014emerging for a frenetic week that will lead to a baby boom in April. \u2014 Camille Furst, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"On that day, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler\u2019s Knob in Pennsylvania to predict the weather for the rest of the winter. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 1 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Squinting against the high noon sun, Mikulski points to the dirt trail leading into the hole \u2014 a clear sign of an active rat burrow . \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"After each female molted to adulthood, a male was placed in her enclosure and allowed to approach the burrow . \u2014 Nala Rogers, Scientific American , 27 Jan. 2014",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Temperatures plunged, forcing me to burrow inside my sleeping bag. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Perhaps now is precisely the moment simply to stand up to these lone strongmen who have managed to burrow their way deeply into democratic institutions. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The worms can mature and breed there, and legions of little larvae\u2014about 600 micrometers in length\u2014can emerge, burrow directly into a person's skin unnoticed, and make their way into the intestines by various routes. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In rare cases, the larvae can also burrow their way inside the eyeball. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"By using the Wagner Group to burrow into these resource-rich countries and secure lucrative mining concessions, Russia has been trying to future-proof itself against the kinds of sanctions now being imposed by the U.S. and its allies. \u2014 Time , 8 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the lockdown\u2019s early period, sometimes my own instinct was to burrow even deeper into bed. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Armored sucker catfish like to burrow into dirt and concrete along the riverbanks, which could be what\u2019s causing the banks to collapse and humans to have to repair them. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There seems to me to be a value in keeping our dreams private and asocial, particularly in a world where social technologies burrow ever deeper into our conscious lives. \u2014 Michael W. Clune, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-031132"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buchmanism":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": oxford group movement"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307km\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Frank N.D. Buchman \u20201961 American evangelist, its founder + English -ism ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-032637"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burn out":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the cessation of operation usually of a jet or rocket engine",
|
||
|
|
": the point at which burnout occurs",
|
||
|
|
": exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration",
|
||
|
|
": a person suffering from burnout",
|
||
|
|
": a person showing the effects of drug abuse",
|
||
|
|
": to drive out or destroy the property of by fire",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to fail, wear out, or become exhausted especially from overwork or overuse",
|
||
|
|
": to suffer burnout",
|
||
|
|
": exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration",
|
||
|
|
": a person affected with burnout",
|
||
|
|
": a person showing the effects of drug abuse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn-\u02ccau\u0307t"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"collapse",
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"exhaustion",
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"fatigue",
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"frazzle",
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"lassitude",
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"prostration",
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"tiredness",
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"weariness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"break",
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"bust",
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"do in",
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"do up",
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"drain",
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"exhaust",
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"fag",
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"fatigue",
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"frazzle",
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"harass",
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"kill",
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"knock out",
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"outwear",
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"tire",
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"tucker (out)",
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"wash out",
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"wear",
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"wear out",
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"weary"
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],
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout .",
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"the burnout rate among teachers",
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"a novel about academic burnouts",
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"Verb",
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"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Apart from Gen Z, respondents from each generation said that Facebook is the social media app most contributing to their empathy burnout . \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
|
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"Many medical students and healthcare workers have dealt with burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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|
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"Still, certain parts of the fandom will greet the end of this season with some weariness\u2014and the casting of a straight, cis man is a symptom, not the cause, of their burnout . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
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|
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"Sean McVay isn't feeling his usual end-of-the-season coaching burnout this month. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
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"The best-selling author of The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test is back with another all-too-relatable love story, this one about a violinist struggling with burnout . \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
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"The facilities are confronting record or near-record levels of patients while staff struggle with burnout and call in sick in large numbers due to the virus. \u2014 Melanie Evans, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
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"Recent data shows that Black women have been doubly affected by the racial reckoning and financial havoc the pandemic has caused, leading the group to be among the hardest hit with burnout . \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Now, the industry has been contending with burnout and fatigue among its workforce, raising concerns about labor shortages. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
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"Do not let this fairy-tale view of the world burn out with age, my dear Pisces moon! \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The stress caused by the more than 200 unfilled positions in the district is causing employees to burn out , said James Tobler, president of the Salt Lake Education Association. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Firefighters were letting the natural gas burn out on its own, according to Paliz. \u2014 John Spink, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"So increasing health approaches are critical to ensure sales talent don\u2019t burn out or give up. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Leaders can burn out because there is so much work to do all throughout, from the lead up to the closing and for some time after the merger. \u2014 Jenn Lofgren, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Professional gamers, barely past their teens, burn out even faster than athletes. \u2014 Arijeta Lajka, CBS News , 21 Dec. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"In the years since, the original game\u2019s update schedule slowed to a crawl, and additions grew insubstantial, leading many players to burn out or move on. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The overwork and staffing shortages of the pandemic have affected veterinarians as much as other doctors and nurses, and dealing with the constant moral dilemmas and emotional output was driving many to burn out even before 2020. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
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"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
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"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1710, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-042052"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"burr medic":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a bur clover ( Medicago denticulata ) with serrated leaf margins"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045242"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"buff stick":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a strip of wood covered with buff leather or chamois and used in polishing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" buff entry 6 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-052805"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button ear":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a dog's ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-054349"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushelage":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": amount in bushels"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259lij"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":" bushel entry 1 + -age ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-062626"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bulinus":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Bulinidae) of small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals",
|
||
|
|
": a genus coextensive with Bulimus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259s",
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-072711"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burr marigold":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of burr marigold variant spelling of bur marigold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080320"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bushehr":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city and port on the Persian Gulf in southwestern Iran population 120,787"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00fc-\u02c8sher"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-083401"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burma mahogany":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the hard heavy wood of a Burmese tree ( Pentace burmanica ) of the family Tiliaceae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-093758"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bump up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100247"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulimy":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an insatiable appetite",
|
||
|
|
": bulimia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8by\u00fcl\u0259m\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of Middle English bolisme, bolismus , from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French bolisme , from Medieval Latin bolismus , alteration of Latin bulimus ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-101001"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullethead":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a head that is round or shaped like a bullet",
|
||
|
|
": a pigheaded person"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-105447"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burke":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"biographical name",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to suppress quietly or indirectly",
|
||
|
|
": bypass , avoid",
|
||
|
|
"Edmund 1729\u20131797 British statesman and orator"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rk",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
