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{
"pedagog":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Montessori researches the pedagogue \u00c9douard S\u00e9guin, who worked with children in a Paris asylum half a century earlier. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"But Andrew Glyn was first and foremost a teacher, an intellectually insatiable pedagogue with a desire to foster among his students a hunger for a broad understanding of the discipline. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 21 June 2021",
"New York City\u2019s government employs more than 325,000, which includes around 269,900 civilian and pedagogue workers, according to the Independent Budget Office, a fiscal watchdog agency funded by the city. \u2014 Katie Honan, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2020",
"There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman\u2014poet, pedagogue , boozehound, and symphonic self-destroyer\u2014may not be heard straining toward the condition of music. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Lil Nas X is the app's first breakout artist, and its most recognized pedagogue around self-improvement, Tabitha Brown, is a Black mother and vegan from North Carolina. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 4 Aug. 2020",
"With that, the pedagogue would dispatch some shivering schoolchild in vest and shorts on a three-mile cross-country run. \u2014 The Economist , 9 Nov. 2019",
"His teacher was Ilya Musin, a famed pedagogue who trained Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and Semyon Bychkov, who left Russia for a stellar conducting career in the West. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 18 Nov. 2019",
"During the Cultural Revolution Chinese pedagogues claimed Melville was a rare anti-capitalist American author. \u2014 The Economist , 18 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English pedagoge , from Latin paedagogus , from Greek paidag\u014dgos , slave who escorted children to school, from paid- ped- + ag\u014dgos leader, from agein to lead \u2014 more at agent":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pe-d\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4g"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192918",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedagogist":{
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"definitions":{
": a specialist in pedagogy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from French p\u00e9dagogiste , from p\u00e9dagogie pedagogy + -iste -ist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-g\u014dj-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112918",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"pedagogue":{
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"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Montessori researches the pedagogue \u00c9douard S\u00e9guin, who worked with children in a Paris asylum half a century earlier. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"But Andrew Glyn was first and foremost a teacher, an intellectually insatiable pedagogue with a desire to foster among his students a hunger for a broad understanding of the discipline. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 21 June 2021",
"New York City\u2019s government employs more than 325,000, which includes around 269,900 civilian and pedagogue workers, according to the Independent Budget Office, a fiscal watchdog agency funded by the city. \u2014 Katie Honan, WSJ , 19 Oct. 2020",
"There is hardly a paragraph in which Berryman\u2014poet, pedagogue , boozehound, and symphonic self-destroyer\u2014may not be heard straining toward the condition of music. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Lil Nas X is the app's first breakout artist, and its most recognized pedagogue around self-improvement, Tabitha Brown, is a Black mother and vegan from North Carolina. \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 4 Aug. 2020",
"With that, the pedagogue would dispatch some shivering schoolchild in vest and shorts on a three-mile cross-country run. \u2014 The Economist , 9 Nov. 2019",
"His teacher was Ilya Musin, a famed pedagogue who trained Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and Semyon Bychkov, who left Russia for a stellar conducting career in the West. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 18 Nov. 2019",
"During the Cultural Revolution Chinese pedagogues claimed Melville was a rare anti-capitalist American author. \u2014 The Economist , 18 July 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English pedagoge , from Latin paedagogus , from Greek paidag\u014dgos , slave who escorted children to school, from paid- ped- + ag\u014dgos leader, from agein to lead \u2014 more at agent":""
},
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"\u02c8pe-d\u0259-\u02ccg\u00e4g"
],
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"educationist",
"educator",
"instructor",
"preceptor",
"schoolteacher",
"teacher"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105257",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"pedagogy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Some of the presentations, a few too many for comfort, lapsed into the familiar contortions of modern pedagogy . \u2014 Alex Ross , New Yorker , 14 & 21 July 2003",
"The idea that pedagogy should be judged according to race is absurd on its face, but the fact that they saw their relationship with me and with the school itself in those terms should have given me greater pause than it did. \u2014 Gerald Early , Lure and Loathing , 1993",
