dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/fl_mw.json

{
  "flabbergasting":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : dumbfound",
      ": to greatly surprise : astonish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0259r-\u02ccgast",
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0259r-\u02ccgast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "It flabbergasts me to see how many people still support them.",
      "your decision to suddenly quit your job flabbergasts me",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Most Reluctant\u2019 When the president\u2019s top advisers returned to the White House and learned what happened, they were flabbergasted . \u2014 Peter Baker, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Teammate Gilbert Arenas, standing nearby, was flabbergasted . \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The decision to go to Geno Smith flabbergasted New Yorkers, who were accustomed to seeing the city\u2019s sports legends handled gently as their careers waned. \u2014 Cindy Boren, The Denver Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
      "While some expressed sheer dismay, others were flabbergasted by the prime minister\u2019s actions. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "White House officials have been flabbergasted by Giuliani's performance on Trump's behalf, particularly his habit of revealing embarrassing information without so much as a heads-up to the president's full-time aides. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, chicagotribune.com , 13 Oct. 2019",
      "White House officials have been flabbergasted by Giuliani\u2019s performance on Trump\u2019s behalf, particularly his habit of revealing embarrassing information without so much as a heads-up to the president\u2019s full-time aides. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Oct. 2019",
      "As a result, many, many people were seen seeming flabbergasted by Deepika\u2019s tweet. \u2014 Karthik Srinivasan, Quartz India , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "We are flabbergasted at the audacity of Todd and Chase Chrisley, who are more focused on attacking my client rather than defending themselves against the allegations of criminal conduct. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 3 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1772, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213818"
  },
  "flag-waver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one who is intensely and conspicuously patriotic",
      ": one who waves a flag in signaling",
      ": a song intended to rouse patriotic sentiment"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flag-\u02ccw\u0101-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chauvinist",
      "jingo",
      "nationalist",
      "superpatriot"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213854"
  },
  "flake":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small loose mass or bit",
      ": a thin flattened piece or layer : chip",
      ": cocaine",
      ": flake tool",
      ": to cover with or as if with flakes",
      ": to form or break into flakes : chip",
      ": to separate into flakes",
      ": to peel in flakes",
      ": to fail or neglect to do or participate in something previously scheduled, agreed upon, or assigned",
      ": a stage, platform, or tray for drying fish or produce",
      ": a person who is flaky : oddball",
      ": a small thin flat piece",
      ": to form or separate into small thin flat pieces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101k",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chip",
      "sliver",
      "spall",
      "splint",
      "splinter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "character",
      "codger",
      "crack",
      "crackbrain",
      "crackpot",
      "crank",
      "eccentric",
      "fruitcake",
      "head case",
      "kook",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "nutter",
      "oddball",
      "oddity",
      "original",
      "quiz",
      "screwball",
      "weirdo",
      "zany"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Bake the fish until it flakes easily when tested with a fork."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1623, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1964, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205105"
  },
  "flaky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": consisting of flakes",
      ": tending to flake",
      ": markedly odd or unconventional : offbeat , wacky",
      ": not reliable in performance or behavior : undependable",
      ": tending to break apart into small thin flat pieces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-k\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brickle",
      "brittle",
      "crisp",
      "crispy",
      "crumbly",
      "embrittled",
      "friable",
      "short"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective (1)",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "circa 1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174057"
  },
  "flamboyant":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior",
      "characterized by waving curves suggesting flames",
      "royal poinciana",
      "having a noticeable or showy quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"flam-\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259nt",
    "synonyms":[
      "arresting",
      "bodacious",
      "bold",
      "brilliant",
      "catchy",
      "commanding",
      "conspicuous",
      "dramatic",
      "emphatic",
      "eye-catching",
      "grabby",
      "kenspeckle",
      "marked",
      "noisy",
      "noticeable",
      "prominent",
      "pronounced",
      "remarkable",
      "showy",
      "splashy",
      "striking"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inconspicuous",
      "unemphatic",
      "unflamboyant",
      "unnoticeable",
      "unobtrusive",
      "unremarkable",
      "unshowy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "Crazy artists, or flamboyant ones, can be strangely comforting. We feel we understand where their visions come from; we're lulled by the symmetry of turbulent art and turbulent lives. \u2014 Stephen Schiff , New Yorker , 28 Dec. 1992\u20134 Jan. 1993",
      "Equally flamboyant is the group's singer, Andy Bell, who prances around the stage dressed at various times like an astronaut, a space creature or a Mexican senorita. \u2014 Jim Farber , Video Review , August 1990",
      "\u2026 he was living in the flamboyant , urbane manner he craved, in an apartment that suited his Balzacian fantasies of success \u2026 \u2014 Raymond Sokolov , Wayward Reporter , 1980",
      "the flamboyant gestures of the conductor",
      "has a gallery of flamboyant gestures that makes him easy to imitate",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
      "Her memoir conjures the cast of flamboyant (and, here, exclusively white) characters that blazed across Manhattan during the postwar decades. \u2014 Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Duke Knuth was the most flamboyant man in 1960s Anchorage. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, Jamie confessed his still-present feelings for Keely (Juno Temple) and his alcoholic father's intro gave more context to Jamie's flamboyant personality, which fits seamlessly into what's planned for season 3. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 4 June 2022",
      "The museum is located in the Origo Film Studio and pays tribute to Gabor\u2019s flamboyant personality. \u2014 Zuzana To\u010d\u00edkov\u00e1 Vojtekov\u00e1, Variety , 31 May 2022",
      "With the blonde hairdo, the over-the-top pink eye shadow, and the colorful, body-hugging mini dresses, Rossum nailed Angelyne's glamorously flamboyant essence, thanks to her makeup and wardrobe teams. \u2014 Marie Lodi, Allure , 26 May 2022",
      "The sendoff itself has felt to me less flamboyant than in the past. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
      "Also flying the flag for LGBTQ+ rights was Dan Levy, the star and co-creator of Schitt\u2019s Creek, who wore an especially flamboyant piece by Jonathan Anderson for Loewe that featured the work of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz. \u2014 Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "From Thomas Christen comes this biodynamic 100% Sauvignon Blanc which includes bright tropical fruit; both flamboyant and restrained, with flavors of flint and lime. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1832, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162728"
  },
  "flame":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the glowing gaseous part of a fire",
      ": a state of blazing combustion",
      ": a condition or appearance suggesting a flame or burning: such as",
      ": burning zeal or passion",
      ": a strong reddish-orange color",
      ": brilliance , brightness",
      ": sweetheart sense 2",
      ": the memory, reputation, or beliefs of a deceased person",
      ": memory",
      ": an angry, hostile, or abusive electronic message",
      ": to burn with a flame : blaze",
      ": to burst or break out violently or passionately",
      ": to send an angry, hostile, or abusive electronic message",
      ": to shine brightly : glow",
      ": to send or convey by means of flame",
      ": to treat or affect with flame: such as",
      ": to sear, sterilize, or destroy by fire",
      ": flamb\u00e9",
      ": to send an angry, hostile, or abusive electronic message to or about",
      ": the glowing gas that makes up part of a fire",
      ": a state of burning brightly",
      ": strongly felt emotion",
      ": to burn with or as if with a flame",
      ": to cleanse or sterilize by fire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101m",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101m",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beloved",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "hon",
      "honey",
      "love",
      "squeeze",
      "sweet",
      "sweetheart",
      "sweetie",
      "sweetie pie",
      "truelove"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blaze",
      "burn",
      "combust",
      "glow"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "From the very first days of making mixtapes for a flame to today's modern Spotify playlists, the best hip-hop songs of all time have been used to tell stories about high-school sweethearts, high-profile relationships, and everything in between. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
      "However, that flame turned into a light glow over the final 20 minutes. \u2014 Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
      "The weather service is advising residents to use caution with sparks or flame . \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "While her handle remains @kourtneykardash, the name on her profile now reads Kourtney Kardashian Barker, followed by a red heart emoji and a flame emoji. \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Alan, however, the flame is still burning for the love of his life. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
      "The props that flame are wrapped in a Kevlar wick and the wick is soaked in white gas, the kind used for camping stoves. \u2014 Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
      "Four Essays on Beauty appeared with a sketch by Ed Ruscha of the Los Angeles County Museum engulfed in flame on its cover. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "Browning is the fundamental feature that adds a deep, rich hue, allowing all the other ingredients (grassy pigeon peas, earthy-sweet carrots, and nutty rice) to absorb deep flavor while cooking on the lowest possible flame . \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "By eliminating Russian coal, European countries will be forced to compete for replacements on the international market, and the cost of securing energy supplies will likely flame higher. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Biden decides to flame some TikTok dancers (Aristotle Athari) via his Finsta account, before getting confused over a pro-Russian commercial. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "And political fights for compensation to pay for access in tenant and indigent health care laws, particularly involving undocumented residents, may be used to flame more racial outrage among the conservative base. \u2014 Nathan Newman, The Week , 25 June 2021",
      "Hosted by Kenan Thompson, the comedy special opens up the floor for Joe, Nick, and Kevin to bash and flame each other in a way only siblings can. \u2014 Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "The news media speculated that the city's artificial lights lured in grasshoppers like moths to flame . \u2014 Joshua Sokol New York Times, Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "That led one local fan to hilariously flame Agholor while recounting the events of an actual fire. \u2014 Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "The Olympus BioScapes International Imaging Competition provides a selection of photographs that flame off our pages each December in riotous color. \u2014 Scientific American , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "From Californian poppy orange and Granny Smith green to flame red rust, even the more muted colors \u2014 think buttermilk yellow and gentle olive \u2014 make an impact. \u2014 Georgia Murray, refinery29.com , 5 Feb. 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":"20220623-184005"
  },
  "flame out":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the unintentional cessation of operation of a jet airplane engine",
      ": a sudden downfall, failure, or cessation",
      ": a person whose successful career ends abruptly",
      ": to fail spectacularly and especially prematurely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101m-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "comedown",
      "decline",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "demise",
      "descent",
      "down",
      "downfall",
      "fall",
      "G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "collapse",
      "crater",
      "fail",
      "flop",
      "flunk",
      "fold",
      "founder",
      "miss",
      "strike out",
      "tank",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Fans were disappointed by the team's flameout in the play-offs.",
      "before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars",
      "Verb",
      "even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In Thibodeau\u2019s first season, Julius Randle became a fan favorite for setting career highs and his flameout in the playoffs seemingly could be forgiven. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The predicament is a looming corporate scandal that could permanently damage the Jojomon brand, just as Joan is getting her career back on track after a flameout at a previous company. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The San Francisco 49ers are hanging around at 8-7 after a flameout to Tennessee on Thursday. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "And with delicious scooplets sprinkled throughout, like the anecdote about the Ozy Media executive impersonating someone from YouTube in one of his earliest bits of reportage that led to Ozy\u2019s swift flameout . \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The wait for Dallas (12-6) to reach even an NFC championship game will tick up to 27 years after another first-game flameout in the postseason for Dak Prescott, the second in three trips over six seasons for the star quarterback. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The wait for Dallas (12-6) to get that far in the playoffs will reach at least 27 years after another first-game flameout in the postseason for Prescott, the second in three trips for the star quarterback. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, Chron , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Pittsburgh is just 2-6 in its past eight games overall, including a listless loss in Cincinnati last December that hinted at the first-round playoff flameout to Cleveland to come. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "Before Sermon, a third-round pick, the 49ers drafted fourth-round flameout Joe Williams in 2017. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1951, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224150"
  },
  "flank":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip",
      ": the side of a quadruped",
      ": a cut of meat from this part of an animal \u2014 see beef illustration",
      ": side",
      ": the right or left of a formation",
      ": the area along either side of a heraldic shield",
      ": to be situated at the side of",
      ": to be situated on both sides of",
      ": to place something on each side of",
      ": to protect a flank of",
      ": to attack or threaten the flank of (as a body of troops)",
      ": the area on the side of an animal between the ribs and the hip",
      ": side entry 1 sense 3",
      ": the right or left side of a formation (as of soldiers)",
      ": to be located at the side of",
      ": to attack or threaten the side of",
      ": the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip",
      ": the side of a quadruped"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk",
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk",
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hand",
      "side"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abut",
      "adjoin",
      "border (on)",
      "butt (on ",
      "fringe",
      "join",
      "march (with)",
      "neighbor",
      "skirt",
      "touch",
      "verge (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She gently patted the horse's flank .",
      "They attacked the enemy on both flanks .",
      "the eastern flank of a volcano",
      "Verb",
      "the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Meanwhile Republicans are continuing to tie Democrats to the movement to defund the police in the hopes of magnifying rhetoric from the party\u2019s left flank to frame candidates as too liberal. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "On the other flank , Marcus Epps has managed just a goal and an assist in 966 minutes. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
      "Cuellar, who has become an increasingly vocal critic of progressives the past couple of years, has accused the party\u2019s left flank of alienating voters in South Texas, where the GOP has made gains in recent elections. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Salt River Vaulters start their beginners with compulsory exercises including vault-on, flag, stand and flank , moves that can help the athletes\u2019 physical and mental growth. \u2014 Mary Grace Grabill, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "His ability to operate down the right flank , or the halfspace on that side, in support of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold led to some of his best and most consistent performances for the club. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Officials in Beijing worry that extremists could use Afghanistan to regroup on China\u2019s flank and sow violence around the region, even as the Taliban look to deep-pocketed countries like China for aid and investment. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "Officials in Beijing worry that extremists could use Afghanistan to regroup on China\u2019s flank and sow violence around the region, even as the Taliban look to deep-pocketed countries like China for aid and investment. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "But the accomplishment itself was fragile, one that faces opposition on the liberal flank of his own party and one that is far smaller than Biden first proposed. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune , 25 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Across the room, two demilune chests flank the entrance, with two identical mirrors above them, reflecting the herons. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 30 May 2022",
      "The pair of ePerformance test cars flank the Mission R concept. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
      "Commerce focuses on a small strip where a barber shop and a liquor store flank a convenience store where residents can get snack foods, buy lottery tickets and fill their cars with gasoline. \u2014 Tom Foreman Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In its wake, the hurricane destroyed the vast majority of mangrove forests that flank Mosquito Bay and other parts of Puerto Rico\u2019s coastline. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The pair of 8-meter-long sphinxes flank the entrance to a processional avenue, which celebrants would have followed from the main part of the temple to a columned courtyard. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The dry forests of Bolivia, which flank the eastern Andes with shrubs and dense thicket, are critically endangered. \u2014 Nell Lewis, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The Russian army moved to flank Grozny on three sides and unleashed a terrifying onslaught of air and artillery strikes on the city. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "It was rationalized as wanting a veteran presence to flank Wood on the frontline. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230155"
  },
  "flannel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a soft twilled wool or worsted fabric with a loose texture and a slightly napped surface",
      ": a napped cotton fabric of soft yarns simulating the texture of wool flannel",
      ": a stout cotton fabric usually napped on one side",
      ": flannel underwear",
      ": outer garments of flannel",
      ": men's trousers",
      ": washcloth",
      ": flattering or evasive talk",
      ": nonsense , rubbish",
      ": a soft cloth made of wool or cotton"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-n\u1d4al",
      "\u02c8fla-n\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adulation",
      "blarney",
      "butter",
      "flattery",
      "incense",
      "overpraise",
      "soft soap",
      "sweet talk",
      "taffy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "shirts made of bright-colored flannel",
      "He wore a dark blazer and gray flannels .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The man with the gun was wearing a white collared or flannel shirt and long Dickies shorts. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
      "Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
      "Rayna Toth also picked country, sporting a flannel shirt and a bandanna around her neck. \u2014 John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
      "One bodycam video shows Gutierrez Reed, wearing a flannel shirt over a black T-shirt in the back of police truck, sullenly telling the deputy her role on the set. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "After the Senate candidates had finished speaking, Husted took the stage, wearing a down-home flannel shirt. \u2014 The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Testing by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement matched DNA from the nasal swabs to DNA on the flannel shirt found in the dumpster. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "This committee would not order the drag community to wear flannel . \u2014 Fox News , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flaunneol woolen cloth or garment",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1503, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211712"
  },
  "flare":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fire or blaze of light used especially to signal, illuminate, or attract attention",
      ": a device or composition used to produce such a flare",
      ": an unsteady glaring light",
      ": solar flare",
      ": a sudden increase and decrease in the brightness of a star often amounting to a difference of several magnitudes (see magnitude sense 3 )",
      ": a sudden outburst (as of excitement or anger)",
      ": flare-up sense 3",
      ": a spreading outward",
      ": a place or part that spreads",
      ": an area of skin flush",
      ": light resulting from reflection (as between lens surfaces) or an effect of this light (such as a fogged or dense area in a photographic negative)",
      ": a short pass in football thrown to a back who is running toward the sideline",
      ": a weakly hit fly ball in baseball",
      ": pants that flare toward the bottom",
      ": to burn with an unsteady flame",
      ": to stream in the wind",
      ": to shine with a sudden light",
      ": to become suddenly excited or angry",
      ": to break out or intensify usually suddenly or violently",
      ": to express strong emotion (such as anger)",
      ": to open or spread outward",
      ": to display conspicuously",
      ": to cause to flare",
      ": to signal with a flare or by flaring",
      ": to burn (a jet of waste gas) in the open air",
      ": to burn with an unsteady flame",
      ": to shine or burn suddenly or briefly",
      ": to become angry or active",
      ": to spread outward",
      ": a sudden blaze of light",
      ": a blaze of light used to signal, light up something, or attract attention",
      ": a device or material used to produce a flare",
      ": a sudden outburst",
      ": a spreading outward : a part that spreads outward",
      ": to break out or intensify rapidly : become suddenly worse or more painful",
      ": flare-up",
      ": an area of skin flush resulting from and spreading out from a local center of vascular dilation and hyperemia",
      ": a cloudy or smoky appearance of the fluid of the anterior chamber of the eye that is seen when a beam of light (as from a slit lamp) is passed through it and that is caused by the presence of floating protein material in the fluid which is a symptom of inflammation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fler",
      "\u02c8fler",
      "\u02c8fla(\u0259)r, \u02c8fle(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "blaze",
      "burn",
      "flame",
      "glare"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the sudden flare of the match",
      "When the crew saw flares , they knew the other ship was in trouble.",
      "Verb",
      "pants that flare at the bottom",
      "The bull flared its nostrils.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "People with autoimmune disease also ask a similar question: Will the increase in immune system activity cause my autoimmune disease to flare ? \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
      "Metalwood brings 90s flare to the beach scene with the sporty/speed style frames in yellow and red-tinted glasses, designed alongside optical expert framers, Garrett Leight California Optical. \u2014 Cassell Ferere, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "The spasm tensing in San Francisco could be an early flare for criminal-justice focused policymakers from both parties. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 7 June 2022",
      "Cases in China began rising in March, soon spiraling into the worst flare -up the country has seen since the initial outbreak in Wuhan in early 2020. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In some ways, crypto mining is an ideal customer for gas flare energy. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Simply tying a strip of colorful bandana around a flatware and a napkin adds instant flare to a table set for a 4th celebration! \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 June 2022",
      "During the 2013 men\u2019s final, a topless man carrying a fiery flare jumped onto the court. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "Case in point: two tiny infield singles kept the third inning alive with two outs Monday, then Darin Ruf rumbled near the left-field line in pursuit of Francisco Lindor\u2019s dying flare and couldn\u2019t catch it. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And a new sidecut\u2014the tips and tails flare out just a bit more\u2014produces a more playful ride on spring corn in the backcountry. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Episodes of violence occasionally flare up between the country\u2019s Muslims and Christians. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "Antitrust concerns could flare up, especially in today's environment, where massive consolidation is a theme across all major tech companies. \u2014 Anil Ganjoo, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Officials tend to err on the side of caution under a system that readily punishes them for lax enforcement if outbreaks flare up or come back. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "The anchor will flare out behind the drywall, locking the anchor in place. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
      "Gastrointestinal conditions like Crohn\u2019s disease, ulcerative colitis, or irritable bowel syndrome can also flare up during your period. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 24 May 2022",
      "But experts warn that India must speed up the delivery of second shots in order to ensure the outbreak doesn't flare again. \u2014 Krutika Pathi, ajc , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "This Char-Broil grill heated quickly and evenly in our tests and didn't flare up once. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1616, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224304"
  },
  "flare (out)":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a leveling of the approach glide of an airplane made in such a way that the gliding angle is rapidly decreased by nosing up the airplane as it makes contact with the ground"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" flare entry 1 + out ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171941"
  },
  "flare (up)":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sudden outburst or intensification",
      ": a sudden bursting (as of a smoldering fire) into flame or light",
      ": a sudden appearance or worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition",
      ": a sudden appearance or worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fler-\u02cc\u0259p",
      "-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190917"
  },
  "flare-up":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sudden outburst or intensification",
      ": a sudden bursting (as of a smoldering fire) into flame or light",
      ": a sudden appearance or worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition",
      ": a sudden appearance or worsening of the symptoms of a disease or condition"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fler-\u02cc\u0259p",
      "-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205257"
  },
  "flash":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": rush , dash",
      ": to break forth in or like a sudden flame or flare",
      ": to appear suddenly",
      ": to move with great speed",
      ": to break forth or out so as to make a sudden display",
      ": to act or speak vehemently and suddenly especially in anger",
      ": to give off light suddenly or in transient bursts",
      ": to glow or gleam especially with animation or passion",
      ": to change suddenly or violently into vapor",
      ": to expose one's breasts or genitals usually suddenly and briefly in public",
      ": to have sudden insight",
      ": splash",
      ": to fill by a sudden inflow of water",
      ": to cause the sudden appearance of (light)",
      ": to cause to burst violently into flame",
      ": to cause (light) to reflect",
      ": to cause (something) to reflect light",
      ": to cause (a lamp) to flash",
      ": to convey by means of flashes of light",
      ": to make known or cause to appear with great speed",
      ": to display obtrusively and ostentatiously",
      ": to expose to view usually suddenly and briefly",
      ": to cover with or form into a thin layer: such as",
      ": to protect against rain by covering with sheet metal or a substitute",
      ": to coat (glass) with a thin layer (as of metal or a differently colored glass)",
      ": to subject (an exposed photographic negative or positive) to a supplementary uniform exposure to light before development in order to modify detail or tone",
      ": to expose one's breasts or genitals usually suddenly and briefly to",
      ": a sudden burst of light",
      ": a movement of a flag in signaling",
      ": a sudden and often brilliant burst",
      ": a brief time",
      ": show , display",
      ": a vulgar ostentatious display",
      ": a showy ostentatious person",
      ": one that attracts notice",
      ": an outstanding athlete",
      ": pizzazz",
      ": thieves' slang",
      ": something flashed : such as",
      ": glimpse , look",
      ": smile",
      ": a first brief news report",
      ": flashlight sense 1",
      ": a quick-spreading flame or momentary intense outburst of radiant heat",
      ": flashlight sense 2",
      ": a device for producing a flashlight for taking photographs",
      ": rush sense 7a",
      ": the rapid conversion of a liquid into vapor",
      ": flashy , showy",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of flashy people or things",
      ": of, relating to, or characteristic of persons considered social outcasts",
      ": of sudden origin and short duration",
      ": having or using a solid-state data storage technology that retains data even without a connection to a power source",
      ": by very brief exposure to an intense altering agent (such as heat or cold)",
      ": to shine or give off bright light suddenly",
      ": to appear quickly or suddenly",
      ": to come or pass very suddenly",
      ": to show briefly",
      ": a sudden burst of or as if of light",
      ": a very short time",
      ": beginning suddenly and lasting only a short time",
      ": rush sense 2 \u2014 compare hot flash"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flash",
      "\u02c8flash",
      "\u02c8flash"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coruscate",
      "flame",
      "glance",
      "gleam",
      "glimmer",
      "glint",
      "glisten",
      "glister",
      "glitter",
      "luster",
      "lustre",
      "scintillate",
      "shimmer",
      "spangle",
      "sparkle",
      "twinkle",
      "wink",
      "winkle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Both mom and daughter flash big smiles in the first photo, where Sterling wears a yellow dress with white flowers and Brittany poses in a gray two-piece athletic set. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
      "The vehicle's hazard lights may flash when the brake pedal is applied. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
      "The vehicle's hazard lights may flash when the brake pedal is applied. \u2014 National Highway Traffic & Safety Administration, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
      "And many other players flash a grin whenever the Brays go to the Angels spring training. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "The blue and red lights flash on and off and make an officer more visible when standing in the dark on roadsides. \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
      "Scenes of devastating floods and fires flash onto two rectangular video panels that face each other from opposite sides of the stage. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "During this time of great upheaval, the market seemed to flash a contrarian signal that things were going to be OK \u2014 economically, at least. \u2014 Michael Corkery, New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "More from U of L:Does life really flash before your eyes? \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 10 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Thunderstorms and flash floods in burn scar areas are the main concern Thursday before drier weather persists into the weekend. \u2014 Pedram Javaheri And Allison Chinchar, CNN , 9 June 2022",
      "Monday, federal forest officials worried about future flash floods, landslides and destructive ash from the burn scar. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "As more than 3,000 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation\u2019s largest active wildfire Sunday, federal forest officials worried about future flash floods, landslides, and destructive ash from the burn scar. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "In April, the U.N. issued another dire warning that global temperatures have increased by over 1.1\u00b0C, or 2\u00b0F, since pre-industrial levels, which has already created more frequent and dangerous flash floods, droughts, hurricanes and wildfires. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 13 May 2022",
      "Dibs Beauty is having a Mother's Day flash sale for our lovely Allure readers starting May 2 through 8. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 2 May 2022",
      "During last year\u2019s rainy season, flash floods ripped several of the wall\u2019s floodgates off their hinges near the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Today, 13 Climate Neutral Certified brands are participating in a one-day \u2018Better With Friends\u2019 flash sale. \u2014 Ebony Roberts, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This Birkenstock flash sale ends Friday, April 8 at 12 p.m. ET, which means there are less than 24 hours to save big. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Residents who live near the intersection where the accident occurred said the flash mobs of street takeovers have become weekly occurrences in their neighborhood. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, USA TODAY , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "The preserve\u2019s southern region is a study in the power of water, and the Lost Dog Wash Trail gives a tour of how flash floods and storm runoff have shaped the foothills of the McDowell Mountains range in the northeast Valley. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1970, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185601"
  },
  "flash point":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the lowest temperature at which vapors above a volatile combustible substance ignite in air when exposed to flame",
      ": a point at which someone or something bursts suddenly into action or being",
      ": tinderbox sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "powder keg",
      "time bomb",
      "tinderbox",
      "volcano"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The city became a flash point as political tensions grew.",
      "The situation reached a flash point when union leaders urged the workers to protest.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mariupol emerged as an early flash point in the war with horrifying scenes captivating the world\u2019s attention, including the bombings of a maternity ward and a theater where hundreds sought refuge. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "The top executives of six of the nation\u2019s largest oil and gas companies are testifying before Congress on Wednesday, at a time when high gas prices have become a political flash point in Washington and across the country. \u2014 Maxine Joselow And Mike Debonis, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The trade was a flash point for the Warriors organization, when the team's reins seemed to be metaphorically handed to Curry. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "China\u2019s actions were now being portrayed by U.S. foreign policy hawks as a national-security threat and Taiwan as an impending flash point to possible war. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The results are exciting. Joel Anderson returns to an American flash point . \u2014 Nicholas Quah, Vulture , 5 Jan. 2021",
      "The 17th-century mosque in Varanasi, Hinduism\u2019s holiest city, has emerged as the latest flash point in the escalating struggle between India\u2019s Hindu nationalists and its Muslim minority. \u2014 Niha Masih, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Abu Akleh\u2019s killing has emerged as the latest flash point in the chronic tension between Israel and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
      "The case involving undeveloped land near Lost Mountain Park has become a flash point for critics of the cityhood effort. \u2014 Brian Eason, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191537"
  },
  "flashy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in substance or flavor : insipid",
      ": momentarily dazzling",
      ": superficially attractive or impressive",
      ": ostentatious or showy often beyond the bounds of good taste",
      ": marked by gaudy brightness",
      ": gaudy , showy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-sh\u0113",
      "\u02c8fla-sh\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "jazzy",
      "pizzazzy",
      "pizazzy",
      "snazzy",
      "splashy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "rich young men who drive flashy cars",
      "I bought the CD primarily for its flashy cover design.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Until her arrest, Todorova enjoyed dance clubs, raves, beach resorts, exotic cocktails and flashy cars, her social media feeds show. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "There are no flashy cars or mansions in sight, and the homes of two Hern\u00e1ndez siblings that were pointed out to me looked doughtily middle-class. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Hernandez won the lawsuit, and 40 years later he's curated a museum exhibit to celebrate young Latinos who made flashy cars that rode low, hopped and danced on three wheels. \u2014 Len Ramirez, CBS News , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "At times, Leao was guilty of being too flashy , taking on one too many players instead of passing the ball on. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "My advice would be to get a camera that\u2019s not flashy \u2014 but actually flashes. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But while flashy Vegas eateries get overrun, a sleepier, less-touristy nearby town that has been catering to locals throughout the past year likely won't feel as overburdened by your visit. \u2014 Sally French, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2021",
      "But while flashy Vegas eateries get overrun, a sleepier, less-touristy nearby town that has been catering to locals throughout the past year likely won\u2019t feel as overburdened by your visit. \u2014 Sally French, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2021",
      "This one's as flashy as a designer store window, and just as enticing. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203121"
  },
  "flat-footed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": affected with flatfoot",
      ": walking with a dragging or shambling gait",
      ": firm and well balanced on the feet",
      ": free from reservation : forthright",
      ": not ready : unprepared",
      ": proceeding in a plodding or unimaginative way : pedestrian",
      ": in an open and determined manner : flatly",
      ": with the feet flat on a surface (such as the ground)",
      ": affected with flatfoot",
      ": walking with a dragging or shambling gait"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flat-\u02ccfu\u0307-t\u0259d",
      "\u02ccflat-\u02c8fu\u0307-",
      "-\u02c8fu\u0307t-\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210421"
  },
  "flat-out":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "being or going at maximum effort or speed",
      "out-and-out , downright",
      "in a blunt and direct manner openly",
      "at top speed or peak performance",
      "absolutely , downright",
      "out-right entry 2 sense 1",
      "greatest possible",
      "in a very clear manner",
      "at top speed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8flat-\u02ccau\u0307t",
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "all-out",
      "arrant",
      "blank",
      "blooming",
      "bodacious",
      "categorical",
      "categoric",
      "clean",
      "complete",
      "consummate",
      "crashing",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dead",
      "deadly",
      "definite",
      "downright",
      "dreadful",
      "fair",
      "flat",
      "out-and-out",
      "outright",
      "perfect",
      "plumb",
      "profound",
      "pure",
      "rank",
      "regular",
      "sheer",
      "simple",
      "stark",
      "stone",
      "straight-out",
      "thorough",
      "thoroughgoing",
      "total",
      "unadulterated",
      "unalloyed",
      "unconditional",
      "unmitigated",
      "unqualified",
      "utter",
      "very"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Adverb",
      "I told him flat out that I have no intention of marrying him.",
      "We asked for more time but they refused us flat out .",
      "The car does 180 mph flat out .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Adverb",
      "Bernstein\u2019s ability to work flat out , with little rest, and in uncanny coordination under Sussman\u2019s imaginative, constantly theorizing direction that put them well in front of everyone else. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "The Indianapolis 500\u2019s TV rating \u2013 for a race that included intrigue around Jimmie Johnson and Romain Grosjean\u2019s debuts and Helio Castroneves\u2019 \u2018Drive for 5\u2019 \u2013 flat out sunk. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 1 June 2022",
      "As Fortune\u2019s Shawn Tully points out, Hanke has been saying for some time that Jerome Powell\u2019s view\u2014that temporary supply chain snarls are to blame for rising prices\u2014is flat out wrong. \u2014 Alan Murray, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "These managers might be on their phones during meetings, dozing off or just flat out not engaging with anyone, setting a bad example for everyone else. \u2014 Melissa Banek, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Any claim that this bill will somehow stop Mississippi kids from learning about American History is just flat out wrong. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Thompson, who is just flat out emotional in her writing, was invoking mothers and babies, talking about the crises of civilization. \u2014 Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Noonan looked back toward the yard, then down at the rumpled patch of grass where Judge had been flat out on his back. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Iowa flat out embarrassed the Terps in the second half, scoring 53 points on 60% shooting, while redshirt senior Jordan Bohannon set a Hawkeyes record with 10 made 3-pointers. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 10 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flatline":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to register on an electronic monitor as having no brain waves or heartbeat",
      ": die",
      ": to be in a state of no progress or advancement",
      ": to come to an end",
      ": to register on an electronic monitor as having no heartbeat or brain waves : to experience cessation of heart contractions or brain wave activity as indicated by a flat line on a electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram",
      ": die entry 1"
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    ],
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      "check out",
      "conk (out)",
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      "decease",
      "demise",
      "depart",
      "die",
      "drop",
      "end",
      "exit",
      "expire",
      "fall",
      "go",
      "kick in",
      "kick off",
      "part",
      "pass (on)",
      "pass away",
      "peg out",
      "perish",
      "pop off",
      "step out",
      "succumb"
    ],
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      "breathe",
      "live"
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    "examples":[
      "the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With no further policy, the country\u2019s emissions are projected to flatline or modestly fall from that level. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Democrats couldn\u2019t have predicted many of the crises that have caused the Biden presidency to flatline since late August of last year. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
      "Indeed, Zandi is predicting the year-over-year rate of home price growth will flatline to 0% by this time next year. \u2014 Fortune , 13 June 2022",
      "Typically, markets flatline ahead of such consequential Fed meetings as investors hang on the sidelines until news breaks on Fed policy matters. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The decline of oil investment goes against predictions the IEA made just last year in the same report, which forecasted global oil demand to flatline rather than peak in the next two decades, settling at 104.1 million barrels per day by 2040. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Bank of America, for one, is now predicting stocks will largely flatline through next year. \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., has suggested Democrats might flatline defense instead of providing the small increase Biden requested, potentially distributing an extra $12 billion to nondefense programs. \u2014 al , 14 June 2021",
      "In December, with the pandemic surging, many economists figured GDP would flatline or even dip early in the year. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1980, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170807"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to praise excessively especially from motives of self-interest",
      ": beguile sense 2",
      ": to encourage or gratify especially with the assurance that something is right",
      ": to portray too favorably",
      ": to display to advantage",
      ": to use flattery",
      ": one that flattens",
      ": a flat-faced swage used in smithing",
      ": to praise but not sincerely",
      ": to cause to feel pleased by showing respect or admiration",
      ": to show as favorably as possible",
      ": to make look more attractive"
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      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259r"
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      "butter up",
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      "honey",
      "massage",
      "overpraise",
      "puff",
      "soft-soap",
      "stroke"
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    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He flattered her with comments about her youthful appearance.",
      "It flattered her to be asked to sing at their wedding.",
      "That dress really flatters your figure.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The Queen recently proved that a floral shift dress can flatter at any age. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "To find the best swimsuits for larger cup sizes, the pros in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab \u2014 fiber scientists who evaluate different swimwear brands \u2014 tested to find the best suits to flatter every body type. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
      "The female founders went on to invent Stylest, a swimwear system designed to flatter any figure. \u2014 Anatola Araba Pabst, Town & Country , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "Then there are the people who flatter and press the flesh but aren\u2019t as interested in the work as much as climbing the corporate ladder. \u2014 Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "So to make that flattering on those bodies with huge shoulders and huge biceps was also a challenge\u2014to flatter them and also make the [Regency] silhouette. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Her leggings, shorts, sports bras and tops come in a variety of classic cuts and dreamy, pastel colors that flatter every body type. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "The most appealing fish dish is sauteed turbot, strewn with fresh herbs to flatter its delicate flesh and propped up on meltingly soft fennel. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The emails attempt to flatter , cajole and intimidate. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The signs have long since been phased out by San Francisco officials for a flatter , decidedly less cool design, but Zotto was able to recreate their distinctive font using historic photos. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Apr. 2021",
      "Thats because the blue light tends to enhance all those imperfections that a soft glow flatters . \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "Claflin and Munn, the film's de facto leads, fare quite a measure worse, owing to their substantial lack of chemistry and line readings that fall flatter than a drunken uncle at the reception. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 10 Apr. 2020",
      "The graph has two slopes, an extremely steep one and another that is much flatter and extends over a longer period of time. \u2014 Anna Kuchment, Dallas News , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "The rest of it, including the typeface, has a flatter and more modern look. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "The increasing recognition and growth of impact investing and venture capital focused on social impact startups bode well for the future and will play a key role in making the world flatter and a better place for all. \u2014 Rishad Premji, Quartz India , 9 Feb. 2020",
      "The flatter the stroke angle relative to the surface, the longer the paddle required to make solid contact with the water. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "Surprisingly, even with all the extra recoil and muzzle blast, this cartridge will not shoot any flatter than most 6.5s. \u2014 Richard Mann, Field & Stream , 3 May 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1714, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204829"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to display or obtrude oneself to public notice",
      ": to wave or flutter showily",
      ": to display ostentatiously or impudently : parade",
      ": to treat contemptuously",
      ": to wave or flutter in a showy way",
      ": to show in a way that attracts attention"
    ],
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      "\u02c8fl\u022fnt",
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    ],
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      "display",
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      "parade",
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    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She liked to flaunt her wealth by wearing furs and jewelry.",
      "They openly flaunted the rules.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All the stars, models and celebs effortlessly flaunt their luxurious locks, leaving no room for those of us with thin hair to shine. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "The festival has additionally been a gathering place for celebrities and filmmakers alike to flaunt their dazzling ensembles on the red carpet. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "As Hollywood works to widen its breadth of racial and cultural diversity in its film and TV projects, there\u2019s never been a better time to flaunt one\u2019s ethnic and religious pride on the red carpet. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "On a recent night at the Comedy Chateau, the brash blond is the first to flaunt her identity, flaws and all, in front of a crowd. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Try the style with a favorite flat to flaunt a swipe of ankle or lace-up boots for a leg-lengthening effect. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "And as in years past, the Puppy Bowl will be broken up by the Kitty Halftime Show, where adoptable felines get time to flaunt their skills. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Some flaunt their status with mansions, others with cars, but in the Gulf Arab states, license plates are all the rage. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Instagram models now flaunt the trucker-hat brand Von Dutch. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 25 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195557"
  },
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      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
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      ": to display or obtrude oneself to public notice",
      ": to wave or flutter showily",
      ": to display ostentatiously or impudently : parade",
      ": to treat contemptuously",
      ": to wave or flutter in a showy way",
      ": to show in a way that attracts attention"
    ],
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      "\u02c8fl\u00e4nt",
      "\u02c8fl\u022fnt"
    ],
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      "display",
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      "exhibit",
      "expose",
      "flash",
      "lay out",
      "parade",
      "produce",
      "show",
      "show off",
      "sport",
      "strut",
      "unveil"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "She liked to flaunt her wealth by wearing furs and jewelry.",
      "They openly flaunted the rules.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All the stars, models and celebs effortlessly flaunt their luxurious locks, leaving no room for those of us with thin hair to shine. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
      "The festival has additionally been a gathering place for celebrities and filmmakers alike to flaunt their dazzling ensembles on the red carpet. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "As Hollywood works to widen its breadth of racial and cultural diversity in its film and TV projects, there\u2019s never been a better time to flaunt one\u2019s ethnic and religious pride on the red carpet. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "On a recent night at the Comedy Chateau, the brash blond is the first to flaunt her identity, flaws and all, in front of a crowd. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Try the style with a favorite flat to flaunt a swipe of ankle or lace-up boots for a leg-lengthening effect. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "And as in years past, the Puppy Bowl will be broken up by the Kitty Halftime Show, where adoptable felines get time to flaunt their skills. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Some flaunt their status with mansions, others with cars, but in the Gulf Arab states, license plates are all the rage. \u2014 Abbas Al Lawati, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Instagram models now flaunt the trucker-hat brand Von Dutch. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 25 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194552"
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      "adjective",
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      "verb"
    ],
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      ": odor , fragrance",
      ": the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      ": the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth",
      ": a substance that flavors",
      ": characteristic or predominant quality",
      ": a distinctive appealing or enlivening quality",
      ": variety sense 3a",
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      ": one that is in the center of public attention for a limited time",
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      ": the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      ": a substance added to food to give it a desired taste",
      ": to give or add something to produce a taste",
      ": the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      ": the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth",
      ": a substance that flavors",
      ": to give or add flavor to"