||
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
||
|
|
"suppress"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"from burke to suffocate, from William Burke \u20201829 Irish criminal executed for smothering victims to sell their bodies for dissection",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111348"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullet hawk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": accipiter sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111626"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bung head":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a tapered square head on a bolt or screw"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps from bung entry 1 ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122242"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burka":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307r-k\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Those who were brave enough to venture out spoke in hushed voices, for fear of provoking a Taliban beating for anything as simple as not having a long-enough beard (for a man) or a long-enough burka (for a woman), or sometimes for nothing at all. \u2014 Lynsey Addario, The Atlantic , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"For the past 20 years, Kabul has become a place where women can walk freely, where they're not forced to wear the burka or be accompanied by a male relative \u2014 those basic freedoms may soon be under threat once the U.S. withdraws. \u2014 Charlie D'agata, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Yes, the burka is oppressive and ridiculous\u2014but that\u2019s still no reason to ban it. \u2014 Ariel Levy, The New Yorker , 25 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Once the Americans leave, women under Taliban rule would be obliged to wear a hair-covering hijab, rather than the body-covering burka , Shaheen said. \u2014 Matt Bradley, NBC News , 20 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"In 2001, Carolyn Maloney, then Congresswoman from New York, made a show of putting on a burka on the floor of the House of Representatives. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 12 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"The Afghan man with the long beard, white turban, and worn farmer\u2019s hands led his wife, draped all in a flowing dark blue burka , into a small office booth in Kabul. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Once the Americans leave, women under Taliban rule would be obliged to wear a hair-covering hijab, rather than the body-covering burka , Shaheen said. \u2014 Matt Bradley, NBC News , 20 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"In 2001, Carolyn Maloney, then Congresswoman from New York, made a show of putting on a burka on the floor of the House of Representatives. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 12 June 2018"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Urdu, Persian & Arabic; Urdu burqa\u02bd , from Persian burqa\u02bd, burqu\u02bd , from Arabic burqu\u02bd ",
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1836, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124550"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burro's tail":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a succulent evergreen plant ( Sedum morganianum) grown as an ornamental and especially as a houseplant for its long trailing stems of overlapping, greenish-blue, oblong lanceolate leaves and small pink or red flowers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1950, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-125239"
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},
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"Bulimus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a genus of small freshwater snails that is the type of the family Bulimidae and includes a species ( B. fuchsianus ) that is the chief intermediate host of the Chinese liver fluke",
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": a genus of land snails somewhat equivalent to the family Bulimulidae"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"by\u00fc\u02c8l\u012bm\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"New Latin, probably from Latin, great hunger, from Greek boulimos , from bous head of cattle + limos hunger"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134529"
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},
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"Bulimulidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a family of land snails many of which are large and beautifully colored \u2014 see bulimoid"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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||
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"\u02ccby\u00fcl\u0259\u02c8my\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"New Latin, from Bulimulus , type genus (diminutive of Bulimus ) + -idae"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141216"
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},
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"bull header":{
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||
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"type":[
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|
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"noun"
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|
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a header brick laid on its edge",
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||
|
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": a brick having one of its corners rounded, laid with one of its ends exposed, and serving as the sill under and beyond a window frame, as a quoin, or as a part of the masonry around a doorway"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
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||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142501"
|
||
|
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},
|
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|
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"bungled":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": badly done : unsuccessful because of mistakes : botched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g\u0259ld"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
|
|
"The bungled response to a problem discovered two weeks before the election left many key primary races hanging for over a week after Election Day. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 6 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But in the short term and long, the world appears more at risk of a nuclear conflict as a result of Putin\u2019s bungled invasion and nuclear threats, according to arms control experts and negotiators. \u2014 Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some Hollywood insiders say Chapek\u2019s bungled response reflects a lack of experience in the creative side of Hollywood before taking the CEO job. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Washington will need to do better than Mr. Biden\u2019s bungled summit. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But the district\u2019s bungled effort to test tens of thousands of students over winter break only added to parents\u2019 and teachers\u2019 concerns. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The return to lethal injections in the state where the method was created follows a series of bungled and gruesome executions in 2014 and 2015. \u2014 Graham Lee Brewer, NBC News , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"At its low point, shortly after the bungled launch of its online insurance marketplace in the fall of 2013, only about one-third of Americans approved of the Affordable Care Act, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The current standoff comes against the backdrop of Mr. Modi\u2019s bungled response to the pandemic\u2014and his roasting on Twitter over it. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 10 June 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1619, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143127"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"bushwhack":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to attack (someone) by surprise from a hidden place : ambush",
|
||
|
|
": to travel by foot through uncleared terrain",
|
||
|
|
": to clear a path or advance through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02cc(h)wak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assail",
|
||
|
|
"assault",
|
||
|
|
"attack",
|
||
|
|
"beset",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"descend (on ",
|
||
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
||
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
||
|
|
"pounce (on ",
|
||
|
|
"raid",
|
||
|
|
"rush",
|
||
|
|
"set on",
|
||
|
|
"sic",
|
||
|
|
"sick",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"strike",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The group bushwhacked through the jungle.",
|
||
|
|
"They used the controversy as an opportunity to bushwhack their political opponents.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Your hands need to bushwhack , grip onto sturdy trees, and point out the soaring eagle ahead. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Fortune , 29 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"That means hikers are sometimes required to bushwhack to get to waypoints such as the summit of El Cajon Mountain east of Lakeside. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"To get a clear picture of an emergency in progress, officers often had to bushwhack through dozens of byzantine databases and feeds from far-flung sensors, including gunshot detectors, license plate readers, and public and private security cameras. \u2014 Arthur Holland Michel, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This new one will bushwhack a path into the woods and pamper your ass on a run to the mall. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 26 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Or simply study the terrain and bushwhack them along a ridge spine or other terrain funnel, without ever making a call. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 May 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Cassens and Groot were among scores of volunteer searchers who had bushwhacked for days, looking for the elderly couple. \u2014 Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The Bruins and Leafs were tied in wins (24) and the Bolts, seemingly woke now some nine months after getting bushwhacked by the Blue Jackets in the opening round of the playoffs, had 23. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 5 Jan. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"While bushwhacking through hellish yew thickets, the sling kept twisting and finally unscrewed the swivel stud. \u2014 John B. Snow, Outdoor Life , 14 Feb. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"back-formation from bushwhacker"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-143232"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burroweed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a weed ( Suaeda moquini ) of the family Chenopodiaceae growing on alkaline lands in the southwestern U.S.",
|
||
|
|
": iodine bush",
|
||
|
|
": bur sage",
|
||
|
|
": any of several rayless goldenrods"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"burro + weed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151935"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": burmese",
|
||
|
|
": a member of the Mongolian ethnic group in Burma",
|
||
|
|
": of or relating to Burma or the Burmans : burmese"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-m\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Burma (formerly also Birma ) + English -an"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-154612"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button grass":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": tall oat grass",
|
||
|
|
": any of several Australian grasses:",
|
||
|
|
": a crab grass ( Digitaria sanguinalis )",
|
||
|
|
": any of several grasses (genus Dactyloctenium ) that are used to some extent for hay and pasture"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162229"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bung-full":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": very or completely full : chock-full"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bung entry 1 + full"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173031"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttoned-down":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having the ends fastened to the garment with buttons",
|
||
|
|
": having a button-down collar",
|
||
|
|
": having buttons from the collar to the waist",
|
||
|
|
": conservatively traditional or conventional",
|
||
|
|
": adhering to conventional norms in dress and behavior",
|
||
|
|
": a shirt with a button-down collar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"archconservative",
