": an order of algae (class Dinophyceae ) having the cell wall made up of a definite number of plates arranged in a fixed pattern and vertically divided into two similar halves or valves \u2014 compare desmokontae":[]
"borrowed from New Latin, from Dinophysid- , taken as stem of Dinophysis , a typical genus (from dino- dino- + Greek ph\u00fdsis \"nature, outer form\") + -ales -ales":""
": a genus of extinct Pleistocene African baboons that were nearly the size of gorillas":[]
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"borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + -pithecus -pithecus":""
},
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"-p\u0259\u0307\u02c8th\u0113k\u0259s",
"-\u02c8pith\u0259\u0307k\u0259s"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the type genus of Dinornithidae comprising the largest of the moas":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from din- dino- + -ornis -ornis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b\u02c8n\u022frn\u0259\u0307s"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014926",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a family of extinct ratite birds that are related to the emus and cassowaries though usually placed in a distinct order \u2014 see dinornis , moa":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from Dinornith-, Dinornis dinornis + -idae -idae":""
"area containing rich fossil deposits in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah at the junction of the Green and Yampa rivers":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185957",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
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": a group of extinct reptiles widely distributed from the Triassic to the Mesozoic initially differing little from the generalized long-tailed quadrupedal common ancestors of modern birds and crocodilians but later becoming specialized for chiefly terrestrial carnivorous or herbivorous modes of life into distinct bipedal and quadrupedal groups, the latter including the largest known land animals \u2014 compare brontosaurus , diplodocus , ornithischia , saurischia , thecodontia":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from Greek dein\u00f3s \"inspiring dread or awe\" + -o- -o- + New Latin Sauria sauria":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012bn\u0259\u02c8s\u022fr\u0113\u0259"
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"plural noun"
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"chime",
"iterate",
"rehearse",
"reiterate",
"repeat"
],
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": to assail with loud continued noise":[
"dinned his ears"
],
": to impress (see impress entry 1 sense 2c ) by insistent repetition":[
"\u2014 often used with into lessons dinned into us as children"
],
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},
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"Noun",
"It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.",
"there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch",
"Verb",
"safety lessons dinned into us over and over",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a din of overlapping voices, Amy approached a peppy woman from the Assembly speaker\u2019s office and began her pitch. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"There's a key distinction that can be lost in the din of a dispute. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Gunfire might not be heard above the din of traffic. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Even as a young press operator at The Washington Post, working amid the din of printing presses rolling at deadline, Royce Miles stood out from the crowd. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In Brighton Beach, these immigrants shop together at the Brighton Bazaar and Tashkent supermarkets amid the din of trains overhead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, a little more than 100 counterprotesters descended down the wide lawn in front of the mountain\u2019s gigantic bas relief carving of Confederate leaders, shouting and jeering, forcing the SCV speakers to struggle to be heard over the din . \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
"From Nathan Fenno: As the mob jostled with two dozen police officers in helmets and gas masks blocking a hallway to the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol, a voice boomed above the din . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"For the second straight night, Julius yelled over the din of a clamorous crowd of Toksook Bay fans as the No. 6 seed Islanders pulled off an upset. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Deutsche Industrie-Normen":"Abbreviation",
"Middle English, from Old English dyne ; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars":"Noun and Verb"
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"\u02c8din"
],
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"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
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"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dine":{
"antonyms":[],
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": dinner":[],
": to give a dinner to":[
"wined her and dined her"
],
": to take dinner":[
"\u2014 often used with on dine on pasta"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We'll be dining at six o'clock.",
"She likes to dine at expensive restaurants.",
"I will be dining alone tonight.",
"We hope you have an enjoyable dining experience.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"His signature development is the Grove, a glamorous enclave in Los Angeles walled off from the surrounding neighborhood where shoppers can dine and drink and buy luxe goods. \u2014 Scott Wilson, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"The living spaces to gather, dine or relax are incredible. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Ultimately, the marina will be closely aligned with Birch Road, which runs north and south, and local residents will be able to dine at the restaurants and have access to jogging paths. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"While that likely won\u2019t include a bowl of homemade bucatini all\u2019amatriciana on its low carb, high fiber menu, guests will at least be able to dine alfresco overlooking the mountains and medieval town of Fiuggi below. \u2014 Michelle Gross, Robb Report , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In the decades since, it's become the final word on where to dine . \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 9 June 2022",
"Guests are encouraged to visit the kitchens and speak to the team to discuss their menu for the day and then choose their own location to dine within the property, on one of the garden terraces or lakeside. \u2014 Everett Potter, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The Black Eyed Peas recently came to dine at the resort after performing at Dubai Expo 2020. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"Where to dine : Marblehead Galley serves what many rank as the region\u2019s top perch, lightly breaded and fried, served solo or atop a bun. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The intent here is to boost profitability as well as lower overhead expenses usually associated with traditional dine -in restaurants. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Olga's has a total of 21 traditional dine -in restaurants, four fast-casual Olga's Fresh Grille locations and five delivery or pick-up Olga's Express locations. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Flamin\u2019 Chicken & Shakes serves Nashville hot chicken tenders and sandwiches in five spice levels \u2013 from no spice to Flamin\u2019 Hot \u2013 through drive-through, dine -in, carryout and online delivery services. \u2014 Staff Reports, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Purchase a large or x-large pizza and get a $5.50 personal pizza with up to four toppings for dine -in, carry-out and delivery. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"Louisville area restaurants are open for dine -in and people are ready to get out! \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 2 May 2022",
"Restaurants Open on Memorial Day: Locations are open for dine -in and carryout of their taste of the Islands menu. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"Barbacoa, chorizo, carne asada, carnitas and breakfast tacos also are available in the 4,600-square-foot store that has dine -in seating. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"McDonald\u2019s said that while Covid-19 disruptions have generally eased, the chain still dealt with some government restrictions on restaurant operating hours, limited dine -in seating and some dining-room closures during the quarter. \u2014 Heather Haddon, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French disner, diner to eat, have a meal, from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare to break one's fast, from Latin dis- + Late Latin jejunare to fast, from Latin jejunus fasting":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8d\u012bn"
],
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"eat",
"fare",
"feed",
"partake",