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      "note",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tangerines are normally smaller, with a more intense flavor than the standard eating orange. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
      "This award-wining wheat ale practically bursts with mango flavor . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Then they'll be infused with that delicious salty flavor . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
      "Kaina Martinez takes over Candy nightclub to welcome you to a Pride dance party with Latin flavor . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The tacos are packed with flavor , with large portions atop each tortilla, much to the delight of every guest who files into Tlaxcali every morning on their way to work. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Cook meat or seafood on top of this Himalayan salt plank to infuse it with extra flavor before serving! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
      "Bacon and eggs make a fine campsite breakfast, but chilaquiles are an even easier upgrade with major flavor . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "It can be taken orally or used to flavor food and drinks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Farther north, the state of Punjab\u2014whose curries are all the rage in Europe\u2014utilizes a paste or masala of ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes tempered with cumin to flavor its food. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But using flour comes with another benefit: The flour left behind in the pan caramelizes, helping to both flavor and thicken the pan sauce. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "But while seaweed is getting a lot of recent hype as part of efforts to combat climate-change, it\u2019s been used to flavor and preserve for centuries. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
      "Our version boasts matcha and cocoa powder, but classic recipes have nothing but vanilla extract to flavor it. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The restaurant trick here is using a Smoking Gun to flavor the thyme oil. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the end, baking the meat intensifies flavor with no harm to special tradition One would think attending the first Passover dinner hosted by your daughter would be a mother\u2019s pure joy, but my mother was becoming unhinged. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Indian spices flavor this dinner of plump shrimp, scallops and rice. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171659"
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      "one that is in the center of public attention for a limited time",
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      "to give or add something to produce a taste",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Tangerines are normally smaller, with a more intense flavor than the standard eating orange. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
      "This award-wining wheat ale practically bursts with mango flavor . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Then they'll be infused with that delicious salty flavor . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
      "Kaina Martinez takes over Candy nightclub to welcome you to a Pride dance party with Latin flavor . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The tacos are packed with flavor , with large portions atop each tortilla, much to the delight of every guest who files into Tlaxcali every morning on their way to work. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Cook meat or seafood on top of this Himalayan salt plank to infuse it with extra flavor before serving! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
      "Bacon and eggs make a fine campsite breakfast, but chilaquiles are an even easier upgrade with major flavor . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "It can be taken orally or used to flavor food and drinks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Farther north, the state of Punjab\u2014whose curries are all the rage in Europe\u2014utilizes a paste or masala of ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes tempered with cumin to flavor its food. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But using flour comes with another benefit The flour left behind in the pan caramelizes, helping to both flavor and thicken the pan sauce. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "But while seaweed is getting a lot of recent hype as part of efforts to combat climate-change, it\u2019s been used to flavor and preserve for centuries. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
      "Our version boasts matcha and cocoa powder, but classic recipes have nothing but vanilla extract to flavor it. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The restaurant trick here is using a Smoking Gun to flavor the thyme oil. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the end, baking the meat intensifies flavor with no harm to special tradition One would think attending the first Passover dinner hosted by your daughter would be a mother\u2019s pure joy, but my mother was becoming unhinged. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Indian spices flavor this dinner of plump shrimp, scallops and rice. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
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      ": odor , fragrance",
      ": the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      ": the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth",
      ": a substance that flavors",
      ": characteristic or predominant quality",
      ": a distinctive appealing or enlivening quality",
      ": variety sense 3a",
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      ": one that is in the center of public attention for a limited time",
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      ": to give or add something to produce a taste",
      ": the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      ": the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth",
      ": a substance that flavors",
      ": to give or add flavor to"
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "air",
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      "ambiance",
      "aroma",
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      "note",
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      "patina",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Tangerines are normally smaller, with a more intense flavor than the standard eating orange. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
      "This award-wining wheat ale practically bursts with mango flavor . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Then they'll be infused with that delicious salty flavor . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
      "Kaina Martinez takes over Candy nightclub to welcome you to a Pride dance party with Latin flavor . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The tacos are packed with flavor , with large portions atop each tortilla, much to the delight of every guest who files into Tlaxcali every morning on their way to work. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Cook meat or seafood on top of this Himalayan salt plank to infuse it with extra flavor before serving! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
      "Bacon and eggs make a fine campsite breakfast, but chilaquiles are an even easier upgrade with major flavor . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "It can be taken orally or used to flavor food and drinks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Farther north, the state of Punjab\u2014whose curries are all the rage in Europe\u2014utilizes a paste or masala of ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes tempered with cumin to flavor its food. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But using flour comes with another benefit: The flour left behind in the pan caramelizes, helping to both flavor and thicken the pan sauce. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "But while seaweed is getting a lot of recent hype as part of efforts to combat climate-change, it\u2019s been used to flavor and preserve for centuries. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
      "Our version boasts matcha and cocoa powder, but classic recipes have nothing but vanilla extract to flavor it. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The restaurant trick here is using a Smoking Gun to flavor the thyme oil. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the end, baking the meat intensifies flavor with no harm to special tradition One would think attending the first Passover dinner hosted by your daughter would be a mother\u2019s pure joy, but my mother was becoming unhinged. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Indian spices flavor this dinner of plump shrimp, scallops and rice. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185759"
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    "type":"noun",
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      "odor , fragrance",
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      "a substance that flavors",
      "characteristic or predominant quality",
      "a distinctive appealing or enlivening quality",
      "variety sense 3a",
      "a property that distinguishes different types of elementary particles (such as quarks or neutrinos)",
      "any of the different types of particles that are distinguished by flavor",
      "version sense 2",
      "one that is in the center of public attention for a limited time",
      "to give or add flavor to",
      "the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      "a substance added to food to give it a desired taste",
      "to give or add something to produce a taste",
      "the quality of something that affects the sense of taste",
      "the blend of taste and smell sensations evoked by a substance in the mouth",
      "a substance that flavors",
      "to give or add flavor to"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0101-v\u0259r",
    "synonyms":[
      "air",
      "ambience",
      "ambiance",
      "aroma",
      "atmosphere",
      "aura",
      "climate",
      "halo",
      "karma",
      "mood",
      "nimbus",
      "note",
      "odor",
      "patina",
      "smell",
      "temper",
      "vibration(s)"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "lace",
      "savor",
      "savour",
      "season",
      "spice"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Tangerines are normally smaller, with a more intense flavor than the standard eating orange. \u2014 Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
      "This award-wining wheat ale practically bursts with mango flavor . \u2014 Jeanette Hurt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "Then they'll be infused with that delicious salty flavor . \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
      "Kaina Martinez takes over Candy nightclub to welcome you to a Pride dance party with Latin flavor . \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
      "The tacos are packed with flavor , with large portions atop each tortilla, much to the delight of every guest who files into Tlaxcali every morning on their way to work. \u2014 Marco Torres, Chron , 9 June 2022",
      "This recipe is packed with as much flavor as color thanks to an array of bright vegetables, fresh herbs, ginger, lemongrass and a soy sauce and sesame oil dressing. \u2014 Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Cook meat or seafood on top of this Himalayan salt plank to infuse it with extra flavor before serving! \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 18 May 2022",
      "Bacon and eggs make a fine campsite breakfast, but chilaquiles are an even easier upgrade with major flavor . \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "It can be taken orally or used to flavor food and drinks. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "Farther north, the state of Punjab\u2014whose curries are all the rage in Europe\u2014utilizes a paste or masala of ginger, garlic, onion and tomatoes tempered with cumin to flavor its food. \u2014 Misbaah Mansuri, Chron , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "But using flour comes with another benefit The flour left behind in the pan caramelizes, helping to both flavor and thicken the pan sauce. \u2014 G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "But while seaweed is getting a lot of recent hype as part of efforts to combat climate-change, it\u2019s been used to flavor and preserve for centuries. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 4 May 2022",
      "Our version boasts matcha and cocoa powder, but classic recipes have nothing but vanilla extract to flavor it. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The restaurant trick here is using a Smoking Gun to flavor the thyme oil. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In the end, baking the meat intensifies flavor with no harm to special tradition One would think attending the first Passover dinner hosted by your daughter would be a mother\u2019s pure joy, but my mother was becoming unhinged. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Indian spices flavor this dinner of plump shrimp, scallops and rice. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1542, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flaw":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a defect in physical structure or form",
      ": an imperfection or weakness and especially one that detracts from the whole or hinders effectiveness",
      ": fragment",
      ": to make flaws in : mar",
      ": to become defective",
      ": a sudden brief burst of wind",
      ": a spell of stormy weather",
      ": an outburst especially of passion",
      ": a small fault or weakness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022f",
      "\u02c8fl\u022f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "blight",
      "blotch",
      "defect",
      "deformity",
      "disfigurement",
      "excrescence",
      "excrescency",
      "fault",
      "imperfection",
      "mar",
      "mark",
      "pockmark",
      "scar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blemish",
      "bloody",
      "break",
      "compromise",
      "crab",
      "cripple",
      "cross (up)",
      "damage",
      "deface",
      "disfigure",
      "endamage",
      "harm",
      "hurt",
      "impair",
      "injure",
      "mar",
      "spoil",
      "vitiate"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1610, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184312"
  },
  "flawed":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "having a defect or imperfection"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u022fd",
    "synonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "defective",
      "faulty",
      "imperfect"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "faultless",
      "flawless",
      "impeccable",
      "perfect"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1608, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flawless":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "having no flaw or imperfection perfect",
      "free of defects having no internal flaws"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u022f-l\u0259s",
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "faultless",
      "ideal",
      "immaculate",
      "impeccable",
      "indefectible",
      "irreproachable",
      "letter-perfect",
      "perfect",
      "picture-book",
      "picture-perfect",
      "seamless",
      "unblemished"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "censurable",
      "defective",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect",
      "reproachable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The result was that executing a flawless dance became much more challenging. \u2014 Nate Bennett, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "The junior also excelled on the mound with a 4-1 record and a 0.35 ERA in 39\u2154 innings pitched, including a flawless 6\u2154 in the state championship game. \u2014 Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "Finding the best undereye concealer that checks all the boxes \u2014 looks invisible on, doesn't crease, and remains flawless all day \u2014 might feel like an impossible task. \u2014 Allure , 31 May 2022",
      "When the green flag came out, Ericsson had a flawless start, forcing O\u2019Ward to make a move on the final lap. \u2014 Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
      "The Chancellors played flawless defense, put down some bunts at opportune times and hopped on the back of their ace pitcher, Ruedas, who said his lifelong dream was to pitch at Dodger Stadium. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
      "My Milk Hydro Grip Primer, my Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation\u2014that gives me flawless skin, always and forever. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 May 2022",
      "For the destination wedding, a white-sand beach is a flawless backdrop for these flowy numbers. \u2014 Gaby Keiderling, Vogue , 21 May 2022",
      "The dog breeds on our list include some pure breeds, some mixed breeds and some perfectly lovable and adorable dogs hardly deserving of their less-than- flawless reputations! \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flay":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to strip off the skin or surface of : skin",
      ": to criticize harshly : excoriate",
      ": lash sense 1b",
      ": to strip off the skin or surface of",
      ": to beat severely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "baste",
      "bawl out",
      "berate",
      "call down",
      "castigate",
      "chastise",
      "chew out",
      "dress down",
      "hammer",
      "jaw",
      "keelhaul",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lecture",
      "rag",
      "rail (at ",
      "rant (at)",
      "rate",
      "ream (out)",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "scold",
      "score",
      "tongue-lash",
      "upbraid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "her husband flayed her constantly for her incessant shopping",
      "flayed their kill right there in the forest, taking both the meat and the skin home",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But Republicans cited the recent deceleration in hiring to flay Mr. Biden\u2019s economic policies. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "This isn\u2019t to criticize the family, but to flay CNN, which should have reported the factual context of the household\u2019s inflation experience. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "In their minority report, GOP members of the Ways and Means Committee seized the opportunity to flay Roosevelt for the New Deal\u2019s fiscal irresponsibility. \u2014 Joseph Thorndike, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "Trauma becomes narrative currency, and whoever can claim the most trauma and flay themselves open widest for TV consumption wins the Sadness Olympics. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 22 June 2021",
      "For his part, Mr. Cunningham is happy to flay Mr. Tillis, but has little appetite to elevate the national stakes. \u2014 Jonathan Martin, New York Times , 23 Sep. 2020",
      "Cunningham is happy to flay Tillis, but has little appetite to elevate the national stakes. \u2014 Jonathan Martin New York Times, Star Tribune , 22 Sep. 2020",
      "Separating fact from invention is difficult, but there are rumors that there was more than one murderer, the killing was drug-related and perhaps most disturbingly, that Driscoll was either dismembered or flayed alive. \u2014 Alex Heigl, PEOPLE.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "The Indians tie Clyde to the Skinning Tree and flay him alive. \u2014 Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine , 20 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flen , from Old English fl\u0113an ; akin to Old Norse fl\u0101 to flay, Lithuanian pl\u0117\u0161ti to tear",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192817"
  },
  "flee":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to run away often from danger or evil : fly",
      ": to hurry toward a place of security",
      ": to pass away swiftly : vanish",
      ": to run away from : shun",
      ": to run away or away from"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dematerialize",
      "disappear",
      "dissolve",
      "evanesce",
      "evaporate",
      "fade",
      "fly",
      "melt",
      "sink",
      "vanish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appear",
      "materialize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "The family fled from Nazi Germany to Britain in 1936.",
      "He was accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident.",
      "Many people fled the city to escape the fighting.",
      "He was forced to flee the country.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Residents attempting to flee were stopped at checkpoints manned by Russian soldiers who searched their cars. \u2014 Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "The teen hit-and-run driver who slammed into a Los Angeles mom and her 8-month-old last summer asked to be taken to the hospital after attempting to flee the scene and slamming head-on into a pickup truck, according to authorities. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 13 June 2022",
      "Budamala was arrested in February while allegedly attempting to flee to Mexico, prosecutors said. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
      "In all, 14 victims were shot while three others were hit by vehicles attempting to flee the scene, Eames said. \u2014 Tina Burnside, CNN , 5 June 2022",
      "Hammond Police said three bystanders were shot after an argument turned into gunfire and another person was injured attempting to flee the scene. \u2014 Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News , 21 May 2022",
      "The officers identified the person, who fled, and while attempting to flee , the individual allegedly threw a gun before running into an apartment, police said. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
      "The attacker rushed the stage wearing a black hoodie and pushed Chappelle before attempting to flee . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Holbrook said no fatalities have been reported but that nine people were shot and five people suffered injuries while attempting to flee the mall for safety. \u2014 Michelle Liu, ajc , 17 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flen , from Old English fl\u0113on ; akin to Old High German fliohan to flee",
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173819"
  },
  "fleece":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep)",
      ": the wool obtained from a sheep at one shearing",
      ": any of various soft or woolly coverings",
      ": a soft bulky deep-piled knitted or woven fabric used chiefly for clothing",
      ": to strip of money or property by fraud or extortion",
      ": to charge excessively for goods or services",
      ": to remove the fleece from : shear",
      ": to dot or cover with fleecy masses",
      ": the woolly coat of an animal and especially a sheep",
      ": to rob or cheat by trickery"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113s",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coat",
      "fur",
      "hair",
      "jacket",
      "pelage",
      "pile",
      "wool"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bilk",
      "bleed",
      "cheat",
      "chisel",
      "chouse",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "defraud",
      "diddle",
      "do",
      "do in",
      "euchre",
      "fiddle",
      "flimflam",
      "gaff",
      "hose",
      "hustle",
      "mulct",
      "nobble",
      "pluck",
      "ream",
      "rip off",
      "rook",
      "screw",
      "shake down",
      "short",
      "shortchange",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "squeeze",
      "stick",
      "stiff",
      "sting",
      "sucker",
      "swindle",
      "thimblerig",
      "victimize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep",
      "Verb",
      "Don't let that salesman fleece you.",
      "an unsuspecting tourist fleeced by a scam artist",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This piece is the definition of cozy\u2014a thick flannel shirt lined with fleece and stuffed with recycled insulation. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "It's made from cozy fleece with a zipper up the front, zippered side pockets, and fabric bands around the cuffs and the hemline. \u2014 Eden Lichterman, PEOPLE.com , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "The lightweight fleece still has a place in my heart as mid-layer insulation between a base layer and shell jacket (or rain jackets). \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "From Amazon\u2019s new carbon-neutral Aware line comes this cozy crewneck fleece sweatshirt. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, few could deny how cozy Kardashian and Davidson look in their coordinated fleece . \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "At Outdoor Retailer\u2019s 2020 winter show, Patagonia announced its new R1 Air line of layers\u2014the first big update to its flagship fleece in two decades. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 19 Feb. 2021",
      "The interior is lined with fleece for an extra-soft feeling. \u2014 Sam Dangremond And Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "From memory foam couches to wrap-around cradles with fleece to platform styles, there\u2019s much to choose from. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The My Body author and her husband Bear-McClard proved that couples who fleece together, stay together while on a stroll in New York. \u2014 Eni Subair, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
      "At the news, Lady Featherington gives Jack the go-ahead to fleece Colin out of an investment. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Of late, Hollywood has released series after series about women who built enviable careers on a myth only to fail and fleece their followers in the process. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Many gamers saw the introduction of in-game economies and cryptocurrencies as a way to fleece them, by making splurging on NFTs compulsory to play, or do so on equal footing with other players. \u2014 Gian M. Volpicelli, Wired , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Similarly gifted in this department is slinky psychoanalyst Lilith Ritter (Cate Blanchett), who believes her confessional access and his con artistery could combine nicely to fleece her elite clientele. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Rolling Stone , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "There's also no evidence the organizers are looking to fleece unsuspecting rubes, unlike Trump University. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "That means drugmakers would still keep trying to fleece insurers with ridiculous list prices, insurers in turn would keep raising people\u2019s premiums, and the middlemen would keep serving themselves larger portions of the financial pie. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
      "Finally, rapid testing manufacturers, many of whom have received billions in funding and support from the federal government, cannot be allowed to fleece consumers by raising prices and filling corporate orders first. \u2014 Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic , 30 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1537, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213927"
  },
  "fleecy":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "covered with, made of, or resembling fleece",
      "covered with, made of, or similar to fleece"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0113-s\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "bristly",
      "brushy",
      "cottony",
      "furred",
      "furry",
      "hairy",
      "hirsute",
      "rough",
      "shaggy",
      "silky",
      "unshorn",
      "woolly",
      "wooly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bald",
      "furless",
      "glabrous",
      "hairless",
      "shorn",
      "smooth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "there were signs of the family's fleecy poodle all over the upholstery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Cross-legged opposite Cooper in her fleecy armchairs, assuming the roles of therapist and client feels inevitable. \u2014 Beatrice Hazelhurst, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "Pairing a miniskirt with sneakers and a fleecy jacket creates a look that\u2019s ready for brunch, shopping, or hitting the tennis courts. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "In Sheep Inc\u2019s case, that means starting with the fleecy ovines. \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Sometimes there's nothing better than snuggling up inside a fleecy wool hoodie when the sky is pelting your home (or tent) with cold rain. \u2014 Matt Jancer, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The ones who stay, who are also in pajamas, help themselves to food or drink, park themselves on a couch or chair (with a fleecy blanket, of course) and read, chat, watch movies on Netflix, nap, play a board game, whatever. \u2014 cleveland , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "The second trick was more specific to the fleecy ballads that Harris records as Grouper, which sometimes conceal themselves in so much reverb and white noise that the music starts fudging your sense of distance. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "Like your favorite pair of high-rise jeans and year-round denim topper, fleecy styles range in the wash, from light to true blue and black. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "Pressure is mounting on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to retest the animal who has a fleecy black coat and small tufts of curly dark hair on his head. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1590, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "fleet":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a number of warships under a single command",
      ": an organization of ships and aircraft under the command of a flag officer",
      ": group sense 2a",
      ": a group (as of ships, planes, or trucks) operated under unified control",
      ": swift in motion : nimble",
      ": fleeting",
      ": to fade away : vanish",
      ": flow",
      ": to fly swiftly",
      ": drift",
      ": to cause (time) to pass usually quickly or imperceptibly",
      ": a group of warships under one commander",
      ": a country's navy",
      ": a group of ships or vehicles that move together or are owned by one company",
      ": very swift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "armada",
      "caravan",
      "cavalcade",
      "line",
      "motorcade",
      "train"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blistering",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "speedy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He was the commander of the Pacific fleet .",
      "The company has a large fleet of delivery trucks.",
      "Adjective",
      "a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The country will deploy 500 firefighter commandos into its forests, and beef up its fleet of planes to 86 from 74. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The complaint said comparable agencies, such as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are outpacing Metro, which will have less than 20 percent of its fleet converted in 2030. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Berman handles commercial and residential moves, along with some delivery work, and has nine trucks and a tractor-trailer in its fleet . \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "The city has several rental car companies, but some of them sold part of their fleet during the pandemic and have not restored their stock, said Andy Vobora, a spokesperson for Travel Lane County. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
      "The food bank has also been spending more money on fuel for its fleet of delivery vans and large trucks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "After the tunnel is completed, the airport plans to increase the number of Plane Trains in its fleet from 11 to 14. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Giant Food is adding two new electric vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet as the food retailer begins to shift to all-electric vans. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "The first-of-its-kind permit allows Cruise to charge for rides in its autonomous fleet , without a human driver in the car. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Some diehard Romantics might object that Hough is too fleet in his approach. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Building in predictive alerts to provide real time coaching is what is needed, and companies like Nauto are innovating rapidly in fleet predictive intelligence looking ahead vs analyzing statistics alone. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Additionally, Ultium Charge 360 will help support home charging and provide non- fleet drivers access to more than 60,000 public places to charge. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 16 July 2021",
      "During the orchestral prelude, Daniel Barenboim drew a crisp, clean and fleet performance from the players. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2019",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn\u2019t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "The airline will be accepting the delivery of three more aircraft this year, bringing its fleet total to 10 Boeing 737-NG 800s by the end of 2019. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Jones was promoted to fleet manager, in charge of keeping the factory\u2019s forklifts and carts on schedule, maintained and repaired. \u2014 Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And with every purchase, the global industrial base deepens, offering the U.S. F-35 fleet an extra measure of resiliency. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The stations also have to be accessible to the general public, or to fleet operators from more than one company. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Noblet: How will fleet electrification grow in the next 5-10 years, from your perspective? \u2014 Stacy Noblet, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "These figures are not conventionally lovely, and yet Arnold is able to make striking images out of scenes that would otherwise fleet by, unnoticed. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Hyundai set a record for retail sales -- meaning excluding sales to fleet customers -- and increased its market share by eight-tenths of a percentage point. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Initially, two versions of the Silverado EV will be produced: The WT, or work truck, will be pitched to fleet and commercial customers; and the RST First Edition will target those who want lots of luxury features on top of towing and cargo capacity. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Nikola\u2019s business model is based on long-term leases of its trucks to fleet operators that include fuel as part of the prices. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224850"
  },
  "fleet-footed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to run fast"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t-\u02ccfu\u0307-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blistering",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "speedy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "slow"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1743, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184945"
  },
  "fleeting":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": passing swiftly : transitory",
      ": passing by quickly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113-ti\u014b",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brief",
      "deciduous",
      "ephemeral",
      "evanescent",
      "flash",
      "fugacious",
      "fugitive",
      "impermanent",
      "momentary",
      "passing",
      "short-lived",
      "temporary",
      "transient",
      "transitory"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "ceaseless",
      "dateless",
      "deathless",
      "endless",
      "enduring",
      "eternal",
      "everlasting",
      "immortal",
      "lasting",
      "long-lived",
      "permanent",
      "perpetual",
      "timeless",
      "undying",
      "unending"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "I caught a fleeting glimpse of the comet.",
      "had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Any market recovery could prove fleeting , with central banks around the world bent on draining liquidity to combat runaway inflation. \u2014 Joanna Ossinger, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "While there is little likelihood of a repeat of last year\u2019s epic supply jams, the recent improvement may prove fleeting . \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "Then Styles injects a subtle key change and breaks out tubular bells \u2013 and for a fleeting moment, all is right in the world. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
      "For such a fleeting moment, was the look even really worth it? \u2014 ELLE , 5 May 2022",
      "Most of my encounters with migrants over the years have been fleeting , like my meeting with Kenedy. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
      "The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act passed the House of Representatives by a 417\u20131 vote in November 2019, but the bipartisanship was fleeting . \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "And in the past, attention to the risks of a pandemic has been fleeting . \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
      "Ether was oversold as recently as March, when risk assets bottomed, but the rally was fleeting . \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1563, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183708"
  },
  "fleetly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a number of warships under a single command",
      ": an organization of ships and aircraft under the command of a flag officer",
      ": group sense 2a",
      ": a group (as of ships, planes, or trucks) operated under unified control",
      ": swift in motion : nimble",
      ": fleeting",
      ": to fade away : vanish",
      ": flow",
      ": to fly swiftly",
      ": drift",
      ": to cause (time) to pass usually quickly or imperceptibly",
      ": a group of warships under one commander",
      ": a country's navy",
      ": a group of ships or vehicles that move together or are owned by one company",
      ": very swift"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "armada",
      "caravan",
      "cavalcade",
      "line",
      "motorcade",
      "train"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blistering",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "speedy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He was the commander of the Pacific fleet .",
      "The company has a large fleet of delivery trucks.",
      "Adjective",
      "a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The country will deploy 500 firefighter commandos into its forests, and beef up its fleet of planes to 86 from 74. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The complaint said comparable agencies, such as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are outpacing Metro, which will have less than 20 percent of its fleet converted in 2030. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Berman handles commercial and residential moves, along with some delivery work, and has nine trucks and a tractor-trailer in its fleet . \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "The city has several rental car companies, but some of them sold part of their fleet during the pandemic and have not restored their stock, said Andy Vobora, a spokesperson for Travel Lane County. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
      "The food bank has also been spending more money on fuel for its fleet of delivery vans and large trucks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "After the tunnel is completed, the airport plans to increase the number of Plane Trains in its fleet from 11 to 14. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Giant Food is adding two new electric vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet as the food retailer begins to shift to all-electric vans. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "The first-of-its-kind permit allows Cruise to charge for rides in its autonomous fleet , without a human driver in the car. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Some diehard Romantics might object that Hough is too fleet in his approach. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Building in predictive alerts to provide real time coaching is what is needed, and companies like Nauto are innovating rapidly in fleet predictive intelligence looking ahead vs analyzing statistics alone. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Additionally, Ultium Charge 360 will help support home charging and provide non- fleet drivers access to more than 60,000 public places to charge. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 16 July 2021",
      "During the orchestral prelude, Daniel Barenboim drew a crisp, clean and fleet performance from the players. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2019",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn\u2019t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "The airline will be accepting the delivery of three more aircraft this year, bringing its fleet total to 10 Boeing 737-NG 800s by the end of 2019. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Jones was promoted to fleet manager, in charge of keeping the factory\u2019s forklifts and carts on schedule, maintained and repaired. \u2014 Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And with every purchase, the global industrial base deepens, offering the U.S. F-35 fleet an extra measure of resiliency. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The stations also have to be accessible to the general public, or to fleet operators from more than one company. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Noblet: How will fleet electrification grow in the next 5-10 years, from your perspective? \u2014 Stacy Noblet, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "These figures are not conventionally lovely, and yet Arnold is able to make striking images out of scenes that would otherwise fleet by, unnoticed. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Hyundai set a record for retail sales -- meaning excluding sales to fleet customers -- and increased its market share by eight-tenths of a percentage point. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Initially, two versions of the Silverado EV will be produced: The WT, or work truck, will be pitched to fleet and commercial customers; and the RST First Edition will target those who want lots of luxury features on top of towing and cargo capacity. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Nikola\u2019s business model is based on long-term leases of its trucks to fleet operators that include fuel as part of the prices. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193740"
  },
  "fleshly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": corporeal , bodily",
      ": of, relating to, or characterized by indulgence of bodily appetites",
      ": lascivious",
      ": not spiritual : worldly",
      ": fleshy sense 1a",
      ": having a sensuous quality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flesh-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "carnal",
      "earthborn",
      "earthbound",
      "earthly",
      "material",
      "mundane",
      "sublunary",
      "temporal",
      "terrene",
      "terrestrial",
      "worldly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "heavenly",
      "nontemporal",
      "unearthly",
      "unworldly"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a time of year when people shouldn't focus on fleshly concerns, but instead on spiritual matters",
      "the fleshly eye sees the only finished painting, but the mind's eye sees the genius behind its creation",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is a leveling effect to his approach, one that allows About Endlessness to find grandeur in the smallest of everyday moments while also highlighting the fallible, fleshly absurdity of even history\u2019s most outsize figures. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 30 Apr. 2021",
      "They were tempted by curiosity and hunger, by fleshly desires. \u2014 Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker , 18 Jan. 2021",
      "When all seems lost, a magical, fleshly reappearance defies death\u2019s despair. \u2014 Longreads , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "Our fleshly forms evolved to work within the tug of gravity. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 June 2019",
      "Beasley\u2019s lush and sculptures are anchored in fleshly experience. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2018",
      "A bovine nirvana, in other words, where the fleshly mortification of Theravada Buddhism does not apply. \u2014 Joseph Hincks / Hong Kong, Time , 30 Aug. 2017",
      "For two decades, Howard has sworn off liquor, cigarettes, women, and other fleshly temptations. \u2014 Matt Wolfe, New Republic , 2 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211859"
  },
  "fleshy":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "marked by, consisting of, or resembling flesh",
      "marked by abundant flesh",
      "corpulent",
      "succulent , pulpy",
      "not thin, dry, or membranous",
      "like or consisting of flesh",
      "fat entry 1 sense 1",
      "marked by abundant flesh",
      "corpulent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fle-sh\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "juicy",
      "pulpy",
      "succulent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "juiceless",
      "sapless"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the fleshy part of the thigh",
      "the fleshy texture of the melon",
      "a plant with fleshy leaves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "People now get off on seeing mondo mutation, steel meeting tissue, fleshy destruction rebranded as a genetically superior, high-art geek show. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Now De Kooning\u2019s woman is an energetic body, a commanding figure with visual weight and fleshy mass seated in three-dimensional optical space. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The fleshy , round pads stand upright and produce large, yellow blooms in summer, well visited by pollinators. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Guston painted in thick, fleshy pinks, commonly outlining his figures in red or black instead of filling them in. \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
      "These preparations blanch the normally deep burgundy tissue to pale fleshy color that\u2019s not quite tan and not quite pink. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "Donna has an eye for decorating, too, evinced by the lacy web of fried squid ink hovering above a collection of sweet scallops gathered on pureed potatoes and fleshy black trumpet mushrooms. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Porpoise penises, in turn, ended in a fleshy projection, like a finger, that seemed to have evolved to poke through the folds and reach the cervix. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The interior consists of edible fleshy yellow bulbs, each holding a seed. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flibbertigibbet":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a silly flighty person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfli-b\u0259r-t\u0113-\u02c8ji-b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birdbrain",
      "cuckoo",
      "ditz",
      "featherbrain",
      "featherhead",
      "nitwit",
      "rattlebrain",
      "scatterbrain",
      "softhead"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "forced to endure a long flight with a flibbertigibbet as a seat companion"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flepergebet ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215426"
  },
  "flick":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a light sharp jerky stroke or movement",
      ": a sound produced by a flick",
      ": flicker entry 2 sense 1",
      ": to move or propel with a light quick movement",
      ": to activate, deactivate, or change by or as if by flicking a switch",
      ": to strike lightly with a quick sharp motion",
      ": to remove with light blows",
      ": to go or pass quickly or abruptly",
      ": to direct flicks at something",
      ": movie",
      ": a light snapping stroke",
      ": to strike or move with a quick motion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flik",
      "\u02c8flik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "film",
      "flicker",
      "motion picture",
      "movie",
      "moving picture",
      "picture"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1629, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1926, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211236"
  },
  "flickery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter",
      ": to burn or shine fitfully or with a fluctuating light",
      ": to appear or pass briefly or quickly",
      ": to cause to flicker",
      ": to produce by flickering",
      ": an act of flickering",
      ": a sudden brief movement",
      ": a momentary quickening",
      ": a slight indication : hint",
      ": a wavering light",
      ": a repeated momentary defect in a cathode-ray tube image caused especially by slow scanning of the screen",
      ": movie",
      ": a large barred and spotted North American woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus ) with a brown back that commonly forages on the ground for ants \u2014 compare red-shafted flicker , yellow-shafted flicker",
      ": to burn unsteadily",
      ": to appear briefly",
      ": to move quickly",
      ": a quick small movement",
      ": a quick movement of light",
      ": a large North American woodpecker",
      ": the wavering or fluttering visual sensation produced by intermittent light when the interval between flashes is not small enough to produce complete fusion of the individual impressions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fli-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8flik-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "film",
      "flick",
      "motion picture",
      "movie",
      "moving picture",
      "picture"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A TV was flickering in the background.",
      "The overhead light kept flickering off and on.",
      "Thoughts flickered through his mind.",
      "A smile flickered across her face."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205538"
  },
  "flight":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of passing through the air by the use of wings",
      ": the ability to fly",
      ": a passing through the air or through space outside the earth's atmosphere",
      ": the distance covered in such a flight",
      ": swift movement",
      ": a trip made by or in an airplane or spacecraft",
      ": a scheduled airplane trip",
      ": the airplane that is making a trip",
      ": a group of similar beings or objects flying through the air together",
      ": a number of competitors (as in a sport) grouped together on the basis of demonstrated skill or ability or for purposes of elimination contests prior to a final test",
      ": a selection of alcoholic drinks (such as wines, beers, or whiskeys) for tasting as a group",
      ": a brilliant, imaginative, or unrestrained exercise or display",
      ": a continuous series of stairs from one landing or floor to another",
      ": a series (as of terraces or conveyors) resembling a flight of stairs",
      ": a unit of the U.S. Air Force below a squadron",
      ": flush",
      ": to rise, settle, or fly in a flock",
      ": an act or instance of running away",
      ": an act of passing through the air by the use of wings",
      ": a passing through the air or space",
      ": a trip by an airplane or spacecraft",
      ": a group of similar things flying through the air together",
      ": an extraordinary display",
      ": a series of stairs from one level or floor to the next",
      ": the act of running away"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u012bt",
      "\u02c8fl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flying"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "break",
      "breakout",
      "bunk",
      "escape",
      "getaway",
      "lam",
      "rout",
      "slip"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1571, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210943"
  },
  "flighty":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "swift",
      "lacking stability or steadiness",
      "easily upset volatile",
      "easily excited skittish",
      "capricious , silly",
      "easily excited or frightened skittish",
      "not steady or serious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u012b-t\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "excitable",
      "fiddle-footed",
      "fluttery",
      "high-strung",
      "hyper",
      "hyperactive",
      "hyperexcitable",
      "hyperkinetic",
      "jittery",
      "jumpy",
      "nervous",
      "skittery",
      "skittish",
      "spasmodic",
      "spooky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "imperturbable",
      "nerveless",
      "unexcitable",
      "unflappable",
      "unshakable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an actress who specializes in playing silly, flighty women",
      "you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Aquarius moon Aquarius moon people tend to be flighty and somewhat aloof. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "While younger workers might have a reputation for being flighty or quitting soon after starting a job, many Gen Zers are seeking a job that invests in them. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "Braking is done through side-pull road-bike style brakes and despite the small 20-inch wheels, the Urban doesn\u2019t feel very flighty or sketchy while underway. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "Around the World in 80 Days' (1956) An English dude (David Niven) travels the globe and meets colorful characters in a flighty three-hour affair. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Like the introductory rivalry scene in which Cyrano\u2019s rapier wit and rapier skills humiliate a celebrated theater ham just to win the flighty Roxanne\u2019s attention, Wright aims to impress, but his flamboyance and foundering romanticism miss the mark. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Insiders right now would exhort that the tall truck early bird detection is no more than a flighty distractor from the real issues that need to be addressed for making the AI driving system readied to drive on our public roadways. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Ohio isn\u2019t the only entity to make this flighty error. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Her flighty , forgetful personality means that Alex ends up taking care of her instead of the other way around. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flimflam":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": deceptive nonsense",
      ": deception , fraud",
      ": to subject to a flimflam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flim-\u02ccflam"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "artifice",
      "device",
      "dodge",
      "fetch",
      "gambit",
      "gimmick",
      "jig",
      "juggle",
      "knack",
      "play",
      "ploy",
      "ruse",
      "scheme",
      "shenanigan",
      "sleight",
      "stratagem",
      "trick",
      "wile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "bilk",
      "bleed",
      "cheat",
      "chisel",
      "chouse",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "defraud",
      "diddle",
      "do",
      "do in",
      "euchre",
      "fiddle",
      "fleece",
      "gaff",
      "hose",
      "hustle",
      "mulct",
      "nobble",
      "pluck",
      "ream",
      "rip off",
      "rook",
      "screw",
      "shake down",
      "short",
      "shortchange",
      "skin",
      "skunk",
      "squeeze",
      "stick",
      "stiff",
      "sting",
      "sucker",
      "swindle",
      "thimblerig",
      "victimize"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam .",
      "giving the new guy at work her cell phone number\u2014\u201cin case of an emergency\u201d\u2014was just a flimflam to pique his romantic interest",
      "Verb",
      "everyone likes to think that they're too smart to be flimflammed by anyone",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Instead, Democrats should present voters with a material choice between a party that has nothing to offer the majority of Americans but abuse and conspiratorial flimflam and a party committed to building a democracy and an economy that work for all. \u2014 Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic , 5 Feb. 2021",
      "Might that statement actually be a bit of protective flimflam ? \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "There\u2019s always seemed to be a bit of flimflam behind that gigglemug of his. \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "Zirin does not get lost in the clouds of flimflam that have spewed out of Trump for decades, which other biographers have taken as their mission to prove or disprove. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "The telltale sign of political flimflam is a promise to deliver all the benefits associated with a particular policy without any of the costs. \u2014 Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "The far-reaching, proposed climate legislation championed by liberal lawmakers Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, and derided by Trump as economic flimflam , aims to tackle climate change. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY , 5 Sep. 2019",
      "Voters\u2019 civic duty lies in applying their best judgment to separate the fact from the flimflam . \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2019",
      "Once the flimflam is removed, stocks and bonds are telling a consistent story of a slower but still-growing economy. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "circa 1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1660, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205325"
  },
  "flimsy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in physical strength or substance",
      ": of inferior materials and workmanship",
      ": having little worth or plausibility",
      ": a lightweight paper used especially for multiple copies",
      ": a document printed on flimsy",
      ": not strong or solid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flim-z\u0113",
      "\u02c8flim-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cobwebby",
      "filmy",
      "frothy",
      "gauzy",
      "gossamer",
      "gossamery",
      "insubstantial",
      "sleazy",
      "unsubstantial"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sturdy",
      "substantial"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a flimsy piece of material",