|
||
|
|
"brassbound",
|
||
|
|
"conservative",
|
||
|
|
"die-hard",
|
||
|
|
"hidebound",
|
||
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
||
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"old-line",
|
||
|
|
"old-school",
|
||
|
|
"orthodox",
|
||
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
||
|
|
"reactionary",
|
||
|
|
"standpat",
|
||
|
|
"traditional",
|
||
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
||
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
||
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
||
|
|
"large-minded",
|
||
|
|
"liberal",
|
||
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
||
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
||
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
||
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
||
|
|
"open-minded",
|
||
|
|
"progressive",
|
||
|
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Adjective",
|
||
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1924, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174321"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an inflammatory swelling of a lymph gland especially in the groin",
|
||
|
|
": an inflammatory swelling of a lymph node especially in the groin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8by\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u014d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b(y)\u00fc-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Porters greeting the ships found a grisly sight: a few ill sailors, their bodies ravaged with black, oozing buboes , standing on deck among their dead crewmates. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The inflamed lymph gland was widely known as a bubo , giving rise to the term bubonic plague. \u2014 National Geographic , 23 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Pus filled buboes then grow on parts of the body -- generally in the armpit and groin area -- and a fever develops. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Apr. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"But, within a few days, victims developed the classic symptoms of bubonic plague\u2014lumps, or buboes , in their groin and under their arms. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 30 Mar. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"There, the bacteria multiply, causing the dark, swollen lump called buboes that give the plague its name. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 12 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Nevertheless, the bubonic plague, which is characterized by buboes , or swollen lymph nodes in people, is the most common form, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). \u2014 Elly Belle, Teen Vogue , 14 June 2018",
|
||
|
|
"These prominent buboes give their name to bubonic plague. \u2014 Maggie Fox, NBC News , 3 Nov. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"This causes a painful swelling called a bubo , where the infection gets its name. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Medieval Latin bubon-, bubo , from Greek boub\u014dn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182844"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzzkill":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that has a depressing or negative effect"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259z-\u02cckil"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Barry is a buzzkill in general and incredibly skeptical of The Godfather. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s all too seamlessly integrated by the movie to be a buzzkill , exactly, but in a movie of this style, the spies\u2019 romantic lives are not so flagrant as to feel like a total conflict of interest. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Luckily, there are ways to act without being a buzzkill . \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Indeed, whining and complaining about a current or previous employer is a real buzzkill and should be avoided. \u2014 Dana Brownlee, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"After decades of glitzy, boozy Golden Globes affairs that kicked off awards season in style, the real story behind the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is one heck of a buzzkill . \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 10 May 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But then\u2014smack!\u2014there's the biggest summer buzzkill : the fresh, itchy, welt of a mosquito bite. \u2014 Felicity Warner, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Allison, ever the responsible buzzkill , watches in dismay. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 7 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The main buzzkill , many say, is pitchers using gluey gunk to grip the ball better, enhancing their spin rate and making pitches dance and dart. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 June 2021"
|
||
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1992, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195953"
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},
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"Burlington":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":[
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"city in southeastern Iowa on the Mississippi River population 25,663",
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"town south-southeast of Lowell in northeastern Massachusetts population 24,498",
|
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"city east of Greensboro in north central North Carolina population 49,963",
|
||
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"city on Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont population 42,417",
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"city in southeastern Ontario, Canada north of Hamilton population 175,779"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259r-li\u014b-t\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-200926"
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},
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"bush elephant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": savanna elephant"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1922, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211952"
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},
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"bulletinize":{
|
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": to approach or notify by means of a bulletin"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"-\u1d4an\u02cc\u012bz",
|
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|
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"-\u0259\u0307\u02ccn\u012bz"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-213438"
|
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},
|
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|
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"burnable":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"adjective",
|
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|
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"noun",
|
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|
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"noun ()",
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": to consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases",
|
||
|
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": to undergo combustion",
|
||
|
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": to undergo nuclear fission or nuclear fusion",
|
||
|
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": to contain a fire",
|
||
|
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": to give off light : shine , glow",
|
||
|
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": to be hot",
|
||
|
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": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain",
|
||
|
|
": to become emotionally excited or agitated: such as",
|
||
|
|
": to yearn ardently",
|
||
|
|
": to be or become very angry or disgusted",
|
||
|
|
": to undergo alteration or destruction by the action of fire or heat",
|
||
|
|
": to die in the electric chair",
|
||
|
|
": to force or make a way by or as if by burning",
|
||
|
|
": to suffer sunburn",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to undergo combustion",
|
||
|
|
": to destroy by fire",
|
||
|
|
": to use as fuel",
|
||
|
|
": to use up : consume",
|
||
|
|
": to transform by exposure to heat or fire",
|
||
|
|
": to produce by burning",
|
||
|
|
": to record digital data or music on (an optical disk) using a laser",
|
||
|
|
": to record (data or music) in this way",
|
||
|
|
": to injure or damage by or as if by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation : scorch",
|
||
|
|
": to execute by burning",
|
||
|
|
": electrocute",
|
||
|
|
": irritate , annoy",
|
||
|
|
": to subject to misfortune, mistreatment, or deception",
|
||
|
|
": to beat or score on",
|
||
|
|
": to cut off all means of retreat",
|
||
|
|
": to rebuke strongly",
|
||
|
|
": to use one's resources or energies to excess",
|
||
|
|
": to work or study far into the night",
|
||
|
|
": an act, process, instance, or result of burning: such as",
|
||
|
|
": injury or damage resulting from exposure to fire, heat, caustics, electricity, or certain radiations",
|
||
|
|
": a burned area",
|
||
|
|
": an abrasion (as of the skin) having the appearance of a burn",
|
||
|
|
": a burning sensation",
|
||
|
|
": the firing of a rocket engine in flight",
|
||
|
|
": anger",
|
||
|
|
": increasing fury",
|
||
|
|
": a cutting remark intended to embarrass or humiliate someone",
|
||
|
|
": creek sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": to be on fire or to set on fire",
|
||
|
|
": to destroy or be destroyed by fire or heat",
|
||
|
|
": to make or produce by fire or heat",
|
||
|
|
": to give light",
|
||
|
|
": to injure or affect by or as if by fire or heat",
|
||
|
|
": to ruin by cooking too long or with too much heat",
|
||
|
|
": to feel or cause to feel as if on fire",
|
||
|
|
": to feel a strong emotion",
|
||
|
|
": to record music or data on a computer disk",
|
||
|
|
": to get a sunburn",
|
||
|
|
": an injury produced by burning or by something rubbing away the skin",
|
||
|
|
": to produce or undergo discomfort or pain",
|
||
|
|
": to become reddened or irritated by or as if by exposure to sun or wind",
|
||
|
|
": to injure or damage by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation",
|
||
|
|
": to break down and use as a source of energy",
|
||
|
|
": bodily injury resulting from exposure to heat, caustics, electricity, or some radiations, marked by varying degrees of skin destruction and hyperemia often with the formation of watery blisters and in severe cases by charring of the tissues, and classified according to the extent and degree of the injury \u2014 see first-degree burn , second-degree burn , third-degree burn",
|
||
|
|
": an abrasion having the appearance of a burn",
|
||
|
|
": a burning sensation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blaze",
|
||
|
|
"combust",
|
||
|
|
"flame",
|
||
|
|
"glow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beck",
|
||
|
|
"bourn",
|
||
|
|
"bourne",
|
||
|
|
"brook",
|
||
|
|
"brooklet",
|
||
|
|
"creek",
|
||
|
|
"gill",
|
||
|
|
"rill",
|
||
|
|
"rivulet",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"runlet",
|
||
|
|
"runnel",
|
||
|
|
"streamlet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Middle English birnen , from Old English byrnan , intransitive verb, b\u00e6rnan , transitive verb; akin to Old High German brinnan to burn",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2c",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-221757"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burlingame":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name",
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Anson 1820\u20131870 American diplomat",
|
||
|
|
"city on the west shore of San Francisco Bay in western California population 28,806"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0259n-\u02ccg\u0101m",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-li\u014b-\u02ccg\u0101m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-225732"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button day":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": tag day"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-231833"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoyancy tank":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an airtight tank fitted into the stern or bow of a small boat (such as a lifeboat) to keep it afloat if it fills with water or capsizes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232120"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrlike":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": like a burr (as in being prickly)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-003241"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burr oak":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of burr oak variant spelling of bur oak"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012300"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttonhead":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": having a head with a spherical exposed surface and plane shoulder, the height of the head being usually less than a hemisphere",
