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"Puget Sound":{
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"definitions":{
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"arm of the Pacific Ocean extending 80 miles (129 kilometers) south into western Washington from the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca":[]
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259t"
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"geographical name"
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"Puget Sound pine":{
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"definitions":{
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": douglas fir":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Puget Sound , arm of the Pacific ocean extending southward into Washington state":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259\u0307t-"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173740",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"Pugettia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of spider crabs (family Majidae) common along the Pacific coast of North America":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Puget Sound + New Latin -ia":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"py\u00fc\u02c8get\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073419",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Puglia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"region of southeastern Italy on the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Taranto; capital Bari population 4,052,566":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u00fcl-y\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035257",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"pug":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a close knot or coil of hair : bun":[],
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": any of a breed of small sturdy compact dogs of Asian origin with a smooth, short coat, tightly curled tail, short muzzle, and broad wrinkled face":[],
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": boxer entry 1 sense 1":[],
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": pug nose":[],
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": pugmark":[],
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": to work and mix (a substance, such as clay) when wet especially to make more homogeneous and easier to handle (as in throwing or molding wares)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1858, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hindi & Urdu pag foot, step":"Noun",
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"by shortening & alteration from pugilist":"Noun",
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"obsolete pug hobgoblin, monkey":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259g"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213358",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pug mill":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a machine in which materials (such as clay and water) are mixed, blended, or kneaded into a desired consistency":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pug entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161821",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pug moth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of various small geometrid moths of Chloroclystis and related genera":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pug entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010320",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pug-dog":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pug entry 2 sense 3a":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041847",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"puggaree":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a light scarf wrapped around a sun helmet or used as a hatband":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Hindi & Urdu pag\u1e5b\u012b turban":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259-g(\u0259-)r\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115549",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pugh":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pew entry 5":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by alteration":"Noun",
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"imitative of the sniff of disdain caused by a bad smell":"Interjection"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"usually read as \u02c8p\u00fc",
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"\u02c8py\u00fc",
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"a strongly articulated p- sound sometimes trilled & sometimes with a vowel sound following"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132344",
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"type":[
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"interjection",
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"noun"
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},
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"pugil":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pinch entry 2 sense 2b":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pugillus handful, from pugnus fist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100634",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pugil stick":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy pole with padded ends used in training in the armed services to simulate bayonet fighting":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"pugil ism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259l-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042013",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"pugilant":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pugilistic":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pugilant-, pugilans present participle of pugilare, pugilari to fight with fists, from pugil boxer":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fcj\u0259l\u0259nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053942",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"pugilism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": boxing entry 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The abject failure of the liberal nation-building project in Afghanistan, or the international gridlock in supporting Ukraine\u2019s fledgling democracy against Russia\u2019s pugilism , are just a few recent real-world checks to liberal universalism. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
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"With that simple statement of faith in a better America, Allen lays out the deeply idealistic roots of his legal pugilism . \u2014 Steven Gaydos, Variety , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Its pugilism is polite and thoughtful, but this is a show that very much packs a punch. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 17 Oct. 2021",
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"But as Nick Goldberg wrote, Cuomo has a long history of political pugilism . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"It\u2019s made by a Charlestown startup that has a vision of doing for pugilism what Peloton did for cycling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 July 2021",
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"Production sources believed the snub was retaliatory, citing Rudin\u2019s pugilism that embroiled the show in multiple legal disputes on its way to New York - a precursor, perhaps, to his downfall this spring. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
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"Of course, the Williamsburg Hotel forces no one to bring pugilism to his/her vacation or work time. \u2014 Michael Alpiner, Forbes , 25 May 2021",
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"His brand of right-wing pugilism is similar to what talk-radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin have been doing for decades. \u2014 Kevin Roose, New York Times , 29 Oct. 2020"
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"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pugil boxer; akin to Latin pugnus fist \u2014 more at pungent":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222712",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pugilist":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"a pugilist with the trademark of the boxing ring: a nose that showed signs of having been broken on more than one occasion",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"By embracing her image as a political pugilist , Lightfoot is betting that Chicago voters will see her as a righteous fighter rather than someone who throws unnecessary haymakers. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
