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{
"SWAK":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"sealed with a kiss":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135157",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"Swahili":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Bantu language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region":[],
": a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic saw\u0101\u1e25il , plural of s\u0101\u1e25il coast":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"sw\u00e4-\u02c8h\u0113-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211430",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Swainson pea":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the genus Swainsona":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Isaac Swainson \u20201806":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u0101n(t)s\u0259n-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081605",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Swainson's hawk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a buteo ( Buteo swainsonii ) chiefly of western North America and South America having pointed wings and usually a dark breast":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"William Swainson \u20201855 English naturalist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u0101n(t)-s\u0259nz-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011518",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Swan Islands":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"two islands in the Caribbean Sea northeast of Honduras":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075254",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"swab":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a specimen taken with a swab":[],
": a sponge or cloth patch attached to a long handle and used to clean the bore of a firearm":[],
": a useless or contemptible person":[],
": a wad of absorbent material usually wound around one end of a small stick and used especially for applying medication or for removing material from an area":[],
": sailor , gob":[],
": to apply medication to with a swab":[
"swabbed the wound with iodine"
],
": to clean with or as if with a swab":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect the area.",
"The doctor took a throat swab and sent it to the lab.",
"Verb",
"The nurse swabbed the cut with a disinfectant.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The fifth, a female named Sela, did not allow a swab test. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The need for a new kind of test became clear in the early months of the pandemic, when most individuals tested did not receive results until seven to 10 days after the administration of a standard commercial nasal swab test. \u2014 Claire Spinner, The Arizona Republic , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Emilio\u2019s nasal swab test is a starting point in L.A. Unified\u2019s colossal effort to screen every single student, teacher and staff member \u2014 more than half a million people \u2014 once a week for the foreseeable future. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Aug. 2021",
"The 15-minute nasal swab test is widely available as well. \u2014 Hannah Drown, cleveland , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Antigen tests that use a dry swab don't produce a specimen that can be used for determining variants. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Simmons told a deputy U.S. marshal that someone must have been trying to frame him and provided a cheek swab that ruled him out as a suspect, the FBI said. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, a quick exhalation is a lot more comfortable than a swab up the nose. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The child has a cotton swab in hand and is gently sticking it up his dad\u2019s nose. \u2014 Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In January, an unidentified person pretending to be a healthcare worker was able to bypass security at Nidorf Hall and swab the mouths of several children. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, Ilyas recommends soaking a cotton ball or swab in body oil, olive oil, or Vaseline and then rubbing it on the end and under the free edge of the tape to loosen the adhesive. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Shanghai officials on Thursday acknowledged and apologized for the long wait, citing a lack of resources and facilities -- despite authorities having built more than 10,000 testing sites and trained thousands of workers to swab throats. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"Authorities have built 15,000 testing sites and trained thousands of workers to swab throats. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"Around nightfall, the police asked parents to swab their noses for a DNA test; a few hours later the match came back confirming Makenna had died, Ms. Kramer said. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear\u2019s nostrils five times. \u2014 Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear\u2019s nostrils five times. \u2014 Laura Ungar, ajc , 30 Mar. 2022",
"North Carolina's second largest school district is investigating accusations that a bus driver offered students $5 to swab their cheeks. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from swabber":"Verb",
"probably from obsolete Dutch swabbe ; akin to Low German swabber mop":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swabbie",
"swabby",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025943",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"swabbie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": swab sense 2b":[]
},
