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{
"gab":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to talk in a rapid or thoughtless manner : chatter",
": talk",
": idle talk",
": gabardine sense 2",
": to talk in a relaxed way about unimportant things : chat",
": talk about unimportant things"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gab",
"\u02c8gab"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"spent the time she should have been working gabbing with friends instead"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1786, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (1)",
"1761, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1939, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194412"
},
"gabfest":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an informal gathering for general talk",
": an extended conversation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gab-\u02ccfest"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the slumber party was an all-night gabfest filled with gossip, giggling, and whispered secrets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now comes the hard part: hosting a global gabfest , without the toxicity. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Third quarter, here\u2019s Bob Myers dropping into the TV gabfest . \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 12 Dec. 2020",
"Calls can last for up to 24 hours (quite the gabfest ), and are encrypted and password-protected. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 6 July 2020",
"But there are only so many airings of marbles races, old games and gabfests about the April 23\u201325 NFL draft\u2014an event that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, feels as significant as a speck of sand\u2014that viewers can take. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 14 Apr. 2020",
"What was supposed to be his roommate interview became a gabfest . \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2020",
"The tone at this annual gabfest in the Alps was set with a downbeat forecast on Tuesday from the International Monetary Fund. \u2014 Stephen Fidler, WSJ , 23 Jan. 2019",
"The White House is certainly equipped for secure calling, and hopefully Trump followed protocols such that his late-night gabfests with Kim Jong Un happen on a secure line and can focus on friendship and fun. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, WIRED , 15 June 2018",
"The off-the-wall gabfest , which normally tapes in New York and plays to an audience of roughly 30 people, has invaded Los Angeles for a week of shows. \u2014 Yvonne Villarreal, latimes.com , 9 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gab entry 1 + fest ",
"first_known_use":[
"1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200356"
},
"gadarene":{
"type":"adjective (1)",
"definitions":[
"headlong , precipitate",
"of, relating to, or characteristic of Gadara"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113n",
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective (1)",
"1895, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective (2)",
"1614, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"gadget":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty",
": a small useful device that is often interesting, unfamiliar, or unusual"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-j\u0259t",
"\u02c8ga-j\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"appliance",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gimmick",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"widget"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The kitchen is equipped with all the latest gadgets .",
"cell phones, pagers, and other gadgets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Equipped with 20,000 pascals of suction power, the cleaning gadget sucks up everything from pet hair and crumbs to dirt and dust from hard floors and low-pile carpets. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The gadget is rumored to work for a few hours on a charge. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"The gadget \u2019s best feature is a set of four buttons across the top that can be programmed to specific playlists or podcasts, like a shortcut to your favorite radio station. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The gadget is used memorably in the film to escape the Gotham police department and dispatch foes in one of his brutal fight scenes. \u2014 David Viramontes, Variety , 18 Mar. 2022",
"But \u2013 no pressure or anything \u2013 this year\u2019s shaping up as the toughest yet for getting the right gadget wrapped and under the tree on time. \u2014 Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY , 16 Dec. 2021",
"That might be when the gadget is released, but that\u2019s just speculation at this point. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 23 May 2022",
"The travel-friendly gadget comes in four colors, including Apple's striking new shade of purple, and it's earned more than 2,900 five-star ratings at Amazon for its portability, battery life, and overall value. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Gurman also predicts that the iPhone Health app may add new sleep tracking, women\u2019s health features and medication tracking, all doubtless integrated with its most intimate gadget , the Apple Watch. \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps a sound-symbolic coinage, with final as in fidget entry 1 , midget , idjit (nonstandard form of idiot )",
"first_known_use":[
"1886, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214319"
},
"gaff":{
"type":"noun (1)",
"definitions":[
"a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish",
"a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles",
"a metal spur for a gamecock",
"a butcher's hook",
"a climbing iron or its steel point",
"the spar (see spar entry 1 sense 2a ) on which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended",
"gaffe",
"to strike or secure with a spear or hook",
"to fit (a gamecock) with a metal spur",
"something painful or difficult to bear ordeal",
"persistent raillery or criticism",
"rough treatment abuse",
"hoax , fraud",
"gimmick , trick",
"deceive , trick",
"fleece",
"to fix for the purpose of cheating",
"a cheap theater or music hall"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8gaf",
"synonyms":[
"familiarity",
"faux pas",
"gaffe",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion",
"solecism"
],
"antonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Verb (1)",
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1812, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"gaffe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a social or diplomatic blunder",
": a noticeable mistake"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gaf"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiarity",
"faux pas",
"gaff",
"impropriety",
"indiscretion",
"solecism"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
"examples":[
"He realized that he had committed an awful gaffe when he mispronounced her name.",
"committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dwelling on the gaffe was short-lived as Kim doubled home extra-innings runner Jake Cronenworth to snag the lead in the 11th. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Short of the possible Twitter gaffe , Marvel has made no official indication that Moon Knight is returning for season 2. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 4 May 2022",
"Biden critics called it a gaffe , but the statement wasn\u2019t a slip of the tongue. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022",
"Biden would hardly be the first U.S. official to make a gaffe on Taiwan policy. \u2014 Adam Taylor, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Instead, the ad hoc remarks that have stirred controversy seem to be more in the category of the columnist Michael Kinsley\u2019s legendary definition of a gaffe . \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"The Houston Astros got a win Thursday night thanks to a game-ending single in the ninth inning by Kyle Tucker despite a baserunning gaffe from Yordan Alvarez earlier in the inning. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 6 May 2022",
"But the company also recently suffered from a big public-relations gaffe . \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"The gaffe came as Bush was denouncing Vladimir Putin at an event on election integrity at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas on Wednesday. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, probably a sense development of gaffe gaff entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190054"
},
"gag":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcry",
": to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression",
": to pry or hold open with a gag",
": to provide or write quips or pranks for",
": to choke or cause to retch",
": choke",
": to suffer a throat spasm that makes swallowing or breathing difficult",
": retch",
": to be unable to endure something : balk",
": to make quips",
": something thrust into the mouth to keep it open or to prevent speech or outcry",
": an official check or restraint on debate or free speech",
": a laugh-provoking remark or act",
": prank , trick",
": to stop from speaking or crying out by or as if by covering or blocking the mouth",
": to vomit or feel like vomiting",
": choke sense 2",
": something covering or blocking the mouth especially to prevent speaking or crying out",
": something said or done to make other people laugh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gag",
"\u02c8gag"
],
"synonyms":[
"barf",
"heave",
"hurl",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"antonyms":[
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"crack",
"drollery",
"funny",
"giggle",
"jape",
"jest",
"joke",
"josh",
"laugh",
"nifty",
"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In addition to a tasty dinner and homemade birthday cake, there were presents: wine, gag wine glass and a birthday card with a gift card enclosed. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Bembenek was arrested, and a hairbrush belonging to her had hair consistent with hairs found in the bandana used to gag Christine. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
"Then, with a small-headed, soft, dry toothbrush, brush the wire meshing gently to remove the visible debris, and try not to gag at what falls out. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"In the moments before tipping off against Portland on Sunday, the Spurs watched the Los Angeles Lakers gag up another game down the stretch against Denver. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Russian lawmakers are expected to consider legislation Friday that could gag independent media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine and slap stiff penalties on foreigners, further increasing tensions between Moscow and the West. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s too much on the line for the Rams to gag at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Guests usually arrive in the early afternoon on Christmas Eve, on which the family exchanges gag gifts. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The backers of these new laws are trying to gag and scare teachers to keep them from meeting their professional obligation to teach students honest history. \u2014 Randi Weingarten, CNN , 27 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first episode of the new season sets the tone with a graphic gag that showrunner Eric Kripke described as one of the craziest things committed to television. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Was the lawsuit against Ava (which Deborah finally dropped) just a gag the whole time? \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"In one running gag , a clueless Tash uses a plastic laundry hamper as a makeshift car seat, stroller and playpen for the boy. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But a running gag about Nick\u2019s ruffled shirt goes into ad nauseam territory, and adding more Yiddish expressions does not more comedy make. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s how Musk turned a dumb pot gag into a government investigation into a hundred-billion-dollar payday. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Speaking of history, Goloborodko\u2019s training in that discipline is the basis for a running gag in which he is visited by the apparitions of dead world leaders with lessons\u2014not always helpful ones\u2014on how to govern. \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there\u2019s convenience to the gag and its resolution. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212952"
},
"gaga":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": crazy , foolish",
": marked by wild enthusiasm : infatuated , doting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"I can't understand how anyone could be so gaga over golf.",
"He thinks that most artists are at least a little bit gaga .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the main differences between free gaga classes and a hardware-plus-subscription platform such as Peloton is hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. \u2014 Michael Owen, The Atlantic , 29 May 2020",
"Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 27 Feb. 2019",
"Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion \u2014 on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 10 July 2018",
"Turns out, the two actors/singers have been gaga for each other (terrible pun, sorry) for a long time. \u2014 Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire , 27 Feb. 2019",
"Juul, a startup that makes e-cigarettes that teenagers are gaga for, is raising $1.2 billion in a round that would value the company at $15 billion \u2014 on par with companies like Lyft or Snap. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 10 July 2018",
"For the past several years, restaurant chefs have been gaga for sous-vide cooking, but the contraptions required seemed too scientific for home cooks. \u2014 Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star , 28 Aug. 2017",
"And in true Gaga fashion, there were a few wigs \u2014 and some dramatic eye shadow looks \u2014 involved as well. \u2014 Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com , 4 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, derivative of gaga \"fool,\" of imitative origin",
"first_known_use":[
"1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193655"
},
"gage":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a measurement (as of linear dimension) according to some standard or system: such as",
": the distance between the rails of a railroad",
": the size of a shotgun barrel's inner diameter nominally expressed as the number of lead balls each just fitting that diameter required to make a pound",
": the thickness of a thin material (such as sheet metal or plastic film)",
": the diameter of a slender object (such as wire or a hypodermic needle)",
": the fineness of a knitted fabric expressed by the number of loops per unit width",
": dimensions , size",
": measure sense 1",
": an instrument for or a means of measuring or testing: such as",
": an instrument for measuring a dimension or for testing mechanical accuracy",
": an instrument with a graduated (see graduate entry 1 sense transitive 2a ) scale or dial for measuring or indicating quantity",
": relative position of a ship with reference to another ship and the wind",
": a function introduced into a field equation to produce a convenient form of the equation but having no observable physical consequences",
": a token of defiance",
": a glove or cap cast on the ground to be taken up by an opponent as a pledge of combat",
": something deposited as a pledge of performance",
": pledge",
": stake , risk",
": greengage",
"Thomas 1721\u20131787 British general and colonial governor in America"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101j",
"\u02c8g\u0101j"
],
"synonyms":[
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"pawn",
"pledge",
"security"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (2)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1847, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195500"
},
"gagger":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to restrict use of the mouth of by inserting something into it to prevent speech or outcry",
": to prevent from exercising freedom of speech or expression",
": to pry or hold open with a gag",
": to provide or write quips or pranks for",
": to choke or cause to retch",
": choke",
": to suffer a throat spasm that makes swallowing or breathing difficult",
": retch",
": to be unable to endure something : balk",
": to make quips",
": something thrust into the mouth to keep it open or to prevent speech or outcry",
": an official check or restraint on debate or free speech",
": a laugh-provoking remark or act",
": prank , trick",
": to stop from speaking or crying out by or as if by covering or blocking the mouth",
": to vomit or feel like vomiting",
": choke sense 2",
": something covering or blocking the mouth especially to prevent speaking or crying out",
": something said or done to make other people laugh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gag",
"\u02c8gag"
],
"synonyms":[
"barf",
"heave",
"hurl",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"antonyms":[
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"crack",
"drollery",
"funny",
"giggle",
"jape",
"jest",
"joke",
"josh",
"laugh",
"nifty",
"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In addition to a tasty dinner and homemade birthday cake, there were presents: wine, gag wine glass and a birthday card with a gift card enclosed. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"Bembenek was arrested, and a hairbrush belonging to her had hair consistent with hairs found in the bandana used to gag Christine. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
"Then, with a small-headed, soft, dry toothbrush, brush the wire meshing gently to remove the visible debris, and try not to gag at what falls out. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"In the moments before tipping off against Portland on Sunday, the Spurs watched the Los Angeles Lakers gag up another game down the stretch against Denver. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Russian lawmakers are expected to consider legislation Friday that could gag independent media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine and slap stiff penalties on foreigners, further increasing tensions between Moscow and the West. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s too much on the line for the Rams to gag at home. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Guests usually arrive in the early afternoon on Christmas Eve, on which the family exchanges gag gifts. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The backers of these new laws are trying to gag and scare teachers to keep them from meeting their professional obligation to teach students honest history. \u2014 Randi Weingarten, CNN , 27 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first episode of the new season sets the tone with a graphic gag that showrunner Eric Kripke described as one of the craziest things committed to television. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Was the lawsuit against Ava (which Deborah finally dropped) just a gag the whole time? \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"Neil Patrick Harris regrets turning the death of singer Amy Winehouse into a gory gag at a 2011 Halloween party. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"In one running gag , a clueless Tash uses a plastic laundry hamper as a makeshift car seat, stroller and playpen for the boy. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But a running gag about Nick\u2019s ruffled shirt goes into ad nauseam territory, and adding more Yiddish expressions does not more comedy make. \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s how Musk turned a dumb pot gag into a government investigation into a hundred-billion-dollar payday. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Speaking of history, Goloborodko\u2019s training in that discipline is the basis for a running gag in which he is visited by the apparitions of dead world leaders with lessons\u2014not always helpful ones\u2014on how to govern. \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there\u2019s convenience to the gag and its resolution. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224121"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a gag writer",
": comedian sense 2"
],
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"\u02c8gag-\u02ccman"
],
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"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"jester",
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"wag",
"wit"
],
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"politicians with no talent for humor often hire gagmen to write jokes for them"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224555"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": merrymaking",
": festive activity",
": high spirits : merriment",
": elegance , finery",
": happy and lively activity : merrymaking",
": bright spirits or manner"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101-\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0101-\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"array",
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"finery",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
],
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"examples":[
"The party had none of the gaiety we've seen in past years.",
"the gaiety of the carnival",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In spite of the temperature, a festal gaiety was rising. \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"His tall, broad-shouldered hunchback stomps around the court in the multi-colored motley teasing his master and his henchmen with seeming good-natured gaiety . \u2014 Bill Hirschman, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Television put her very American appeal on full display: her charm, her gaiety . \u2014 Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"There is no place, not even India, where the use of color produces as beguiling a mixture of gaiety and melancholy as Mexico. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"There is something heroic in the desperate gaiety with which Crane and Cora insisted on living well until the end. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Yes, an adornment to society, a man who added to the gaiety of life. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 26 July 2021",
"Its unique note is the simultaneous striking of many notes; of humility, of gaiety , of gratitude, of mystical fear, but also of vigilance and of drama. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 25 Dec. 2020",
"These same two items\u2014Cary Grant\u2019s cheapness and his gaiety \u2014play throughout Mr. Eyman\u2019s lengthy biography. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 16 Oct. 2020"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222405"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": resources or advantage acquired or increased : profit",
": the act or process of acquiring something",
": an increase in amount, magnitude, or degree",
": the increase (as of voltage or signal intensity) caused by an amplifier",
": the ratio of output over input",
": the signal-gathering ability of an antenna",
": to acquire or get possession of usually by industry, merit, or craft",
": to win in competition or conflict",
": to arrive at : reach , attain",
": traverse , cover",
": to get by a natural development or process",
": to establish a specific relationship with",
": to make an increase of (a specified amount)",
": to increase in (a particular quality)",
": to win to one's side : persuade",
": to cause to be obtained or given : attract",
": to run fast by the amount of",
": to get advantage : profit",
": increase",
": to increase in weight",
": to improve in health or ability",
": to run fast",
": to get closer to something pursued",
": to make progress",
": something valuable or desirable that is obtained or acquired : profit",
": an increase in amount, size, or degree",
": to get or win often by effort",
": to get or acquire in a natural or gradual way",
": to increase in",
": to get to : reach",
": to get an advantage : profit",
": to improve in health",
": an increase in value, capital, or amount \u2014 compare loss",
": a gain realized on the sale or exchange of a capital asset (as a stock or real estate)",
": a gain realized by an insured because property insurance benefits paid for a loss from a casualty or theft are greater than the adjusted value of the insured asset",
": a capital gain realized on the sale or exchange of an asset held for more than a specified period (as a year)",
": a gain from the exchange or sale of an asset that is not capital",
": a capital gain realized on the sale or exchange of an asset held for less than a specified period (as a year) that is treated as ordinary income under federal income tax laws",
": a class of community property that reflects the increase in property value contributed by the common skill or labor of the spouses"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101n",
"\u02c8g\u0101n",
"\u02c8g\u0101n"
],
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"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
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"build up",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The survey did not address what respondents thought the personal interests were (e.g. political ambition, financial gain or something else). \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Inmates may receive gain time based on factors such as their behavior and taking part in work and programs. \u2014 Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Amid the disappointment of the Heat\u2019s Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, Riley opened his postseason presser at least noting a personal gain amid the hurt. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"On the first play from scrimmage in the game, Warth lofted a long pass to Scott receiver Cam Patterson for a 44-yard gain . \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Smart partnerships will also forego short-term gain in favor of creating long-term, sustainable values for their stakeholders. \u2014 Ivan Ong, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Last month\u2019s gain reflects a resilient job market that has so far shrugged off concerns that the economy will weaken in the coming months as the Federal Reserve steadily raises interest rates to fight inflation. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"This provides patients with a sense that their doctor takes pride in the quality of their work over financial gain \u2014 a welcome departure from the economic motivators driving the U.S. healthcare system. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"That was a 3 million quarterly net gain for HBO Max/HBO, which matched that in the year-earlier period. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Though the main point of the party was simply to get outside, sightsee and live off the grid, Birnie \u2014 who operated a jewelry store with her husband in La Grande \u2014 helped her friends gain autonomy long before women\u2019s liberation. \u2014 Britta Lokting, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"While on the restricted list, Rodriguez will not be paid his salary and will not gain MLB service time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Some observers interpreted the data as a signal that Sweeney could gain ground on Peltola, who did especially well in her home region of rural Southwest Alaska. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"While mass school shootings gain nationwide headlines from Texas to Connecticut, individual shootings continue to have devastating effects in cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"While on the restricted list, Rodriguez will not be paid his salary and will not gain MLB service time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Health experts forecast another wave of breakthrough COVID-19 infections as newer omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 gain ground on the dominant BA.2.12.1 sublineage of the virus. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
"That would save them having to pay and then gain forgiveness of the debt at some future date. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Target, however, continues to expect full-year revenue growth in the low- to mid-single digit range and expects to maintain or gain market share for the year. \u2014 CBS News , 7 June 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 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194246"
},
"gainsay":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to declare to be untrue or invalid",
"contradict , oppose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccg\u0101n-\u02c8s\u0101"
],
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"contradict",
"deny",
"disaffirm",
"disallow",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disconfirm",
"disown",
"negate",
"negative",
"refute",
"reject",
"repudiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"allow",
"avow",
"concede",
"confirm",
"own"
],
"examples":[
"it can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money",
"repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And if the judges are ever to gainsay the popular will with just cause, their institutional independence is the bulwark of their authority to do so. \u2014 Matthew J. Franck, National Review , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Great poems often gainsay in the very act of saying. \u2014 Matthew Bevis, The New York Review of Books , 26 Sep. 2020",
"Some of the yo-yoing on display has been the product of mindless, gainsaying partisanship. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Yet what\u2019s most original in the film is Mercier\u2019s scathing and self-scourging performance (and there\u2019s no gainsaying the importance of Yoav\u2019s outfit, a collarless saffron-yellow coat). \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Crime waves are often linked to economic downturns, but this hypothesis is gainsaid by counterexamples, such as the relatively low crime rates during the 1930s depression and the 2008\u20132010 recession. \u2014 Michael Shermer, Scientific American , 1 Nov. 2018",
"The courage and cleverness in staying in power for so long cannot be gainsaid . \u2014 The Economist , 7 Sep. 2019",
"But there\u2019s no gainsaying his historic significance. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 19 Aug. 2019",
"Her role in passing the Affordable Care Act was absolutely heroic and should not be gainsaid . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 18 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English yein seyen, gein-seyen \"to speak in opposition to, deny,\" from yein-, gein- \"away, back, against, in opposition to\" (going back to Old English g\u0113an- \"in opposition to,\" or marking returning or reciprocal action, going back to Germanic *gagna- ) + seyen \"to say entry 1 \" \u2014 more at again ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164625"
},
"galactic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a galaxy and especially the Milky Way galaxy",
": huge",
": of or relating to a galaxy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8lak-tik",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lak-tik"
],
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"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
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"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"examples":[
"a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Based on the research, members of the IAC say that the joint distribution of ionized gas and neutral hydrogen gas \u2013 both of which play an important role in galactic formation \u2013 can be clearly measured using the simulation. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"The first layer is the galactic plane\u201426,000 light-years\u2019 worth of gas and dust that blocks visible light. \u2014 Seth Fletcher, Scientific American , 12 May 2022",
"The rest of the galactic cast is rounded out by Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, O\u2019Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, Benny Safdie and Maya Erskine. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 4 May 2022",
"The inertia of Marvel always points toward galactic -grade threats and pile-ons of superpowered heroes. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
"Hubble's precision observations estimate that the Milky Way will merge with the Andromeda Galaxy (our closest major galactic neighbor) in a few billion years. \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"The user interface has been given a galactic makeover: The Magic Remotes onscreen cursor can be controlled by moving the device like a lightsaber. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
"The presence of an immense object at the galactic center has been suspected for years, but this is the only direct visual evidence. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"And in the 1990s Ghez and Genzel independently began tracking the orbits of giant blue stars in the galactic center, mapping their motion around a heavy but hidden pivot point. \u2014 Seth Fletcher, Scientific American , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin galacticus (taken as derivative of Galaxias \"Milky Way\"), borrowed from Greek galaktik\u00f3s \"milky,\" from galakt-, g\u00e1la \"milk\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at galaxy ",
"first_known_use":[
"1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200827"
},
"gale":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a strong current of air:",
": a wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour (about 51 to 102 kilometers per hour)",
": fresh gale \u2014 see Beaufort Scale Table",
": breeze",
": an emotional outburst",
": a strong wind",
": a wind of from about 32 to 63 miles per hour (about 51 to 101 kilometers per hour)",
": an outburst of amusement",
"Zona 1874\u20131938 American novelist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101l",
"\u02c8g\u0101l",
"\u02c8g\u0101l"
],
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"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The boat was damaged in a strong gale .",
"The winds approached gale force.",
"The audience erupted in gales of laughter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The infamous crosswinds of Hull\u2019s home field, known at times to produce negative punts from those bold enough to test its gale -like force, were apparently pandemic-proof. \u2014 Steven Sousa, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Mar. 2021",
"In addition to the time change, Cherundolo\u2019s game plan also was impacted by the weather, which featured gale -force winds and pouring rain. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The entire eastern United States was bracing for winter storm, ice, gale force winds or tornadoes Sunday as a furious weather front that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest continued its unforgiving march across the nation. \u2014 John Bacon, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2022",
"But dust and sand storms, gale -force winds and other poor weather typically sweep across the region as seasons change from the chilly winter to sizzling summer. \u2014 Isabel Debre, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Neither team managed a shot on goal in the first 40 minutes of a match played in gale -force winds and pouring rain. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"With severe weather possible all across the state on Saturday, the National Weather Service also has placed Mobile Bay and other coastal waters under a small craft advisory on Saturday and a gale watch on Sunday. \u2014 al , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Those high winds will also impact areas in and around Lake Michigan, including Chicago, as a gale watch remains in effect from late Friday night through Saturday afternoon. \u2014 Derek Van Dam Cnn Meteorologist, CNN , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Our drive at Hethel took place in the appropriately English medium of gale -force winds and driving rain, but the Emira was happy to show its talents on the wet surface of the 2.2-mile test track. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"of obscure origin",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203509"
},
"gall":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence",
": bile",
": bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or medicine",
": something bitter to endure",
": bitterness of spirit : rancor",
": irritate , vex",
": to fret and wear away by friction : chafe",
": to become sore or worn by rubbing",
": seize sense 2",
": an abnormal outgrowth of plant tissue usually due to insect or mite parasites or fungi and sometimes forming an important source of tannin \u2014 see gall wasp illustration",
": a skin sore caused by chronic irritation",
": a cause or state of exasperation",
": flaw",
": extreme boldness or rudeness",
": bile especially when obtained from an animal for use in the arts or medicine",
": a sore spot (as on a horse's back) caused by rubbing",
": to make sore by rubbing",
": to annoy or make angry",
": an abnormal swelling or growth on a twig or leaf",
": bile",
": bile obtained from an animal and used in the arts or medicine",
": a skin sore caused by chronic irritation",
": to rub and wear away by friction : chafe",
": a swelling of plant tissue usually due to fungi or insect parasites and sometimes forming an important source of tannin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fl",
"\u02c8g\u022fl",
"\u02c8g\u022fl"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"antonyms":[
"abrade",
"chafe",
"corrade",
"erode",
"fray",
"frazzle",
"fret",
"rasp",
"rub",
"wear"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"It galls me that such a small group of people can have so much power.",
"move that rope so the sharp edge of the hull doesn't gall it"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun (2)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231236"
},
"gallant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": showy in dress or bearing : smart",
": splendid , stately",
": spirited , brave",
": nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing",
": courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies",
": a young man of fashion",
": ladies' man",
": suitor",
": paramour",
": to pay court to (a lady) : attend",
": to manipulate (a fan) in a modish manner",
": to pay court to ladies",
": showing courage : very brave",
": chivalrous sense 2",
": very polite to women",
": splendid or stately",
": showy in dress or in the way of acting",
"Mavis 1922\u20132014 originally Mavis de Trafford Young Canadian-French writer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"ga-\u02c8lant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"antonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With clarity, humor and optimism, the 33-year-old four-time major champion mustered a gallant and full-throated defense of the PGA Tour and the meaning and value of competition. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Despite a gallant Dallas comeback attempt, Golden State held on for a resounding victory at Chase Center. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Emboldened, Fisher this May has had two gallant missives directed at \u2026 a couple of gramps at least a decade his senior? \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
"Ruby Nell Sales is a stirring tribute to a long, gallant personal history that continues into the present. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The third week of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The tenor Charles Castronovo sang a gallant Rodolfo, the baritone Lucas Meachem a forceful Marcello. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Magic and mayhem, ferocious beasts and gallant knights. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast. \u2014 David M. Perry And Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As wartime occupations go, this was a gentle\u2014indeed, gallant \u2014affair. \u2014 Brad Leithauser, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
"Face towels often look mighty similar to hand towels, and my finicky skin can't stand taking any chances\u2014which is where my Weezie Makeup Towels provide a gallant save. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 3 Mar. 2021",
"My Government will continue to invest in our gallant Armed Forces. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 14 Oct. 2019",
"The 2018 court included promenade girls, gallants , demoiselles, jewel-bearers and the queen. \u2014 Sue Strachan, NOLA.com , 1 Apr. 2018",
"Housewives surrendered their gold jewelry in a gallant , but futile attempt to restore the nation\u2019s solvency. \u2014 Michael Schuman, Bloomberg.com , 29 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1672, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181043"
},
"gallantly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": showy in dress or bearing : smart",
": splendid , stately",
": spirited , brave",
": nobly chivalrous and often self-sacrificing",
": courteously and elaborately attentive especially to ladies",
": a young man of fashion",
": ladies' man",
": suitor",
": paramour",
": to pay court to (a lady) : attend",
": to manipulate (a fan) in a modish manner",
": to pay court to ladies",
": showing courage : very brave",
": chivalrous sense 2",
": very polite to women",
": splendid or stately",
": showy in dress or in the way of acting",
"Mavis 1922\u20132014 originally Mavis de Trafford Young Canadian-French writer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
"-\u02c8l\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259nt",
"ga-\u02c8lant"
],
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"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"antonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With clarity, humor and optimism, the 33-year-old four-time major champion mustered a gallant and full-throated defense of the PGA Tour and the meaning and value of competition. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Despite a gallant Dallas comeback attempt, Golden State held on for a resounding victory at Chase Center. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Emboldened, Fisher this May has had two gallant missives directed at \u2026 a couple of gramps at least a decade his senior? \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
"Ruby Nell Sales is a stirring tribute to a long, gallant personal history that continues into the present. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The third week of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine shows, like its predecessors, gallant resistance, pitiable suffering, and slow Russian progress. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The tenor Charles Castronovo sang a gallant Rodolfo, the baritone Lucas Meachem a forceful Marcello. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Magic and mayhem, ferocious beasts and gallant knights. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The gallant knight charging to rescue the maiden from the scaly beast. \u2014 David M. Perry And Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As wartime occupations go, this was a gentle\u2014indeed, gallant \u2014affair. \u2014 Brad Leithauser, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