      "They have only the flimsiest of evidence against him.",
      "a movie with a flimsy plot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "For months the world felt wobbly, flimsy , like a screen on which images were projected. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
      "At the Strait of Dover, the English Channel \u2014 one of the world\u2019s busiest commercial shipping lanes \u2014 is some 21 miles wide, and can be dangerous for people in small flimsy boats when hammered by high winds. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "At the Strait of Dover, the Channel, one of the world\u2019s busiest commercial shipping lanes, is some 21 miles wide and can be dangerous for people in small, flimsy boats, particularly when hammered by high winds. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Roe\u2019s constitutionality has been flimsy at best and inflamingly divisive at worse. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
      "For more than half a century, residents of Manhattan's East Village neighborhood would pick up their freshly starched shirts in flimsy plastic bags from Sun's Laundry. \u2014 NBC news , 9 Oct. 2020",
      "Little flimsy or random, since with a large cast these personalities aren't super developed. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 8 May 2022",
      "To make matters worse, Biden\u2019s iteration of the JCPOA would be significantly weaker than Obama\u2019s already flimsy agreement. \u2014 Carine Hajjar, National Review , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Emmert and the rest of the NCAA offered a litany of excuses for why those disparities and others existed, each one as flimsy as the next. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Over the course of the story, John\u2019s mother, Lucille, condemns him over flimsy -at-best evidence, and John\u2019s father, Dan, physically beats him while arguing over the truthfulness of the Bible. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Few party regulars care to talk about the flimsy to nonexistent ethics that guide their fundraising. \u2014 Michael Sokolove, The New Republic , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The Reform\u2019s build quality is an odd mix of flimsy and tank-like. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "All of their products, the flimsy and the more substantial, seemed to float by at various levels. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "That\u2019s a lot of money for a toaster, and especially a toaster that looks this flimsy . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
      "Defense lawyers have criticized evidence against the father and son as flimsy and based on hearsay and speculation. \u2014 CBS News , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Defense lawyers have criticized evidence against the father and son as flimsy and based on hearsay and speculation. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Before anyone had a chance to digest the flimsy -at-best basis for many of the pardons, Trump unexpectedly made another announcement. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 23 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1814, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215540"
  },
  "flinch":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince",
      ": to tense the muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort",
      ": to draw back from or as if from pain or fear"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flinch",
      "\u02c8flinch"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blench",
      "cringe",
      "quail",
      "recoil",
      "shrink",
      "squinch",
      "wince"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He flinched when I tapped him on the shoulder.",
      "She met danger without flinching .",
      "The bill was much higher than expected, but he paid it without flinching .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When asked pregame whether the mood in the locker room was angry or nervous, Celtics coach Ime Udoka didn't flinch . \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "The Eagles did not flinch , responding with a three-run sixth inning that gave them a second straight state championship. \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
      "In true Lee form, the script doesn't flinch , attacking race, agony, and the effects of war head-on. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 May 2022",
      "Many artists flinch when asked about the social and economic messaging behind their work. \u2014 Grace Banks, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The sounds of two loud explosions ring out, but the 3-year-old doesn\u2019t flinch . \u2014 Loveday Morris And Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Baker\u2019s label didn\u2019t flinch over the transformation. \u2014 Meaghan Garvey, Billboard , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "As survivors described their ordeal, explosions shook the walls, causing medical workers to flinch . \u2014 Mstyslav Chernov, ajc , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But the Flames, the East's No. 1 seed, didn't flinch and responded with a 12-0 run to tie it at 14 apiece. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 6 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French flenchir to bend, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German lenken to bend, Old High German hlanca flank \u2014 more at lank ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1578, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213429"
  },
  "fling":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move in a brusque or headlong manner",
      ": to kick or plunge vigorously",
      ": caper",
      ": to throw forcefully, impetuously, or casually",
      ": to cast as if by throwing",
      ": to place or send suddenly and unceremoniously (see unceremonious sense 2 )",
      ": to give unrestrainedly",
      ": an act or instance of flinging",
      ": a casual try or involvement",
      ": a casual or brief love affair",
      ": a period devoted to self-indulgence",
      ": to throw hard or without care",
      ": to move forcefully",
      ": an act of throwing hard or without care",
      ": a time of freedom for pleasure",
      ": a brief try"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli\u014b",
      "\u02c8fli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "catapult",
      "chuck",
      "dash",
      "fire",
      "heave",
      "hurl",
      "hurtle",
      "launch",
      "lob",
      "loft",
      "peg",
      "pelt",
      "pitch",
      "sling",
      "throw",
      "toss"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "binge",
      "frisk",
      "frolic",
      "gambol",
      "idyll",
      "idyl",
      "lark",
      "ploy",
      "revel",
      "rollick",
      "romp",
      "spree"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The case of the United States shows how gravely a few years of inaction can fling a country off course, steepening the slope of emissions reductions required to get back on. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Thursday looks a lot like the other night when Matthew Stafford attempted to fling the football out of the end zone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The spiders fling themselves off their mates so fast that ordinary cameras cannot capture the behavior. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "By promising that most elusive of human commodities \u2014 empathy \u2014 ElliQ could either solve the growing plague of senior loneliness or fling us right into the dystopic robot-buddy chasm. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Some teens took those brief moments of human contact to fling their feces and urine at the guards. \u2014 Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Some teens took those brief moments of human contact to fling their feces and urine at the guards. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This small shack on 11th Street in the Heights is shut most of the year, but its doors fling open and its social media comes back to life as soon as crawfish season starts. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Explosions fling a wide array of materials into the air, from heavy metals in industrial sites to the concrete, cables, and piping in roads, to asbestos from buildings. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Looks like Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's romance isn't just a passing fling . \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
      "All the outlets noted that Momoa attended the April premiere of Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s film Ambulance, where rumors of their possible fling first sparked. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 17 May 2022",
      "Fed up with everything, Anna goes hunting for a one-night stand on a dating app\u2014but her wild fling soon snowballs into something a lot more substantial. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, in Paris, a fling from the dowager countess\u2019s youth raises questions about the Crawley\u2019s family history. \u2014 Melissa Giannini, ELLE , 18 May 2022",
      "During one episode, DeSorbo discussed the potential love triangle that was brewing between her, Conover and her Winter House fling Andrea Denver. \u2014 Caitlyn Hitt, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Unlike other launches, SpinLaunch uses simple physics on a grand scale in order to fling objects away from Earth. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 6 May 2022",
      "Sunday, Writer\u2019s Block Bookstore & Cafe, 3956 Spenard Road Join the Wrangell Mountains Center and Writer\u2019s Block Bookstore and Cafe on Sunday afternoon for WMC\u2019s annual spring fling thing. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2022",
      "Maggie and Gary try to be hospitable to a surprise guest; Regina worries about Tyrell moving too fast with a new fling ; Rome helps a student through their maturation. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185647"
  },
  "fling (off":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give utterance or expression to usually casually or carelessly",
      ": to depart hastily or brusquely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203104"
  },
  "fling (off ":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to give utterance or expression to usually casually or carelessly",
      ": to depart hastily or brusquely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214551"
  },
  "flinty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling flint",
      ": stern , unyielding",
      ": composed of or covered with flint"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flin-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "austere",
      "authoritarian",
      "hard",
      "harsh",
      "heavy-handed",
      "ramrod",
      "rigid",
      "rigorous",
      "severe",
      "stern",
      "strict",
      "tough"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "clement",
      "forbearing",
      "gentle",
      "indulgent",
      "lax",
      "lenient",
      "tolerant"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a flinty and determined hero",
      "a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Zingy, 10-year-old Sarah Silverman (Zoe Glick) isn\u2019t a natural fit for the town of Bedford, N.H., where sour, flinty fatalism is the norm. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "Reinforcements to the latest GR86's front and rear subframes lend it a more refined, solid-feeling ride that is appropriately taut but not flinty or harsh. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Thank the car's quick and direct steering and its chassis composure, even if our S90 R-Design\u2014equipped with adaptive dampers, rear air springs, and 20-inch all-season rubber\u2014suffered from a somewhat flinty ride over pockmarked pavement. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Their dialogues get a lilting, inflected life in the actors\u2019 performances\u2014in Seydoux\u2019s flinty calm and in Podalyd\u00e8s\u2019s wry drive and plaintive wit. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The few words Reid did say were often flinty and fiery. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, ajc , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Season 4 began with John Dutton, the flinty patriarch of the Yellowstone ranch played by Kevin Costner, bleeding on a deserted road. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Their flinty dynamic powers and shapes the ensuing episodes. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 31 Dec. 2021",
      "Governor Chris Sununu has faced bitter opposition to vaccination campaigns and mask mandates in New Hampshire, a state of 1.4 million with a flinty libertarian streak. \u2014 Emma Court, Fortune , 9 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172847"
  },
  "flippant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking proper respect or seriousness",
      ": glib , talkative",
      ": not respectful or serious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-p\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8fli-p\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cute",
      "facetious",
      "flip",
      "pert",
      "smart",
      "smart-aleck",
      "smart-alecky",
      "smart-ass",
      "smart-assed",
      "smarty-pants",
      "wise",
      "wiseass"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "earnest",
      "sincere"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "As far as he was concerned, we were an unforgivably flippant bunch. Louche. Our shared political stance \u2026 struck him as pathetically naive. \u2014 Mordecai Richler , GQ , November 1997",
      "\u2026 although she is neither solemn nor pontifical, she may be the least flippant advice columnist in the business. \u2014 Ray Olson , Booklist , 1 May 1991",
      "Despite its flippant name, the Greed Index has proven a remarkably prescient barometer of the market during the past 16 years. \u2014 Richard E. Rustin , Wall Street Journal , 29 May 1984",
      "He made a flippant response to a serious question.",
      "his flippant comment that the poor save on taxes offended many people",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And the film\u2019s final beat between the characters, which initially culminated in a flippant joke, was tweaked to land on something sweeter and more romantic. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "His tone flippant in some entries and rageful in others, Mr. Gendron posted his plans to a private channel on the messaging platform Discord. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
      "Among the members of the group, where rabbits\u2019 lives are celebrated as inherently worthy and their deaths are treated as tragedies, both the article\u2019s central idea and flippant tone were met with severe disapproval. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Axiom itself has been more flippant about word usage in the past. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The video then shows all the flippant ways younger employees sign emails to their older boss. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "This moment is specifically written as a time of understanding and reassurance, not one of flippant amusement. \u2014 Ayanna Prescod, Variety , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Either way, the opening half of the response is all over the map, too flippant by half and even hallucinating a first-person experience of prison. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Interviews with New Jersey voters revealed that some Democrats\u2019 breaks from their party last fall were neither flippant nor fleeting. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from flip entry 1 \u2014 see flip  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194834"
  },
  "flirt":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to move erratically flit",
      "to behave amorously without serious intent",
      "to show superficial or casual interest or liking",
      "experiment",
      "to come close to reaching or experiencing something",
      "flick",
      "to move in a jerky manner",
      "an act or instance of flirting",
      "a person who flirts",
      "to show a romantic interest in someone just for fun",
      "a person who flirts a lot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0259rt",
    "synonyms":[
      "coquet",
      "coquette",
      "dally",
      "frivol",
      "mess around",
      "toy",
      "trifle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flirter",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They were flirting all night.",
      "the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers",
      "Noun",
      "he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The thought of those types of women\u2019s players roaming the courts at Barnes reminds us that the swaying palms and sunshine of San Diego still have the power to flirt with big-boy and big-girl sports. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Stock markets can also sometimes flirt with bear-market levels without actually reaching them. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Two key starters may flirt with the NBA in Love and forward Armando Bacot, though neither is ranked among the top prospects in this year's class. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The willingness to flirt with failure, with just enough fallibility and insecurity to make failure seem possible, remains central to Cruise\u2019s appeal. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
      "The images in Re-visions often flirt with the viewer. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "All of which is to say this Democrats often flirt with the liberal edge of their party but ultimately have always come home to a candidate who represents the most electable contestant. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Melissa and Bobbi flirt openly with one another, but Nick and Frances begin a serious affair, which tests the bond between Frances and Bobbi, forcing Frances to re-examine her vulnerabilities. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Producing wines that flirt between sweetness and liveliness, this vineyard yields some of the best Chenin Blanc of the appellation. \u2014 Michelle Williams, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "West Elm staples flirt with antique collector's items, like Jackie O.'s childhood side chair. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
      "Adults flirt , couples kiss, and two women are expecting a baby and planning to get married. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "While this energy is sweet and romantic, as an air sign and an epic flirt , Libras can be a bit flaky. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The singer-songwriter Sydney Bennett, who performs as Syd, usually likes to play the flirt . \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The power struggles give way to further power struggles; the murders reverberate and force the players to adjust their strategies and flirt with the enemy. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "In psychology, attachment theory can be applied to friendships, romantic relationships, platonic relationships, and co-writing partnerships that begin as a ruse to flirt . \u2014 Nikki Palumbo, The New Yorker , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Zoe told the publication that Noth would walk by her desk and flirt with her and leave messages on her work phone. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flirter":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to move erratically flit",
      "to behave amorously without serious intent",
      "to show superficial or casual interest or liking",
      "experiment",
      "to come close to reaching or experiencing something",
      "flick",
      "to move in a jerky manner",
      "an act or instance of flirting",
      "a person who flirts",
      "to show a romantic interest in someone just for fun",
      "a person who flirts a lot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coquet",
      "coquette",
      "dally",
      "frivol",
      "mess around",
      "toy",
      "trifle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flirter",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They were flirting all night.",
      "the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers",
      "Noun",
      "he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The thought of those types of women\u2019s players roaming the courts at Barnes reminds us that the swaying palms and sunshine of San Diego still have the power to flirt with big-boy and big-girl sports. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Stock markets can also sometimes flirt with bear-market levels without actually reaching them. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Two key starters may flirt with the NBA in Love and forward Armando Bacot, though neither is ranked among the top prospects in this year's class. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The willingness to flirt with failure, with just enough fallibility and insecurity to make failure seem possible, remains central to Cruise\u2019s appeal. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
      "The images in Re-visions often flirt with the viewer. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "All of which is to say this Democrats often flirt with the liberal edge of their party but ultimately have always come home to a candidate who represents the most electable contestant. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Melissa and Bobbi flirt openly with one another, but Nick and Frances begin a serious affair, which tests the bond between Frances and Bobbi, forcing Frances to re-examine her vulnerabilities. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Producing wines that flirt between sweetness and liveliness, this vineyard yields some of the best Chenin Blanc of the appellation. \u2014 Michelle Williams, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "West Elm staples flirt with antique collector's items, like Jackie O.'s childhood side chair. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
      "Adults flirt , couples kiss, and two women are expecting a baby and planning to get married. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "While this energy is sweet and romantic, as an air sign and an epic flirt , Libras can be a bit flaky. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The singer-songwriter Sydney Bennett, who performs as Syd, usually likes to play the flirt . \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The power struggles give way to further power struggles; the murders reverberate and force the players to adjust their strategies and flirt with the enemy. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "In psychology, attachment theory can be applied to friendships, romantic relationships, platonic relationships, and co-writing partnerships that begin as a ruse to flirt . \u2014 Nikki Palumbo, The New Yorker , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Zoe told the publication that Noth would walk by her desk and flirt with her and leave messages on her work phone. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 16 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165917"
  },
  "flitter":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flutter , flicker",
      ": one that flits"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Scrub jays are those large blue birds that flitter around urban and wild L.A. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2021",
      "And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies? \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Apr. 2018",
      "How about hexagonal gridding that evokes a honeycomb forged by flittering bees? \u2014 Lee Williams, OregonLive.com , 21 May 2017",
      "But few have paid attention to the moths, hover flies, beetles, and countless other insects that buzz and flitter through the warm months. \u2014 Pam Mandel, Longreads , 14 May 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Physics contains equations that describe everything from the stretching of space-time to the flitter of photons. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Jan. 2018",
      "More than 1,000 butterflies flitter among a natural-rock waterfall, palms, and even orchids. \u2014 Patrick Sisson, Curbed , 12 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1554, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181820"
  },
  "flock":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a group of animals (such as birds or sheep) assembled or herded together",
      ": a group under the guidance of a leader",
      ": a church congregation",
      ": a large number",
      ": to gather or move in a flock",
      ": a tuft of wool or cotton fiber",
      ": woolen or cotton refuse used for stuffing furniture and mattresses",
      ": very short or pulverized fiber used especially to form a velvety pattern on cloth or paper or a protective covering on metal",
      ": floc",
      ": to fill with flock",
      ": to decorate with flock",
      ": a group of animals living or kept together",
      ": a group someone watches over",
      ": a large number",
      ": to gather or move in a crowd"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "army",
      "bike",
      "cram",
      "crowd",
      "crush",
      "drove",
      "herd",
      "horde",
      "host",
      "legion",
      "mass",
      "mob",
      "multitude",
      "press",
      "rout",
      "scrum",
      "swarm",
      "throng"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "crowd",
      "mob",
      "swarm",
      "throng"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173351"
  },
  "flog":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat with or as if with a rod or whip",
      ": to criticize harshly",
      ": to force or urge into action : drive",
      ": to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally",
      ": sell sense 7",
      ": to promote aggressively : plug",
      ": steal sense 1",
      ": flap , flutter",
      ": to move along with difficulty : slog",
      ": to beat severely with a rod or whip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4g",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birch",
      "cowhide",
      "flagellate",
      "flail",
      "hide",
      "horsewhip",
      "lash",
      "leather",
      "rawhide",
      "scourge",
      "slash",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "whale",
      "whip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny.",
      "a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The idea is not to flog yourself for mistakes but to acknowledge them with future improvements in mind. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Not to mention that the reconciliation process frequently results in the theatrics of the minority party using the Byrd rule to publicly flog the majority party\u2019s policies. \u2014 Marie Sapirie, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Is there any real difference between such magical thinking and the superstitions that led medieval peasants to flog themselves? \u2014 Niall Ferguson Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
      "Republicans used Lordstown to flog a Rust Belt revival. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2021",
      "Selling vehicles directly forges a bond with buyers that may help flog services in the future. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Garuda is not the only Asian airline to flog its food to the land-lubbing public. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2020",
      "And right on time the opponents of fossil fuels are flogging a sloppy study that ties pollutants to coronavirus deaths. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 4 May 2020",
      "Democrats, seeking more than $500 billion to cover costs of police, fire and other front-line workers, have flogged McConnell for his opposition and his suggestion that states could instead take a bankruptcy option out. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip \u2014 more at flagellate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213858"
  },
  "flood":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land",
      ": a condition of overflowing",
      ": a flood described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah",
      ": the flowing in of the tide",
      ": an overwhelming quantity or volume",
      ": a state of abundant flow or volume or of greatest activity",
      ": floodlight",
      ": to cover with a flood : inundate",
      ": to fill abundantly or excessively",
      ": to supply an excess of fuel to (an engine, a carburetor, etc.) so that engine operation is hampered",
      ": to pour forth, go, or come in a flood",
      ": to become filled with a flood",
      ": a huge flow of water that rises and spreads over the land",
      ": the flowing in of the tide",
      ": a very large number or amount",
      ": to cover or become filled with water",
      ": to fill as if with a flood",
      ": to have an excessive menstrual flow or a uterine hemorrhage after childbirth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alluvion",
      "bath",
      "cataclysm",
      "cataract",
      "deluge",
      "flood tide",
      "inundation",
      "Niagara",
      "overflow",
      "spate",
      "torrent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deluge",
      "drown",
      "engulf",
      "gulf",
      "inundate",
      "overflow",
      "overwhelm",
      "submerge",
      "submerse",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The system moved at a fair clip across Florida at 18 mph, its rains that began on Friday did the most damage overnight especially in flood -prone areas of Miami, leaving much of downtown and Little Havana under nearly a foot of water. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 6 June 2022",
      "Residents who live in flood -prone areas should consider getting valuables out of the basement and prep for possible backups. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
      "As New York grew, poorer people \u2014 including waves of immigrants as well as Black Americans migrating north \u2014 ended up in less desirable, cheaper areas, places that tended to be hotter, lower-lying, landlocked, flood -prone or swampy. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
      "Heavy rain will also be possible and could add up to several inches and cause flooding in those typically flood -prone areas. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 25 May 2022",
      "Stick one of these small (but mighty) circles in any bird baths, ponds, plant trays or flood -prone areas up to 100 square feet to kill mosquito larvae for 30 days. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
      "Although several buildings on lower Main Street have been purchased by the County to remove certain businesses from flood -prone areas, there has been no progress made on next steps. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
      "At least 50 people attended a public workshop on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to purchase flood -prone property scattered around the banks of Beaver Lake, but the property owners involved who were interviewed disapprove of the idea. \u2014 Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The site is in the Leon Creek Watershed, which is one of the most flood -prone areas in the city. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That has enabled Caruso, who also raised $750,000 from a handful of other billionaires and supporters, to flood the traditionally Democratic city with non-stop ads. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Google refused to provide someone to speak on the record about the issue, opting instead to flood my inbox with policy statements. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "Facilities could also adjust how many fish are released and when: Longtime hatchery philosophy has been to flood the river with fish. \u2014 ProPublica , 24 May 2022",
      "Batuman possesses a rare ability to successfully flood the reader with granular facts, emotional vulnerability, dry humor, and a philosophical undercurrent without losing the reader in a sea of noise. \u2014 Lauren Leblanc, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
      "The scene was criticized by some historians who objected to the suggestion that Grissom may have prematurely blown the hatch, causing the capsule to flood with water. \u2014 Harrison Smith, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Shantay Jackson, director of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, said Tuesday, shortly after the Rose Street shooting, that in the coming weeks, the city aims to flood that neighborhood with city and local nonprofit resources. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022",
      "Its response to an array of global challenges was to flood the U.S. economy and the world with money. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
      "In reality this would allow Biden to continue the pre-2015 protocol of planning for where U.S. exports are actually needed based on national priorities instead of giving companies carte blanche to flood the world with gas as prices climb at home. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1663, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210310"
  },
  "floor":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the level base of a room",
      ": the lower inside surface of a hollow structure (such as a cave or bodily part)",
      ": a ground surface",
      ": a structure dividing a building into stories",
      ": story",
      ": the occupants of such a floor",
      ": the surface of a structure on which one travels",
      ": a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery",
      ": the specially prepared or marked area on which indoor sports events take place",
      ": the members of an assembly",
      ": the right to address an assembly",
      ": a lower limit : base",
      ": in field goals as opposed to free throws",
      ": to cover with a floor or flooring",
      ": to knock or bring down",
      ": flabbergast , dumbfound",
      ": to press (the accelerator of a vehicle) to the floorboard",
      ": to accelerate rapidly",
      ": the part of a room on which people stand",
      ": the lower inside surface of a hollow structure",
      ": the area of ground at the bottom of something",
      ": a story of a building",
      ": to cover or provide with a floor",
      ": to knock down",
      ": the lower inside surface of a hollow anatomical structure",
      ": a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery",
      ": members of an assembly",
      ": the right to address an assembly",
      ": a lower limit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr",
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr",
      "\u02c8fl\u014d(\u0259)r, \u02c8fl\u022f(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bed",
      "bottom"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "appall",
      "appal",
      "jolt",
      "shake up",
      "shock"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Over a steady sequence of four-on-the- floor rhythms, Drake hardly ever raps, choosing instead to sing the way cotton candy accumulates on a twirling paper stick. \u2014 Chris Richards, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "At Captain Foxheart's Band News Bar & Spirit Lodge, expert bartenders offer it all in a classy second- floor setting where there's immense respect and love for spirits. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 19 June 2022",
      "That work will include adding a rooftop garden to the hotel, which already boasts a seventh- floor outdoor space regarded as the highest terrace in the city. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 19 June 2022",
      "His mother, Kimberly Willingham, recalled finding a bullet hole in her blinds and a bullet in the living room of their 10th- floor Cabrini-Green apartment. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
      "Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth- floor hallway. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 18 June 2022",
      "The Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego has recently converted its second- floor fountain terrace into an outdoor dining spot named Veranda. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
      "Two people who lived in the third- floor apartment were displaced, Heflin said. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
      "This 5,000 square foot estate has 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and offers a surrounding view of the pond from the second- floor porch. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As for the nine-speed automatic, its chunky shift paddles are part of an incredibly simple arming procedure for its new launch control: Hold the brake pedal, pull back on both paddles, floor the accelerator, release the brakes, and hang on. \u2014 Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver , 16 May 2022",
      "The pain clearly lingered for the Argentine, and Charlo pounced with a combination of a right hook to the body and a left to the head to floor Castano for good. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "Take out the hard launch and floor it from a 5-mph roll, and the 60-mph trip stretches to 5.9 seconds. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "To see this on a screen in 2018 was enough to floor you. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Still, for those who want to floor the gas pedal, several production EVs have set speed records that handily surpass most combustion engines. \u2014 Jaclyn Trop, Fortune , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "Return hips to floor , but do not lower your right leg. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Lizzo regularly talks about the importance of body positivity, and she's also known to completely floor people with her onstage performances. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "The Eagles put the pedal to floor right from the start, and Independence appeared a bit intimidated. \u2014 Joe Magill, cleveland , 13 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173126"
  },
  "florescence":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a state or period of flourishing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"fl\u022f-\u02c8re-s\u1d4an(t)s",
    "synonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blossom",
      "floruit",
      "flower",
      "flush",
      "heyday",
      "high noon",
      "prime",
      "salad days",
      "springtime"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century A.D."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin fl\u014dr\u0113scentia, noun derivative of Latin fl\u014dr\u0113scent-, fl\u014dr\u0113scens, present participle of fl\u014dr\u0113scere \"to begin to flower, increase in vigor,\" inchoative derivative of fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom, prosper, be at the peak of one's powers,\" stative verbal derivative of fl\u014dr-, fl\u014ds  flower entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1793, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "florid":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "very flowery in style ornate",
      "having a florid style",
      "elaborately decorated",
      "covered with flowers",
      "tinged with red ruddy",
      "marked by emotional or sexual fervor",
      "fully developed manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome",
      "healthy",
      "very fancy or flowery in style",
      "having a reddish color",
      "fully developed manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u0259d",
    "synonyms":[
      "bedizened",
      "fussy",
      "gingerbread",
      "gingerbreaded",
      "gingerbready",
      "ornate",
      "overdecorated",
      "overwrought"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "austere",
      "plain",
      "severe",
      "stark",
      "unadorned"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a florid , gilded mirror that took up most of the wall",
      "gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is a delight, full of florid language, slow-building tension, groan-inducing puns, loads of food descriptions, and a fun and fleshed-out supporting cast. \u2014 Mary Cadden, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
      "Witness the self-consciously florid dialogue, sometimes poetically heightened to the point of torture. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "His florid documentary eavesdrops on fragmented dialogues between father and son, among friends and neighbors, between land and river and, of course, between the past and the present. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "While the blithely unworried are hindered by too little imagination, the florid fantasies of QAnon show that some Americans are beset by too much of the same. \u2014 Jennifer Szalai, New York Times , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "And there\u2019s no sign of a florid inscription that was supposedly carved into the box\u2019s side. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
      "Long or short, soft or loud, florid or dry, funny or serious \u2014 each prison column lands with a thud. \u2014 Kyle Whitmire, al , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Messiaen provided florid descriptions of the movements, and in this one the reed warbler is the great orator of his local lily pond. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Around that time, Texas Right to Life, a decades-old Christian pro-life organization that was one of the principal forces behind the passage of S.B. 8, sent out a florid fund-raising appeal. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin fl\u014dridus \"abounding in flowers, brightly colored, in the bloom of youth, highly colored (of rhetoric),\" adjective derivative, with the suffix -idus, corresponding to fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom\" \u2014 more at florescence ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1c"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "floruit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a period of flourishing (as of a person or movement)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr-(y)\u0259-w\u0259t",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blossom",
      "florescence",
      "flower",
      "flush",
      "heyday",
      "high noon",
      "prime",
      "salad days",
      "springtime"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century B.C."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin fl\u014druit \"(s/he) prospered, flourished,\" 3rd singular perfect of fl\u014dr\u0113re \"to bloom, prosper, be at the peak of one's powers\" \u2014 more at flourish entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1843, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194111"
  },
  "flounce":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move with exaggerated jerky or bouncy motions",
      ": to move so as to draw attention to oneself",
      ": to go with sudden determination",
      ": flounder , struggle",
      ": an act or instance of flouncing",
      ": a strip of fabric attached by one edge",
      ": a wide ruffle",
      ": to trim with flounces",
      ": to move with exaggerated motions",
      ": to walk in a way that shows anger",
      ": a strip of fabric or ruffle attached by one edge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307n(t)s",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307ns"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "frill",
      "furbelow",
      "ruffle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1583, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1713, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1711, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214720"
  },
  "flourishing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by vigorous and healthy growth",
      ": very active and successful"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259r-i-shi\u014b",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-rish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "going",
      "palmy",
      "prosperous",
      "successful",
      "thriving",
      "triumphant"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "failed",
      "unsuccessful"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English florysschyng, from present participle of florisshen \"to flourish entry 1 \"",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224319"
  },
  "floury":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a product consisting of finely milled wheat",
      ": a similar product made from another grain or food product (such as dried potatoes or fish)",
      ": a fine soft powder",
      ": to coat with or as if with flour",
      ": to break up into particles",
      ": finely ground wheat or other food product"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a five-pound bag of flour",
      "mix the two flours together",
      "Verb",
      "The fish should be lightly floured before it's fried.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The couple buys in bulk and shops directly with restaurant supply stores, once snagging a 50-pound bag of flour for $14.96 at a wholesale food distributor. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "As Fava\u2019s pregnancy progressed, Basile practiced wearing an Ergo baby carrier filled with sacks of flour , to test whether his body could handle the weight, whether his skin could tolerate the pressure of the straps. \u2014 Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Some tips: Use 2 tablespoons of flour for every tablespoon of cornstarch. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 June 2022",
      "In response, 95% of vegetable oil is now fortified with vitamin A, and 40% of flour is fortified with iron. \u2014 Nakisanze Segawa, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "Rising fuel, labor, transportation and packaging costs are also boosting the price of wheat flour in India. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 14 May 2022",
      "Financial challenges still come up \u2013 the price of flour just doubled, raising operating costs. \u2014 Tara Adhikari, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
      "Upon returning home, a small piece of milky green kitchenware might be buried in a bag of flour or tucked inside a box of fruit. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Lyn remembers hovering in the kitchen as a child, watching her grandmother and mother make roux, a sauce base of flour and fat that's fundamental to so many Louisiana dishes, from jambalaya to catfish coubion to turtle stew. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Once proofed, turn out the dough on an unfloured surface (resist the urge to flour the working surface to prevent the dough from sticking. \u2014 Minerva Ordu\u00f1o Rinc\u00f3n, The Arizona Republic , 6 June 2022",
      "When ready to bake, lightly re- flour your work surface. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to a 14-inch square. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Generously flour your work surface and rolling pin. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "Sunderland said some people flour and then fry them or even put them on pizzas. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Lightly flour a work surface and place chilled dough on it. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "Lightly flour a sufficiently large surface and roll out dough to 1/2 to 3/4 inch thickness. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Lightly flour the surface of the dough, then use your palms to pat into a rough square. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1657, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185534"
  },
  "flow":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to issue or move in a stream",
      ": circulate",
      ": to move with a continual change of place among the constituent particles",
      ": rise",
      ": abound",
      ": to proceed smoothly and readily",
      ": to have a smooth continuity",
      ": to hang loose and billowing",
      ": to derive from a source : come",
      ": to deform under stress without cracking or rupturing",
      ": menstruate",
      ": to cause to flow",
      ": to discharge in a flow",
      ": an act of flowing",
      ": flood sense 1a",
      ": flood sense 2",
      ": a smooth uninterrupted movement or progress",
      ": stream",
      ": a mass of material which has flowed when molten",
      ": the direction of movement or development",
      ": the quantity that flows in a certain time",
      ": menstruation",
      ": the motion characteristic of fluids",
      ": a continuous transfer of energy",
      ": to move in or as if in a stream",
      ": to glide along smoothly",
      ": to hang loose and waving",
      ": an act of moving in or as if in a stream",
      ": the rise of the tide",
      ": a smooth even movement : stream",
      ": an amount or mass of something moving in a stream",
      ": to move with a continual change of place among the constituent particles",
      ": menstruate",
      ": the quantity that flows in a certain time",
      ": menstruation",
      ": the motion characteristic of fluids"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u014d",
      "\u02c8fl\u014d",
      "\u02c8fl\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "pour",
      "roll",
      "run",
      "stream"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "back up"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Thus, the mixed signals on energy from this administration continue to flow and negatively impact markets. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "Until recently, the U.S. and EU have largely allowed Russia's oil and natural gas to continue to flow freely to the rest of the world. \u2014 Fatima Hussein, ajc , 2 June 2022",
      "July marks a turning point for the labor market, with nearly a million jobs created, as stimulus benefits and more generous unemployment continue to flow through the economy. \u2014 Mike Madden And Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
      "July marks a turning point for the labor market, with nearly a million jobs created, as stimulus benefits and more generous unemployment continue to flow through the economy. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "Russian oil exports continue to flow to the European Union, although the bloc has debated banning them for weeks. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Rain will continue to flow across the valleys, mostly in the form of showers that at times will be heavy. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
      "As long as the shares continue to flow , accountability is the order of the day. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
      "Russian oil and gas continue to flow into Western Europe. \u2014 Michael Oren, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Maluma seamlessly weaves his charming flow into his love songs and bedroom bangers. \u2014 Lucas Villa, SPIN , 10 June 2022",
      "Brunner\u2019s team designed the ModuleQ platform to be embedded into the collaboration platforms sellers use on a daily basis to become part of their natural flow of work. \u2014 Stephen Diorio, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "With the famed \u201999 beat guiding his rap flow \u2014 Davidson shows up dressed as Michaels, surrounded by awards and spitting lines about the coveted producer whose face shows up as deep fakes scattered throughout the video. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 22 May 2022",
      "That coupled with her rapid-fire flow , has earned her collaborations with stars including J Balvin and Rosal\u00eda. \u2014 Kate Linthicumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile, the Manduka ProLite is textured with a grid-like pattern, which is intended to prevent slipping during your flow . \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 17 May 2022",
      "Can't argue the move, but the maybe Phoenix lost its offensive flow and never fully got it back. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
      "It is delivered by the Central Arizona Project, a 336-mile-long concrete canal that shoots off a river riddled with infrastructure directing and storing its flow . \u2014 Erin Patrick O'connor, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
      "Alone fans are accustomed to the typical ebb and flow of a season. \u2014 Frederick Dreier, Outside Online , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a(1)",
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185442"
  },
  "flower":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the specialized part of an angiospermous plant that occurs singly or in clusters, possesses whorls of often colorful petals or sepals , and bears the reproductive structures (such as stamens or pistils) involved in the development of seeds and fruit : blossom",
      ": a cluster of small flowers growing closely together that resembles and is often viewed as a single flower : inflorescence",
      ": a plant grown or valued for its flowers",
      ": a cut stem of a plant with its flower",
      ": bloom entry 2 sense 1b",
      ": the best part or example",
      ": the finest most vigorous period",
      ": a state of blooming or flourishing",
      ": a finely divided powder produced especially by condensation or sublimation",
      ": develop",
      ": flourish sense 2",
      ": to produce flowers : blossom",
      ": to cause to bear flowers",
      ": to decorate with flowers or floral designs",
      ": a plant part that produces seed",
      ": a small plant grown chiefly for its showy flowers",
      ": the state of bearing flowers",
      ": the best part or example",
      ": bloom entry 2 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307(-\u0259)r",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blossom"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blossom",
      "blow",
      "burgeon",
      "bourgeon",
      "effloresce",
      "unfold"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Once your cilantro has bolted (or gone to flower ), use the flowers to dress up salads and soups. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
      "Delta 8 THC flower , prerolls, and vape carts are available in a variety of strain options, such as Indica, Sativa, or Hybrid. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Growing sites and yearly care do seem to have an influence on when the trees begin to flower . \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
      "When the plant begins to flower , change the light cycle, so the plant gets 10 to 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness per night. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "Some of the lesser celandine plants in my home garden are starting to flower now. \u2014 Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune , 1 May 2022",
      "By late March, many of the lettuces and herbs in the garden have bolted or gone to flower , meaning their leaves will turn bitter and become unusable. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Its Seed-to-Sale Tour encourages an appreciation of the magical cannabis plant, from seed to seedling to flower , to the taste and effects. \u2014 A. Ellis Evans, chicagotribune.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "In a beautiful metaphor, Adams expressed gratitude for her blossoming career comparing herself to a blooming flower . \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "When temperatures rise consistently above 85 degrees Fahrenheit, most plants may continue to flower but fail to produce fruits. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 4 June 2022",
      "And yet Mungo, more than any other Stuart protagonist, is given the opportunity to choose love \u2014 a kind that might open and flower into ordinary flourishing, not the variety that immortalizes in the face of inevitable doom. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Led by Alexander, participants on the Wildflower Walk will search out and identify Freja Park ephemeral wildflowers, the perennials which flower in spring, then go dormant by mid-summer. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "When these are trimmed too early, the buds on old wood are still sacrificed, but the plant can flower on new wood later in the season. \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Roses continue to grow and flower during warm days of fall and winter. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "These will flower eventually, if kept a bit root-bound. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "So showcases like Ventana Sur\u2019s SoloSeries are likely to flower in the next few years. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But its terrible, pungent odor -- akin to rotting flesh -- helps gardeners predict when the plant will flower , which according to the release, happens in two stages: the female bloom phase and the male bloom phase. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 28 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183921"
  },
  "flub":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make a mess of : botch",
      ": blunder",
      ": an act or instance of flubbing : blunder"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blow",
      "bobble",
      "boggle",
      "bollix (up)",
      "boot",
      "botch",
      "bugger (up)",
      "bumble",
      "bungle",
      "butcher",
      "dub",
      "fluff",
      "foozle",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mangle",
      "mess (up)",
      "muck up",
      "muff",
      "murder",
      "screw up"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blunder",
      "bobble",
      "boo-boo",
      "boob",
      "brick",
      "clanger",
      "clinker",
      "error",
      "fault",
      "fluff",
      "fumble",
      "gaff",
      "gaffe",
      "goof",
      "inaccuracy",
      "lapse",
      "miscue",
      "misstep",
      "mistake",
      "oversight",
      "screwup",
      "slip",
      "slipup",
      "stumble",
      "trip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The ball went right to him but he flubbed the catch.",
      "The actress flubbed several lines.",
      "Noun",
      "when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Guyton did not appear to drop or flub a word, another propositional bet that was offered. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, ajc , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Both teams\u2019 performances go down smoothly, with only Coco really seeming to flub her verse. \u2014 Shaad D'souza, Vulture , 15 May 2021",
      "President Biden appeared to flub Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's title and Pentagon office during a ceremony at the White House honoring two female military aviators for promotion to four-star commands. \u2014 Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Small Business Advice has had the site for years, not just since Mnuchin flubbed the address. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 13 May 2020",
      "Here's what happened: Last night on 'The Voice':The Top 20 blow the coaches away despite malfunction, flubbed lyrics Viewers' Saves The two artists from each coach\u2019s team who received the most viewer votes automatically advanced to the Top 13. \u2014 Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "Even vdev removal can't save you from a flubbed ashift setting! \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 8 May 2020",
      "Fortunately for all, there were no name flubs this time around. \u2014 Taylor Weatherby, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2020",
