dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hub_MW.json

{
  "hub":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a center of activity : focal point":[
        "The island is a major tourist hub ."
      ],
      ": a central device that connects multiple computers on a single network (see network entry 1 sense 3b )":[],
      ": a steel punch from which a working die (see die entry 2 sense 3a ) for a coin or medal is made":[],
      ": an airport or city through which an airline routes most of its traffic":[],
      ": the central part of a circular object (such as a wheel or propeller)":[
        "spokes attached to the hub of the wheel"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the hub of the city",
      "She was at the hub of all the activity.",
      "All of the airline's coast-to-coast flights pass through its hub .",
      "The spokes attach to the hub of the wheel.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This year, the festival featured a Ukrainian talent hub and producer Karina Kostyna was present to pitch her own projects and put Ukrainian documentary projects in the spotlight. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
      "Best known for its vibrant music scene, Austin is an up-and-coming tech hub and remote worker\u2019s paradise. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
      "There will also be a live podcast, a kid\u2019s village with activities, local entertainers, a health and wellness fair, local vendors, an artists\u2019 hub and more. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
      "On June 21, the US will begin enforcing a ban on goods from Xinjiang, a major manufacturing hub and the site of extensive alleged human rights violations against the region\u2019s Uyghur minority. \u2014 Aurora Almendral, Quartz , 8 June 2022",
      "For more than two months, Shanghai, a financial hub and home to some twenty-five million people, came to a halt. \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
      "Local leaders say Russians have occupied nearly a third of the region, but Ukraine maintains control of Kharkiv, a northeastern hub and a major target for Russia that lies close to the border. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
      "The centenarians were young children when White Tulsans formed a lynch mob in 1921 and attacked the Greenwood District, a thriving Black hub of commerce and home to multiple millionaires. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 19 May 2022",
      "Though curbs are now being loosened in Hong Kong, harsh travel restrictions over the past two years have temporarily reduced the proud aviation hub and freewheeling financial center to a shadow of its former self. \u2014 Time , 6 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of hob entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "axis",
      "base",
      "capital",
      "center",
      "central",
      "core",
      "cynosure",
      "epicenter",
      "eye",
      "focus",
      "ground zero",
      "heart",
      "locus",
      "mecca",
      "navel",
      "nerve center",
      "nexus",
      "nucleus",
      "omphalos",
      "seat"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083307",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hubble-bubble":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flurry of sound or activity : commotion":[],
      ": water pipe sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "reduplication of bubble":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0259-b\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ado",
      "alarums and excursions",
      "ballyhoo",
      "blather",
      "bluster",
      "bobbery",
      "bother",
      "bustle",
      "clatter",
      "clutter",
      "coil",
      "commotion",
      "corroboree",
      "disturbance",
      "do",
      "foofaraw",
      "fun",
      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fuss",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hoo-ha",
      "hoo-hah",
      "hoopla",
      "hubbub",
      "hullabaloo",
      "hurly",
      "hurly-burly",
      "hurricane",
      "hurry",
      "hurry-scurry",
      "hurry-skurry",
      "kerfuffle",
      "moil",
      "pandemonium",
      "pother",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction",
      "rumpus",
      "shindy",
      "splore",
      "squall",
      "stew",
      "stir",
      "storm",
      "to-do",
      "tumult",
      "turmoil",
      "uproar",
      "welter",
      "whirl",
      "williwaw",
      "zoo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023937",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hubbub":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": confusion , turmoil":[],
      ": noise , uproar":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.",
      "the hubbub surrounding the film star",
      "We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.",
      "What's all the hubbub about",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Twitter hubbub over uncredited scholars is a sideshow. \u2014 Amy Wilentz, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "The hubbub over entertainment awards seemed offensively trivial at the time. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
      "The hubbub for the past few weeks in the U.S. has been all about whether or not the government should recommend that people get booster shots for Covid-19. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "During the hubbub , police notice a man watching from a room at the hotel across the street. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "The tweet was later deleted but too late to avoid a Twitter hubbub . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Of course, in typical WSB fashion, that same commenter also suggested more conspiratorial motives for all the hubbub about short squeezes. \u2014 Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg.com , 12 June 2021",
      "That all this hubbub centers on two small rodents feels incidental. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 17 May 2022",
      "Given the unpredictability and hubbub in their lives, how can unhabiters create lasting changes"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub , interjection of contempt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-\u02ccb\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ado",
      "alarums and excursions",
      "ballyhoo",
      "blather",
      "bluster",
      "bobbery",
      "bother",
      "bustle",
      "clatter",
      "clutter",
      "coil",
      "commotion",
      "corroboree",
      "disturbance",
      "do",
      "foofaraw",
      "fun",
      "furor",
      "furore",
      "fuss",
      "helter-skelter",
      "hoo-ha",
      "hoo-hah",
      "hoopla",
      "hubble-bubble",
      "hullabaloo",
      "hurly",
      "hurly-burly",
      "hurricane",
      "hurry",
      "hurry-scurry",
      "hurry-skurry",
      "kerfuffle",
      "moil",
      "pandemonium",
      "pother",
      "row",
      "ruckus",
      "ruction",
      "rumpus",
      "shindy",
      "splore",
      "squall",
      "stew",
      "stir",
      "storm",
      "to-do",
      "tumult",
      "turmoil",
      "uproar",
      "welter",
      "whirl",
      "williwaw",
      "zoo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221050",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hubby":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": husband":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "my hubby's been gone on a business trip all week, and I really miss him",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For example, Cardi B cooked up oxtails for hubby Offset and their beautiful blended family. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
      "Hailey Baldwin and her hubby Justin Bieber escaped their massive mansion for a getaway in the deserts of Utah. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
      "That's just a short train ride away from her awesome house, where her genial hubby and goofy son wait patiently. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
      "Peltz swapped wedding white for a hot pink gown by while her new hubby wore an ivory suit. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
      "So good, in fact, that Hailey couldn't resist to gush about her hubby on Instagram. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 2 May 2022",
      "From conquering her fear of heights to twirling around with rhythmic gymnasts, to tattooing her hubby , holistic healing, cooking thanksgiving dinner and officiating a wedding. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Ci Ci and her hubby snapped photos with sports-meets-music couple Noami Osaka and rapper bae Cordae. \u2014 Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
      "The actress just rang in the last birthday of her 40s by enjoying a vacation with her hubby . \u2014 Essence , 30 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1688, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "husband",
      "man",
      "mister",
      "old man"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040640",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hubam clover":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an annual variety ( Melilotus alba annua ) of sweet clover":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hy\u00fc\u02ccbam-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Harold DeMott Hu ghes born 1882 American agronomist, its discoverer + Ala bam a, state in the U.S., source of the seed for the experimental plot in which it was discovered":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003042"
  }
}