"Face towels often look mighty similar to hand towels, and my finicky skin can't stand taking any chances\u2014which is where my Weezie Makeup Towels provide a gallant save. \u2014 Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living , 3 Mar. 2021",
"My Government will continue to invest in our gallant Armed Forces. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 14 Oct. 2019",
"The 2018 court included promenade girls, gallants , demoiselles, jewel-bearers and the queen. \u2014 Sue Strachan, NOLA.com , 1 Apr. 2018",
"Housewives surrendered their gold jewelry in a gallant , but futile attempt to restore the nation\u2019s solvency. \u2014 Michael Schuman, Bloomberg.com , 29 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1672, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200803"
},
"gallantry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gallant appearance",
": an act of marked courtesy",
": courteous attention to a lady",
": amorous attention or pursuit",
": spirited and conspicuous bravery",
": courageous behavior : bravery",
": polite attention shown to women"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259n-tr\u0113",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259n-tr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"Many women were charmed by his old-fashioned gallantry .",
"commended the rescuers for their gallantry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Congressional Medal of Honor Society quotes the official citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The gallantry of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was offered evacuation by the United States but decided to stay with his people in Kyiv, has surely played a role in galvanizing Ukrainian resistance as well as international support. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 3 Mar. 2022",
"And the gallantry displayed by the Ukrainian resistance and the Western support for Kyiv should be discouraging to Beijing\u2019s designs on Taiwan, which is no small thing. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The failings were legion, committed by a unit of the British military once known for its gallantry and prowess in theaters of conflict as far-flung as Arnhem in the Netherlands during World War II and the Falklands in 1982. \u2014 Alan Cowell, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2022",
"The failings were legion, committed by a unit of the British military once known for its gallantry and prowess in theaters of conflict as far-flung as Arnhem in the Netherlands during World War II and the Falklands in 1982. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"He was wounded in action and received a Silver Star for gallantry . \u2014 Richard Goldstein, New York Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In response comes the comedy of old-American resistance to all that explosive energy, struggling to hold on to order and decency and gallantry . \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Because of such dives he'd been awarded royal medals for both gallantry and chivalry. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French galanterie , from galant gallant entry 1 + -erie -ery ",
"first_known_use":[
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181946"
},
"galling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": markedly irritating : vexing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"This is a galling defeat.",
"her holier-than-thou attitude is galling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who\u2019s the most galling , captivating character on our screens this summer? \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 1 July 2020",
"The crackdown has been most galling to people mourning family members. \u2014 Vivian Wang, New York Times , 4 May 2020",
"The exclusion was all the more galling considering that Awkwafina earned a Golden Globe and Zhao picked up an Independent Spirit Award. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The really galling fact is that, even after those cuts, Sanders\u2019s plan would still cost more than $36 trillion over the next ten years. \u2014 Michael Tanner, National Review , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Not only is that a galling and unjust situation, but, like all trickle-down strategies, its economic value is decidedly limited. \u2014 Jeff Spross, TheWeek , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Each statistic is as galling as the next: The average American reported working 47 hours per week, per a 2014 Gallup poll. \u2014 Nick Martin, The New Republic , 14 Jan. 2020",
"But honestly, none of that would be so bad except for the most galling aspect of today\u2019s Halloween protocol: the fact that most parents don\u2019t allow their children to keep their haul. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2019",
"His death became a galling illustration of the city\u2019s inability to shield cyclists from danger. \u2014 Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com , 10 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from present participle of gall entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1583, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220431"
},
"gallivant":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure",
": to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex",
": to travel from place to place doing things for pleasure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-\u02ccvant",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-\u02ccvant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They've been gallivanting all over town.",
"He's been gallivanting around the country when he ought to be looking for a job.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag \u2014 wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage. \u2014 Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com , 10 May 2021",
"Since this was filmed before our current situation, the chefs are shown doing things that now seem surreal, like gallivanting around grocery stores, the shelves and meat counters fully stocked, and wandering through the Getty Museum. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
"When the Jets sing, van Hove projects recorded footage of the cast gallivanting around Brooklyn, chewing on gold chains and mugging for the camera in pastiches of rap-music videos, which dwarfs the actors with their own gigantic images. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Vallotton made images not just of the consumerism of the age \u2014 the shopping, gallivanting and dancing in the Latin Quarter \u2014 but also street protests, clashes with police, a carriage accident and murder. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Below, see how Atkin\u2014and her glamorous group\u2014 gallivanted through Italy. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Bail was set low and Mr. Murphy and Mr. Kuhn went back to gallivanting in Miami. \u2014 Corey Kilgannon, New York Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Not every moment was fun, but the overall experience was joyful through and through\u2014even more joyful than gallivanting around Greece on an ATV. \u2014 Sarah Firshein, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Aug. 2019",
"At the time, Wrightsman was dating socialite Martha Kemp, but when he was hospitalized for lip cancer, Kemp was off gallivanting while Jayne maintained a bedside vigil throughout his illness. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 24 Apr. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps extended form of gallant entry 3 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204308"
},
"gallop":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to progress or ride at a gallop",
"to run fast",
"to cause to gallop",
"to transport at a gallop",
"a bounding gait of a quadruped",
"a fast natural usually 4-beat gait of the horse \u2014 compare canter entry 3 , run",
"a ride or run at a gallop",
"a stretch of land suitable for galloping horses",
"a rapid or hasty progression or pace",
"to run or cause to run at a gallop",
"to ride on a galloping horse",
"the fast springing way an animal with four feet and especially a horse runs when all four of its feet leave the ground at the same time",
"a ride or run on a galloping horse",
"to progress or ride at a gallop",
"to cause to gallop",
"a bounding gait of a quadruped",
"a fast natural 3-beat gait of the horse",
"gallop rhythm"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ga-l\u0259p",
"synonyms":[
"dash",
"jog",
"run",
"scamper",
"sprint",
"trip",
"trot"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"Maine\u2019s the Ghosts of Paul Revere gallop forth, virtually, at 10 p.m. Tickets via mandolin.com. \u2014 Gary Graff, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"Stocks suffered collateral damage while Volcker waged war on inflation, gaining no ground the first three years of his chairmanship, but in August 1982, the market began an epic bull run that would gallop for the next 18 years. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"To do so, speedrunners built upon another recent discovery that used the Pegasus glitch to gallop into the sky and away from a tricky boss. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Conspiracy theories gallop across the political spectrum. \u2014 Elizabeth Williamson, Wired , 11 Mar. 2022",
"With the support of stable hands and a canine companion, the horse is able to regain its strength and gallop on. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The course, which was designed by artist Xavier Veilhan allowed for Casiraghi's horse to gallop freely. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Its intoxicating rhythm, courtesy of Nigerian producer Shizzi, unrolls over seductively polyrhythmic drums, while Fireboy\u2019s vocals gallop smoothly to the percussive beat. \u2014 Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The race-horses who gallop here in summer are snug in their stalls. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 5 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"But some simply ran out of gas, meaning their all-out sprints had become little more than a gallop or a jog. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Crown Pride\u2019s final breeze on Wednesday was a very fast 46.60 seconds for a half mile with a gallop out time of one minute flat for five furlongs, the kind of move that turns the heads of experienced clockers during Derby week. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 6 May 2022",
"Molly was a chestnut saddlebred, prone to shying and taking off at a gallop and pinning her ears and snapping at other horses. \u2014 Rachel May, Outside Online , 12 July 2021",
"But the feel-good story came to an abrupt end in September 2020, when he was charged with felony animal cruelty after being accused of mistreating his horse in a 7\u00bd-mile gallop on the Dan Ryan during a protest. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"But the feel-good story came to an abrupt end in September of last year, when he was charged with felony animal cruelty after being accused of mistreating his horse in a 7\u00bd-mile gallop on the Dan Ryan during a protest. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"But the feel-good story came to an abrupt end in September of last year, when he was charged with felony animal cruelty after being accused of mistreating his horse in a 7\u00bd-mile gallop on the Dan Ryan during a protest. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Buchholz held the Raiders on downs the first two series before Hankerson opened the scoring on a 26-yard TD gallop down the right sideline for a 7-0 lead with 2 30 left in the first quarter. \u2014 Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
"But the feel-good story came to an abrupt end in September of last year, when he was charged with felony animal cruelty after being accused of mistreating his horse in a 7\u00bd-mile gallop on the Dan Ryan during a protest. \u2014 Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"galloping":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": progressing, developing, or increasing rapidly",
": progressing rapidly toward a fatal outcome"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-pi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"blistering",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"fleet-footed",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hot",
"lightning",
"nippy",
"quick",
"rapid",
"rapid-fire",
"rattling",
"snappy",
"speedy",
"splitting",
"swift",
"whirlwind",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow"
],
"examples":[
"the galloping pace of development in that Sunbelt state",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping , fragmented quality. \u2014 Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ , 25 June 2021",
"The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Oct. 2019",
"Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse. \u2014 Rob Hodgetts At Longchamp, CNN , 15 Oct. 2019",
"The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Oct. 2019",
"The artist was in New York\u2019s Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Oct. 2019",
"The artist was in Times Square last week to offer his latest corrective, unveiling a massive bronze statue of a young African American man in urban streetwear sitting astride a galloping horse. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2019",
"And who could forget the haywire moment where a galloping horse went rogue following the ceremony? \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 19 May 2018",
"They were then placed together in a sequence, reconstructing the galloping horse with 90 percent accuracy. \u2014 Fox News , 13 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from present participle of gallop entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1567, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203158"
},
"galore":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": in large numbers or amounts : plentiful",
": in large amounts"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u022fr",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"copious",
"gushing",
"lavish",
"profuse",
"riotous"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"trickling"
],
"examples":[
"there was food galore at our Thanksgiving meal",
"with restaurants galore , the city is an epicure's delight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This retro feel carries over to its interior, which has gauges galore and quilted leather upholstery. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Here begins a streak of six new opening day starters in six years, with dubious outcomes galore . \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The vibe was sheer exuberance from start to finish, with thousands of giddy guests thronging the halls, hugging friends, lining up at the bars and feasting on meatballs, cheese-and-fruit platters, roast beef, finger sandwiches and desserts galore . \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The $110 dressing robe, which is tailored by the seller to fit your measurements, has been featured in videos galore , racking up millions of views and likes. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Expect to find sweaters galore , sustainably made, and now at an unbeatable price. \u2014 Mercedes Viera, refinery29.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"If Paris' wedding is anything like her engagement ring, then it will be filled with meaningful touches and details galore ! \u2014 Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Be sure to stock up on marked down cashmere, denim, and accessories galore . \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 29 Nov. 2021",
"It\u2019s that time of the year when our inboxes are flooded with discounts galore for Black Friday, Cyber Week and all the sales promotions that follow. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Irish go leor , from go , particle forming an adverbial phrase from an adjective (from go \"to, till, until,\" going back to Old Irish co , going back to Celtic *k w o- ; akin to Old Church Slavic k\u016d \"to\") + leor \"sufficient, enough,\" going back to Old Irish lour, loor , going back to Celtic *lowero- or *lawero- (whence Welsh llawer \"much, many\"), of uncertain origin",
"first_known_use":[
"1628, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223835"
},
"galvanic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity",
": caused by galvanism",
": having an electric effect : intensely exciting",
": produced as if by an electric shock",
": of, relating to, involving, or producing a direct current of electricity",
"\u2014 compare faradic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"gal-\u02c8va-nik",
"gal-\u02c8van-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
],
"examples":[
"Her performance had a galvanic effect on the audience.",
"her galvanic rendition of the song received rapturous applause",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These days, the ship is sitting in two pieces 12,000 feet below the surface on the ocean floor, covered in rusticles, with much of the hull having been eaten away by salt and galvanic corrosion, metal-eating bacteria and ever-changing sea currents. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps the most famous galvanic demonstration was conducted by Galvani\u2019s nephew Giovanni Aldini, in January, 1803, in London. \u2014 The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Unyielding, visceral, imaginative, and rendered with galvanic precision, the poems thunder along through gritty geographies of place and psyche, revealing the ruptures created by divides in both. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Others on the galvanic scene included the Romanian poet Tristan Tzara and the German Hugo Ball. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The gold dial is hand-engraved in a honeycomb pattern and then finished with a dramatic blue galvanic treatment. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 15 Nov. 2021",
"In 2012 a Pennsylvania chiropractor ran an advertisement containing patients\u2019 enthusiastic reviews of an unproven technique known as galvanic skin measurement. \u2014 Lindsay Gellman, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The color was added by galvanic plating (a type of electroplating), one of the few things Christian cannot do himself. \u2014 Mark Cho, Robb Report , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Split between streaming and live TV, viewers at home were treated to galvanic performances (hello, Jennifer Holliday!) and moving speeches. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 27 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French galvanique , from galvan isme galvanism + -ique -ic entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224103"
},
"galvanize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically",
": to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock",
": to coat (iron or steel) with zinc",
": to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy",
": to react as if stimulated by an electric shock",
": to excite about something so that action is taken",
": to coat with zinc for protection",
": to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gal-v\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
"\u02c8gal-v\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"intoxicate",
"pump up",
"thrill",
"titillate",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The group is hoping to galvanize public opinion against the proposed law.",
"The website has galvanized support for the project.",
"a factory where steel is galvanized",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the killings helped galvanize opposition to his tenure. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The revelation of mass killings around Kyiv helped to galvanize support for Ukraine in the West, which has slapped sanctions on Russia and sent arms to Ukraine. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The revelation of mass killings around Kyiv helped to galvanize support for Ukraine in the West, which has slapped sanctions on Russia and sent arms to Ukraine. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"January Littlejohn helped galvanize support for the law after saying she was not told about Deerlake Middle School's gender-affirming plan for her child. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"His antiwar stance has helped galvanize online voices in China opposed to Russia\u2019s actions. \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The images of violence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge \u2014 originally named for a Confederate general \u2014 shocked the nation and helped galvanize support for passage of the Voting Rights Act. \u2014 Kim Chandler, ajc , 6 Mar. 2022",
"The images of the violence shocked a nation and helped galvanize support for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \u2014 Kim Chandler, chicagotribune.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
"That helped galvanize France\u2019s lower house on Thursday to approve stricter requirements for obtaining the pass needed to go to bars, restaurants, cinemas and other indoor public spaces. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Jan. 2022"
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"1802, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position",
": a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point",
": topic",
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"I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pence never considered it, former vice-presidential counsel Greg Jacob testified \u2014 and even Eastman acknowledged that the gambit was not legal, Jacob said. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"But look past the audaciousness of Musk\u2019s gambit and there are some serious questions to consider, such as: How can a company that owns the public and private data of millions of users switch owners with zero public scrutiny? \u2014 Anne Sraders, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"While the rest day aims to preserve him for the postseason, the team\u2019s first loss of the season shows that the gambit is not without risk. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
"The gambit is one of several ways Trump is blowing up the traditional path for a president after leaving office, reaping millions for his political efforts in the process. \u2014 Michael Scherer And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Oct. 2021",
"The rub is that the ransomware ploy only has to succeed one time, in the sense that if a malicious hacker tries a hundred different attempts at various entities, and only one of those takes hold, the crook still wins and the gambit was successful. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Such a gambit can be risky, with advertisers ceding the chance to get spots in top programs while their rivals snap them up. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"The whole gambit of winter precipitation is on the table, from freezing rain to heavy snow. \u2014 Derek Van Dam, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In fact, her mysterious M.O. has intrigued fans for seasons, and this latest gambit only helps to thicken the plot as the show hurtles toward conclusion. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun",
"verb"
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": to play a game for money or property",
": to bet on an uncertain outcome",
": to stake something on a contingency (see contingency sense 1 ) : take a chance",
": to risk by gambling : wager",
": venture , hazard",
": an act having an element of risk",
": something chancy",
": the playing of a game of chance for stakes",
": to play a game in which something (as money) can be won or lost : bet",
": to take a chance",
": something that could produce a good or bad result : risk",
": to risk something of value for the chance of winning a prize",
": to risk (something) for the chance of winning a prize"
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"\u02c8gam-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8gam-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8gam-b\u0259l"
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"bet",
"go",
"lay",
"play",
"put",
"stake",
"wager"
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"enterprise",
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"flyer",
"flutter",
"speculation",
"throw",
"venture"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"To this day, league employees may not gamble while on business trips. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"All parents of young children have been forced to gamble during the pandemic. \u2014 Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"While these options may indeed be the answer, this is not the time to gamble . \u2014 Mike Bugembe, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Internet casinos that offer users a way to gamble using cryptocurrencies are booming, sidestepping regulations while operating and advertising with near impunity. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Western resolve in the current crisis will shape Mr. Putin\u2019s willingness to gamble on such a response in any future showdown. \u2014 Ludovic Hood, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Detroit Lions didn't need to gamble on QB in NFL draft. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Jeweler Howard Ratner, played immaculately by Adam Sandler, will gamble anything away to crawl out of a never-ending debt spiral, including Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett\u2019s 2008 NBA Championship and mobster money. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The Angels, who finally have Albert Pujols\u2019 $240 million contract off the books, could gamble on a hefty contract to a pitcher with deep credentials. \u2014 Jay Paris, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Giving Kuminga meaningful run in Game 4, though risky, might be a smart gamble . \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022",
"In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, speaking out was a gamble some top companies decided to take nonetheless. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"Any report that was not based on videotape of them in media res would be a bet-the-company gamble . \u2014 Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"If Russia has given full control over the S-300s to Syria, that could prove to be a dangerous gamble . \u2014 Paul Iddon, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"So there's a gamble in this, but he must be frustrated enough to take that chance. \u2014 CBS News , 18 May 2022",
"Our choice of fall shot, then, is inevitably going to be a gamble and a guess. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"The move is a gamble that a premier global sporting event can stage its biggest event in a place where its audience and participation are modest\u2014and the national federation, Rugby USA, was in bankruptcy proceedings as recently as 2020. \u2014 John Stensholt, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"And though this franchise has desperately pursued solutions under center, Corral is another significant gamble ... \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
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"Verb",
"1757, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
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"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230048"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to skip about in play : frisk , frolic",
": a skipping or leaping about in play",
": to run or play happily : frolic"
],
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"\u02c8gam-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8gam-b\u0259l"
],
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"caper",
"cavort",
"disport",
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"frolic",
"lark",
"rollick",
"romp",
"sport"
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"frolic",
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"idyl",
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"romp",
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"lambs gamboling in the meadow",
"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn",
"Noun",
"she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Three friends gambol drunkenly on the lawn, noisy in their adamant youthfulness. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The unusual attraction, which opened Friday, features 21 guest rooms that look out over an indoor enclosure where the bears gambol across a floor painted to look like an ice floe. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Kids and dogs were free to gambol through the large parlors and 11 modestly sized bedrooms upstairs, and there were lots of books to read on the pillared porch. \u2014 Nancy Hass, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Our first thought was to try to extend our food supply by fishing, but the flood had brought down so much food that the large specimens gambolling around our pontoon ignored our tastiest baits. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 5 Apr. 2020",
"What\u2019s left is a shimmering sensibility that gambols freely in a new age. \u2014 Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2019",
"But for the launch of two works by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone, guests gamboled across Fort Mason\u2019s Great Meadow. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 6 Nov. 2019",
"When the heavens open, many happily sing and gambol in the rain. \u2014 Aimee Lewis, CNN , 12 Oct. 2019",
"This gamboling musical adaptation, in which words spin freely as both spoken and sung non sequitur, celebrates circularity in all its manifold resonances. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In my backyard, rabbits gambol , squirrels leap and the birds sing with a new exuberance now that there\u2019s no traffic noise from the nearby highway. \u2014 Claire Messud, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Designed by Amanda Villalobos, the prehistoric arthropods in this show gambol about with googly eyes and flicking antennas and tails. \u2014 Laurel Graeber, New York Times , 10 Feb. 2020",
"The other villagers are at first just part of the magnificent landscape in which the couple gambol , before their gossip and shunning and sabotaging begin to personify the evil that has encroached. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Underneath, a river otter gambols on a rocky beach. \u2014 Lynn Jacobson, The Seattle Times , 23 Aug. 2017"
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"Verb",
"1508, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"circa 1510, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211045"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": merry , frolicsome"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101m-s\u0259m"
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"bouncy",
"bubbly",
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"exuberant",
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"vivacious"
],
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"low-spirited",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"a gamesome lass who seemed to revel in the sheer joy of living"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192511"
},
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"type":[
"noun ()",
"verb ()"
],
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": ham sense 2",
": a side of bacon",
": the lower end of a side of bacon",
": backgammon",
": the winning of a backgammon game before the loser removes any men from the board",
": to beat by scoring a gammon",
": to talk gammon",
": pretend , feign",
": deceive , fool",
": talk intended to deceive"
],
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"\u02c8ga-m\u0259n"
],
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"buffalo",
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"catch",
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"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
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"gull",
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"have on",
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"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
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"misinform",
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"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
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"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1699, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1668, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1781, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1781, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184715"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": an adult male goose",
": simpleton",
": look , glance",
": a male goose",
": a look or glance"
],
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"\u02c8gan-d\u0259r",
"\u02c8gan-d\u0259r"
],
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"cast",
"eye",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
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"bubblehead",
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"clodpole",
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"dim bulb",
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"dummy",
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"fathead",
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"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205231"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb ()"
],
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": group : such as",
": a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends",
": a band of antisocial adolescents",
": a group of persons working together",
": a group of persons having informal and usually close social relations",
": a set of articles : outfit",
": a combination of similar implements or devices arranged for convenience to act together",
": to move or act as a gang",
"\u2014 see also gang up",
": to attack (a person) as a gang",
": to assemble (mechanical or electronic parts) so that they may be operated simultaneously as a group",
": to arrange or produce (something, such as pages of typeset material) together as a unit",
": go",
": a group of people working or going about together",
": a group of people acting together to do something illegal",
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"\u02c8ga\u014b",
"\u02c8ga\u014b"
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"company",
"crew",
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"squad",
"team"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"a gang of drug dealers",
"He is in a gang .",
"He was shot by a member of a rival gang .",
"the gang at the office",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As placidly as the women live\u2014some in a lush, communal Los Angeles mansion, others on the road with an erudite girl gang \u2014the histories of their violent and power-engorged relationships with men break through. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"They were each charged with street gang terrorism, and Chambers was accused of ordering the murders. \u2014 Caroline Silva, ajc , 16 June 2022",
"The ticket proceeds will go toward raising money for nonprofit organization Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. \u2014 Safire R. Sostre, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"The scene involved a character who snitched being hung from a helicopter for the cardinal sin of gang life. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"McKinney told jurors to expect much of the case to center on gang culture and the issues of snitching and respect. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Both men grew up in the Skyline neighborhood of southeastern San Diego as young Black men in single-parent households looking for a pathway to success amid the drugs and gang violence that surrounded them. \u2014 Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"In recent years, gang kidnappings for ransom have skyrocketed. \u2014 Amanda Coletta, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"History lovers will be curious to learn the story of the real life Birmingham gang that served as inspiration for the Peaky Blinders. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Barbaro, who has modeled phenomena ranging from fish migrations to gang territorial disputes, says the Pamplona data could help calibrate models for stressed crowds to aid architectural design and evacuation planning. \u2014 Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Above all, the event serves as a venue for face-to-face connections among collectors \u2013 a place to gang together for wrist shots \u2013 that will be extra intense this year due to pent up desire after missing a year because of Covid. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"For Nirbhaya's mother, justice is death for the men who gang raped her daughter. \u2014 Vedika Sud, CNN , 19 Mar. 2020",
"Jang features in the names of many quintessential Korean ingredients, such as ganging (soy sauce), gochujang (chili paste) and doenjang (soybean paste). \u2014 Katie Workman, NBC News , 8 Mar. 2020",
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019",
"And yet the oscillators responded differently to identical conditions, some ganging together while the rest went their own way, as if not coupled to anything at all. \u2014 Natalie Wolchover, WIRED , 7 Apr. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Verb (1)",
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"Verb (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220050"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one engaged in the aggressive breakup of organized criminal gangs",
": with great or excessive force or aggressiveness",
": with great speed or success"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccb\u0259-st\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With this holiday shopping season predicted to generate gangbuster sales, adequate staffing is crucial to minimize burnout of staff that\u2019s already overworked. \u2014 Rob Walker, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Seitz, who once owned a newspaper that promoted Branson\u2019s entertainment industry, boasted in an interview that the Ozark tourist town was doing gangbuster business after a year of being mostly shut down. \u2014 Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica , 21 July 2021",
"And while no single category has done gangbuster business, anything relating to science and math seems to have been doing very, very well during the pandemic. \u2014 James Tarmy, Bloomberg.com , 9 Nov. 2020",
"But at the time, neither governments nor consumers seemed too concerned about emissions, and the demand for oil was growing like gangbusters to fuel a global economic expansion. \u2014 Justin Worland, Time , 16 Jan. 2020",
"One final word to the wise: Test on a small area before going gangbusters . \u2014 Patricia Shannon, Southern Living , 15 May 2020",
"The elderberries have been growing like gangbusters . \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 May 2020",
"Both men are Jewish, from the Northeast, and neither one has done gangbusters among African Americans in their past campaigns for office. \u2014 Jim Geraghty, National Review , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The stock market didn't exactly go gangbusters during this bull market between 1974 and 1980. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 9 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gang entry 1 + bust entry 2 + -er entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195858"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": outstandingly excellent or successful"
],
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccb\u0259-st\u0259rz"
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"A-OK",
"A1",
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"bang-up",
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"bonny",
"bonnie",
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"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
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"choice",
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"cool",
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"fab",
"fabulous",
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"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
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"examples":[
"most of the pop singers in the competition were anything but gangbusters"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215346"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of an inner-city street gang",
": a performer of gangsta rap"
],
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"\u02c8ga\u014b(k)-st\u0259"
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"gangbanger",
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"gorilla",
"hood",
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"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Happy birthday to my co, so extremely proud of you and inspired by your love, artistry, and gangsta ! \u2014 Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"In shades of Biggie and Tupac, Dilemma is accused of assassinating rival gangsta rapper Dre Bids. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The East Coast old guard bristled at dance and found the idea of Southern gangsta rap, and Southern women gangsta rappers, laughable. \u2014 Zandria Robinson, Glamour , 2 Nov. 2021",
"His boy Ralph was with him, TJ Swann, Cool Vee, and a white boy named Sean who called himself the Human Pitbull and was a little gangsta . \u2014 Drew Fortune, Vulture , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Most gangsta rappers aren\u2019t exactly forthcoming in that regard, but even among his peers Staples relishes playing it close to the vest. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 13 July 2021",
"Like the time, in Season 1, when Will bets that his cousin wouldn\u2019t last long in Compton, and Carlton winds up dressed like a gangsta . \u2014 Wesley Morris, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Larkin has previously, obliviously, stereotyped the African American Kendra as lower class and her son as a gangsta . \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 25 Oct. 2019",
"In keeping with the world of macho gangsta lyricism, his songs bristle with violent and criminal imagery and profane passion. \u2014 al , 30 Sep. 2019"
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"1988, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another star of the Kefauver hearings was Virginia Hill, the former girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Just as The Sopranos successfully imported the gangster genre to the small screen, the hottest HBO show of the 2010s brought a big-budget and big-tent approach to mythical storytelling. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The Thai film stars Yanin Vismitananda as a gangster \u2019s daughter who uses her martial arts skills to settle her dying mother\u2019s debts. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2021",
"The 2002 gangster film, Mendes\u2019 follow-up to his Oscar-winning American Beauty, starred Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan, an enforcer for an Irish mob boss named John Rooney (Paul Newman). \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Jan. 2022",