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \u201cAhoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\u201d"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200821",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swabby":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": swab sense 2b":[]
},
"examples":[
"the pirate captain cried, \u201cAhoy, me swabbies , 'tis time to hoist the Jolly Roger!\u201d"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sw\u00e4-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"tar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092901",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swag":{
"antonyms":[
"droop",
"flag",
"hang",
"loll",
"sag",
"wilt"
],
"definitions":{
": a decorative strip or chain hanging in a curve between two points : festoon":[
"\u2026 transverse swags of carmine floral design and top crown frieze \u2026",
"\u2014 James Joyce"
],
": a pack of personal belongings":[
"\u2026 I'd be the last to strike my tent and sling my swag .",
"\u2014 Ambrose Bierce"
],
": a slow movement back and forth : sway sense 1":[
"\u2026 a shudder took the whole structure of the vessel and my body on the bed, too, and the Kentucky Queen yawed to the deep inner swag of the river.",
"\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
],
": a suspended cluster of something (such as evergreen branches)":[
"Garlands of green, with roses interspersed, were in swags and loops about the splendid walls \u2026",
"\u2014 E. Barrington"
],
": bold or brash self-confidence : swagger , cockiness":[
"His theory: \"If you want the world to change, you must be the change you want in the world \u2026 . It's good to have swag but better to have substance.\"",
"\u2014 Briana Barner",
"On Sunday, hometown faves Derrick Carter and Jamila Woods tear up the Blue stage while Beyonce's little sister, Solange, brings her grown woman swag as the headliner on the Green stage.",
"\u2014 Mary L. Dratcher",
"Lewis spoke of \"a breezy self confidence,\" known perhaps today as swag \u2026",
"\u2014 Anton Allahar",
"I'm not just talking about his cheesy one-liners and the smirk that sometimes comes with them\u2014the way he delivers that line is pure swag .",
"\u2014 LaToya Ferguson"
],
": goods acquired by unlawful means : booty , loot":[
"\u2026 the swag from this and other forms of graft was kept hidden \u2026",
"\u2014 Frederick Lewis Allen",
"\u2026 a pirate's spectral wife, who has roamed the harbor ever since she was left behind to guard his swag .",
"\u2014 Katharine Whittemore"
],
": goods given to people who attend or participate in an event":[
"Her handbags \u2026 one year were a part of the swag celebrities brought home from the Screen Actors Guild Awards.",
"\u2014 Karen Martin"
],
": money , lucre":[
"\u2026 affirmed that he is now bonded to pay up to $5,000 to any listener who may lose out on swag being offered by another network.",
"\u2014 Saul Carson"
],
": promotional goods or items":[
"\u2026 Ravens gear was selling better than O's swag . I bought one of the cartoon-bird caps \u2026",
"\u2014 David Simon"
],
": sag , droop":[],
": sway , lurch":[],
": to adorn with swags":[],
": to arrange (something, such as drapery) in swags":[],
": valuable articles or goods":[
"One of the premier spots in the area to land home-bar swag is Pub Stuff in Stafford. The store is packed with everything \u2026 for homeowners looking to make their bar stand out.",
"\u2014 Matt Pais"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"The robbers divided the swag .",
"robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards",
"Verb",
"the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The struggle to get employees back to the office continues, and tech companies have resorted to sweetening the sour taste of commuting to work with A-list concerts, office swag , and other perks. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That includes judges' feedback, limited-edition digital and physical swag , and special commemorative medals. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Friday\u2019s grand opening starts at 8 a.m., and will feature a DJ and free swag for guests, Heid said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
"Sometimes camps offer discounts for teams or coaches, or even free swag . \u2014 Outside Online , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Born in Col\u00f3n Province, Akim has a certain swag and romanticism in his voice that\u2019s best reflected in his reggae plena and R&B fusions. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 3 Feb. 2022",
"So if you guys want to make rings a signature part of his look, this Valentine\u2019s day, surprise him with a ring that conveys a message of his swag . \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Edwards, the second-year guard, added swag and talent. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Eggs contained items such as bracelets, rings, stickers, candy, mini figures, temporary tattoos and Park District of Highland Park swag . \u2014 Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Those watching the race at home, or at the track, can scan the code and win prizes such as tickets to future races or swag such as T-shirts, hats, floor mats, racing flags, and koozies. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Then head over to Rival, the award-winning boutique hotel has a retro Art Deco swag that\u2019s inviting and super chic. \u2014 Essence , 11 June 2020",
"From major labels to local designers, her style (shout out her stylist Scot Louie) and swag behind each look are impeccable. Check out our favorite looks from Ryan Destiny below. \u2014 Maiya Carmichael, Essence , 8 Aug. 2019",
"The two-bedroom suite is further swagged out with robes, pillows, towels, and eye masks in H\u00e4stens's trademark blue and white checkered pattern. \u2014 Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Business is all about the packaging, and the enormous stacks of sharply illustrated shipping boxes for all that swag sent a clear and strong message. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 24 Sep. 2019",