      "The issue persisted in different camera modes, including portrait mode, which would either capture an entire scene in focus or flub the simulated depth of field by including elements of the background. \u2014 Patrick Lucas Austin, Time , 4 Mar. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Bryant isn't the only contestant to recently trend for a frustrating flub . \u2014 Rachel Schonberger, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Unfortunately, this isn't the only flub that's occurred on the popular game show in recent weeks. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Then her overconfident flub turned into one of the biggest bloopers of the Games. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "That said, Hooper is not overly worried that Fed chair Jerome Powell is about to make a major monetary flub . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "But that wasn't the only flub HBO Max were forced to fix. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
      "But with regulators breathing down the bank's neck over long-overdue systems upgrades, plus a flurry of bad press over the fat-finger flub , Corbat decided to bounce early, according to the Wall Street Journal. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "The introduction was scruffy (an out-of-tune violin here, a brass flub there) but the second movement\u2019s lusty, voluminous accents set the tone for the rest of the evening. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "As the shot clock started to churn, Christie collected his dribble after a bit of a flub on a catch in MSU\u2019s motion offense. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 18 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1904, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1900, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210346"
  },
  "fluctuation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an act or instance of fluctuating : an irregular shifting back and forth or up and down in the level, strength, or value of something",
      ": a motion like that of waves",
      ": the wavelike motion of a fluid collected in a natural or artificial cavity of the body observed by palpation or percussion",
      ": a slight and nonheritable variation",
      ": such a variation occurring in response to environmental factors",
      ": recurrent and often more or less cyclic alteration (as of form, size, or color of a bodily part)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u0259k-ch\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "-ch\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101-",
      "\u02ccfl\u0259k-ch\u0259-\u02c8w\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "change",
      "flux",
      "inconstancy",
      "oscillation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213046"
  },
  "fluently":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of flowing : fluid",
      ": capable of moving with ease and grace",
      ": capable of using a language easily and accurately",
      ": effortlessly smooth and flowing",
      ": having or showing mastery of a subject or skill",
      ": able to speak easily and well",
      ": smooth and correct"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "eloquent",
      "silver-tongued",
      "well-spoken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inarticulate",
      "ineloquent",
      "unvocal"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a fluent speaker of Chinese",
      "a very fluent speaker who always communicates his points well",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In addition to being fluent in English, Serbian and Spanish, Simovic can also speak Croatian and Bosnian. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "Rachel, who has a digital art bent and is fluent in programs like Procreate, joined in at around 12. \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
      "Per his official IMDb profile, Wlaschiha is fluent in several different languages: German, English, French, Russian and Italian. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Through BuildUp\u2019s hands-on learning approach, Martin says graduates are fluent in a trade skill and the financial literacy to expand their skills into a small business. \u2014 Saige Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 May 2022",
      "Being fluent in German and English -- in addition to Russian and Ukrainian -- Anna was a language teacher. \u2014 Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
      "When her best friend starts college at U.C.L.A., Bran meets the person who will become her object of obsession: Peter, a Maine import who is fluent in Kafka and Sch\u00f6nberg. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "My mom was raised by her paternal grandparents \u2014 wealthy doctors who spoke fluent Japanese, Hokkien and Mandarin and owned their own clinic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "The photographer for the article, Christopher Lee, is also tattooed and fluent in the language of the subculture. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin fluent-, fluens , present participle of fluere \u2014 more at fluid ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210235"
  },
  "fluff":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": down entry 7 sense 1",
      ": something fluffy",
      ": something inconsequential",
      ": blunder",
      ": an actor's lapse of memory",
      ": to make fluffy",
      ": to spoil by a mistake : botch",
      ": to deliver badly or forget (one's lines) in a play",
      ": to become fluffy",
      ": to make a mistake",
      ": to forget or bungle one's lines in a play",
      ": something light and soft",
      ": to make or become fuller, lighter, or softer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259f",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "down",
      "floss",
      "fur",
      "fuzz",
      "lint",
      "nap",
      "pile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blunder",
      "boob",
      "err",
      "flub",
      "foul up",
      "fumble",
      "goof (up)",
      "louse up",
      "mess (up)",
      "screw up",
      "slip up",
      "stumble",
      "trip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The old-school polyester fluff is warm but bulky, with no DWR finish to repel precipitation, and no moisture-wicking grid or lining to battle sweat. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 4 Apr. 2021",
      "The formulas are made with active ingredients that are clinically proven, without any filler or fluff . \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Chocolate doughnuts also were a standout here, fried to a delicate fluff and topped with a flavorful glaze. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Paleontologists are only just beginning to uncover the deep history of colorful fluff and fuzz, a line of inquiry that will have experts digging into the earliest days of the Age of Reptiles. \u2014 Riley Black, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "This study finetunes this idea, claiming that instead of mere fluff , the ancient reptiles had feathers that helped regulate body temperature and with visual communication. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "But the daring conceit, so at odds with typical musical fluff , has grown even more disturbing since the pandemic forced the postponement of this East West Players\u2019 revival. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The sandwich sees jelly substituted with marshmallow fluff . \u2014 Taylor Avery, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "That\u2019s a boon to gentlemen with pandemic food babies - or who are just thick in the waist - but wish to highlight their muscles and minimize their fluff in their choice of clothing. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Use the back of a fork to smash any large chunks into granita smithereens, then use the tines to fluff it up. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 June 2022",
      "But where so many of their films in the past concluded with at least a tiny sliver of solace, hope or grace piercing the social-realist gloom, Belgium\u2019s preeminent filmmaking brothers are having none of that happy-clappy fluff this time time. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Uncover, and use a rice paddle or wide spoon to gently fluff the grains. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
      "Toward the end of the first installment, Hailey grabbed a spoolie brush and Milk Makeup's KUSH Fiber Gel to fluff her brows. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Remove pot from heat and let sit, covered, for 5 minutes, then gently fluff with fork and set aside to cool slightly. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Uncover and fluff the rice with a fork to separate the grains, then let cool uncovered until warm enough to handle. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
      "Their suggestion: throw it in the dryer for a quick cycle to smooth out wrinkles and fluff it up. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Ghost can fluff up so much his eyes are barely visible. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1835, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181924"
  },
  "fluffy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": covered with or resembling fluff",
      ": being light and soft or airy : puffed up",
      ": lacking in meaning or substance : superficial sense 2c",
      ": having, covered with, or similar to down",
      ": being or looking light and soft"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-f\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "airy",
      "ethereal",
      "gossamer",
      "gossamery",
      "light"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "heavy",
      "leaden"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the fluffy fur of a kitten",
      "Beat the egg whites until they are fluffy .",
      "furniture with big fluffy cushions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The donut features a light and fluffy base, lingonberry glaze and sauce, topped with either the meatball or plant-based ball \u2013 for vegetarians. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
      "This 95/5 Merlot/Cabernet Franc blend includes a Grand Marnier treat of aromas\u2014 fluffy , fruity, with red cherries, Fry\u2019s chocolate cream, and mandarins. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
      "The bun is soft and fluffy , shiny and golden, wrapped around the sausage, which peeks out of both ends. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
      "To properly blend out a cream contour, experts recommend using a soft, fluffy , or angled brush, or a slightly damp sponge for a more natural look. \u2014 Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 May 2022",
      "These comforters are extraordinarily fluffy , cozy, and warm\u2014all while staying relatively lightweight. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "It was supposed to be a fluffy romance novel that didn't have anything complicated in it. \u2014 Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE , 24 May 2022",
      "Recently, Clara Luciani, one of France\u2019s biggest pop stars, posted a shot of herself standing on a white-columned balcony in pigtails, sunglasses, and a fluffy white bathrobe. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
      "The sandwich is layered with thick slices of ham, Genoa salami and pepperoni on fluffy local bread. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211519"
  },
  "fluid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass and that easily yield to pressure : capable of flowing",
      ": subject to change or movement",
      ": characterized by or employing a smooth easy style",
      ": available for various uses",
      ": liquid sense 4",
      ": a substance (such as a liquid or gas) tending to flow or conform to the outline of its container",
      ": capable of flowing like a liquid or gas",
      ": having a graceful or flowing style or appearance",
      ": something that tends to flow and take the shape of its container",
      ": having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass and that easily yield to pressure : capable of flowing",
      ": a substance (as a liquid or gas) tending to flow or conform to the outline of its container",
      ": one in the body of an animal or plant \u2014 see cerebrospinal fluid , seminal fluid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259d",
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259d",
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flowing",
      "fluent",
      "liquid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hard",
      "nonliquid",
      "solid"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The situation is still fluid and the men could still remain in their roles, some of the people said. \u2014 Dana Cimilluca And Cara Lombardo, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
      "True technological progress lies in being fluid , not in sticking to outdated rigor. \u2014 Natan Linder, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "But the idea of masculinity is fluid and can evolve. \u2014 Chichi Offor, refinery29.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Experts said that situations often are fluid and may transition repeatedly from an active shooting scenario to a hostage situation. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 May 2022",
      "Experts said that situations often are fluid and may transition repeatedly from an active shooting scenario to a hostage situation. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "Transitions are fluid : The camera follows Matho and his friends into a gas station convenience store only to leave the scene with Bill. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
      "In many areas in the east the situation is fluid , with Ukrainian and Russian forces capturing and recapturing territory. \u2014 Andrew Jeong, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
      "The difference between daytime and primetime talk shows is also fluid . \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The virus spreads via direct contact with the scabs or body fluid of an infected person, intimate physical contact or though actions like kissing. \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
      "There was no food but meconium, the dark fluid that is in the stomach of fetuses and newborns until replaced with milk or formula. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
      "The fluid that backs up to the right side of the heart stretches it. \u2014 Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF , 8 June 2022",
      "But to try to do so would be to attempt to make the subjective objective or set in stone the fluid . \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 21 May 2022",
      "At the surface, the heated fluid can be flashed to steam or run through an organic Rankine cycle plant to drive a turbine and subsequently a generator. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "But the fluid eventually drains after giving birth, Minkin added. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The rheometer twists the fluid between parallel disks in order to measure its viscosity. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The fiery wick then ignites the fluid , creating a self-sustaining fire. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1661, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214233"
  },
  "flukey":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": happening by or depending on chance",
      ": being unsteady or uncertain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fortuitous",
      "fortunate",
      "happy",
      "heaven-sent",
      "lucky",
      "providential"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hapless",
      "ill-fated",
      "ill-starred",
      "luckless",
      "star-crossed",
      "unfortunate",
      "unhappy",
      "unlucky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit",
      "the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Barring another fluky playoff outcome, could be another Lombardi Gras in the offing ... *Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-6): QB Tom Brady's arrival has made them the league's unexpected darlings, ones boasting a franchise-record five games in prime time. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 14 May 2020",
      "Less than a month after getting hurt \u2013 on a fluky play that also saw fellow lineman Bryson Cain go down \u2013 McCauley represented his school in the Territorial Cup. \u2014 Michael Lev, azcentral , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "This wasn't a fluky loss, or bad officiating, or a goofy play. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "Even monarchs are vulnerable to awkward, fluky snafus. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The recent bout of soft numbers (including today's) are fluky , in her view, and not something that's about to disrupt the course of monetary policy. \u2014 WSJ , 14 June 2017",
      "The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a fluky goal from Brassard, who slipped a shot past Bishop on the near post. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "After a few big saves early in the first period, Devan Dubnyk fell victim to his latest fluky goal, as winger Michael Grabner tried to kick a pass to his stick and instead inadvertently redirected the puck slowly over the goal line. \u2014 Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities , 9 Nov. 2019",
      "Washington\u2019s only touchdown of the day came in the first quarter on a fluky 65-yard run play from Steven Sims. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184433"
  },
  "flume":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an inclined channel for conveying water (as for power)",
      ": a ravine or gorge with a stream running through it"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fcm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "couloir",
      "defile",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "kloof",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it",
      "built a flume next to the road for runoff",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Amenities include two flume slides, two small slides, a pool with zero depth edge, two sand volleyball courts, a sand play area and spots that can be reserved for private parties. \u2014 Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "Water features include zero-depth areas, flume and tunnel slides, a vortex whirlpool, competition pool, diving well and two 1-meter boards. \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 26 May 2022",
      "Another amusing interlude featured Madonna briefly whimpering to the camera in between more rides, before the group was seen laughing at a photo that was taken of them while plunging into the water on the log flume . \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "The Aquaman Splashdown flume ride won\u2019t open until later in the season when the temperatures climb and the threat of snow is (hopefully) gone. \u2014 Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In late spring and early summer, the snowmelt-swollen river is a wild thing, a nearly nonstop log flume of fun, icy rapids. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Occasionally, a steelhead trout got flung down the flume and squished in the printing works. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "Hammock Beach\u2019s 91,000-square-foot Fantasy Pool complex shooting down the water flume or gliding along the lazy river. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "In June 2020, Disney Parks first announced plans to overhaul the Splash Mountain log flume ride, which opened its first version at California's Disneyland in 1989. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 23 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"probably from Middle English flum river, from Anglo-French, from Latin flumen , from fluere \u2014 more at fluid ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1748, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204912"
  },
  "flummox":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "confuse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0259-m\u0259ks",
    "synonyms":[
      "addle",
      "baffle",
      "bamboozle",
      "beat",
      "befog",
      "befuddle",
      "bemuse",
      "bewilder",
      "buffalo",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discombobulate",
      "disorient",
      "fox",
      "fuddle",
      "get",
      "gravel",
      "maze",
      "muddle",
      "muddy",
      "mystify",
      "perplex",
      "pose",
      "puzzle",
      "vex"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The complexity of the cloud migration process, which continues to flummox many enterprises, is a result of the complexity of the on-premises environment. \u2014 Chetan Mathur, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The spread of fentanyl into an ever-growing portion of the nation\u2019s drug supply has continued to flummox even states with strong addiction-treatment services. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
      "While chronic pain may flummox the usual scans and tests, the condition is very much real, causing immeasurable suffering. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In a game where the Bruins\u2019 sturdy backbone came together to fluster and flummox a disciplined Gaels team in a 72-56 victory, that backbone crumpled. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Mike Zimmer\u2019s defense figures to flummox rookie quarterback Justin Fields just enough. \u2014 Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Some version of this coronavirus is bound to flummox our vaccines. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "The bond between Alice and the spiky, decidedly unliterary Felix might flummox . \u2014 New York Times , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "But none of them compare to saving young lives the way Mr. Jackson could easily do by demonstrating that the vaccine is safe and effective and not some difficult choice that should flummox a healthy adult. \u2014 Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com , 11 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1836, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flunkie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a liveried servant",
      ": one performing menial or miscellaneous duties",
      ": yes-man"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "domestic",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant",
      "steward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "master",
      "mistress"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If he can't go himself, he'll send one of his flunkies .",
      "since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this month, former Chancellor and longtime Putin flunky Gerhard Schroeder was nominated to join the board of Gazprom, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "In a memorable death scene, Moe is confronted by Joey, Candy\u2019s abusive ex, who\u2019s working as a Soviet flunky . \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "To Davis, practically everyone was a flunky , from MVA clerk to Target cashier. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2021",
      "Far from embracing Western-style market reforms, Xi calcified state control over the economy and stocked its bureaucracy with flunkies and yes-men. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "My job is to be a journalist, not a flunky and a propaganda arm for your criminal behavior and corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Robert Mueller\u2019s simultaneously defining himself as helpless Justice Department flunky and supreme arbiter of the Constitution is above all another romp in the murk. \u2014 Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Hollywood has Rick unwittingly intercept the Manson flunkies , which changes their path. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Verge , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Michael Zalewski, 23rd, and political flunky Kevin Quinn, brother of Madigan\u2019s own alderman, Marty Quinn, 13th. \u2014 John Kass, chicagotribune.com , 17 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Scots, of unknown origin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220637"
  },
  "flunky":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a liveried servant",
      ": one performing menial or miscellaneous duties",
      ": yes-man"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "domestic",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant",
      "steward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "master",
      "mistress"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If he can't go himself, he'll send one of his flunkies .",
      "since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this month, former Chancellor and longtime Putin flunky Gerhard Schroeder was nominated to join the board of Gazprom, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "In a memorable death scene, Moe is confronted by Joey, Candy\u2019s abusive ex, who\u2019s working as a Soviet flunky . \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "To Davis, practically everyone was a flunky , from MVA clerk to Target cashier. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2021",
      "Far from embracing Western-style market reforms, Xi calcified state control over the economy and stocked its bureaucracy with flunkies and yes-men. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "My job is to be a journalist, not a flunky and a propaganda arm for your criminal behavior and corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Robert Mueller\u2019s simultaneously defining himself as helpless Justice Department flunky and supreme arbiter of the Constitution is above all another romp in the murk. \u2014 Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Hollywood has Rick unwittingly intercept the Manson flunkies , which changes their path. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Verge , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Michael Zalewski, 23rd, and political flunky Kevin Quinn, brother of Madigan\u2019s own alderman, Marty Quinn, 13th. \u2014 John Kass, chicagotribune.com , 17 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Scots, of unknown origin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201450"
  },
  "flurry":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a gust of wind",
      "a brief light snowfall",
      "a brief period of commotion or excitement",
      "a sudden occurrence of many things at once barrage sense 2",
      "a brief advance or decline in prices a short-lived outburst of trading activity",
      "to cause to become agitated and confused",
      "to move in an agitated or confused manner",
      "a gust of wind",
      "a brief light snowfall",
      "a brief outburst"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0259r-\u0113",
    "synonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flutter",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "agitate",
      "ail",
      "alarm",
      "alarum",
      "bother",
      "concern",
      "derail",
      "discomfort",
      "discompose",
      "dismay",
      "disquiet",
      "distemper",
      "distract",
      "distress",
      "disturb",
      "exercise",
      "frazzle",
      "freak (out)",
      "fuss",
      "hagride",
      "perturb",
      "undo",
      "unhinge",
      "unsettle",
      "upset",
      "weird out",
      "worry"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "We had a few flurries yesterday.",
      "a flurry of activity on the floor of the stock market as soon as the news spread",
      "Verb",
      "flurried by visions of falls and broken bones, the parents wouldn't even allow the child to ride a bike",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Amid a flurry of criticism, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence yesterday that could have led to his removal from office. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 7 June 2022",
      "The news comes amid a flurry of other show postponements and cancellations from other acts who\u2019ve had COVID cases in their midst. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
      "Covid outbreak comes amid a flurry of weapons tests. \u2014 Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
      "His big-league dream came true amid a flurry of transactions. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Sanders\u2019 addition to MSNBC also comes amid a flurry of changes and announcements at the network \u2014 which, among other things, is rumored to be where outgoing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is in talks to come aboard as a host. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "Pelosi\u2019s positive test comes amid a flurry of other positive cases among individuals who attended the elite Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington on Saturday. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 8 Apr. 2022",
      "The news of the E.U.\u2019s sanctions against individuals with Kremlin ties comes amid a flurry of economic sanctions against Moscow. \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Amid a flurry of condemnation from the left and right, Gosar denied being part of such an effort. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "In a sun-lit room, Lily Aldrige and Jasmine Tookes sit serenely as a team of hair and makeup artists flurry around them. \u2014 Ian Malone, Vogue , 6 May 2022",
      "Setting the tone, images of snow flurried on screens above the runway, which was set up around plastic sculptures resembling melting ice. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2020",
      "Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle , 16 May 2018",
      "Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, courant.com , 15 May 2018",
      "Fishing the morning of the snow flurries this past week, Captain Mike Carter still managed to find a Guntersville giant for his clients--big bass of the trip was well over 8 pounds! \u2014 Frank Sargeant, AL.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle , 16 May 2018",
      "Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle , 16 May 2018",
      "Boston flurried just before the half, getting six points from Morris in the final minute to trim Cleveland's lead to 55-48 at the break. \u2014 Kyle Hightower, Houston Chronicle , 16 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "fluster":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset",
      ": to make tipsy",
      ": a state of agitated confusion",
      ": to make nervous and confused : upset",
      ": a state of nervous confusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-st\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abash",
      "confound",
      "confuse",
      "discomfit",
      "disconcert",
      "discountenance",
      "embarrass",
      "faze",
      "mortify",
      "nonplus",
      "rattle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dither",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "huff",
      "lather",
      "pother",
      "stew",
      "sweat",
      "swelter",
      "swivet",
      "tizzy",
      "twitter"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The interruption flustered the speaker.",
      "Some speakers fluster more easily than others.",
      "Noun",
      "all the yelling on the bus put the driver in a fluster",
      "there was a palpable fluster in the audience when I asked my awkward question",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Alcaraz then used a series of kick serves to fluster Djokovic and held at love for a 6-5 lead. \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
      "In a game where the Bruins\u2019 sturdy backbone came together to fluster and flummox a disciplined Gaels team in a 72-56 victory, that backbone crumpled. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The Buccaneers do have defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, though, and his exotic blitz packages may fluster Stafford, who threw 17 interceptions in the regular season, tied for the league lead. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Both are struggling, but Pittsburgh is at home in prime time, and its defense will have something dialed up to fluster Justin Fields. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Of course, Martindale has tried to fluster Mahomes with zone coverage, too. \u2014 Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "Still, the Browns\u2019 defense could fluster a rookie quarterback into a mistake or two. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Sep. 2021",
      "Mathieu helped fluster Cleveland early and then Stefanski ran out of go-to plays late. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "Belichick has been known to be able to fluster opposing rookie quarterbacks with different defensive looks, and by extension, Flores can do the same, having learned from Belichick for a decade as an assistant in New England. \u2014 David Furones, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In the 4 1/2 games Chubb missed, the Browns had their quarterback win a game (Bengals), needed last-second heroics from Odell Beckham Jr. in Dallas, and had the defense fluster Colts quarterback Phillip Rivers into two interceptions and a safety. \u2014 Ellis L. Williams, cleveland , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Some believe the team uses the roof for competitive advantages -- closed to trap and amplify crowd noise or open to fluster opposing quarterbacks and kickers. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Sep. 2020",
      "Bayard\u2019s book has the luster of Abraham Lincoln as a protagonist and the fluster of the 16th president\u2019s ambiguous sexuality at its heart. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 11 June 2019",
      "The fluster of lies Hanks\u2019 Falstaff employs as a shield against rejection is touchingly pulled off. \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 10 June 2018",
      "Fromm has shown the poise of a veteran all season, but Saban's defenses have been known to fluster even experienced quarterbacks and Fitzpatrick is an extension of Saban on the field. \u2014 Ralph D. Russo, Houston Chronicle , 5 Jan. 2018",
      "Marcel Marceau, Paul Anka, every French singer since Piaf, mostly recruited by his impossible-to- fluster translator and friend Yanou Collart. \u2014 Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
      "Noun",
      "1712, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222725"
  },
  "flustered":{
    "type":"adjective",
    "definitions":[
      "in a state of agitated confusion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0259-st\u0259rd",
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"see fluster  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1743, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "fluttery":{
    "type":"verb",
    "definitions":[
      "to flap the wings rapidly",
      "to move with quick wavering or flapping motions",
      "to vibrate in irregular spasms",
      "to move about or behave in an agitated aimless manner",
      "to cause to flutter",
      "an act of fluttering",
      "a state of nervous confusion or excitement",
      "flurry , commotion",
      "abnormal spasmodic fluttering of a body part",
      "a distortion in reproduced sound similar to but of a higher pitch than wow",
      "fluctuation in the brightness of a television image",
      "an unwanted oscillation (as of an aileron or a bridge) set up by natural forces",
      "a small speculative venture or gamble",
      "to move the wings rapidly without flying or in making short flights",
      "to move with a quick flapping motion",
      "to move about excitedly",
      "an act of moving or flapping quickly",
      "a state of excitement",
      "an abnormal rapid spasmodic and usually rhythmic motion or contraction of a body part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u0259-t\u0259r",
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
      "The giant, two-toned sequins flutter in the wind and shimmer in the sun so that the piece changes dimensions throughout the day. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "As the pages magically flutter open, the viewer is drawn into Future's world. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2022",
      "One butterfly starts to flutter above our group of watchful eyes\u2014then two, then three. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
      "An elevated version of a classic T-shirt, the top features flutter sleeves and a curved hem. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "As media teams flutter around the two remaining candidates, President Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the nation\u2019s political cartoonists are out in force, ready to accentuate even the smallest slip. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Flanary suffered a form of cardiac arrest called ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart\u2019s lower chambers flutter erratically, cutting off the flow of blood to the rest of the body. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Here in Lower Manhattan, Republic of China flags still flutter above the offices of family associations that were founded before the Communist Revolution. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Ancient dried rose petals flutter down from between the envelopes. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
      "Apparently butterflies, like the one unnecessarily inserted into several scenes to give a dreamlike flutter to the otherwise unyieldingly gritty texture, see in vivid color. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "There's no denying the flutter and shine of the materials is a draw. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The room was silent \u2014 no beating hearts, ticking clocks or gnostic ravens \u2014 except for the creak of a chair and the soft flutter of a turning page. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Whereas the former is an entirely private matter, grounded in fleeting moments like the flutter at a lover\u2019s touch, body shame is the product of social demand and taboo. \u2014 Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Coming to Oaks and the Kentucky Derby was a dream come true for Meredith, who was dressed in a white dress covered in a flutter of butterflies. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022",
      "Go forth and let your lashes flutter like Selena's. \u2014 Seventeen , 6 May 2022",
      "News Tuesday that gross U.S. government debt had surpassed $30 trillion for the first time caused a flutter of headlines but merely yawns from the political class. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "While players all around him saw their rounds flutter away in the breeze, Scheffler shot a five-under-par 67 \u2014 two strokes better than his outstanding Thursday round \u2014 to take a five-shot lead into the weekend. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flux":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flowing of fluid from the body: such as",
      ": diarrhea",
      ": dysentery",
      ": a continuous moving on or passing by (as of a stream)",
      ": a continued flow : flood",
      ": influx",
      ": change , fluctuation",
      ": a substance used to promote fusion (as of metals or minerals)",
      ": one (such as rosin) applied to surfaces to be joined by soldering, brazing, or welding to clean and free them from oxide and promote their union",
      ": the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface",
      ": to cause to become fluid",
      ": to treat with a flux",
      ": to become fluid : fuse",
      ": a flowing or discharge of fluid from the body especially when excessive or abnormal: as",
      ": diarrhea",
      ": dysentery",
      ": the matter discharged in a flux",
      ": the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259ks",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "change",
      "fluctuation",
      "inconstancy",
      "oscillation"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "deliquesce",
      "fuse",
      "liquefy",
      "liquify",
      "melt",
      "run",
      "thaw"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the English language is always in a state of flux",
      "January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores.",
      "Verb",
      "a solid will flux more quickly under pressure",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The show signals an important part of the craft movement\u2019s recent wave, as the works distinguished as craft are also performing as artifacts representing American history and are in flux with the contemporary moment. \u2014 Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "But Deloitte's survey indicates the overall financial picture for younger generations is in flux . \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
      "Fostering And Maintaining Your Team's Trust With growing attrition rates and employee churn, new managers may enter a landscape that's in flux with employees frustrated or disappointed by continuous change. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
      "This in- flux culture further complicates the already stressful process of interviewing and makes a critical question\u2014how to dress for it\u2014even more confounding. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "Murphy\u2019s hiring completes Fairfield\u2019s administrative team which has been in flux since the December 2020 resignation of then city manager Mark Wendling. \u2014 Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer , 18 May 2022",
      "At a time when values and norms are in flux in almost every sector of society, the campus, by outward appearance, promises stasis. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "Some aspects of the city\u2019s Mass. and Cass approach are in flux . \u2014 Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
      "Like the rest of its rotation, the Rockets' wing rotation will be in flux entering next season. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 10 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Those signs can flux when sleep deprived, traveling or stressed at work as well. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place. \u2014 Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics , 24 Aug. 2018"
    ],
    "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 at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193046"
  },
  "fly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "geographical name",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move in or pass through the air with wings",
      ": to move through the air or before the wind or through outer space",
      ": to float, wave, or soar in the air",
      ": to take flight : flee",
      ": to fade and disappear : vanish",
      ": to move, pass, or spread quickly",
      ": to be moved with sudden extreme emotion",
      ": to seem to pass quickly",
      ": to become expended or dissipated rapidly",
      ": to operate or travel in an airplane or spacecraft",
      ": to work successfully : win popular acceptance",
      ": to cause to fly, float, or hang in the air",
      ": to operate (something, such as a balloon, aircraft, rocket, or spacecraft) in flight",
      ": to journey over or through by flying",
      ": to flee or escape from",
      ": avoid , shun",
      ": to transport by aircraft or spacecraft",
      ": to assail suddenly and violently",
      ": to fly an airplane solely by instruments",
      ": to be elated",
      ": to stand or act forthrightly or brazenly in defiance or contradiction of",
      ": the action or process of flying : flight",
      ": a device consisting of two or more radial vanes capable of rotating on a spindle to act as a fan or to govern the speed of clockwork or very light machinery",
      ": flywheel",
      ": the space over a theater stage where scenery and equipment can be hung",
      ": something attached by one edge: such as",
      ": a garment closing concealed by a fold of cloth extending over the fastener",
      ": the length of an extended flag from its staff or support",
      ": the outer or loose end of a flag",
      ": a baseball hit high into the air",
      ": flyleaf",
      ": a sheet of material (such as canvas) that is attachable to a tent for use as a double top or as a rooflike extension",
      ": a football pass pattern in which the receiver runs straight downfield",
      ": in motion : busy",
      ": while still in the air : without the ball bouncing",
      ": in a hurry and often without preparation : hastily , spontaneously",
      ": simultaneously with another task",
      ": to hit a fly in baseball",
      ": a winged insect",
      ": any of a large order (Diptera) of winged or rarely wingless insects (such as the housefly, mosquito, or gnat) that have the anterior wings functional, the posterior wings reduced to halteres, and segmented often headless, eyeless, and legless larvae \u2014 compare maggot",
      ": a large stout-bodied fly",
      ": a fishhook dressed (as with feathers or tinsel) to suggest an insect",
      ": a detracting factor or element",
      ": keen , artful",
      ": to move in or pass through the air with wings",
      ": to move through the air or before the wind",
      ": to float or cause to float, wave, or soar in the wind",
      ": to run away : flee",
      ": to pass or move swiftly",
      ": to operate or travel in an aircraft",
      ": to become suddenly emotional",
      ": a flap of material to cover a fastening in a garment",
      ": a layer of fabric that goes over the top of a tent",
      ": a baseball hit very high",
      ": any of a large group of mostly stout-bodied two-winged insects (as the housefly)",
      ": a winged insect",
      ": a fishhook made to look like an insect",
      ": a winged insect",
      ": any dipteran fly",
      ": a large and stout-bodied dipteran fly (as a horsefly)",
      "river 650 miles (1046 kilometers) long in southern New Guinea flowing southeast into the Gulf of Papua"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u012b",
      "\u02c8fl\u012b",
      "\u02c8fl\u012b",
      "\u02c8fl\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aviate",
      "glide",
      "plane",
      "soar",
      "wing"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1) and Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1893, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1811, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191658"
  },
  "flyer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that flies",
      ": airman",
      ": a reckless or speculative venture",
      ": an advertising circular"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170827"
  },
  "flyspeck":{
    "type":"noun",
    "definitions":[
      "a speck made by fly excrement",
      "something small and insignificant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":"\u02c8fl\u012b-\u02ccspek",
    "synonyms":[
      "atom",
      "bit",
      "crumb",
      "dribble",
      "fleck",
      "grain",
      "granule",
      "molecule",
      "morsel",
      "mote",
      "nubbin",
      "nugget",
      "particle",
      "patch",
      "scrap",
      "scruple",
      "snip",
      "snippet",
      "speck",
      "tittle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "She grew up in a flyspeck of a town.",
      "surreptitiously removed a flyspeck of dirt from the china",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Sooty blotch looks like a brown or black blotch on the fruit; sooty blotch, unlike flyspeck , will wipe off the fruit. \u2014 Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens , 2 June 2022",
      "Travelers jumping into the West Texas badlands from Mexico through Candelaria, a flyspeck village 50 miles up two-lane blacktop northwest of Presidio, might be deceived by the prevailing verdant quiet. \u2014 Dudley Althaus, San Antonio Express-News , 26 June 2021",
      "To those who grew up with Duncan in the U.S. Virgin Islands, their friend\u2019s voyage from a picturesque flyspeck in the middle of the ocean to the basketball Hall of Fame was equal parts preordained and inconceivable. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 14 May 2021",
      "But with a thousand islands scattered along their country\u2019s jade-green Adriatic coast, from deserted flyspecks to hipster outposts, there\u2019s no shortage of places to lick one\u2019s wounds\u2014or bask in silver-medal glory. \u2014 Anja Muti\u0107, WSJ , 19 July 2018",
      "Compared to this, Comcast is a flyspeck , and Charter hasn\u2019t even gotten started. \u2014 David Dayen, The New Republic , 30 Apr. 2018",
      "Amid these forces, Fed rate hikes are a relative flyspeck , says Doug Duncan, chief economist of Fannie Mae. \u2014 Paul Davidson, USA TODAY , 14 June 2017",
      "For a mere flyspeck , Bogoslof Island has been causing quite a commotion recently. \u2014 Henry Fountain, New York Times , 30 Dec. 2016"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":null,
    "first_known_use":[
      "1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
  },
  "flakey":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective ()",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": consisting of flakes",
      ": tending to flake",
      ": markedly odd or unconventional : offbeat , wacky",
      ": not reliable in performance or behavior : undependable",
      ": tending to break apart into small thin flat pieces"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-k\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "brickle",
      "brittle",
      "crisp",
      "crispy",
      "crumbly",
      "embrittled",
      "friable",
      "short"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective (1)",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "circa 1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-115832"
  },
  "flexible":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of being flexed : pliant",
      ": yielding to influence : tractable",
      ": characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements",
      ": possible or easy to bend",
      ": easily changed",
      ": capable of being flexed : capable of being turned, bowed, or twisted without breaking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flek-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8flek-s\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8flek-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adaptable",
      "adjustable",
      "alterable",
      "changeable",
      "elastic",
      "fluid",
      "malleable",
      "modifiable",
      "pliable",
      "variable"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "established",
      "fixed",
      "immutable",
      "inelastic",
      "inflexible",
      "invariable",
      "nonmalleable",
      "ramrod",
      "set",
      "unadaptable",
      "unalterable",
      "unbudgeable",
      "unchangeable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nonetheless, planners managed to ease traffic with more buses, shifting deliveries to nighttime and encouraging flexible work schedules. \u2014 Rachel Urangastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
      "Productivity has gone up among workers with more flexible schedules, and hybrid employees report feeling the most bonded with their coworkers. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
      "Some camps are offering signing bonuses, recruiting from new places like local senior centers, and offering hires more flexible schedules. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
      "Workers will have less leverage to demand flexible schedules or other perks. \u2014 Ben Casselman, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Most respondents attributed the improvement in work-life balance to the policy of flexible work schedules. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "They have been left struggling to balance the pros of the job, such as flexible schedules, with the reality of the risks. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "And benefits have expanded to include longer paid leave for parents, more flexible schedules, backup childcare services, and even tutoring stipends. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
      "And while employers are increasingly more accommodating of child-care needs \u2014 offering parents flexible schedules, in some cases, or on-site day care \u2014 that hasn\u2019t been the case for adult care, which often becomes more labor-intensive over time. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English, borrowed from Latin flexibilis, from flexus (past participle of flectere \"to cause to go in a different direction, bend, curve,\" of uncertain origin) + -ibilis  -ible ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121316"
  },
  "flatfoot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground",
      ": a foot affected with flatfoot",
      ": police officer",
      ": a patrolman walking a regular beat",
      ": sailor",
      ": a condition in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground",
      ": a foot affected with flatfoot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flat-\u02ccfu\u0307t",
      "\u02ccflat-\u02c8fu\u0307t",
      "-\u02c8fu\u0307t, -\u02ccfu\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bobby",
      "bull",
      "constable",
      "cop",
      "copper",
      "fuzz",
      "gendarme",
      "lawman",
      "officer",
      "police officer",
      "policeman",
      "shamus"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a comic strip about a square-jawed, trench-coated flatfoot who always caught the crooks in suitably dramatic fashion"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-122015"
  },
  "flush":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fly away suddenly",
      ": to cause (a bird) to flush",
      ": to expose or chase from a place of concealment",
      ": a hand of playing cards all of the same suit",
      ": a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence \u2014 see poker illustration",
      ": a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope",
      ": a sudden flow (as of water)",
      ": a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water",
      ": a sudden increase or expansion",
      ": sudden and usually abundant new plant growth",
      ": a surge of emotion",
      ": a tinge of red : blush",
      ": a fresh and vigorous state",
      ": a transitory sensation of extreme heat \u2014 compare hot flash",
      ": to flow and spread suddenly and freely",
      ": to glow brightly",
      ": blush",
      ": to produce new growth",
      ": to cause to flow",
      ": to pour liquid over or through",
      ": to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid",
      ": inflame , excite",
      ": to cause to blush",
      ": of a ruddy healthy color",
      ": full of life and vigor : lusty",
      ": filled to overflowing",
      ": having a large amount of money",
      ": readily available : abundant",
      ": having or forming a continuous plane or unbroken surface",
      ": directly abutting or immediately adjacent: such as",
      ": set even with an edge of a type page or column : having no indention",
      ": arranged edge to edge so as to fit snugly",
      ": in a flush manner",
      ": squarely",
      ": to make flush",
      ": to cause to leave a hiding place",
      ": an act of pouring water over or through",
      ": blush entry 2 sense 1",
      ": a sudden or strong feeling",
      ": blush entry 1 sense 1",
      ": to pour water over or through",
      ": even or level with another surface",
      ": so as to be even or level with another surface",
      ": a transitory sensation of extreme heat (as in response to some drugs or in some physiological states)",
      ": to blush or become suddenly suffused with color due to vasodilation",
      ": to cleanse or wash out with or as if with a rush of liquid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259sh",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259sh",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259sh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bloom",
      "blush",
      "color"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "irrigate",
      "rinse",
      "sluice",
      "wash",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "He just got paid and he was feeling flush .",
      "was flushed after getting out of the hot bath",
      "Adverb",
      "She placed her hands flush against the door and pushed with all her might.",
      "He hit the ball flush ."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb (1)",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun (1)",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1700, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (3)",
      "circa 1842, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-123748"
  },
  "flounder":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flatfish",
      ": any of various marine fishes (families Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Bothidae) that include important food fishes",
      ": to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly",
      ": to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually",
      ": a flatfish used for food",
      ": to struggle to move or get footing",
      ": to behave or do something in a clumsy way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307n-d\u0259r",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307n-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blunder",
      "bumble",
      "flog",
      "limp",
      "lumber",
      "plod",
      "struggle",
      "stumble",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The horses were floundering through the deep snow.",
      "He was floundering around in the pool like an amateur.",
      "After watching me flounder for a few minutes, my instructor took over.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Their meat is as white and flaky as any cod or flounder , perhaps even better. \u2014 Jason Nark, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
      "Matanzas on the Bay has everything from Gulf shrimp to Ahi tuna, plus lobster tail, snapper, grouper and flounder . \u2014 Judy Koutsky, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The rules apply to valuable species that are harvested in the Northeast such as cod, haddock and flounder . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Regulators have tried to save the fishery with management measures such as very low fishing quotas, and many fishermen targeting other East Coast groundfish species such as haddock and flounder now avoid cod altogether. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, courant.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Regulators have tried to save the fishery with management measures such as very low fishing quotas, and many fishermen targeting other East Coast groundfish species such as haddock and flounder now avoid cod altogether. \u2014 Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Entree choices are cod, flounder , baked shrimp or pierogi. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Their bodies wear down with age and injury; shows flounder , and sometimes close. \u2014 Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "This is precisely why Encanto\u2019s soundtrack has done well as typical chart toppers flounder . \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Hopefully the push to give ESG the CRT treatment will flounder and further divide capital against itself. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