"Since no textbooks existed, the professor refused to profess, knowing no more than his students, and the students read what they pleased and compared their results. As pedagogy , nothing could be more triumphant. \u2014 Henry Adams , The Education of Henry Adams , 1907",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Trustees thought more about programs and pedagogy and less about money. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"References to Freire and other advocates of critical pedagogy appear on the syllabi of Harvard, UC Berkeley, California State-Long Beach, and the University of North Texas. \u2014 Garion Frankel, National Review , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Throughout the curricula are explicit references to Marxism, critical pedagogy , radical feminism, and other fringe political stances. \u2014 Daniel Buck, National Review , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The lazy pedagogy and propaganda have led to division and bad policy, including policies that impact housing. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"But the norms of pedagogy have always regulated classroom speech: Students don\u2019t have the right to interrupt or to go on too long or to stray from the subject. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Are racial health inequities mainly a legacy of medical pedagogy ",
"Classrooms in many parts of the world have long been victim to a pedagogy that focuses on syllabus completion and curriculum standards, rather than on what children know. \u2014 Yamini Aiyar For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 21 Mar. 2022",
"From our discussion, key factors emerged that centered on personalized learning and the advantages of partnerships that align with existing pedagogy , teacher buy-in, and equity. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"see pedagogue":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02ccg\u00e4-",
"especially British -\u02ccg\u00e4-g\u0113",
"\u02c8pe-d\u0259-\u02ccg\u014d-j\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184129",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedal":{
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"definitions":{
": a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism":[
"a bike's pedals"
],
": a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (such as an organ or piano)":[],
": of or relating to the foot":[],
": of, relating to, or involving a pedal":[],
": to ride a bicycle":[],
": to use or work a pedal":[],
": to work the pedals of":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He was pedaling as fast as he could.",
"He pedaled down to the store.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"When the bike encounters uneven ground, the entire crank, pedal , motor and belt drive assembly moves in concert to soak up the bumps. \u2014 Bill Roberson, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"But monetary brakes and a floored fiscal gas pedal mistreat the economic engine. \u2014 John H. Cochrane, WSJ , 27 June 2022",
"The other pedal is a wide one for acceleration with an operation best described as two-stage. \u2014 B.c. George, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
"There was a three-pickup Les Paul Classic and a Telecaster and Les Paul Junior up there, and a couple of Strats and a jarana for traditional sounds and a wah-wah pedal that got a workout. \u2014 al , 26 June 2022",
"The race challenges participants to row, pedal or paddle \u2014 no motors or towing allowed \u2014 70 miles from Tacoma to Port Townsend, Washington, across the Puget Sound in just 48 hours. \u2014 Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Anthony Zhongor, 17, dove into the water after 18-year-old Mia Samolinski stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and drove into the bay just after 10 p.m., according to a news release from Suffolk County Police. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"The 18-year-old Patchogue resident had accidentally pressed the gas pedal instead of the brakes inside her Subaru Outback, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release. \u2014 Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News , 16 June 2022",
"That electricity is then used to to power an electric motor that can drive the wheels at low speeds -- or even at high speeds if the gas pedal isn't pressed hard -- and provide an extra push during acceleration. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But a step-up from there comes pedal hydrostatic or continuously variable transmission (CVT) operated by a shift-on-the-go hand lever. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 5 May 2022",
"Walking, dancing robots have garnered lots of attention, but the actual use of bi- pedal robots has remained relatively limited to date. \u2014 Amy Feldman, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"There's also a Miss Cavalcade pinup girl contest, Chop Shop demonstrations, pedal car challenge and spring car legends. \u2014 Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com , 7 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"When the loss prevention officer confronted the man outside the store, the suspect dumped all the merchandise on the ground and began to pedal away on his bicycle, according to a police report. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Fitted with panniers and racks, e-bikes let kids pedal themselves to lacrosse practice or violin lessons. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 24 July 2021",
"Randolph would hop on the handlebars or on the back, and Jo Jo would pedal them around. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"The tour has been designed to be as sustainable with a wide variety of innovative green elements, from a kinetic dancefloor to electricity-generating bicycles that fans can pedal during the performance to actively charge batteries for the show. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 5 May 2022",
"Mountain biking Marines even landed on beaches and were able to quickly pedal inland, providing reconnaissance for the rest of the landing force. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
"Run or pedal the 12-mile Cotton Valley Rail Trail, and learn the history of the local maritime industry or take a sailing lesson at the New Hampshire Boat Museum. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 12 May 2022",