"The 100-year-old maroon velvet rope still swags alongside the curving stairs. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2019",
"Souvenirs from his time include a fortune worth of silk window treatments \u2014 draped, swagged , fringed, puddled or ballooned \u2014 that reach past 20 feet tall in the living room. \u2014 Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press , 29 June 2019",
"In Rossa, Buren\u2019s stripes wrap the soft edges of the building, the two patterns of color meeting in a swagging line around the middle. \u2014 Shonquis Moreno, Curbed , 6 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun",
"2003, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svagga to sway, rock; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock":"Verb",
"short for swagger entry 2":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8swag"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100510",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swage bolt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bolt with indentations swaged in its body by means of which it is gripped in masonry":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131956",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swage-set":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to broaden the tips of (a saw tooth) to a width greater than the thickness of the saw":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from swage-set , adjective":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040713",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"swager":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that swages":[],
": swage":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"swage entry 3 + -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-wej-",
"\u02c8sw\u0101j\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swagger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an arrogantly self-confident way of walking : an act or instance of swaggering":[],
": arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior":[],
": boast , brag":[],
": bold or brash self-confidence":[
"\"Taxi\" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger .",
"\u2014 Sheri Linden",
"Thierry has the swagger of a man who blew off conventional wisdom and turned out just fine.",
"\u2014 Ben O'Donnell"
],
": marked by elegance or showiness : posh":[],
": ostentatious display or bravado":[],
": to force by argument or threat : bully":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room",
"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of the extensive preparation, McDonald said the Raiders had a new swagger about them after three-straight upset wins brought them to the state championship game. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from swag entry 1 + -er (as in chatter )":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8swa-g\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"boast",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095022",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"swagger stick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a short light stick usually covered with leather and tipped with metal at each end and intended for carrying in the hand (as by military officers)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Men of swagger: rapper Crisis Mr. Swagger, left, and General George Patton with swagger stick . \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 26 Aug. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204051",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"swaggeringly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an arrogantly self-confident way of walking : an act or instance of swaggering":[],
": arrogant or conceitedly self-assured behavior":[],
": boast , brag":[],
": bold or brash self-confidence":[
"\"Taxi\" opens with an argument over capital punishment between a progressive female teacher and a condescending loudmouth who's all macho swagger .",
"\u2014 Sheri Linden",
"Thierry has the swagger of a man who blew off conventional wisdom and turned out just fine.",
"\u2014 Ben O'Donnell"
],
": marked by elegance or showiness : posh":[],
": ostentatious display or bravado":[],
": to force by argument or threat : bully":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
"hoping to impress the women at the bar, the young man confidently swaggered across the room",
"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
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"In this idyllic arbor, our young maiden, Queenie, met her swain , Mr. Darcy. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
"Aaron Tveit plays a sweet-talking swain who tries to steal away Melissa through song, much to the chagrin of the musicals-hating Josh. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 July 2021",
"Maleficent is jilted by a swain who prefers power to love. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 26 May 2021",
"Harley, however, has now split with her grinning swain and gone solo. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"The film shifts to mechanical manipulation, though, shortly after Rossano Brazzi makes his appearance as Hepburn's swain . \u2014 Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader , 8 May 2018",
"Ere long a torch song singer was crooning some Jazz Age hits and the dance floor was crowded with flappers in fringed black shimmy frocks and their tuxedoed swains , giving us full-on Chicago in New York. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"Each episode will focus on a crime story taking place in the South, from the murder of a former biker gang to a missing bank president discovered duct-taped to a chair in a swamp . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Hartford \u2014 Greg Jones, the vice president of community health and engagement for Hartford HealthCare, prefers to call Hartford a food swamp , rather than a food desert. \u2014 Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant , 4 May 2022",