      "Otherwise, the Pacers will continue to flounder near the bottom of the NBA defensively. \u2014 Tony East, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "If enough leaders couldn\u2019t make the leap to a global mindset, their organizations would flounder and fail. \u2014 Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "As hopeful home buyers flounder in a frustrating market, many are opting to hang on to rental properties in pricey areas and make a second home their first home purchase. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Such skis excel in very specific conditions but tend to flounder in routine all-mountain conditions. \u2014 Heather Schultz, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Vern Rapp replaced Nixon for 1984 and the Reds continued to flounder . \u2014 The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
      "Russia\u2019s international disinformation campaign seemed to flounder in the early days of the invasion, as narratives about Ukrainian bravery dominated the internet. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "This is especially true of the abrupt shift in the midseason finale, which dumped viewers into a brand-new world with brand-new characters, midaction, leaving them to flounder their way to some understanding of what is going on. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 31 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-130503"
  },
  "flit":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another",
      ": alter , shift",
      ": to move in an erratic fluttering manner",
      ": to move, pass, or fly quickly from one place or thing to another"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flit",
      "\u02c8flit"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flitter",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "butterflies flitting around the garden",
      "The hummingbird flitted from flower to flower.",
      "She was always flitting around the kitchen.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Only rarely, for a few days a year around the start of the rainy season, will the species\u2019 much-larger females venture down from the trees to flit through these loose froggy frats. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "The rest of the cast\u2014excellent, all\u2014portray the inner voices, mostly scolding or mocking, who flit through Usher\u2019s restless, endlessly worried mind. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Bats flit around the rooftop of the Capitol at night, bathed in the bleached spotlights that illuminate the Dome. \u2014 Fox News , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Once on the wintering grounds in South America, flycatchers do not seem to flit around much. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "The eggs become milkweed-eating caterpillars that morph into butterflies that flit among flowers, living about a month while moving north. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "But the message that China\u2019s success is thanks to Mr. Xi and the Communist Party echoes in slogans that flit in Chinese across announcement screens in the carriages. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Eddington\u2019s work, however, suggested these outcasts could be found by observing their lensing effects\u2014typically a telltale transient brightening of any background stars the black holes flit across within our field of view. \u2014 Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "People not involved in the world of children\u2019s books, either professionally or personally through children and grandchildren, may imagine a peaceful bower where bunnies hop and pixies flit and tots run back and forth making wonderful discoveries. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flitten , of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse flytjask to move, Old English fl\u0113otan to float",
    "first_known_use":[
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-201416"
  },
  "floss":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": soft thread of silk or mercerized cotton for embroidery",
      ": dental floss",
      ": fluffy fibrous material",
      ": to use dental floss on",
      ": to use dental floss",
      ": dental floss",
      ": soft thread used in embroidery",
      ": fluffy material full of fibers",
      ": to use dental floss on",
      ": dental floss",
      ": to use dental floss on (one's teeth)",
      ": to use dental floss"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4s",
      "\u02c8fl\u022fs",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4s",
      "\u02c8fl\u022fs",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4s, \u02c8fl\u022fs"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "down",
      "fluff",
      "fur",
      "fuzz",
      "lint",
      "nap",
      "pile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard",
      "Verb",
      "My dentist told me I should floss more often.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Even patients who brush and floss diligently often have no idea there's invisible damage being done. \u2014 Taylore Glynn, Allure , 9 June 2022",
      "The pork mayonnaise buns are especially indulgent, blanketed in pork floss and congealed mayonnaise. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
      "Go for a Mayan massage in the Muluk Spa, after which therapists draw back the curtains to reveal the candy- floss blue of the Caribbean. \u2014 Lauren Mowery, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "The whitening pen is equipped with eucalyptus, thyme and menthol and the floss is coated with dental-grade baking soda. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Everyone would eat their vegetables, clean up after their pet, regularly brush and floss , and cross the street only when the signal allows. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Football is a deeply strange game, and beauty can be found in the sport's goofy moments \u2014 like a guy getting a sack with a floss pick in his mouth. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 17 Apr. 2022",
      "The label is known for its head-turning dresses, like the viral Fairy Dress which is leaving users speechless during try-ons, or its crossbody floss halter number. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "ByHumankind Dental Routine Bundle ByHumankind\u2019s dental care set includes toothpaste and mouthwash tablets (60 each) and three-month supply of 100 percent biodegradable floss (available in two flavors), plus refillable containers. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Only 30% of Americans floss each day, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. \u2014 Janine Annett, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The fibers of the rope toy will actually floss the dogs teeth, keeping their chompers healthy. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 7 May 2021",
      "In a story that anyone with a sister can relate to, Cocofloss co-founder and dentist Chrystle Cu was having trouble getting her patients \u2014 and her little sister, Cat \u2014 to floss . \u2014 Noelle Ike, CNN Underscored , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "To take the test, patients can't eat or drink anything, brush or floss their teeth or use mouthwash, or smoke or chew gum for one hour prior. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Many people brush their teeth every day, but fewer people floss . \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "So British scientists designed a study in which one group of people was told to floss before brushing, and another after brushing. \u2014 Ryan Prior, CNN , 1 Jan. 2021",
      "The flosser comes in nine different colors and comes with seven tips so your whole family can water floss freely. \u2014 Popular Science , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "The next child reportedly goes on to ask Prince William if George has taught him how to floss . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 4 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1974, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-205330"
  },
  "flatten":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to make flat: such as",
      ": to make level or smooth",
      ": to knock down",
      ": to defeat decisively",
      ": to make dull or uninspired",
      ": to make lusterless",
      ": to stabilize especially at a lower level",
      ": to become flat or flatter : such as",
      ": to become dull or spiritless",
      ": to extend in or into a flat position or form",
      ": to become uniform or stabilized often at a new lower level",
      ": to make or become flat"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-t\u1d4an",
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "even",
      "level",
      "plane",
      "smooth",
      "smoothen"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "rough",
      "roughen"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Dozens of houses were flattened by the tornado.",
      "The boxer was flattened in the seventh round.",
      "The team got flattened in the first round of the play-offs.",
      "Prices are expected to flatten after the holiday shopping season.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Unlike conventional sneakers, which typically flatten the foot pad, Kurusole cradles feet for unparalleled heel, ankle, and arch support. \u2014 Katie Chang, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Officers with Jourdanton police used spike strips to flatten the truck's tires, but Lopez kept driving, firing the rifle through a truck window before hitting two telephone poles and a fence, said Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward. \u2014 Juan A. Lozano And Adrian Sainz, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
      "These dynamics have served to flatten our political identities, weakening our ability or inclination to find compromise. \u2014 The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
      "If the world approached that target, the rate of increase in carbon dioxide levels would slow down and the Keeling Curve would flatten out. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
      "These work by having two zippers \u2014 one that closes the cube and a second that tightly compresses it to flatten your clothes and save space. \u2014 Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
      "Bay Village officers were able to use spike strips to flatten the tires on the car and safely stop it near Cahoon Road. \u2014 cleveland , 1 May 2022",
      "To flatten the curve, physicians are targeting patients who have tested positive and who have underlying risk factors but who are not yet seriously sick. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "Add the sweet potatoes, season with salt, and press down to flatten . \u2014 Janelle Bitker, Tanay Warerkar, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1630, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-211339"
  },
  "flaccid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun,"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": not firm or stiff",
      ": lacking normal or youthful firmness",
      ": deficient in turgor",
      ": lacking vigor or force",
      ": not firm or stiff",
      ": lacking normal or youthful firmness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-s\u0259d",
      "also",
      "\u02c8flas-\u0259d",
      "\u02c8flak-s\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "droopy",
      "floppy",
      "lank",
      "limp",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inflexible",
      "resilient",
      "rigid",
      "stiff",
      "sturdy",
      "tense"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Virgil Thomson, in his review of the evening, called the libretto \" flaccid and spineless,\" but that is unfair. It is a witty piece of writing. \u2014 J. D. McClatchy , New Republic , 29 Nov. 1993",
      "Her hands are long and slim, delicate, as Dorothy's were; her handshake is flaccid , her smile is sweet but unconvincing. \u2014 Richard Bausch , Esquire , August 1990",
      "Half must have been, of course, men and women over fifty and their bodies reflected the pull of their character \u2026 many a man had a flaccid paunch \u2026 \u2014 Norman Mailer , Harper's , November 1968",
      "the flaccid stalks of celery that had been around for far too long",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "A decade later, and another researcher named Matthew Vogt was studying a syndrome that had only been classified in the subsequent years, picking up the name acute flaccid myelitis. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 29 May 2022",
      "That\u2019s the crypto web3 game scene, but AAA traditional publishers are seeing similarly flaccid results. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "This one had deformed into a long, narrow ellipse, like a flaccid rubber band. \u2014 Laura Preston, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Instead, we are presented with what can only be described as a montage of flaccid penises of any and all sizes. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Their sole tool for detecting cases is what\u2019s known as acute flaccid paralysis surveillance \u2014 looking for children who have become paralyzed and testing them to see if polioviruses are the culprit. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The camera wouldn\u2019t avoid sags, cellulite, stomach rolls, flaccid penises. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Instead of relying on flaccid tropes \u2014 talking with your mouth full, spit/swallow binaries, off-course emissions \u2014 Novak\u2019s comedy defamiliarizes, cutting through centuries of heterosexual lore to reveal the raw act as something even more absurd. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin flaccidus , from flaccus flabby",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-215741"
  },
  "flicker":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter",
      ": to burn or shine fitfully or with a fluctuating light",
      ": to appear or pass briefly or quickly",
      ": to cause to flicker",
      ": to produce by flickering",
      ": an act of flickering",
      ": a sudden brief movement",
      ": a momentary quickening",
      ": a slight indication : hint",
      ": a wavering light",
      ": a repeated momentary defect in a cathode-ray tube image caused especially by slow scanning of the screen",
      ": movie",
      ": a large barred and spotted North American woodpecker ( Colaptes auratus ) with a brown back that commonly forages on the ground for ants \u2014 compare red-shafted flicker , yellow-shafted flicker",
      ": to burn unsteadily",
      ": to appear briefly",
      ": to move quickly",
      ": a quick small movement",
      ": a quick movement of light",
      ": a large North American woodpecker",
      ": the wavering or fluttering visual sensation produced by intermittent light when the interval between flashes is not small enough to produce complete fusion of the individual impressions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fli-k\u0259r",
      "\u02c8flik-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "flutter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "film",
      "flick",
      "motion picture",
      "movie",
      "moving picture",
      "picture"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A TV was flickering in the background.",
      "The overhead light kept flickering off and on.",
      "Thoughts flickered through his mind.",
      "A smile flickered across her face."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1809, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-234902"
  },
  "flanking":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip",
      ": the side of a quadruped",
      ": a cut of meat from this part of an animal \u2014 see beef illustration",
      ": side",
      ": the right or left of a formation",
      ": the area along either side of a heraldic shield",
      ": to be situated at the side of",
      ": to be situated on both sides of",
      ": to place something on each side of",
      ": to protect a flank of",
      ": to attack or threaten the flank of (as a body of troops)",
      ": the area on the side of an animal between the ribs and the hip",
      ": side entry 1 sense 3",
      ": the right or left side of a formation (as of soldiers)",
      ": to be located at the side of",
      ": to attack or threaten the side of",
      ": the fleshy part of the side between the ribs and the hip",
      ": the side of a quadruped"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk",
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk",
      "\u02c8fla\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "hand",
      "side"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "abut",
      "adjoin",
      "border (on)",
      "butt (on ",
      "fringe",
      "join",
      "march (with)",
      "neighbor",
      "skirt",
      "touch",
      "verge (on)"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She gently patted the horse's flank .",
      "They attacked the enemy on both flanks .",
      "the eastern flank of a volcano",
      "Verb",
      "the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Meanwhile Republicans are continuing to tie Democrats to the movement to defund the police in the hopes of magnifying rhetoric from the party\u2019s left flank to frame candidates as too liberal. \u2014 Alexandra Marquez, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
      "On the other flank , Marcus Epps has managed just a goal and an assist in 966 minutes. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2022",
      "Cuellar, who has become an increasingly vocal critic of progressives the past couple of years, has accused the party\u2019s left flank of alienating voters in South Texas, where the GOP has made gains in recent elections. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Salt River Vaulters start their beginners with compulsory exercises including vault-on, flag, stand and flank , moves that can help the athletes\u2019 physical and mental growth. \u2014 Mary Grace Grabill, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
      "His ability to operate down the right flank , or the halfspace on that side, in support of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold led to some of his best and most consistent performances for the club. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "Officials in Beijing worry that extremists could use Afghanistan to regroup on China\u2019s flank and sow violence around the region, even as the Taliban look to deep-pocketed countries like China for aid and investment. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "Officials in Beijing worry that extremists could use Afghanistan to regroup on China\u2019s flank and sow violence around the region, even as the Taliban look to deep-pocketed countries like China for aid and investment. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Aug. 2021",
      "But the accomplishment itself was fragile, one that faces opposition on the liberal flank of his own party and one that is far smaller than Biden first proposed. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, Star Tribune , 25 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Across the room, two demilune chests flank the entrance, with two identical mirrors above them, reflecting the herons. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 30 May 2022",
      "The pair of ePerformance test cars flank the Mission R concept. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
      "Commerce focuses on a small strip where a barber shop and a liquor store flank a convenience store where residents can get snack foods, buy lottery tickets and fill their cars with gasoline. \u2014 Tom Foreman Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "In its wake, the hurricane destroyed the vast majority of mangrove forests that flank Mosquito Bay and other parts of Puerto Rico\u2019s coastline. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The pair of 8-meter-long sphinxes flank the entrance to a processional avenue, which celebrants would have followed from the main part of the temple to a columned courtyard. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "The dry forests of Bolivia, which flank the eastern Andes with shrubs and dense thicket, are critically endangered. \u2014 Nell Lewis, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The Russian army moved to flank Grozny on three sides and unleashed a terrifying onslaught of air and artillery strikes on the city. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "It was rationalized as wanting a veteran presence to flank Wood on the frontline. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 11 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220624-235356"
  },
  "floppy":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tending to flop",
      ": being both soft and flexible",
      ": floppy disk",
      ": being soft and flexible"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4-p\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "droopy",
      "flaccid",
      "lank",
      "limp",
      "yielding"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inflexible",
      "resilient",
      "rigid",
      "stiff",
      "sturdy",
      "tense"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "my basset hound is always tripping over her long, floppy ears",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "To fix a train system reliant on floppy disks and 50-year-old traffic lights. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
      "One little girl sits in the grass and hugs Miriam, an excitable, floppy eared princess who loves to be cuddled. \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 30 May 2022",
      "And here comes Jesus in a red nose and big floppy shoes. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "It is shaped like a floppy wind sock and specialized for a single task, says Melissa Ingala, a bat biologist at Fairleigh Dickinson University, who was not involved with the study. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And there was a guy in a big floppy yellow jumpsuit skydiving next to the airplane. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Mid-size branches can serve as plant supports for floppy , tall, or scrambling vegetables and perennials, or makeshift fencing to outline a planting bed. \u2014 Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
      "Turell now plays with a yarmulke atop his floppy blond mane, but didn\u2019t always. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
      "This below-the-radar hideaway on the edge of Beacon Hill serves thin-crust pizza dabbed with sweet tomato sauce, pooling in the middle with oil \u2014 the kind of floppy , foldable triangle that New Yorkers dream about (and can\u2019t usually find here). \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Mini New York taco chain Tacombi sells the nutty corn and floppy , avocado oil-rich flour tortillas from their restaurants under the Vista Hermosa name at markets throughout the New York area. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Feb. 2020",
      "The first 8-inch floppies could hold up to 80 kilobytes of information. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "In 1979, Belyaev noted that some of the foxes had begun to look different, developing curly tails, spotting on their coats and floppy , puppy-like ears. \u2014 Jason Bittel, chicagotribune.com , 6 Dec. 2019",
      "The floppies were used to help broadcast emergency action messages issued to nuclear forces. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 22 Oct. 2019",
      "On his shirt was a vintage image of the Jonas Brothers, circa their early vest-wearing days when Nick had a floppy Bob Ross haircut, Joe sported a bird wing of a side bang, and Kevin boasted a voluminous Lionel Richie coif. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 29 July 2019",
      "At least 60 percent of my dreams feature airplanes shaped like my bedroom and supported by floppy , creaky iron wings. \u2014 Katie Heaney, The Cut , 5 July 2018",
      "To finish: Bring a pan of water to a boil and blanch the Chinese cabbage leaves and baby bok choy until floppy , about 4 to 5 minutes. \u2014 Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 Mar. 2018",
      "Dark-bearded and muscular, the research ecologist sports a uniform of blue work clothes, sturdy boots and a floppy , Army-style camo hat. \u2014 Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine , 21 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1858, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun",
      "1974, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-004852"
  },
  "flightiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": swift",
      ": lacking stability or steadiness:",
      ": easily upset : volatile",
      ": easily excited : skittish",
      ": capricious , silly",
      ": easily excited or frightened : skittish",
      ": not steady or serious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u012b-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8fl\u012b-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "excitable",
      "fiddle-footed",
      "fluttery",
      "high-strung",
      "hyper",
      "hyperactive",
      "hyperexcitable",
      "hyperkinetic",
      "jittery",
      "jumpy",
      "nervous",
      "skittery",
      "skittish",
      "spasmodic",
      "spooky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "imperturbable",
      "nerveless",
      "unexcitable",
      "unflappable",
      "unshakable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "an actress who specializes in playing silly, flighty women",
      "you have to be quiet while the deer are grazing, as they are flighty animals and will run if they hear you",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Aquarius moon: Aquarius moon people tend to be flighty and somewhat aloof. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
      "While younger workers might have a reputation for being flighty or quitting soon after starting a job, many Gen Zers are seeking a job that invests in them. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
      "Braking is done through side-pull road-bike style brakes and despite the small 20-inch wheels, the Urban doesn\u2019t feel very flighty or sketchy while underway. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
      "Around the World in 80 Days' (1956) An English dude (David Niven) travels the globe and meets colorful characters in a flighty three-hour affair. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Like the introductory rivalry scene in which Cyrano\u2019s rapier wit and rapier skills humiliate a celebrated theater ham just to win the flighty Roxanne\u2019s attention, Wright aims to impress, but his flamboyance and foundering romanticism miss the mark. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "Insiders right now would exhort that the tall truck early bird detection is no more than a flighty distractor from the real issues that need to be addressed for making the AI driving system readied to drive on our public roadways. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Ohio isn\u2019t the only entity to make this flighty error. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Her flighty , forgetful personality means that Alex ends up taking care of her instead of the other way around. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire , 7 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123028"
  },
  "flameout":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the unintentional cessation of operation of a jet airplane engine",
      ": a sudden downfall, failure, or cessation",
      ": a person whose successful career ends abruptly",
      ": to fail spectacularly and especially prematurely"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101m-\u02ccau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "comedown",
      "decline",
      "d\u00e9gringolade",
      "demise",
      "descent",
      "down",
      "downfall",
      "fall",
      "G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "collapse",
      "crater",
      "fail",
      "flop",
      "flunk",
      "fold",
      "founder",
      "miss",
      "strike out",
      "tank",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Fans were disappointed by the team's flameout in the play-offs.",
      "before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars",
      "Verb",
      "even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In Thibodeau\u2019s first season, Julius Randle became a fan favorite for setting career highs and his flameout in the playoffs seemingly could be forgiven. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The predicament is a looming corporate scandal that could permanently damage the Jojomon brand, just as Joan is getting her career back on track after a flameout at a previous company. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "The San Francisco 49ers are hanging around at 8-7 after a flameout to Tennessee on Thursday. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "And with delicious scooplets sprinkled throughout, like the anecdote about the Ozy Media executive impersonating someone from YouTube in one of his earliest bits of reportage that led to Ozy\u2019s swift flameout . \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "The wait for Dallas (12-6) to reach even an NFC championship game will tick up to 27 years after another first-game flameout in the postseason for Dak Prescott, the second in three trips over six seasons for the star quarterback. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The wait for Dallas (12-6) to get that far in the playoffs will reach at least 27 years after another first-game flameout in the postseason for Prescott, the second in three trips for the star quarterback. \u2014 Schuyler Dixon, Chron , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "Pittsburgh is just 2-6 in its past eight games overall, including a listless loss in Cincinnati last December that hinted at the first-round playoff flameout to Cleveland to come. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2021",
      "Before Sermon, a third-round pick, the 49ers drafted fourth-round flameout Joe Williams in 2017. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "1951, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123453"
  },
  "flagellate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": whip , scourge",
      ": to drive or punish as if by whipping",
      ": having flagella",
      ": shaped like a flagellum",
      ": of, relating to, or caused by flagellates",
      ": a flagellate protozoan or alga",
      ": having flagella",
      ": shaped like a flagellum",
      ": of, relating to, or caused by flagellates",
      ": a flagellate protozoan or alga",
      "[ flagellate entry 3 ]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-j\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "\u02c8fla-j\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "fl\u0259-\u02c8je-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8fla-j\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101t",
      "fl\u0259-\u02c8je-l\u0259t",
      "\u02c8flaj-\u0259-l\u0259t",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101t; fl\u0259-\u02c8jel-\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birch",
      "cowhide",
      "flail",
      "flog",
      "hide",
      "horsewhip",
      "lash",
      "leather",
      "rawhide",
      "scourge",
      "slash",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "whale",
      "whip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One Peruvian candidate has taken time to talk about his habit of wearing a wire chain, known as a cilice, every day to flagellate himself. \u2014 Star Tribune , 8 Apr. 2021",
      "All are said to have had affairs with Lucian Freud (was there anyone who didn\u2019t?), three with Arthur Koestler and one with Egypt\u2019s King Farouk (who liked to flagellate her on the steps of the royal palace with his dressing-gown cord). \u2014 Moira Hodgson, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2020",
      "Muslims were mobilizing; once, Mr. Rizvi visited during Muharram, an annual ritual of mourning, and found her surrounded by pilgrims, flagellating themselves with chains to which razor blades had been attached. \u2014 Ellen Barry, New York Times , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Tech companies have self- flagellated a lot on these issues. \u2014 Frank Bajak, SFChronicle.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Tech companies have self- flagellated a lot on these issues. \u2014 Frank Bajak, SFChronicle.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Tech companies have self- flagellated a lot on these issues. \u2014 Frank Bajak, SFChronicle.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Tech companies have self- flagellated a lot on these issues. \u2014 Frank Bajak, SFChronicle.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Tech companies have self- flagellated a lot on these issues. \u2014 Frank Bajak, SFChronicle.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Aiden needs neither hair shirt nor whip to self- flagellate , and Simone writes of depression with a visceral ache. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "How small is too small for someone with a shrinking fetish?), Gupta and Gelula begin to self- flagellate , blaming themselves for being too lazy to do research or for stumbling into some ridiculous malapropism. \u2014 Sean Malin, Vulture , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "These are rotating, helical appendages which act as propellers, so flagellate bacteria are more mobile than those lacking such equipment. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Jan. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Instead of rejoicing at the opportunity to live their life, play games, and watch movies, many of those left behind self- flagellate and sink into a destructive sense of guilt for being more fortunate than others. \u2014 Vlad Ned, Wired , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "The flushing was ordered after three of 11 samples of the Lake Jackson's water tested positive for the deadly flagellate . \u2014 CBS News , 7 Oct. 2020",
      "With the possible exception of medicine, no other profession self- flagellates (and self-congratulates) over ethics like journalism. \u2014 Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com , 23 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "circa 1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123836"
  },
  "flunk":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to fail especially in an examination or course",
      ": to give a failing grade to",
      ": to get a failing grade or result in",
      ": an act or instance of flunking",
      ": fail entry 1 sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259\u014bk",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259\u014bk"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "collapse",
      "crater",
      "fail",
      "flame out",
      "flop",
      "fold",
      "founder",
      "miss",
      "strike out",
      "tank",
      "wash out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "click",
      "come off",
      "deliver",
      "go",
      "go over",
      "pan out",
      "succeed",
      "work out"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "If I flunk this class, I have to take it over again.",
      "If I flunk , I have to take this class over again.",
      "The teacher had to flunk two students.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "He was accused of harassing M.O. over two years and threatening to flunk her for not taking part in the Pledge of Allegiance. \u2014 Fox News , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "The colt crossed the finish line first in the Derby on May 1, only to flunk a postrace test for a corticosteroid that is prohibited on raceday. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
      "Medina Spirit crossed the finish line first, only to flunk a postrace test for a prohibited corticosteroid. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "The Michigan legislature had chosen this year, of all years, to enforce a strict new literacy law: Any third grader who could not read proficiently by May could flunk and be held back. \u2014 Annie Waldman, ProPublica , 3 July 2021",
      "And journalists would raise their game, not flunk big stories like Brexit and Mr. Trump\u2019s rise. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 8 June 2021",
      "Such interactions could lead to wrongful arrest, prosecution, and government liens for those who\u2019ve done nothing more than flunk a flawed algorithmic test. \u2014 Albert Fox Cahn, Wired , 9 June 2021",
      "Companies that scored below a certain threshold would flunk the test, leading either to remedial action or, potentially, a ban. \u2014 Annie Brown, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021",
      "Worse, the five individuals who fit the requirements best are all people who, in any normal testing program, would flunk the first interview. \u2014 Tom Shippey, WSJ , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Facilities that ace their inspections are on track to get up to five stars, whereas those that flunk will struggle to get more than one or two stars. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "However, all three flunk the smell test, and two of them fell by the wayside before the Legislature adjourned last week. \u2014 Dan Walters, The Mercury News , 19 Sep. 2019",
      "Doesn\u2019t Avis know some states (including Massachusetts) flunk vehicles with faulty wipers in safety inspections? \u2014 Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2019",
      "And some students in general courses may test poorly or don't do their homework and flunk tests, educators say. \u2014 Diane Rado, chicagotribune.com , 19 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1823, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1846, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-143407"
  },
  "flogger":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to beat with or as if with a rod or whip",
      ": to criticize harshly",
      ": to force or urge into action : drive",
      ": to sell (something, such as stolen goods) illegally",
      ": sell sense 7",
      ": to promote aggressively : plug",
      ": steal sense 1",
      ": flap , flutter",
      ": to move along with difficulty : slog",
      ": to beat severely with a rod or whip"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4g",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4g"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "birch",
      "cowhide",
      "flagellate",
      "flail",
      "hide",
      "horsewhip",
      "lash",
      "leather",
      "rawhide",
      "scourge",
      "slash",
      "switch",
      "tan",
      "thrash",
      "whale",
      "whip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The sailors were flogged for attempting a mutiny.",
      "a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The idea is not to flog yourself for mistakes but to acknowledge them with future improvements in mind. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Not to mention that the reconciliation process frequently results in the theatrics of the minority party using the Byrd rule to publicly flog the majority party\u2019s policies. \u2014 Marie Sapirie, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Is there any real difference between such magical thinking and the superstitions that led medieval peasants to flog themselves? \u2014 Niall Ferguson Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 31 July 2021",
      "Republicans used Lordstown to flog a Rust Belt revival. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2021",
      "Selling vehicles directly forges a bond with buyers that may help flog services in the future. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Apr. 2021",
      "Garuda is not the only Asian airline to flog its food to the land-lubbing public. \u2014 The Economist , 29 Aug. 2020",
      "And right on time the opponents of fossil fuels are flogging a sloppy study that ties pollutants to coronavirus deaths. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 4 May 2020",
      "Democrats, seeking more than $500 billion to cover costs of police, fire and other front-line workers, have flogged McConnell for his opposition and his suggestion that states could instead take a bankruptcy option out. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"perhaps modification of Latin flagellare to whip \u2014 more at flagellate ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1676, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190637"
  },
  "flippancy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-p\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "facetiousness",
      "flightiness",
      "frivolity",
      "frivolousness",
      "frothiness",
      "levity",
      "light-headedness",
      "light-mindedness",
      "lightness",
      "silliness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "earnestness",
      "gravity",
      "seriousness",
      "soberness",
      "solemnity",
      "solemnness"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "no one appreciates your flippancy during our religious services",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To me, Don\u2019t Look Up was a one-note flippancy ; its only virtue was its stunning cast. \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "In the end, Georgia decided to work on herself, confronting Gerrie with some hard honesty and apologizing to Stevan for her flippancy . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "This kind of flippancy serves a protective purpose. \u2014 Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "Connery did not think his flippancy made Bond minor, but the opposite. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "But flippancy is rare in these essays and personal reflections even rarer. \u2014 Anna Mundow, WSJ , 4 June 2021",
      "Similarly, the leaden jokiness of the Iceland scenes that introduce Aquaman have been replaced by a more serious, even solemn tone, grounding the character\u2019s flippancy in pain. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Mar. 2021",
      "Even the most emotive Memmos have a flippancy to them, not helped by their brevity. \u2014 Laurence Scott, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021",
      "There are also abundant reminders of Rico\u2019s flippancy . \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1746, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191250"
  },
  "floozie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually young woman of loose morals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "doxy",
      "doxie",
      "fancy woman",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "trollop",
      "wench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a floozy who was a familiar figure at barrooms around town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1911, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192659"
  },
  "flotsam":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo",
      ": floating debris",
      ": a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways)",
      ": miscellaneous or unimportant material",
      ": debris , remains",
      ": floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo \u2014 compare jetsam"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4t-s\u0259m",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4t-s\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ashes",
      "debris",
      "detritus",
      "remains",
      "residue",
      "rubble",
      "ruins",
      "wreck",
      "wreckage"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "flotsam washed up on the shore",
      "the dispirited family picked through the flotsam of their possessions after the hurricane, looking for anything that could be salvaged",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "All told, there are about 37,000 pieces of Gucci rarities, flotsam and priceless artifacts housed in the archives. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Logs and branches sail downstream on the current, forming snags that catch more flotsam , stray fishing bobbers and tangled tree stumps, soggy old baseball caps. \u2014 Katie Arnold, Outside Online , 25 July 2014",
      "Getting rid of the flotsam in your home was a virtuous activity even before the pandemic, when lockdowns gave millions of people plenty of time to take a hard look at their stuff. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "And then it was put up for auction like a piece of celebrity flotsam . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "The hurtling field of debris generated by that test, and earlier ones by China, the US and India, have shown that flotsam can remain in orbit and threaten spacecraft for years. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "But as such, antique stores and auction houses are also where the flotsam and jetsam of the worst aspects of material culture wash up \u2014 and continue to proliferate, even appreciating in value. \u2014 Sophie Haigney, Curbed , 11 Nov. 2021",
      "But as the sheetwebs spin silk to flee an inhospitable habitat, their webs are flotsam from an evacuation. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 9 Nov. 2021",
      "The Phillies feature a few great players - Bryce Harper, Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola, for example - and a bunch of flotsam . \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Anglo-French floteson , from floter to float, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flotian to float, flota ship",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192737"
  },
  "flat":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lying at full length or spread out upon the ground : prostrate",
      ": utterly ruined or destroyed",
      ": resting with a surface against something",
      ": having a continuous horizontal surface",
      ": being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions",
      ": having a relatively smooth or even surface",
      ": arranged or laid out so as to be level or even",
      ": having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces",
      ": very low and broad",
      ": clearly unmistakable",
      ": not varying : fixed",
      ": having no fraction either lacking or in excess : exact",
      ": not varying significantly throughout its range",
      ": lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull",
      ": lacking flavor : tasteless",
      ": lacking effervescence or sparkle",
      ": commercially inactive",
      ": characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to another",
      ": lacking air : deflated",
      ": dead sense 3c , discharged",
      ": lowered a half step in pitch",
      ": lower than the proper pitch",
      ": pronounced as in bad or bat",
      ": having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1 )",
      ": made so as to give little or no spin to the ball",
      ": not having an inflectional ending",
      ": taut",
      ": uniform in hue or shade",
      ": having little or no illusion of depth",
      ": lacking contrast",
      ": lacking shadows or contours",
      ": free from gloss : having a nonreflective finish",
      ": two-dimensional sense 3",
      ": of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat",
      ": having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occurs",
      ": a level surface of land",
      ": a stretch of land without obstacles",
      ": a track or course for a flat race",
      ": a flat part or surface",
      ": a musical note or tone one half step lower than a specified note or tone",
      ": a character \u266d on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a half step drop in pitch",
      ": something flat: such as",
      ": a shallow container for shipping produce",
      ": a shallow box in which seedlings are started",
      ": a flat piece of theatrical scenery",
      ": a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel",
      ": an apartment on one floor",
      ": a deflated tire",
      ": the area to either side of an offensive football formation",
      ": in a flat manner : directly , positively",
      ": in a complete manner : absolutely",
      ": below the proper musical pitch",
      ": without interest charge",
      ": without allowance or charge for accrued interest",
      ": flatten",
      ": to lower in pitch especially by a half step",
      ": to sing or play below the true pitch",
      ": having a smooth level surface",
      ": spread out on or along a surface",
      ": having a broad smooth surface and little thickness",
      ": very clear and definite",
      ": not changing in amount",
      ": not showing active business",
      ": dull entry 1 sense 3",
      ": having lost air",
      ": no longer having bubbles",
      ": lower than the true musical pitch",
      ": lower by a half step in music",
      ": not shiny",
      ": a level area of land : plain",
      ": a flat part or surface",
      ": a note or tone that is a half step lower than the note named",
      ": a sign \u266d meaning that the pitch of a musical note is to be lower by a half step",
      ": a tire that has lost air",
      ": on or against a flat surface",
      ": without any time more or less : exactly",
      ": below the true musical pitch",
      ": being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions",
      ": characterized by general impoverishment in the presence of emotion-evoking stimuli",
      ": not varying",
      ": having a rate that remains constant for any taxable base",
      ": without interest charge",
      ": without allowance or charge for accrued interest"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flat",
      "\u02c8flat",
      "\u02c8flat"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "even",
      "exact",
      "precise",
      "round"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "apartment",
      "diggings",
      "digs",
      "lodgings",
      "suite",
      "tenement"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Such developments were unimaginable during the heyday of techno utopianism\u2014when Thomas Friedman and others were proclaiming that the world was flat , rendered indivisible by the internet. \u2014 Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
      "Unfortunately, the previous HR-V's highly configurable folding rear seat, which allowed for the bottom cushions to fold up for taller items, is no more, although the seats do still fold flat . \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
      "When hung horizontally or vertically against a wall or in a window, the flag must be flat and allowed to hang freely without folds, and the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right (the viewer's left). \u2014 Rebekah Lowin, Country Living , 7 June 2022",
      "The Old Course is relatively flat , the easiest of the four majors to walk. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
      "After reports of plans to reduce Tesla headcount, Musk tweeted that Tesla\u2019s total headcount would increase, no doubt owing to the company\u2019s two new plants, but that salaried positions would be flat . \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Ticks are wingless and have a single, oval body that is relatively flat (unless it is filled with blood). \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "The seven-day average virus level edged up Thursday and then down Friday in the northern section of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority system, while the level in the southern section was flat Thursday before edging up Friday. \u2014 Ryan Huddle, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
      "Most West Valley City parks are flat , but Rocky Ridge \u2014 true to its name \u2014 has a small, narrow slope in the southwest corner, coming down from Rocky Ridge Drive. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "These include a small flat in St. Petersburg, two Soviet-era cars from the 1950s and a small garage. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
      "It was designed for Olympic speed climbing, but this soft, sensitive flat also makes a stellar gym trainer. \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Beethoven wrote: No. 30 in E (Op. 109), No. 31 in A- flat (Op. 110) and No. 32 in C Minor (Op. 111). \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "No matter your style though, there's a flat for every one of your moods this spring. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Marquardt persuaded an acquaintance to host a gathering of French Muslim intellectuals and a few other guests at his flat in the Seventh Arrondissement. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "But in all these cases, the seats are lie- flat (or close to it). \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "Rodgers became the Packers\u2019 all-time touchdown pass leader with an 11-yard throw in the right flat to receiver Allen Lazard in the first quarter. \u2014 Ryan Wood, USA TODAY , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "Time and time again, the royal style maven has turned to Sarah Flint's original flat . \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Interestingly, even the cryptocurrency market was caught flat -footed by these changing winds, causing a massive run. \u2014 Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "Roman Yaremchuk added the game-winner in the 49th, heading a cross between two Scotland defenders and past the flat -footed Gordon. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "But the speed and extent of the shift caught them flat -footed. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
      "Musk is the one who\u2019s \u2018 flat -out stupid\u2019 about Trump on Twitter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "The segment, as naval analyst H.I. Sutton points out, uses the correct submarine mothership, the Belgorod, but other aspects are flat -out incorrect. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
      "\u00c1lvarez was flat -footed and advanced in straight lines. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez, Los Angeles Times , 8 May 2022",
      "His suddenness and ability to smoothly execute double moves often leave defenders defenseless and flat -footed. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "And after Covid, there is a movement to build a strong early-alert system for potential pandemics so that we aren\u2019t caught so flat -footed and can make decisions earlier and better. \u2014 Juliette Kayyem, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The process is pretty straightforward: Find a rough surface, and place the top of the can flat against it. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat -out kill you, the inspector general wrote. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Schlanger, Quartz , 19 Nov. 2019",
      "The main assumptions are 11 million barrels a day of crude oil production, Brent flat at $65 a barrel, net refining margins of $3 a barrel and chemicals net margins of $100 a tonne. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Brian Snyder, Arizona Republic One can flat shoot it. \u2014 Duane Rankin, azcentral , 3 July 2019",
      "Thoughtfully, my mother suspected this might be the case, and a few days before the wedding found an ideal backup: Manolo Blahnik flats with ample space for injured toes. \u2014 Alexandra Macon, Vogue , 12 July 2019",
      "Plus, the dude can flat -out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn. \u2014 USA TODAY , 26 June 2019",
      "The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Mar. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Adjective, Noun, Adverb, and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Adverb",
      "1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1604, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193842"
  },
  "flutter":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to flap the wings rapidly",
      ": to move with quick wavering or flapping motions",
      ": to vibrate in irregular spasms",
      ": to move about or behave in an agitated aimless manner",
      ": to cause to flutter",
      ": an act of fluttering",
      ": a state of nervous confusion or excitement",
      ": flurry , commotion",
      ": abnormal spasmodic fluttering of a body part",
      ": a distortion in reproduced sound similar to but of a higher pitch than wow",
      ": fluctuation in the brightness of a television image",
      ": an unwanted oscillation (as of an aileron or a bridge) set up by natural forces",
      ": a small speculative venture or gamble",
      ": to move the wings rapidly without flying or in making short flights",
      ": to move with a quick flapping motion",
      ": to move about excitedly",
      ": an act of moving or flapping quickly",
      ": a state of excitement",
      ": an abnormal rapid spasmodic and usually rhythmic motion or contraction of a body part"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-t\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259t-\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dance",
      "dart",
      "flick",
      "flicker",
      "flirt",
      "flit",
      "flitter",
      "zip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "burst",
      "flare",
      "flare-up",
      "flash",
      "flicker",
      "flurry",
      "outbreak",
      "outburst",
      "spurt"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The giant, two-toned sequins flutter in the wind and shimmer in the sun so that the piece changes dimensions throughout the day. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
      "As the pages magically flutter open, the viewer is drawn into Future's world. \u2014 Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com , 7 May 2022",
      "One butterfly starts to flutter above our group of watchful eyes\u2014then two, then three. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
      "An elevated version of a classic T-shirt, the top features flutter sleeves and a curved hem. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "As media teams flutter around the two remaining candidates, President Emmanuel Macron and the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the nation\u2019s political cartoonists are out in force, ready to accentuate even the smallest slip. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Flanary suffered a form of cardiac arrest called ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart\u2019s lower chambers flutter erratically, cutting off the flow of blood to the rest of the body. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Here in Lower Manhattan, Republic of China flags still flutter above the offices of family associations that were founded before the Communist Revolution. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Ancient dried rose petals flutter down from between the envelopes. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Apparently butterflies, like the one unnecessarily inserted into several scenes to give a dreamlike flutter to the otherwise unyieldingly gritty texture, see in vivid color. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 6 June 2022",
      "There's no denying the flutter and shine of the materials is a draw. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The room was silent \u2014 no beating hearts, ticking clocks or gnostic ravens \u2014 except for the creak of a chair and the soft flutter of a turning page. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Whereas the former is an entirely private matter, grounded in fleeting moments like the flutter at a lover\u2019s touch, body shame is the product of social demand and taboo. \u2014 Vogue , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Coming to Oaks and the Kentucky Derby was a dream come true for Meredith, who was dressed in a white dress covered in a flutter of butterflies. \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 6 May 2022",