|
||
|
|
": a buttonhead bolt, screw, or rivet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\""
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012510"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burnoose":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a one-piece hooded cloak worn by Arabs and Berbers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r-\u02c8n\u00fcs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"French burnous , from Arabic burnus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1695, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023428"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buchman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Frank Nathan Daniel 1878\u20131961 American evangelist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307k-m\u0259n",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259k-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-031100"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullhead lily":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": spatterdock"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bull entry 1 + head"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-031833"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzz planer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a wood-planing machine consisting of a revolving horizontal cutter projecting slightly above a slot in the surface of a flat table"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-040022"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burn oneself":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to injure oneself with a burn"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-042149"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushelful":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": as much as a bushel will hold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-sh\u0259l\u02ccfu\u0307l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-043708"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzz off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of buzz off informal \u2014 used as a rude or angry way to tell someone to go away He told me to buzz off . Buzz off , will you? I'm busy right now."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-044228"
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},
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"bush warbler":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": any of various chiefly tropical warblers (family Sylviidae) of open or brushy country"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-082233"
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},
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"bulk density":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": the density of a given amount of particulate matter (such as a powder)"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1940, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084549"
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},
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"buzzingly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": in a buzzing manner"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100831"
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||
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},
|
||
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"bubinga":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": any of several large leguminous trees of tropical West Africa (especially Didelotia africana and members of the genera Copaifera and Brachystegia )",
|
||
|
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": the wood of a bubinga",
|
||
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": the hard heavy heartwood of a bubinga that is similar in appearance to rosewood and is used for veneers"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"b\u00fc\u02c8bi\u014b(g)\u0259"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"Bantu"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-105618"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"buzzer-beater":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"adjective",
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a shot successfully made just before a buzzer or horn sounds to signal the end of a period",
|
||
|
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": such a shot made to win a game just before the final buzzer or horn sounds"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"1965, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122611"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"Buber":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"biographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Martin 1878\u20131965 Israeli (Austrian-born) philosopher"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-b\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-150434"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"burrower bug":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of numerous largely subterranean usually dark-colored small bugs constituting the family Cydnidae and resembling beetles"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155351"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubonic plague":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": plague caused by a bacterium ( Yersinia pestis ) and characterized especially by the formation of buboes",
|
||
|
|
": a dangerous disease which is spread by rats and in which fever, weakness, and swollen lymph nodes are present",
|
||
|
|
": plague caused by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia (Y. pestis synonym Pasteurella pestis ) and characterized especially by the formation of buboes \u2014 compare pneumonic plague"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u00fc-\u02c8b\u00e4-nik",
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In 14th-century Europe, Jews were blamed for the bubonic plague . \u2014 Arie Perliger, The Conversation , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Scanning electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague ) in the foregut of the flea vector. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Try reading something where a rat coming out of a house could give people bubonic plague . \u2014 Joan Biskupic, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"During the Middle Ages, for instance, Europeans burned bundles of rosemary in their homes and even stuffed it in their noses to ward off the Black Death, a.k.a. bubonic plague . \u2014 Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Great plagues terrorized humanity in ancient and pre-modern times, most notably the bubonic plague . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"A few centuries after the bubonic plague , the idea of work as a higher calling\u2014once reserved for priests and nuns\u2014grew out of the Protestant Reformation. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The 1918 Spanish flu, the second deadliest pandemic after the bubonic plague , became much less deadly and caused only ordinary seasonal flu by 1920. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 19 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This is perhaps not dissimilar to how my fellow mid-1300 Italians looked at the years after the bubonic plague was finally tamed \u2014 a period that led to the Renaissance, one of the most prolific times in our modern society. \u2014 Max Versace, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1803, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175731"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button clover":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an annual European forage plant ( Medicago orbicularis ) introduced into the U.S. that has sharply toothed leaflets and greenish yellow flowers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180300"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burn off":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to be dissipated by the sun's warmth",
|
||
|
|
": to cause to burn off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1925, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-185342"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bucranium":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a sculptured ornament (as on a Roman Ionic or Corinthian frieze) composed of an ox skull adorned with ribbons or garlands"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc\u02c8kr\u0101n\u0113\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Latin, from Greek boukranion ox head, from bous ox, head of cattle + kranion skull"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-191451"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bungling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": clumsily awkward or inept"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b-g(\u0259-)li\u014b"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
|
"botched",
|
||
|
|
"clumsy",
|
||
|
|
"fumbled",
|
||
|
|
"inept",
|
||
|
|
"inexpert",
|
||
|
|
"maladroit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adroit",
|
||
|
|
"deft",
|
||
|
|
"dexterous",
|
||
|
|
"dextrous",
|
||
|
|
"facile"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1589, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-202032"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burmo-Chinese":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or being the subregion of the Oriental biogeographic region that includes southeast Asia east of the Indian subregion except the Malay peninsula"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u00a6b\u0259r(\u02cc)m\u014d +"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Burmo- (from Burma ) + Chinese"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-203717"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burro-back":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": on the back of a burro"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-211447"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of burling present participle of burl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213550"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Budapest":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city and capital of Hungary; comprised of formerly separate towns on either side of the Danube River which were united in 1872 population 2,008,546"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-d\u0259-\u02ccpest",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8by\u00fc-",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccpesht"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-231842"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burroughs":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"biographical name ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Edgar Rice 1875\u20131950 American writer",
|
||
|
|
"John 1837\u20131921 American naturalist",
|
||
|
|
"William Seward 1914\u20131997 American writer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-(\u02cc)\u014dz",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-(\u02cc)r\u014dz"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-013602"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullet catch":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a catch having a bullet bolt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-020137"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushelman":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": busheler"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-sh\u0259lm\u0259n"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bushel entry 3 + man"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-031530"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buzau":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city in eastern Romania population 134,227"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d",
|
||
|
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"-\u02c8zau\u0307"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055217"
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},
|
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|
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"buoyancy":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"noun"
|
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|
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],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
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|
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": the tendency of a body to float or to rise when submerged in a fluid",
|
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|
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": the power of a fluid to exert an upward force on a body placed in it",