"In the upcoming action thriller, Bloom plays Cash, a former gangster who is trying to leave his past behind him, until his new life in the Appalachian hills comes under threat from crime boss Big Cat, played by Andie MacDowell. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 16 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a horrifying scene in Robert Altman\u2019s 1973 adaptation of Raymond Chandler\u2019s The Long Goodbye, in which a ruthless gangster intimidates the detective Philip Marlowe by smashing a Coke bottle against his own girlfriend\u2019s face. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Mike Tyson is playing an arms-dealing, chop shop\u2013owning gangster . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"There\u2019s obviously an inherent tension between an ex-cop and an ex- gangster , and it\u2019s certainly been implied that Spike did some unusually heinous things while working for the Syndicate. \u2014 Scott Meslow, Vulture , 21 Nov. 2021"
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": a line, series, or assemblage",
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": ravine",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Village health workers such as Chinenyanga fill the gap . \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"If managers can no longer rely on an office environment to get that insight, data is the logical way to fill the gap . \u2014 Spencer O'leary, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Today, mental health apps, non-profit clinics with sliding scale fees, and mental health awareness initiatives are helping to fill the gap . \u2014 Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"With only a soft check required, the BNPL lenders aim to fill in the gap for anyone with a poor or nonexistent credit history, according (pdf) to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 7 June 2022",
"At the same time, MbZ wove strategic networks across both the Middle East and the world, using connections to fill the gap between the UAE\u2019s ambitions and its in-house capabilities. \u2014 Andreas Krieg, Time , 3 June 2022",
"The commitment to boost production came amid pressure from the White House for OPEC Plus to do more to fill the gap created by sanctions on Russia. \u2014 John Hudson, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Season 2 turns to the decimation of the city\u2019s docks, where blue-collar jobs have disappeared, leaving drugs to fill the gap . \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Huawei appears reluctant to fill the gap , indefinitely delaying a Russian rollout of next-generation 5G technology, a service that providers had been testing before the Ukraine invasion. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Even modest selling causes prices to gap lower and transaction sizes to shrink as buyers disappear. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The snug extended cuffs protect your wrists from thorns and scratches and won\u2019t gap open. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
"If the stock can gap up tomorrow that will be very bullish and suggest higher prices will likely follow. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"As the laps ticked away, Power was able to gap Grosjean during the sprint to the finish and cruise to his fifth career victory on the IMS road course and sixth career win at IMS overall. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
"The stock is prone to big moves after reporting earnings and can easily gap up if the numbers are strong. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
"Conversely, if the numbers disappoint, the stock can easily gap down. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"The stock is prone to big moves after reporting earnings and can easily gap up if the numbers are strong. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"Conversely, if the numbers disappoint, the stock can easily gap down. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
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"The park was littered with garbage .",
"Please take out the garbage .",
"Raccoons were going through the garbage .",
"Throw the can in the garbage .",
"If you ask me, what he said is a bunch of garbage .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Vintage has its time and place (and if it's torn or egregiously stained, that place may be the garbage ), but some of the today's best menswear brands have updated this streetwear staple to a more modern fit and style. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 17 May 2022",
"If the input data is garbage , the recommendations are useless. \u2014 Ritish Puttaparthi, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Trees, shrubs are, are stacked in waiting for planting, but inner spurts between all that is, is just this garbage . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 11 May 2022",
"Once a bad actor is absorbed, these cells have what can best be described as a cellular garbage disposal, called an endosome, that normally shuts the infectious agent down. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That is, something that was garbage but suddenly got good when the nameplate was pried off and applied to a new vehicle. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"What was once garbage \u2013 bits of glass, such as soda bottles, that have washed up on beaches \u2013 has been transformed by nature into sea glass, a precious item that is often transformed once again by humans into jewelry and decorative art. \u2014 CBS News , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Plenty of immensely successful shows are brainless garbage . \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022",
"There will be regular garbage , bulk, and recycling collections. \u2014 Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, \"poultry organs and body parts used for food, poultry refuse,\" borrowed from Anglo-French *garbage (implied in sergant garbagere \"kitchen servant tasked with plucking and cleaning poultry\"), of obscure origin",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"noun",
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],
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": a style of apparel",
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": to cover with or as if with clothing",
": style or kind of clothing",
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"\u02c8g\u00e4rb"
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"Noun",
"decided to clothe himself in traditional Scottish garb for the celebration",
"a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story",
"Verb",
"firefighters garbed in protective gear",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a Twitter post on Friday (May 6), Lil Nas shared a video of himself dressed in full camouflage hunting garb , smiling at the camera with his hands behind his back. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
"State TV later showed thousands of young people -- men dressed in Western-style white shirts and women in colorful traditional Korean garb -- dancing in a Pyongyang plaza as fireworks launched from a nearby river bank lit up the night sky. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"State TV later showed thousands of young people \u2013 men dressed in Western-style white shirts and women in colorful traditional Korean garb \u2013 dancing in a Pyongyang plaza as fireworks launched from a nearby river bank lit up the night sky. \u2014 Hyung-jin Kim And Tong-hyung Kim, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Some villagers were dressed in traditional white garb , usually reserved for religious ceremonies, in a mark of honor. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Amina\u2019s elegant garb stands in stark contrast to the sweat and dirt of that opening sequence, a contrast that is scarcely lost on Haroun. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The only athlete competing for American Samoa, which hasn\u2019t sent anyone to the Winter Games in almost 30 years and followed the USA in the lineup, the skeleton racer appeared in full native garb . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Employees wearing Colonial-style garb are happy to chat about life in Boston in 1773, adding to the motif. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Streaming from their home in Krak\u00f3w and wearing traditional garb , Monika and Tomasz will acquaint you with their grandmother\u2019s recipe for Poland\u2019s favorite stuffed dumpling: the pierogi. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After about 15 minutes, the troopers separated and allowed the protesters to continue marching to a nearby street but were soon met by more law enforcement officers garbed in riot gear. \u2014 P. Kim Bui, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
"At the time Stigler, the mild-mannered director of the MICU and a Birmingham native, spent long shifts garbed head-to-toe in protective gear, caring for critically ill patients and comforting family members by phone who were desperate for news. \u2014 Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al , 2 May 2020",
"The heavily tattooed prisoners, garbed in boxer shorts, their shorn heads bowed, are pictured pressed together in precise formation only inches apart, as shotgun-wielding guards in full riot gear eye them ominously. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Teams were garbed in matching uniforms with their business names or sponsor logos. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 26 Sep. 2019",
"The architects brought in Hugo Ballin, a local artist who painted the murals at Griffith Observatory, to create tile murals above the front entrance depicting allegorical figures in Greco-Roman garb that symbolize Trust, Protection and Fidelity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Crisp\u2019s and Blair\u2019s characters go down with the ship, while Hindley\u2019s grabs a seat in a lifeboat garbed as a woman. \u2014 Tom Titus, Daily Pilot , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Accordingly, the scientists are garbed in white onesies, gloves, booties and hairnets. \u2014 Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News , 9 July 2019",
"Markle turned heads while garbed in a $595 black Judith & Charles plunge neck-line tuxedo mini dress and matching pumps. \u2014 Morgan M. Evans, Fox News , 31 Aug. 2018"
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"a creature of gargantuan proportions",
"people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the decision to restart the plants is fraught with emotions and political calculation, not to mention the gargantuan technical task of fortifying the stations against future disasters in an earthquake-prone nation. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"Identifying and prioritizing future missions is a gargantuan task. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In 2022 the swim fin was on the other foot\u2014and the importance of the technological treasure sitting on the seabed was gargantuan . \u2014 Jason Sherman, Scientific American , 2 May 2022",
"But a new study published in Historical Biology found not all megalodons reached such gargantuan sizes. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The yacht, currently moored in the Marina di Carrara on Italy\u2019s Tuscany coast, is gargantuan , even by the outsized dimensions of Russian oligarchs\u2019 superyachts. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But creating that illusion requires a truly gargantuan \u2014and quickly-growing\u2014web of physical connections. \u2014 Christopher Mims, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Removing the snow from the tanks is a gargantuan task: Each is an acre in size, and holds up to a half-million barrels of crude \u2014 about 2.5% of America\u2019s daily oil demand. \u2014 Elizabeth Harball, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The way computer networks have evolved and applications have developed over the years with different kinds of metadata and data stores has meant that just consolidating this data to get information is a gargantuan task by itself. \u2014 Sunil Chathaveetil, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture, while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Cleverly, pieces have been designed to be dressed up or down, maximizing the wears and so, echoing the brand's sustainable ethos, lengthening a garment \u2019s life span. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Huang Changming, a manager of a garment company with offices in Shanghai and a factory outside the city, said getting back to normal production could take two months. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"There are about 20 costume changes in Voyage, yet not one garment was fitted on Benny, Agnetha, Anna-Frid, or Bj\u00f6rn. \u2014 Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"The 1917 ordinance prohibited persons from wearing swimsuits in public in parts of La Jolla unless they were covered from neck to ankles by an outer garment . \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"To verify the garment \u2019s authenticity, university staff turned to Ryan Lintelman, a curator at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History (NMAH) and an expert on Wizard of Oz memorabilia. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t do anything without first reading the garment \u2019s care label. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Spot treating refers to the use of detergent or a stain treatment product to clean a small area of an accessory or garment . \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sara Ziff, executive director of modeling advocacy group The Model Alliance, says retailers have the same obligation to models that apparel makers have to garment workers. \u2014 Kim Bhasin, Fortune , 19 Aug. 2019"
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"garb",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up ",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a socialite who was among the most gorgeously garmented women of her time",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jeans maker Levi Strauss developed a low-cost respirator design that the company says any garment producer can manufacture, while start-up Air Flo Labs uses three-dimensional facial scans to ensure its Flo Mask Pro is tailored to a wearer\u2019s face. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 9 June 2022",
"Cleverly, pieces have been designed to be dressed up or down, maximizing the wears and so, echoing the brand's sustainable ethos, lengthening a garment \u2019s life span. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Huang Changming, a manager of a garment company with offices in Shanghai and a factory outside the city, said getting back to normal production could take two months. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"There are about 20 costume changes in Voyage, yet not one garment was fitted on Benny, Agnetha, Anna-Frid, or Bj\u00f6rn. \u2014 Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"The 1917 ordinance prohibited persons from wearing swimsuits in public in parts of La Jolla unless they were covered from neck to ankles by an outer garment . \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"To verify the garment \u2019s authenticity, university staff turned to Ryan Lintelman, a curator at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History (NMAH) and an expert on Wizard of Oz memorabilia. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t do anything without first reading the garment \u2019s care label. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Spot treating refers to the use of detergent or a stain treatment product to clean a small area of an accessory or garment . \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Sara Ziff, executive director of modeling advocacy group The Model Alliance, says retailers have the same obligation to models that apparel makers have to garment workers. \u2014 Kim Bhasin, Fortune , 19 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"circa 1547, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223947"
},
"garner":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to gather into storage",
": to deposit as if in a granary",
": to acquire by effort : earn",
": accumulate , collect",
": to collect or gather",
": to acquire or earn",
"John Nance 1868\u20131967 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1933\u201341)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-n\u0259r",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-n\u0259r",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-n\u0259r"
],
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"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"examples":[
"She garnered more evidence to support her theory.",
"The senator has spent much time garnering financial support for his upcoming campaign.",
"The novel has garnered much praise and several awards.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Further, Stephen Curry should garner extra attention in this one, after dropping 34 points on the Celtics in Game 1, leaving more space for Wiggins to work offensively. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"Her videos usually garner hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of likes. \u2014 Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Most of these ideas will not garner enough Republican support to pass, but there may be some areas of common ground. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 3 June 2022",
"Now, these days, Baby and Johnny\u2019s slow dance-turned-slow love making would hardly garner a PG-13 rating, but for a girl in her formative years, watching that scene in the late \u201880s was something to behold. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 May 2022",
"Opening up Cannes\u2019 Un Certain Regard sidebar, the film could garner attention in France, where Sy is the biggest actor around right now, as well as abroad, where his Lupin series was a major hit on Netflix. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"While a poll of today\u2019s weather would likely win high marks, the extreme heat coming in for the weekend will not garner nearly the same favor. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"The wine would eventually garner four 100-point scores for the 2018 vintage, becoming known as their 400-point wine. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Below, Billboard chatted with Sonny Digital to discuss his signing with Generation Now, his journey to garner respect as a recording artist, and his forthcoming full-length debut album, Mr. Digital. \u2014 Ahmad Davis, Billboard , 10 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English (Scots), from Middle English gerner, garner granary, from Anglo-French gerner, grenier , from Latin granarium , from granum grain \u2014 more at corn ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212755"
},
"garnishment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ornament , garnish",
": a legal summons or warning concerning the attachment of property to satisfy a debt",
": a stoppage of a specified sum from wages to satisfy a creditor or a legal obligation (such as child support)",
": a remedial device used by a creditor to have property of the debtor or money owed to the debtor that is in the possession of a third party attached to pay the debt to the creditor",
": attachment of the debtor's wages to satisfy a judgment \u2014 compare wage assignment at assignment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-nish-m\u0259nt",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-nish-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a high-end caterer whose dishes feature an array of over-the-top garnishments",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some communities send debt from school tickets to collection agencies and warn of wage garnishment , liens and loss of driving privileges if the debt is not paid. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Borrowers in default have long faced wage garnishment , damage to their credit and substantial collections fees. \u2014 cleveland , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Those falsely accused of fraud were subjected to quadruple penalties and collections techniques such as wage garnishment and seizure of income tax refunds. \u2014 Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Once the payment pause and collections suspension ends this May, borrowers in default on their federal student loans may be subject to administrative wage garnishment , offset of Social Security benefits, and seizure of federal tax refunds. \u2014 Adam S. Minsky, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Prosecutors can\u2019t discuss Hayes\u2019 employment at a West Palm Beach restaurant regarding any complaints of harassment or garnishment of his wages due to child support. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Wage garnishment is a legal procedure in which a court permits a creditor to collect money from someone's bank account or salary to repay a debt. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2021",
"This means that wage garnishment and offset of income tax returns and Social Security will resume for defaulted borrowers at this time. \u2014 Robert Farrington, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"And then my name was added to the next escalation in collection efforts: another letter, another call, eventually a court order and wage garnishment . \u2014 Kristin Collier, Longreads , 1 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"(sense 1) garnish entry 1 + -ment ; (senses 2-3) borrowed from Anglo-French garnissement \"warning, notification, notification concerning the attachment of property to satisfy a debt,\" from garniss-, stem of garnir \"to give notice, warn, give legal summons\" + -ment -ment \u2014 more at garnish entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215329"
},
"garotte":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a method of execution by strangulation",
": the apparatus used",
": an implement (such as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation",
": to strangle with or as if with a garrote"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4t",
"-\u02c8r\u014dt",
"\u02c8ger-\u0259t",
"\u02c8ga-r\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Later that morning JonBen\u00e9t's body, beaten and strangled with a garrote around her neck and duct tape covering her mouth, was found in the basement of the family's Tudor brick home. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Later that morning, JonBen\u00e9t\u2019s body, beaten and strangled with a garrote around her neck and duct tape covering her mouth, was found in the basement of the family\u2019s Tudor brick home. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 29 July 2019",
"In Sun\u2019s bedroom, authorities found a military-style ballistic vest, a crossbow with scope and light, 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition, a military ski mask, an ammunition clip loader, and a strangulation apparatus called a garrote . \u2014 Erin Mccarthy, Philly.com , 6 June 2018",
"That garrote was similar to one found wrapped around Erin's neck. \u2014 Paul Larosa, CBS News , 12 June 2018",
"State patrol records say the inmate was found unresponsive with a garrote around his neck, and the death is being treated as a homicide. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2018",
"An organizer of the event pointed out the spot where Salvador Puig Antich, the last of many who opposed the regime to be executed here, was killed with the use of a garrote in 1974. \u2014 Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2018",
"Farley thinks the sinew tied around Lindow Man\u2019s neck could as easily be a necklace as a garrote . \u2014 Christian Als, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017",
"Laura and Colin Rideout were convicted of strangling the victim with a homemade garrote , disfiguring his face with acid and dumping the body in a field, with Alexander Rideout participating in the cover-up. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable. \u2014 Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims. \u2014 Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 15 Aug. 2017",
"Last year, he was garroted by saw briars\u2014the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course\u2014which left bleeding gashes across his neck. \u2014 George Pendle, Esquire , 26 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1851, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210742"
},
"garrote":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a method of execution by strangulation",
": the apparatus used",
": an implement (such as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation",
": to strangle with or as if with a garrote"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4t",
"-\u02c8r\u014dt",
"\u02c8ger-\u0259t",
"\u02c8ga-r\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Later that morning JonBen\u00e9t's body, beaten and strangled with a garrote around her neck and duct tape covering her mouth, was found in the basement of the family's Tudor brick home. \u2014 Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Later that morning, JonBen\u00e9t\u2019s body, beaten and strangled with a garrote around her neck and duct tape covering her mouth, was found in the basement of the family\u2019s Tudor brick home. \u2014 Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com , 29 July 2019",
"In Sun\u2019s bedroom, authorities found a military-style ballistic vest, a crossbow with scope and light, 20 rounds of 9mm ammunition, a military ski mask, an ammunition clip loader, and a strangulation apparatus called a garrote . \u2014 Erin Mccarthy, Philly.com , 6 June 2018",
"That garrote was similar to one found wrapped around Erin's neck. \u2014 Paul Larosa, CBS News , 12 June 2018",
"State patrol records say the inmate was found unresponsive with a garrote around his neck, and the death is being treated as a homicide. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Apr. 2018",
"An organizer of the event pointed out the spot where Salvador Puig Antich, the last of many who opposed the regime to be executed here, was killed with the use of a garrote in 1974. \u2014 Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard , 13 Apr. 2018",
"Farley thinks the sinew tied around Lindow Man\u2019s neck could as easily be a necklace as a garrote . \u2014 Christian Als, Smithsonian , 29 May 2017",
"Laura and Colin Rideout were convicted of strangling the victim with a homemade garrote , disfiguring his face with acid and dumping the body in a field, with Alexander Rideout participating in the cover-up. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable. \u2014 Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims. \u2014 Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 15 Aug. 2017",
"Last year, he was garroted by saw briars\u2014the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course\u2014which left bleeding gashes across his neck. \u2014 George Pendle, Esquire , 26 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1851, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220150"
},
"garrulous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative",
": wordy sense 1",
": very talkative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ger-\u0259-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8ga-r\u0259-",
"also",
"\u02c8ger-\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"Salman grew ever more garrulous as the yellow liquid in the bottle went down; Baal couldn't recall when he'd last heard anyone talk up such a storm. \u2014 Salman Rushdie , The Satanic Verses , 1989",
"To an American reader in 1982, confronted with this garrulous , indefatigably quirky, I'm-just-typing-on-yellow-paper-and-associating-ideas-and-memories prose work of 1936, such a judgment, by a presumably informed person, seems preposterous. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , New York Times Book Review , 3 Oct. 1982",
"He was not garrulous by any means. On the contrary, there was a fine reserve in his manner toward the entire domestic economy of his life which was all that is comprehended by the popular term, gentlemanly. \u2014 Theodore Dreiser , Sister Carrie , 1900",
"He became more garrulous after drinking a couple of beers.",
"a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the middle-class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Mickelson, usually garrulous , did not talk after his round on Thursday and kept things brief on Friday. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"As the garrulous toddler turns into a petulant adolescent, Brian\u2019s protectiveness toward Charles, who longs for adventure \u2014 Hawaii, glimpsed on the TV, really grabs him \u2014 is reasonable, not pathological. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Suddenly, all those striving, garrulous leaders of yore, seem a tad\u2026 adolescent. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"As the garrulous John and the blunter Winston, Robinson and Henning make an excellent pair, forced to rely on each other. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
"His garrulous , money-hungry, seatbelt-wearing ghost assistants\u2014played by Jung Suk-yong, Ko Kyu-pil and Park Seo-yeon\u2014are essential to his success. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The pre-show fun continued with several bouts of Superstar Wrestling, emceed by the garrulous Touchstone (Adam Wesley Brown). \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Cloran has expanded the wrestling scene at the beginning of Shakespeare's comedy into a long Superstar Wrestling prologue, with garrulous Touchstone as announcer. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Latin garrulus, from garr\u012bre \"to chatter, talk rapidly\" (probably of imitative origin) + -ulus, deverbal suffix denoting inclination or repetitive action (going back to Indo-European -l-, participial suffix) \u2014 more at -ous ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192723"
},
"gas":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a fluid (such as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely",
"a combustible gas or gaseous mixture for fuel or lighting",
"natural gas",
"a gaseous product of digestion",
"discomfort from this",
"a gas or gaseous mixture used to produce anesthesia",
"a substance that can be used to produce a poisonous, suffocating, or physically irritating atmosphere",
"empty talk bombast",
"gasoline",
"the accelerator pedal of an automotive vehicle",
"driving force energy",
"something that gives pleasure delight",
"fast and powerfully thrown pitches smoke sense 8",
"to talk idly or garrulously",
"to give off gas (see gas entry 1 sense 1 )",
"to fill the tank (as of an automobile) with gasoline",
"to supply with gas or especially gasoline",
"to treat chemically with gas",
"to poison or otherwise affect adversely with gas",
"to please greatly",
"a substance (as oxygen or hydrogen) having no fixed shape and tending to expand without limit",
"natural gas",
"a gas or a mixture of gases used to make a person unconscious (as for an operation)",
"a substance that poisons the air or makes breathing difficult",
"gasoline",
"a gaseous product of digestion or the discomfort caused by it",
"to poison with gas",
"to supply with gas",
"a fluid (as air) that has neither independent shape nor volume but tends to expand indefinitely",
"a gaseous product of digestion",
"discomfort from this",
"a gas or gaseous mixture used to produce anesthesia",
"a substance that can be used to produce a poisonous, asphyxiating, or irritant atmosphere",
"to treat chemically with gas",
"to poison or otherwise affect adversely with gas",
"general adaptation syndrome"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8gas",
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
],
"antonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"The school also is on track for its goal to lower greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2025, Case said. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"Tesla and other electric-vehicle companies have received federal and state subsidies as governments seek to accelerate electric-vehicle adoption among buyers in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pursue cleaner technologies. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui And Alex Leary, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Energy prices, led by gas , rose 5% just in May from April. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"Record inflation New level driven by gas , grocery prices and high rent. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Human greenhouse gas emissions have fueled increasingly unpredictable weather events that can wipe out harvests for an entire region, studies show. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Climate change mitigation is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which threaten to toast the planet. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"The cost of food was the biggest concern of those surveyed, followed by gas and electricity, and rent or mortgage payments, according to Attest. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Under the draft plan, put together by government and farm community representatives, farmers will have to pay for their gas emissions from 2025. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"The already expensive trip came with an unexpected cost The price for a gallon of unleaded at Death Valley\u2019s Furnace Creek gas station, the only place to gas up for miles, was $8.25. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Nobody wanted oil in general in spring 2020, when global stay-at-home orders meant nobody needed to gas up and get to the office. \u2014 Julianne Pepitone, CNN , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Over the course of an hour, more people used the station as a cut-through to skip a long light than to gas up for $6.99 a gallon. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Members of the militia group the Oath Keepers, it was later revealed, had planned to trap members of Congress in a tunnel and to gas them. \u2014 Molly Jong-fast, Vogue , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to HER therapist. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 22 Aug. 2021",
"Your therapist can gas on about her divorce to her therapist. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1849, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"gasconade":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"bravado , boasting",
"river 265 miles (426 kilometers) long in south central Missouri flowing northeast into the Missouri River"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02ccga-sk\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101d",
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French gasconnade , from gasconner to boast, from gascon Gascon, boaster",
"first_known_use":[
"1709, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162549"
},
"gash":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a deep long cut in flesh",
": a deep narrow depression or cut",
": to make a gash in",
": to make a gash : cut",
": knowing , witty",
": well-dressed : trim",
": a long deep cut",
": to make a long deep cut in",
": to make a gash in",
": to make a gash : cut",
": a deep long cut especially in flesh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gash",
"\u02c8gash",
"\u02c8gash"
],
"synonyms":[
"incision",
"laceration",
"rent",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"incise",
"rip",
"shear",
"slash",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The dog had a bad gash in his leg.",
"The iceberg made a gash in the hull of the ship.",
"Verb",
"The knife slipped and gashed his finger.",
"her face had been gashed by the rocks as she tumbled down the embankment",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Wade stabbed Edwards, and Edwards fired a gun at Wade, leaving him with a gash on his head. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"The Wrestler star, 69, shared a grisly selfie on Instagram on Tuesday, showing the top half of his face with a bloody gash and scrapes across his forehead. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"An inadvertent elbow by Grizzlies guard and former Spurs player Kyle Anderson early in the second quarter of Memphis\u2019 118-105 win left White with a bloody gash over his left eye. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Jan. 2022",
"One man received his vaccine, as well as stitches for a gash on his head left by a police officer\u2019s club. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Twenty Indian troopers were killed, and Qi suffered a four-inch gash on his forehead. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The first green gash of paint across the torso of one of the men sent the crowd into a frenzy. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The city has never looked better, especially since the disruptive gash of construction to entrench the center\u2019s tram system is now gone. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The radar data showed that the gash in the ice was formed by water percolating up from beneath, gathering in cavities within the ice and refreezing. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Ford has the lateral footwork and body strength to keep plays alive, flashing the open-field juice to gash defenses (averaged 6.1 yards per carry in his career). \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2022",
"There is talent but teams seem to consistently gash the front. \u2014 Charles Hollis, al , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Grantham said the bye week allowed the Gators\u2019 to examine LSU\u2019s ability to gash the middle to prevent Bulldogs from playing copycat. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The Pac-12 South leaders aren\u2019t known to allow offenses to gash their defense with the running game. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Perhaps Nix can beat the pressure enough to gash LSU downfield, or at least allow Williams and others to make plays after the catch. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 27 Oct. 2020",
"The Patriots let a backup running back, Jeff Wilson Jr., gash them for 112 yards and three touchdowns while also allowing a rookie wide receiver, Brandon Aiyuk, rack up 115 yards on six catches. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2020",
"The Gators won 51-35 but hotshot defensive coordinator Todd Grantham saw Kiffin gash Florida for 613 yards. \u2014 Charles Hollis, al , 9 Oct. 2020",
"The Ravens typically gash everybody for gobs of points and yards, and this offseason and preseason were tough on new coaching regimes. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020"
],
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"Noun",
"1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1566, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Adjective",
"1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
"gasp":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to catch the breath convulsively and audibly (as with shock)",
": to breathe laboriously",
": to utter in a gasping manner",
": an act of gasping : a sudden loud intake of breath with one's mouth because of surprise, shock, pain, etc.",
": to breathe in suddenly and loudly with the mouth open because of surprise, shock, or pain",
": to breathe with difficulty : pant",
": to utter with quick difficult breaths",
": the act of breathing in suddenly or with difficulty",
": something gasped"
],
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"\u02c8gasp",
"\u02c8gasp"
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"blow",
"heave",
"hyperventilate",
"pant",
"puff",
"wheeze"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"Mom gasped in surprise at the sight of my sister's new haircut.",
"He gasped as he stepped into the icy water.",
"a dying man gasping for breath",
"She was gasping for air.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Brendan Mullin, who took pictures of the event, could hear children gasp when a Marine Santa entered a prekindergarten classroom. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 28 Dec. 2021",
"At the 7903-foot summit, the Turbo S's twin altitude compensators keep the engine at full tilt, whereas the 911 GT3's naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six would likely gasp for oxygen. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Brendan Mullin, who took pictures of the event, could hear children gasp when a Marine Santa entered a pre-kindergarten classroom. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Traditionalists might gasp at the idea of painting your floors, saying it\u2019s sacrilege to cover the wood. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Airlines will gasp until Thanksgiving to see if the boom in summer leisure travel continues with families wanting to be together for that holiday. \u2014 Ben Baldanza, Forbes , 6 Sep. 2021",
"He and other rehabbers are overloaded with waterfowl riddled with gapeworm, a parasite that lives and breeds in a bird\u2019s trachea and causes it to gasp or shake its head. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"Those who gasp in dismay prove themselves to be the snobs. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"There will be no ballroom packed with mega-stars to laugh or gasp when the hosts launch their best lines. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2021"
],
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"Verb",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211159"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking social experience or grace",
": not tactful : crude",
": crudely made or done",
": not planar"
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"\u02c8g\u014dsh"
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"awkward",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden"
],
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"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That would be too gauche , too legislative for the court. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 19 May 2022",
"Dear Looking: Greeting your host with your Gladware out and at the ready is definitely gauche . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Maybe French tips aren't gauche for the Met Gala, after all. \u2014 Anna Moeslein, Glamour , 8 June 2018",
"Another newspaper innovation introduced by Nicholson was a society column, which was seen by some in the city as gauche and bordering on scandalous. \u2014 NOLA.com , 24 Jan. 2018",
"However, purists view purchasing king cakes before Jan. 6 as a demonstration of gauche impatience. \u2014 NOLA.com , 5 Jan. 2018",
"Today, mass production and an abundance of cheap knockoffs have rendered conspicuous consumption unremarkable at best and gauche at worst. \u2014 J.c. Pan, New Republic , 1 Aug. 2017",
"Old money, historically, has been stereotyped as having a Brahmin disdain for such a gauche topic. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, literally, left",
"first_known_use":[
"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181050"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ornament , trinket"
],
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"\u02c8g\u022fd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4d"
],
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"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
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"examples":[