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"Part mentor and part intellectual pugilist , Gibson imported a kind of alienated bohemianism to the school. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Which pugilist will emerge as the undisputed heavyweight champion when Francis Ngannou takes on interim champion Ciryl Gane",
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"Stockier, too, with a pugilist \u2019s build, and muscles that looked earned rather than sculpted in a gym. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"Six-time major champion, golf icon and media pugilist Phil Mickelson made the cut on the number, shot even-par 72 and stayed at 3 under with no hope of winning. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 3 July 2021",
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"In Logan Paul, as well as his 24-year-old brother, Jake, himself a YouTuber-turned- pugilist , boxing has found a way to rework the usual celeb boxing melancholy into something with far bigger metrics. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 7 June 2021",
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"The already portly pugilist ballooned from 268 pounds to 283 for the rematch just six months later and lost in a landslide decision. \u2014 Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2021",
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"He was known as a pugilist with the resources to back risky projects, bringing more new plays to Broadway each season than any contemporary. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"circa 1740, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-j\u0259-list"
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"synonyms":[
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"boxer",
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"fighter",
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"gladiator",
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"prizefighter",
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"pug"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014811",
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"pugmark":{
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Russia\u2019s researchers have counted Siberian tigers\u2019 pugmarks \u2014the same technique that led to India\u2019s pre-2008 overestimates. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Apr. 2016",
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"The previous method used spoor (paw prints, also called pugmarks , and scat), which often led to the same animal being counted multiple times. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Apr. 2016"
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u0259g-\u02ccm\u00e4rk"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220135",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"pugnacious":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonaggressive",
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"nonbelligerent",
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"pacific",
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"peaceable",
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"peaceful",
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"unbelligerent",
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"uncombative",
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"uncontentious"
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"definitions":{
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": having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"That's a bass for you: pugnacious , adaptable and ever ready to demonstrate that the first order of business on any given day, drought or no drought, is eating anything that it can fit its big, powerful mouth around. \u2014 Pete Bodo , New York Times , 22 Oct. 1995",
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"Herz sees himself as a pugnacious sardine going up against rule-flouting sharks. \u2014 Richard Wolkomir , Smithsonian , August 1992",
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"He was a short man with heavy shoulders, a slight potbelly, puffy blue eyes, and a pugnacious expression. \u2014 Alice Munro , New Yorker , 2 Jan. 1989",
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"Podhoretz takes a more pugnacious and protesting stance, insisting on the word \"seriousness\" at all times and punctuating it with the word \"moral\". \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 30 May 1986",
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"There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything.",
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"a movie reviewer who is spirited, even pugnacious , when defending her opinions",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And after a deliberate effort to program feel-good films in 2021 \u2013 a recognition by the programming team that its pandemic-weary audience was looking for a pick-me-up \u2013 Chirilov says Transilvania has also reclaimed its old pugnacious spirit. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 June 2022",
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"Passive loyalty is absolutely necessary to the Kremlin, but pugnacious patriotism is not. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
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"For 2022, the Coppa d\u2019Oro winner was the Aston Martin Bulldog, a pugnacious one-off wedge with straight-edge lines that put it in stark contrast to much of the field\u2019s curvaceous French mainstays. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
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"In his early days in office, the congressman quickly crafted a political image as a close ally of former President Donald Trump, adopting Trump's pugnacious attitude toward national politics, in turn emulating his penchant for attracting scandal. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2021",
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"The new entity is coarser, more pugnacious , hostile to immigration and overseas business, and open to talking trash about big corporations, if not to raising their taxes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
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"Carrie Lam, the current chief executive, who appeared to relish debate, has been called pugnacious and quick-witted by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
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"The race is shaping up as a test of voters\u2019 continued attraction to the unfiltered and pugnacious style that Mrs. Greene champions. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"But night brought the familiar drumbeat of explosions once again, including a blast that sent windows across the city rattling and pushed Vitaliy Kim, Mykolaiv\u2019s pugnacious regional governor, to issue a video the next day reassuring residents. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1642, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin pugnac-, pugnax , from pugnare to fight \u2014 more at pungent":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u0259g-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pugnacious belligerent , bellicose , pugnacious , quarrelsome , contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities. belligerent nations bellicose suggests a disposition to fight. a drunk in a bellicose mood pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat. a pugnacious gangster quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause. the heat made us all quarrelsome contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling. wearied by his contentious disposition",
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"synonyms":[
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"aggressive",
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"agonistic",
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"argumentative",
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"assaultive",
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"bellicose",
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"belligerent",
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"brawly",
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"chippy",
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"combative",
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"confrontational",
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"contentious",
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"discordant",
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"disputatious",
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"feisty",
