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{
"bobbing (up)":{
"as in breaking out , shooting (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arising",
"blossoming",
"breaking",
"breaking out",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"erupting",
"issuing",
"outcropping",
"rising",
"shooting (up)",
"springing (up)",
"surfacing",
"dawning",
"debuting",
"happening",
"occurring",
"arriving",
"coming",
"reappearing",
"rematerializing",
"bulking",
"looming",
"reappearing",
"resurfacing",
"appearing",
"coming out",
"materializing",
"showing",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"unfolding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"going (away)",
"melting (away)",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"leaving",
"retiring",
"withdrawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobby":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"asked a passing London bobby for directions"
],
"synonyms":[
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bobby-soxer":{
"as in schoolgirl , teenybopper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bobs":{
"a bunch of flowers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lassie carried only a little bob on her wedding day"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boutonnieres",
"corsages",
"arrangements",
"garlands",
"leis"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouquets",
"nosegays",
"posies"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he playfully bobbed his brother on the nose to get his attention"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"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"
]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bobbed her waist-length hair herself on her 18th birthday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"related":[
"skives",
"whittles",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"synonyms":[
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims"
]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a family of ducks bobbing on the water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"shakes",
"wiggles",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"oscillates",
"rocks",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"drops",
"ducks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbles",
"jogs",
"jounces",
"nods",
"pumps",
"seesaws",
"wags"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bobbled":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"jogged",
"jounced",
"nodded",
"pumped",
"seesawed",
"wagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked",
"jiggled",
"shook",
"wiggled",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"oscillated",
"rocked",
"swayed",
"swung",
"undulated",
"dropped",
"ducked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobbling":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"jogging",
"jouncing",
"nodding",
"pumping",
"seesawing",
"wagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerking",
"jiggling",
"shaking",
"wiggling",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"oscillating",
"rocking",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"undulating",
"dropping",
"ducking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobbed":{
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"bobbed her waist-length hair herself on her 18th birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"clipped",
"cropped",
"cut",
"cut back",
"docked",
"lopped (off)",
"nipped",
"pared",
"polled",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"sheared",
"snipped",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skived",
"whittled",
"manicured",
"mowed",
"pinched",
"stumped",
"curtailed",
"shortened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"a family of ducks bobbing on the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbled",
"jogged",
"jounced",
"nodded",
"pumped",
"seesawed",
"wagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked",
"jiggled",
"shook",
"wiggled",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"oscillated",
"rocked",
"swayed",
"swung",
"undulated",
"dropped",
"ducked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"he playfully bobbed his brother on the nose to get his attention"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobbies":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"asked a passing London bobby for directions"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bobbinet":{
"as in lace , tulle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Brussels lace",
"filigree",
"fishnet",
"lace",
"marquisette",
"tulle",
"grille",
"grill",
"lattice",
"screen",
"screening",
"wirework",
"web",
"webbing",
"mesh",
"net",
"netting",
"network"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bobby socks":{
"as in anklet , bootee":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anklet",
"bootee",
"kneesock",
"support hose",
"hosiery",
"hose",
"sock",
"stocking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bobby-soxers":{
"as in schoolgirls , teenyboppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"junior misses",
"schoolgirls",
"subdebutantes",
"teenyboppers",
"fillies",
"girls",
"lasses",
"lassies",
"misses",
"missies",
"nymphs",
"sheilas",
"gamines",
"hoydens",
"pixies",
"romps",
"snips",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bob (up)":{
"as in break out , shoot (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arise",
"blossom",
"break",
"break out",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"erupt",
"issue",
"outcrop",
"rise",
"shoot (up)",
"spring (up)",
"surface",
"dawn",
"debut",
"happen",
"occur",
"arrive",
"come",
"reappear",
"rematerialize",
"bulk",
"loom",
"reappear",
"resurface",
"appear",
"come out",
"materialize",
"show",
"show up",
"turn up",
"unfold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"go (away)",
"melt (away)",
"vanish",
"depart",
"leave",
"retire",
"withdraw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobbed (up)":{
"as in broke out , shot (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"blossomed",
"broke",
"broke out",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"erupted",
"issued",
"outcropped",
"rose",
"shot (up)",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced",
"dawned",
"debuted",
"happened",
"occurred",
"arrived",
"came",
"reappeared",
"rematerialized",
"bulked",
"loomed",
"reappeared",
"resurfaced",
"appeared",
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"unfolded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"melted (away)",
"vanished",
"went (away)",
"departed",
"left",
"retired",
"withdrew"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bobble":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"she's terrified that she'll make some silly bobble during the important presentation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boo-boo",
"boob",
"brick",
"clanger",
"clinker",
"error",
"fault",
"flub",
"fluff",
"fumble",
"gaff",
"gaffe",
"goof",
"inaccuracy",
"lapse",
"miscue",
"misstep",
"mistake",
"oversight",
"screwup",
"slip",
"slipup",
"stumble",
"trip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomer",
"blooper",
"boner",
"howler",
"pratfall",
"foul-up",
"snafu",
"misapprehension",
"miscalculation",
"miscomprehension",
"misconception",
"misconstruction",
"misdescription",
"misimpression",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misreading",
"misstatement",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracy",
"correctness",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"strictness",
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"perfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"jog",
"jounce",
"nod",
"pump",
"seesaw",
"wag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"shake",
"wiggle",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"oscillate",
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"undulate",
"drop",
"duck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bobbles":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"she's terrified that she'll make some silly bobble during the important presentation"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobs",
"jogs",
"jounces",
"nods",
"pumps",
"seesaws",
"wags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"shakes",
"wiggles",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"oscillates",
"rocks",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"drops",
"ducks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bobbinets":{
"as in laces , tulles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Brussels laces",
"filigrees",
"fishnets",
"laces",
"marquisettes",
"tulles",
"grilles",
"grills",
"lattices",
"screenings",
"screens",
"wireworks",
"webbings",
"webs",
"meshes",
"nets",
"nettings",
"networks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bobberies":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"proponents of a silent birth believe that the bobbery that accompanies most births is harmful to the newborn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ados",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"pothers",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}