|
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|
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": the upward force exerted",
|
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|
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": the ability to recover quickly from depression or discouragement : resilience",
|
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|
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": the property of maintaining a satisfactorily high level (as of prices or economic activity)",
|
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|
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": the power of rising and floating (as on water or in air)",
|
||
|
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": the power of a liquid to hold up a floating body"
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)-s\u0113",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n(t)-",
|
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|
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"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n-s\u0113",
|
||
|
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"\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n-"
|
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|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
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"the natural buoyancy of cork",
|
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"The swimmer is supported by the water's buoyancy .",
|
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|
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"We hope that the economy will maintain its buoyancy .",
|
||
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Glazunov\u2019s Concert Waltz No. 2 in F \u2014 imparting welcome softness and buoyancy to the strings that made the waltzes shimmer. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Fellini\u2019s early films as a director were in a neorealist mode but had a buoyancy and antic air that suggested a different direction. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The float also has a full-roll pillow, adding extra buoyancy on the water. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, the side-forming air tubes absorb vibrations and limit any rolling while retaining buoyancy . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"This was in part because of the whale oil on board, which provided buoyancy to the sinking ship, according to a report filed by Delgado, Brennan, Sorset, BOEM and SEARCH, Inc. \u2014 Maxime Tamsett, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The pure pop buoyancy of the creative partnership between Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield\u2013coupled with the Robb Brothers\u2019 stellar production\u2013took this Boston band into the stratosphere. \u2014 Ron Hart, SPIN , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
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"In both that epiphany and the buoyancy of its six youthful Comedian Harmonists, the show captures the bittersweetness\u2014the bright music, the dark history\u2014at the core of the group\u2019s allure. \u2014 Julia M. Klein, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"As the Bulls prepare for a physically demanding series, Donovan believes emotional buoyancy will be vital for Vu\u010devi\u0107 to anchor the team in the paint. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"see buoy entry 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1713, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-063150"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttonhold":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buttonhole entry 3"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"back-formation from buttonholder one who buttonholes a person, from button entry 1 + holder"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-105744"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bungo":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large canoe or dugout of the southwestern U.S. and parts of Central and South America"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259\u014b(\u02cc)g\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Spanish bongo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-113454"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buchlo\u00eb":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus of perennial stoloniferous grasses (family Gramineae) having pistillate and staminate spikelets borne on the same or separate plants, the pistillate in sessile capitate clusters and the staminate in elongated one-sided racemes \u2014 see buffalo grass"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8by\u00fckl\u0259\u02ccw\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek bous head of cattle + chlo\u0113 young grass; akin to Greek chloos light green"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122604"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butterfingers":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfi\u014b-g\u0259rd"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
|
"cack-handed",
|
||
|
|
"clumsy",
|
||
|
|
"graceless",
|
||
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
||
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
||
|
|
"handless",
|
||
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
||
|
|
"left-handed",
|
||
|
|
"maladroit",
|
||
|
|
"unhandy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deft",
|
||
|
|
"dexterous",
|
||
|
|
"dextrous",
|
||
|
|
"handy",
|
||
|
|
"sure-handed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1615, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-134030"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butterfish":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of numerous bony fishes (especially family Stromateidae) with a slippery coating of mucus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Seasonal specials are also available including Rockefeller butterfish , Baja scallops, shrimp scampi pasta, and molten chocolate lava cake. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"There\u2019s a plump little sea urchin on a bed of rice and seaweed; thin, tender slices of Wagyu short rib; and a bite of butterfish , artfully plated with a touch of yuzu chili paste. \u2014 Fortune , 8 Sep. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"That causes squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, to dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"The birds can suffer when waters warm and squid and butterfish , which aren\u2019t good puffin food, dominate local waters, Major said. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, The Denver Post , 5 Aug. 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Creative sashimi are also strong, like butterfish tataki wrapped around crisp white asparagus with a touch of herb and yuzu. \u2014 Dominic Armato, azcentral , 1 July 2019",
|
||
|
|
"Millie Clark, Acworth A: Also known as butterfish , blue cod, candlefish and coal cod, sablefish isn\u2019t really part of the cod family at all. \u2014 Atlanta Life, ajc , 15 Mar. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Misoyaki Butterfish That melt-in-your-mouth feeling of the misoyaki butterfish is delightful. \u2014 Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine , 23 Oct. 2017",
|
||
|
|
"Ahi Tuna This one isn\u2019t as exciting as the misoyaki butterfish burger, but it\u2019s no less tasty. \u2014 Steffi Victorioso, Los Angeles Magazine , 23 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1673, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-141654"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttonhole":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb ()"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a slit or loop through which a button is passed",
|
||
|
|
": boutonniere",
|
||
|
|
": to furnish with buttonholes",
|
||
|
|
": to work with buttonhole stitch",
|
||
|
|
": to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of",
|
||
|
|
": a slit or loop for fastening a button"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u014dl",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u014dl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"alteration of buttonhold"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (1)",
|
||
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
||
|
|
"Verb (2)",
|
||
|
|
"1848, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-150326"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butterfat":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the natural fat of milk and chief constituent of butter consisting essentially of a mixture of glycerides (such as those derived from butyric, capric, caproic, and caprylic acids)",
|
||
|
|
": the natural fat of milk that is the chief ingredient of butter",
|
||
|
|
": the natural fat of milk and chief constituent of butter consisting essentially of a mixture of glycerides (as butyrin, olein, and palmitin)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfat",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfat",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccfat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"European butter is typically churned longer and has a higher butterfat content compared to its American counterpart. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The mold gives Roquefort a sharp tang that livens up the high- butterfat creaminess of the sheep\u2019s milk. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Ghee is butter that has been heated and clarified\u2014that is, had its milk solids and water removed to produce pure butterfat . \u2014 Jane Black, WSJ , 21 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Melting causes the milk solids and water in butter to separate from the butterfat . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"By increasing the palmitic acids in cattle feed, dairy farmers would be able to change the mix in their cows\u2019 milk, increasing butterfat without increasing the overall quantity of milk. \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The route winds through the Hocking Hills, graced with waterfalls and towering hemlocks, and passes through the farms of Amish country rich in buggies, bonnets and butterfat . \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 2 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Buffalo milk is 8 percent butterfat , compared to 3 to 5 percent for most cows. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 9 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"This specific livestock feed supplement, which is federally approved for use in Canada, helps increase the output of the fatty portion of milk, known as butterfat . \u2014 Karen Ho, Quartz , 4 Mar. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1871, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-152332"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burp":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"intransitive verb",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the act or an instance of belching",
|
||
|
|
": belch",
|
||
|
|
": belch",
|
||
|
|
": to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back",
|
||
|
|
": belch entry 1 sense 1",
|
||
|
|
": to help (a baby) let out gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back",
|
||
|
|
": belch entry 2",
|
||
|
|
": belch",
|
||
|
|
": belch",
|
||
|
|
": to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rp",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rp",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259rp"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"belch",
|
||
|
|
"eructation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared",
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"Say \u201cexcuse me\u201d when you burp .",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Albayati remembers the day of a class field trip, Maldonado drinking a bottle of kombucha that didn\u2019t agree with her stomach, burp -singing One Direction lyrics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Any slight burp in the path from raw material to the finished product in consumer\u2019s hands causes a shortage. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Some carry Russian burp guns; some have rifles that look four decades old; some wear only rice bags for shoes. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Astronomers say a cold patch and a stellar burp are behind the star's strange dip in brightness. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"If classic volcanoes vomit the Earth\u2019s churning guts, then mud volcanoes are more like a burp . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Combined with some timely ground observations, this UV data indicated that a big burp that formed a cloud of dust near the star may have caused the star to get darker. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Wired , 18 June 2021",
|
||
|
|