"refresh",
"victual"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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": a typically small, informal, and inexpensive restaurant that has an extensive menu and that is often made from or designed to resemble a modified railroad dining car":[
"had lunch at a roadside diner"
],
": dining car":[]
},
"examples":[
"we'll just grab a quick hamburger at the local diner",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thank Worcester for this gem of a diner at the Lorraine Mills Complex. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"Over a decade later, Hazel is the owner of a BBQ diner in Barstow, California, until her past eventually catches up with her when stranger Elliot (Kristoffer Polaha) arrives. \u2014 cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"There\u2019s an intimacy to it, an unspoken trust and palpable respect for the ingredients, for the skill of the chef and the palate of the diner . \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"The booths in the back have a sort of diner feel to them, which is cozy and retro. \u2014 Shivani Vora, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The competition took a sharp turn Friday, the last day of bidding, with one potential diner placing an $11 million bid that sparked a costly tug-of-war. \u2014 Max Reyes, Fortune , 18 June 2022",
"The incidents happened at all hours of the day and targeted check cashing stores, a diner , barber shops and other businesses. \u2014 Rachel Paik, Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"The kid who worked in his father\u2019s diner , who set pins at the bowling alley and was a life guard was in the NBA. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"This pop-up diner in downtown Anchorage serves a small seasonal menu of six traditional Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022"
],
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"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u012b-n\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beanery",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"caff",
"eatery",
"grill",
"restaurant"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094447",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ding-a-ling":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nitwit , kook":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1935, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of ding entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014b-\u0259-\u02ccli\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111319",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": marked by a rapid exchange or alternation (as of blows)":[
"a ding-dong battle"
],
": nitwit , kook":[],
": the ringing sound produced by repeated strokes especially on a bell":[],
": to make a ding-dong sound":[],
": to repeat a sound or action tediously or insistently":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1869, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccd\u00e4\u014b",
"\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccd\u022f\u014b"
],
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"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093232",
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": a typographical symbol or ornament (such as *, \u00b6, or \u2720)":[],
": nitwit , kook":[]
},
"examples":[
"I told you it wouldn't work, you dingbat !",
"a dingbat who was constantly firing off nonsensical letters to the editor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also: If the minions can get spin-offs, why can\u2019t Beck Bennett and Fred Armisen\u2019s dingbat \u2018bots have their own buddy comedy",
"The kids were doing themselves a favor \u2014 young people have more of a future for Senator Sanders and his coterie of socialist dingbat malefactors to ruin. Arising from the tumult, triumphant, was the dotty figure of Joe Biden. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 5 Mar. 2020",
"Anne Hathaway ably fights off the Hatha-haters as Daphne Kluger, a dingbat movie star used by Debbie and Lou as an unwitting eighth member of the crew; in a movie where everyone keeps it close to the vest, Hathaway knows to play it brassy and big. \u2014 Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2018",
"Young women have been targeted as linguistic dingbats for a long time. \u2014 Kory Stamper, The Cut , 29 Jan. 2018",
"Beyond that, there\u2019s a New York attorney general that still aims to make time for 45 and his band of dingbats . \u2014 Michael Arceneaux, The Root , 21 Dec. 2017",
"Yes, Klan members could seem a bunch of dingbats with their robes, rites, and goofy language of Klaziks, Kludds, Klonsuls, and, yes, a Kloran. \u2014 Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Oct. 2017",
"Having already been yelled at because the block looked unpleasant in Comsat meetings, two dingbat detectives were told to go back and pick [Garner] up. \u2014 Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader , 24 Oct. 2017",
"It was designed by Hermann Zaph, the same gentleman who designed everyone\u2019s favorite dingbats font. \u2014 Kjell Reigstad, Longreads , 25 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccbat"
],
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"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202411",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dingus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dim-witted, silly, or foolish person":[
"\u2014 often used in a joking or friendly way By most accounts, [Hunter] Strickland is actually a sweet feller. Respected by his teammates, nice to the fans, et cetera. But he sure is a dingus on the mound sometimes. \u2014 Grant Brisbee Think back to when you were 17 and how much of a dingus you could be \u2026 \u2014 Pacific Takes"
],
": an often small article whose common name is unknown or forgotten : gadget , doodad sense 2":[
"In his [Dashiell Hammett's] writings of the period from 1924 to 1952, \" dingus \" signifies, variously, a magician's prop, a typewriter, a short story, a novel, and an elusive artifact, a black bird better known as the Maltese Falcon.",
"\u2014 Mark McGurl",
"\u2026 the boy was decked out in a fancy uniform with silver buttons and a cap with a dingus on the top.",
"\u2014 Sholem Aleichem"
]
},
"examples":[
"it seems to be missing some little dingus that holds everything in place"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1873, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch or German; Dutch dinges , probably from German Dings , from genitive of Ding thing, from Old High German \u2014 more at thing":""
},
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"\u02c8di\u014b-(g)\u0259s"
],
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"doodad",
"doohickey",
"hickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"whatsit",
"whatsis",
"what-is-it"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044305",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dingy":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"definitions":{
": dirty , unclean":[
"dingy fingernails"
],
": shabby , squalid":[
"a dingy hotel room"
]
},
"examples":[
"He's been staying in a dingy motel.",
"the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The old Defender was built in a dark, dingy part of Land Rover's Solihull factory to tolerances which could be politely described as highly variable. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The halls are dingy but lined with students\u2019 Inuit sculptures and dreamcatchers. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Oct. 2020",
"My aluminum cookware has become dull and dingy looking. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2020",
"The scene of Stubbs wearing a tacky tourist T-shirt drinking a beer in a dingy apartment looks like very authentic Stubbs to me \u2014 this, not pretending to be a security chief patrolling the theme park, seems like Stubbs\u2019 natural habitat. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"One set of stairs descends to the central Kim family\u2019s dingy semi-basement apartment in modern-day Seoul, while another ascends to the front door of the ultrawealthy Park family, for whom the cash-strapped Kims work. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Instead Mr Tillerson had to duck into the headquarters of Poland\u2019s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, a dingy office that shares a building with a shuttered Japanese restaurant in an unremarkable corner of the capital. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018",
"At the beginning of the film, a laconic trucker named Gor\u014d, a Robert Mitchum type in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat, stops for a bite at a dingy roadside ramen shop. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 May 2020",
"Remember that the dingier the water, the slower the approach should be. \u2014 Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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"\u02c8din-j\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004931",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": any of three isomeric toxic compounds C 6 H 4 (NO 2 ) 2":[]