"As smaller creatures are eaten by larger ones, the resilient DDT that first landed on mosquitoes in a swamp passes upward from one creature to the next. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Biden administration recently announced $1.1 billion to fund Everglades restoration projects, the largest single injection of money into the effort to restore the vast South Florida web of swamp , marsh and forest. \u2014 David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Chris and Roberta left their home before dawn and drove to the swamp , where the floodwater had receded after blanketing the area for weeks. \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The Indianapolis Times on June 4, 1950, ran a front-page article on the swamp , calling it Indianapolis Everglades, a nod to the River of Grass in southern Florida. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 10 May 2022",
"In this piece, Upholt reflects on the history of the swamp , the mythology of the region, and learning to live with change \u2014 a lesson especially important as time goes on. \u2014 Spencer George, Longreads , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s a satisfying bass that isn\u2019t too enthusiastic and doesn\u2019t swamp the other frequencies. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"And that heat radiation would swamp the signals from the very most distant galaxies. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"The media and politicians warn constantly of rising sea levels that would swamp coastlines from Florida to Bangladesh. \u2014 Steven E. Koonin, WSJ , 17 Feb. 2022",
"So far, Newsom holds the upper hand, thanks to the spotlight afforded to an incumbent and a $25-million reelection war chest that could easily swamp his challengers. \u2014 Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Rising sea levels of a couple of feet could swamp it, forcing its 380,000 residents to relocate. \u2014 Greg Melville, Outside Online , 13 May 2014",
"Then, interest expense could swamp the federal budget. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Still, health officials have warned the more contagious variant could swamp hospitals. \u2014 J. Scott Trubey, ajc , 3 Jan. 2022",
"But privately, they are petrified that a Republican majority would end Biden's agenda and swamp them with endless investigations and subpoenas, promise impeachment and potentially endanger fair certification of the next presidential election. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"Ohio residents, by and large, did not appear to miss their state\u2019s swampland . \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"There was another reason to establish essential canals in the swampland of the young nation\u2019s new capital: to establish the District of Columbia as a place of federal supremacy in the minds of the previously independent states. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In 1967, Disney mounted a publicity campaign to get the Florida Legislature to establish the district, allowing the company to build Walt Disney World in record time on a massive plot of undeveloped swampland near Orlando. \u2014 Robbie Whelan, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The four-part series stars wilderness experts and best friends Donny Dust and Ray Livingston as they are dropped in various hostile locations, such as the Alaskan wilderness and a Louisiana swampland , and work together to survive for 10 days. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"Verb",
"rich people swanking around in their expensive cars",
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"1708, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"\u02c8swa\u014bk"
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"verb"
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"commutation",
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"trade",
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"Verb",
"He swapped his cupcake for a candy bar.",
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"I liked her blue notebook and she liked my red one, so we swapped .",
"Noun",
"They made the swap in secret.",
"we made a swap : I'll do the dishes tonight and she'll do them for me tomorrow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"United confirmed on Thursday the Ajax manager Erik ten Hag will become the club\u2019s new permanent manager this summer, and Rangnick will swap his interim manager position for a new consultancy role. \u2014 Sam Pilger, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s why Buffalo will swap its first-round picks in the 2022 and 2023 drafts to the Falcons to move up from No. 25 and take its pick of this year\u2019s crop of cornerbacks, a position of need on a loaded team. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Classic car owners will swap plenty of those stories at thr third annual VW Bugs & Brew Car Show on Sunday at Alamo Beer. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The teams also will swap 2022 second-round picks, per Scheter. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Rock band Garbage will then swap in as special guests for the North American leg of the tour, with Morissette making several stops in Canada before weaving her way across the United States. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 8 Mar. 2022",