      "Go forth and let your lashes flutter like Selena's. \u2014 Seventeen , 6 May 2022",
      "News Tuesday that gross U.S. government debt had surpassed $30 trillion for the first time caused a flutter of headlines but merely yawns from the political class. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "While players all around him saw their rounds flutter away in the breeze, Scheffler shot a five-under-par 67 \u2014 two strokes better than his outstanding Thursday round \u2014 to take a five-shot lead into the weekend. \u2014 Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194711"
  },
  "flecked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked with streaks or spots : sprinkled with flecks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flekt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "dappled",
      "dapple",
      "dotted",
      "freckled",
      "mottled",
      "specked",
      "speckled",
      "splotchy",
      "spotted",
      "spotty",
      "stippled",
      "variegated"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unspotted"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195701"
  },
  "fleck":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": streak , spot",
      ": to color as if by sprinkling with flecks",
      ": spot , mark",
      ": flake , particle",
      ": to mark with small streaks or spots",
      ": spot entry 1 sense 1 , mark",
      ": a small bit"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flek",
      "\u02c8flek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "dot",
      "freckle",
      "marble",
      "mottle",
      "pepper",
      "shoot",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot",
      "sprinkle",
      "stipple"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blotch",
      "dapple",
      "dot",
      "eyespot",
      "mottle",
      "patch",
      "pip",
      "point",
      "speck",
      "speckle",
      "splotch",
      "spot"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She flecked the canvas with blue paint.",
      "to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface",
      "Noun",
      "a brown cloth with flecks of yellow",
      "The police found flecks of blood on his clothes.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That quote would seem to portend a mournful reflection on death and the sacrifices of art, but sparks of illumination, irreverence, tragicomedy and even joy continually fleck the material. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Super-yachts, sailboats, and inflatables crowd the marinas and fleck the horizon. \u2014 Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "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",
      "No movie star could have pulled off the role of Mister Rogers\u2014a kind of pop-culture saint\u2014except Tom Hanks, who radiates a pastor\u2019s goodness flecked with self-awareness. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "Older men, their beards flecked with soup, ate near young parents whose children had spilled food down their sweaters. \u2014 Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
      "Lopez, meanwhile, wore cream colored nails flecked with Lakers gold. \u2014 Emily Dixon, Marie Claire , 25 Feb. 2020",
      "This eatery near Sunnyslope serves churros glazed with honey, chocolate or vanilla, flecked with toppings including almond slices, sprinkles and crushed Oreo cookies. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral , 3 Feb. 2020",
      "Big Mozz, a New York company that was expecting to serve about half a million pounds of pecorino- and parsley- flecked mozzarella sticks at seasonal events this year, had planned to hire 200 people. \u2014 Pete Wells, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Down the hill is Ojo Caliente, a fleck of a town with a post office, two cafes and a spa with hot springs used by generations of Pueblo people before being named by 16th-century Spanish explorer \u00c1lvar N\u00fa\u00f1ez Cabeza de Vaca. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Down the hill is Ojo Caliente, a fleck of a town with a post office, two cafes and a spa with hot springs used by generations of Pueblo people before being named by 16th-century Spanish explorer \u00c1lvar N\u00fa\u00f1ez Cabeza de Vaca. \u2014 Karin Brulliard And Adria Malcolm, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Imagine lying on a beach or by a pool, the sun kissing every gold fleck in your body oil and leaving you glowing (and tanned) from head to toe. \u2014 ELLE , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Even a fleck of paint is enough to damage the window of a spacecraft. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "And this island would be the hospital\u2019s unlikely home \u2014 more specifically, Boao, a fleck of a town on Hainan\u2019s eastern coast. \u2014 Rebecca Ostriker, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "Watery with pebble- and fleck -size bits of squash and carrots that reminded me of sipping a toddler\u2019s backwash. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Nov. 2021",
      "Even a fleck of paint can do major damage when orbiting at 17,500 mph. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Even a fleck of paint can do major damage when orbiting at 17,500 mph (28,000 kph). \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-200823"
  },
  "flatulent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": likely to cause gas",
      ": marked by or affected with gas generated in the intestine or stomach",
      ": pompously or portentously overblown",
      ": marked by or affected with gases generated in the intestine or stomach",
      ": likely to cause digestive flatulence"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-ch\u0259-l\u0259nt",
      "-l\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bombastic",
      "fustian",
      "gaseous",
      "gassy",
      "grandiloquent",
      "oratorical",
      "orotund",
      "rhetorical",
      "rhetoric",
      "windy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "unrhetorical"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "on election night TV's self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Nick Cordileone and Ben Lipitz, who have long experience playing Timon the wisecracking meerkat and Puumba the jovial (but flatulent ) warthog, infuse their performances with joy and energy. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 Feb. 2020",
      "Does that mean Titan aliens could conceivably share the hearty stench of a garage filled with flatulent auto mechanics? \u2014 Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "McDougall insists this flatulent burro attempting to punt me across the stalks is actually having a grand time. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Looming over each twisting plot is Jackson Lamb, the scruffy and flatulent Falstaff of the undercover world. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "The shadow of mortality is never very far away, even when the action shifts to the lowbrow humor of the flatulent warthog Pumbaa (voice of Seth Rogen) and his catty sidekick, Timon the meerkat (Billy Eichner). \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities , 18 July 2019",
      "London Rules is the fifth set in Slough House, where MI5 leaves its misfits in the doubtful care of Jackson Lamb, a flatulent and contemptuous genius of tradecraft. \u2014 Charles Finch, USA TODAY , 13 June 2018",
      "Add the spectacle of a flatulent art market raking in endless cash, and 2017 feels like a good year to say goodbye to. \u2014 Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter And Jason Farago, New York Times , 6 Dec. 2017",
      "But just below the game\u2019s (incredibly flatulent ) surface lies the true spirit of South Park, a pox-on-all-your-houses mentality in which the things people hold dearest are the things that must be satirized mercilessly. \u2014 Robert Verbruggen, National Review , 24 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Latin flatus act of blowing, wind, from flare to blow \u2014 more at blow ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220625-202602"
  },
  "flip":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air",
      ": toss",
      ": to cause to turn and especially to turn over",
      ": to move with a small quick motion",
      ": to turn (something) on or off with a switch",
      ": to change or move through (channels, stations, etc.) quickly",
      ": to buy and usually renovate (real estate) so as to quickly resell at a higher price",
      ": to cause or persuade (a witness) to cooperate in prosecuting a criminal case against an associate",
      ": to make a twitching or flicking movement",
      ": to turn or roll from one side to the other : turn over",
      ": to do a somersault in the air : to do a flip",
      ": to change from one state, position, subject, etc., to another",
      ": to change or move through channels, pages, etc.",
      ": to cooperate in the prosecution of a criminal case against an associate",
      ": to lose one's mind or composure",
      ": to become very enthusiastic",
      ": to achieve an outcome or adopt an approach that is opposite to or completely different from what has happened or been done previously",
      ": a mixed drink usually consisting of a sweetened spiced liquor with beaten eggs",
      ": an act or instance of flipping",
      ": the motion used in flipping",
      ": a somersault especially in the air",
      ": a holder for a collectible coin made of vinyl or cardboard with a plastic window and often having a sleeve in which to place an identifying insert",
      ": flippant , impertinent",
      ": to move or turn by or as if by tossing",
      ": a quick turn, toss, or movement",
      ": a somersault in the air"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flip",
      "\u02c8flip"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "leaf",
      "riffle",
      "skim",
      "thumb"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "cute",
      "facetious",
      "flippant",
      "pert",
      "smart",
      "smart-aleck",
      "smart-alecky",
      "smart-ass",
      "smart-assed",
      "smarty-pants",
      "wise",
      "wiseass"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She was sitting in the waiting room, flipping the pages of a magazine.",
      "His car flipped over on the interstate.",
      "Noun",
      "the flip of a coin",
      "She turned on the lights with the flip of a switch.",
      "Adjective",
      "made some flip comment about the marriage between the old man and the considerably younger woman",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Home security cameras captured the chaotic wreck, which caused one of the patrol vehicles to flip in the front yard of a home at the intersection of Arthur and Sims streets. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Early voting begins today in the special election for Texas\u2019 34th Congressional District, where Republican Mayra Flores is getting an early shot to flip a blue seat in South Texas. \u2014 Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News , 31 May 2022",
      "The 6th is expected to flip in November, giving the GOP a 9-5 advantage. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 24 May 2022",
      "The open Pennsylvania seat may perhaps be Democrats' best chance this fall to flip a Senate seat that previously belonged to a Republican, in what's otherwise expected to be a poor midterm showing for the party. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "Suburban women and moderate voters helped Wexton flip the seat blue in 2018. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "Minnesota did their best to flip the script on Anchorage in the first six minutes of the second period. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Gibson stopped Huberdeau\u2019s initial shot from in front, but the All-Star forward was able to flip in the rebound. \u2014 Houston Mitchellassistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Republicans need to flip just one seat in the fall midterms to win control of the Senate. \u2014 Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The flip -down LCD screen is ideal for travel photographers and creators that want to take selfies, vlog, or include themselves for scale. \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "Large white flip -chart papers still hung on the wall in early May with prompts from the unit and student responses. \u2014 Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 June 2022",
      "Earth\u2019s history suggests our current magnetic anomaly isn\u2019t the prelude to a pole flip . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
      "Trump's flip from backing Brooks to Britt shows his disdain toward the congressman, despite Brooks' broader record -- and that his primary-race blessing, which is often influential to conservative voters, is contingent on continued loyalty. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s a classic roll-up soft top and flip -up front window, and four seats are removable. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 8 June 2022",
      "An onstage coin flip decided the casting, a high-stakes and thrillingly theatrical move that underlined the arbitrariness of an unstable monarchy. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Sure, that might be the way sometimes to get this done, but the scariest and seemingly imperiling circumstances entail the ridiculously easy flip -a-switch instances. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "In the dogfights the planes jockey for position like matchbox cars and flip and bank and invert in ways that take your breath away. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Cobblestones poked into sneakers and flip flops, wending their way through the neighborhood\u2019s numerous bouchons. \u2014 Lily Radziemski, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "Its flip design allows for batter dispersal without a spatula and encourages more even cooking; plus, it can be stored vertically, which requires less room than most of its Belgian-style competitors. \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 13 May 2022",
      "This type of financing is typically used by fix-n- flip investors. \u2014 Michael Ligon, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The Razr isn\u2019t an important clue for the timeline, as the flip phone precedes the smartphone era. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "In the clip, a young, blonde haired Noah watches as a fan takes a photo of her older sister on a flip phone \u2014 and proceeds to stare, cross armed, as the fan walks away. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 31 May 2022",
      "The suspect, who was wearing flip flops and a red sweat shirt, ran from the area after taking the money. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
      "Made from a combination of recycled and natural materials, these flip flops combine comfort with sustainability. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
      "The Flip3 is also Samsung's most affordable flip phone to date at just $999 \u2014 a massive markdown from the $1,200 price tag for its previous edition, the Flip 5G. \u2014 Nina Huang, EW.com , 11 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1616, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "1695, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "1823, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-020739"
  },
  "flawlessly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having no flaw or imperfection : perfect",
      ": free of defects : having no internal flaws"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022f-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "absolute",
      "faultless",
      "ideal",
      "immaculate",
      "impeccable",
      "indefectible",
      "irreproachable",
      "letter-perfect",
      "perfect",
      "picture-book",
      "picture-perfect",
      "seamless",
      "unblemished"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amiss",
      "bad",
      "censurable",
      "defective",
      "faulty",
      "flawed",
      "imperfect",
      "reproachable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mowry, as always, looked flawless from the start to the finish of her 15-second clip. \u2014 Chelsea Avila, Allure , 7 June 2022",
      "Opportunities to align with passionate fan groups exist year-round, but championship-level programs need their own preseason planning, training routines for staff and flawless execution on game days to drive maximum ROI. \u2014 Matt Miller, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "This sponge was a real teacher's pet, earning a perfect score in all of our tests, with little to no absorption, flawless and quick application, and easy cleanup. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
      "Vocalist/guitarist Gaz Coombes\u2019 voice rang through clear and flawless , no sign of atrophy from the quarter century that has passed since the release of that album. \u2014 Lily Moayeri, Variety , 14 May 2022",
      "Everyone is made in God\u2019s image, and therefore flawless . \u2014 Jackie Frere, Woman's Day , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Selena Gomez just embraced two of this spring's biggest trends\u2014and looked flawless doing it. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "With Bilas, Dawkins and Henderson now seniors, Amaker, a junior, and newcomer Danny Ferry coming off the bench, Duke lost two games in three days in January but was otherwise flawless all the way to the final night of the season. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Without hesitation, Smith went through his flawless shooting motion. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-053323"
  },
  "flesh (out)":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to provide more information about (something) : to make (something) more complete by adding details"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220626-070233"
  },
  "fluorescence":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiation at one wavelength followed by nearly immediate reradiation usually at a different wavelength and that ceases almost at once when the incident radiation stops",
      ": the radiation emitted \u2014 compare phosphorescence",
      ": luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiation at one wavelength followed by nearly immediate reradiation usually at a different wavelength and that ceases almost immediately when the incident radiation stops",
      ": the radiation emitted"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "flu\u0307-\u02c8re-s\u1d4an(t)s",
      "fl\u022f-",
      "-\u02c8es-\u1d4an(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "blaze",
      "flare",
      "glare",
      "gleam",
      "glow",
      "illumination",
      "incandescence",
      "light",
      "luminescence",
      "radiance",
      "shine"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "studied the fluorescence of certain elements",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No halogen, no fluorescence , and no colored light, unless used sparingly and very, very chicly. \u2014 Tom Rasmussen, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
      "Several types of quantum dots were tested on the silkworms for safety and fluorescence . \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "The company is using ultra-high throughput fluorescence microscopy to measure individual base pairs, across billions of fragments of DNA placed in nanowells built into glass wafers. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "The chips fluoresce, and this fluorescence can be intensified or dimmed by nearby magnetic substances such as the cuticulosomes. \u2014 James Gaines | Inside Science, ABC News , 21 Nov. 2021",
      "Between the years 2015 and 2020, for instance, BR-II\u2019s fluorescence camera detected a massive increase in the amount of phytoplankton reaching the seafloor in big pulses. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 12 Nov. 2021",
      "Since only perfect rubies of exceptional saturation and natural red fluorescence are awarded this descriptor, pigeon\u2019s blood stones are few and far between. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "Scientists have found similar fluorescence in some species of salamanders and frogs, corals, platypuses, wombats and flying squirrels. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "Using non-invasive infrared reflectography and macro X-ray fluorescence mapping, the researchers spent around 270 hours scanning the canvas in its entirety, per the blog post. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":" fluor spar + opal escence ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1852, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-091524"
  },
  "flabbergast":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder : dumbfound",
      ": to greatly surprise : astonish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0259r-\u02ccgast",
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0259r-\u02ccgast"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amaze",
      "astonish",
      "astound",
      "bowl over",
      "dumbfound",
      "dumfound",
      "floor",
      "rock",
      "shock",
      "startle",
      "stun",
      "stupefy",
      "surprise",
      "surprize",
      "thunderstrike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "It flabbergasts me to see how many people still support them.",
      "your decision to suddenly quit your job flabbergasts me",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Most Reluctant\u2019 When the president\u2019s top advisers returned to the White House and learned what happened, they were flabbergasted . \u2014 Peter Baker, New York Times , 21 Sep. 2019",
      "Teammate Gilbert Arenas, standing nearby, was flabbergasted . \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "The decision to go to Geno Smith flabbergasted New Yorkers, who were accustomed to seeing the city\u2019s sports legends handled gently as their careers waned. \u2014 Cindy Boren, The Denver Post , 17 Sep. 2019",
      "While some expressed sheer dismay, others were flabbergasted by the prime minister\u2019s actions. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 11 Dec. 2019",
      "White House officials have been flabbergasted by Giuliani's performance on Trump's behalf, particularly his habit of revealing embarrassing information without so much as a heads-up to the president's full-time aides. \u2014 Jonathan Lemire, chicagotribune.com , 13 Oct. 2019",
      "White House officials have been flabbergasted by Giuliani\u2019s performance on Trump\u2019s behalf, particularly his habit of revealing embarrassing information without so much as a heads-up to the president\u2019s full-time aides. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Oct. 2019",
      "As a result, many, many people were seen seeming flabbergasted by Deepika\u2019s tweet. \u2014 Karthik Srinivasan, Quartz India , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "We are flabbergasted at the audacity of Todd and Chase Chrisley, who are more focused on attacking my client rather than defending themselves against the allegations of criminal conduct. \u2014 Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com , 3 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1772, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110517"
  },
  "fluent":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": capable of flowing : fluid",
      ": capable of moving with ease and grace",
      ": capable of using a language easily and accurately",
      ": effortlessly smooth and flowing",
      ": having or showing mastery of a subject or skill",
      ": able to speak easily and well",
      ": smooth and correct"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259nt",
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "articulate",
      "eloquent",
      "silver-tongued",
      "well-spoken"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "inarticulate",
      "ineloquent",
      "unvocal"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a fluent speaker of Chinese",
      "a very fluent speaker who always communicates his points well",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On a Thursday night visit to the border, those three Republicans witnessed several migrants being detained, including one girl who had already been to the U.S. before and spoke fluent English. \u2014 Tyler Olson, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
      "After two years at Bishop State Community College in Mobile, Guy Samandari, a native of the East African country of Bujumbura, Burundi, speaks fluent English. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 9 June 2022",
      "Those who spoke fluent English often found jobs in call centers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
      "For his first year or two, communication was often an issue as several of players did not speak fluent English. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2022",
      "Alarc\u00f3n, who spoke fluent English, was frequently interviewed on U.S. television channels about the policies of the island\u2019s communist government. \u2014 Andrea Rodriguez, ajc , 1 May 2022",
      "As a child, Sienna Cherwinski made regular trips to visit family in Colombia and became fluent in Spanish. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "After moving to the Dallas area from Veracruz, Mexico, as a young girl, Reyes became fluent in English in a single summer. \u2014 Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "Van Peebles became fluent in French, as a speaker as a novelist. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 24 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Latin fluent-, fluens , present participle of fluere \u2014 more at fluid ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-121747"
  },
  "flabby":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking resilience or firmness : flaccid",
      ": weak and ineffective : feeble",
      ": not hard and firm",
      ": lacking resilience or firmness : flaccid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0113",
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0113",
      "\u02c8flab-\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "mushy",
      "pulpy",
      "soft",
      "spongy",
      "squashy",
      "squishy",
      "squooshy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "firm",
      "hard",
      "solid"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "his daughter playfully poked at his flabby belly",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The flabby , violent, ineffective police state that advances nightly through plumes of tear gas is the dreary and inevitable outcome of the unspoken and unexamined political consensus. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 11 June 2020",
      "But that flabby and inert expression is not just a stylistic problem. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "In that sense, this Netflix presentation falls victim to what's increasingly an issue with entries within the true-crime genre: Finding a gripping story, then telling it in a disjointed, flabby way. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 26 Feb. 2020",
      "For the even slightly flabby , a leather shirt accentuates imperfections. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 29 Jan. 2020",
      "He was disregarded as a potential champion then, mocked for his flabby frame even though his fast hands and skills pointed to a boxer with talent. \u2014 Steve Douglas, The Denver Post , 5 Dec. 2019",
      "Plastic surgeons have developed lucrative businesses in Florida that cater to the aging, the wrinkled, the flabby and the obsessive. \u2014 Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Nov. 2019",
      "But the story there is frustratingly coy, the scenes flabby with excess time, air and heft. \u2014 Katie Walsh, chicagotribune.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "The Mets have benefited also from playing in a league that looks pretty flabby behind the elite teams like the Dodgers, Braves and Cubs. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"alteration of flappy ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140624"
  },
  "fluctuating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": changing frequently and uncertainly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259k-ch\u0259-\u02ccw\u0101-ti\u014b",
      "-ch\u00fc-\u02cc\u0101-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "capricious",
      "changeable",
      "changeful",
      "fickle",
      "flickery",
      "fluid",
      "inconsistent",
      "inconstant",
      "mercurial",
      "mutable",
      "skittish",
      "temperamental",
      "uncertain",
      "unpredictable",
      "unsettled",
      "unstable",
      "unsteady",
      "variable",
      "volatile"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "certain",
      "changeless",
      "constant",
      "immutable",
      "invariable",
      "predictable",
      "settled",
      "stable",
      "stationary",
      "steady",
      "unchangeable",
      "unchanging",
      "unvarying"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1612, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-141911"
  },
  "flora":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period",
      ": plant, bacterial, or fungal life",
      ": such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment",
      "\u2014 compare fauna",
      ": the plant life typical of a region, period, or special environment",
      ": plant life",
      ": the plants characteristic of a region, period, or special environment",
      "\u2014 compare fauna",
      ": the microorganisms (as bacteria or fungi) living in or on the body"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u0259",
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u0259",
      "\u02c8fl\u014dr-\u0259, \u02c8fl\u022fr-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "foliage",
      "green",
      "greenery",
      "herbage",
      "leafage",
      "vegetation",
      "verdure"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "an amazing variety of coastal flora",
      "the floras of different coastal regions",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The brand\u2019s first limited-edition perfume oil, Understory, arrives this week and refers to the medley of flora along the forest floor, with notes of conifer evergreens, bay and moss blended with hints of jasmine, violet leaf and soft petals. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "To that last point, his \u2018Vertical Garden\u2019 is a seasonally rotating showcase of the local flora . \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "One artisan normally responsible for silkscreening scarves in Lyon, France took 30 minutes and over a dozen screens to achieve an intricate design featuring three giraffes against a melange of flora . \u2014 Ann Binlot, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
      "Another recommendation from the Ladybird Johnson Center is the array of flora in the vicinity of the Davis Mountains. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Seasonal shifts usher in guidelines designed to protect our most fragile landscapes, the ecosystems of flora and fauna that call them home, and the visitors anxious to enjoy all. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 2 June 2022",
      "Just the birds, the bees, and a lotta of flora clinging to sweaty flesh. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
      "First brought to California during the 19th century, they were popularized through the efforts of botanist Kate Sessions, who introduced more than 100 species of flora to the state. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "Her designs have an almost alien quality that on second glance emulates that of flora : the pocked black face of a sunflower, say, or the pads of a cactus. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin, from Latin Fl\u014dra, the goddess of flowers and the flowering season, thematicized derivative from the stem of fl\u014dr-, fl\u014ds \"flower, bloom\" \u2014 more at flower entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1777, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-174706"
  },
  "fleetness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a number of warships under a single command",
      ": an organization of ships and aircraft under the command of a flag officer",
      ": group sense 2a",
      ": a group (as of ships, planes, or trucks) operated under unified control",
      ": swift in motion : nimble",
      ": fleeting",
      ": to fade away : vanish",
      ": flow",
      ": to fly swiftly",
      ": drift",
      ": to cause (time) to pass usually quickly or imperceptibly",
      ": a group of warships under one commander",
      ": a country's navy",
      ": a group of ships or vehicles that move together or are owned by one company",
      ": very swift",
      "[ fleet entry 2 ]"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t",
      "\u02c8fl\u0113t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "armada",
      "caravan",
      "cavalcade",
      "line",
      "motorcade",
      "train"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "blistering",
      "breakneck",
      "breathless",
      "brisk",
      "dizzy",
      "fast",
      "fleet-footed",
      "flying",
      "galloping",
      "hasty",
      "hot",
      "lightning",
      "nippy",
      "quick",
      "rapid",
      "rapid-fire",
      "rattling",
      "snappy",
      "speedy",
      "splitting",
      "swift",
      "whirlwind",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He was the commander of the Pacific fleet .",
      "The company has a large fleet of delivery trucks.",
      "Adjective",
      "a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The country will deploy 500 firefighter commandos into its forests, and beef up its fleet of planes to 86 from 74. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "The complaint said comparable agencies, such as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are outpacing Metro, which will have less than 20 percent of its fleet converted in 2030. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "Berman handles commercial and residential moves, along with some delivery work, and has nine trucks and a tractor-trailer in its fleet . \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "The city has several rental car companies, but some of them sold part of their fleet during the pandemic and have not restored their stock, said Andy Vobora, a spokesperson for Travel Lane County. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
      "The food bank has also been spending more money on fuel for its fleet of delivery vans and large trucks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
      "After the tunnel is completed, the airport plans to increase the number of Plane Trains in its fleet from 11 to 14. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 9 June 2022",
      "Giant Food is adding two new electric vehicles to its grocery delivery fleet as the food retailer begins to shift to all-electric vans. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
      "The first-of-its-kind permit allows Cruise to charge for rides in its autonomous fleet , without a human driver in the car. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Some diehard Romantics might object that Hough is too fleet in his approach. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Building in predictive alerts to provide real time coaching is what is needed, and companies like Nauto are innovating rapidly in fleet predictive intelligence looking ahead vs analyzing statistics alone. \u2014 Cindy Gordon, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
      "Additionally, Ultium Charge 360 will help support home charging and provide non- fleet drivers access to more than 60,000 public places to charge. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 16 July 2021",
      "During the orchestral prelude, Daniel Barenboim drew a crisp, clean and fleet performance from the players. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Nov. 2019",
      "Burns thinks his company can compete for a share of the electric vehicle market by being quicker to adjust to new technology and by targeting commercial, fleet customers who want more than what conventional trucks can supply. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2019",
      "Receiver Jaylen Erwin on Sunday didn\u2019t list Allen among the fleetest players on the team. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2019",
      "The airline will be accepting the delivery of three more aircraft this year, bringing its fleet total to 10 Boeing 737-NG 800s by the end of 2019. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Jones was promoted to fleet manager, in charge of keeping the factory\u2019s forklifts and carts on schedule, maintained and repaired. \u2014 Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "And with every purchase, the global industrial base deepens, offering the U.S. F-35 fleet an extra measure of resiliency. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The stations also have to be accessible to the general public, or to fleet operators from more than one company. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Noblet: How will fleet electrification grow in the next 5-10 years, from your perspective? \u2014 Stacy Noblet, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "These figures are not conventionally lovely, and yet Arnold is able to make striking images out of scenes that would otherwise fleet by, unnoticed. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 Jan. 2022",
      "Hyundai set a record for retail sales -- meaning excluding sales to fleet customers -- and increased its market share by eight-tenths of a percentage point. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "Initially, two versions of the Silverado EV will be produced: The WT, or work truck, will be pitched to fleet and commercial customers; and the RST First Edition will target those who want lots of luxury features on top of towing and cargo capacity. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Nikola\u2019s business model is based on long-term leases of its trucks to fleet operators that include fuel as part of the prices. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Adjective",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220627-194532"
  },
  "flunkey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a liveried servant",
      ": one performing menial or miscellaneous duties",
      ": yes-man"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "daily",
      "domestic",
      "lackey",
      "menial",
      "retainer",
      "servant",
      "steward"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "master",
      "mistress"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "If he can't go himself, he'll send one of his flunkies .",
      "since I'm just the flunky who files his papers, I've no idea where he is",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Earlier this month, former Chancellor and longtime Putin flunky Gerhard Schroeder was nominated to join the board of Gazprom, the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "In a memorable death scene, Moe is confronted by Joey, Candy\u2019s abusive ex, who\u2019s working as a Soviet flunky . \u2014 Mark Jacobson, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
      "To Davis, practically everyone was a flunky , from MVA clerk to Target cashier. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2021",
      "Far from embracing Western-style market reforms, Xi calcified state control over the economy and stocked its bureaucracy with flunkies and yes-men. \u2014 Charlie Campbell, Time , 6 Feb. 2020",
      "My job is to be a journalist, not a flunky and a propaganda arm for your criminal behavior and corruption. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Robert Mueller\u2019s simultaneously defining himself as helpless Justice Department flunky and supreme arbiter of the Constitution is above all another romp in the murk. \u2014 Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "Hollywood has Rick unwittingly intercept the Manson flunkies , which changes their path. \u2014 Jesse Hassenger, The Verge , 1 Aug. 2019",
      "Michael Zalewski, 23rd, and political flunky Kevin Quinn, brother of Madigan\u2019s own alderman, Marty Quinn, 13th. \u2014 John Kass, chicagotribune.com , 17 July 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Scots, of unknown origin",
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1782, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094305"
  },
  "flowing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving smoothly and continuously in or as if in a stream",
      ": smooth and graceful",
      ": hanging loosely and gracefully"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u014d-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fluent",
      "fluid",
      "liquid"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hard",
      "nonliquid",
      "solid"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181354"
  },
  "flag":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb",
      "verb ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as",
      ": iris",
      ": a wild iris",
      ": sweet flag",
      ": a usually rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design that is used as a symbol (as of a nation), as a signaling device, or as a decoration",
      ": the tail of some dogs (such as a setter or hound)",
      ": the long hair fringing a dog's tail",
      ": the tail of a deer",
      ": something used like a flag to signal or attract attention",
      ": one of the cross strokes of a musical note less than a quarter note in value",
      ": something represented by a flag: such as",
      ": flagship",
      ": an admiral functioning in his office of command",
      ": nationality",
      ": the nationality of registration of a ship or aircraft",
      ": to signal with or as if with a flag",
      ": to signal to stop",
      ": to mark or identify with or as if with a flag",
      ": to call a penalty on : penalize",
      ": to hang loose without stiffness",
      ": to become unsteady, feeble, or spiritless",
      ": to decline in interest, attraction, or value",
      ": a hard evenly stratified stone that splits into flat pieces suitable for paving",
      ": a piece of such stone",
      ": to lay (something, such as a pavement) with flags (see flag entry 5 )",
      ": a piece of cloth with a special design or color that is used as a symbol (as of a nation) or as a signal",
      ": to signal to stop",
      ": to become weak"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flag",
      "also",
      "\u02c8flag"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "banderole",
      "banderol",
      "banner",
      "colors",
      "ensign",
      "guidon",
      "jack",
      "pendant",
      "pendent",
      "pennant",
      "pennon",
      "standard",
      "streamer"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beckon",
      "gesture",
      "motion",
      "signal",
      "wave"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (1)",
      "1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb (2)",
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1604, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb (3)",
      "1615, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-182004"
  },
  "floozy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a usually young woman of loose morals"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-z\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "doxy",
      "doxie",
      "fancy woman",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "trollop",
      "wench"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a floozy who was a familiar figure at barrooms around town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1911, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-190905"
  },
  "flashiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": lacking in substance or flavor : insipid",
      ": momentarily dazzling",
      ": superficially attractive or impressive",
      ": ostentatious or showy often beyond the bounds of good taste",
      ": marked by gaudy brightness",
      ": gaudy , showy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-sh\u0113",
      "\u02c8fla-sh\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "jazzy",
      "pizzazzy",
      "pizazzy",
      "snazzy",
      "splashy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "rich young men who drive flashy cars",
      "I bought the CD primarily for its flashy cover design.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Until her arrest, Todorova enjoyed dance clubs, raves, beach resorts, exotic cocktails and flashy cars, her social media feeds show. \u2014 Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "There are no flashy cars or mansions in sight, and the homes of two Hern\u00e1ndez siblings that were pointed out to me looked doughtily middle-class. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "Hernandez won the lawsuit, and 40 years later he's curated a museum exhibit to celebrate young Latinos who made flashy cars that rode low, hopped and danced on three wheels. \u2014 Len Ramirez, CBS News , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "At times, Leao was guilty of being too flashy , taking on one too many players instead of passing the ball on. \u2014 Emmet Gates, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
      "My advice would be to get a camera that\u2019s not flashy \u2014 but actually flashes. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "But while flashy Vegas eateries get overrun, a sleepier, less-touristy nearby town that has been catering to locals throughout the past year likely won't feel as overburdened by your visit. \u2014 Sally French, Arkansas Online , 13 June 2021",
      "But while flashy Vegas eateries get overrun, a sleepier, less-touristy nearby town that has been catering to locals throughout the past year likely won\u2019t feel as overburdened by your visit. \u2014 Sally French, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2021",
      "This one's as flashy as a designer store window, and just as enticing. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-200655"
  },
  "flout":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn",
      ": to indulge in scornful behavior",
      ": jeer",
      ": to ignore in an open and disrespectful way"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307t",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "despise",
      "disregard",
      "scorn"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.",
      "an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Too many passengers continue to flout a federal order requiring masks be worn onboard transit vehicles. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Jan. 2022",
      "Those sentiments, combined with provocative statements new lawmakers had been making about wanting to flout District of Columbia gun laws, prompted the detectors to be set up. \u2014 Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Leaving the law in effect, the brief said, would allow Texas to flout half a century of Supreme Court precedents that forbid states from banning abortions before fetal viability, or about 22 to 24 weeks into a pregnancy. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Many applications of DeFi also appear to flout regulations that were crafted around the world over decades to fend off abuses and corruption. \u2014 Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Most discussion about Men will likely revolve around its ending, which, while quite gnarly, does flout horror conventions (mild spoiler ahead). \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 14 May 2022",
      "Gay boys, however, appear willing \u2014 even eager \u2014 to flout gender norms in academics. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Mar. 2022",
      "But Supreme Court justices should not be entirely free to flout the ethical norms and rules of their profession. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Those who flout the requirements might be subject to fines and penalties, the first time such penalties would be linked to testing and quarantine measures for travelers in the United States. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1551, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1566, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-203530"
  },
  "flail":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely",
      ": to strike with or as if with a flail",
      ": to move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail",
      ": to thresh (grain) with a flail",
      ": to move, swing, or beat like a flail",
      ": to wave the arms or legs wildly",
      ": to swing something with a violent motion",
      ": a tool for threshing grain by hand",
      ": exhibiting abnormal mobility and loss of response to normal controls"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101l",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101l",
      "\u02c8fl\u0101(\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "flap",
      "flop",
      "flutter",
      "whip"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They were flailing their arms to drive away the insects.",
      "The wounded animal lay on the ground, flailing helplessly.",
      "He was wildly flailing about on the dance floor.",
      "The bird's wings flailed the water.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Fists pump, arms flail , shoulders shimmy, hips swivel, feet stomp; every body part explores space. \u2014 Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
      "Prominent managers that invest in both public and private companies in the same funds have seen their portfolio of public investments flail , weighed down by losses from January\u2019s meme-stock rally and a retreat by fast-growing technology stocks. \u2014 Juliet Chung, WSJ , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Something more extreme than its muted roar and strong airflow backing track seems appropriate for a vehicle whose logo is a powerful horse at full flail . \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 28 June 2021",
      "As pledges to improve policing flail , police continue to kill people, and especially Black people, every day. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2021",
      "In the video, cats stay in the upside-down position and flail , and even pigeons can\u2019t decide which way is up or down. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Aug. 2020",
      "Fans no longer could complain about watching an overmatched pitcher flail at the plate. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2020",
      "Who could resist watching Dash flail about in a tornado, and then promptly stop and let out a very earnest cat meow? \u2014 USA TODAY , 27 Mar. 2020",
      "Super-deep repertoire of falls and flails , plus a classic crybaby Flop Face. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 18 Dec. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Meta continues to flail as a business that builds actual things, with the latest setbacks arriving this week. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
      "As Russia continues to flail in Ukraine, a cast of familiar figures are attempting to suddenly rebrand themselves as alleged pro-Western forces on the right side of the fight: the oligarchs. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 12 May 2022",
      "Hitters who hadn\u2019t seen his changeup could only flail at it. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
      "In fact, Ozark\u2019s fourth and final season is basically just \u2026 a bunch of things keep happening to Marty and Wendy Byrde, who, naturally, flail around trying to dodge all of the falling knives. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 May 2022",
      "Manager Bob Melvin attempted to sort things out, home and away, but seemed to flail at a tricky fastball in his own right. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
      "For starters, there was a scene in which Dwight drove the bus and was supposed to suddenly swerve, causing everyone in the bus to flail to one side of the bus. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
      "His students soon join in and flail around with joy. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Often, early new retirees flail in isolation, bored by days without office demands and purpose. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-231106"
  },
  "flag-waving":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment : chauvinism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flag-\u02ccw\u0101-vi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1892, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220628-233058"
  },
  "flop":{
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "noun ()",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to swing or move loosely : flap",
      ": to throw or move oneself in a heavy, clumsy, or relaxed manner",
      ": to change or turn suddenly",
      ": to go to bed",
      ": to fail completely",
      ": to move or drop heavily or noisily : cause to flop",
      ": right , squarely",
      ": an act or sound of flopping",
      ": a complete failure",
      ": a place to sleep",
      ": flophouse",
      ": dung",
      ": a piece of dung",
      ": a unit of measure for calculating the speed of a computer equal to one floating-point operation per second",
      ": to flap about",
      ": to drop or fall limply",
      ": fail entry 1 sense 1",
      ": the act or sound of flapping about or falling limply",
      ": failure sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4p",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flump",
      "plank",
      "plop",
      "plump",
      "plunk",
      "plonk"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "bomb",
      "bummer",
      "bust",
      "catastrophe",
      "clinker",
      "clunker",
      "debacle",
      "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
      "disaster",
      "dud",
      "failure",
      "fiasco",
      "fizzle",
      "frost",
      "lemon",
      "loser",
      "miss",
      "shipwreck",
      "turkey",
      "washout"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Hence, the movie was re-released in theatres, only to flop even harder, earning a hilariously low $85,000 on Friday. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "Then, just as quickly, to flop onto our backs and make shapes in the clouds or wonder at the first stars speckling the violet sky. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
      "What to Consider: The brim might flop up if there's a stiff breeze. \u2014 Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure , 5 May 2022",
      "There is an entire generation of NBA defenders told to flop around like a fresh catch on the deck of a fishing boat. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "Despite its inaugural event taking place in February 2020 in Miami, just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, founder and partner Javier Caso not once thought the festival was going to flop . \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "In Maine, there was a lake with mist rising off it in the mornings, the call of loons, a dock for Murphy to belly- flop off. \u2014 Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
      "Davis said one of the key to his success in taking charges is not to flop . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "The potential change would essentially flip- flop the regional and semistate. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The flop brought the beautiful ace of hearts to the table, along with a 10 of hearts and three of spades. \u2014 Jennifer Shahade, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "The highest-profile flop came at Uber, a company struggling to reach profitability on its own. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
      "The flop at South Carolina, an 18-point underdog sitting 1-4 in SEC play, blindsided Mullen. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "From small, shaky chihuahuas to horse-like Great Danes, the full-stop flop can occur in the middle of walks, before trips to the bathroom, and really, at any time at all. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "The result, completed in 1975, only to be taken from Ivory and recut by the movie\u2019s distributor, American International Pictures, was the rare Merchant-Ivory flop . \u2014 New York Times , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The campaign was a flop , and Mr. Paul was pilloried by YouTube critics. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
      "Her first time running for office, in 2020, was a flop . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
      "The fame, however, is only in hindsight, since that first album was a flop . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1602, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Adverb",
      "1728, in the meaning defined above",
      "Noun (1)",
      "1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1976, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-021951"
  },
  "flowery":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": of, relating to, or resembling flowers",
      ": marked by or given to rhetorical elegance",
      ": full of or covered with flowers",
      ": full of fancy words"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flau\u0307(-\u0259)r-\u0113",
      "\u02c8flau\u0307-\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "aureate",
      "florid",
      "grandiloquent",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "high-flown",
      "high-sounding",
      "magnific",
      "ornate",
      "purple",
      "rhetorical",
      "rhetoric"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "We put two flowery prints in the dining room.",
      "He gave a long, flowery speech.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The earthy and flowery flavor of White Widow is legendary, and the strain has been a cannabis classic for decades. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "The first chapter opens with a flowery description of his ride away from San Francisco and through the surrounding hills. \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "There is an emotional reality to every situation that is likely not in line with everything being wonderful and flowery and perfect. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The language is flowery but sometimes the meaning is more subtextual. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 4 Dec. 2021",
      "From flowery hats to bright masks, spectators came out to Churchill Downs in their Kentucky Derby best on Saturday. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 May 2021",
      "There are nut flavors, but the liquid is more flowery and fruit forward. \u2014 Adam Morganstern, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
      "The cherry blossom trees, which were shedding their petals to create a pink, flowery blanket on the ground, obviously added an extra magical touch. \u2014 Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure , 21 May 2020",
      "In a series built by extreme flowery dedications of love with a relative stranger, such unapologetic real talk would have grounded the series and proved the intensity of their love. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 18 May 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-065304"
  },
  "flash back (to)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to bring back to mind the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112158"
  },
  "flier":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one that flies",
      ": airman",
      ": a reckless or speculative venture",