"Pedal Pub allows people to pedal along a route and stop at area bars and restaurants in Atlanta, according to its website. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"If playing in the middle of the infield is anything like riding a bicycle, then Hanover Central\u2019s Gunnar Howes only had to remind himself how to pedal efficiently. \u2014 Dave Melton, chicagotribune.com , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1618, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1883, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pedalis , from ped-, pes":"Adjective",
"Middle French pedale , from Italian, from Latin pedalis , adjective":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ped-\u1d4al also \u02c8p\u0113d-",
"\u02c8pe-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124807",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pedati-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": pedate":[
"pedati form",
"pedati sect"
],
": pedately":[
"pedati form",
"pedati sect"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pedatus":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113949",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"pedder":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": peddler , hawker":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English peddere , probably from pedde covered basket + -ere -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ped\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082845",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be busy with trifles : piddle":[],
": to deal out or seek to disseminate":[
"peddling personal advice",
"\u2014 G. F. Kennan"
],
": to offer or promote as valuable":[
"peddled snake oils and miracle lotions"
]
},
"examples":[
"They peddled fruits and vegetables out of their truck on the side of the road.",
"He peddled his idea for a new movie to every executive in Hollywood.",
"The mayor's aides tried to peddle his innocence to reporters.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Performers like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who long ago bartered their integrity and believability for money and ratings, can peddle their noisome pro-Trump propaganda on Fox News. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"People who openly peddle crazed, racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories such as the Great Replacement Theory -- the likes of Tucker Carlson and Elise Stefanik -- are out to grab power, not to help you. \u2014 Keith Magee, CNN , 17 May 2022",
"Contrary to what certain coaches or administrators might say, the biggest threat to college football isn\u2019t athletes profiting off their fame or boosters funding collectives that peddle name, image and likeness deals. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
"Lioi sentenced Fitzgerald in 2017 to 188 months in prison for using his job to peddle cocaine across the country. \u2014 John Caniglia, cleveland , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Did Adam Neumann peddle his wares around town like a sad salesman, all barefoot",
"His proxies on state media peddle visions of Russia forging a new union encompassing Belarus and Ukraine. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Even those smiling, sashed salesgirls have been forced to scramble this winter for supplies to peddle online or on folding tables in front of grocery stores. \u2014 Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The ad may be set on a future farm and designed to peddle dairy products, but its pastoral setting and utopian veneer riff on the pitches of many companies seeking to present a change to workplace scenery as an upgrade in quality of life. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1532, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from peddler , from Middle English pedlere , alteration of pedder peddler":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pe-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hawk"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082944",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"peddle one's wares":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to sell one's products":[
"She now peddles her wares on the Internet."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012906",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"peddler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who deals in or promotes something intangible (such as a personal asset or an idea)":[
"influence peddlers"
],
": one who offers merchandise (such as fresh produce) for sale along the street or from door to door":[],
": one who peddles : such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gould said the city will not be endorsing a peddler or solicitor by issuing a permit. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Mastriano has shown strength in recent polls, while being a prominent peddler of conspiracy theories, including former President Donald Trump\u2019s false claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election and resulted in his loss in Pennsylvania. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"In the poem a peddler cuts away some of the clothes of a sleeping old lady, who then cannot recognize herself. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In response to his April 30 remarks on Bitcoin, Musk mocked Buffett as a diabetes peddler . \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The songs luxuriate in the spoils accumulated from Pusha\u2019s peddler empire and dismiss his rivals as charlatans, and the expensive-sounding beats seem to bolster his claims. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Former National Security Advisor and current conspiracy peddler Michael Flynn is co-hosting a fundraiser for Floridian Darlene Swaffar's congressional campaign at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Indeed, there\u2019s little evidence that any super- peddler of doubt\u2014not even Alex Berenson, Tucker Carlson, or Joseph Mercola\u2014has changed the numbers much at all. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Fox \u2014 a 31-year-old socialite, artist, clothing designer, and former dominatrix and Playboy model \u2014 made her acting debut as the mistress of Adam Sandler's sleazy jewel peddler in the 2019 film Uncut Gems. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ped-l\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"hawker",