"dink to hit with a drop shot, probably of imitative origin":"Noun",
"perhaps from dink , disparaging name for a Vietnamese":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"dork",
"geek",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie",
"wonk"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195901",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dinker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that cuts various shapes from cloth, leather, or other material by means of a dinking die":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"dink entry 4 + -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014bk\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043727",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dinkey":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a small locomotive":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from dinky":""
},
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"\u02c8di\u014b-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003956",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dinking die":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cutting punch either hand or machine operated used without a matrix to cut out various shapes (as from leather, cloth, paper)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"dinking from gerund of dink entry 4":""
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111533",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dinkum":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{
": authentic , genuine":[
"\u2014 often used with fair I was fair dinkum about my interest in their culture \u2014 Percy Trezise"
],
": truly , honestly":[
"\u2014 often used with fair \u2014 often used interjectionally"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"somewhat surprised to learn that our guide through the outback was a fair dinkum crocodile hunter"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1915, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
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"I used to drive a dinky little car.",
"recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Total passenger volume is a dinky 139 cubic feet, according to Car and Driver, compared to the Escalade\u2019s 168.4 cubic feet. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"No doubt these dinky digital rigs kept the production costs down in some ways, but to be honest the cinematography, supervised by DP Artur Tort, is a bit disappointing given how insanely photogenic the landscape is. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"While many automakers have struggled to deliver elegant lines from the dinky dimensions of a compact crossover, the Tonale looks elegant and well proportioned. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 5 May 2022",
"Grocery delivery to our door is still relatively dinky , but ordering groceries online for pickup at the store took hold during the pandemic and is sticking. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But this example ditched the dinky V-4 for a big-block Chevy powerhouse, and it has been converted from front- to rear-wheel drive to maximize its drag-racing prowess. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The pods are available in customized sizes, ranging from a dinky three-window to a spacious 10-window with a bedroom, en suite and kitchenette. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The fact that the Steam Deck's controls feel better than a stock Nintendo Switch isn't surprising, since Joy-Cons are famously dinky . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Free 2 are a dinky pair of true wireless earbuds with true adaptive noise canceling and up to 35 hours of playtime on a single charge. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"We had many pleasant dinners together.",
"We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.",
"Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 28-year-old artist gave fans a little more insight into his and his bandmates\u2019 mindsets during an hour-long FESTA dinner . \u2014 Lars Brandle, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
"Then, relish in the rich history that led to the captivating show during an amazing West Indian dinner at Bananas restaurant. \u2014 Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day , 14 June 2022",
"Whip up an incredible multi-course dinner for your family that both kids and adults will enjoy. \u2014 Leigh Crandall, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Aside from dinner , the only activity offered after dark is making s\u2019mores. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"The intimate reception featured an outdoor Italian dinner complete with a show-stopping cake. \u2014 Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"Back at the marina, after an early dinner , the purpose of the day was brought into focus. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"No one wants to kick off the weekend cleaning a bunch of dirty dishes from dinner . \u2014 Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
"Hey Michelle, Imbiber Dave has an eight-course dinner . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"repeat"
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"Noun",
"It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.",
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"Verb",
"safety lessons dinned into us over and over",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In a din of overlapping voices, Amy approached a peppy woman from the Assembly speaker\u2019s office and began her pitch. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"There's a key distinction that can be lost in the din of a dispute. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Gunfire might not be heard above the din of traffic. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Even as a young press operator at The Washington Post, working amid the din of printing presses rolling at deadline, Royce Miles stood out from the crowd. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In Brighton Beach, these immigrants shop together at the Brighton Bazaar and Tashkent supermarkets amid the din of trains overhead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, a little more than 100 counterprotesters descended down the wide lawn in front of the mountain\u2019s gigantic bas relief carving of Confederate leaders, shouting and jeering, forcing the SCV speakers to struggle to be heard over the din . \u2014 al , 1 May 2022",
"From Nathan Fenno: As the mob jostled with two dozen police officers in helmets and gas masks blocking a hallway to the Senate chamber in the U.S. Capitol, a voice boomed above the din . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"For the second straight night, Julius yelled over the din of a clamorous crowd of Toksook Bay fans as the No. 6 seed Islanders pulled off an upset. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"The old factory is now a rusting dinosaur .",
"The character she plays is a dinosaur \u2014a former beauty queen who is living in the past.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s one of 10 dinosaur species making their franchise debut alongside returning beasts like the venom-spitting Dilophosaurus. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"Over the last 120 years, scientists have found 14 different Jurassic dinosaur species, including Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, in this active 3,209-acre fossil area. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"This film takes place four years later, when humans are learning how to live with invasive dinosaur species. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 10 May 2022",
"Wall Drug Store has giant dinosaur statues, ample souvenirs, and, of course, free ice water for the roughly 20,000 people that stop in every day. \u2014 Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure , 7 Sep. 2020",
"While watching the iconic sequence in which the T-Rex first escapes, the team speculate that the film's relatively sparing use of footage of the dinosaur helps not just in terms of building tension and suspense, but also the look of the film. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 21 May 2022",
"Hector is a Deinonychus, a type of dinosaur first identified in 1964. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"In theory, this blockbuster promotional model has long gone the way of the dinosaur , or, well, Blockbuster Video. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022",
"Sauropods, a group of long-necked herbivores, were a diverse type of dinosaur that lived from the Jurassic era through the Cretaceous, a period spanning from 201 million years to 66 million years ago. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 M. Kathleen Pratt , Chicago Tribune , 15 Oct. 2008",