"If anything, Black Panther 2 and The Marvels will swap places. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Biden and Yearwood will swap family recipes on the special, including the First Lady's Grandmom Jacobs' savory stuffing recipe and Yearwood's Thanksgiving turkey gravy. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The athlete will swap out her Team USA gear to compete alongside the Auburn Tigers as a freshman. \u2014 Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The episode prompted speculation the captives would be used to try to extract concessions such as a prisoner swap . \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Laura King And Tracy Wilkinson, Anchorage Daily News , 22 June 2022",
"Kyiv has pledged to try to secure their release through a prisoner swap with Russia. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau, ajc , 14 June 2022",
"The Ukrainian government wants Russia to conduct a prisoner swap and hand over all those who laid down their arms, but Russian lawmakers want some of the captives to go on trial, according to Reuters. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"Reed, a former Marine, was released as part of a prisoner swap in April after having been held in Russia since 2019 on assault charges. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"But within two months, Reed was home in the United States, freed on April 27 as part of a prisoner swap agreed between the Biden administration and the Kremlin. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
"Ukraine wants to conduct a prisoner swap , but some figures in Russia have balked at the idea. \u2014 NBC News , 18 May 2022",
"The meeting comes one week after the Biden administration orchestrated the return of former Marine Trevor Reed from Russia through a prisoner swap . \u2014 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022",
"Earlier this week, it was announced that Russia released Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine, from custody through a prisoner swap after being held in prison for almost three years in Russia. \u2014 Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4p"
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"Noun",
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"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"waves gently swashing against the shore",
"every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery"
],
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"1556, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1683, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4sh",
"\u02c8sw\u022fsh"
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"lap",
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"slosh",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080208",
"type":[
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"whap"
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": to make a false report of an ongoing serious crime in order to elicit a response from law enforcement (such as the dispatch of a SWAT unit)":[
"Special FBI Agent John Bennett of San Francisco said in a statement to CBS, that those who swat want to see \"a tactical response\" \u2013 specifically, they \"want to see armed officers, they want to see a bomb, dogs, helicopters \u2013 that's all part of the fun.\"",
"\u2014 Bryn Lovitt",
"The congresswoman had just been \" swatted ,\" or subjected to a malicious act in which a person hides their identity, then calls the cops and reports a violent crime at the address of whomever they're targeting.",
"\u2014 Ryan Grenoble"
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},
"examples":[
"Verb (1)",
"She swatted the fly with a magazine.",
"The cat was swatting the injured mouse with its paw.",
"He swatted the tennis ball out of bounds.",
"Noun (1)",
"the impatient toddler got a swat on his wrist for stepping into the street by himself",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Tor could plausibly have helped swat down the incoming cruise missile or even threatened the overflying drone\u2014but apparently didn\u2019t. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"They have also been observed using sticks and leaves to swat away flies. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"If someone tried to snap a shot quickly, an aggressive usher would swat his or her hand over the lens of their iPhone. Cannes handed out its honorary Palme d\u2019Or to Forest Whitaker, who was feted with a tribute during the opening ceremony. \u2014 Elsa Keslassy, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"In the game of survival, an insect\u2019s reaction time easily beats my attempts to swat it. \u2014 Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2022",
"In 2003, Syracuse\u2019s impossibly long-limbed Hakim Warrick rocketed out to the 3-point line to swat away Michael Lee\u2019s open look at a game-tying shot for Kansas in the final seconds. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Climate change and habitat loss from big agriculture are combining to swat down global insect populations, with each problem making the other worse, a new study finds. \u2014 Seth Borenstein, ajc , 20 Apr. 2022",
"As anyone who has tried to swat a fly can attest, many of these buzzing pests have incredibly keen vision and fast reaction times. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Scientific American , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The 76ers big man went up with it, but so did Anteokounmpo who took one step from across the paint to swat it away with 1.6 seconds left. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair didn\u2019t disappoint, as Antetokounmpo scored 40 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and had three blocks \u2013 including the winning swat of an Embiid put-back attempt with 1.6 seconds left in the game. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The Warriors outlasted Merrimack Valley Conference foe Central Catholic, 49-47, on Sunday, as Hanscom totaled 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 2 blocks \u2013 including a swat in the final seconds to help preserve the win. \u2014 Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Davison swatted the ball away from around the rim as time expired, and Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wanted a goal-tending call on Davison's swat . \u2014 Tommy Deas, USA TODAY , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Houston coach Kelvin Sampson and several players followed the officials off the court, arguing Davison's swat was goaltending. \u2014 John Zenor, Chron , 12 Dec. 2021",