"some tacky little gaud that they had picked up at a souvenir stand at an amusement park"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214227"
},
"gauge":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a measurement (as of linear dimension) according to some standard or system: such as",
": the distance between the rails of a railroad",
": the size of a shotgun barrel's inner diameter nominally expressed as the number of lead balls each just fitting that diameter required to make a pound",
": the thickness of a thin material (such as sheet metal or plastic film)",
": the diameter of a slender object (such as wire or a hypodermic needle)",
": the fineness of a knitted fabric expressed by the number of loops per unit width",
": dimensions , size",
": measure sense 1",
": an instrument for or a means of measuring or testing: such as",
": an instrument for measuring a dimension or for testing mechanical accuracy",
": an instrument with a graduated (see graduate entry 1 sense transitive 2a ) scale or dial for measuring or indicating quantity",
": relative position of a ship with reference to another ship and the wind",
": a function introduced into a field equation to produce a convenient form of the equation but having no observable physical consequences",
": to measure precisely the size, dimensions , or other measurable quantity of",
": to determine the capacity or contents of",
": estimate , judge",
": to check for conformity to specifications or limits",
": to measure off or set out",
": a measurement (as the distance between the rails of a railroad or the size of a shotgun barrel's inner diameter) according to some standard",
": an instrument for measuring, testing, or registering",
": to measure exactly",
": to make a judgment about",
": measurement according to some standard or system",
": the dimensions or extent of something",
": an instrument for or a means of measuring or testing",
": the diameter of a slender object (as a hypodermic needle)",
": to measure exactly",
": to determine the capacity or contents of",
": to check for conformity to specifications or limits",
": to measure off or set out"
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"\u02c8g\u0101j"
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"calculate",
"call",
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"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"put",
"reckon",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Bechdel test, as the three rules came to be known, has since entered the cultural vernacular as an earnest gauge of gender representation in media. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"While nonbinding, the votes are an important gauge of investor sentiment. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
"That news was bad for the entertainment business because retail sales are an important gauge of consumer discretionary spending. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"At its most powerful, though, a strategy like this could act as an immunological fuel gauge , sounding the alarm before our antibody tanks run dry. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"An important gauge of activity from IHS Markit, released Monday, showed that output hit an 11-month low in January due to restrictions tied to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Such a vote would fail, but could provide an early gauge of Republicans\u2019 views on the trial. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2021",
"For Fiona Yu, a 27-year-old freelance designer living in Xuhui in Shanghai, such content is her only real gauge of what is happening in her city. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, for example, said its gauge of consumer sentiment fell in February to its lowest level in more than a decade. \u2014 Gunjan Banerji And Karen Langley, WSJ , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And on August 17, the conservancy returns to Empire Canyon and Prospect Ridge for the final hops assessment, to gauge how close to harvest the cones are. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The survey\u2019s estimate of the percentage of trans and nonbinary people in the U.S. is notable because that figure has been historically difficult to gauge , as the Census Bureau has dragged its feet on updating its questions to be more inclusive. \u2014 Zachary Schermele, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"To gauge how sensitive the whiskers are, a team of marine biologists at the University of Rostock, in Germany, trained two harbor seals to follow the path of a miniature submarine. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"One way to gauge how consumers are reacting to the coronavirus is the number of travelers passing through airport checkpoints released by the Transportation Security Administration, Mr. Amemiya said. \u2014 Gwynn Guilford, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"More difficult to gauge is COVID-19\u2019s effects on artists and the collective psyche. \u2014 Tim Gray, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But the potential consequences of a default are difficult to gauge . \u2014 Charles Riley, CNN , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The cyber volunteers' effectiveness is difficult to gauge . \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Privately, Republicans are still trying to gauge how the issue will affect the midterms. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174307"
},
"gauntlet":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand",
": any of various protective gloves used especially in industry",
": an open challenge (as to combat)",
": a dress glove extending above the wrist",
": a double file of men facing each other and armed with clubs or other weapons with which to strike at an individual who is made to run between them",
": a line, series, or assemblage",
": one that poses some sort of ordeal",
": a severe trial : ordeal",
": a glove made of small metal plates and worn with a suit of armor",
": a glove with a wide cuff that protects the wrist and part of the arm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fnt-l\u0259t",
"\u02c8g\u00e4nt-",
"\u02c8g\u022fnt-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crucible",
"fire",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210442"
},
"gauzy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": made of or resembling gauze",
": marked by vagueness, elusiveness, or fuzziness",
": tending to be or make romantic",
": thin and transparent like gauze"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-z\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u022f-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"flimsy",
"frothy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
],
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"gauzy curtains that let plenty of light through",
"I have only a gauzy recollection of those long-ago events.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bridges were needed not just to fulfill a gauzy City Beautiful dream, but for practical reasons. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Having grown up working in his mother\u2019s Los Angeles hair salon, Bradford adopted a primary artmaking material that is not paint, but rather small gauzy papers used to curl hair. \u2014 Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The women, on the other hand, were dressed in long blue leggings under gauzy dresses, with baggy race T-shirts pulled over the whole ensemble. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Apr. 2020",
"The fragrance itself is marketed as a light and airy floral, reminiscent of wearing a gauzy cotton sundresses in a field of daffodils, which is where Gerber shot the recent campaign alongside friends and fellow models Adut Akech and Meghan Roche. \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 18 Apr. 2020",
"The difficulty with such a gauzy notion of public service, at least as a basis for political office, is its ambiguity. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2020",
"No one, though, is more obsessed with the irresistible gauzy shirts than Dev Hynes. \u2014 Rachel Hahn, Vogue , 17 Apr. 2019",
"Her debut collection for the maintained the ethos of the storied house: boucl\u00e9 suits, sharply tailored gauzy dresses, shirts with pronounced collars, and appliqu\u00e9s with the brand\u2019s signatures, including camellias and bows. \u2014 Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The dramatic, gauzy layers looked like beautiful rain clouds swirling around her. \u2014 Sara Radin, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181939"
},
"gawky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": awkward , clumsy",
": awkward and clumsy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-k\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u022f-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawkish",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly"
],
"antonyms":[
"coordinated",
"graceful"
],
"examples":[
"the stiff, gawky gait of a newborn colt",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The moment for raabs\u2014these gawky , uncoiffed survivors of our soul-leaching winters\u2014is short. \u2014 Jonathan Kauffman, Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Apr. 2022",
"While the 11th-generation Civic has a far more streamlined body than its gawky predecessor, Honda kept the underpinnings mostly the same\u2014and that's a good thing. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Anjana Vasan is mesmerizing as Amina, a gawky , lovelorn scientist who unexpectedly ends up as the lead guitarist for an all-women Muslim punk band, Lady Parts. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Dec. 2021",
"For those of us who grew up with her cooking shows on public television \u2013 a TV career that began in 1963 and lasted for decades \u2013 seeing her here in all her gawky eccentricity is good for the soul. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The way Dunst scrunches her eyebrows and speaks in her highest register, never abandoning her character\u2019s gawky sincerity, is a comedic gold mine. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Singer Luke Bryan, the gawky host of this year\u2019s CMAs, has invited Wallen to appear onstage with him in concert recently. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Other raids on art history include the pilferage of a gawky interstitial passage\u2014a shapeless shape\u2014from Matthias Gr\u00fcnewald\u2019s ferocious crucifixion scene in the Isenheim Altarpiece (1512-16). \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"His 6-foot-6 height, which affords him a better view of where the ball must go, would be a detriment if Herbert were gawky and ponderous. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1759, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222005"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in a gay manner : marked by gaiety",
": in a merry or lively way",
": in a bright or showy way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"examples":[
"we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days",
"children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The east side of the field had been set apart for those in carriages, and soon from one end to the other, it was filled with vehicles of all descriptions gaily decorated in blue and gold and in white and red. \u2014 al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The left\u2019s decision to withdraw from conversations about genetics and social outcomes leaves a vacuum that the right has gaily filled. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gayly , from gay gay entry 1 + -ly -ly entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-231206"
},
"gayness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex",
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.",
": happily excited : merry",
": keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits",
": bright , lively",
": brilliant in color",
": given to social pleasures",
": licentious",
": a gay person",
": a gay man",
": merry sense 1 , happy",
": cheerful and lively",
": brightly colored",
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to individuals of one's same sex",
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.",
"John 1685\u20131732 English poet and dramatist"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101"
],
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"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The band was playing a gay tune.",
"the gayest of the spring flowers",
"Noun",
"a bar that is frequented by gays",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The bar is one of Detroit's oldest gay bars and is located in the New Center neighborhood. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Early in the series, which is on Peacock, the gay community of New Orleans is thrown into chaos and grief when there\u2019s a mass shooting at a club, much like the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"A few hours in, with Kylie Minogue blasting and shirts off, the self-congratulatory, debauched dealings around them create a perfect petri dish for the ideas of gay sociology Circle Jerk explores. \u2014 Juan A. Ram\u00edrez, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"The show was complete with fireworks and, toward the end of the set, McCartney and others marching around on stage with flags supporting Ukraine, the U.S., England, Maryland and gay pride. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Utah Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho gay pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Previously isolated as a Jewish, gay pianist, Chouchan credits Cayat for saving his sanity and his life. \u2014 Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"On June 12, 2016, a gunman walked into the gay nightclub near downtown Orlando and shot 49 people to death and injured dozens of others in what was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Tickets start at $20 \u2014 and the first 5,000 fans who arrive to the game will receive a gay pride flag towel. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Noun",
"1953, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224621"
},
"gazillion":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a huge, unspecified number : zillion",
": an extremely large number"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8zil-y\u0259n",
"g\u0259-\u02c8zil-y\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Alvarez must know his loss to Bivol has not diminished the demand \u2014 nor the gazillion -dollar return \u2014 of a third GGG fight. \u2014 Anthony Stitt, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Unlike the gazillion celebrity beauty brands out there, Caliray was founded by a beauty veteran Wende Zomnir (a.k.a. the founder of Urban Decay). \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 22 May 2022",
"There\u2019s about a gazillion places to get caffeinated in the City of Angels, but the Alchemist Coffee Project is extra special. \u2014 Leslie Kelly, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But that\u2019s the problem: Few mid-size financial institutions identify those unique needs, and instead play an endless game of catch-up to the large banks with their gazillion dollar IT budgets. \u2014 Ron Shevlin, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Room 1190 was the generator of a gazillion news stories for more than a half-century and an irreplaceable facilitator of government transparency. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Even if every single person in Alaska was a successful hunter and bagged a deer, there would be a gazillion left to invade your yard, hit your car and spread diseases. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Meanwhile, it\u2019s not unusual for a boba shop to have about a gazillion options that are constantly changing and updating to compete with their brethren. \u2014 Serena Dai, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Bacteria, while simple organisms, have approximately a gazillion base pairs in each gene, and each part of the gene encodes instructions for some different enzyme to be created. \u2014 Erik Kobayashi-solomon, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021"
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"1977, in the meaning defined above"
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": to effect the collection of",
": to summon up",
": to gain by gradual increase",
": to prepare (oneself) by mustering strength",
": to gain or regain control of",
": to reach a conclusion often intuitively from hints or through inferences",
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": to draw about or close to something",
": to bring together the parts of",
": to assemble (the signatures of a book) in sequence for binding",
": to haul in",
": to come together in a body",
": to cluster around a focus of attraction",
": to swell and fill with pus",
": grow , increase",
": something brought together: such as",
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": a mass of molten glass collected for use in glassblowing",
": an act or instance of bringing together",
": to pick up and collect",
": to choose and collect",
": to come together in a group or around a center of attraction",
": to gain little by little",
": to bring or call forth (as strength or courage) from within",
": to get an idea : conclude",
": to draw together in or as if in folds",
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": to swell and fill with pus"
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"\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"also",
"\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259r",
"\u02c8gat\u035fh-\u0259r, \u02c8get\u035fh-"
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"constellate",
"corral",
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"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
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"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Honeybees gather in the hive and then go out into the world to pollinate. \u2014 Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Patients gather in the counseling area at The Pink House. \u2014 Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Each year, from August to early October, Atlantic goliath groupers (Epinephelus itajara) gather off the east coast of Florida to spawn. \u2014 Alan Taylor, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Sun Valley guests gather in the morning to hear lectures on political, cultural or economic topics. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"As a unit and vehicle, the document allows people to capture, gather , share and archive information. \u2014 Borya Shakhnovich, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Police gather near the scene of a shooting in Philadelphia on Monday. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"People gather in a park outside of the U.S. Capitol to watch the House Jan. 6 committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2022. \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Companies should gather information before creating solutions. \u2014 Kells Mcphillips, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Participants at the World Economic Forum gather in Davos, Switzerland, May 21. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"The evening that followed the robbery, most of the housewives gather at Kyle's, where Dorit shares more details of the ordeal with Kyle, her husband, Mauricio Umansky, Erika and Lisa. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"All walks of life gather in the parking lot before morphing into a blur of faces pedaling down the street after the 10 p.m. departure. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Cleanups are planned in Long Beach at Belmont Pier from 4 to 6:30 p.m. April 23, Hermosa Beach at the pier from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 and at Venice Beach ( gather at the Lifeguard Operations Center) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 22. \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Every Tuesday in San Diego Central Courthouse, a dozen or so defendants who struggle with mental illness gather outside Davis\u2019 12th floor courtroom. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Members of Memorial Episcopal Church and St. Katherine of Alexandria Episcopal Church gather at Hampton Plantation, which was owned by the founding rectors of Memorial Episcopal Church. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Black sea bass gather in structures, such as artificial reefs and wrecks. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Still, the Indianapolis pastor and volunteers have been working for more than a year to renovate the building and gather funding. \u2014 Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star , 2 May 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-202325"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure",
": to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative",
": wordy sense 1",
": very talkative"
],
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"\u02c8ger-\u0259-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8ga-r\u0259-",
"also",
"\u02c8ger-\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
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"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
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"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"Salman grew ever more garrulous as the yellow liquid in the bottle went down; Baal couldn't recall when he'd last heard anyone talk up such a storm. \u2014 Salman Rushdie , The Satanic Verses , 1989",
"To an American reader in 1982, confronted with this garrulous , indefatigably quirky, I'm-just-typing-on-yellow-paper-and-associating-ideas-and-memories prose work of 1936, such a judgment, by a presumably informed person, seems preposterous. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , New York Times Book Review , 3 Oct. 1982",
"He was not garrulous by any means. On the contrary, there was a fine reserve in his manner toward the entire domestic economy of his life which was all that is comprehended by the popular term, gentlemanly. \u2014 Theodore Dreiser , Sister Carrie , 1900",
"He became more garrulous after drinking a couple of beers.",
"a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the middle-class families were a few garrulous groups of men with tattooed arms, roaring genially in dialect and dispatching huge plates of calamari with messy gusto. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022",
"Mickelson, usually garrulous , did not talk after his round on Thursday and kept things brief on Friday. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"As the garrulous toddler turns into a petulant adolescent, Brian\u2019s protectiveness toward Charles, who longs for adventure \u2014 Hawaii, glimpsed on the TV, really grabs him \u2014 is reasonable, not pathological. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Suddenly, all those striving, garrulous leaders of yore, seem a tad\u2026 adolescent. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"As the garrulous John and the blunter Winston, Robinson and Henning make an excellent pair, forced to rely on each other. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2022",
"His garrulous , money-hungry, seatbelt-wearing ghost assistants\u2014played by Jung Suk-yong, Ko Kyu-pil and Park Seo-yeon\u2014are essential to his success. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The pre-show fun continued with several bouts of Superstar Wrestling, emceed by the garrulous Touchstone (Adam Wesley Brown). \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Cloran has expanded the wrestling scene at the beginning of Shakespeare's comedy into a long Superstar Wrestling prologue, with garrulous Touchstone as announcer. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
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"circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-224521"
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"type":[
"verb"
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": smudge , smear"
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"\u02c8g\u022fm",
"\u02c8g\u00e4m"
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"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"the kitchen floor was all gaumed up from countless spills"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1656, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-230928"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
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": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one's same sex",
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.",
": happily excited : merry",
": keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits",
": bright , lively",
": brilliant in color",
": given to social pleasures",
": licentious",
": a gay person",
": a gay man",
": merry sense 1 , happy",
": cheerful and lively",
": brightly colored",
": of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to individuals of one's same sex",
": of, relating to, or intended for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.",
"John 1685\u20131732 English poet and dramatist"
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"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101"
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"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
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"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The band was playing a gay tune.",
"the gayest of the spring flowers",
"Noun",
"a bar that is frequented by gays",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The bar is one of Detroit's oldest gay bars and is located in the New Center neighborhood. \u2014 Eve Sampson, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Early in the series, which is on Peacock, the gay community of New Orleans is thrown into chaos and grief when there\u2019s a mass shooting at a club, much like the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"A few hours in, with Kylie Minogue blasting and shirts off, the self-congratulatory, debauched dealings around them create a perfect petri dish for the ideas of gay sociology Circle Jerk explores. \u2014 Juan A. Ram\u00edrez, Vogue , 14 June 2022",
"The show was complete with fireworks and, toward the end of the set, McCartney and others marching around on stage with flags supporting Ukraine, the U.S., England, Maryland and gay pride. \u2014 Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Utah Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho gay pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Previously isolated as a Jewish, gay pianist, Chouchan credits Cayat for saving his sanity and his life. \u2014 Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"On June 12, 2016, a gunman walked into the gay nightclub near downtown Orlando and shot 49 people to death and injured dozens of others in what was at the time the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"Tickets start at $20 \u2014 and the first 5,000 fans who arrive to the game will receive a gay pride flag towel. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022"
],
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"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Noun",
"1953, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-000504"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock",
": a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism",
": a large biting fly",
": a person who annoys others especially with constant criticism",
": any of various flies (as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock"
],
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"\u02c8gad-\u02ccfl\u012b",
"\u02c8gad-\u02ccfl\u012b",
"\u02c8gad-\u02ccfl\u012b"
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"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
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"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
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"examples":[
"a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Richard Bellamy, the founder of the influential Green Gallery; and Henry Geldzahler, the all-purpose art-world gadfly and a fledgling curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. \u2014 Mark Rozzo, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"That said, Scott isn\u2019t some irrelevant gadfly , either. \u2014 Ben Kamisar, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"She was aided by the maverick campaign of ultranationalist gadfly Eric Zemmour, whose snarling anti-immigrant, anti-establishment rhetoric has made Le Pen \u2014 a far-right mainstay for years \u2014 look comparatively moderate. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Well, Ishmael, in making that statement, fulfills his obligation as a satirist, as a gadfly , as the court jester. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Portuguese gadfly Bruno Maceas declared John Mearsheimer, the famous advocate for foreign-policy realism, who predicted this conflict rather presciently eight years ago, to have lost his credibility and reputation. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Consider this year\u2019s New York City mayoral race, whose foregone Democratic conclusion left a void in the Republican primary, which was filled by the gadfly Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa. \u2014 Ian Crouch, The New Yorker , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Coe, an autodidact and the son of the outlaw-country musician David Allan Coe, relishes his role as scholar-enthusiast- gadfly , and his zeal is the show\u2019s animating force. \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021",
"All evidence suggests that the Biden administration has accepted Mr. Summers\u2019s role as unofficial economics whisperer and frequent gadfly . \u2014 New York Times , 25 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gad entry 1 + fly entry 4 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-041635"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies",
": a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing",
": a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments",
": haze",
": a thin fabric that allows light to pass through it",
": loosely woven cotton used as a bandage",
": a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing"
],
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"\u02c8g\u022fz",
"\u02c8g\u022fz",
"\u02c8g\u022fz"
],
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"brume",
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog",
"soup"
],
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"examples":[
"He wrapped the wound in gauze .",
"wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Deputies treated the boy\u2019s stab wound with hemostatic gauze , which is designed to help quickly clot and stop bleeding, until paramedics arrived and took him to a San Diego hospital, Lizarraga said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"First aid kits contain products like gauze , Band-Aids, moleskin, and Benadryl to keep you prepared for scrapes, blisters, and bug bites. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 27 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a photo of some kid at a punk show in, like, 1976 who\u2019s like wrapped up in bloody gauze . \u2014 Kyle Rice, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"Patches of bubbles cling to my skin like the strategic gauze brushed over nude figures in classical paintings. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The lanterns are covered in a thin silk gauze that is beginning to shred, and the paintings on them are fading. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Among them was Yuri Taranienko, 50, who lay in a hospital bed with blood stains visible through the gauze tightly wrapped around his left calf. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"As Yuzik wrapped a roll of gauze around her ankle, her principal emotion seemed to be embarrassment at people fussing over her. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Supplies such as new, unopened Band-Aids, bandages, gauze , toothbrushes and toothpaste, bar soap and shampoo are all needed and will be donated locally and internationally. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-113659"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies",
": a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing",
": a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments",
": haze",
": a thin fabric that allows light to pass through it",
": loosely woven cotton used as a bandage",
": a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing"
],
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"\u02c8g\u022fz",
"\u02c8g\u022fz",
"\u02c8g\u022fz"
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"brume",
"fog",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog",
"soup"
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"examples":[
"He wrapped the wound in gauze .",
"wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Deputies treated the boy\u2019s stab wound with hemostatic gauze , which is designed to help quickly clot and stop bleeding, until paramedics arrived and took him to a San Diego hospital, Lizarraga said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"First aid kits contain products like gauze , Band-Aids, moleskin, and Benadryl to keep you prepared for scrapes, blisters, and bug bites. \u2014 Hannah Singleton, SELF , 27 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a photo of some kid at a punk show in, like, 1976 who\u2019s like wrapped up in bloody gauze . \u2014 Kyle Rice, Rolling Stone , 24 May 2022",
"Patches of bubbles cling to my skin like the strategic gauze brushed over nude figures in classical paintings. \u2014 Madeleine Watts, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"The lanterns are covered in a thin silk gauze that is beginning to shred, and the paintings on them are fading. \u2014 Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"Among them was Yuri Taranienko, 50, who lay in a hospital bed with blood stains visible through the gauze tightly wrapped around his left calf. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"As Yuzik wrapped a roll of gauze around her ankle, her principal emotion seemed to be embarrassment at people fussing over her. \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"Supplies such as new, unopened Band-Aids, bandages, gauze , toothbrushes and toothpaste, bar soap and shampoo are all needed and will be donated locally and internationally. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190520"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": fashion , manner",
": a style of apparel",
": outward form : appearance",
": to cover with or as if with clothing",
": style or kind of clothing",
": clothe sense 1"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4rb",
"\u02c8g\u00e4rb"
],
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"costume",
"drag",
"dress",
"getup",
"guise",
"outfit",
"togs"
],
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"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
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"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up ",
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"vesture"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"decided to clothe himself in traditional Scottish garb for the celebration",
"a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story",
"Verb",
"firefighters garbed in protective gear",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a Twitter post on Friday (May 6), Lil Nas shared a video of himself dressed in full camouflage hunting garb , smiling at the camera with his hands behind his back. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 6 May 2022",
"State TV later showed thousands of young people -- men dressed in Western-style white shirts and women in colorful traditional Korean garb -- dancing in a Pyongyang plaza as fireworks launched from a nearby river bank lit up the night sky. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"State TV later showed thousands of young people \u2013 men dressed in Western-style white shirts and women in colorful traditional Korean garb \u2013 dancing in a Pyongyang plaza as fireworks launched from a nearby river bank lit up the night sky. \u2014 Hyung-jin Kim And Tong-hyung Kim, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Some villagers were dressed in traditional white garb , usually reserved for religious ceremonies, in a mark of honor. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Amina\u2019s elegant garb stands in stark contrast to the sweat and dirt of that opening sequence, a contrast that is scarcely lost on Haroun. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The only athlete competing for American Samoa, which hasn\u2019t sent anyone to the Winter Games in almost 30 years and followed the USA in the lineup, the skeleton racer appeared in full native garb . \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Employees wearing Colonial-style garb are happy to chat about life in Boston in 1773, adding to the motif. \u2014 Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Streaming from their home in Krak\u00f3w and wearing traditional garb , Monika and Tomasz will acquaint you with their grandmother\u2019s recipe for Poland\u2019s favorite stuffed dumpling: the pierogi. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After about 15 minutes, the troopers separated and allowed the protesters to continue marching to a nearby street but were soon met by more law enforcement officers garbed in riot gear. \u2014 P. Kim Bui, azcentral , 29 May 2020",
"At the time Stigler, the mild-mannered director of the MICU and a Birmingham native, spent long shifts garbed head-to-toe in protective gear, caring for critically ill patients and comforting family members by phone who were desperate for news. \u2014 Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al , 2 May 2020",
"The heavily tattooed prisoners, garbed in boxer shorts, their shorn heads bowed, are pictured pressed together in precise formation only inches apart, as shotgun-wielding guards in full riot gear eye them ominously. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Teams were garbed in matching uniforms with their business names or sponsor logos. \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 26 Sep. 2019",
"The architects brought in Hugo Ballin, a local artist who painted the murals at Griffith Observatory, to create tile murals above the front entrance depicting allegorical figures in Greco-Roman garb that symbolize Trust, Protection and Fidelity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Crisp\u2019s and Blair\u2019s characters go down with the ship, while Hindley\u2019s grabs a seat in a lifeboat garbed as a woman. \u2014 Tom Titus, Daily Pilot , 12 Aug. 2019",
"Accordingly, the scientists are garbed in white onesies, gloves, booties and hairnets. \u2014 Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News , 9 July 2019",
"Markle turned heads while garbed in a $595 black Judith & Charles plunge neck-line tuxedo mini dress and matching pumps. \u2014 Morgan M. Evans, Fox News , 31 Aug. 2018"
],
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"Noun",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1673, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an opening for a gate",
": gate sense 4a",
": an opening for a gate",
": a passage into or out of a place or condition"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101t-\u02ccw\u0101",
"\u02c8g\u0101t-\u02ccw\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"key",
"open sesame",
"passport",
"secret",
"ticket"
],
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"examples":[
"Mourners slowly passed though the gateway of the cemetery.",
"hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the heart of western North Carolina\u2019s High Country, Banner Elk sits at an elevation of 3,701 feet and acts as a gateway to the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains\u2019 many offerings. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"Known as the gateway to Everest, the airport's runway is laid out on a cliffside between mountains, dropping straight into an abyss at the end. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Manveena Suri, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"It\u2019s the hometown of actor Matthew McConaughey and serves as a gateway to the Texas Hill Country river region. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 25 May 2022",
"Kherson, a Black Sea port of roughly 300,000, provides Crimea with access to fresh water and is seen as a gateway to wider Russian control over southern Ukraine. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 May 2022",
"Beyond filler, some influencers say that the trendy injectables popularized on social media can act as a gateway to more expensive, long-lasting and risky plastic surgeries. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Following a restoration project by the Trust for the National Mall, which included moving the house approximately 36 feet to the south and then 35 feet to the west using a hydraulic system, the house now serves as the gateway to the National Mall. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Florida hub has long been a favorite getaway for Americans, in particular as the gateway to its world-famous theme parks. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Guests can engage with the resort\u2019s breadth of wellness activities from yoga to crafting, or simply use the site as a gateway to the hushed Apostle Islands, an archipelago that stretches out into the deep. \u2014 Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being garrulous"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"ga-"
],
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"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verbiage",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
],
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"examples":[
"in her article the professor resorts to garrulity in a vain attempt to disguise the fact that she has very little worth saying"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French garrulit\u00e9, borrowed from Latin garrulit\u0101t-, garrulit\u0101s, from garrulus \"chatty, garrulous \" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity ",
"first_known_use":[
"1581, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192740"
},
"garish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": clothed in vivid colors",
": excessively or disturbingly vivid",
": offensively or distressingly bright : glaring",
": tastelessly showy : flashy",
": too bright or showy : gaudy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ger-ish",
"\u02c8ger-ish"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
],
"examples":[
"the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Similarly, the scenic design by Randall Parsons is a clever arrangement of stars and stripes \u2014 as wood flooring, as subtle browns rather than as garish red, white and blue. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Even when live events came back, celebrities seemed reluctant to look too glamorous at the risk of sounding a garish note in the midst of a public health crisis. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