"Dinosaur kale is also known as \u2026 Tuscan kale and is characterized by its dimpled, firm leaves, which hold up to long cooking times and hearty flavors.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Shanghai and Beijing, by dint of unprecedented testing and surveillance measures, managed to contain their COVID outbreaks and were exiting lockdown. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"That said, the undisputed king of returning movie warriors has to be Harrison Ford, by dint of his starring in the two franchises that started the ball rolling in the first place. \u2014 Ty Burr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Perhaps because of his background in the military or perhaps just by dint of disposition, Dickson adhered strictly to the chain of command. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"Madhavan, who is also a producer on the film, managed all three roles by dint of separation. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The cities of southeastern Ukraine, by dint of geography and history, tend to be overwhelmingly Russian-speaking. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"To the east lies the city park of Runyon Canyon, where the beautiful people get more beautiful by dint of strenuous hiking and dog-walking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Presidents, by dint of their position, stand to make history with every declaration or improvisation, whether intentional or not. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Rather than feeling a sense of moral absolution by dint of her role as a prosecutor, Coates fully accepts the moral consequences of her decisions. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence. \u2014 Patrick Murray, Forbes , 23 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The restaurateur, Muhammad Taher, soon opened his first shop, Our Mansaf in a Cup, offering takeout servings at the bargain price of one dinar , about $1.40. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Mexican peso and Yugoslavian dinar experienced hyperinflation during or after the Games. \u2014 Alberto Cervantes, WSJ , 23 July 2021",
"The Tunisian dinar is weakening, inflation is rising, and public debt has climbed to 88% of GDP raising fears Tunisia is rapidly approaching default. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Since 2011, half of the Tunisian dinar \u2019s value has vanished; unemployment is currently at about 18% and has been as high as 32% in some regions; corruption is endemic; and the government bungled its response to the Covid pandemic. \u2014 Safwan M. Masri, WSJ , 1 Aug. 2021",
"The laws parliament did pass included austerity measures to secure IMF funding, leading to government hiring freezes, the devaluation of the Tunisian dinar , and a dramatic increase in the cost of goods and food \u2013 further fueling discontent. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 July 2021",
"My Dumbest Investment From R.G., online: My dumbest investment was buying foreign currency \u2014 specifically the Iraqi dinar . \u2014 Scott Burns, Dallas News , 2 May 2021",
"The Central Bank of Iraq devalued Iraq's dinar by nearly 20% last year to meet spending obligations. \u2014 Star Tribune , 21 Jan. 2021",
"In response to the severe liquidity crisis, the Finance Ministry recently devalued the Iraqi dinar , which is pegged to the dollar, by over 20%. \u2014 Samya Kullab, Star Tribune , 3 Feb. 2021"
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"Arabic d\u012bn\u0101r , from Late Greek d\u0113narion denarius, from Latin denarius \u2014 more at denier":""
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a nearly empty black stage, the cast of 14 is milling about in what look like street clothes, seeming to make food at a communal table as if this were dinner theater , or not theater at all. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Even the restaurant felt a little like dinner theater , with the vista beyond the glass walls putting on a nightly show. \u2014 Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The theaters are now offering a dinner theater option, where for $99, ticket-buyers get a pre-show, three-course dinner at Piper restaurant at the Seabird Resort two blocks west of the theater, and a show ticket. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s Halloween dinner theater featuringa family-friendly horror-comedy about vampires, werewolves and an archaeologist who has mummy issues. \u2014 Shawna Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The new dinner theater will be situated between MedCraft and Best Buy. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Marc Dube of Bristol will be the executive chef at the dinner theater . \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Medieval Times, the Buena Park dinner theater that features horses and jousting. \u2014 Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2021",
"Ferrell choreographed a decade's worth of shows at Chanhassen, the nation's largest professional dinner theater . \u2014 Rohan Preston, Star Tribune , 7 June 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"examples":[
"I hate getting phone calls at dinnertime .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was just Biden\u2019s third prime-time White House address\u2014and the decision to try to commandeer the nation\u2019s attention at dinnertime had both its political and legislative components. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 3 June 2022",
"Come dinnertime , the family would gather around the huge pots, ladling steaming broth, marrow bones and fragrant rice into their bowls before crowding together to eat. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Nov. 2021",
"And while comforting familiarity is something to be cherished, boredom at dinnertime is not. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Start with noodles, get spicy at lunch and go for perfect pasta at dinnertime . \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 30 Apr. 2022",
"And while comforting familiarity is something to be cherished, boredom at dinnertime is not. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 5 Apr. 2022",
"At Yale in the fifties, undergraduates entering the dining hall at dinnertime were required to wear a coat and tie. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Diners can eat in at one of the long wooden tables or take away at lunch or dinnertime . \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"High Street runs from a breakfast area with Gracenote Coffee, Mother Juice, and a bodega to lunch stalls, ending with a bright atrium and dinnertime options like Newburyport Brewing and Tenderoni\u2019s pizza. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"dinaphthyl":{
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"adjective"
],
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": containing two naphthyl groups in the molecule":[]
"International Scientific Vocabulary di- + naphth- or naphtho- or naphtha- (from naphthalene )":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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": tableware other than flatware":[]
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"\u02c8di-n\u0259r-\u02ccwer"
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"received three sets of dinnerware as wedding gifts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Harris suggests that if your theme is centered around color, it can be incorporated into your dinnerware , flowers and food. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Essence , 9 June 2022",
"This includes discounts on its drink ware, cookware and dinnerware . \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"The local pediatrician formed a new business in 2018, Ahimsa, which sells colorful stainless-steel dinnerware for children and announced hopes last week to expand the product into school cafeterias. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Instagram reveals rows of wicker, lamps, outdoor furniture, jadeite glass, heaps of mixing bowls, and enough dinnerware for a (chic) small army. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 18 Apr. 2022",
"According to Kirin, the technology could find its way into other types of dinnerware , like spoons and tea bowls. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Items on sale go beyond traditional dinnerware , too. \u2014 Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The addition of Imbert, who helped update the menus, the dinnerware and the design of the restaurant cars, is one vibrant aspect of the brand\u2019s ongoing evolution. \u2014 Alia Akkam, Robb Report , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Some examples of the boxes are the Bash Box, which had dinnerware from Morocco, and the Sow Box, which had gardening tools from India. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"adjective"
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": of, near, or relating to the Dinaric Alps":[]
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8narik"
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"adjective"
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": of or relating to a division of the Carboniferous of Europe":[]
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"Love wore a Ralph Lauren peak lapel silk shantung cream dinner jacket with custom tuxedo pants. \u2014 Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"During the cocktail reception, their friend Marc Armitano Domingo played the Lyre and Aaron changed into a white seersucker dinner jacket . \u2014 Vogue , 6 June 2022",