      ": an advertising circular",
      ": a person or thing that flies",
      ": a printed sheet containing information or advertising that is given to many people"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u012b(-\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adventure",
      "chance",
      "crapshoot",
      "enterprise",
      "flutter",
      "gamble",
      "speculation",
      "throw",
      "venture"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "sure thing"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "These birds are graceful fliers .",
      "They distributed flyers announcing the concert throughout the city.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Common strategies such as waiting for prices to drop, going with another airline or spending frequent- flier miles might not be enough to take the sting out of the cost of traveling, industry analysts say. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s a shortcut for U.S. air travelers who want to experience an international carrier without giving up the connections (or the frequent- flier miles) from a U.S. airline. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
      "But even the complex market of frequent- flier miles is an order of magnitude simpler than rebuilding such core operations as ticketing on cryptocurrency technologies like non-fungible tokens (NFTs). \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Utah would get an instant (albeit lesser) defensive replacement to protect the rim, while also getting a sizable backcourt piece and a lottery flier . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
      "At tremendous odds, the Nuggets are worth a flier to sneak past the likes of the Suns and Warriors into the NBA Finals. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Every day during his commute to work as a physical education teacher in Hillsboro, Daryle Brown drove past a large billboard displaying his father\u2019s missing person flier . \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
      "Matt Barnes was a question mark after his second-half collapse, the Sox needed more help than signing Jake Diekman and Matt Strahm, and taking another flier on Hansel Robles. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "According to the survey, tickets at Huntsville average $456.17 per flier . \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 12 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112713"
  },
  "flattery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act or practice of flattering",
      ": something that flatters",
      ": insincere or excessive praise",
      ": a pleasing self-deception",
      ": praise that is not deserved or meant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259-r\u0113",
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259-r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "adulation",
      "blarney",
      "butter",
      "flannel",
      "incense",
      "overpraise",
      "soft soap",
      "sweet talk",
      "taffy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "He tried to win his teacher's favor with flattery .",
      "a talk show host who is known for charming her guests with disingenuous flattery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But imitation is both the sincerest form of flattery and the sign of a healthy market. \u2014 Walter Frick, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "Imitation is the highest form of flattery and many states have been flattering North Carolina. \u2014 Patrick Gleason, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The singer has yet to respond to Harlow\u2019s act of flattery . \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
      "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery , Minkyu Kim could be red blood cells\u2019 greatest admirer. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then, color Michelle Zauner flattered. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Some would say that one of the most sincere forms of flattery is imitation, however fashion designers may feel different. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "But Millie turns out to care more about nice clothes and attractive watches than principles, while Sheldon manages to sneak in a couple of devastating remarks amid all his servile flattery . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Individuality is great, of course; but imitation remains the highest form of flattery . \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"see flatter  entry 1 ",
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133817"
  },
  "flaring":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flaming or as if flaming brightly or unsteadily",
      ": gaudy",
      ": opening or spreading outward"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fler-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flamboyant",
      "flashy",
      "garish",
      "gaudy",
      "glitzy",
      "loud",
      "noisy",
      "ostentatious",
      "razzle-dazzle",
      "splashy",
      "swank",
      "swanky"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "conservative",
      "quiet",
      "understated",
      "unflamboyant",
      "unflashy"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "flaring neon signs advertising all manner of amusement for tourists at the beach town"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134434"
  },
  "floury miller":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large reddish brown cicada ( Abricta curvicosta ) having a whitish pubescence on the abdomen"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152542"
  },
  "flower way":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an elevated passage from the back of a traditional Japanese theater to the stage by which actors make their entrances and exits"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153253"
  },
  "flaming":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling or suggesting a flame in color, brilliance, or wavy outline",
      ": being on fire : blazing",
      ": intense , passionate"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-mi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "ablaze",
      "afire",
      "aflame",
      "alight",
      "blazing",
      "burning",
      "combusting",
      "conflagrant",
      "fiery",
      "ignited",
      "inflamed",
      "enflamed",
      "kindled",
      "lit",
      "lighted"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts",
      "a flaming speech in support of basic human rights",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Or a single flaming arrow igniting the entire countryside and yielding Wagnerian images of sublime destruction. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Like an emergency rescue mission involving a sinking raft, a flaming train, a horse, a motorcycle, some rope and the flag of India. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 1 June 2022",
      "Calatrava finally added a piece of his own work near the Chicago River in 2020 \u2014 a flaming red sculpture. \u2014 Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
      "Future handing him the gasoline during their flaming exhibition. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Your vision will be taken up with the orange blooms of scarlet stars (a bromeliad), fragrant Indian jasmine, and brilliant flaming torch plants. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "In images of the aftermath released by Ukraine\u2019s emergency agency, firefighters doused a flaming building, and ash fell on bloodied rubble. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Another unidentified business owner told KTLA that a man approached the business and threw a flaming object inside. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Dozens of people gathered around, some with flaming torches. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164136"
  },
  "flag alarm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a signal made by a small flag that appears on the indicator of an instrument which begins giving unreliable readings"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" flag entry 5 ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165315"
  },
  "flap":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a stroke with something broad : slap",
      ": something broad and flat used for striking",
      ": something that is broad, limber, or flat and usually thin and that hangs loose or projects freely: such as",
      ": a piece on a garment that hangs free",
      ": a part of a book jacket that folds under the book's cover",
      ": a piece of tissue partly severed from its place of origin for use in surgical grafting",
      ": an extended part forming the closure (as of an envelope or carton)",
      ": the motion of something broad and limber (such as a sail or wing)",
      ": a movable auxiliary airfoil usually attached to an airplane wing's trailing edge to increase lift or drag \u2014 see airplane illustration",
      ": a state of excitement or agitation : tizzy , uproar",
      ": something that generates an uproar",
      ": a consonant (such as the sound \\d\\ in ladder and \\t\\ in latter ) characterized by a single rapid contact of the tongue or lower lip against another point in the mouth",
      ": to beat with or as if with a flap",
      ": to toss sharply : fling",
      ": to move or cause to move in flaps",
      ": to sway loosely usually with a noise of striking and especially when moved by wind",
      ": to beat or pulsate wings or something suggesting wings",
      ": to progress by flapping",
      ": to flutter ineffectively",
      ": to talk foolishly and persistently",
      ": something broad and flat or flexible that hangs loose",
      ": the motion or sound made by something broad and flexible (as a sail or wing) moving back and forth",
      ": an upset or worried state of mind",
      ": to move with a beating or fluttering motion",
      ": a piece of tissue partly severed from its place of origin for use in surgical grafting"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flap",
      "\u02c8flap",
      "\u02c8flap"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "agitation",
      "deliriousness",
      "delirium",
      "distraction",
      "fever",
      "feverishness",
      "frenzy",
      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fury",
      "hysteria",
      "rage",
      "rampage",
      "uproar"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "beat",
      "flail",
      "flop",
      "flutter",
      "whip"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The other two Board of Review commissioners have since amended their policy following the public flap over Thielmann\u2019s employment. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Scientists recently discovered a new species of oil-eating organism on a Toyota Yaris's fuel-filler flap . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 4 June 2022",
      "The messages on the front flap are full of humor and wit, sometimes even crossing a line into risqu\u00e9. \u2014 Molly Longman, refinery29.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "Grayson Rodriguez would hear that pop again and again, throwing pitch after pitch through the flap of the homemade strike zone target his father had built. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The law also requires Texans who vote by mail to include their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number under the flap of the envelope containing their ballot. \u2014 Niki Griswold, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "But Saltzman, who is legally blind, still missed the lines on the envelope flap that required her to fill in identification numbers needed for election officials to count her vote. \u2014 Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "With two outs in the ninth, Pete Alonso barely avoided serious injury when a fastball by Mason Thompson \u2014 who has walked 16 batters in 25 2/3 career innings \u2014 glanced off Alonso\u2019s shoulder and bounced off the C- flap on his batting helmet. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "The flap in January about how many people of color are featured on the Chemtrails Over the Country Club album art could happen only to a star whose use of classic American iconography has made people itch in the past. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Her hands quivered and seemed to want to flap -paddle the air. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The water-repellent material, padded foam compartment and storm flap keep your devices dry and protected, and the carryall can fit laptops up to 15 inches. \u2014 Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "Fold the baseline flap over the filling, roll one turn, fold in the left and right sides to seal the edges of the roll. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
      "Don\u2019t be surprised if the University of Florida flap over faculty testifying as experts in litigation leads to bills that would restrict faculty from engaging in outside consulting or put new rules in place for their teaching workloads. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
      "The absence of Lundby and Kramer cleared the way for the field of women that jumped on a cold night with a wind chill of minus-13 Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) as gusts made flags from participating nations flap . \u2014 Larry Lage, ajc , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Flags flap in the breeze at San Luis beach in San Andres, Colombia. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
      "Tails and flippers flap and fly in occasional rapid frenzies of splashes, likely a spat over the lettuce or maybe just the inevitable marine mammal agitations of a flipper-to-flipper crowd in such a tight space. \u2014 Jim Waymer, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The flames flap with a noise like laundry on a line. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "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 transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172855"
  },
  "flied":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of flied past tense and past participle of fly entry 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175416"
  },
  "fluky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": happening by or depending on chance",
      ": being unsteady or uncertain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fc-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "fortuitous",
      "fortunate",
      "happy",
      "heaven-sent",
      "lucky",
      "providential"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "hapless",
      "ill-fated",
      "ill-starred",
      "luckless",
      "star-crossed",
      "unfortunate",
      "unhappy",
      "unlucky"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit",
      "the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Barring another fluky playoff outcome, could be another Lombardi Gras in the offing ... *Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-6): QB Tom Brady's arrival has made them the league's unexpected darlings, ones boasting a franchise-record five games in prime time. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 14 May 2020",
      "Less than a month after getting hurt \u2013 on a fluky play that also saw fellow lineman Bryson Cain go down \u2013 McCauley represented his school in the Territorial Cup. \u2014 Michael Lev, azcentral , 6 Mar. 2020",
      "This wasn't a fluky loss, or bad officiating, or a goofy play. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 25 Nov. 2019",
      "Even monarchs are vulnerable to awkward, fluky snafus. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 8 Mar. 2020",
      "The recent bout of soft numbers (including today's) are fluky , in her view, and not something that's about to disrupt the course of monetary policy. \u2014 WSJ , 14 June 2017",
      "The Islanders tied the game in the second period on a fluky goal from Brassard, who slipped a shot past Bishop on the near post. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "After a few big saves early in the first period, Devan Dubnyk fell victim to his latest fluky goal, as winger Michael Grabner tried to kick a pass to his stick and instead inadvertently redirected the puck slowly over the goal line. \u2014 Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities , 9 Nov. 2019",
      "Washington\u2019s only touchdown of the day came in the first quarter on a fluky 65-yard run play from Steven Sims. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-183442"
  },
  "flag badge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a badge or cognizance used for distinction on a flag whose design except for the badge is used in common by two or more dominions, colonies, or territories within an empire"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190137"
  },
  "flailing":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving, swinging, or beating wildly like a flail",
      ": beset by difficulties : struggling",
      ": clumsy or ineffectual"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0101-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193345"
  },
  "flood tide":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rising tide",
      ": an overwhelming quantity",
      ": a high point : peak"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[
      "alluvion",
      "bath",
      "cataclysm",
      "cataract",
      "deluge",
      "flood",
      "inundation",
      "Niagara",
      "overflow",
      "spate",
      "torrent"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "drought",
      "drouth"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the flood tide of bad manners that seems to be inundating contemporary society",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Inside, visitors can see relics and reminders of one of the most consequential migrations in human history, a flood tide of humanity that changed the fabric of America. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194244"
  },
  "flour worm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the larva of any of various insects that breed in flour or meal",
      ": the larva of the Mediterranean flour moth"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200026"
  },
  "flesh":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the soft parts of the body of an animal and especially of a vertebrate",
      ": the parts composed chiefly of skeletal muscle as distinguished from internal organs, bone, and integument",
      ": the condition of having ample fat on the body",
      ": skin",
      ": edible parts of an animal",
      ": flesh of a mammal or fowl eaten as food",
      ": the physical nature of human beings",
      ": human nature",
      ": human beings : humankind",
      ": living beings",
      ": stock , kindred",
      ": a fleshy plant part used as food",
      ": the fleshy part of a fruit",
      ": an illusion that matter has sensation",
      ": facts or details that provide substance to something",
      ": in person and alive",
      ": to initiate or habituate especially by giving a foretaste",
      ": gratify",
      ": to clothe or cover with or as if with flesh",
      ": to give substance to",
      ": to make fuller or more nearly complete",
      ": to free from flesh",
      ": to become fleshy",
      ": the soft parts of an animal's or person's body",
      ": the part of an animal that is eaten : meat",
      ": a soft edible plant part",
      ": the soft parts of the body of an animal and especially of a vertebrate",
      ": the parts composed chiefly of skeletal muscle as distinguished from visceral structures, bone, and integuments \u2014 see goose bumps , proud flesh"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flesh",
      "\u02c8flesh",
      "\u02c8flesh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "meat"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "amplify",
      "develop",
      "dilate (on ",
      "elaborate (on)",
      "enlarge (on ",
      "expand"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "the flabby white flesh of his belly",
      "a disease that causes sores on the flesh",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The carp\u2019s skeleton is composed of an intricate lacework of intermuscular bones that branch off in a Y shape deep inside the flesh of the fish, creating a vexing puzzle for a fillet knife. \u2014 Peter Kendall, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "One historian even reported that his dying wish was to have all the flesh boiled off his body so that his bones could be mounted on a standard and brought onto Scottish battlefields. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
      "When eating fresh watermelon, most people stick to the red or pink flesh . \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
      "The best holes ask the golfer to do this in unique and creative ways, using the natural lay of the land to provide the bones for the strategy and then allowing the architect to provide the flesh in the features. \u2014 Joe Passov, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
      "After a recent trip to Mississippi, my 8-year-old son came back with a nasty souvenir: A fat black tick embedded in the flesh below his waist band. \u2014 al , 13 June 2022",
      "Jensen Ackles made his debut as Soldier Boy in the flesh on The Boys season 3, episode 4, which dropped on Amazon today. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
      "Peel the mangos, cut the flesh of the fruit from the pit, and add it to the bowl of a food processor. \u2014 Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
      "Those who want to press the flesh in theaters will get that opportunity for a week or two, and everyone else will catch it at home. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Justices, though, didn\u2019t fully flesh out the precise scope of constitutional protections. \u2014 Jacob Gershman, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
      "The new data will flesh out the contours of a dramatically different world. \u2014 Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The new data will flesh out the contours of a dramatically different world. \u2014 CBS News , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "That said, Federle struggles to flesh out other character conflicts properly, most notably the familial drama between Sherrie and Heidi, who\u2019ve let a long-standing feud fracture their sisterly bond. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "To add new depth to its characters, flesh out more of the world, and raise the stakes in a way that feels grand and epic without being silly. \u2014 Eric Ravenscraft, Wired , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "The Norfork citadel looks impressively realistic, and the references to what the characters endured during the Civil War effectively flesh out a larger picture, looming just outside the frame. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "But he\u2019s also been tapped by Ian Fleming\u2019s estate to flesh out new James Bond novels from unpublished material. \u2014 Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "At that point in British history, the isle\u2019s inhabitants had mastered farming grains and were starting to flesh out their cultures. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Verb",
      "1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223431"
  },
  "flash welding":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": butt welding in which a light initial pressure on the parts is quickly relieved and followed by a period of arcing and finally by heavy pressure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      "noun"
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      "noun",
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      ": an act or instance of floating",
      ": something that floats in or on the surface of a fluid: such as",
      ": a device (such as a cork) buoying up the baited end of a fishing line",
      ": a floating platform anchored near a shoreline for use by swimmers or boats",
      ": a hollow ball that floats at the end of a lever in a cistern, tank, or boiler and regulates the liquid level",
      ": a sac containing air or gas and buoying up the body of a plant or animal",
      ": a watertight structure giving an airplane buoyancy on water",
      ": a tool or apparatus for smoothing a surface (as of wet concrete)",
      ": a government grant of a fixed amount of land not yet located by survey out of a larger specific tract",
      ": a vehicle with a platform used to carry an exhibit in a parade",
      ": the vehicle and exhibit together",
      ": an amount of money represented by checks outstanding and in process of collection",
      ": the time between a transaction (such as the writing of a check or a purchase on credit) and the actual withdrawal of funds to cover it",
      ": the volume of a company's shares available for active trading in the auction market",
      ": a soft drink with ice cream floating in it",
      ": to rest on the surface of or be suspended in a fluid",
      ": to drift on or through or as if on or through a fluid",
      ": wander",
      ": to find a level in the international exchange market in response to the law of supply and demand and without any restrictive effect of artificial support or control",
      ": to cause to float in or on the surface of a fluid",
      ": to cause to float as if in a fluid",
      ": flood",
      ": to smooth (something, such as plaster or cement) with a float",
      ": to put forth for acceptance",
      ": to place (an issue of securities) on the market",
      ": to obtain money for the establishment or development of (an enterprise) by issuing and selling securities",
      ": negotiate",
      ": something that rests in or on the surface of a liquid",
      ": an inflated support for a person in water",
      ": a light object that holds up the baited end of a fishing line",
      ": a platform anchored near a shore for the use of swimmers or boats",
      ": a structure that holds up an airplane in water",
      ": a soft drink with ice cream floating in it",
      ": a vehicle with a platform used to carry an exhibit in a parade",
      ": to rest on the surface of a liquid",
      ": to be carried along by or as if by moving water or air",
      ": to cause to rest on or be carried by water",
      ": an amount of money represented by checks outstanding and in process of collection",
      ": the time between a transaction (as the writing of a check or a purchase on credit) and the actual withdrawal of funds to cover it",
      ": to find a level in the international exchange market in response to the law of supply and demand and without any restrictive effect of artificial support or control",
      ": to place (an issue of securities) on the market",
      ": to obtain money for the establishment or development of (an enterprise) by issuing and selling securities",
      ": negotiate sense 1"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u014dt",
      "\u02c8fl\u014dt"
    ],
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      "dock",
      "jetty",
      "landing",
      "levee",
      "pier",
      "quai",
      "quay",
      "wharf"
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      "drift",
      "glide",
      "hang",
      "hover",
      "poise",
      "ride",
      "sail",
      "swim",
      "waft"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The Game Changer made with Grey Goose Vodka and muddled with cucumbers, oranges and lemons topped with a float of Butterfly Pea Flower Tea and The Provost made with Glenmorangie X, Misunderstood Ginger Whiskey and a cherry. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 19 June 2022",
      "And of course, the float wasn't the only headline-worthy spectacle to behold. \u2014 Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
      "Day Off, in which Matthew Broderick\u2019s title character lip-syncs to the Beatles\u2019 version from a parade float , and Back to School, in which the song is performed by Rodney Dangerfield\u2019s Thornton Melon character during a bar scene. \u2014 Andrew Unterberger, Billboard , 7 June 2022",
      "Or, if a leisurely float is more your speed, the company offers two different scenic rafting trips that span 13 miles of river nestled between Grand Teton National Park and Bridger National Forest. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "As each float is ready, the drivers are sent off on their own, creeping slowly through the Lincoln Tunnel, in holiday traffic, back to New Jersey. \u2014 Car and Driver , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Not only will making a BSC float be great advertising, but for Claudia, being in this parade is personal. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The very first float flown in the 1927 parade was Felix the Cat, which was carried on sticks down the parade route. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 12 Aug. 2020",
      "The company uses billions of dollars of float , or upfront premiums that its insurance customers pay, to make investments for its own gain. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "If a swimmer were to float and ride a rip\u2019s circular path back toward shore, they may be returned to safety. \u2014 Chloe Williams, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
      "Dry flies float on the surface of the water and can resemble everything from aquatic insects like mayflies to terrestrial insects like grasshoppers, and even mice and frogs in some unique locales. \u2014 Outside Online , 9 May 2022",
      "Shout-out to those of you who love to float between big ideas and take comfort in the gray areas. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Carefully drop in 6 dumplings and cook, stirring occasionally to avoid sticking, until the dumplings float to the top and appear translucent, about 5 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Names like Jennifer Capriati, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras float through the ether, and some of them pop up in spot-on cameos. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Take a hike out in the Rockies, float down the Colorado River, walk to waterfalls in Hawaii, or enjoy a beach day in San Diego. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 3 June 2022",
      "Reaching that bluebird horizon also requires that Twitter finance the big expansion from cash flow, and not float a lot of new equity. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 21 May 2022",
      "Rent from any of the various sports equipment centers in town, lather up with sunscreen, and float down the crystal clear river where alpine vistas are always just around the bend. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Noun",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234917"
  },
  "flatter oneself":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to believe something about oneself that makes one feel pleased or proud"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-005530"
  },
  "flash-type":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flash entry 1 sense 3d"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015345"
  },
  "flower thrips":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a yellow and orange thrips ( Frankliniella tritici ) living and feeding chiefly on flowers and causing sterility in oats and other crop plants"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-020128"
  },
  "Flattery, Cape":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "cape in northwestern Washington at entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259-r\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-024626"
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  "flag bag":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a metal or wooden locker or other container in which the signal flags of a ship are stored"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-025352"
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  "flop-eared":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":[
      ": having long pendulous ears"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033005"
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  "flour tortilla":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a tortilla made with wheat flour instead of cornmeal"
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-034950"
  },
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    "definitions":[
      "Definition of flanning present participle of flan"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045529"
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  "flag blue":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a grayish to dark purplish blue that is bluer and less strong than independence"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050922"
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  "flow gun":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a nozzle with finger-controlled flow for applying liquids (as adhesives, lubricants, or caulking)"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-055642"
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  "floatability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ability to float : floatable quality or state"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u014dt\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-060804"
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  "flixweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a branching annual tansy mustard ( Descurainia sophia ) that is native to Europe but widely naturalized in North America",
      ": sand rocket"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" flix entry 2 + weed ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-061738"
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  "flame weeder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": flame cultivator"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-063755"
  },
  "flukish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": happening or depending on chance : fluky",
      ": being out of the ordinary : unusual"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fckish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":" fluke entry 4 + -ish ",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-075803"
  },
  "flannen":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": flannel"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flan\u0259\u0307n"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle English flanyn , a penitential garment",
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-081302"
  },
  "flowery pekoe":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": high quality tea consisting essentially of the small unbroken terminal leaves and buds"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-082041"
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  "flump":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move or fall suddenly and heavily",
      ": to place or drop with a flump",
      ": a dull heavy sound (as of a fall)"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259mp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flop",
      "plank",
      "plop",
      "plump",
      "plunk",
      "plonk"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":"Verb",
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1729, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
      "Noun",
      "1767, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-103552"
  },
  "floutingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": in a mocking or contemptuous manner : with flouts"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-121845"
  },
  "flask":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure: such as",
      ": a broad flattened necked vessel used especially to carry an alcoholic beverage on the person",
      ": thermos",
      ": a container like a bottle with a flat or rounded body",
      ": a container often somewhat narrowed toward the outlet and often fitted with a closure: as",
      ": any of various usually blown-glass vessels used for technical purposes in a laboratory",
      ": a metal container in which the materials used to form a dental restoration (as a denture) are processed",
      ": to place (a denture) in a flask for processing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flask",
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4sk",
      "\u02c8flask",
      "\u02c8flask"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask . \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask . \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Going back to 1830, the ordinary gunpowder flask became extraordinary. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
      "Presented in a gorgeous and intricately hand-woven flask , this cologne is made specially for the man who values his individual style. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask . \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The hands-on kit comes with a beaker, a flask , three test tubes, goggles, a ruler, an eye dropper, a funnel, a measuring spoon and a real working scale, plus stickers and experiment cards. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 May 2022",
      "An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask . \u2014 Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "An early poster from the relaunched event declared the races would begin at high noon with the tipping of the flask . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":"Middle French flasque powder flask, ultimately from Late Latin flascon-, flasco bottle, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German flaska bottle",
    "first_known_use":[
      "1549, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123131"
  },
  "flow gauge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flowmeter sense 1"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-131217"
  },
  "flail tank":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a tank equipped with chain flails to detonate mines"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134245"
  },
  "flesh and blood":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": corporeal nature as composed of flesh and of blood",
      ": near kindred",
      ": substance , reality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And Elvis himself remains a cipher, a symbol, more myth than flesh and blood . \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
      "But the boogeyman in this 1978-set, fiendishly shivery thriller \u2014 which Derrickson directed and co-wrote, with C. Robert Cargill, from a short story by Joe Hill, the son of Stephen King \u2014 is 100 percent flesh and blood . \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "Her voice is exalted by that reach, the rush of stretching one\u2019s limbs, flesh and blood high. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
      "At the same time, the subject is a (mostly) flesh and blood person, clearly living her idea of her best life, with her purposeful positivity and supernatural interests, and doing no one harm. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
      "The range is astonishing, and so is her depiction of them: flesh and blood humans evoking boredom, pain, strength, ambivalence and expectation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "Here, Anne gets to be not just an iconic queen, but a flesh and blood human woman trying, and failing, to overcome the odds stacked against her. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Gerrard, that day, offered a glimpse of what happens when Roy Race exists in flesh and blood , rather than on the page: an endless round of hopeful, hopeless shots, each one more desperate than the last. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "Yet McCloud and his cast make these characters flesh and blood , not just historical examples. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 31 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141802"
  },
  "fligged":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of fligged dialectal English variant of fledged"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fligd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142323"
  },
  "flamboyance":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being flamboyant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "flam-\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "flash",
      "flashiness",
      "garishness",
      "gaudiness",
      "glitz",
      "ostentation",
      "ostentatiousness",
      "pretentiousness",
      "showiness",
      "swank"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "austerity",
      "plainness",
      "severity"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "His brand of quotable, look-at-me flamboyance has long gone out of fashion in the U.S., where baseball managers are more stoic than ever. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Unsurprisingly, the transition to army life was not easy some of the artists, who had long railed against the establishment and often embraced flamboyance . \u2014 Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "The Dolls were a hybrid of The Stooges, Rolling Stones and T. Rex, combining elements of gritty proto-punk with the flamboyance of glam rock. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "After some tough love from the judges, Gressett vowed to tone down the flamboyance that almost torpedoed his chances during his initial audition. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "In the shot, Hedlund holds his little boy on his hip as the pair stands behind a fence to admire a flamboyance of flamingos. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "His natural flamboyance might have been at work, or perhaps nerves made the singer from Alabama take everything just a little too far. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Yet such entrepreneurial endeavors shouldn\u2019t be a surprise, as flamboyance has always found a home in nail art. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Andy Warhol\u2019s Factory crowd made room for his theatrical flamboyance . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1891, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150504"
  },
  "flowing furnace":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a furnace from which molten metal can be drawn (as through a taphole) : a foundry cupola"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150652"
  },
  "flag bottom":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a rush seat of a chair or settee"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flag entry 1"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150727"
  },
  "flag bridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the first bridge above the flight deck on an aircraft carrier : the admiral's bridge"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flag entry 5"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151700"
  },
  "flamboyancy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flamboyance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "flam-\u02c8b\u022fi-\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Apart from red carpets, the tendency toward fanciness and flamboyancy seems out of pace not only with the work-from-home mentality but also the somber tenor of times shaped by the endless pandemic and looming inflation. \u2014 Vogue , 20 Dec. 2021",
      "Murray\u2019s best columns usually dealt with some measure of flamboyancy . \u2014 Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2020",
      "Another part of our work is very un-Danish in its flamboyancy and over-the-top use of the materials. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 20 Nov. 2018",
      "As Queen of the sartorial risk, Lady Gaga will take the reigns for the night alongside Harry Styles, also well-known for his love of flamboyancy and pushing the boundaries of typical menswear and gender through clothing. \u2014 Lucy Wood, Marie Claire , 10 Oct. 2018",
      "Jackson also isn't afraid to indulge in a little flamboyancy himself. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 5 Oct. 2018",
      "With the pressure now off unless a miracle ensued against a quality Dutch outfit, MacLeod's men played with a swashbuckling flamboyancy , resulting in an exquisite victory in which Gemmill scored one of the World Cup's greatest ever goals. \u2014 SI.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
      "However, few will be aware of the man who, in a way, kick started the flamboyancy associated with Brazilian football; Le\u00f4nidas da Silva. \u2014 SI.com , 16 Feb. 2018",
      "Mardi Gras -- with all of your flamboyancy and extravaganzas -- meet the equally exuberant Michael Maenza. \u2014 Littice Bacon-blood, NOLA.com , 11 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-151722"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a foxglove ( Digitalis purpurea )"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152645"
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  "flattering":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by flattery : such as",
      ": showing or expressing gratifying respect or admiration",
      ": excessively or insincerely complimentary",
      ": helping to enhance attractiveness"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259r-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-153214"
  },
  "flowingness":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the quality or state of being flowing"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155004"
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  "flukeworm":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": fluke entry 1 sense 2"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "fluke entry 1 + worm"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-160252"
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  "floatable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": able to float",
      ": suitable for treatment by a flotation process",
      ": suitable for the transport of floating objects (as logs)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u014dt\u0259b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-162842"
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  "fleshiness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": marked by, consisting of, or resembling flesh",
      ": marked by abundant flesh",
      ": corpulent",
      ": succulent , pulpy",
      ": not thin, dry, or membranous",
      ": like or consisting of flesh",
      ": fat entry 1 sense 1",
      ": marked by abundant flesh",
      ": corpulent"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fle-sh\u0113",
      "\u02c8fle-sh\u0113",
      "\u02c8flesh-\u0113"
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      "juicy",
      "pulpy",
      "succulent"
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      "juiceless",
      "sapless"
    ],
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      "the fleshy part of the thigh",
      "the fleshy texture of the melon",
      "a plant with fleshy leaves",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "People now get off on seeing mondo mutation, steel meeting tissue, fleshy destruction rebranded as a genetically superior, high-art geek show. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 2 June 2022",
      "Now De Kooning\u2019s woman is an energetic body, a commanding figure with visual weight and fleshy mass seated in three-dimensional optical space. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "The fleshy , round pads stand upright and produce large, yellow blooms in summer, well visited by pollinators. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
      "Guston painted in thick, fleshy pinks, commonly outlining his figures in red or black instead of filling them in. \u2014 Lily Meyer, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
      "These preparations blanch the normally deep burgundy tissue to pale fleshy color that\u2019s not quite tan and not quite pink. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
      "Donna has an eye for decorating, too, evinced by the lacy web of fried squid ink hovering above a collection of sweet scallops gathered on pureed potatoes and fleshy black trumpet mushrooms. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Porpoise penises, in turn, ended in a fleshy projection, like a finger, that seemed to have evolved to poke through the folds and reach the cervix. \u2014 Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "The interior consists of edible fleshy yellow bulbs, each holding a seed. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171149"
  },
  "flummoxed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": completely unable to understand : utterly confused or perplexed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259-m\u0259kst",
      "-mikst"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1832, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171726"
  },
  "Flamingant":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": one of the party among the Flemings of Belgium that seeks to revive Flemish to the exclusion of French"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fl\u0227ma\u207fg\u00e4\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, Flemish-speaking, from present participle of French dialect (Walloon) flaminguer to speak Flemish, from Flemish Vlaming Fleming, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-173840"
  },
  "fleshy fruit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a fruit (such as a berry, drupe, or pome) consisting largely of soft succulent tissue"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1829, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-174711"
  },
  "flirtatiousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inclined to flirt : coquettish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Since then, the moment has been memed to the moon and back, with fans even going as far to call the encounter flirtatious . \u2014 Seventeen , 23 June 2022",
      "In the past year or so, hot pants have been reinserting themselves into fashion, showing up on Instagram feeds as flirtatious loungewear and in designer collections. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "Sit in the backyard or find a cozy spot inside, where the low lighting sets the mood for dancing and flirtatious conversation. \u2014 Ray Levy Uyeda, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
      "Likewise, Deborah Ann Woll plays Katherine as a woman with no flirtatious artifice, and her desire for flight and freedom is seen only as madness. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Then there are your closed-lip smile, your flirtatious smile, your guilty smile, and your lopsided smile. \u2014 Myra Sack, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Compliments about the body \u2014 eyes, hair, whatever \u2014 are flirtatious , and best saved for those with whom there is a loving bond. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "The tone of their discussion was not particularly funny, nor serious nor flirtatious nor romantic. \u2014 Rich Juzwiak, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Their budding romance seems benign, flirtatious , and hopeful. \u2014 Seemab Gul, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1834, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175029"
  },
  "flying":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moving or capable of moving in the air",
      ": moving or made by moving rapidly",
      ": very brief",
      ": intended for ready movement or action",
      ": having stylized wings",
      ": of or relating to the operation of aircraft",
      ": traversed or to be traversed (as in speed-record trials) after a running start",
      ": with complete or eminent success",
      ": travel by air",
      ": the operation of an aircraft or spacecraft"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u012b-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "cursory",
      "drive-by",
      "gadarene",
      "hasty",
      "headlong",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hurried",
      "overhasty",
      "pell-mell",
      "precipitate",
      "precipitous",
      "rash",
      "rushed"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flight"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a story about a flying car",
      "a flying attempt at finishing the work",
      "Noun",
      "had never had the slightest fear of flying",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, one that caters to an African-American clientele. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
      "Watching through the video feed streaming to his phone, Barques sends a flying drone carrying a fishing line out over the surf, searching for large sandy canals and depressions in the seafloor. \u2014 Abe Musselman, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2022",
      "The option to receive your Walmart deliveries via a flying drone is coming to more US customers. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022",
      "The pilot who became unconscious during a flight in Florida last week, leading to a miraculous landing from a passenger with no flying experience, has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery for a tear in his aorta, Today reported. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Air says the craft will be able to cruise at speeds up to 155 mph and has a flying range of 110 miles. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 19 Oct. 2021",
      "Kemp and Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Butch Miller both canceled plans to make a flying tour of Georgia cities. \u2014 Jeff Amy, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
      "If falling stock prices and a scarcity of investment force consolidation in the flying -car industry, this could mean legacy aerospace companies, not disrupters, might someday build our Jetsons future. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
      "Forman is a flight nurse in what is best described as a flying intensive care unit \u2014 an air ambulance that serves San Diego and the surrounding communities via helicopter. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "From aerial survey and mapping, to cargo and passenger transport, to innovation in cold weather flying and rocket science, Manitobans have led the way both nationally and internationally in aviation and aerospace innovation. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "Newbies use the course to determine whether flying is a passing fancy or a serious pursuit. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
      "As someone who has dedicated his life being an aerial coordinator, flying and teaching, LaRosa Jr. praises the talent of the cast. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 27 May 2022",
      "Crunching the numbers Comparing the costs of driving and flying is relatively simple but can begin to feel like a middle school math problem in a hurry. \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2022",
      "How did the motorcycle ride stack up against the days spent sailing and flying ? \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
      "Unidentified aerial phenomena is the term that the federal government prefers over unidentified flying object, or UFO. \u2014 Julian E. Barnes, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Short-haul and domestic flying is recovering at a quicker pace than longer-haul routes that require bigger, wide-body aircraft. \u2014 Benjamin Katz, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
      "But of all the obstacles the 35-feet high flying horse encounters, the most challenging is the Interstate 65 underpass. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
      "Noun",
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175814"
  },
  "flix":{
    "type":[
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": down , fur",
      ": flax sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fliks",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "perhaps alteration of flick entry 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "Middle English flex, flax"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184337"
  },
  "flirt-gill":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a pert or wanton woman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flirt entry 2 + fill (girl)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-190948"
  },
  "floatage":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of floatage variant spelling of flotage"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203238"
  },
  "flamingo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of several large aquatic birds (family Phoenicopteridae) with long legs and neck, webbed feet, a broad lamellate bill resembling that of a duck but abruptly bent downward, and usually rosy-white plumage with scarlet wing coverts and black wing quills",
      ": a large pale pink to reddish waterbird with very long neck and legs and a broad bill bent downward at the end"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fl\u0259-\u02c8mi\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
      "fl\u0259-\u02c8mi\u014b-go"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lotion tubes, squirt bottles, brushes, a honey bear, solo flip-flops, a Wiffle ball and a legless lawn flamingo now stained bone-white, all provide the canvas for Riley\u2019s patterned mariner drawings in India ink. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
      "But alongside the salt-air signifiers was an ethereal lavender suit, frizzy argyle sweater and shimmering flamingo -pink trousers\u2014the sort of elevated, investment garb that would normally be alien in these parts. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
      "The oldest flamingo the Sedgwick County Zoo has had lived to age 60. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "One recent study showed that mining was negatively correlated with flamingo populations in the Atacama, potentially due to declining surface water. \u2014 Genevieve Glatsky, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
      "Branson\u2014an animal lover\u2014 has been working on a project to encourage the flamingo population on the island to breed, something is done in only a handful of places worldwide. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Lost and found: A flamingo escaped a Kansas zoo in 2005. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
      "In March a zoo flamingo that made a wing for it during a Kansas storm in 2005 was spotted, again, on the Texas coast. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "An African flamingo missing from a Kansas zoo for 17 years recently was spotted out in the wild in Texas. \u2014 Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "obsolete Spanish flamengo (now flamenco ), literally, Fleming, German (conventionally thought of as ruddy-complexioned)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1565, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211711"
  },
  "floodtime":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the season of floods"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211719"
  },
  "flivver":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a small cheap usually old automobile"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fli-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1910, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-215951"
  },
  "floatation":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act, process, or state of floating",
      ": an act or instance of financing (such as an issue of stock)",
      ": the separation of the particles of a mass of pulverized ore according to their relative capacity for floating on a given liquid",