"At times, white washes of garish daylight poured in from the wings, a reminder of realities kept at bay. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"What would, today, be dismissed as garish act of patriotism was somehow symbolic of the bold, blithe zeitgeist. \u2014 CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"What looks garish in screenshot form is thankfully quite tolerable in the course of gameplay. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The pool, which is recommended for children ages 3 and up, features a lovely beach scene on the outside, designed with attractive, non- garish hues. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"The animation looks surprisingly impressive on the big screen, while still maintaining the show\u2019s garish , eye-searing color scheme and penchant for denoting body hair as an unruly Morse Code of dashes and dots. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"But Manolete\u2019s manager had told him to stop mimicking the garish , balletic style of bullfighting that was popular at the time and taught him, instead, to leverage his rail-thin build and natural demeanor into something statelier. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192852"
},
"garble":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning",
": to introduce textual error into (a message) by inaccurate encipherment, transmission, or decipherment",
": to sift impurities from",
": cull sense 1",
": an act or an instance of garbling",
": the impurities removed from spices in sifting",
": to change or twist the meaning or sound of"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4r-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist",
"warp"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent",
"garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In 2013, Sahai and five co-authors proposed an iO protocol that splits up a program into something like jigsaw puzzle pieces, then uses cryptographic objects called multilinear maps to garble the individual pieces. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 10 Nov. 2020",
"At one point Justice Stephen Breyer's line was briefly garbled . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 5 May 2020",
"The not-so-great aspect of the low-tech shows are video conference interviews that get glitchy, as voices get garbled or out of sync, and images freeze up. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Apr. 2020",
"As a result, if something is wrong with a flight attendant's PA, it will be reported to maintenance, whereas the pilots may even not be aware theirs is garbled . \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2020",
"The candidates' closing arguments to Arizona Democrats in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary were garbled by the novel coronavirus outbreak. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 17 Mar. 2020",
"But Dersh garbled the point \u2014 which also occasionally happens, even to those of us who are not 81 and lack the professor\u2019s vigor. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 31 Jan. 2020",
"The recording was garbled at times, the newspaper reported, but a man told the authorities that a woman had fallen into a creek and couldn\u2019t be pulled from the water. \u2014 Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al , 14 Oct. 2019",
"The league\u2019s initial response to the Morey fiasco was garbled , vague, and contradictory. \u2014 Nathaniel Friedman, The New Republic , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Maybe there was a garble (the difference between didn\u2019t come up and wasn\u2019t discussed inappropriately could easily be confused). \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 2 May 2020",
"The audio reflects about 30 minutes of radio transmissions edited for brevity and elimination of gaps and garbles . \u2014 D. Kwas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Aug. 2019",
"At every turn, Guyatt either garbles or corrupts my arguments. \u2014 Nicholas Guyatt, The New York Review of Books , 6 June 2019",
"But the video \u2014 and subsequent performances, including a cringey SNL appearance \u2014 contains visual and lyrical content that is not a focused homage to Japan but rather a garble of exociticizing Asian signifiers. \u2014 Andrew Chow, refinery29.com , 22 May 2018",
"There are bouts of puppy love (and more intense crushes), plenty of witty garbles from Sunny, and some Broadway-worthy performances from Harris (the end of episode three might be the grandest of them all). \u2014 Michaela Bechler, Vogue , 29 Mar. 2018",
"Indeed, Messina had given birth to a tool that would infiltrate our vernacular, aggregate conversations and, yes, fill screens with unnecessary, meaningless garble . \u2014 Matt Stevens, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2017",
"Indeed, Messina had given birth to a tool that would infiltrate our vernacular, aggregate conversations and, yes, fill screens with unnecessary, meaningless garble . \u2014 Matt Stevens, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2017",
"Indeed, Messina had given birth to a tool that would infiltrate our vernacular, aggregate conversations and, yes, fill screens with unnecessary, meaningless garble . \u2014 The New York Times, NOLA.com , 24 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Noun",
"1503, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193722"
},
"galette":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a flat round cake of pastry often topped with fruit",
": a food prepared and served in the shape of a flat round cake"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8let"
],
"synonyms":[
"cake",
"croquette",
"cutlet",
"fritter",
"patty",
"pattie"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a golden-brown galette of lightly buttered and saut\u00e9ed potato slices",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The classic French version of a king cake, the galette des rois, is a puff pastry cake that is usually filled with frangipane (a sweet cream made from almonds, butter sugar and eggs). \u2014 Rachel Taylor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Cook the other side of the galette until it\u2019s dried, about 15 seconds. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
"That night, xanthan gum saved my galette dough from being dry and crumbly. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
"This show-stopping galette is savory, made with mushrooms, kale, eggplant and capers, plus some non-dairy yogurt for creaminess. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The syrup also made a nice glaze for the finished galette . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The Classique galette with ham and Swiss cheese comes topped with an egg, and the depth of flavor made for a delightful, full-bodied entree. \u2014 Bruce Pecho, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Finally, November and December bring seasonal cheer, French delicacies, and galette des rois in shop windows. \u2014 Maya Kachroo-levine, Travel + Leisure , 20 Sep. 2021",
"But the galette , too loose, disperses \u2013 much of it onto the counter. \u2014 Julie Cohen, Variety , 5 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, going back to Old French galete , diminutive of Norman dialect gale \"kind of flat cake,\" feminine derivative of Picard & Norman gal \"pebble,\" probably going back to pre-Latin *gallo- ",
"first_known_use":[
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203720"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a bag for holding gas",
": an idle or garrulous talker"
],
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"\u02c8gas-\u02ccbag"
],
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"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"prattler",
"talker",
"windbag"
],
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"examples":[
"that gasbag will talk your ear off about anything",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Don\u2019t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage. \u2014 Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"This propulsive focus led to his long, gasbag sentences, ballooned to maximize the present, but also to crowd out any thought of past obligations or future consequences. \u2014 Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic , 27 Aug. 2020",
"There\u2019s a portrait of Balfour and Chamberlain, masters of Imperial Britain but at that moment slouching on the front bench of the House, listening to a gasbag . \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 14 Mar. 2020",
"Howard Scott, a Greenwich Village gasbag , seized the moment to push his philosophy of technocracy. \u2014 Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ , 23 June 2019",
"LaVar can be a weirdly entertaining gasbag , but consider his comments about his wife, who is recovering from a serious stroke. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 16 June 2018",
"Who knew De Niro's lasting role would be irrelevant gasbag pleasing irrelevant peers. \u2014 Fox News , 12 June 2018",
"East Lansing has Jaida Hampton, who won the Miss Basketball award, named after some old gasbag , and so much more. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 14 Mar. 2018",
"McNair\u2019s players got wind of this and assumed immediately their gasbag owner was fouling the air. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 30 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210736"
},
"gaseous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having the form of or being gas",
": of or relating to gases",
": lacking substance or solidity",
": gassy sense 3",
": having the form of gas",
": of or relating to gas",
": having the form of or being gas",
": of or relating to gases"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-s\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8ga-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8ga-s\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8ga-sh\u0259s",
"\u02c8gas-\u0113-\u0259s",
"\u02c8gash-\u0259s"
],
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"bombastic",
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gassy",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
],
"examples":[
"a substance changing from a liquid to a gaseous state",
"a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The discovery of gaseous elements like oxygen could be indicators of life-sustaining conditions. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 20 June 2022",
"However, a central gaseous core where deuterium burning is taking place (deuterium fusing with hydrogen to form helium-3). \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Even then, the darkness only dissipated gradually, as intense ultraviolet radiation from the universe\u2019s first luminous objects reionized the surrounding neutral hydrogen, eventually burning away the gaseous gloom. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, Air Liquide, which supplies gaseous nitrogen to the launchpad, has upgraded and tested its pipeline configuration to better support the testing and launch of Artemis I. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 27 May 2022",
"For example, gaseous nitrogen system supplier Air Liquide will upgrade its capabilities. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The reason give is due to an off-site supplier of gaseous nitrogen that\u2019s needed during the test. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, intense surface winds cause a gaseous cloud known as a circumstellar envelope to form around the star. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The abundance of hot Jupiters\u2014giant, scorching worlds that circle their stars in a matter of days\u2014upended traditional theories of planet formation, which didn\u2019t account for such huge, gaseous planets cozied up to their suns. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-215607"
},
"gazette":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": newspaper",
": an official journal",
": an announcement in an official gazette",
": to announce or publish in a gazette",
": to announce the appointment or status of in an official gazette",
": newspaper",
": a journal giving official information"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8zet",
"g\u0259-\u02c8zet"
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"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
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"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
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"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"picked up the monthly car-buyer's gazette when he was in town",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The legislation came into effect on April 1, according to an official gazette issued Friday, and allows authorities to arrest and imprison suspects without warrants. \u2014 Rukshana Rizwie, Sophie Jeong And Alex Stambaugh, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The delisting by the ministry\u2019s Food and Drug Administration will now need to be formally signed by the health minister and enters into effect 120 days after its publication in the government gazette . \u2014 Time , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The decision issued by the ministries of health, justice, infrastructure and the government's chief of staff was published in the nation\u2019s official gazette Thursday. \u2014 Debora Alvares, ajc , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The country published Friday the new guidelines on its official gazette , also removing Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro and North Macedonia from the safe list. \u2014 Fox News , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The Justice Ministry authorized the deployment, which was published Monday in the nation's official gazette . \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, Star Tribune , 14 June 2021",
"The order, which was published Monday in Brazil's official gazette , didn't provide details about the number of troops to be deployed nor the cost of the operation. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, ajc , 29 June 2021",
"The order, which was published Monday in Brazil's official gazette , didn't provide details about the number of troops to be deployed nor the cost of the operation. \u2014 D\u00c9bora \u00c1lvares, Star Tribune , 29 June 2021",
"The order, which was published Monday in Brazil\u2019s official gazette , didn\u2019t provide details about the number of troops to be deployed nor the cost of the operation. \u2014 Debora Alvares, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On April 5, two workers\u2019 dormitories were gazetted as isolation areas, keeping over 20,000 in shamefully cramped areas. \u2014 Jerrine Tan, Wired , 29 Apr. 2020",
"When the national parks were gazetted for the benefit of wildlife, the indigenous forest dwellers, the Batwa, were cast out. \u2014 Sophy Roberts, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-220921"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a clumsy stupid person : lout",
": to gape or stare stupidly",
": to stare stupidly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022fk",
"\u02c8g\u022fk"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
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"blink",
"gape",
"gawp",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"thought that the linebackers were dumb gawks until he got to know them better",
"Verb",
"a crowd of gawking tourists",
"couldn't help gawking at the exotically dressed guests in the hotel lobby",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The badaud, by contrast, is always liable to form a group or crowd, either for a mass gawk or some communal response. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"People in the tavern gawk as Jamie interrogates his aunt, accusing her of purchasing a shop for Fergus to print propaganda. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"With its cool look and flashy two-tone color schemes, folks will take gawk at the RAV4 Prime at the stoplight. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
"People take deep breaths to inhale fresh air, gawk at the wildlife and rock climb. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Mar. 2021",
"This is pretty typical of my Chicago unrealistic gawk -searching. \u2014 Rebecca Makkai, Curbed , 25 Feb. 2021",
"The reader doesn\u2019t gawk at her tragedy and resilience. \u2014 Karen Valby, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Even in the drowsy predawn morning, onlookers stopped to gawk . \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 28 Oct. 2019",
"By Saturday afternoon, reporters and photographers loitered outside the restaurant, as did people who had wandered over to gawk . \u2014 Sarah Murray, latimes.com , 24 June 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This urge to gawk at the unspoken parts of war reminded me of my second deployment as a Marine in southern Afghanistan in 2010, where there was plenty of killing and dying but not on a scale comparable to Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The chance to gawk at the splayed viscera of other people\u2019s lives would surely attract viewers no matter who occupied the therapist\u2019s chair. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Bruce Paddock, who bought his first Riva Aquarama in 2009, recalls going to a waterside restaurant near his home on Lake Minnetonka, Minn., and watching the diners flock outside to gawk . \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Students and Rollins staff members came in droves to the campus greenroom starting Monday to gawk , giggle and hold their noses up at the putrid-smelling flower. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"No one wants to end up with a drink that tastes like exhaust from the tour buses dropping people off to gawk at the cherry trees. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Bazzana is another player causing teammates to stop and gawk . \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Chants and speeches were intermittently drowned out by the jackhammers at a nearby construction site, while tourists stopped to gawk and snap photos, and a steady stream of car horns droned their support down Seventh Avenue. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2022",
"When Payton turns up to watch a game from the bleachers, a mortified Connor looks away while the rest of the town turns to gawk at the tarnished celebrity in their midst. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 28 Jan. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1757, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-234712"
},
"galoot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fellow",
": one who is strange or foolish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's a bighearted galoot , even if he's not the sharpest tool in the shed"
],
"history_and_etymology":"of obscure origin",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1818, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-001747"
},
"gaily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in a gay manner : marked by gaiety",
": in a merry or lively way",
": in a bright or showy way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"examples":[
"we sat around the table, gaily teasing each other and laughing about the good old days",
"children gaily running to the buses on the last day of school",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peer into their forbidding black hoods and gaily stitched pieces of hot-pink woolen felt inside invite unexpected visual caresses. \u2014 Christopher Knightart Critic, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The east side of the field had been set apart for those in carriages, and soon from one end to the other, it was filled with vehicles of all descriptions gaily decorated in blue and gold and in white and red. \u2014 al , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The walls were gaily papered with Sunday supplements of the Mobile Register. \u2014 Kate Bolick, The New York Review of Books , 20 Aug. 2020",
"The left\u2019s decision to withdraw from conversations about genetics and social outcomes leaves a vacuum that the right has gaily filled. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gayly , from gay gay entry 1 + -ly -ly entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-045116"
},
"gallery":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a roofed promenade : colonnade",
": corridor sense 1",
": an outdoor balcony",
": porch , veranda",
": a platform at the quarters or stern of a ship",
": a long and narrow passage, apartment, or corridor",
": a subterranean passageway in a cave or military mining system",
": a working drift or level in mining",
": an underground passage made by a mole or ant or a passage made in wood by an insect (such as a beetle)",
": a room or building devoted to the exhibition of works of art",
": an institution or business exhibiting or dealing in works of art",
": collection , aggregation",
": a structure projecting from one or more interior walls (as of an auditorium or church) to accommodate additional people",
": the highest balcony in a theater commonly having the cheapest seats",
": the part of a theater audience seated in the top gallery",
": the undiscriminating general public",
": the spectators at a sporting event (such as a tennis or golf match)",
": a small ornamental barrier or railing (as along the edge of a table or shelf)",
": a photographer's studio",
": a long narrow room or hall",
": an indoor structure (as in a theater or church) built out from one or more walls",
": a room or building in which people look at works of art",
": the highest balcony of seats in a theater or the people who sit there",
": a passage (as in wood) made by an animal and especially an insect"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8gal-r\u0113",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8gal-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"museum",
"salon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She owns a gallery downtown.",
"The movie features a gallery of weird characters.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the audience were several lawmakers who were trapped in the House gallery during the attack. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Before he was introduced to the crowd, Stricker and his wife/caddie, Nicki, talked to a few friendly faces in the gallery and handed out hugs. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"In the audience were several lawmakers who were trapped together in the House gallery during the attack. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 June 2022",
"In the audience were several lawmakers who were trapped together in the House gallery during the attack. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Mejia\u2019s mother, who was seated in the gallery , lowered her head. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"See photos from the concert in the gallery at the top of this post and look for a full recap of Brooks\u2019 stadium show on Sunday at AL.com. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 4 June 2022",
"Nemtsov and Kara-Murza were sitting in the gallery on November 16, 2012, when the House passed the act. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 31 May 2022",
"See more photos from the event in the gallery at the top of this article. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gallerie , borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin galeria , probably alteration (by dissimilation or suffix change) of galilea galilee ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-085017"
},
"gate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"noun combining form",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an opening in a wall or fence",
": a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures (such as towers)",
": the frame or door that closes a gate",
": a movable barrier (as at a grade crossing)",
": a means of entrance or exit",
": starting gate",
": an area (as at a railroad station or an airport) for departure or arrival",
": a space between two markers through which a competitor must pass in the course of a slalom race",
": a door, valve, or other device for controlling the passage especially of a fluid",
": an electronic switch that allows or prevents the flow of current in a circuit \u2014 compare base entry 1 , drain entry 2 , source entry 1",
": an electrode in a field-effect transistor that modulates the current flowing through the transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode \u2014 compare drain , source",
": a device (as in a computer) that outputs a signal when specified input conditions are met",
": a molecule or part of a molecule that acts (as by a change in conformation) in response to a stimulus to permit or block passage (as of ions) through a cell membrane",
": dismissal",
": the total admission receipts or the number of spectators (as at a sports event)",
": to confine to a campus or dormitory",
": to supply with a gate",
": to control with a gate",
": way , path",
": method , style",
": usually political scandal often involving the concealment of wrongdoing",
": an opening in a wall or fence",
": a part of a barrier (as a fence) that opens and closes like a door",
": a door, valve, or other device for controlling the flow of water or other fluids",
": an area at an airport where passengers arrive and leave",
": a molecule or part of a molecule (as an amino acid sequence in a protein) that acts (as by a change in conformation) in response to a stimulus to permit or block passage through a cell membrane",
": to control passage through a cell membrane by way of (a specific channel) by supplying a specific stimulus",
"\u2014 see ligand-gated , voltage-gated"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101t",
"\u02ccg\u0101t",
"\u02c8g\u0101t",
"\u02c8g\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"door",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-120559"
},
"gathering":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": assembly , meeting",
": a suppurating swelling : abscess",
": the collecting of food or raw materials from the wild",
": collection , compilation",
": a gather in cloth",
": an occasion when people come together as a group",
": a suppurating swelling : abscess"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gat\u035fh-ri\u014b",
"\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259-",
"\u02c8ga-t\u035fh\u0259-ri\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblage",
"assembly",
"conference",
"congregation",
"convocation",
"ingathering",
"meeting",
"muster"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I see my cousins only at occasional family gatherings .",
"dinner parties and other social gatherings",
"a gathering of political leaders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before this gathering is over, Simon will make out with the mom, throw a roast turkey at his hosts\u2019 son, smash their front window and set fire to their front yard. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2022",
"Massachusetts, June 11-12 About a dozen tribes from New England and beyond participate in this gathering . \u2014 Patricia Harris And David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"According to the State Department, its response to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking more details about this gathering , which was submitted in October 2018, will come in September 2022. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"As Teague told the gathering , grief is evidence of love. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2022",
"More information about how to apply to attend this in-person gathering will be available on the Apple Developer site and the app. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But the constant pictures of civilian carnage in Ukraine and the mendacity of Putin's assault on an independent, sovereign country will make this gathering different. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Both beer professionals and lovers of the craft are welcome at this community gathering . \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This gathering is a kind of family reunion of kindred spirits, knowingly connecting different do-it-yourself scenes, past and present, from across Black music. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English gaderyng, gederunge , going back to Old English gadrung, g\u00e6drung, gegaderung, gegadrung \"joining, union, assembly,\" from gadrian, gaderian \"to join, unite, gather entry 1 \" + -ung -ing entry 3 ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-144559"
},
"game":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective ()",
"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other",
": a division of a larger contest",
": the manner of playing in a contest",
": a particular aspect or phase of play in a game or sport",
": the set of rules governing a game",
": the number of points necessary to win",
": points scored in certain card games (as in all fours) by a player whose cards count up the highest",
": organized athletics",
": a field of gainful activity : line",
": any activity undertaken or regarded as a contest involving rivalry, strategy, or struggle",
": the course or period of such an activity",
": area of expertise : specialty sense 3",
": activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : play",
": the equipment for a game",
": often derisive or mocking jesting : fun , sport",
": a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic",
": an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver : racket",
": animals under pursuit or taken in hunting",
": wild animals hunted for sport or food",
": the flesh of game animals",
": a target or object especially of ridicule or attack",
": pluck",
": willing or ready to proceed",
": having or showing a resolute unyielding spirit",
": of or relating to game",
": to manipulate, exploit, or cheat in (a system, a situation, etc.) slyly or dishonestly for personal gain",
": to play video games",
": to play for a stake : gamble",
"\u2014 see also gaming",
": to lose or squander by gambling",
": lame",
": a contest or sport played according to rules with the players in direct opposition to each other",
": the manner of playing in a game or contest",
": playful activity : something done for amusement",
": animals hunted for sport or for food",
": the meat from animals hunted for food",
": willing or ready to do something",
": full of spirit or eagerness",
": relating to or being animals that are hunted",
": to play for a stake : gamble"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101m",
"\u02c8g\u0101m"
],
"synonyms":[
"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney"
],
"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"disposed",
"fain",
"glad",
"inclined",
"minded",
"ready",
"willing"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a(1)",
"Adjective (1)",
"1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Verb",
"1512, in the meaning defined at sense",
"Adjective (2)",
"circa 1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-095615"
},
"gangbanger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a street gang"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga\u014b-\u02ccba\u014b-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite making up 18% of the U.S. population, the usual stereotypes of the gangbanger , the day laborer, the janitor, the maid, and the exotic Latina continue to be seen on the big screen. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The gangbanger label will follow a person for life. \u2014 Jacqueline Serrato, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
"His mother has told him to avoid the side streets where the gangbangers hang out. \u2014 Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com , 5 May 2018",
"When his father died suddenly, Hernandez was distraught and started hanging with gangbangers and druggies. \u2014 Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY , 22 Jan. 2018",
"There are crooked cops, and feds, and gangbangers , and an orc mafia. \u2014 Jordan Hoffman, HWD , 20 Dec. 2017",
"Here\u2019s another gun-packing gangbanger who lives la vida loca and then reaps its bloody rewards. \u2014 Alexis Soloski, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"For the past few weeks, Gillespie\u2019s campaign has run ads tying Northam, a pediatrician and Army doctor, to MS-13 gangbangers and to a child pornographer. \u2014 Petula Dvorak, Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2017",
"Urban legend has it that Ice-T was a gangbanger in his youth, most notoriously with the Crips. \u2014 Ericka Blount Danois, The Root , 13 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gangbang + -er entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1969, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-110047"
},
"gain(s)":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": resources or advantage acquired or increased : profit",
": the act or process of acquiring something",
": an increase in amount, magnitude, or degree",
": the increase (as of voltage or signal intensity) caused by an amplifier",
": the ratio of output over input",
": the signal-gathering ability of an antenna",
": to acquire or get possession of usually by industry, merit, or craft",
": to win in competition or conflict",
": to arrive at : reach , attain",
": traverse , cover",
": to get by a natural development or process",
": to establish a specific relationship with",
": to make an increase of (a specified amount)",
": to increase in (a particular quality)",
": to win to one's side : persuade",
": to cause to be obtained or given : attract",
": to run fast by the amount of",
": to get advantage : profit",
": increase",
": to increase in weight",
": to improve in health or ability",
": to run fast",
": to get closer to something pursued",
": to make progress",
": something valuable or desirable that is obtained or acquired : profit",
": an increase in amount, size, or degree",
": to get or win often by effort",
": to get or acquire in a natural or gradual way",
": to increase in",
": to get to : reach",
": to get an advantage : profit",
": to improve in health",
": an increase in value, capital, or amount \u2014 compare loss",
": a gain realized on the sale or exchange of a capital asset (as a stock or real estate)",
": a gain realized by an insured because property insurance benefits paid for a loss from a casualty or theft are greater than the adjusted value of the insured asset",
": a capital gain realized on the sale or exchange of an asset held for more than a specified period (as a year)",
": a gain from the exchange or sale of an asset that is not capital",
": a capital gain realized on the sale or exchange of an asset held for less than a specified period (as a year) that is treated as ordinary income under federal income tax laws",
": a class of community property that reflects the increase in property value contributed by the common skill or labor of the spouses"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101n",
"\u02c8g\u0101n",
"\u02c8g\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"antonyms":[
"build up",
"gather",
"grow (in)",
"pick up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The survey did not address what respondents thought the personal interests were (e.g. political ambition, financial gain or something else). \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"Inmates may receive gain time based on factors such as their behavior and taking part in work and programs. \u2014 Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Amid the disappointment of the Heat\u2019s Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, Riley opened his postseason presser at least noting a personal gain amid the hurt. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"On the first play from scrimmage in the game, Warth lofted a long pass to Scott receiver Cam Patterson for a 44-yard gain . \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Smart partnerships will also forego short-term gain in favor of creating long-term, sustainable values for their stakeholders. \u2014 Ivan Ong, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Last month\u2019s gain reflects a resilient job market that has so far shrugged off concerns that the economy will weaken in the coming months as the Federal Reserve steadily raises interest rates to fight inflation. \u2014 Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"This provides patients with a sense that their doctor takes pride in the quality of their work over financial gain \u2014 a welcome departure from the economic motivators driving the U.S. healthcare system. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"That was a 3 million quarterly net gain for HBO Max/HBO, which matched that in the year-earlier period. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Though the main point of the party was simply to get outside, sightsee and live off the grid, Birnie \u2014 who operated a jewelry store with her husband in La Grande \u2014 helped her friends gain autonomy long before women\u2019s liberation. \u2014 Britta Lokting, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"While on the restricted list, Rodriguez will not be paid his salary and will not gain MLB service time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"Some observers interpreted the data as a signal that Sweeney could gain ground on Peltola, who did especially well in her home region of rural Southwest Alaska. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"While mass school shootings gain nationwide headlines from Texas to Connecticut, individual shootings continue to have devastating effects in cities like Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"While on the restricted list, Rodriguez will not be paid his salary and will not gain MLB service time. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"Health experts forecast another wave of breakthrough COVID-19 infections as newer omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 gain ground on the dominant BA.2.12.1 sublineage of the virus. \u2014 Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 June 2022",
"That would save them having to pay and then gain forgiveness of the debt at some future date. \u2014 Milton Ezrati, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Target, however, continues to expect full-year revenue growth in the low- to mid-single digit range and expects to maintain or gain market share for the year. \u2014 CBS News , 7 June 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 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113047"
},
"gape":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to open the mouth wide",
": to open or part widely",
": to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder",
": yawn",
": an act or instance of opening the mouth wide or of keeping the mouth open wide",
": yawn entry 2 sense 2",
": the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake)",
": the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c ) of a bird close",
": something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent)",
": the width of an opening",
": a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1 )",
": to stare with the mouth open in surprise or wonder",
": to open or part widely",
": an act or instance of opening or staring with the mouth open"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101p",
"sometimes",
"\u02c8g\u0101p"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"gawk",
"gawp",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"antonyms":[
"aspect",
"eye",
"gaze",
"regard",
"scrutiny",
"stare"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order",
"Noun",
"I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Perhaps the most popular way to explore the canyon is via a boat tour that meanders down the river, allowing visitors to gape up at the imposing rock walls. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 21 Feb. 2022",
"From many places along Interstate 5, where travelers can\u2019t help but gape at the towering volcano, snow has been hard to see for weeks. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Aug. 2021",
"But, in the meantime, Metsavainio\u2019s 100,000-pixel-wide epic still offers plenty to gape at. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
"His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn\u2019t help but gape at. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 7 Nov. 2020",
"When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard\u2019s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sabl\u00e9, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn\u2019t swoop in or gape in horror. \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2020",
"The Grand Canyon this is not \u2014 but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape . \u2014 Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com , 9 July 2019",
"And as women with full chests know, finding a button-down that doesn't gape at the buttons is nearly impossible, so Chan added hidden buttons to make sure the shirt doesn't pull open at the bust. \u2014 Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort. \u2014 Susan Brickell, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park\u2019s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 15 Sep. 2021",
"The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Sep. 2017",
"Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery. \u2014 ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021",
"On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window. \u2014 Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Oct. 2021",
"But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Her mouth gape measures 6.56 centimeters, or about two and a half inches. \u2014 Rachel Trent, CNN , 31 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-113807"
},
"gassy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of or containing gas",
": having excess gas in the stomach or intestines : flatulent sense 1a",
": causing flatulence",
": having the characteristics of gas",
": characterized by many words but little content : emptily verbose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombastic",
"flatulent",
"fustian",
"gaseous",
"grandiloquent",
"oratorical",
"orotund",
"rhetorical",
"rhetoric",
"windy"
],
"antonyms":[
"unrhetorical"
],
"examples":[
"He felt bloated and gassy .",
"another gassy speech by a long-winded politician",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This happens, the team hypothesized, because the gassy , dusty material is periodically sucked in by the stars\u2019 massive gravitational pull. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
"The sketch introduces Aidy Bryant as Dina Beans, Archie's wife and gassy muse. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 15 May 2022",
"After a video of the large pup's hijinks goes viral, a successful dog trainer spots the clip and decides to try turning the goofy (and gassy ) canine into a top show dog. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Some astrophysicists developed theories of extra- gassy environments that would allow small seed black holes \u2014 the corpses of the first stars \u2014 to experience sustained growth spurts. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The thick, freezing, and gassy atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune contain a mixture of hydrogen, helium, and methane. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Feb. 2022",
"After all, who wants to feel constantly gassy or bloated while running to the bathroom left and right? \u2014 Alisa Hrustic, SELF , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Everything about him sounded gassy and self-inflated, from his credentials as a mercenary in the Middle East theater to his counterterror chops at an intel firm. \u2014 Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone , 30 Jan. 2022",