"At the movie's premiere on Monday, March 21, Sandra Bullock played with clashing elements in her outfit, wearing a girly pink gown accessorized with thigh-high boots and a dinner jacket . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 23 Mar. 2022",
"To speak of the January 6 insurrection, then, is like wearing a too-tight dinner jacket to a charity ball. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Despite his tail and his horns and his chartreuse dinner jacket , Hades isn\u2019t an especially malicious fiend. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Vulture , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Just minutes into the show, host Gary Collins pulled an envelope from his burgundy dinner jacket : the names of the 10 finalists. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2021",
"For the reception, EJ swapped his tux jacket for a burgundy velvet dinner jacket also by Tom Ford, ditched his neckwear, and unbuttoned his collar at the start of dinner. \u2014 Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Apr. 2021",
"Naturally, the trousers of the evening suit match the fabric of the jacket (except when wearing a white dinner jacket ). \u2014 Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online , 4 Apr. 2021"
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"noun"
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": a refractory silica brick made from an impure sandstone containing lime and clay and formerly used in furnace crowns":[]
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"\u02c8d\u0113n\u0259s-"
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"after Craig-y-Dinas , Wales":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": decorative objects of brass, copper, or bronze chiefly for ecclesiastical or domestic use such as were made in the 13th to 15th centuries":[]
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"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8nand\u0259r\u0113",
"\u02ccd\u0113\u02ccnan\u02c8dr\u0113"
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"French, from Middle French, from dinandier coppersmith (from Old French, from Dinand \u2014now Dinant \u2014town in Belgium + Old French -ier -er) + -ie -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-164630"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a pail in which a worker carries a lunch or dinner":[]
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"noun"
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": a wild dog ( Canis dingo ) of Australia having a tan or reddish coat that is often considered a subspecies ( C. familiaris dingo ) of the domestic dog":[]
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"\u02c8di\u014b-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For more than 70 years, the sole hint of what is commonly called the Coniston Massacre, after a nearby cattle station, was the grave of Fred Brooks, the White dingo trapper whose killing by an Aboriginal man sparked the reprisals. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"In the early 2000s, Emma Cunliffe, a law student at the University of British Columbia, was looking into the infamous case of Lindy Chamberlain, who in the 1980s claimed a dingo took her baby. \u2014 Oscar Schwartz, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Genetically, the wild highland singing dog, the captive singing dogs and the Australian dingo are nearly identical, the study found. \u2014 al , 28 Dec. 2020",
"Lethal control also fractures wild dingo family units, increasing attacks from reckless young dingoes. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Science | AAAS , 20 Oct. 2020",
"The Guardian also suggests that changing climate and the introduction of the dingo may have also played roles in the devil\u2019s extinction in Australia. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Only one dingo ran from the audio recording of gunshots. \u2014 Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Oct. 2020",
"The institute was founded in the 1980s following the notorious case of Lindy Chamberlain, who said that a dingo had made off with her baby. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Both the wild dogs and the captive singing dogs are close relatives of the Australian dingo , and relatively distant relatives of domestic dogs. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 Sep. 2020"
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"Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) di\u014bgu":""
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"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": a small dining table and chairs":[]
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},
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"-g\u0113",
"\u02c8di\u014b-g\u0113",
"\u02c8di\u014b-\u0113"
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"bark",
"sailboat",
"windjammer"
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"examples":[
"we went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The journey has been tough for the veteran sea captain, 57, who traveled solo most of the way in his rigid-hulled dinghy powered by two 350 HP outboard motors. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"The next morning, their dinghy losing air, the migrants heard the distant buzz of the Operation Sophia airplane. \u2014 Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The arrival of migrants on rickety boats has been a source of tension between France and Britain, especially after 27 migrants drowned when their dinghy deflated in November. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"On my cousin\u2019s sixteenth birthday, my uncle loaded too many of us into an open dory with a weak engine and a pitiful dinghy towed behind. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Waves of anxiety knocked me about like a dinghy in a typhoon. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"After her unit rowed an inflatable dinghy into Lake Emily to take a floor sample, she was hooked. \u2014 Outside Online , 4 May 2021",
"Kader sat aboard the dinghy as it was pushed off from shore. \u2014 Kenneth R. Rosen, The New Republic , 26 Apr. 2022",
"San Blas Sailing offers a number of packages and four categories of sailboat, each equipped with a dinghy , kayaks and paddleboards. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Bengali \u1e0di\u1e45gi , Urdu \u1e0d\u012bng\u012b & Hindi \u1e0die\u1e41g\u012b":""
},
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"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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": bumper entry 4 sense 1d(1)":[]
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"noun"
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"by alteration":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052338"
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"noun"
],
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": dinosaur sense 2":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Dominion, which opened last weekend to No.1, a Therizinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex team up to kill the ultimate bad dino , a Giganotosaurus. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 June 2022",
"Dominion concludes with the creatively bankrupt approach of copying Fallen Kingdom's final showdown and then, uh, inserting a single extra dino into the scene. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"The latest dino to join the Jurassic World universe will have a Joker feel says Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Animate your own dino drawing Special paper with QR codes and coloring utensils await kids who want to draw their own dinosaur. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The 94th annual Academy Awards are nearly upon us, a hyper-luxurious ceremony approaching like a Jurassic Park dino sending tremors through glasses of Champagne everywhere. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Families walk among the dinosaurs when the largest and most realistic dino exhibit in North America returns to Duke Energy Convention Center. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The dino \u2014a diplodocid known as Dolly\u2014may have suffered from a fever, a runny snout, and a cough that would have shaken its muscular neck. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Think of that scene from The Flintstones when a rack of dino -ribs is delivered to their car at a drive-in. \u2014 Jeff Horowitz, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-053848"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 Samuel Butler \u20201902"
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": a sharp ringing sound":[
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": an instance of minor surface damage (such as a dent)":[],
": to strike or knock against":[
"got dinged on the elbow"
],
": to cause minor surface damage to":[
"ding a car door"
],
": to do harm to":[
"\u2026 has struggled of late to win customers back after reports of a norovirus outbreak \u2026 circulated in July, once again dinging the chain's reputation.",
"\u2014 Sarah Whitten",
"If they don't hit the mark, their review, pay, and chances at promotion get dinged .",
"\u2014 Nanette Byrnes et al."