"In April, Baltimore Police and the FBI swat team executed raids on their homes. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune , 16 July 2021",
"Khris Middleton's shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo's swat ended those thoughts. \u2014 Brian Mahoney, ajc , 16 July 2021",
"Among the best: LeBron James\u2019s late Game 7 swat of Andre Iguodala in the 2016 N.B.A. finals against a favored team on the road. \u2014 New York Times , 15 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"2007, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
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"English dialect, to squat, alteration of English squat":"Verb",
"s pecial w eapons a nd t actics":"Noun",
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"\u02c8sw\u00e4t"
],
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"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
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"crack",
"hammer",
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"slog",
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"smack",
"smite",
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"strike",
"swipe",
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"wallop",
"whack",
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"verb"
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": an enveloping medium":[],
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"a mountain swathed by clouds"
],
": to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage":[]
},
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"Verb",
"The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.",
"Her neck was swathed in jewels.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But the chloroplasts swathe large portions of their flat, billowy bodies in a startling verdigris. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 Sep. 2021",
"As the morning sun pours in, the two women swathe machines in bubble wrap and place them in cardboard boxes. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 June 2021",
"This is serious wine, delicious with its core of refreshing acidity swathed in ripe, sweet flavors of strawberries and melon. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2020",
"Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"One had floors swathed in grass and walls covered in Yayoi Kusama-like dots, decorated with cartoonish pixel art. \u2014 Andrew Dickson, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Koretz said at a City Council meeting, his nose and mouth swathed by a butterscotch-yellow bandanna to make his point. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
"This lucky painter has one swathed in a graphic Fromental wallpaper. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 11 Feb. 2020",
"More importantly, you'll be swathed in coziness with just the right amount of comforting pressure. \u2014 Nicole Briese, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2020"
],
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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},
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"Middle English, from Old English swathian":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8sw\u0101t\u035fh",
"\u02c8sw\u00e4t\u035fh",
"\u02c8sw\u022ft\u035fh"
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"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072548",
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"verb"
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"antonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
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": to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot":[],
": wield":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the sway of the ship",
"He has come under the sway of terrorists.",
"The ancient Romans held sway over most of Europe.",
"Verb",
"branches swaying in the breeze",
"He swayed a moment before he fainted.",
"The lawyer tried to sway the jury.",
"She persisted in her argument, but I wouldn't let her sway me.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Increasingly, Ukraine\u2019s military prospects are being determined by its access to Western weapons systems, meaning that the U.S. and European leaders hold enormous sway over Ukraine\u2019s fortunes despite their protestations of deference to Kyiv. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"This is precisely the wrong person to hold sway over Twitter. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Trump\u2019s orders would now hold sway over her community\u2019s fate. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 31 Mar. 2022",
"As the world\u2019s two biggest smartphone software providers, Google and Apple hold significant sway over what mobile apps can do on billions of devices. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Trump won Alabama by 25 points and remains popular among conservative voters who hold significant sway over Alabama\u2019s election outcomes. \u2014 al , 6 Feb. 2022",
"His family and allies hold sway over the economy, including finance, tourism, energy and the media. \u2014 Zoltan Simon, Bloomberg.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The group has long exerted its sway with millions of firearms-owning voters to derail gun control drives in Congress. \u2014 Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"In recent years, as Beijing has pursued a more assertive foreign policy and expanded development funding globally in a bid to enhance its international sway , its visibility in the Pacific Islands, too, has grown. \u2014 Simone Mccarthy, CNN , 6 June 2022",