"When fed to cows, these new additives make the animals less gassy . \u2014 Lisa Held, Fortune , 8 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114051"
},
"garnish":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": decorate , embellish",
": to add decorative or savory touches to (food or drink)",
": to equip with accessories : furnish",
": garnishee",
": embellishment , ornament",
": something (such as lemon wedges or parsley) used to decorate or flavor food or drink",
": an unauthorized fee formerly extorted from a new inmate of an English jail",
": a similar payment required of a new worker",
": to add decorations or seasoning (as to food)",
": something used to add decoration or flavoring (as to food)",
": to subject (property or money) to garnishment",
": to seek satisfaction of (a debt) through garnishment \u2014 compare attach , levy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-nish",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-nish",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-nish"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"antonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Chocolate curls garnished the cake.",
"a chef who never served any dish without first garnishing it",
"Noun",
"added a garnish of parsley to the plate before serving it",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Just bring along a paring knife and a spoon to prep the avocados, then crisp up the bread and garnish with edible leaves, like those plucked from a marigold. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Add more ice to form a dome on top, and garnish with the mint sprigs. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"If desired, add meat or seafood, and garnish with more pork crackling, pickled red onions and cilantro leaves. \u2014 Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Spoon the mixture into the halved oranges and garnish with purple cabbage. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Strain up into a cocktail or coupe or, yes, martini glass, and garnish with a lemon twist. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with herbs, if desired. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Slice and garnish a homey, comforting bowl of chili. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022",
"His light-up cubes had begun as a playful way to garnish a cocktail. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Serves 6 To keep a boneless pork loin from drying out over high heat, sprinkle it with a dry brine of salt, sugar, paprika, pepper, and dry mustard before grilling, then add a garnish of the popular Argentine herb condiment, chimichurri. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Edible flowers are an easy and pretty way to add color and flavor to a dish, either as a garnish , or even incorporated into the dish itself. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Most cooks prefer the flat-leaved Italian type, but the curly variety is also tasty and adds color when used as a garnish . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Grill citrus wheels on both sides for a neat cocktail garnish . \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Pineapple Bubly, pineapple juice, cranberry juice and pineapple garnish . \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Like fresh herbs, flaky salt, or spicy chili flakes, edible glitter is a garnish that improves pretty much everything. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The second-rounders are bad trade garnish , and first-round pick swaps with Utah aren\u2019t enticing, but any of these may serve as tiebreakers if the Jazz are competing with other trade seekers. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Grab a Freakshow Old Fashioned, made with bourbon, elderflower liqueur, peach puree and lemon juice with an orange twist and cherry garnish . \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122223"
},
"garden":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated",
": a rich well-cultivated region",
": a container (such as a window box) planted with usually a variety of small plants",
": a public recreation area or park usually ornamented with plants and trees",
": an open-air eating or drinking place",
": a large hall for public entertainment",
": to lay out or work in a garden",
": to make into a garden",
": to ornament with gardens",
": of, relating to, used in, or frequenting a garden",
": of a kind typically grown in gardens",
": suitable for growth in an outdoor garden especially due to hardiness",
": commonly found : garden-variety",
": a piece of ground in which fruits, flowers, or vegetables are grown",
": a public area for the showing of plants",
": to make or work in a garden"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-d\u1d4an",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-d\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"amphitheater",
"arena",
"auditorium",
"hall",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We planted a small garden in our backyard.",
"They were sitting out in the back garden .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The booklet includes a map, a description of each garden , and indicates restrooms and picnic area locations. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"This vibrant orange-and-yellow flower will add pizzazz to any garden . \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"That's around 60 gallons of water for every 100 square feet of garden . \u2014 Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
"Allen also introduced many rare plant species to the garden . \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"Both naiads and adults hunt other insects (plus tadpoles or even tiny fish for the naiads) and are welcome visitors to the garden . \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"And the house and yard were manipulated to make sure the garden would be appreciated through doors and windows that open on three sides of the house. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 21 June 2022",
"During the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, ashes of beloved bargoers and community members were scattered in the backyard garden . \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 21 June 2022",
"Princess Beatrice made three trips to the Royal Ascot this year, providing a mini-fashion fair of garden looks. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For the dads who love to garden but maybe shouldn't spend quite so much time on their knees anymore, this canvas chair and storage bag is the perfect combo. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"Barbara Bellesi Zito writes about home and garden topics for various lifestyle publications. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 May 2022",
"Over 143 students reside on-campus learning how to garden , establish sustainable living practices, and a sense of agency. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The brewery also has a small gift shop on site, the Grainery, that sells home and garden decor along with brewery swag. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Local artists showcase handcrafted home and garden art pieces throughout the summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2021",
"If Dad loves to garden , spend some time outside tending to his masterpiece alongside him. \u2014 Erin Cavoto, Country Living , 4 May 2022",
"Seed saving is a cost-effective way to garden and preserve genetic diversity. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The new owner will also have the space to garden and enjoy outdoor entertaining on the 2-acre lot. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Wilma was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, and a member of many social, civic and garden groups. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com , 8 Feb. 2018",
"Garden categories include vegetables, fruit, flowers and miscellaneous items such as gourds, pumpkins and sunflowers. \u2014 Courant Community , 29 Aug. 2017",
"Garden spaces are available from early May to November. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland.com , 21 June 2017",
"Garden club member and garden walk chairperson Marci Stritch said the club has held annual garden walks for about 21 years. \u2014 Ginger Brashinger, Daily Southtown , 21 June 2017",
"Garden Conservancy Day GLASTONBURY \u2014 On Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be four gardens open for viewing in Glastonbury. \u2014 Courant Community , 19 June 2017",
"Garden program Learn about the Gable rhododendrons with garden expert Don Hyatt. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2017",
"Garden staples like spinach and some lettuce, for example, will stop growing the tasty leaves and shoot up a seed spire when the weather gets too hot. \u2014 Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com , 29 Apr. 2017",
"Garden experts say to create a tent structure to drape a cover, or use a frost blanket, which is specially made for the job. \u2014 Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post , 28 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"circa 1558, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-133619"
},
"gangling":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tall, thin, and awkwardly built : lanky , gangly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gli\u014b",
"-gl\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the riders at the barn just loved the gangling newborn colt"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps from gang entry 3 + -le , iterative verb suffix + -ing entry 3 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1764, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-150756"
},
"gaudiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented",
": marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness : outlandish",
": exceptional",
": a feast or entertainment especially in the form of an annual college dinner at a British university",
": too bright and showy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-d\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-",
"\u02c8g\u022f-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.",
"They bought the house for a gaudy sum.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For the second straight year, Bobcats sophomore Julia Allen broke the century mark for goals scored for the Boca Raton girls water polo team, while fellow sophomore Max Zelikov also turned in some gaudy numbers. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Smith\u2019s numbers and accolades, to be clear, are gaudy , and deserving of consideration. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"However, his gaudy statistics could be questioned given the competition. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Friday\u2019s futility was a gaudy contrast to Paul\u2019s previous brilliance, perhaps as easy to read as orange numbers on a purple jersey? \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
"Some of the students were mesmerized by his gaudy clothes and fancy car. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Still, QBs had a gaudy passer rating (118) when targeting him, an indication question marks remain. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
"From the outside, the Bentayga Mulliner Space Edition doesn't have any gaudy graphics or overt references to a galaxy far, far away. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The mother of six, who enjoyed wrapping silk flowers in gaudy bows and rescuing snakes and macaws, had always been known to tell it straight. \u2014 USA Today , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Season 1 took place on Deborah\u2019s home turf \u2014 largely in her gaudy mansion, in fact, which Ava snidely compared to the Cheesecake Factory. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Doncic has been putting up preposterous numbers, even by his gaudy standards. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Those gaudy figures came largely in the form of stock options, which means the take-home pay could shrink if the market takes a nosedive, but both men are still among the most richly remunerated in this or any industry. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, some may find all the LEDs gaudy , and others will get bored with them after a few days. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"So the place has both a gaudy past and an unusual present. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Brown also wore his gaudy Super Bowl ring and held it up when he was shown on the video scoreboard. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2022",
"This case, to me, did feel like a gamble, even by Las Vegas\u2019 gaudy standards. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"But the message ultimately rings hollow coming from a show as gaudy and sensationalized as this. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 16 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-191349"
},
"gawkish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gawky"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-kish"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly"
],
"antonyms":[
"coordinated",
"graceful"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of gawkish girl who trips while receiving her high school diploma"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gawk entry 1 + -ish ",
"first_known_use":[
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-200905"
},
"galumph":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to move with a clumsy heavy tread",
": to move in a loud and clumsy way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u0259m(p)f",
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u0259mf"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flog",
"flounder",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
],
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"I could hear him galumphing around in the attic.",
"the Great Dane galumphed across the floor to greet us",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another way in which people\u2019s carbon footprints become especially galumphing is through air travel, notably in first class. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Dec. 2019",
"There used to be campus dogs galumphing around the quad, fat on a diet of student pizza and potato chips. \u2014 Beth Thames , al , 30 Oct. 2019",
"There are also stretches of galumphing humor that go on too long. \u2014 Anthony Tommasini, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018",
"North Carolina\u2019s Luke Maye launched it in desperation and off-balance, with all of the grace of a grandpa galumphing through a three-legged race. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 18 Feb. 2018",
"His margin may well have been provided by the FBI and U.S. intelligence establishment\u2019s galumphing intervention in the Hillary Clinton email matter. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 1 Sep. 2017",
"The problem for Besson's movie, besides the problems with the movie itself, is its late arrival, galumphing into theaters so many years after so many recyclers and copycats. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 20 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps blend of gallop entry 1 and triumphant ",
"first_known_use":[
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-210118"
},
"gallimaufry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hodgepodge"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccga-l\u0259-\u02c8m\u022f-fr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the collection is a gallimaufry of poems, essays, and short stories that have no apparent unifying theme"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Middle French galimafree \"stew made with various meats,\" earlier calimafree \"kind of sauce,\" perhaps blend of galer \"to squander in pleasures, have a good time\" and Middle French dialect (Picard) mafrer \"to gorge oneself,\" borrowed from Middle Dutch moffelen, maffelen \"to work the jaws,\" of imitative origin \u2014 more at gallant entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1556, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101731"
},
"gaudy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented",
": marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness : outlandish",
": exceptional",
": a feast or entertainment especially in the form of an annual college dinner at a British university",
": too bright and showy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u022f-d\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-",
"\u02c8g\u022f-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.",
"They bought the house for a gaudy sum.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For the second straight year, Bobcats sophomore Julia Allen broke the century mark for goals scored for the Boca Raton girls water polo team, while fellow sophomore Max Zelikov also turned in some gaudy numbers. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"Smith\u2019s numbers and accolades, to be clear, are gaudy , and deserving of consideration. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"However, his gaudy statistics could be questioned given the competition. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 May 2022",
"Friday\u2019s futility was a gaudy contrast to Paul\u2019s previous brilliance, perhaps as easy to read as orange numbers on a purple jersey? \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 6 May 2022",
"Some of the students were mesmerized by his gaudy clothes and fancy car. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Still, QBs had a gaudy passer rating (118) when targeting him, an indication question marks remain. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2022",
"From the outside, the Bentayga Mulliner Space Edition doesn't have any gaudy graphics or overt references to a galaxy far, far away. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The mother of six, who enjoyed wrapping silk flowers in gaudy bows and rescuing snakes and macaws, had always been known to tell it straight. \u2014 USA Today , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Season 1 took place on Deborah\u2019s home turf \u2014 largely in her gaudy mansion, in fact, which Ava snidely compared to the Cheesecake Factory. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Doncic has been putting up preposterous numbers, even by his gaudy standards. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Those gaudy figures came largely in the form of stock options, which means the take-home pay could shrink if the market takes a nosedive, but both men are still among the most richly remunerated in this or any industry. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, some may find all the LEDs gaudy , and others will get bored with them after a few days. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"So the place has both a gaudy past and an unusual present. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Brown also wore his gaudy Super Bowl ring and held it up when he was shown on the video scoreboard. \u2014 Josh Peter, USA TODAY , 14 Feb. 2022",
"This case, to me, did feel like a gamble, even by Las Vegas\u2019 gaudy standards. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"But the message ultimately rings hollow coming from a show as gaudy and sensationalized as this. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 16 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1651, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105730"
},
"gabby":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": talkative , garrulous",
": fond of talking a lot : talkative"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-b\u0113",
"\u02c8ga-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"examples":[
"a gabby talk show host",
"a gabby talk-show host whose interviews were almost as much about herself as about her guests"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1719, in the meaning defined above"
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": gawk"
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"\u02c8g\u022fp",
"\u02c8g\u00e4p"
],
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"blink",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gaze",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
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"examples":[
"tourists in London gawping at royalty",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, when William came to Marlborough for interschool events, Kate was more interested in playing hockey than waiting at the goal line on the hockey field above Wedgewood, where some of the girls congregated to gawp at the prince. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 23 Feb. 2019",
"Indeed, when William came to Marlborough for interschool events, Kate was more interested in playing hockey than waiting at the goal line on the hockey field above Wedgewood, where some of the girls congregated to gawp at the prince. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 23 Feb. 2019",
"Viewership of pricey cable channels is in structural decline, as people spend more time on services like Netflix (or gawping at their phones). \u2014 The Economist , 18 Jan. 2018",
"Apps such as Facebook and YouTube are fine-tuned to keep users gawping . \u2014 The Economist , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Less hands-on museum-goers can gawp at sprawling, fantastical jungles and cities created by amateur Lego virtuosos all over the world and rebuilt here at the mothership. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Smithsonian , 29 June 2017",
"The Phantom is a superb place to spend time, but locomotion adds little sensation beyond the fact that the view through the windows of gawping mortals starts to scroll. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 12 Oct. 2017",
"Residents peer from their balconies, filming a club of gawping journalists stationed outside. \u2014 Jack Moore, Newsweek , 6 June 2017",
"Her exploitation is laid bare when a tour guide arrives at the witch camp with gawping holidaymakers in tow. \u2014 Thomas Page, CNN , 29 May 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1855, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-145905"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun combining form"
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": brave , plucky",
": having the flavor of game",
": having the flavor of game near tainting",
": smelly",
": sordid , scandalous",
": corrupt , disreputable",
": sexually suggestive : racy",
": marriage",
": union for propagation or reproduction",
": possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization",
": having the flavor or smell of meat from wild animals especially when slightly spoiled"
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"\u02c8g\u0101-m\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0101-m\u0113"
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"bawdy",
"blue",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An intriguing pinot combining a New World sense of adventure with gamy flavors that conjure images of cherries, tree bark and the day\u2019s kill on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the end, Surrealism came down to gamy incoherence. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"An intriguing pinot, with intense flavors of cherries, tree bark and a gamy meat on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 July 2021",
"Animals that spend their whole life grazing on pasture have a higher proportion of omega-3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids that break down into smaller molecules with fishy and gamy flavors. \u2014 Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 June 2021",
"This organic ros\u00e9, a blend of grenache and syrah, tastes of cantaloupe, sage and a gamy suggestion of a gossamer-thin slice of prosciutto. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2020",
"The lean, gamy meat is popular with bodybuilders and the wellness-conscious. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The Pax Armagh captured in a bottle the savory, floral, wild and gamy nature of the grape and place. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Venison gives this classic French comfort stew a pleasant, gamy flavor. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 11 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"Adjective",
"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-213536"
},
"gal":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation ()",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": girl , woman",
": a unit of acceleration equivalent to one centimeter per second per second",
"gallery",
"gallon",
"Galatians",
"gallon",
"galactose",
"gallon",
"guardian ad litem"
],
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"\u02c8gal"
],
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"gill",
"girl",
"girlfriend",
"inamorata",
"lady",
"ladylove",
"old lady",
"woman"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"1795, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1914, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-234129"
},
"gassed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": drunk sense 1a",
": drained of energy : spent , exhausted"
],
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"\u02c8gast"
],
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"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
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"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"he likes to go out and get gassed on weekends",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Videos posted online show protesters scrambling through streets while taking fire from security forces and being tear- gassed . \u2014 Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The Huskies no longer looked gassed in the fourth quarter, no longer beaten down or easily trapped. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Hundreds of protesters were ticketed, fined, or tear- gassed . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Members of the society watched as Black men and women were shot and killed, protesters of the shootings were tear- gassed and white rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. \u2014 The Washington Post, Arkansas Online , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Their standoff is interrupted by the appearance of other rioters, one of whom has been tear- gassed . \u2014 Nick Schager, EW.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The Jazz looked gassed , their defensive effort (read: the lack thereof) reflected that, and Utah\u2019s 24-game home winning streak came to an ignominious end at the hands of the Washington Wizards, 125-121. \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2021",
"The rest of the Spurs combined to go 6 of 27 from beyond the arc, including a 1 of 8 performance from Patty Mills, who looked suspiciously like a gassed 32-year-old on the second night of a back-to-back. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 2 Apr. 2021",
"During his campaign for president, he and his supporters have been regularly shot at, tear- gassed , and arrested. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Jan. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1863, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-063112"
},
"gagster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gagman",
": one who plays practical jokes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gag-st\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"humorist",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit"
],
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"examples":[
"gagsters tried to outdo one another on jokes about the high-profile box office bomb"
],
"history_and_etymology":" gag entry 2 + -ster ",
"first_known_use":[
"1935, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104216"
},
"garniture":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": embellishment , trimming",
": a set of decorative objects (such as vases, urns, or clocks)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-ni-ch\u0259r",
"-n\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
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"examples":[
"she prefers a spare style of interior decoration and doesn't go in for a lot of garnitures"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English garnetture \"border, trimming\" (Early Modern English garniture \"appurtenances\"), borrowed from Anglo-French gerneiture, garniture \"ornament, mount for a jewel\" & Middle French garniture \"accessory,\" going back to Old French garneture \"accessory for a saddle,\" from garnir \"to equip, trim, decorate\" + -eture,-iture, going back to Latin -\u012bt\u016bra, from -\u012bt-, participle ending of 4th conjugation verbs + -\u016bra -ure \u2014 more at garnish entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1558, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112325"
},
"gadabout":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who flits about in social activity",
": a person who goes to many different places for enjoyment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccbau\u0307t",
"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccbau\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifter",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was a thoughtful gadabout , always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For those of us who won\u2019t be joining in the sybaritic excursion, Matches is bringing the Riviera gadabout vibes to all with capsule collections of women\u2019s, men\u2019s and home products curated by Sci\u00f2 and Rabensteiner. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"But a linesman stepped in and prevented the gadabout angler from bringing in the catch. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
"He was inundated with offers and tried to avoid being typecast as the likable gadabout . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Listen here Writer, comedian, and social gadabout Lucas Murphy sits down with friends and contemporaries to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. \u2014 Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal , 20 Apr. 2020",
"So, a solar charging system fits perfectly with your gadabout persona. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020",
"In a few words The taverns are fair full of gadabouts making merry this eve. \u2014 National Geographic , 30 Mar. 2020",
"An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout , Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from the verb phrase gad about , from gad entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1757, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132317"
},
"gal\u00e8re":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a group of people having an attribute in common"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ga-\u02c8ler"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gang",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"charged that the campus newspaper had been completely taken over by a gal\u00e8re of right-wing zealots"
],
"history_and_etymology":"earlier, \"group of undesirable people, unpleasant situation,\" borrowed from French, \"unpleasant situation,\" literally, \"galley,\" going back to Middle French, borrowed from Catalan galera , alteration (by suffix substitution or hiatus-filling) of galea , borrowed from Middle Greek gal\u00e9a \u2014 more at galley ",
"first_known_use":[
"1756, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141307"
},
"gag rule":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rule saying that people are not allowed to speak freely or express their opinions about a particular subject",
": a law, order, or ruling that prohibits free debate or expression of ideas, information, or opinions",
": a rule limiting or prohibiting debate on an issue in a legislative assembly (as the U.S. House of Representatives)"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144059"
},
"gas sand":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sandstone or other rock containing natural gas"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-152922"
},
"galvanizing":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": stimulating in a way that provokes action or effort"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gal-v\u0259-\u02ccn\u012b-zi\u014b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1949, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-164747"
},
"galvanized iron":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": iron or steel coated with zinc to protect it from rust"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173859"
},
"gagtooth":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a projecting tooth"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"English dialect gag to project, stick out (of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gag hals having the head thrown back, Icelandic gagur bent backward, turned askew, Norwegian gag bent back, gaga to bend back) + tooth ; akin to Old English g\u0113agl throat, jaws, Middle High German gagen to fidget and perhaps to Old English geonian, ginian to yawn",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-173942"
},
"Gadaba":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of a tribal people of eastern India",
": the Munda language of the Gadabas"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gad\u0259b\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180045"
},
"galerie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gallery , veranda , porch"
],
"pronounciation":[
"gal\u02c8r\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"American French (Mississippi Valley), from French, gallery",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184104"
},
"garishness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": clothed in vivid colors",
": excessively or disturbingly vivid",
": offensively or distressingly bright : glaring",
": tastelessly showy : flashy",
": too bright or showy : gaudy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ger-ish",
"\u02c8ger-ish"
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"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
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"flashy",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
],
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"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
],
"examples":[
"the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Similarly, the scenic design by Randall Parsons is a clever arrangement of stars and stripes \u2014 as wood flooring, as subtle browns rather than as garish red, white and blue. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Even when live events came back, celebrities seemed reluctant to look too glamorous at the risk of sounding a garish note in the midst of a public health crisis. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022",
"At times, white washes of garish daylight poured in from the wings, a reminder of realities kept at bay. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"What would, today, be dismissed as garish act of patriotism was somehow symbolic of the bold, blithe zeitgeist. \u2014 CNN , 23 Feb. 2022",
"What looks garish in screenshot form is thankfully quite tolerable in the course of gameplay. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The pool, which is recommended for children ages 3 and up, features a lovely beach scene on the outside, designed with attractive, non- garish hues. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"The animation looks surprisingly impressive on the big screen, while still maintaining the show\u2019s garish , eye-searing color scheme and penchant for denoting body hair as an unruly Morse Code of dashes and dots. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"But Manolete\u2019s manager had told him to stop mimicking the garish , balletic style of bullfighting that was popular at the time and taught him, instead, to leverage his rail-thin build and natural demeanor into something statelier. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184448"
},
"garns":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of garns plural of garn"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190316"
},
"gas ring":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a ring-shaped portable gas burner for cooking"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1878, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190507"
},
"gabbler":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to talk fast or foolishly : jabber",
": to utter inarticulate or animal sounds",
": to say with incoherent rapidity : babble",
": to talk in a fast or foolish way or in a way that is hard to understand",
": talk that is fast or foolish or hard to understand"
],
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"\u02c8ga-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ga-b\u0259l"
],
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"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
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"heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night",
"during the filming of the party scene the extras were told to just gabble and act like they were having a great time"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably of imitative origin",
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"1577, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194404"
},
"gabble":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to talk fast or foolishly : jabber",
": to utter inarticulate or animal sounds",
": to say with incoherent rapidity : babble",
": to talk in a fast or foolish way or in a way that is hard to understand",
": talk that is fast or foolish or hard to understand"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ga-b\u0259l"
],
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"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
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"heard her parents' guests still gabbling in the living room late into the night",
"during the filming of the party scene the extras were told to just gabble and act like they were having a great time"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1577, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-194435"
},
"gad (about)":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who flits about in social activity",
": a person who goes to many different places for enjoyment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccbau\u0307t",
"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccbau\u0307t"
],
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"drifter",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
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"examples":[
"she was a thoughtful gadabout , always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For those of us who won\u2019t be joining in the sybaritic excursion, Matches is bringing the Riviera gadabout vibes to all with capsule collections of women\u2019s, men\u2019s and home products curated by Sci\u00f2 and Rabensteiner. \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"But a linesman stepped in and prevented the gadabout angler from bringing in the catch. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
"He was inundated with offers and tried to avoid being typecast as the likable gadabout . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Listen here Writer, comedian, and social gadabout Lucas Murphy sits down with friends and contemporaries to solve the New York Times crossword puzzle. \u2014 Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal , 20 Apr. 2020",
"So, a solar charging system fits perfectly with your gadabout persona. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020",
"In a few words The taverns are fair full of gadabouts making merry this eve. \u2014 National Geographic , 30 Mar. 2020",
"An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout , Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019"
],
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"1757, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": coated with zinc to prevent rust"
],
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"\u02c8gal-v\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bzd"
],
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"1837, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202251"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure",
": to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex"
],
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in central Ohio northeast of Columbus population 33,248"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8ha-n\u0259"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220705"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gabble"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-b\u0259lm\u0259nt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-221648"
},
"gangly":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": tall and thin and moving with a loose-jointed awkwardness : lanky , gangling",
": long and thin",
": having a tall and sparse appearance : lacking fullness",
": tall, thin, and awkward"
],
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113",
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113"
],
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"gangling",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
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"examples":[
"a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the footage screened, the gangly teen hangs out with a possible crush, watching cheesy game shows and experiencing an oddly comfortable mid-summer malaise of being young and bored and having not much to do. \u2014 Ben Croll, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"Screenwriter Zelin Li gives these gangly kids memorable personalities, which prove all the more lively through the endearingly exaggerated way they\u2019ve been rendered \u2014 to say nothing of the elegant, accelerated lion dance moves. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"In February of 2022, Pete officially called Kim his girlfriend in an interview with People, and the hearts of gangly comedian-appreciating women across the nation broke in unison. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 2 May 2022",
"How could Walsh have taken a gangly player from California over their beloved IU hometown hero. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Apr. 2022",
"From gangly sitcom star to one of the highest-grossing actors in the game to someone now able to green-light almost anything with his bright-as-light smile. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Kodi does such an arrestingly strange performance, gangly and deceptively fragile, one that steers the movie onto interesting ground. \u2014 Mary Sollosi, EW.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
"His character was often teased about his weight by the gangly J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and other members of the Evans family. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Vinecki, gangly and full of energy, walked up to the starting line wearing water wings. \u2014 Glamour , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably from gangl(ing) + -y entry 1 ",
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"1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223408"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": retort entry 3 sense 1b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-233435"
},