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": to cause a usually minor injury to":[
"On Jan. 20, Joel Embiid dinged his knee in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers. The ever-cautious Sixers held the big man out of the next two games with what was described as a \"left knee contusion.\""
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": to penalize or criticize":[
"Joseph's time hasn't been without some controversy, including recently when the state dinged the district for starting the year with several administrators not holding Tennessee teaching and administrative licenses.",
"\u2014 Jason Gonzales",
"Historical accounts dinged the Cadburys for not doing enough to help with cocoa worker conditions and slavery in Africa.",
"\u2014 Michael S. Rosenwald"
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"\u02c8di\u014b"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When online shoppers have a bad experience, some might ding the seller with a one-star review or just let the matter go. \u2014 Sha Hua, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"There\u2019s also more potential to scratch or ding your car with a trunk rack because your bikes sit closer to the car. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 8 June 2022",
"Analysts had worried that inflation and supply disruptions would ding GM's first-quarter results. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The train doors make their ding noise and slide shut. \u2014 Ian Frazier, Outside Online , 13 July 2020",
"Voters from outside the comedy community weren\u2019t likely use up a field just to ding him. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The premise of that report is that the January 6 Committee is actually just a group of Democrats out to ding Donald Trump (nevermind that the official January 6 panel actually does have two Republicans on it). \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Tires affect every part of the experience and ding the GLI's objective performance numbers. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Such remarks could compel investors to keep reassessing their portfolios in the coming weeks, since rising interest rates will ding the high-growth stocks that Wall Street has favored during the pandemic. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Frank had even sunk about $5,000 to get the car running again and fix a ding on the front end. \u2014 A.j. Baime, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"The creators behind the Paramount+ limited series about the making of The Godfather have opted for a bargain-basement redo of the Mad Men opening score, which aims for a ring-a- ding sense of guys behaving badly tinged with vintage glamour. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 28 Apr. 2022",
"For casual users of these services, a reality check could come in the form of a credit-report ding . \u2014 J.j. Mccorvey, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"If Anna Roth Milner\u2019s phone comes to life with a buzz or a ding , the interruption is likely coming straight from an online real estate marketplace. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Not hearing the familiar ding alerting you to a new Slack message Tuesday morning? \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 22 Feb. 2022",
"For those anxiously awaiting the familiar ding of a WhatsApp message, the distance is more apparent than ever. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The Hawks traded this year\u2019s first-round pick (protected if it\u2019s in the top two) to Columbus in the package to acquire Seth Jones, so one more ding in the Hawks\u2019 record would have helped the Blue Jackets\u2019 cause. \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Each bell is assigned a ringer, who stays focused on the rope before them and fellow ringers beside them, knowing when to tug and how hard, understanding their place within this whole big ring-a- ding . \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Now on Friday, a Virginia federal judge dinged the site for another $4.8 million for the same infringing behavior, this time from a lawsuit brought by the American Chemical Society. \u2014 David Kravets, Ars Technica , 6 Nov. 2017",
"Back inside, clusters of bodies lay crumpled along the ground as ammunition dinged the metal roof of the bar near the back of the venue. \u2014 Author: Wesley Lowery, Alaska Dispatch News , 3 Oct. 2017",
"But a glut of new restaurants and a change in consumer spending habits have dinged the industry. \u2014 Joe Gose, New York Times , 12 Sep. 2017"
],
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"probably imitative":"Verb",
"ding to strike, from Middle English dingen":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1945, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a railroad car in which meals are served":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two sides of the exterior of the train slide in and out to expose the dining car . \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"The service provides guests with spacious seats in a domed car, access to an outdoor viewing platform, meals in the dining car , and access to a private bar. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Trip Hawkins first met John Madden in the dining car of an Amtrak train traveling from Denver to Oakland, Calif., in 1984, after Madden had agreed to lend his name and football prowess to a football simulation video game. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"As the Royal Scotsman chugs through the Highlands, nestle underneath tartan wool blankets in your suite or nurse a scotch in the mahogany dining car . \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Among the other memorabilia in the archive is the breakfast menu from the dining car that carried Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his favorite retreat in Warm Springs. \u2014 Bo Emerson, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The dining car will feature seasonal fare, handmade cocktails, and craft beers. \u2014 J.r. Patterson, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Don\u2019t skip out on the dining car as it\u2019s a great way to meet people and make new friends. \u2014 Julia Ries, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Sep. 2021",
"For a special treat, opt for the dining car and select from such freshly prepared lunches as crab cake sandwiches and salads. \u2014 Roger Sands, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of plantlike flagellates (order Chrysomonadina) having delicate cuplike tests and sometimes fouling water supplies":[]
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"-\u0113\u02cc\u00e4n",
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],
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},
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"\u02c8din"
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"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
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"iterate",
"rehearse",
"reiterate",
"repeat"
],
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"Noun",
"It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.",
"there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch",
"Verb",
"safety lessons dinned into us over and over",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When Talbot later commanded everyone in the tent to get low, everyone\u2014including the lip-glosser\u2014got on their haunches, then exploded upward as the band bashed out a hellacious din . \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Some 50,000 merchant ships traverse the ocean, their engines and propellers generating a din that can be heard from hundreds of miles away. \u2014 Dyllan Furness, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2020",
"In a din of overlapping voices, Amy approached a peppy woman from the Assembly speaker\u2019s office and began her pitch. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"There's a key distinction that can be lost in the din of a dispute. \u2014 Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Gunfire might not be heard above the din of traffic. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Even as a young press operator at The Washington Post, working amid the din of printing presses rolling at deadline, Royce Miles stood out from the crowd. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In Brighton Beach, these immigrants shop together at the Brighton Bazaar and Tashkent supermarkets amid the din of trains overhead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Instead, a little more than 100 counterprotesters descended down the wide lawn in front of the mountain\u2019s gigantic bas relief carving of Confederate leaders, shouting and jeering, forcing the SCV speakers to struggle to be heard over the din . \u2014 al , 1 May 2022"
],
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"Middle English, from Old English dyne ; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars":"Noun and Verb",
"German Deutsche Industrie-Normen":"Abbreviation"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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],
"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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": a heavy rainstorm":[]
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"\u02c8di\u014b\u02cc\u00e4n"
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"Scots ding on , verb, to continue raining heavily, from ding entry 1 + on":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131847"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": an order of yellow-green or greenish brown algae (class Dinophyceae ) having a temporary naked motile stage but otherwise forming irregular colonies within a common envelope":[]
"borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + Latin capsa \"case for papyrus rolls, receptacle,\" + New Latin -ales -ales":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131950"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a foolish, stupid, or contemptible person":[
"Something about human nature makes us all think we are the best drivers on the road at any given time. It's everyone else who are the dingleberries .",
"\u2014 Kelly Kazek",
"They shouldn't have to leave jobs they love with people they like\u2014because of some dingleberry with a wandering eye.",