"huckster"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200310",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddler car":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a freight car carrying less-than-carload shipments from one consignor over a specified route with deliveries direct to consignees":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201208",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddler truck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a truck carrying less-than-truckload shipments from one consignor over a specified route with deliveries direct to consignees":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182141",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"peddlery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": peddlers' merchandise":[],
": the trade of a peddler":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"peddler + -y":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133753",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedestrian":{
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"definitions":{
": a person going on foot : walker":[],
": commonplace , unimaginative":[
"his sentences and phrases are too often pedestrian , commonplace, and flat",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": going or performed on foot":[
"pedestrian traffic",
"a pedestrian tour of the village"
],
": of, relating to, or designed for walking":[
"a pedestrian mall",
"a pedestrian bridge"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He lived a pedestrian life, working at the paper mill and living in his trailer.",
"pedestrian concerns like paying the bills and getting the kids to school on time",
"Noun",
"The car slid off the road and almost hit a group of pedestrians .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"But he was quickly stopped by private security officials on the pedestrian bridge and soon after surrounded by a group of Customs and Border Protection officials. \u2014 Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"The mother and daughter from Senda De Vida, along with other migrants deemed eligible to cross that day, were tested for the coronavirus, then directed to a school bus, which would take them to the pedestrian bridge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The two sites are connected by a pedestrian bridge across the river on the northwest edge of the downtown area. \u2014 Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"Within the day of the drowning, police issued a statement saying a man ran and jumped over a fence and into Tempe Town Lake, just east of the pedestrian bridge. \u2014 Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"The mother and daughter from Senda De Vida, along with other migrants deemed eligible to cross that day, were tested for the coronavirus, then directed to a school bus, which would take them to the pedestrian bridge. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Peachtree Corners, the largest and newest city in Gwinnett, would build a pedestrian bridge to connect its trail system to busy Peachtree Parkway and another one across the Chattahoochee River from Johns Creek, said Mayor Mike Mason. \u2014 Alia Malik, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"The mother and daughter from Senda De Vida, along with other migrants deemed eligible to cross that day, were tested for the coronavirus, then directed to a school bus, which would take them to the pedestrian bridge. \u2014 Eileen Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"State crash data shows that 73.3 percent of all deadly pedestrian collisions on highways within Harris County between 2017 and 2021 occurred on the main lanes, while nearly 22 percent were on the frontage road. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 10 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At some point, almost everyone in this country is a pedestrian . \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"Although there are still some imaginative conceits (the narrator\u2019s father constructs a replica Blockbuster video store in his basement), many of the plot points are more pedestrian . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Damico is charged in an Aug. 18 fatal crash near the Highland Walgreens on Ridge Road and Indianapolis Boulevard that killed Tyler Scheidt, 21, of Highland, who was a pedestrian . \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"According to a preliminary review of state data, Friday's victim is the 55th pedestrian to be killed by a driver on roads within Harris County since the start of 2022. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Andrew is the first pedestrian in 2022 to die after being struck by a vehicle in Anchorage. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Mar. 2022",
"His career averages are pedestrian \u2014 3.3 points, 2.7 rebounds \u2014 but his value rarely appears in the box score. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Waldrop was a pedestrian attempting to cross U.S. 421 when she was struck by a 2020 Freightliner commercial truck driven by Michael Kimbrough, 49, of Daphne. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The driver\u2019s vehicle was damaged in the collision with the pedestrian and after striking another vehicle on the street, Hernandez said. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1716, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1770, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pedestr-, pedester , literally, going on foot, from ped-, pes foot \u2014 more at foot":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259-\u02c8des-tr\u0113-\u0259n",