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to coat with an alloy of iron or steel and zinc produced by heating a surface already galvanized with zinc"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6galv +"
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"history_and_etymology":"blend of galvanize and anneal ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235522"
},
"Galatic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": galatian"
],
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"g\u0259\u02c8latik"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin Galaticus , from Greek Galatikos , from Galatai Galatians + -ikos -ic",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235941"
},
"gayety":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": merrymaking",
": festive activity",
": high spirits : merriment",
": elegance , finery"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-030302"
},
"gang mill":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sawing machine used in lumbering that has a heavy frame supporting numerous saw blades",
": a composite milling cutter made up of several cutters set in the same arbor in such relation as to give a cut having some desired profile"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-033503"
},
"gay dog":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a man given to licentious self-indulgence"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-035825"
},
"gahe":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": grotesque masked dancers with yucca crowns representing mountain spirits in Apache Indian ceremonies"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4(\u02cc)h\u0101"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Apache",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043620"
},
"gasser":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something outstanding",
"Herbert Spencer 1888\u20131963 American physiologist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-s\u0259r",
"\u02c8ga-s\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under new head football coach Marcus Freeman, No. 5 Notre Dame\u2019s practices for its PlayStation Fiesta Bowl appearance have been a gasser . \u2014 John Fineran, ajc , 22 Dec. 2021",
"On the team\u2019s hardest conditioning days, when players would have to run the 300-yard shuttle or a half- gasser sprint workout, Smith would always be in the front. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2021",
"Haggins said the team will be running gassers the next time they practice for each penalty. \u2014 Luis Torres, orlandosentinel.com , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Open to classics, hot rods, gassers , muscle cars, lowriders, trucks and motorcycles. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2019",
"In the Kings Local district, superintendent Tim Ackermann spared the Knights three gassers , a sprint in full pads, with his catch. \u2014 Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com , 9 Sep. 2019",
"The Chevrolet gasser blasted through salt air across a desolate stretch of land. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
"If the team fails to live up to expectations this season, will there be more gassers to go around? \u2014 Khadrice Rollins, SI.com , 29 July 2019",
"Case in point: Lions players ran half- gassers at the end of practice Tuesday, sprinting the width of the field. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1944, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-045603"
},
"gabbard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small ship (as a lighter or barge) formerly much used in inland navigation in Scotland"
],
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"\u02c8gab\u0259rd"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"modification (influenced by -ard, -art ) of Middle French gabarre, gabbarre ship, from Old Proven\u00e7al gabarra ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-070831"
},
"garland":{
"type":[
"biographical name ()",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a circular or spiral arrangement of intertwined material (such as flowers or leaves)",
": anthology , collection",
": to form into a garland",
": to adorn with or as if with a garland",
": a wreath or rope of material (as leaves or flowers)",
": to form into or decorate with a garland",
"(Hannibal) Hamlin 1860\u20131940 American novelist",
"Judy 1922\u20131969 originally Frances Gumm American actress and singer",
"city in northeastern Texas north-northeast of Dallas population 226,876"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-l\u0259nd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-l\u0259nd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-l\u0259nd",
"\u02c8g\u00e4r-l\u0259nd"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"They placed a garland of flowers around her neck.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This is surmounted by a rococo-style bow with trailing ribbons that terminate at the base with a flower garland . \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 13 May 2022",
"There's no better way to celebrate the reason for the season than with a festive DIY garland . \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
"String them along the corner on a garland to look like vines running through the frame. \u2014 Teaghan Skulszki, Sunset Magazine , 21 Dec. 2021",
"The pocket watch's front cover is engraved with a horseshoe and a garland of flowers around it, a metaphor for the horses before the race. \u2014 Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal , 3 June 2022",
"The show takes its title from a recent series that includes renderings of a cat, a rabbit, a dog within a leafy garland and a bird that perches atop, rather than inside, a metal cage. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Prices range from $45 to $115, and wreaths, centerpieces and garland also are being sold for prices that start at $28. \u2014 Alicia Fabbre, chicagotribune.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Roses have been associated with the Derby since 1896, when the winning horse, Ben Brush, was awarded a garland of pink and white roses. \u2014 Michael Solomon, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"The bride wears a garland of pink-and-white blossoms and a short white dress with spaghetti straps and a flaring skirt. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In this effort, citizens were more likely to garland him with roses rather than drench him in cold water. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The ostensible ambitions on display are sweeping: to garland a small collection of vehicles with drawings, art, posters, and films illustrating the hold that the internal combustion engine has exercised on modernity\u2019s collective soul. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 22 July 2021",
"What matters to Celtic and Rangers, at all times, is winning \u2014 to garland their own reputation and to dent that of their rival. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2021",
"The first two books are now rightly famous, garlanded with a Booker each. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Keep evergreens cool Try to place outdoor wreaths, swags, or garland out of direct sunlight, which tends to dry them out faster. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Squiggles of Nutella complete one option, also garlanded with fruit, known as the Triple. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Modi said in his address Thursday, speaking in front of a billowing, oversize Indian flag on a podium garlanded with jasmine flowers. \u2014 Joanna Slater, Washington Post , 15 Aug. 2019",
"Next in line is a record-company executive, Debra (Kate McKinnon), who flies Jack to Los Angeles and promises, or threatens, to garland him with riches and renown. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 June 2019"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-084847"
},
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"adjective",
"adjective ()",
"adverb",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other",
": a division of a larger contest",
": the manner of playing in a contest",
": a particular aspect or phase of play in a game or sport",
": the set of rules governing a game",
": the number of points necessary to win",
": points scored in certain card games (as in all fours) by a player whose cards count up the highest",
": organized athletics",
": a field of gainful activity : line",
": any activity undertaken or regarded as a contest involving rivalry, strategy, or struggle",
": the course or period of such an activity",
": area of expertise : specialty sense 3",
": activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : play",
": the equipment for a game",
": often derisive or mocking jesting : fun , sport",
": a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic",
": an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver : racket",
": animals under pursuit or taken in hunting",
": wild animals hunted for sport or food",
": the flesh of game animals",
": a target or object especially of ridicule or attack",
": pluck",
": willing or ready to proceed",
": having or showing a resolute unyielding spirit",
": of or relating to game",
": to manipulate, exploit, or cheat in (a system, a situation, etc.) slyly or dishonestly for personal gain",
": to play video games",
": to play for a stake : gamble",
"\u2014 see also gaming",
": to lose or squander by gambling",
": lame",
": a contest or sport played according to rules with the players in direct opposition to each other",
": the manner of playing in a game or contest",
": playful activity : something done for amusement",
": animals hunted for sport or for food",
": the meat from animals hunted for food",
": willing or ready to do something",
": full of spirit or eagerness",
": relating to or being animals that are hunted",
": to play for a stake : gamble"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101m",
"\u02c8g\u0101m"
],
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"bout",
"competition",
"contest",
"event",
"match",
"matchup",
"meet",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tournament",
"tourney"
],
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"amenable",
"disposed",
"fain",
"glad",
"inclined",
"minded",
"ready",
"willing"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a(1)",
"Adjective (1)",
"1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Verb",
"1512, in the meaning defined at sense",
"Adjective (2)",
"circa 1787, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102755"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gabble ratchet variant of gabriel ratchet"
],
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"\u02c8gab\u0259l\u02ccrach\u0259\u0307t"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132313"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fix the eyes in a steady intent look often with eagerness or studious attention",
": a fixed intent look",
": to fix the eyes in a long steady look",
": a long steady look",
": to fix the eyes in a steady and intent look"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101z",
"\u02c8g\u0101z",
"\u02c8g\u0101z"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"gape",
"gawk",
"gawp",
"goggle",
"peer",
"rubberneck",
"stare"
],
"antonyms":[
"aspect",
"eye",
"gape",
"regard",
"scrutiny",
"stare"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He gazed out the window at the snow.",
"She gazed intently into his eyes.",
"Noun",
"She looked at him with a calm, steady gaze .",
"suddenly aware of her admiring gaze , he became self-conscious and uncomfortable",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In January 2020, Phoenix couldn't help but gaze at his beau on the Golden Globes red carpet, and who can blame him? \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Mom leans her head back against the wheelchair\u2019s headrest to gaze up toward the tops of the redwoods. \u2014 Tessa Fontaine, Outside Online , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Now, with the season here again, daughter Karen McCulloch is reminded of their drives together to gaze at the trees in blossom. \u2014 Adam Geller, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022",
"To make its work spaces feel more like home, the company moved desks to the perimeter, allowing Clions \u2014 what the company calls its employees \u2014 to gaze out at the office complex\u2019s cherry blossoms while banging out emails. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"To watch is to gaze through the Kremlin\u2019s looking glass. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Some travelers love to hike \u2014 others love to gaze upon the mountains while sitting indoors with a glass of wine. \u2014 Rina Nehdar, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"With the season here again, daughter Karen McCulloch has been reminded of their drives together to gaze at the trees in blossom. \u2014 Adam Geller, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Its almost-comical googly eye seemed to gaze back at the camera. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But on most days a sense of stillness pervades the outside of the clinic, in part because of Juan Carlos, a spry, silver-haired security guard whose gaze alone is said to dissuade those who may be primed for a fight. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Both companies specialize in human data, in particular human faces; their platforms enable users to programmatically customize facial datasets across dimensions including head poses, facial expressions, ethnicities, gaze directions and hair styles. \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"DIANE PAULUS Artists, especially right now, are interested in shifting the gaze \u2014 looking to tell stories that need to be told, stories that have not had their due. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"In it, Jesus' soft, knowing gaze meets the woman's \u2014 an effect the artist achieved without preliminary sketches or models, the Star's art critic noted at the time. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"Mounted on the steering column is the infrared sensor keeping track of the driver\u2019s gaze . \u2014 Bryan Campbell, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"After 9/11 and the subsequent American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, that gaze found a new fixation in the Muslim woman: a veiled object, oppressed and in need of liberation. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022",
"There's a sense of the uncanny valley with his blank, unbreaking gaze , and the harsh light flattening his figure. \u2014 CNN , 31 May 2022",
"Born out of a desire to produce authentically Mexican tequila while simultaneously rewriting the male-focused gaze on tequila, Casa Del Sol is a spirit for women made by women. \u2014 Elise\u00e9 Browchuk, Vogue , 31 May 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"Middle English",
"Noun",
"derivative of gaze entry 1"
],
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"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1566, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132348"
},
"gabbai":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a collector of charitable gifts or of taxes among the Jews in talmudic times",
": a synagogue official",
": a treasurer or administrator of synagogue funds"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u00e4\u02c8b\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Hebrew gabbay collector, treasurer"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-133641"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun combining form"
],
"definitions":[
": brave , plucky",
": having the flavor of game",
": having the flavor of game near tainting",
": smelly",
": sordid , scandalous",
": corrupt , disreputable",
": sexually suggestive : racy",
": marriage",
": union for propagation or reproduction",
": possession of (such) reproductive organs or (such) a mode of fertilization",
": having the flavor or smell of meat from wild animals especially when slightly spoiled"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-m\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0101-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"An intriguing pinot combining a New World sense of adventure with gamy flavors that conjure images of cherries, tree bark and the day\u2019s kill on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2021",
"In the end, Surrealism came down to gamy incoherence. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"An intriguing pinot, with intense flavors of cherries, tree bark and a gamy meat on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 July 2021",
"Animals that spend their whole life grazing on pasture have a higher proportion of omega-3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids that break down into smaller molecules with fishy and gamy flavors. \u2014 Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 June 2021",
"This organic ros\u00e9, a blend of grenache and syrah, tastes of cantaloupe, sage and a gamy suggestion of a gossamer-thin slice of prosciutto. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2020",
"The lean, gamy meat is popular with bodybuilders and the wellness-conscious. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021",
"The Pax Armagh captured in a bottle the savory, floral, wild and gamy nature of the grape and place. \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 10 Dec. 2020",
"Venison gives this classic French comfort stew a pleasant, gamy flavor. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 11 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"in sense 1 from game entry 2 + -y entry 1 ; in other senses from game entry 1 + -y entry 1",
"Noun combining form",
"borrowed from Greek -gamia , from the base of game\u00een \"to marry\" + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at -gamous"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1820, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134808"
},
"gabbro":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a granular igneous rock composed essentially of calcic plagioclase, a ferromagnesian mineral, and accessory minerals"
],
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"\u02c8ga-(\u02cc)br\u014d"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from Italian (Tuscan), perhaps going back to Vulgar Latin *gabrum , altered from Latin glabr-, glaber \"hairless, smooth\" \u2014 more at glad entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1776, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-135542"
},
"gahnite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a usually dark green mineral consisting of an oxide of zinc and aluminum"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
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"borrowed from French gahnite or German Gahnit , from Johan Gottlieb Gahn , \u20201818 Swedish chemist and mineralogist + -ite, -it -ite entry 1",
"Note: The introduction of the name is credited to the Austrian-born naturalist Karl Erenbert von Moll (1760-1838), who used Gahnit in a discussion of the mineral in his Efemeriden der Berg- und H\u00fcttenkunde , 3. Band (1807), pp. 78-80; Moll states that he preferred this appellation to earlier Automolit , suggested by the Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (\"Untersuchungen eines harten octa\u00ebdrisch kristallisirten Fossils aus Fahlun,\" Neues allgemeines Journal der Chemie , 5. Band [1805], pp. 442-55). The name had in fact been used earlier, as gahnite , by the French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (\"Analyse d\u02bcun min\u00e9ral particulier connu sous le nom de cristaux trouv\u00e9s \u00e0 Fahlun en Su\u00e8de, envoy\u00e9 par MM. Hisenger et Berzelius,\" Annales du Mus\u00e9um d\u02bcHistoire Naturelle , tome 16 (1805), pp. 157-62). Both Ekeberg and Vauquelin credit the discovery of the mineral at Falun Mine, Dalarna, Sweden to Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818), who directed a laboratory there."
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"circa 1808, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an outline on a drawing of an object (as a machine part) intended to move showing the space necessary to permit its motion",
": an outline on a drawing of a stationary object showing the space that must be kept clear for necessary access to it"
],
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"\u00a6gab\u0259\u00a6r\u0113"
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"French, from Proven\u00e7al gabarrit ship's model, blend of gabarro ship (from Old Proven\u00e7al gabarra , probably modification of Late Latin carabus boat resembling a coracle) and garbi ship's model, form, of Germanic origin; perhaps akin to Old High German garawen to prepare"
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"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
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"town of ancient Palestine southeast of the Sea of Galilee"
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"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-r\u0259"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": gaberdine sense 1",
": a firm hard-finish durable fabric (as of wool or rayon) twilled with diagonal ribs on the right side",
": a garment of gabardine",
": a firm cloth with a hard smooth finish"
],
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"\u02c8ga-b\u0259r-\u02ccd\u0113n",
"\u02c8ga-b\u0259r-\u02ccd\u0113n"
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"examples":[
"a jacket made of gabardine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Milan and Paris, moderate temps allowed for showcasing spring looks in their purest form\u2014knitwear with open-toed shoes, blazers with bare legs, and best of all, spring jackets in every fabric from tweed to gabardine . \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 31 Mar. 2022",
"That almost Rousseauian ideal came through via relaxed silhouettes, like a patchwork trench, an oversize car coat cut in soft fawn and deep fern green gabardine , and wide-leg trousers split at the seams. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The actor, who is also styled by Roach, went for a classic look in a custom Prada silk gabardine suit with a white poplin shirt and black re-nylon tie. \u2014 Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The gabardine -like dash-and door accents, the pica-thin metal accents. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 21 Oct. 2021",
"She was joined by her long-time boyfriend Cordae, who rocked a khaki-colored gabardine trench coat by Coach. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The double gabardine trench elongates with the detail of embroidery. \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 7 July 2021",
"The first New York location shows off the coastal range with surfboards and sand dunes playing background to playful gabardine beachwear. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 4 June 2021",
"As well as on the slash neck jumper in black chunky wool and cashmere knit with crystal dove embroidery and pleated peg trousers in black wool gabardine . \u2014 Allyson Portee, Forbes , 1 June 2021"
],
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"spelling variant of gaberdine"
],
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"1520, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": an argumentative letter of St. Paul written to the Christians of Galatia and included as a book in the New Testament \u2014 see Bible Table"
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"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259nz"
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"1587, in the meaning defined above"
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"gazar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a silk organza"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The back of the dress was finished with 58 gazar and organza covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The back of the dress was finished with 58 gazar and organza covered buttons fastened by Rouleau loops. \u2014 Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"The iconic silk gazar wedding dress from his spring 1967 collection, for instance, presented a thesis in reduction\u2014and a case in point. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Kate's dress also featured 58 gazar and organza- covered buttons on the back, which were fastened by rouleau loops. \u2014 Maggie Maloney, Town & Country , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Moore wore Brandon Maxwell, a pink twill gazar blouse with a red crepe cummerbund skirt. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Moore is in a custom Brandon Maxwell pink twill gazar blouse and red crepe cummerbund skirt. \u2014 Melissa Magsaysay, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Moore wore Brandon Maxwell, a pink twill gazar blouse with a red crepe cummerbund skirt. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2019",
"The other is a sinuous sheath of silk crepe topped with a huge cumulus whorl or wreath of ruched silk gazar . \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"origin unknown"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1967, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171056"
},
"Gad":{
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"abbreviation",
"interjection",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a chisel or pointed iron or steel bar for loosening ore or rock",
": a long stick",
": to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose",
": a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel",
"generalized anxiety disorder",
": to wander or roam from place to place",
"generalized anxiety disorder"
],
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"\u02c8gad",
"\u02c8gad",
"\u02c8gad"
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"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
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"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
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"Noun (1)",
"Middle English, \"spike, goad, metal bar,\" borrowed from Old Norse gaddr \"goad, spike,\" going back to Germanic *gazda- \"stick, rod, goad\" \u2014 more at yard entry 4",
"Verb",
"Middle English gadden , of obscure origin",
"Interjection",
"euphemism for God",
"Noun (2)",
"Hebrew G\u0101dh"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"circa 1535, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Interjection",
"1608, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182755"
},
"gaydiang":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an Annamese ship with two or three masts and lofty triangular sails"
],
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"\u02c8g\u012bd\u0113\u02cca\u014b"
],
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"Annamese"
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"galax":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an evergreen herb ( Galax urceolata synonym G. aphylla of the order Diapensiales) of the southeastern U.S. that has glossy leaves and is related to the heaths (order Ericales)"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101-\u02cclaks"
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"borrowed from New Latin, a genus name, of unexplained origin",
"Note: Introduced by linnaeus in Species plantarum (1753), vol. 1, p. 200, where no explanation of the name is given. There is no evident semantic or morphological connection with the Greek stems galakt- or galax- , from galakt-, g\u00e1la \"milk,\" or any semantic connection with the Greek noun g\u00e1lax , \"a kind of shellfish.\""
],
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"circa 1753, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
"garigue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a low open scrubland with many evergreen shrubs, low trees, aromatic herbs, and bunchgrasses found in poor or dry soil in the Mediterranean region"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113g"
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"French"
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"1896, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194519"
},
"Gaia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions (such as the temperature of the ocean or composition of the atmosphere) so as to be suitable for life",
": this system regarded as a single organism"
],
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"\u02c8g\u012b-\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"after Greek Ga\u00eea , a primordial earth goddess in Greek myth, literally, \"earth\" \u2014 more at geo-"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1972, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195149"
},
"gamble (on)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to take a chance on a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster"
],
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},
"game animal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an animal made legitimate quarry by state or other law"
],
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"game entry 1"
],
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},
"gallivanting":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure",
": to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex",
": to travel from place to place doing things for pleasure"
],
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"\u02c8ga-l\u0259-\u02ccvant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
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"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
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"examples":[
"They've been gallivanting all over town.",
"He's been gallivanting around the country when he ought to be looking for a job.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag \u2014 wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage. \u2014 Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com , 10 May 2021",
"Since this was filmed before our current situation, the chefs are shown doing things that now seem surreal, like gallivanting around grocery stores, the shelves and meat counters fully stocked, and wandering through the Getty Museum. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, TheWeek , 12 Apr. 2020",
"When the Jets sing, van Hove projects recorded footage of the cast gallivanting around Brooklyn, chewing on gold chains and mugging for the camera in pastiches of rap-music videos, which dwarfs the actors with their own gigantic images. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Vallotton made images not just of the consumerism of the age \u2014 the shopping, gallivanting and dancing in the Latin Quarter \u2014 but also street protests, clashes with police, a carriage accident and murder. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Below, see how Atkin\u2014and her glamorous group\u2014 gallivanted through Italy. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Bail was set low and Mr. Murphy and Mr. Kuhn went back to gallivanting in Miami. \u2014 Corey Kilgannon, New York Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Not every moment was fun, but the overall experience was joyful through and through\u2014even more joyful than gallivanting around Greece on an ATV. \u2014 Sarah Firshein, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Aug. 2019",
"At the time, Wrightsman was dating socialite Martha Kemp, but when he was hospitalized for lip cancer, Kemp was off gallivanting while Jayne maintained a bedside vigil throughout his illness. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 24 Apr. 2019"
],
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"perhaps extended form of gallant entry 3"
],
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"1823, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
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},
"gayfeather":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": button snakeroot sense 1",
": a widely distributed purple-flowered perennial herb ( Liatris pycnostachya ) of central North America that is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental and for cut flowers"
],
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},
"Galatia":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"ancient country and Roman province of central Asia Minor in a region centered on modern Ankara, Turkey"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-011709"
},
"galera":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of the family Viverridae comprising the tayra",
": tayra"
],
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"g\u0259\u02c8lir\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, helmet, helmetlike cap of undressed skin, from galea helmet"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012714"
},
"Galerius":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"died 311 Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus Roman emperor (305\u2013311)"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8lir-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-015924"
},
"gagroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": indian tobacco"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"so called from its use as an emetic"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020322"
},
"gamesmanship":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the art or practice of winning games by questionable expedients without actually violating the rules",
": the use of ethically dubious methods to gain an objective"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101mz-m\u0259n-\u02ccship"
],
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"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
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"examples":[
"They blur the line between gamesmanship and cheating.",
"that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship , so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Saban is very good at the game, and maybe the best ever, and Fisher has been on the losing end of Saban\u2019s gamesmanship before. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
"There's often gamesmanship involved in those decisions, with prospects wanting to protect their draft stock. \u2014 Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"Venture capitalists are forced to become political analysts, turning an endeavor of calculated risk-taking to a random walk down political gamesmanship . \u2014 Nina Xiang, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The judges also said lawmakers gerrymandered the congressional maps to Democrats\u2019 favor, in violation of a 2014 constitutional amendment designed to rout out political gamesmanship in redistricting. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Current supply chain woes \u2013 caused by a mix of Covid lockdown policies and some commerce gamesmanship \u2013 should make China less attractive. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The resort to lowball introductory offers, discounts, bundling, and other forms of marketing gamesmanship familiar to less angelic industries will likely become the norm. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Hidalgo, seen by many as a rising star in the Texas Democratic Party, has dismissed the scrutiny surrounding the agreement as political gamesmanship . \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"What started out as gamesmanship in the final seconds of Wisconsin's 77-63 victory over Michigan basketball turned chaotic in the handshake line between Michigan coach Juwan Howard and members of the Wisconsin coaching staff. \u2014 Andrew Hammond, Detroit Free Press , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"games , plural of game entry 1 + -manship (after sportsmanship )",
"Note: A word popularized and probably originated in this sense by the British author Stephen Potter (1900-69) in The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship (1947)."
],
"first_known_use":[
"1947, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030914"
},
"gastronome":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a lover of good food",
": one with a serious interest in gastronomy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ga-str\u0259-\u02ccn\u014dm"
],
"synonyms":[
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"epicurean",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
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"examples":[
"gastronomes from all over make the pilgrimage to this temple of haute cuisine",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emilien Crespo, a globetrotting gastronome who splits his time between Los Angeles and Paris, says it\u2019s not just the Instagram posts of Imbert with Dua Lipa, Omar Sy, and Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 that rub some people the wrong way. \u2014 Cyrill Matter, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
"The story is inspired by the famous French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The story is inspired by the famous French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The story is inspired by the famous French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"The story is inspired by the famous French gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The 1-8 Wildcats (now 1-9), after all, were not seated at the table, but on it, the Utes due to play the dual role of chef and gastronome , roasting and Hoovering the Wildcats in a manner that suggested gluttony. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"While Ljubljana will keep you well fed, a trip to Slovenia\u2019s groundbreaking destination restaurant Hi\u0161a Franko by self-taught chef Ana Ro\u0161 is an absolute must for any gastronome . \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Birdsall chronicles how the great gastronome channeled his robust appetite and encyclopedic knowledge of food into a celebrated, influential career, but also highlights how, in an era of rampant homophobia, Beard had to hide a part of himself. \u2014 Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, back-formation from gastronomie"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1823, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-075251"
},
"gazebo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": belvedere",
": a freestanding roofed structure usually open on the sides",
": a small building (as in a garden or park) that is usually open on the sides"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113-(\u02cc)b\u014d",
"also",
"g\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113-b\u014d"
],
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"alcove",
"belvedere",
"casino",
"kiosk",
"pavilion",
"summerhouse"
],
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"examples":[
"a gazebo on the mansion's south lawn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bristol: The Bristol Veterans Council plans a parade Monday starting at 10 a.m. near city hall and proceeding to the gazebo on Memorial Boulevard, followed by a ceremony. \u2014 Don Stacom, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
"When Jacosta feels faint, Claire and Flora take her outside to a gazebo , where Claire gives her some medicine for her glaucoma. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"French doors open to the pool area, which has a gazebo with fireplace. \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"The grounds include English gardens, a courtyard, heated swimming pool and spa, an outdoor kitchen, and a gazebo with a fireplace. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Outside, meanwhile, the expansive backyard houses a gazebo with BBQ that\u2019s perfect for get-togethers with other tech entrepreneurs. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 16 May 2022",
"This $200 gazebo provides 100 square feet of coverage for a furniture set or dining table that fits up to eight people. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Mar. 2022",
"On the bay side, the property has an infinity-edge pool, a gazebo and a boat dock. \u2014 Sarah Paynter, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s a swimming pool, a gazebo and parking for 10 vehicles. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"perhaps from gaze entry 1 + Latin -ebo (as in videbo I shall see)"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-084425"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gaiac variant of guaiac"
],
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},
"gambusia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Gambusia ) of chiefly fresh-water fish (family Poeciliidae) that are live-bearers and include some used to control mosquitoes by introduction into waters where the fish feed on mosquito larvae \u2014 compare mosquito fish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"gam-\u02c8b\u00fc-zh(\u0113-)\u0259",
"-\u02c8by\u00fc-"
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"The springs are perfect habitat for numerous species of aquatic animals, including two small, endangered desert fishes -- the Pecos gambusia and the Comanche Springs pupfish, according to the release. \u2014 Midland Reporter-telegram, Houston Chronicle , 16 June 2020",
"The Barbour\u2019s map turtle, the Big Blue Springs cave crayfish, and the San Felipe gambusia were also left off the list. \u2014 Nick Tabor, Daily Intelligencer , 21 Dec. 2017",
"Tight to the shoreline, especially in the shallows where water willow and other aquatic vegetation have gained a root-hold, a half-dozen or more species of small fish - gambusia , shiners and minnows - cluster nervously and for good reason. \u2014 Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2017",
"Keep your ponds mosquito-free by adding some gambusia affinis \u2014 the mosquitofish \u2014 and throwing in a few mosquito donuts. 6. \u2014 Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful , 6 Aug. 2017",
"Saba gives some of the credit to the inch-long gambusia . \u2014 Keith Sharon, Orange County Register , 17 May 2017",
"Lake County officials are also deploying larvicides and sprays, as well as gambusia minnows, which eat mosquito larvae, Scott said. \u2014 Amelia Cheatham, OrlandoSentinel.com , 12 July 2017"
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"borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from Cuban Spanish gambusino (in the idiom pescar gambusinos \"to engage in a fruitless activity,\" literally, \"to fish for gambusinos \"; of uncertain origin) + New Latin -ia -ia entry 1",
"Note: The name Gambusia was introduced by the Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey (1799-1891) in Memorias sobre la historia natural de la isla de Cuba , vol. 1 (Havana, 1851), pp. 382-83. Poey states somewhat cryptically \"El nombre debe su etimolog\u00eda \u00e1 la palabra provincial cubana Gambusino , que significa nada , con idea de chasco \u00f3 burla: as\u00ed se dice pescar Gambusinos cuando no se pesca nada.\" (\"The name owes it etymology to the provincial Cuban word Gambusino , which means nothing , in the context of a joke or jest: so one says 'to catch Gambusinos' when nothing is caught.\") Though unstated, the implication is perhaps that the word gambusino is actually a local name for the fish Gambusia punctata \u2014otherwise, his coinage lacks evident motivation. Note that while Poey gives guajac\u00f3n as the vernacular name for Gambusia punctata , the corresponding name for his Gambusia puncticulata is gambusito. Gambusino is entered in several lexica of 19th-century Cuban Spanish with basically the same meaning as given by Poey but no further etymological illumination (perhaps earliest in Esteban Pichardo Tapia, Diccionario provincial de voces cubanos , 1836)."