"\u2014 Caroline Overington"
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": a piece of dried fecal matter clinging to the hair around the anus":[
"Get over the ick factor and check your pet's rear regularly to make sure no dingleberries are dangling from his fur.",
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"-p\u02c8sin\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145226"
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"Dingaan's Day":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": day of the covenant":[]
},
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"\u02c8di\u014b\u02ccg\u00e4nz-"
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"after Dingaan flourished 1838 Zulu chieftain defeated by the Afrikaners on December 16, 1838":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145756"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": a class of the division Pyrrophyta coextensive with the order Dinoflagellata":[]
},
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"-f\u012bs\u0113\u02cc\u0113",
"-fis-"
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"borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + -phyceae -phyceae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153300"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"pronounciation":[
"d\u012b-\u02c8net"
],
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"examples":[
"The apartment includes a dinette .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The spacious dinette , which provides access to the patio and porch area, can accommodate a second full-size dining room table. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 25 June 2022",
"The rear dinette converts into a bed that\u2019ll comfortably sleep two adults, and there are two fold-out bunks towards the front of the camper. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Everything inside is adjustable, from the rear dinette that converts into a bed to the bunks that collapse to make room for bikes. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"This 32-foot classic trawler has air conditioning, a TV with cable, a dinette and a small bathroom aboard, plus a comfortable bed that sleeps two. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the bedroom has room for 54-inch by 80-inch mattress and the dinette can be converted into a sleeping area, meaning the caravan can comfortably sleep four adults. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The designers wanted to maximize that forward space for use, incorporating a dinette with a table. \u2014 Richard Alban, Robb Report , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The kitchen's cabinetry had grown dated, and the space included a peninsula cooktop whose rear burners were perilously close to the dinette . \u2014 Andria Hayday, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The interior layout is based on the bowrider style, which means the versatile bow area can seamlessly switch from a cozy dinette to a comfy sunbed when desired. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 Oct. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160351"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a neutral particle of twice the neutron's mass that is produced by collision of tritons and that is very unstable and quickly disintegrates into two neutrons":[]
},
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"(\u02c8)d\u012b+"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"di- + neutron":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161151"
},
"dingle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small wooded valley : dell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, deep hollow":""
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"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162158"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": pigeon-toed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8di\u014b\u00a6t\u014dd"
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"ding- (of unknown origin) + toed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162551"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"inlet of the Atlantic in southwestern Ireland":[]
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"\u02c8di\u014b-g\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162552"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small group of minute vermiform invertebrate animals inhabiting salt water or brackish water, constituting a single genus, and being considered of uncertain systematic position or included as a class in Trochelminthes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u012bn\u014d\u02c8fil\u0113\u0259"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from Dinophilus , genus coextensive with the group Dinophilea (from Greek d\u012b\u0301n\u0113 \"whirlpool, vortex, eddy\" + -o- -o- + New Latin -philus -philus ) + -ea , neuter plural of Latin -eus -eous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163817"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a disintegrated sandstone formerly used for making refractory brick":[]
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"after Craig-y-Dinas , crag near Neath river, south Wales, where it is found":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170437"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a room used for eating meals":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dining room tends to fill up fast, and service can be hit or miss. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 July 2022",
"Come this Friday, the dining room and raw bar will be open daily for dinner, but Houstonians will have to hang on a little longer to explore the restaurant's second-floor lounge, anticipated to open at the end of July. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 29 June 2022",
"And the subtle yet snazzy silver textured wallpaper on the ceiling in the dining room really makes that room shimmer. \u2014 Ann Abel, House Beautiful , 24 June 2022",
"The dining room offers dual access to the courtyard and the wrap-around deck for flexible entertaining and a central focal point that connects the main level east and west wings. \u2014 Regina Cole, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Instead, the queens were always right there, sashaying down the aisles between tables as if the entire dining room were a runway. \u2014 Nico Avalle, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 June 2022",
"Steps away, an outdoor dining room also features furniture from CB2, while a neutral-on-black color palette keeps things cohesive. \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"On the left side is the dining room , enhanced by a tray ceiling and Palladian windows that allow natural sunlight to flood the room. \u2014 Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant , 5 June 2022",
"The dining room is stark and minimalist, so as not to distract you from the complexities of the sensational Japanese noodle soup in front of you. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171149"
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": to extinguish by crushing":[
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]
},
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"\u02c8dinch"
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"origin unknown":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183427"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205215"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of large Devonian fishes (subclass Arthrodira) known from both Europe and America and especially abundant in parts of Ohio attaining a length of 30 feet and having the anterior bony armor reduced":[]
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"borrowed from New Latin, from din- dino- + -ichthys -ichthys":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221455"
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"borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + -mys -mys":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233614"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": of or relating to the genus Dinichthys":[],
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},
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"\"",
"(\u02c8)d\u012b\u00a6nikth\u0113\u0259\u0307d"
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"New Latin Dinichthys + English -id":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234029"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002214"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": small ancient coins found on the site of a Roman settlement in Wroxeter, England":[]
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"\u02c8dind\u0259(r)"
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"alteration of denier entry 3":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011257"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": an organic chemical compound (such as adiponitrile) containing two cyano groups":[]
": a theory that language originated out of a natural correspondence between objects of sense perception and the vocal noises which were part of early humans' reaction to them \u2014 compare bowwow theory , pooh-pooh theory":[]
"Middle English dindlen , of imitative origin":"Intransitive verb",
"perhaps alteration of dandelion":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021105"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a person who dines out":[]
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"\u02ccd\u012b-n\u0259r-\u02c8au\u0307t"
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"first_known_use":{
"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043747"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": containing two nitro groups":[
"\u2014 often used in combination"
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"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045743"
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": of or relating to the genus Dinomys or family Dinomyidae":[],
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"\"",
"\u00a6d\u012bn\u014d\u00a6m\u012b\u0259\u0307d"
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"New Latin Dinomy- , stem of Dinomys dinomys + -id entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063915"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": money":[