"But cows\u2019 burp is only one of the many CO2 emitting items in the chapter of the beef industry. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Other more creative solutions addressed to diminish cow\u2019s burp have shown up. \u2014 Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
||
|
|
"In the earliest stage of parenthood, so many of the demands are physical \u2014 the baby needs to be fed, burped, cleaned, dressed, rocked \u2014 and Basile, a quadriplegic who has only limited movement in his arms, can\u2019t feed, burp or rock the baby. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Scientists now suspect that most marsquakes are triggered by the planet\u2019s gradually cooling interior, which, eons ago, was hot enough to burp up towering supervolcanoes such as Olympus Mons\u2014the tallest and largest peak in the entire solar system. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 24 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Alex Brown has a different idea: Make the cows burp less. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Feed and burp your baby, make sure their diaper isn\u2019t wet or dirty, put your baby in the crib awake, grab a baby monitor, shut the door and let your baby cry themselves to sleep. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In fact, some people report obscure spasticity triggers; being tickled, having to burp , or hearing a loud noise can set off these muscle spasms. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Most beef emissions are in the form of methane that cows burp up while digesting food, so feed additives that reduce methane production could be one option. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 17 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Closer to the site, the ground continued to burp gas about every 40 days, which hinted at the source of the gas leak, and also spurred fears of another explosion. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Cheap prosecco in honor of the Roys\u2019 soon-to-be stepdad, sad pool beer, Tom and Shiv\u2019s disgusting Germanic wine, and Tom\u2019s prison-toilet wine (don\u2019t forget to burp it). \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Noun",
|
||
|
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"imitative"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"Noun",
|
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"1929, in the meaning defined above",
|
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"Verb",
|
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|
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"circa 1932, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-173800"
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},
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"bulimoid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": resembling the land snails of the family Bulimulidae especially in having ovate somewhat elongate shells with an ovate aperture"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
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"\u02c8by\u00fcl\u0259\u02ccm\u022fid"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"New Latin Bulimus + English -oid"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-185909"
|
||
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},
|
||
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"bur parsley":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a spreading hairy Old World annual herb ( Anthriscus neglecta ) that is closely related to wild chervil"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-202400"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
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"budbreak":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": initiation of growth from a bud"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-220850"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"Bube":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a Bantu-speaking people of the island of Fernando Po, West Africa",
|
||
|
|
": a member of such people",
|
||
|
|
": a Bantu language of the Bube people"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc\u02ccb\u0101"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-222257"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushwalk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun,",
|
||
|
|
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to walk in the bush : hike"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307sh-\u02ccw\u022fk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1876, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-230153"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"butterflier":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a person who observes and identifies butterflies in their natural environment",
|
||
|
|
": a swimmer who specializes in the butterfly : butterflyer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-t\u0259r-\u02ccfl\u012br",
|
||
|
|
"-\u02ccfl\u012b-\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-002828"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buff stop":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a partially damping or muffling device on a harpsichord or piano"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"buff entry 9"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-004727"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burmannia":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Burmanniaceae ) of slender herbs native to warm regions and having leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r\u02c8man\u0113\u0259"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from Johannes Burmann \u20201779 Dutch botanist + New Latin -ia"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-005646"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bump supper":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a usually riotous celebration by a college making a certain number of bumps or retaining its first-place position in a bumping race"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-013611"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrowing anemone":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of various sea anemones that burrow in muddy or sandy sea bottoms"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-182038"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bupkes":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the least amount : beans",
|
||
|
|
": nothing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184156"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bulimidae":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a family of operculate snails (order Pectinibranchia) that includes numerous intermediate hosts of medically and economically important flukes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc\u02c8lim\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from Bulimus , type genus + -idae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185324"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoyant force":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the upward force exerted by any fluid upon a body placed in it \u2014 compare archimedes' principle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185812"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buriti palm":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a large fan palm ( Mauritia flexuosa synonym M. vinifera ) chiefly of Brazil that has a reddish fruit with edible seeds and orange-yellow oily pulp and stems that yield a useful fiber"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u00a6bu\u0307r-\u0259-\u00a6t\u0113-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"Portuguese buriti"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192721"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buzain":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": posaune sense 2"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"bu\u0307\u02c8z\u0101n",
|
||
|
|
"b\u0259\u02c8z-",
|
||
|
|
"-zan"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"probably modification of German posaune"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194011"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burnaby":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"geographical name"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"city in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, an eastern suburb of Vancouver population 223,218"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-n\u0259-b\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205759"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrowing nematode":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a soil nematode ( Radopholus similis ) attacking the roots of sugarcane in Hawaii"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084837"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burmanniaceae":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a family (order Orchidales) of chiefly tropical herbs having the leaves basal or arranged like bracts along the flower stalk and small flowers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02cc)b\u0259r\u02ccman\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from Burmannia , type genus + -aceae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-082038"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buphthalmum":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus of Eurasian perennial herbs (family Compositae) sometimes cultivated in gardens for their bright yellow-rayed flower heads \u2014 see oxeye"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-lm\u0259m"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek bouphthalmon oxeye (flower), from bo- (from bous ) + -ophthalmon (from ophthalmos )"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084048"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullet jacket":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the outer metal casing of a bullet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090123"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrknot":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a rough excrescence often present on the trunk or roots of certain trees and characteristic of some varieties that was formerly thought to be a form of crown gall but is now believed to be nonpathogenic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090843"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buoyance":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buoyancy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)s",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc-y\u0259n(t)s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1723, in the meaning defined above"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-123245"
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},
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"Bupleurum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a genus of widely distributed herbs (family Umbelliferae) having simple often stem-clasping leaves and greenish yellow flowers"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"by\u00fc\u02c8plu\u0307r\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"New Latin, from Latin bupleuron hare's-ear ( Bupleurum rotundifolium ), alteration of Greek boupleuros , from bou- (from bous ) + -pleuros (from pleura rib)"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130336"
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},
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"bushwa":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": bunkum , hooey"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh(\u02cc)w\u00e4",
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"-w\u022f"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"probably euphemism for bullshit"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131240"
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},
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"bung starter":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a wooden mallet used for loosening the bung of a cask"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142402"
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||
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},
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"bulker":{
|
||
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"type":[
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"noun ()"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"definitions":[
|
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|
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": a pickpocket's helper",
|
||
|
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": strumpet , prostitute",
|
||
|
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": one that bulks",
|
||
|
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": a worker who bulks tobacco"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259lk\u0259(r)",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
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"Noun (1)",
|
||
|
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"perhaps from bulk entry 4 + -er",