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"Endo\u2019s third Vegas restaurant, Toridokoro Raku, opened in July 2020; the emphasis is on a gamut of poultry cuts prepared with exacting precision. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"But the actors are very good, editor Sergio Rozas\u2019 input acute, and Alejandro Roman\u2019s original score runs a useful gamut from Pino Donaggio-type florid suspense to a neatly jazzy final-credits track. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"The cashflow is dominated by gasoline and diesel retail taxes in every state, but energy-producing states have the deepest dependence on fossil fuel income through a gamut of taxes, royalties, lease sales and fees. \u2014 Morgan Lee And Mead Gruver, Anchorage Daily News , 16 May 2022",
"Here\u2019s an appealingly pale and fragrant ros\u00e9 from Oregon\u2019s Stoller Family, its aromas conjuring a whole garden party with a gamut of florals, watermelon, fresh apricot, pink grapefruit, and guava over an oyster shell quality. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
"Like a wide gamut of companies ranging from automakers to health care providers, Apple has been grappling with shortages of computer chips and other key technology components required in modern products. \u2014 Michael Liedtke, USA TODAY , 28 Apr. 2022",
"These special Ram models are more than just trucks with the gamut of items in the accessory catalog attached to them, as Mopar curates the pickups to create vehicles that stand out from their stablemates. \u2014 Gregory Fink, Car and Driver , 18 Apr. 2022",
"There is the Brancusi sculpture that set an auction record for the artist at Christie\u2019s in 2018, and the striking photos by Man Ray and Cecil Beaton\u2014a gamut of artists that says plenty about Cunard\u2019s wide-ranging circle. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 10 Mar. 2022",
"When Orb\u00e1n asserted emergency powers to combat the pandemic, he was denounced by European Union officials and a gamut of human rights experts. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English gamut, gamma-ut \"lowest note in the medieval hexachord system, the system itself,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin, from gamma gamma entry 1 (used as a symbol for the lowest note in the scale) + ut ut"
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"We will not be rendered invisible, made to hide our family pictures at our work desks for fear of reprisal if our right to gainful employment gets stripped. \u2014 Allison Hope, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"With very few means of gainful employment or in-town entertainment, painting was both a popular pastime and a potential source of income. \u2014 Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"One not-so-subtle data point illuminates the challenge employers face as U.S. employees, especially those between the ages of 20 to 34, are willingly leaving gainful employment. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Huddleston said that although the unemployment rate is low, Arkansans are still struggling to get and maintain gainful employment because of child care, housing, transportation and other expenses. \u2014 Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Is there some sustainable within gainful employment that all Americans are able to achieve? \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The department has started rewriting a federal rule, known as gainful employment, that aims to prevent students from taking on too much debt to attend predatory for-profit colleges. \u2014 Katie Lobosco, CNN , 27 Mar. 2022",
"However, the department would still strip federal funding from career education programs that fail to meet the gainful -employment standard. \u2014 Steven Taylor, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Yet, the phenomenon underscores India\u2019s own inability to provide gainful employment and prosperity. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 26 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To make it to that next level, the team used two lasers and the semiconductor material gallium arsenide . \u2014 Karmela Padavic-callaghan, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Gallium nitride, for example, emits blue light, whereas gallium arsenide emits red. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Both groups use Pfeiffer\u2019s gallium arsenide crystals but apply different circuit-fabrication techniques. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 May 2014",
"Luminar's lidar uses indium- gallium arsenide sensors to detect return flashes. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2018",
"Luminar made the cost question harder by making its lidar\u2019s receiver (the that acts like your eye\u2019s retina) out of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) instead of silicon. \u2014 Alex Davies, WIRED , 12 Apr. 2018",
"That team is charged with making Luminar\u2019s receivers out of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) instead of silicon, which Russell said makes Luminar\u2019s LIDAR see farther and better without the risk of damaging people\u2019s retinas. \u2014 Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge , 12 Apr. 2018",
"View 27 Photos Novum\u2019s decisive resource, however, is its multijunction gallium arsenide solar cells made by the German firm Azur Space. \u2014 Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver , 22 Feb. 2018",
"The laser is made of gallium arsenide , a semiconductor material, and the lens is constructed of glass; both are fragile and easily broken. \u2014 Alex Webb And Sam Kim, Houston Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2017"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-201200"
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"books about wine tasting and gastronomy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the criteria for selection are animal husbandry, species protection, animal stocks, biodiversity, zoo education, research, visitor numbers, animal keepers, marketing and gastronomy . \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Today, the chef brings his passion for fresh seasonal ingredients to his gastronomy . \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"Bradley\u2019s signature is California gastronomy , which spotlights California ingredients and dishes in lighter, brighter and creative preparations. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Cheese and Tequila are both parts of Mexican gastronomy . \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"The newest tenant to sign a lease at the Foundry building Downtown combines golf and gastronomy in an urban oasis for golfers and partygoers alike. \u2014 Randy Tucker, The Enquirer , 4 May 2022",
"After: a conversation about the future of gastronomy with Chef Mauro Colagreco and chef guests. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"As the name suggests, the grants primarily support gastronomy , the culinary arts and the development of the professional food world \u2014 all of which were important to Child during her lifetime. \u2014 Christina Dugan Ramirez, PEOPLE.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"From the rock 'n' roll Chateau Denmark in London's swinging Soho to the Greek temple of gastronomy Xenodocheio Milos in Athens, there are a lot of new boutique hotel openings in Europe to get excited about in 2022. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 19 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The historic Shelbourne, (27 St. Stephen\u2019s Green), which was taken over Marriott, has never been in better shape, architecturally or gastronomically after an eighteen-month restoration, now with 285 rooms. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"This country has one of the longest histories, both culturally and gastronomically speaking. \u2014 Jing Yang, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 1 Sep. 2021",
"How did my dan dan noodles compare with the toothsome version made by the far more gastronomically adept staff at Mala Sichuan Bistro? \u2014 Joanna O'leary, Houston Chronicle , 17 Sep. 2020",
"If a gastronomically lighter route is your preference, Citrus-And-Dill Gravlax on Rye pairs wonderfully with sips of Ridgeview Wine Estate's Bloomsbury bottling, which packs notes of citrus, peach, and honey. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2019",
"Young Hollywood is skipping out on the more traditional industry networking spots, instead flocking to watering holes that offer something aesthetically pleasing, gastronomically satisfying and geographically ideal. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Afternoon Lunch is at the gastronomically adventurous Culinerdy Kitchen (524 12th St.), a casual lunch spot downtown serving brussels sprouts, burgers, mac and cheese and french fries in various delicious forms. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Such efforts are happily tempting traditionalists as well as the gastronomically restless. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018",
"Most compelling for the gastronomically focused, 90 percent of Golden 1 ingredients comes from within 150 miles of the stadium. \u2014 Maurizio Cattelan, Vogue , 30 July 2017"
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"definitions":[
": any of a group of glycolipids that yield a hexose sugar on hydrolysis and are found especially in the plasma membrane of cells of the gray matter",
": any of a group of glycolipids that are found especially in the plasma membrane of cells of the gray matter and have sialic acid, hexoses, and hexosamines in the carbohydrate part and ceramide as the lipid"
],
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"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd",
"\u02c8ga\u014b-gl\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bd"
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"borrowed from German Ganglioside , from Ganglion ganglion + -oside (in Glycoside glycoside ); so called because such lipids were first isolated from ganglia in the brain"
],
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"1943, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-111718"
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],
"definitions":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, the network will debut a new version of musical game show Don\u2019t Forget the Lyrics and season five of Beat Shazam. \u2014 Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"The revival of the game show that was hosted by Alec Baldwin is canceled. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"In the past seven months, each of those contestants has landed in the television game show 's historical list of top five winning streaks. \u2014 David Bauder, ajc , 9 May 2022",
"Roach will return to Jeopardy in the fall to compete in the game show 's Tournament of Champions. \u2014 Landon Mion, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
"Roach, who is a lesbian, according to her Twitter account, has become the game show 's latest LGBTQ sensation. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Drag Queen Edition spoof led by the game show 's historic transgender winner Amy Schneider. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The game show 's famous wheel is part of the truck, but other parts pull out, along with podiums. \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Chron , 21 Mar. 2022",
"During her streak, Schneider became the quiz show's second all-time winner, trailing only Ken Jennings, winner of the game show 's 2020 Greatest of All Time tournament and current host of the syndicated quiz show. \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"1958, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a bluish-white metallic element obtained especially as a by-product in refining various ores and used especially in semiconductors and optoelectronic devices \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table",
": a rare bluish white metallic element that is hard and brittle at low temperatures but melts just above room temperature and expands on freezing and that is used in the form of its hydrated nitrate salt Ga(NO 3 ) 3 \u00b79H 2 O to treat hypercalcemia caused by certain cancers",
"\u2014 see Chemical Elements Table"
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"\u02c8ga-l\u0113-\u0259m",
"\u02c8gal-\u0113-\u0259m"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And many metals have production losses of 95 percent or higher: arsenic, gallium , germanium, hafnium, scandium, selenium, and tellurium. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"Flexibility turns out to be just one of gallium \u2019s useful properties. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"To make bendable circuits with gallium , scientists form it into thin wires embedded between rubber or plastic sheets. \u2014 Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"In spring, expect to come across dandelions, watercress, day lily, gallium and more. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, Digitimes reported that Apple was developing new USB-C chargers that would be powered by gallium nitride (GaN). \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Oppo promises that the charge adapter will use gallium -nitride technology to be only slightly larger than existing 65-watt adapters, at about 2.3 inches long and 2.2 inches deep. \u2014 Sascha Segan, PCMAG , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most of the worries about solar panel production have focused on the elements that go into the panels themselves, like gallium , cadmium, germanium, indium, selenium, and tellurium. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Within two years, system costs for gallium nitride should reach parity with silicon for charging and similar applications, Sheridan said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Oct. 2021"
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Gallia \"Gaul, France\" (going back to Latin) + -ium -ium",
"Note: The element was named by the first person to isolate it, the French chemist Paul-\u00c9mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838-1912), reported in \"Caract\u00e8res chimiques et spectroscopiques d\u02bcun nouveau m\u00e9tal, le Gallium , d\u00e9couvert dans une blende de la mine de Pierrefitte, vall\u00e9e d\u02bcArgel\u00e8s,\" Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des s\u00e9ances de l\u02bcAcad\u00e9mie des Sciences , tome 81 (juillet-d\u00e9cembre 1875), pp. 493-95. In a later publication, Lecoq de Boisbaudran explained the origin of the name: \" \u2026 j\u02bcai aper\u00e7u les premiers indices de l\u02bcexistence d\u02bcun nouvel \u00e9l\u00e9ment, que j\u02bcai nomm\u00e9 \u00abgallium\u00bb en l\u02bchonneur de la France ( Gallia )\" (\" \u2026 I perceived the first signs of the existence of a new element, which I named \"gallium\" in honor of France ( Gallia )\") (\"Sur un nouveau m\u00e9tal, le gallium,\" Annales de chimie et de physique , 5. s\u00e9rie, tome 10 [1877], p. 103). The later hypothesis that gallium was formed from Latin gallus \"cock,\" as a translation of the chemist\u02bcs surname \"Lecoq,\" is without apparent foundation. (Though the evidence is clear, there is on the other hand no indication that Lecoq de Boisbaudran ever explicitly denied the association.)"
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"1875, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": a ball (such as a football) presented to a player or coach in recognition of an outstanding contribution to a team victory"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a fitting finish to the season, Reaves walked out of the arena holding a game ball in his hands having just learned coach Frank Vogel had been fired from a tweet sent seconds after the game ended. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"York totaled seven points, two assists, one rebound and one block during his 15-minute NBA debut against the Sixers and was gifted the game ball . \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2022",
"Head coach Steve Kerr, after awarding the game ball to Kevon Looney for playing in all 82 games, recognized Poole in his postgame locker-room speech in New Orleans. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 29 Apr. 2022",
"So Ayton should've proudly clinched that game ball . \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Fittingly, Bey is planning to give the game ball to his mother. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 18 Mar. 2022",
"During the Hoosiers\u2019 82-53 loss, the game ball got stuck during the second quarter between the backboard and shot clock early. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The fifth game ball from the AFC Championship was delivered by Bengals head coach Zac Taylor Saturday afternoon at Zip's Cafe in Mount Lookout. \u2014 Wayne Baker, The Enquirer , 7 Feb. 2022",
"After the Pacers' last game of the season, you were gifted the game ball by the team. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 6 May 2022"
],
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"1853, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the type genus of the Galaxiidae"
],
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"g\u0259\u02c8laks\u0113\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from Greek, a kind of fish (also, Milky Way galaxy)"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a peritoneal fold extending from the pylorus to the pancreas"
],
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"gastr- + pancreatic"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"town on the East Sea (Sea of Japan) in northeastern South Korea"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4\u014b-\u02ccn\u0259\u014b"
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"Gadarene":{
"type":[
"adjective ()",
"noun,"
],
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": headlong , precipitate",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Gadara"
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"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113n",
"\u02c8ga-d\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113n",
"\u02ccga-d\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113n"
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"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
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"unhurried",
"unrushed"
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"Adjective (1)",
"from the demon-possessed Gadarene swine in Matthew 8:28 that rushed into the sea"
],
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"1895, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective (2)",
"1614, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
"gambrel roof":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides \u2014 see roof illustration"
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"perhaps from gambrel in sense \"hock of a horse,\" compared to the shape of the roof"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small usually ceramic vessel",
": druggist",
": a small usually ceramic vessel with a small mouth",
": one used by apothecaries to hold medicines"
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"\u02c8gal-\u0259-\u02ccp\u00e4t"
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"Middle English galy pot , perhaps from galey, galy galley + pott pot entry 1"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-181201"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a stick or iron for suspending slaughtered animals"
],
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"\u02c8gam-br\u0259l"
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"probably borrowed from Middle French (Norman) *gamberel, *gambereau (attested only in plural gambereaulx ) \"kind of pole or fork used by butchers,\" apparently re-formation or derivative of gambier, jambier \"piece of wood used to keep the legs of a slaughtered animal separate,\" from gambe, jambe \"leg\" + -ier -er entry 2 \u2014 more at jamb"
],
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"1547, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": connecting the stomach and body wall"
],
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"\" +"
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"noun"
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": a member of a people of African and American Indian descent that live mainly along the Caribbean coast of northern Central America",
": the Arawakan language containing many Cariban elements spoken by the Garifunas"
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"Garifuna gar\u00edfuna , a self-designation; akin to Taino caribe, caribi Carib, Island Carib (Arawakan language of the Lesser Antilles) Call\u00edpona , a self-designation, Guianan Carib kari\u0294na Carib, person"
],
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"1901, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195339"
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"Garonne":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"river about 355 miles (571 kilometers) long in southwestern France flowing northwest to unite with the Dordogne River forming the Gironde Estuary"
],
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"g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4n",
"g\u00e4-\u02c8r\u022fn"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excessively thin and angular",
": barren , desolate",
": very thin and bony (as from illness or hunger)"
],
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"\u02c8g\u022fnt",
"\u02c8g\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8g\u022fnt"
],
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"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"skeletal",
"wasted"
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"examples":[
"He left the hospital looking tired and gaunt .",
"a gaunt factory on the edge of town",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her hands and feet were gaunt , her skin a pale gray. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The president rambled, occasionally mixed up words, trailed off awkwardly once or twice, and looked gaunt . \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 10 June 2022",
"Nobody wanted to see a gaunt cancer patient out of breath, trying to tell jokes. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"Some were on stretchers, some wrapped in bloodied bandages, and many were gaunt after weeks of surviving on minimal rations. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"On April 29, Nikita sent a selfie of his gaunt , unshaven face after weeks surviving on minimal rations. \u2014 Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"When photographs surfaced of Salinas, gaunt and bare-chested, in an ambulance, many Venezuelans asked how a person of his stature could suffer such a fate. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2022",
"By graduation day, many will have lost 20 pounds or more, their gaunt faces sometimes shocking family and friends who attend. \u2014 Will Bardenwerper, Outside Online , 20 Apr. 2020",
"Alan Hencher, a gaunt man in his mid-40s, worked nights as a switchboard operator. \u2014 Brandy Schillace, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074801"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one of several resolutions passed in Congress between 1836 and 1844 providing in effect that no petition against slavery should be received or heard by the House"
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"Gabar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Zoroastrian of Iran \u2014 compare parsi"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4b\u0259r"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Persian, from Arabic k\u0101fir unbeliever"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083333"
},
"gastroplasty":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a surgical procedure performed on the stomach to decrease its size or repair a defect"
],
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"1888, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085133"
},
"Galata":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"port on the Golden Horn that is the commercial section of Istanbul, Turkey"
],
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"Garibaldian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or supporting Garibaldi",
": a supporter of Garibaldi"
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"\""
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"Adjective",
"Giuseppe Garibaldi \u20201882 + English -an",
"Noun",
"Giuseppe Garibaldi \u20201882 + English -an or -ist"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-104216"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of a caste of shepherds of central and northeastern India"
],
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"g\u0259\u02c8d\u0259r\u0113\u0259"
],
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"Hindi ga\u1e0dariy\u0101 , from g\u0101\u1e0dar sheep"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-122841"
},
"gamble (with)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to place in danger you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up"
],
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"garret":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof",
": a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof"
],
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"\u02c8ger-\u0259t",
"\u02c8ga-r\u0259t",
"\u02c8ger-\u0259t"
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"synonyms":[
"attic",
"cockloft",
"loft"
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"examples":[
"bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although his subjects are often serious, Kleber-Diggs' warm, extroverted manner defies the poet stereotype of a shy wallflower sequestered in a garret . \u2014 Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune , 7 June 2021",
"Lowell\u2019s writing oozes a sense of place, from the foggy, teeming streets of Shoreditch to Lucy\u2019s small but cozy garret to Weston\u2019s hollow, imposing London house. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 4 May 2021",
"Since leaving prison in 2014, Mr. Beal has lived in a garret above a Midtown synagogue. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2021",
"The symbolism around lack of identity is obvious to the point of oppressiveness: clouds of smoke, hosts of theater costumes in Ella\u2019s garret . \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2021",
"To keep his main suspect from being arrested, Joseph has to squirrel Van Meegeren away in a garret , where the louche fugitive is happy to paint, drink whiskey and entertain his mistress (Olivia Grant). \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 19 Nov. 2020",
"But by 1974, as concrete grew unpopular and a national recession took hold, Mr. McKinnell and Mr. Kallmann found themselves out of work, waiting for the phone to ring in a garret office on Tremont Street overlooking Boston Common. \u2014 Joseph Giovannini, New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
"But inside his little garret near the Louvre, Lequeu in 1789 was turning to a wilder and more whimsical sort of architecture. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 6 Feb. 2020",
"One can easily imagine exiting the snug garret , its annex fronted by fleurs-de-lis done in stained glass, and, far below, stepping into a bistro on Rue d\u2019Argout. \u2014 R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times , 2 Oct. 2019"
],
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"Middle English garite \"watchtower, turret, room under a roof,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, alteration by suffix substitution (after fuite \"flight,\" from fuir \"to flee\") of garrette \"shelter for a sentry,\" from garir \"to support, protect\" + -ette, deverbal and diminutive suffix \u2014 more at garrison entry 1 , -ette"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131615"
},
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"definitions":[
"Definition of gaylies variant spelling of geylies"
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"gatekeeper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that tends or guards a gate",
": a person who controls access",
": a person who guards a gate",
": a health-care professional (as a primary care physician) who regulates access especially to hospitals and specialists"
],
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"\u02c8g\u0101t-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r",
"\u02c8g\u0101t-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r",
"-\u02cck\u0113-p\u0259r"
],
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"doorkeeper",
"doorman",
"janitor",
"porter"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the far-right, anti-establishment wing of the party now views the first-term congressman with similar skepticism, as someone who is falsely selling himself as a gatekeeper in his state to former President Donald J. Trump. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Plus as Telefonica pay TV unit Movistar Plus drives to consolidate as the No. 1 home entertainment gatekeeper in Spain. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 18 Nov. 2021",
"There is such a thing as a Chez Panisse kind of wine, and for the last 32 years, Jonathan Waters was the careful steward of that aesthetic, its gatekeeper and its ambassador, guarding and expanding the notion of what a Chez Panisse wine is. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
"Until such a day, Saturday seemed almost beyond challenge as informal gatekeeper to summertime. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
"But many SMBs don\u2019t have the luxury of a gatekeeper to screen calls, answer the phone while the team\u2019s busy and jot down messages. \u2014 Gavin Macomber, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Seven months after a major spill fouled the beaches and wetlands around Huntington Beach, Senate Bill 953 failed to win passage in a gatekeeper committee. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"To philanthropists and politicians, the institution begun by Joe Papp remains a gatekeeper for the American theater\u2019s body politic, the vanguard of theater as public work in New York City. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Angela was encouraged when Trevor volunteered as a gatekeeper for ski races and wanted to race himself. \u2014 Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-143403"
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"adjective"
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": proof against the entry or damaging action of gases"
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"gawkishness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gawky"
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"\u02c8g\u022f-kish"
],
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"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"uncoordinated",
"ungainly"
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"coordinated",
"graceful"
],
"examples":[
"the kind of gawkish girl who trips while receiving her high school diploma"
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"gawk entry 1 + -ish"
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"1840, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-144402"
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"abbreviation",
"interjection",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
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": a chisel or pointed iron or steel bar for loosening ore or rock",
": a long stick",
": to be on the go without a specific aim or purpose",
": a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel",
"generalized anxiety disorder",
": to wander or roam from place to place",
"generalized anxiety disorder"
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"\u02c8gad",
"\u02c8gad",
"\u02c8gad"
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"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
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"Noun (1)",
"Middle English, \"spike, goad, metal bar,\" borrowed from Old Norse gaddr \"goad, spike,\" going back to Germanic *gazda- \"stick, rod, goad\" \u2014 more at yard entry 4",
"Verb",
"Middle English gadden , of obscure origin",
"Interjection",
"euphemism for God",
"Noun (2)",
"Hebrew G\u0101dh"
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"Noun (1)",
"circa 1535, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Interjection",
"1608, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-150427"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Spanish settler in America who immigrated from Spain"
],
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"\u00a6g\u00e4ch\u0259\u00a6p\u0113n"
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"American Spanish gachup\u00edn, cachup\u00edn , from obsolete Spanish cachop\u00edn block, trunk, blockhead, from cachopo hollow or dry trunk of a tree, from cacho pot, shard"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154820"
},
"gastrological":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or concerned with the needs and demands of the stomach"
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"\u00a6gastr\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4j\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171447"
},
"galliwasp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a harmless lizard ( Diploglossus monotropis ) of eastern Central America",
": either of two similar related lizards of Jamaica"
],
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"\u02c8gal\u0259\u02ccw\u00e4sp",
"-w\u022fsp"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"origin unknown"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180153"
},
"gastronomer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": gastronome sense 1"
],
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"ga\u02c8str\u00e4n\u0259m\u0259(r)"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"from gastronomy , after such pairs as astronomy: such astronomer"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185006"
},
"games-all":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tie score in tennis at five games or more each"
],
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"games plural of game entry 1"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1853, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205546"
},
"gala":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a festive celebration",
": a public entertainment marking a special occasion",
": a medium-sized apple with crisp yellowish-white sweet flesh and a red skin or a golden skin with red striping",
": a large showy celebration",
": being or resembling a large showy celebration"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0259",
"\u02c8ga-",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-",
"\u02c8g\u0101-l\u0259",
"\u02c8ga-l\u0259",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[
"carnival",
"celebration",
"fest",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"fiesta",
"jubilee"
],
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"a grand gala celebrating the town's centennial",
"attended the gala celebrating the reopening of the museum",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loughlin, 57, walked the carpet for the gala in Los Angeles, which benefits HollyRod Foundation, an organization that provides resources to people who have recently received autism or Parkinson\u2019s disease diagnoses. \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Two years later, Kate had the dress altered, adding demure cap sleeves for a gala at the National Portrait Gallery. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"However, the theme for this gala held on May 2, 2022, veered to a more glamorous feeling: White tie, inspired by the style and culture of the Gilded Age in New York. \u2014 Beth Bernstein, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"At sunset on the last Monday of March, CNN stars gathered for a gala on the 101st floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper to celebrate the launch of CNN+, the streaming service that was supposed to take the network into the digital future. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Datsishin\u2019s death, which made headlines around the world as an especially poignant symbol of the war\u2019s brutality, helped spur Cojocaru and Putrov to organize the Dance for Ukraine charity gala . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Cardonita said ways to support Adrianna include making online donations, four sponsorship levels and registration for the gala . \u2014 Hartford Courant , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Her positive test result comes amid a growing number of cases among the top officials in Washington, including the attorney general and commerce secretary, after many gathered for an elite dinner gala on Saturday. \u2014 Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2022",
"With Cyrus having been scheduled to perform up until Friday, organizers for the charity gala were left scrambling to find a last-minute replacement. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"borrowed from French, borrowed from Spanish, \"elegance, pomp, occasion marked by display,\" borrowed from Middle French gale \"festivity, pleasure\" \u2014 more at gallant entry 1"
],
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"1777, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-214015"
},
"game room":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a recreation room",
": one fitted out for the playing of table games"
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"first_known_use":[
"1920, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-234313"
},
"gas producer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": producer sense 3"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-000951"
},
"garoo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": agarwood"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4(\u02cc)r\u00fc",
"g\u0259\u02c8r\u00fc"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Malay gaharu"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004434"
},
"Gainesville":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in north central Florida population 124,354",
"city in northern Georgia northeast of Atlanta population 33,804"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101nz-\u02ccvil",
"-v\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-015623"
},
"gawkhammer":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": awkward , clumsy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259u\u0307k\u02ccham\u0259(r)",
"\u02c8g\u00e4k-",
"\u02c8g\u014dk-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"gawk entry 2 + English dialect hammer clumsy person"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061612"
},
"gaycat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tramp who will work if the inducement is sufficient",
": a young and inexperienced tramp"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072003"
},
"GABA":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun or abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"gamma-aminobutyric acid",
": gamma-aminobutyric acid"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084357"
},
"Gaddang":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a people inhabiting northern Luzon in the Philippines",
": a member of such people",
": the Austronesian language of the Gaddang people"
],
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"\u02c8g\u00e4\u02ccd\u00e4\u014b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"native name in the Philippines"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100440"
},
"game bird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a bird that may be legally hunted according to the laws especially of a state of the U.S."
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fire also was important to the plantation landowners who hunted bobwhite quail, a small and much-loved game bird that lives on lands subject to frequent fires. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 May 2022",
"Zebari hunted the kaw, or chukar partridge, a game bird with zebra flanks that is an unofficial national bird of Kurdistan, prized for its song and meat. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Pheasants aren't native to Wisconsin but have been a popular game bird since they were introduced to the Badger State and stocking enhanced wild bird numbers beginning in the 1920s. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Jan. 2022",
"In 1948, de Mestral took a two-week holiday from work to go game bird hunting. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Those that are hunting doves also must have the migratory game bird endorsement and be HIP-certified. \u2014 Nathan Giese, Chron , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Required to hunt any migratory game bird (waterfowl, coot, rail, gallinule, snipe, dove, sandhill crane and woodcock) in combination with a Federal Duck Stamp and HIP Certification for waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and older. \u2014 Matt Williams, Dallas News , 14 Aug. 2021",
"This year\u2019s fall duck flight is expected to be down 36% from last year, according to Mike Szymanski, the agency\u2019s migratory game bird management supervisor. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The traditional Wisconsin summer game bird brood surveys were not conducted in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1770, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101552"
},
"game cart":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a four-wheeled dogcart"
],
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},
"gateleg table":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a table with drop leaves supported by movable paired legs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101t-\u02ccleg-",
"-\u02ccl\u0101g-"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1926, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102944"
},
"galvanograph":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a copperplate engraving produced by galvanography",
": a picture printed from such a plate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"gal\u02c8van\u0259\u02ccgraf",
"\u02c8galv\u0259n\u0113\u02cc-",
"-r\u0227f"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"galvano- + -graph"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104841"
},
"gayatri":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an ancient Vedic meter of 24 syllables generally arranged in a triplet",
": a composition in this meter (as a noted Hindu mantra used daily by the devout)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4y\u0259\u2027\u02cctr\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Sanskrit g\u0101yatr\u012b , from g\u0101yatra song, hymn, from g\u0101yati he sings"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112630"
},
"galero":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the flat-crowned wide-brimmed tasseled red hat formerly worn by Roman Catholic cardinals"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259\u02c8le(\u0259)r(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian, from Latin galerus cap of skin"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112953"
},
"gaungbaung":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Burmese headcloth usually of bright colored silk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gau\u0307\u014b\u02ccbau\u0307\u014b"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"native name in Burma"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120020"
},
"gazania":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Gazania ) of South African composite herbs often cultivated for their brightly colored flowers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8z\u0101-n\u0113-\u0259",
"-ny\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Theodorus Gaza \u20201478 Greek scholar"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1813, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120243"
},
"gaby":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": simpleton"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101-b\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"of obscure origin"
],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1746, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120622"
},
"Galeorhinus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a genus of sharks including the topes and soupfin sharks",
": a genus of sharks comprising the smooth dogfishes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8r\u012bn\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Greek galeos dogfish, shark + New Latin -rhinus (from Greek rhin\u0113 , a shark)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124407"
},
"gainest":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gainest superlative of gain"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-131613"
},
"gazehound":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sight hound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101z-\u02cchau\u0307nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1610, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132218"
},
"gateless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a gate":[
"a gateless valve"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101tl\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105327"
},
"Garibaldi":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirt or blouse for women and children that was popular in the latter part of the 19th century and was styled in imitation of the red shirts worn by the Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers":[
"Also in London were clothiers who featured the latest in female fashion\u2014red-colored Garibaldi blouses.",
"\u2014 Gay Talese"
],
": a bright orange damselfish ( Hypsypops rubicundus ) of the Pacific coast from northern California to Baja California that may reach a length of about 14 inches (35.6 centimeters)":[],
"Giuseppe 1807\u20131882 Italian patriot":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccger-\u0259-\u02c8b\u022fl-d\u0113",
"\u02ccga-r\u0259-\u02c8b\u022fl-d\u0113",
"\u02ccga-r\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Eye-catching vermilion rockfish share the water with the state\u2019s official marine fish, the orange garibaldi , which is Sun\u2019s favorite. \u2014 James T. Bartlett, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2020",
"All passengers have their own seats and portholes to look for garibaldi , urchins, rockfish and bat rays, among other sea life. \u2014 Kathie Bozanich, Orange County Register , 22 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105334"
}
}
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