"Man! You should have that old gal's dinero",
"\u2014 Martin Dibner"
],
": a silver coin of Peru equal to ten centavos that was minted in the early 20th century":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8ne(\u02cc)r\u014d"
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"Spanish, from Latin denarius Roman silver coin originally equivalent to ten asses":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071043"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the condition of being dingy":[]
},
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"\u02c8dinj"
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"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
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"spotlessness"
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"examples":[
"a photograph that captures the dinge , the dreariness, and the despair of an addict's apartment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An earnest, has-a-costume-for-everything kind of guy, Daub is allergic to the greige and the dinge . \u2014 Sandra Upson, Wired , 18 Jan. 2021"
],
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"back-formation from dingy":""
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"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-074658"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the soldier form of ants with polymorphic castes that is distinguished by a greatly enlarged head":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-100704"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": dirty , unclean":[
"dingy fingernails"
],
": shabby , squalid":[
"a dingy hotel room"
]
},
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"\u02c8din-j\u0113"
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"soiled",
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"unclean",
"uncleanly"
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"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
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"examples":[
"He's been staying in a dingy motel.",
"the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The old Defender was built in a dark, dingy part of Land Rover's Solihull factory to tolerances which could be politely described as highly variable. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The halls are dingy but lined with students\u2019 Inuit sculptures and dreamcatchers. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Oct. 2020",
"My aluminum cookware has become dull and dingy looking. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2020",
"The scene of Stubbs wearing a tacky tourist T-shirt drinking a beer in a dingy apartment looks like very authentic Stubbs to me \u2014 this, not pretending to be a security chief patrolling the theme park, seems like Stubbs\u2019 natural habitat. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"One set of stairs descends to the central Kim family\u2019s dingy semi-basement apartment in modern-day Seoul, while another ascends to the front door of the ultrawealthy Park family, for whom the cash-strapped Kims work. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Oct. 2019",
"Instead Mr Tillerson had to duck into the headquarters of Poland\u2019s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, a dingy office that shares a building with a shuttered Japanese restaurant in an unremarkable corner of the capital. \u2014 The Economist , 1 Mar. 2018",
"At the beginning of the film, a laconic trucker named Gor\u014d, a Robert Mitchum type in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat, stops for a bite at a dingy roadside ramen shop. \u2014 Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books , 8 May 2020",
"Remember that the dingier the water, the slower the approach should be. \u2014 Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020"
],
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"origin unknown":""
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"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111720"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of extinct giant pigs (family Entelodontidae) of the Lower Miocene of Nebraska some of which exceed the modern bison in size":[]
},
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"\u014d\u02c8h\u012b\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from dino- dino- + -hyus (as in Hippohyus , a pig genus known from Miocene fossils of South Asia, from hippo- hippo- + -hyus , a thematized combining form based on Greek h\u00fbs \"wild or domestic hog\")":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111803"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": home run sense 1":[
"Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.",
"\u2014 Stephen Cannella",
"Ramirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers \u2026",
"\u2014 David Sabino"
]
},
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"\u02c8di\u014b-\u0259r"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her second dinger of the night, a two-run shot in the bottom of the fifth, finished off the Royals' 10-0 victory. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 30 May 2022",
"Susac\u2019s solo shot over the bullpen in left in the third was almost identical to his subsequent dinger in the ninth. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"Kylee Ward homered and drove in 4 runs for Rogers (5-0, 2-0) and Dahana Toumala also belted a dinger . \u2014 Rick Fires, Arkansas Online , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Rizzo led off with a double and the Red Sox walked Judge only to have Stanton crush a dinger into right-center field. \u2014 courant.com , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Stanton would add his 83rd RBI of the season two innings later with his 31st dinger . \u2014 Matthew Roberson, courant.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
"His homer Thursday broke a 15-day streak without a dinger , a period filled with too many weak ground balls. \u2014 USA Today , 25 June 2021",
"Offensively, Will Hagan homered twice with a solo shot in the second inning and two-run dinger in the fourth. \u2014 Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com , 8 June 2021",
"However, the speedster turned into a slugger on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles with his first dinger of the year and then followed it up on Sunday with another one. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 30 May 2021"
],
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"perhaps from ding to strike + -er entry 2":""
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124852"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"burgh in northern Scotland northwest of Inverness population 4815":[]
},
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"\u02c8di\u014b-\u02ccw\u022fl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133222"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of an order (Dinoflagellata) of chiefly marine planktonic usually solitary unicellular phytoflagellates that include luminescent forms, forms important in marine food chains, and forms causing red tide":[]
"Over the past week, 79 bloom concentration samples of the algae dinoflagellate Karenia brevis were detected from Southwest Florida, according to the FWC, which does water samples off the coast daily and updates its website several times a week. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com , 25 June 2021",
"Around the year 1941 dinoflagellate diversity changes and diatoms become dominant. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Karenia brevis, a dinoflagellate , is the organism in red tide and produces the toxin. \u2014 Larry Brand, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Not all dinoflagellates glow, but the ones that do are thought to have evolved the flashy trick to startle and scare off predators, not unlike a visual burglar alarm. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"The glowing outline of the dolphins is caused by microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates . \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Ciguatera poisoning occurs because tangs sometimes eat large quantities of creatures called dinoflagellates , which create several kinds of toxins that build up in the tang\u2019s body. \u2014 National Geographic , 28 Feb. 2020",
"The waves are a fortuitous byproduct of microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates that can chemically synthesize their own light\u2014a phenomenon called bioluminescence. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"When the ocean heats up, symbiotic algae, the zooxanthellae [a yellowish-brown symbiotic dinoflagellate that lives in the coral and gives it color], can\u2019t stay there anymore. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 8 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin Dinoflagellatum, presumed singular of Dinoflagellata, order name, from dino- (in Dinophysis, Peridinium and the genus names of other protists having a second flagellum in a transverse groove; borrowed from Greek d\u012bn-, in d\u012bne\u00een \"to whirl, spin about,\" d\u012b\u0301n\u0113 \"whirlpool, eddy,\" d\u00eenos \"whirling, rotation, eddy,\" probably originally a verbal base, of obscure origin) + Flagellata, former order name, from neuter plural of flagell\u0101tum flagellate entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144058"
},
"Dinwiddie":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Robert 1693\u20131770 English colonial administrator in America":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"din-\u02c8wi-d\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-024813"
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"dinucleotide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a nucleotide consisting of two units each composed of a phosphate, a pentose, and a nitrogen base":[]
"Originally, it was thought that this protein could only be activated by cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), or similar cyclic dinucleotide molecules. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The vitamin can help compensate for defects in the body\u2019s ability to make a molecule, called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), which researchers have linked for the first time to healthy fetal development in humans. \u2014 Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS , 9 Aug. 2017"