|
||
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
||
|
|
"bulk entry 2 + -er"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142708"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"buff-tip":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a European moth ( Phalera bucephala ) having violet-gray forewings with creamy tips and caterpillars that feed on the leaves of elm, beech, birch, oak, and fruit trees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"buff entry 5"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143749"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buy up":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to buy freely or extensively",
|
||
|
|
": to buy the entire available supply of"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-152427"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulk eraser":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a device for erasing previous recordings on an entire reel of magnetic tape"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-155154"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Bubonidae":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of Bubonidae taxonomic synonym of strigidae \u2014 used in place of Strigidae as usually restricted when Strigidae replaces Tytonidae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"b(y)\u00fc\u02c8b\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin, from Bubon-, Bubo bubo + -idae -idae"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-160342"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burn alive":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"idiom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": to kill by being set on fire"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173729"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Burma padauk":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a tree ( Pterocarpus macrocarpus ) of India and Burma that yields a wood resembling mahogany",
|
||
|
|
": the wood of the Burma padauk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-174216"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"button chrysanthemum":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a garden chrysanthemum with numerous small heads in profuse clusters"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181556"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bulletless":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": being without a bullet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l\u0259\u0307tl\u0259\u0307s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184126"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bush willow":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of a number of southern African trees of the genus Combretum : such as",
|
||
|
|
": a small deciduous tree ( Combretum apiculatum ) 15 to 20 feet high that is a common constituent of the Transvaal bushveld",
|
||
|
|
": a small tree ( Combretum erythrophyllum ) bearing 4-winged fruits and usually growing on the banks of streams"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184511"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burpee":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a conditioning exercise in which a person squats, places the palms of the hands on the floor in front of the feet, jumps back into a push-up position, in some cases completes one push-up, returns to the squat position, and then jumps up into the air while extending the arms overhead"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-p\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after Royal H. Burpee \u20201987 American physiologist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1939, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-190846"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubu":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of bubu variant spelling of boo-boo"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195847"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buchite":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a vitreous metamorphic rock produced by the contact action of basalt or by friction metamorphism"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc\u02cck\u012bt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"German buchit , from Baron Christian L. von Buch \u20201853 German mineralogist + German -it -ite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-200356"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buttered joint":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a thin masonry joint made by applying the mortar to one end and on the four edges of the bottom of the brick before it is laid"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-211959"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burley":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a thin-bodied air-cured tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"probably from the name Burley"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212915"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Buys Ballot's law":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a law in meteorology: when an observer's back is to the wind the lower barometric pressure is to the observer's left in the northern hemisphere and to the observer's right in the southern hemisphere owing to rotation of the earth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u012bsb\u0259\u02c8l\u00e4ts-",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u022fis-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"after C.H.D. Buys Ballot \u20201890 Dutch meteorologist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-002811"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzz saw":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a power saw with a circular cutting blade : circular saw",
|
||
|
|
": someone or something that presents overwhelming opposition"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The quick rise of Duke\u2019s program is one of college softball\u2019s recent success stories, but the Blue Devils are running into a buzz saw . \u2014 Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, Chron , 10 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. \u2014 Thomas Doherty, The Conversation , 9 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The rivals \u2014 along with the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays \u2014 will be duking it out all season in a buzz saw of a division in which three teams reached the playoffs last year. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Florence girls ran headfirst into a buzz saw in the form of Hoover on Thursday morning. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 17 Feb. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005348"
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},
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"busher":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": swamper",
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": bush leaguer"
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||
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bu\u0307sh\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"bush entry 1 + -er"
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||
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-021306"
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||
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},
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"burrito":{
|
||
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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||
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"definitions":[
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": a flour tortilla rolled or folded around a filling (as of meat, beans, and cheese)"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
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"b\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
|
||
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],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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||
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"examples":[
|
||
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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||
|
|
"There are two tacos in a meal or one baby-arm-sized burrito . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 10 June 2022",
|
||
|
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"Everyone who participates is greeted with a warm cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito . \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Breakfast the next morning is coffee and a breakfast burrito at Mojo\u2019s. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Nikic eats healthy meals, including his favorite burrito bowls from Chipotle. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
|
||
|
|
"Roti of the Caribbean uses a flatbread similar to naan and flattened to a near perfect circle like a burrito . \u2014 Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Taco Bell Rewards members get a free burrito Thursday with any app order of $15 or more. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Coastal Grill is offering every burrito on the menu for $6.99 Thursday. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Coastal Grill is offering every burrito on the menu for $6.99 Thursday. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"American Spanish, from Spanish, little donkey, diminutive of burro"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1934, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024533"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"Bucorvus":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a genus of African birds (family Bucerotidae) consisting of the ground hornbills \u2014 compare buceros"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"by\u00fc\u02c8k\u022frv\u0259s"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"New Latin, from bu- (from Buceros ) + Corvus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-024539"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burp gun":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a small submachine gun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052906"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubbybush":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": carolina allspice"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bubby entry 1 ; probably from the red flowers compared to human nipples"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053243"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burqa":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071346"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bubby":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": breast sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-b\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"probably of imitative origin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"circa 1660, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072141"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullhead":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": any of various large-headed fishes (such as a sculpin)",
|
||
|
|
": any of several common freshwater catfishes (genus Ameiurus sometimes included in the genus Ictalurus ) of the U.S.",
|
||
|
|
": any of various fishes with large heads"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched",
|
||
|
|
"also",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8bu\u0307l-\u02cched"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Other nonnatives fish in Utah Lake include perch, walleye, bass, bluegill channel catfish and black bullhead catfish. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Largemouth bass, yellow perch, bluegill, black crappie and bullhead , several dozen in all. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Finally, children should eat no more than seven meals per month of yellow bullhead catfish from the creek. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 17 Oct. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081616"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buri straw":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": buntal"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082021"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buzzer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that buzzes",
|
||
|
|
": an electric signaling device that makes a buzzing sound",
|
||
|
|
": the sound of a buzzer",
|
||
|
|
