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{
"skull practice":{
"as in meeting , bull session":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"argument",
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skullduggery":{
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
],
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"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skulls":{
"the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates":{
"examples":[
"paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"craniums",
"crania"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braincases",
"death's-heads",
"heads",
"noddles",
"noggins",
"pates",
"polls",
"crowns",
"scalps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in beans , brains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"scuffs",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skunking":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skulduggery":{
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skulling":{
"as in beaning , braining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"scuffing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skunks":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"he's nothing but a dirty, rotten skunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skulled":{
"as in beaned , brained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"scuffed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
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"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
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"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
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"victimized"
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"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
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"bamboozled",
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"bargaining",
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"noun"
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"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
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"wile"
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"foxiness",
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"sharpness",
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"humbuggery",
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"guilelessness",
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"noun"
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"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
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"slipping",
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"stealing"
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"creeping",
"edging",
"inching",
"worming",
"ghosting",
"padding",
"tiptoeing"
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"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
],
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"hiding",
"holing up",
"lurking",
"lying",
"reposing"
],
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"slinking",
"sneaking",
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"evading"
],
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"coming out",
"materializing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
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"appearing"
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"as in meetings , bull sessions":{
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"fora",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
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"slip",
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"worm",
"ghost",
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"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
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"lurk",
"repose"
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"sneak",
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"materialize",
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"were surprised to discover the skulk stealing from the garden was a raccoon"
],
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"sneak",
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"weasel",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"stalker"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"as in meetings , bull sessions":{
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"chat rooms",
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"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
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"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"argumentations",
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"confabs",
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"noun"
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
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"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
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"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
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"sneakiness",
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"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
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"quackery",
"dirty pool",
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"design",
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"stealth"
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"ingenuousness",
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"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
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"noun"
]
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},
"skunky":{
"as in stale , rancid":{
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"foul",
"frowsty",
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"frowzy",
"funky",
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"malodorous",
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"noisome",
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"ripe",
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"stinking",
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"offensive",
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"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
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"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet",
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
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"adjective"
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"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
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"he's nothing but a dirty, rotten skunk"
],
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"beast",
"bleeder",
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"boor",
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"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
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"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
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"pest",
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"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
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"angel",
"saint"
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"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
],
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"annihilate",
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"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
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"upset",
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"best",
"conquer",
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"overmatch",
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"overthrow",
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"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
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"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
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"examples":[
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
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"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
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"stop",
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"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
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"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
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"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
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"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
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"examples":[
"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
],
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"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
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"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"skulks":{
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
"examples":[
"were surprised to discover the skulk stealing from the garden was a raccoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurkers",
"skulkers",
"slyboots",
"sneakers",
"sneaks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"weasels",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"stalkers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurks",
"mooches",
"mouses",
"pussyfoots",
"shirks",
"slides",
"slinks",
"slips",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"steals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"edges",
"inches",
"worms",
"ghosts",
"pads",
"tiptoes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"hides",
"holes up",
"lies",
"lurks",
"reposes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slinks",
"sneaks",
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes out",
"materializes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skulked":{
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurked",
"mooched",
"moused",
"pussyfooted",
"shirked",
"slid",
"slipped",
"slunk",
"slinked",
"snaked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"edged",
"inched",
"wormed",
"ghosted",
"padded",
"tiptoed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
],
"synonyms":[
"hid",
"holed up",
"lay",
"lurked",
"reposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slunk",
"slinked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skullcap":{
"as in helmet , turban":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skulker":{
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
"examples":[
"she surprised the skulker eavesdropping beneath her window"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurker",
"skulk",
"slyboots",
"sneak",
"sneaker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skunk",
"snake",
"weasel",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"stalker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skull":{
"the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates":{
"examples":[
"paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"cranium"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braincase",
"death's-head",
"head",
"noddle",
"noggin",
"pate",
"poll",
"crown",
"scalp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bean , brain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"scuff",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skulkers":{
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
"examples":[
"she surprised the skulker eavesdropping beneath her window"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurkers",
"skulks",
"slyboots",
"sneakers",
"sneaks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"weasels",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"snoopers",
"snoops",
"spies",
"stalkers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skullcaps":{
"as in helmets , turbans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}