      ": any of various similar processes involving the relative capacity of materials for floating",
      ": the ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-223644"
  },
  "floatboard":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": any of the radial rim boards of an undershot waterwheel or paddle wheel : vane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232714"
  },
  "flapdoodle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": nonsense"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flap-\u02ccd\u00fc-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "applesauce",
      "balderdash",
      "baloney",
      "boloney",
      "beans",
      "bilge",
      "blah",
      "blah-blah",
      "blarney",
      "blather",
      "blatherskite",
      "blither",
      "bosh",
      "bull",
      "bunk",
      "bunkum",
      "buncombe",
      "claptrap",
      "codswallop",
      "crapola",
      "crock",
      "drivel",
      "drool",
      "fiddle",
      "fiddle-faddle",
      "fiddlesticks",
      "flannel",
      "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":[
      "The speech was a lot of flapdoodle about the economy.",
      "a clear-eyed assessment of the problem minus the usual flapdoodle"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1878, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013217"
  },
  "flannelmouthed sucker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a large fish ( Catostomus latipinnis ) formerly used as food by Indians of the Colorado river region"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013603"
  },
  "floutingstock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an object of mockery or contempt"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-022533"
  },
  "flannelmouthed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": speaking in a tricky or ingratiating way",
      ": speaking indistinctly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-n\u1d4al-\u02ccmau\u0307tht",
      "-\u02ccmau\u0307t\u035fhd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030211"
  },
  "Flamborough Head":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "promontory on the coast of the North Sea in northeastern England"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flam-\u02ccb\u0259r-\u0259",
      "-\u02ccb\u0259-r\u0259",
      "-b(\u0259-)r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-034040"
  },
  "flirtation":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to move erratically : flit",
      ": to behave amorously without serious intent",
      ": to show superficial or casual interest or liking",
      ": experiment",
      ": to come close to reaching or experiencing something",
      ": flick",
      ": to move in a jerky manner",
      ": an act or instance of flirting",
      ": a person who flirts",
      ": to show a romantic interest in someone just for fun",
      ": a person who flirts a lot"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259rt",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "coquet",
      "coquette",
      "dally",
      "frivol",
      "mess around",
      "toy",
      "trifle"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "flirter",
      "wanton"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They were flirting all night.",
      "the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers",
      "Noun",
      "he's just a harmless flirt , so don't take him seriously",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nashville could flirt with 100 degrees, and mid- to upper-90s are likely virtually everywhere across the South. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
      "The thought of those types of women\u2019s players roaming the courts at Barnes reminds us that the swaying palms and sunshine of San Diego still have the power to flirt with big-boy and big-girl sports. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
      "Stock markets can also sometimes flirt with bear-market levels without actually reaching them. \u2014 Caitlin Ostroff, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
      "Two key starters may flirt with the NBA in Love and forward Armando Bacot, though neither is ranked among the top prospects in this year's class. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "The willingness to flirt with failure, with just enough fallibility and insecurity to make failure seem possible, remains central to Cruise\u2019s appeal. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 12 May 2022",
      "The images in Re-visions often flirt with the viewer. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "All of which is to say this: Democrats often flirt with the liberal edge of their party but ultimately have always come home to a candidate who represents the most electable contestant. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Melissa and Bobbi flirt openly with one another, but Nick and Frances begin a serious affair, which tests the bond between Frances and Bobbi, forcing Frances to re-examine her vulnerabilities. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The two flirt over popsicles and steal kisses during late-night heart-to-hearts, while her lawyer fianc\u00e9 (Ra\u00fal Castillo) is away. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
      "Capitalize on that Essex charm, and flirt \u2026 with everyone. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
      "West Elm staples flirt with antique collector's items, like Jackie O.'s childhood side chair. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
      "Adults flirt , couples kiss, and two women are expecting a baby and planning to get married. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
      "His party-boy energy borders on the maniacal, and his club-ready rhythms flirt with the bizarre. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "While this energy is sweet and romantic, as an air sign and an epic flirt , Libras can be a bit flaky. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The singer-songwriter Sydney Bennett, who performs as Syd, usually likes to play the flirt . \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "The power struggles give way to further power struggles; the murders reverberate and force the players to adjust their strategies and flirt with the enemy. \u2014 Chris Vognar, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb and Noun",
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Verb",
      "1580, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
      "Noun",
      "circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-034423"
  },
  "flatware":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": relatively flat tableware",
      ": eating and serving utensils (such as knives, forks, and spoons) \u2014 compare hollowware"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flat-\u02ccwer"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "silver",
      "silverware",
      "tableware"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "asked for inexpensive stemware and flatware for their wedding",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The space heater stood on a card table along with a stockpot and second-string flatware . \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
      "While desserts like basboosa malabi cake and chocolate nemesis halvah look good enough to dive into face first, proper flatware is recommended for those. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 11 May 2022",
      "Glasses, flatware and Limoges china from Degrenne of Paris. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 May 2022",
      "Participants are asked to bring their own plates and flatware to reduce waste and minimize touch points. \u2014 courant.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The shortages are not limited to food: A dearth of disposable spoons, forks, and knives has forced some schools to begin conserving flatware . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
      "Participants are asked to bring their own plates and flatware to reduce waste and minimize touch points. \u2014 courant.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Participants are asked to bring their own plates and flatware to reduce waste and minimize touch points. \u2014 courant.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "Midcentury flatware eschewed the froufrou of earlier days, with their large handles and floral patterns. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1746, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035325"
  },
  "flirtatious":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": inclined to flirt : coquettish"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Since then, the moment has been memed to the moon and back, with fans even going as far to call the encounter flirtatious . \u2014 Seventeen , 23 June 2022",
      "In the past year or so, hot pants have been reinserting themselves into fashion, showing up on Instagram feeds as flirtatious loungewear and in designer collections. \u2014 Nancy Macdonell, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "Sit in the backyard or find a cozy spot inside, where the low lighting sets the mood for dancing and flirtatious conversation. \u2014 Ray Levy Uyeda, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
      "Likewise, Deborah Ann Woll plays Katherine as a woman with no flirtatious artifice, and her desire for flight and freedom is seen only as madness. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
      "Then there are your closed-lip smile, your flirtatious smile, your guilty smile, and your lopsided smile. \u2014 Myra Sack, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
      "Compliments about the body \u2014 eyes, hair, whatever \u2014 are flirtatious , and best saved for those with whom there is a loving bond. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "The tone of their discussion was not particularly funny, nor serious nor flirtatious nor romantic. \u2014 Rich Juzwiak, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
      "Their budding romance seems benign, flirtatious , and hopeful. \u2014 Seemab Gul, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1834, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050528"
  },
  "flamingo flower":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": either of two commonly cultivated anthuriums ( Anthurium scherzerianum and A. andraeanum ) with bright scarlet spathe and spadix"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050745"
  },
  "flying bent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": moor grass sense 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054436"
  },
  "flabbergasted":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeling or showing intense shock, surprise, or wonder : utterly astonished"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-b\u0259r-\u02ccga-st\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "amazed",
      "astonished",
      "astounded",
      "awestruck",
      "awestricken",
      "bowled over",
      "dumbfounded",
      "dumfounded",
      "dumbstruck",
      "shocked",
      "stunned",
      "stupefied",
      "thunderstruck"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1773, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054451"
  },
  "flesh wound":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs",
      ": an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1655, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-060950"
  },
  "flird":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flirt sense intransitive sense 3a",
      ": an object that is flimsy, gaudy, or unsubstantial",
      ": flirt entry 2 sense 3"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flird",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Intransitive verb",
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064017"
  },
  "flower stalk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": peduncle sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-080642"
  },
  "flirtigig":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a giddy girl"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flirti\u02ccgig",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flirty + gig (girl)"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-123307"
  },
  "flung":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of flung past tense and past participle of fling"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-123747"
  },
  "float boat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a shallow boat driven by an airplane engine and used on shallow waters and swamps especially in Florida"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132907"
  },
  "floperoo":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a notable flop : complete failure"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-152220"
  },
  "flowing sheet":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sheet on a sailing ship when eased off (as when the wind is aft or abeam)"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155913"
  },
  "flasker":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flutter"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably imitative"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-162655"
  },
  "flukeless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": free from flukes",
      ": lacking a fluke"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-kl\u0259\u0307s",
      "\""
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective (1)",
      "fluke entry 1 + -less",
      "Adjective (2)",
      "fluke entry 2 + -less"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164508"
  },
  "flat warehouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a one-story building or room used for storing bagged grain"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173008"
  },
  "flatus vocis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mere name, word, or sound without a corresponding objective reality"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u00e4t\u0259s\u02c8v\u014dk\u0259\u0307s",
      "-t\u0259\u02c8sw\u014d-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Medieval Latin, literally, breath of the voice"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-175921"
  },
  "flesh side":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flesh sense 7"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-192542"
  },
  "fleshburn":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a brush with which to rub or cleanse the flesh of the body"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-205328"
  },
  "Flamborough":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an old English sword dance"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flam\u02ccb\u0259r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "probably from Flamborough Head, promontory on east coast of Yorkshire, northern England"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-215620"
  },
  "flesh-colored":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having the color of a person's skin",
      ": having a tan or beige color"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1611, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-221957"
  },
  "flowing tracery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": tracery characterized by waving or flame-shaped curves that is found in English architecture of the 14th century and in the French flamboyant"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220701-230219"
  },
  "fleshy sponge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a sponge (class Demospongiae) lacking a definite skeleton"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011114"
  },
  "flattery will get you nowhere":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of flattery will get you nowhere \u2014 used to say that praise or flattery will not persuade someone to do what is wanted \u2014 often used as a joking response to a flattering comment \"I'm quite ravenous a good majority of the time, and you cook really, really well. \u2026 \" \" Flattery will get you nowhere, \" I grinned, thrilled with the compliment. \u2014 Jennifer DeLucy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-034829"
  },
  "fluked":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": infested with flukes"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "fluke entry 1 + -ed"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-042237"
  },
  "flasket":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a long shallow basket",
      ": a small flask"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-k\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English, a container, from (assumed) Old North French flasket small bottle (Old French flaschet ), diminutive of Old North French flaske bottle (Old French flasche ), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin flasca bottle (whence Medieval Latin flasca ), probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English flasce, flaxe bottle, Old High German & Old Norse flaska"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-082133"
  },
  "flask-shaped":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": resembling a typical flask in shape",
      ": necked and either globular or flattened in body"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084705"
  },
  "fledgling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a young bird just fledged (see fledge sense 1 )",
      ": an immature or inexperienced person",
      ": one that is new",
      ": a young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flej-li\u014b",
      "\u02c8flej-li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "abecedarian",
      "apprentice",
      "babe",
      "beginner",
      "colt",
      "cub",
      "freshman",
      "greenhorn",
      "neophyte",
      "newbie",
      "newcomer",
      "novice",
      "novitiate",
      "punk",
      "recruit",
      "rook",
      "rookie",
      "tenderfoot",
      "tyro",
      "virgin"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "old hand",
      "old-timer",
      "vet",
      "veteran"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "a female bird feeding her fledglings",
      "at hockey he's still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The national groups had expected the fledgling union to be crushed, and a loss would set back efforts to organize Amazon. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Aly Young, an organizing director with the California Labor Federation, has seen what frequently comes in the wake of a fledgling Starbucks union drive in other parts of the country. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "In 1933, Mowbray co-founded the Screen Actors Guild, using his own savings to help fund the fledgling union. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "The company started out working with the food sector in Australia and New Zealand, but launched in the UK last year, and also has a fledgling operation in the US. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "The challenging highways and byways around the company's Hethel factory have been used in the development of every one of its roadgoing cars since Colin Chapman moved his fledgling company there in 1966. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 7 June 2022",
      "She's become a bit of a mama bird herself since starting the Bonaire Wild Bird Rehab in 2018 after about 500 baby and fledgling flamingos were found wandering the streets over the course of only a few months. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2022",
      "At their second meeting, those whom Amy brought together would name themselves Families for Safe Streets, positioning their fledgling organization against an epidemic that most Americans don\u2019t see. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
      "Her time at Facebook helped turn the company from a fledgling start-up to one of the most powerful in the tech industry, notes CNBC. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-091755"
  },
  "flood stage":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the stage at which a stream will overflow its banks"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-164408"
  },
  "fledgeless":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": unfledged"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-jl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-190722"
  },
  "flasque":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a heraldic bearing similar to a flanch but narrower"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flask",
      "-aa(\u0259)-",
      "-ai-",
      "-\u0227-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "perhaps from French, cheek of a gun carriage"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-190940"
  },
  "flittern":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a young oak"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flit\u0259(r)n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-223554"
  },
  "flesh crow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": carrion crow"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-011222"
  },
  "flag captain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the commanding officer of a flagship"
    ],
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    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
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      ": to become crazy or very excited or angry"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-014202"
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      "noun"
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      ": float chamber"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022841"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": a wall (as a levee) built to prevent inundation by high water"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175428"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": capable of being easily ignited and of burning quickly",
      ": capable of being easily set on fire and of burning quickly"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-m\u0259-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8fla-m\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
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      "burnable",
      "combustible",
      "combustive",
      "fiery",
      "ignitable",
      "ignitible",
      "inflammable",
      "touchy"
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      "fireproof",
      "incombustible",
      "nonburnable",
      "noncombustible",
      "nonflammable",
      "noninflammable",
      "unburnable"
    ],
    "examples":[
      "avoid wearing loose flammable clothing when using the blowtorch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The homeless man, who is 75, was sleeping near the Trump Tower on early Wednesday morning when Joseph Guardia, 27, allegedly poured flammable liquid on him and ignited it, according to FOX 32 Chicago. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 29 May 2022",
      "He was also charged with a felony count of possession of a flammable liquid and one misdemeanor count each of brandishing a deadly weapon and hit and run with property damage. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Last month, a man walked into a New York City gay bar, Rash Bar, with a bottle of flammable liquid and set the venue on fire. \u2014 Matt Lavietes, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
      "According to the report, security footage obtained from Dearborn Fresh Supermarket shows a man pouring flammable liquid onto the side of the store and then setting it ablaze early on Sunday morning. \u2014 Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022",
      "Navarro-DePaz also said her son and daughter were assaulted in 2015 a couple of months after she herself was kidnapped, doused in a flammable liquid and set on fire. \u2014 Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News , 5 May 2022",
      "Detectives said Avery was one of two suspects found at the scene with a 1-year-old child who was covered in flammable liquid. \u2014 Garrett Phillips, Sun Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
      "The bottle thrown contained no flammable liquid, Kohlmetz said. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Molotov cocktails are often supplemented with thickeners designed to gel the gasoline or other flammable liquid. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Latin flammare to flame, set on fire, from flamma"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1813, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180616"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent",
      ": inclination , tendency",
      ": a uniquely attractive quality : style",
      ": natural ability",
      ": style entry 1 sense 4"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fler",
      "\u02c8fler"
    ],
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      "aptitude",
      "bent",
      "endowment",
      "faculty",
      "genius",
      "gift",
      "head",
      "knack",
      "talent"
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    "examples":[
      "a restaurant with a European flair",
      "a person with a flair for making friends quickly",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Leo has a way with words, a flair for language that endears him to Nancy, a retired high school teacher. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
      "An interlocking arch that represents unity gives her walker a sculptural flair , and the cording made out of water hyacinth connects both local artistry with sustainable materials. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 13 June 2022",
      "Bond used an analogy that shows her poet\u2019s flair for picking the right word hasn\u2019t diminished. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
      "Randall, a senior reporter at Reuters, combines his journalist\u2019s eye for details with a storyteller\u2019s flair for spectacle. \u2014 Steve Brusatte, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "Chef Matthew Kirk started Automat as a pop-up in 2016, showcasing a flair for creative breads and fried chicken sandwiches. \u2014 Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 June 2022",
      "Welcome a beautiful Lowcountry day with sparkling marina views on Shelter Cove while enjoying a breakfast of sweet and savory pastries with authentic French flair (plus American flavors) at Hilton Head Social Bakery. \u2014 Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022",
      "The Austrian composer Minkus, on the other hand, offers a utilitarian vehicle for unabashed, largely plotless dancing with a bit of Spanish flair slapped on. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
      "Built in 1902 with a distinct French flair for the Duke of Santo Mauro\u2014an influential politician and socialite\u2014the singular hotel also served as an embassy in its previous lives (the Swedish embassy presently stands right across the street). \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, literally, sense of smell, from Old French, odor, from flairier to give off an odor, from Late Latin flagrare , alteration of Latin fragrare"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183220"
  },
  "float bridge":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a structure with tracks on an adjustable apron for transferring railroad cars to or from car floats at varying water levels"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185526"
  },
  "flash tube":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a gas discharge tube that produces very brief intense flashes of light and is used especially in photography"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1945, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190448"
  },
  "flesh-pressing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the act of greeting and shaking hands with people especially while campaigning for political office"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flesh-\u02ccpre-si\u014b"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1969, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-194816"
  },
  "Flammarion":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
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    "definitions":[
      "(Nicolas-) Camille 1842\u20131925 French astronomer"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fl\u0259-\u02ccma-r\u0113-\u02c8\u014d\u207f"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203231"
  },
  "flip open":{
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to open or to cause (something) to open with a quick movement"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210451"
  },
  "flat wash":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
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      ": flatwork"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090042"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a seaplane with a hull designed for floating"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Here, after World War II, the quixotic \u2014 all right, yes, and the downright weird \u2014 aviator/producer/industrialist Howard Hughes built the enormous wooden flying boat that just about everyone but Hughes called the Spruce Goose. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
      "The largest operational flying boat in existence, which most recently fought forest fires from the air, is up for sale. \u2014 J. George Gorant, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "After attending Yale and Cambridge University in England, Harry was entranced by the adventure of flying, purchased a Curtiss flying boat , and served with distinction during World War I. \u2014 Rinker Buck, WSJ , 10 Oct. 2021",
      "The 1930s was also the heyday of the flying boat \u2014a bulky vessel whose fuselage acted as the hull, floating it when the plane was in the water. \u2014 Barbara Peterson, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "Curtiss never looked back, fielding one superb flying boat design after another. \u2014 Walter J. Boyne And Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2021",
      "The first airline flight in America was a 23-minute jaunt across Tampa Bay in 1914, on which a single passenger joined the pilot in a noisy, windy open-cockpit Benoist flying boat . \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 16 Mar. 2021",
      "At the same time, Imperial Airways' flying boat , the Caledonia, flew the route from east to west in fifteen hours and twenty-eight minutes, averaging 132 miles per hour. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 30 Oct. 2020",
      "In 1935, a flying boat , the China Clipper, took off from Alameda, Calif., carrying more than 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1913, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075645"
  },
  "floodwater":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the water of a flood",
      ": the water of a flood"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d-\u02ccw\u022f-t\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccw\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d-\u02ccw\u022f-t\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccw\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even as the floodwater swamped backyards and soda bottles floated past houses, women were stewing borscht and inviting people in to eat, and neighbors ferried diesel fuel for pumps in a rubber boat. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Chris and Roberta left their home before dawn and drove to the swamp, where the floodwater had receded after blanketing the area for weeks. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "On that Saturday morning, Chris Etheridge, 52, reached into the raging floodwater and pulled out a fairytale. \u2014 Keith Sharon, USA TODAY , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "But that means runoff can\u2019t get out, so inland floodwater will stay pooled at the airport and elsewhere. \u2014 Jan Ellen Spiegel, courant.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "The northern dike that had protected their land was in turn lowered, allowing floodwater to spill over the land. \u2014 Mick Krever, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "An aerial view of a residential area in Middlesex County as floodwater covers streets in New Jersey on October 26, 2021. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Nearly 850 residents from seven different nursing homes, including Park Place, were transported to a warehouse where video later showed them on mattresses as floodwater washed through the building. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "The problem showed up last year in Tropical Storm Eta, when floodwater remained in southwest Broward neighborhoods for days, partly because the elevated ocean blocked canals from draining the region. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1791, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084344"
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  "flour sulfur":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": sulfur flour"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-084425"
  },
  "flip one's wig":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become crazy or very angry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090959"
  },
  "fly in":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to switch (a railroad car) by a flying switch",
      ": an act of flying to a destination",
      ": an outdoor theater planned for the patronage of persons remaining in their private planes \u2014 compare drive-in",
      ": a gathering (as at a small airport) of flying enthusiasts who arrive by private plane"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun",
      "from fly in , verb"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-103527"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flap , flutter",
      ": to cause to flutter or flap",
      ": a movement made by flapping or fluttering",
      ": a burst or gust especially of wind"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flaf",
      "\""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Verb",
      "flaff from Middle English (Scots) flaffen , of imitative origin; flaffer frequentative of flaff"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-103746"
  },
  "flaith":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an Irish chief or noble of one of several grades holding rent-free land"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Irish Gaelic"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-103943"
  },
  "flicky":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": jerky and brisk"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flik\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from flick entry 4 + -y"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-104238"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": made with skimmed milk : skimmed"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flet",
      "\""
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "from obsolete past participle of fleet entry 4"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122815"
  },
  "floor work":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ritual circumambulation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-124548"
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  "flambeau":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flaming torch",
      ": torch"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flam-\u02ccb\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Middle French, from flambe flame"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1632, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-125847"
  },
  "flip one's lid":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to become crazy or very angry"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131918"
  },
  "flick-knife":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": switchblade"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flik-\u02ccn\u012bf"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1957, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-133250"
  },
  "fletch":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feather sense 1a"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flech"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "back-formation from fletcher"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "circa 1656, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-142547"
  },
  "floodplain":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": level land that may be submerged by floodwaters",
      ": a plain built up by stream deposition",
      ": low flat land along a stream that is flooded when the stream overflows"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d-\u02ccpl\u0101n",
      "\u02c8fl\u0259d-\u02ccpl\u0101n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Here, the Salisbury Plain meets the floodplain of the River Avon. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 4 May 2022",
      "Sunlight filters through the foliage of a dense, quiet forest on the river\u2019s floodplain , which was the Ukrainians\u2019 kill zone. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
      "At 12 feet, lowland flooding of Mill Creek floodplain occurs, with water approaching some buildings along the creek. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 May 2022",
      "The bike park is on a 1.28-acre site between Bark Park and the Alamo Heights ISD Baseball Field within the Olmos Basin floodplain . \u2014 Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News , 2 May 2022",
      "After flooding in 2019 breached a levee in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River, for example, the levee was moved back to create more than 1,000 acres of floodplain and added wetlands. \u2014 Michael Phillis, ajc , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "One of my favorite bakeries and caf\u00e9s in Podil, a historic neighborhood on the floodplain of the Dnieper River, had reopened. \u2014 The New Yorker , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The project, on the south side of Loop 1604 just west of the University of Texas at San Antonio\u2019s main campus, sits partly in a floodplain , according to San Antonio River Authority maps. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "In all, the eight-phase project is designed to reduce the number of homes in the floodplain by about 450. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 11 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151907"
  },
  "flary":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": showy and bright : gaudy"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-a(a)r\u0113",
      "-er\u0113",
      "-ri"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flare entry 2 + -y"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-151943"
  },
  "flapdragon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": snapdragon sense 3",
      ": german , dutchman"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-162124"
  },
  "flash spectrum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a bright-line spectrum produced by the sun's reversing layer and observable for a few seconds at the beginning and end of a total solar eclipse"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163202"
  },
  "flammability":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ability to support combustion",
      ": a high capacity for combustion"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfla-m\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In fact, other peroxides have been used in rocket fuel thanks to their flammability . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 4 June 2022",
      "Serta recently recalled select models from this line that were produced from July 2021 to September 2021 for failing to meet federal flammability standards. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The latest report from a federal oversight board also cited three recent incidents, including one in which a container from Los Alamos National Laboratory was placed underground without adequate analysis for its flammability . \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Sarafin said the team occasionally speaks with personnel who worked on the previous programs, comparing the challenges of physics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, supercold temperatures, structural stresses and flammability hazards. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The specifications cover all aspects of the design including the strength, flammability and heat resistance of the fabrics, emergency lighting and the maximum inflation time -- between six and 10 seconds -- depending on the location of the slide. \u2014 Howard Slutsken, CNN , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Lithium-ion batteries pose a special fire risk Electric vehicle fires are rare, but pose their own kind of flammability risk, and one that becomes heightened as EVs go mainstream. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The different clothing items fail to meet the US flammability standards. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Across burnable lands, the study stated the annual number of flammable nighttime hours increased by 110 hours over the past four decades \u2014 allowing five additional nights when flammability does not cease. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1646, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170511"
  },
  "flerovium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a short-lived artificially produced radioactive element that has 114 protons",
      "\u2014 see Chemical Elements Table"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fl\u0259-\u02c8r\u014d-v\u0113-\u0259m"
    ],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia) + -ium",
      "Note: The element was first produced in the Flerov Laboratory (Russian, Laboratorija jadernyx reakcij im. G.N. Fl\u00ebrova Ob\"jedin\u00ebnnogo instituta jadernyx issledovanij ), founded by the Russian physicist Georgij Nikolaevi\u010d Fl\u00ebrov (1913-90)."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "2012, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-191202"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an air or sea transport line flying the flag of the country to which it belongs"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-195712"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a chamber (as in a carburetor) having a float to regulate the level of the contained liquid"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201513"
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  "florilegium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a volume of writings : anthology"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccfl\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113-j(\u0113-)\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "album",
      "anthology",
      "collectanea",
      "compendium",
      "compilation",
      "miscellany",
      "reader"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "a florilegium of ancient alchemical writings"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from New Latin fl\u014drilegium, from Latin fl\u014drilegus \"culling flowers\" (from fl\u014dri- flori- + -legus, adjective derivative of legere \"to gather, pick\") + -ium, suffix of deverbal compounds (formed after Latin sp\u012bcilegium \"gathering of stray ears of grain\"); loan-translation of Greek antholog\u00eda anthology \u2014 more at legend"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1647, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-201701"
  },
  "flamb\u00e9":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": dressed or served covered with flaming liquor",
      ": to douse with a liquor (such as brandy, rum, or cognac) and ignite"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "fl\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u0101",
      "fl\u00e4\u207f-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The crepes were flamb\u00e9ed with brandy."
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Adjective",
      "French flamb\u00e9 , from past participle of flamber to flame, singe, from Old French, from flambe flame"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Adjective",
      "1914, in the meaning defined above",
      "Verb",
      "circa 1946, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210120"
  },
  "flick-flack":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the noise of repeated light blows"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flik\u02ccflak"
    ],
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    "history_and_etymology":[
      "imitative"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-210431"
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    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": with a flirt",
      ": coquettishly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-221727"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": a cheap rooming house or hotel"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4p-\u02cchau\u0307s"
    ],
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This wasn\u2019t some flophouse that rented rooms by the hour. \u2014 David Sedaris, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Two decades before his conviction, Durst was acquitted of murdering his neighbor Morris Black in a flophouse in Galveston, Texas. \u2014 Oliver Gettell, EW.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "Before its days as an intellectual flophouse , the building was home to Columbia\u2019s Department of Slavic Languages. \u2014 Ian Volner, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "But those protections weren\u2019t able to save Aubergine, a picturesquely decrepit flophouse , salon, and culture-freak community at 546 West 113th Street. \u2014 Ian Volner, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
      "There's plenty of livestock, lots of Lone Star sunshine, but nothing so much as a flophouse or an outhouse in sight. \u2014 Lynette Rice, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "After spending 10 nights in his Chevy, Smith locates a mattress for rent on the floor of a flophouse . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2021",
      "The home, built in 1891 and used over the years as a private residence, a boarding house for nuns and a flophouse , was in disarray when it was purchased at a sheriff\u2019s auction in 2014. \u2014 cleveland , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "Mystery Train is set in a dingy Memphis flophouse and follows the travelers who pass through its doors, telling sweet and sad stories of their lives. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1916, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-000606"
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  "flaser":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": an irregular usually streaked lens of granular texture found in a micaceous interstitial mass of rock and produced by shearing and pressure during metamorphism"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00e4z\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "German, vein in wood or rock, probably dialect modification of flader vein in wood, veined wood, maple tree, from Middle High German vlader vein in wood, veined wood; perhaps akin to Greek platys flat, broad"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-002855"
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  "flattie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": something characterized by flatness : such as",
      ": a small working boat peculiar to Chesapeake Bay and more southern waters of the eastern U.S. that is sloop-rigged and that has a flat bottom, straight sides, and a centerboard",
      ": flat sense 6e",
      ": policeman"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flat entry 1 + -ie, -y"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005113"
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  "flesh-eating":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": feeding on or destroying flesh or soft tissue",
      "\u2014 see also flesh-eating bacterium , flesh-eating disease"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flesh-\u02cc\u0113-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1588, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-005847"
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  "flannelmouth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a flannelmouthed person"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012123"
  },
  "flag country":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": the part of a flagship set aside for the use of its flag officer"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-012938"
  },
  "fledge":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to acquire the feathers necessary for flight or independent activity",
      ": to leave the nest after acquiring such feathers",
      ": to rear until ready for flight or independent activity",
      ": to cover with or as if with feathers or down",
      ": to furnish (something) with feathers"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flej"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[
      "The young birds haven't yet fledged .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The United States Forest Service announced a partial closure of the Peaks Crag climbing area in the Coconino National Forest in Flagstaff from March 15 to August 15 of 2022, though the closure may end sooner if the young falcons fledge . \u2014 Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "Born last spring, #1111 is the second condor ever to fledge , or learn to fly, in Zion. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Birders said the animals were about to fledge from their nest and appeared to be perfectly healthy, but a federal wildlife official said the ospreys weren\u2019t close to fledging. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Aug. 2021",
      "In some cases, the natural chicks don't thrive and only the cowbird chick survives to fledge from the nest. \u2014 Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
      "Once the babies fledge at 35 days, International Bird Rescue plans to release the terns back into the wild. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 July 2021",
      "For those who put up bird nesting boxes in spring, now is a good time to watch for the young to fledge . \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 9 July 2021",
      "In many other cases, all chicks fledge , but the parents work nearly to exhaustion to satisfy the large interloper. \u2014 Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 6 July 2021",
      "The cliffs where birds set up nests will stay closed for the rest of the breeding season, until the chicks fledge sometime around late July. \u2014 Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "fledge capable of flying, from Middle English flegge , from Old English -flycge ; akin to Old High German flucki capable of flying, Old English fl\u0113ogan to fly \u2014 more at fly"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1566, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-020236"
  },
  "flag day":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": June 14 observed in various states in commemoration of the adoption in 1777 of the official U.S. flag",
      ": a day on which charitable contributions are solicited in exchange for small flags"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-042531"
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  "FLIR":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
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    "definitions":[
      "forward-looking infrared"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050222"
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  "fletcher":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a maker of arrows",
      "John 1579\u20131625 English dramatist"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fle-ch\u0259r",
      "\u02c8fle-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English fleccher , from Anglo-French flecher , from fleche arrow \u2014 more at fl\u00e8che"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-050815"
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  "flip off":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": to hold up the middle finger as an obscene gesture of contempt to"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1982, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-053835"
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  "flameware":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": cooking ware (as of glass) that can be used over an open flame without breaking"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074432"
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  "flame vine":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a Brazilian woody vine ( Pyrostegia ignea ) of the family Bignoniaceae that has tendril-bearing compound leaves and orange-red tubular flowers in clusters and that is widely cultivated in warm regions"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081032"
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  "flittermouse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":[
      ": bat entry 3 sense 1"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flitter entry 1 + mouse ; translation of German fledermaus"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-082148"
  },
  "flap-eared":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": having large ears standing well out from the head",
      ": having large flexible or pendent ears"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103155"
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  "flamb":{
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": baste entry 2"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flam"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Middle English flaumen, flamben to flame, shine, baste"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104648"
  },
  "florigen":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a hormone or hormonal agent that promotes flowering"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u022fr-\u0259-j\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "borrowed from Russian florigen, from flori- flori- + -gen -gen",
      "Note: The Russian term was apparently introduced by the Soviet Armenian plant physiologist Mixail Xristoforovi\u010d \u010cajlaxjan (1902-91) in an article published in 1936 in the Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR/Comptes rendus de l'Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de l'URSS. An English version of the article, entitled \"New facts in support of the hormonal theory of plant development,\" was published in vol. 13 (1936) of the Doklady, pp. 79-83."
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1936, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111817"
  },
  "flatways":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flatwise"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flat-\u02ccw\u0101z"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[
      "1692, in the meaning defined above"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113528"
  },
  "flirtable":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": ready for flirtation"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115253"
  },
  "flirtish":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flirtatious"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u0259rtish"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120058"
  },
  "flirt (with)":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      "to act so as to make (something) more likely you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123756"
  },
  "flatting agent":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a material added to a coating (as a paint or varnish) to cause it to set with a matte surface"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "flatting from gerund of flat entry 4"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125057"
  },
  "flajolotite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a mineral 4FeSbO 4 \u00b73H 2 O occurring as a hydrous iron antimonate in lemon-yellow nodular masses resembling clay"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccflaj\u0259\u02c8l\u014d\u02cct\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "French, from Flajolot fl 1871 French mineralogist who analyzed it + French -ite"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125724"
  },
  "flower spike":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": spike sense 2"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-130924"
  },
  "fluke":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun ()"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": flatfish",
      ": a flattened digenetic trematode worm",
      ": trematode \u2014 compare liver fluke",
      ": the part of an anchor that fastens in the ground \u2014 see anchor illustration",
      ": one of the lobes of a whale's tail",
      ": an accidentally successful stroke at billiards or pool",
      ": a stroke of luck",
      ": a flattened digenetic trematode worm",
      ": trematode \u2014 see liver fluke"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fl\u00fck",
      "\u02c8fl\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "strike"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "Middle English floke, fluke , from Old English fl\u014dc ; akin to Old English fl\u014dh chip, Old High German flah smooth, Greek plax flat surface, and probably to Old English fl\u014dr floor \u2014 more at floor",
      "Noun (2)",
      "perhaps from fluke entry 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "origin unknown"
    ],
    "first_known_use":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (2)",
      "1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
      "Noun (3)",
      "1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132048"
  },
  "flopover":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":[
      ": a defect in television reception in which a succession of frames appear to traverse the screen vertically due to a temporary maladjustment of the relative horizontal and vertical sweep frequencies"
    ],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[
      "from flop over , verb"
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    "first_known_use":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132239"
  },
  "flash ranging":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the locating of enemy weapons and the adjusting of friendly fire by observation of flashes from at least two observation posts \u2014 compare sound ranging":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105118"
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  "fleshpot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bodily comfort : luxury":[],
      ": a place of lascivious entertainment":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8flesh-\u02ccp\u00e4t"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105345"
  },
  "flannel moth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a moth of the family Megalopygidae most of which have very hairy larvae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105516"
  },
  "flattered":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": made to feel pleased by something gratifying (such as an honor or a sign or respect or deference)":[
        "I was very flattered to be asked to attend.",
        "The honoree was clearly flattered . Or at least he smiled broadly.",
        "\u2014 Erich Segal"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8fla-t\u0259rd"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105604"
  }
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