": an electric signaling device that makes a buzzing sound"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259r",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259-z\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Their team was ahead by two points when the buzzer signaled the end of the game.",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"Just before the second-quarter buzzer sounded, Jordan Poole\u2019s attempt at the rim was contested by guard De\u2019Anthony Melton. \u2014 C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But his 3-pointer at the buzzer well beyond the key heeled out, and the Williamston players finally broke their stoic game faces. \u2014 Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Marriotts Ridge senior Casey Pung soared from the backside, executing an acrobatic tap in finish just before the third-quarter buzzer sounded. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Anna Kleszynski contributed 14 points and made a momentum-changing shot to close the first half \u2014 a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer that handed the Spartans a 22-16 lead. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jordan Poole knocked down a 33-foot 3 from the left wing to beat the third-quarter buzzer as the Warriors took a 75-74 lead into the final 12 minutes after the Celtics roared back in the third. \u2014 Janie Mccauley, Hartford Courant , 14 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tatum beat the buzzer with a decisive layup in Game 1, and the Celtics went on to sweep Brooklyn. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 30 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Stevens beat the third-quarter buzzer with a basket in the lane to give Chicago a 70-65 lead. \u2014 The Indianapolis Star , 25 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jordan Clarkson beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer to give Utah a 92-75 lead entering the fourth quarter, where the Jazz have been one of weakest finishers among playoff teams and the Suns have been the best. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Apr. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082229"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushfelling":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": the cutting of timber in bush country"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082805"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullet money":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an old form of Siamese money in bullet-shaped lumps of gold or silver"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084711"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bullet point":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": an item in a list that has a large dot in front of it to signify its importance",
|
||
|
|
": any point or statement given special emphasis (as in a speech)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"The bill\u2019s signing made the front page of The New York Times; Title IX received a bullet point . \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The Alabama Department of Commerce, which oversees the state\u2019s incentives, released a bullet point of the approximately $135.3 million in tax breaks and credits that will be rolled into the final project agreement. \u2014 al , 11 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That\u2019s especially true because the U.S. has the advantage in Fuller\u2019s last bullet point : technology and capital. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"It\u2019s a growing tradition that as MipTV or Mipcom winds down, Ampere Analysis\u2019 Guy Bisson will present a concise bullet point analysis on what\u2019s really going on with the TV business, making complex current phenomena eminently comprehensible. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Michael Becker, branch manger at Sierra Pacific Mortgage, said one bullet point in the Fed\u2019s news release will put upward pressure on mortgage rates. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"That second bullet point is all-important; the free rapid tests the government is distributing are generally not the type that are proctored. \u2014 Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Placing a banner on LinkedIn, similar to the #OpentoWork trend or adding a bullet point to your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 could mean the difference between getting a job offer or not. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Owners, on the other hand, believe M.L.B. players have the best deal in professional sports and point to this off-season\u2019s free-agent spending as one bullet point in that argument. \u2014 James Wagner, New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1983, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100821"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumpometer":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": a device that indicates irregularities in a pavement or roadbed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccb\u0259m\u02c8p\u00e4m\u0259t\u0259(r)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bumpometer from bump entry 2 + -o- + -meter; bump meter from bump entry 2 + meter (measurer)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102356"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buphthalmic":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": of, relating to, or affected with buphthalmos"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"(\u02c8)b(y)\u00fcf\u00a6thalmik",
|
||
|
|
"\u00a6b\u0259f-"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary buphthalm- (from New Latin buphthalmos ) + -ic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102433"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burrough":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
"Definition of burrough (Entry 1 of 2) obsolete variant of borough",
|
||
|
|
"Definition of burrough (Entry 2 of 2) obsolete variant of burrow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102741"
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},
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"bulkhead":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": an upright partition separating compartments",
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": a structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water, fire, or gas",
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": a retaining wall along a waterfront",
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": a projecting framework with a sloping door giving access to a cellar stairway or a shaft",
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": a wall separating sections in a ship"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0259lk-\u02cched",
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"\u02c8b\u0259l-\u02ccked",
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"\u02c8b\u0259lk-\u02cched"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"That didn\u2019t stop his business partners from building a bulkhead on the island. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
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"Testers raved about the endless storage: a 78-liter rear hatch, a bulkhead in the bow, and a lunch-securing pod on the deck. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 14 May 2015",
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"The carbon-fiber body of this example, which is no. 235 according to a plaque on the rear bulkhead , is finished in a stunning coat of Starfire Pear. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Not long after, Debra Jonsson, then 57, traveling from her home in Arizona to visit her daughter, joined her by the bulkhead . \u2014 CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"The stabilization could be accomplished by removing less than half of the unstable soil because the installation of a new bulkhead at the river\u2019s edge would firm up the slope. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"The rising water prevented the workers from using a crane to remove a bulkhead that weighs about 3 tons. \u2014 Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"To accommodate this, the promenade sits atop the bulkhead built by the navy \u2014 but then there\u2019s a set of landscaped tiers that climb five feet to the picnic tables and recreational areas. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"The port would also re-grade the slop and build a massive bulkhead along the river. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 9 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"bulk (structure projecting from a building) + head"
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],
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"first_known_use":[
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102804"
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},
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"bushwood":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": brushwood , undergrowth",
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": a woodland in which shrubs predominate"
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],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103657"
|
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|
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},
|
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"bur marigold":{
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": any of a genus ( Bidens ) of coarse composite herbs with prickly flattened achenes that adhere to clothing and fur"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
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"circa 1818, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110043"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"bur oak":{
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"definitions":[
|
||
|
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": a usually large oak ( Quercus macrocarpa ) of eastern North America having oval acorns enclosed in a fringed cap and tough close-grained wood"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"True, some of its hardiness can be attributed to the tree's species, which is a bur oak . \u2014 Ryan Martin, The Indianapolis Star , 22 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Two years after their 311 request, Gage Park residents Stefany Barajas and her mother, Inocencia Vargas, had a bur oak planted through the city. \u2014 Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Tree varieties include red oak, bur oak and swamp white oak. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Among the best shade trees for San Antonio are live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, bur oak , Mexican white oak and chinkapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Apr. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"In the park\u2019s center, ringed by a bench, is a bur oak that is small now, but will grow quickly to provide substantial shade. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 25 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"Consider Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, Mexican white oak, bur oak , live oak and chinkapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 1 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The adapted list includes Texas red oak, live oak, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, bur oak , Mexican sycamore and chinquapin oak. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 22 Oct. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"Consider Texas red oak, live oak, bur oak , Mexican sycamore, cedar elm, Mexican white oak, chinkapin oak and anaqua. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 1 Oct. 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
||
|
|
"1815, in the meaning defined above"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112012"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bushfighter":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": one that engages in bushfighting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113349"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"bumpology":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":[
|
||
|
|
": phrenology"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"-j\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
||
|
|
"bump entry 2 + -o- + -logy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123506"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"burmite":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a dark brown variety of amber found in Upper Burma":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0259r\u02ccm\u012bt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Burma , its locality + English -ite":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-104936"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"buro":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": bureau sense 3b":[],
|
||
|
|
": a Philippine dish of fish prepared with boiled rice, salt, and spicy seasonings":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"like bureau",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00fc(\u02cc)r\u014d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Russian byuro , from French bureau":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Tagalog":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-110001"
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|