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"As quincea\u00f1era dresses sway in the corner and sombreros return in a new portion, the audience sees how everything is intertwined. \u2014 Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"The anger from the crowd was clear -- though crossing the GOP base may not ultimately sway the crucial block of 10 Republicans. \u2014 Byallison Pecorin, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Donovan Mitchell has a whole lot of say and sway inside Jazz operations, everything from the way the team plays on the floor to personnel decisions to strategies to culture to coaching hires to team branding. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"The critics are also hopeful that environmental concerns might sway public opinion. \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Hold up a beer, sway with the crowd and sing along. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Most stocks tend to sway in the general direction of the broader market to some extent\u2014and in those cases, a low beta simply means the stock just doesn\u2019t wiggle as much as the S&P 500 does. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Tiny hair cells lined up in the outer ear leap and sway , transmitting sound\u2019s vibrations to other hair cells in the inner ear that carry information via nerves to the brain. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"The Beginnings of \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 2016: Stop the Steal, a political group launched by Trump associate Roger Stone, begins warning that voter fraud will sway the Republican primary in favor of competitors to Donald Trump. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 9 June 2022"
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"Comartin is planning to attend the Detroit Regional Chamber\u2019s Mackinac Policy Conference later this month, which will serve as a sort of swan song for his career. \u2014 Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press , 21 May 2022",
"Perez Toledo\u2019s swan song , five stories featuring unfulfilled relationships and desire. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Paul Crewes, who was the artistic director at the time, serves as creative producer on what is his swan song at the Beverly Hills theater. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"James Mangold returned to the X-Men franchise for Logan, which would be Hugh Jackman's swan song after 17 years and 8 films playing Wolverine. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's swan song will continue into the Sweet 16, as the Blue Devils outmatched a resilient Michigan State team for an 85-76 second-round win on Sunday. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The studio partners behind Daniel Craig\u2019s 007 swan song would go on to spend $66 million marketing the film, including the money spent during the delayed seven months, only to switch release dates again to April 2021. \u2014 Chris Lee, Vulture , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Logic had earlier said his July 2020 album No Pressure would serve as his hip-hop swan song before his retirement from the game. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Helio Castroneves was deep into what many believed would be his swan song as a sportscar driver, stuck on three 500 victories and yet to win one 24 Hours of Daytona (let alone two) or an IMSA DPi championship. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"For another photo, Spears changed into a different puff-sleeve crop, this time a white one with a black origami swan boat design. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The Woodlands Township Parks and Recreation Department is preparing to open Riva Row Boat House for rentals of kayaks and swan boats . \u2014 Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle , 4 May 2020",
"As swan boats draped with suffragist sashes drifted in the Public Garden lagoon, local activists on Friday invoked the cruel realities of the 19th Amendment that pitted black and white women against one another. \u2014 Alison Kuznitz, BostonGlobe.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"She was known to hang around the swan boat dock and follow the pedaled vessels around the lake. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com , 8 July 2019",
"Take a swan boat ride and stroll through the Public Garden. \u2014 Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2019",
"The boat rental business has also been impacted by the blue-green algae warning, said Ashley Govea, a summer employee of Wheel Fun Rentals, a company that rents swan boats and bikes to visitors. \u2014 Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com , 25 June 2019",
"At least one of the photos, depicting the future First Lady floating inside a swan boat on a still lake, and her swinging from a chandelier, combines images into a composite. \u2014 NBC News , 2 July 2018",
"The event will shut down a large parking garage under the Common and local tourist attractions, such as the Public Garden swan boats , for security purposes. \u2014 Jennifer Levitz, WSJ , 18 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The tracks for the sliding doors are baked into the tail light-to-tail lamp swage lines, which also visually minimize the door handles. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"There are a multitude of tools to ream or swage the crimp out of the primer pocket. \u2014 Bryce M. Towsley, Field & Stream , 23 June 2020"
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"He copped a plea, ratted out a dozen no-neck pals and swaggered off to prison, leaving South Beach temporarily without a pied piper. \u2014 Carl Hiaasen , New York Times Book Review , 22 Feb. 2009",