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"gladiatorial",
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"militant",
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"quarrelsome",
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"scrappy",
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"truculent",
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"warlike"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175500",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pugnacity":{
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"antonyms":[
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|
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"nonaggressive",
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"nonbelligerent",
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"pacific",
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"peaceable",
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"peaceful",
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"unbelligerent",
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"uncombative",
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"uncontentious"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent":[]
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},
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"examples":[
|
||
|
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"That's a bass for you: pugnacious , adaptable and ever ready to demonstrate that the first order of business on any given day, drought or no drought, is eating anything that it can fit its big, powerful mouth around. \u2014 Pete Bodo , New York Times , 22 Oct. 1995",
|
||
|
|
"Herz sees himself as a pugnacious sardine going up against rule-flouting sharks. \u2014 Richard Wolkomir , Smithsonian , August 1992",
|
||
|
|
"He was a short man with heavy shoulders, a slight potbelly, puffy blue eyes, and a pugnacious expression. \u2014 Alice Munro , New Yorker , 2 Jan. 1989",
|
||
|
|
"Podhoretz takes a more pugnacious and protesting stance, insisting on the word \"seriousness\" at all times and punctuating it with the word \"moral\". \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Times Literary Supplement , 30 May 1986",
|
||
|
|
"There's one pugnacious member on the committee who won't agree to anything.",
|
||
|
|
"a movie reviewer who is spirited, even pugnacious , when defending her opinions",
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"And after a deliberate effort to program feel-good films in 2021 \u2013 a recognition by the programming team that its pandemic-weary audience was looking for a pick-me-up \u2013 Chirilov says Transilvania has also reclaimed its old pugnacious spirit. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 16 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Passive loyalty is absolutely necessary to the Kremlin, but pugnacious patriotism is not. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
|
||
|
|
"For 2022, the Coppa d\u2019Oro winner was the Aston Martin Bulldog, a pugnacious one-off wedge with straight-edge lines that put it in stark contrast to much of the field\u2019s curvaceous French mainstays. \u2014 Basem Wasef, Robb Report , 27 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In his early days in office, the congressman quickly crafted a political image as a close ally of former President Donald Trump, adopting Trump's pugnacious attitude toward national politics, in turn emulating his penchant for attracting scandal. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2021",
|
||
|
|
"The new entity is coarser, more pugnacious , hostile to immigration and overseas business, and open to talking trash about big corporations, if not to raising their taxes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Carrie Lam, the current chief executive, who appeared to relish debate, has been called pugnacious and quick-witted by her colleagues. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"The race is shaping up as a test of voters\u2019 continued attraction to the unfiltered and pugnacious style that Mrs. Greene champions. \u2014 Siobhan Hughes, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"But night brought the familiar drumbeat of explosions once again, including a blast that sent windows across the city rattling and pushed Vitaliy Kim, Mykolaiv\u2019s pugnacious regional governor, to issue a video the next day reassuring residents. \u2014 Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022"
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||
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1642, in the meaning defined above":""
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||
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},
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||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
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"Latin pugnac-, pugnax , from pugnare to fight \u2014 more at pungent":""
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccp\u0259g-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259s"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for pugnacious belligerent , bellicose , pugnacious , quarrelsome , contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities. belligerent nations bellicose suggests a disposition to fight. a drunk in a bellicose mood pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat. a pugnacious gangster quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause. the heat made us all quarrelsome contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling. wearied by his contentious disposition",
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggressive",
|
||
|
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"agonistic",
|
||
|
|
"argumentative",
|
||
|
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"assaultive",
|
||
|
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"bellicose",
|
||
|
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"belligerent",
|
||
|
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"brawly",
|
||
|
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"chippy",
|
||
|
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"combative",
|
||
|
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"confrontational",
|
||
|
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"contentious",
|
||
|
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"discordant",
|
||
|
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"disputatious",
|
||
|
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"feisty",
|
||
|
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"gladiatorial",
|
||
|
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"militant",
|
||
|
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"quarrelsome",
|
||
|
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"scrappy",
|
||
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"truculent",
|
||
|
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"warlike"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173702",
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||
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"type":[
|
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"adverb",
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
|
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},
|
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|
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"pug nose":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
||
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": a nose having a slightly concave bridge and flattened nostrils":[]
|
||
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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||
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|
||
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
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"examples":[],
|
||
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
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"pug entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
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"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203542"
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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"pug-nosed eel":{
|
||
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"noun"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a deep-sea eel ( Simenchelys parasiticus ) having a shorter and stouter body than the common eel and a short blunt nose and burrowing into the bodies of other fishes":[]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132039"
|
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}
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