"So it is a fight rather than an argument, really\u2014a fight over complexity versus ease, a fight that mostly mimics gang war, which is not so much a vigorous instance of manly bloodletting (though it is that too) as a dustup over prestige: who has the prior right to swagger in public. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick , Harper's , April 2007",
"Sometimes he sauntered through the streets of the old town. He looked with awe at the students of the corps, their cheeks gashed and red, who swaggered about in their coloured caps. \u2014 W. Somerset Maugham , Of Human Bondage , 1915",
"I, too, would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament.",
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"Noun",
"He limps with a noticeable swagger , flamboyantly waving his cane, semi-ironically mimicking the rap stars who are now his peers. \u2014 Matt Diehl , Spin , September 2008",
"He greeted me with the swagger he's learned since he became a fighter pilot, smiling, his blue eyes glowing. \u2014 Matthew Klam , Harper's , February 1999",
"What a hero Tom was become, now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him. \u2014 Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer , 1876",
"He has a swagger that annoys some of his teammates.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"The seventh-seeded Knights earned some right to swagger into this game with a 69-52 victory over Florida on Saturday, the program\u2019s first win over the Gators after 26 losses. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"One shot after another, one opportunity after another exploited, the Bears looked like the team most expected to swagger through Dickies Arena and advance. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"No politician in history, though, has managed to swagger through an entire term in office. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 8 Jan. 2022",
"One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Bo Nix had every reason to swagger into his freshman season at Auburn. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Sep. 2020",
"Their bodies firm up and swagger into a ritualistic circle of savagery. \u2014 Michelle Weber, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Any could soon find a confident twentysomething swaggering into their quarterback room. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of the extensive preparation, McDonald said the Raiders had a new swagger about them after three-straight upset wins brought them to the state championship game. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 Doughty also had a swagger about him on the court that endeared himself to Auburn\u2019s fanbase. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 28 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s team sells out every game, attracts a legion of fans and media and has serious swagger . \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 3 Apr. 2022",
"His work, including the cushiony 1963 leather Elda chair and the 1969 Tube chair, made from four graduated cylinders wrapped in vinyl, was refined yet had a populist swagger that evoked the factory floor. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Also, Charlie Brewer has some classic swagger about him tonight. \u2014 Destine Gibson, Dallas News , 28 Nov. 2020",
"In addition to his soulful vocals, Chaplin brought a Stonesy swagger to the mix while tearing it up on lead guitar, gleefully standing mere inches from Wilson's piano. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the \u201990s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"With their confidence and swagger now soaring, Ja Morant and company have the look of a team that isn't interested in waiting its turn to compete for a championship. \u2014 Matt Eppers, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022"
],
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"probably from swag entry 1 + -er (as in chatter )":"Verb, Noun, and Adjective"
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"circa 1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221711"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234256"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wooten's, a long-standing tourism attraction, offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides and alligator shows, in addition to an animal sanctuary that has tigers, lions, otters, and more than 100 alligators. \u2014 Michael Braun, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours is an attraction in Ochopee, Florida, that offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides, alligator shows and more, including the opportunity to see tigers, lions and otters at its Animal Sanctuary. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Now, the 110-acre park features an extensive network of zip lines, a swamp buggy tour and gator-centric shows for visitors of all ages. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 26 May 2021",
"Find similar educational opportunities with alligators there, and consider the off-road swamp buggy adventure. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 12 Aug. 2020",
"The avid sportsman and hunter grabbed some extra long zip ties from his swamp buggy and cinched those around Boyce\u2019s leg along with the belts. \u2014 Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2019",
"Take a horseback ride, go on a swamp buggy tour or see the Saturday night rodeo before retiring to your glamping tent or teepee. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 10 June 2019",
"Kids and adults alike can enjoy ziplines and a swamp buggy ride. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 10 June 2019"
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"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011433"
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