"p\u0259-\u02c8de-str\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040128",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pedestrian island":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a space between roadways where pedestrians can await a break in vehicular traffic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202648",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pedestrian/foot traffic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": people who are walking":[
"There is a walkway along the bridge for pedestrian/foot traffic ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185706",
"type":[
"noun"
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"\u2014 Dixon Wecter"
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"That horse has an impressive pedigree .",
"What is the dog's pedigree ",
"The puppy came with papers proving its pedigree .",
"Democracy is an idea with a pedigree stretching back to ancient Greece.",
"The company has an excellent pedigree with over a century in the business.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trio ripped through their set, which also featured a Cline cameo, and brought an atonal, free-jazz element to their old-school punk pedigree . \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 31 May 2022",
"This movement had evolved in part from the populist Yellow Vest protests, burgeoning for a few years now, while also having different and fully sui generis components of its pedigree . \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Some were big prize winners, and many are worthy of fresh attention regardless of their May Show pedigree . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 May 2022",
"The pond, located behind the third green, has an impressive pedigree of its own. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The buzz was starting to build around Handroll Project, a new San Francisco sushi restaurant with an impressive pedigree , when everything came to a grinding halt last week. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
"Their attraction speaks to the urgency of the problem and the pedigree of his partners, including Blackbird. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The model lacked the spacious rear seats of Ferrari's 2+2 models and the racing pedigree and performance of the 365GTB/4 Daytona. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
"Alford landed three transfers \u2014 Oregon State\u2019s Jarod Lucas, Seton Hall\u2019s Tyler Powell and Elon\u2019s Hunter MacIntosh \u2014 and a couple freshmen, but none has the pedigree of what walked out the door. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Dixon Wecter"
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"That horse has an impressive pedigree .",
"What is the dog's pedigree ",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trio ripped through their set, which also featured a Cline cameo, and brought an atonal, free-jazz element to their old-school punk pedigree . \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 31 May 2022",
"This movement had evolved in part from the populist Yellow Vest protests, burgeoning for a few years now, while also having different and fully sui generis components of its pedigree . \u2014 Justin E. H. Smith, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Some were big prize winners, and many are worthy of fresh attention regardless of their May Show pedigree . \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 22 May 2022",
"The pond, located behind the third green, has an impressive pedigree of its own. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"The buzz was starting to build around Handroll Project, a new San Francisco sushi restaurant with an impressive pedigree , when everything came to a grinding halt last week. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
"Their attraction speaks to the urgency of the problem and the pedigree of his partners, including Blackbird. \u2014 Jeffrey M. O'brien, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The model lacked the spacious rear seats of Ferrari's 2+2 models and the racing pedigree and performance of the 365GTB/4 Daytona. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
"Alford landed three transfers \u2014 Oregon State\u2019s Jarod Lucas, Seton Hall\u2019s Tyler Powell and Elon\u2019s Hunter MacIntosh \u2014 and a couple freshmen, but none has the pedigree of what walked out the door. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022"
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"the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gould said the city will not be endorsing a peddler or solicitor by issuing a permit. \u2014 cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Mastriano has shown strength in recent polls, while being a prominent peddler of conspiracy theories, including former President Donald Trump\u2019s false claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election and resulted in his loss in Pennsylvania. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"In the poem a peddler cuts away some of the clothes of a sleeping old lady, who then cannot recognize herself. \u2014 Peter Saenger, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In response to his April 30 remarks on Bitcoin, Musk mocked Buffett as a diabetes peddler . \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The songs luxuriate in the spoils accumulated from Pusha\u2019s peddler empire and dismiss his rivals as charlatans, and the expensive-sounding beats seem to bolster his claims. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Former National Security Advisor and current conspiracy peddler Michael Flynn is co-hosting a fundraiser for Floridian Darlene Swaffar's congressional campaign at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Indeed, there\u2019s little evidence that any super- peddler of doubt\u2014not even Alex Berenson, Tucker Carlson, or Joseph Mercola\u2014has changed the numbers much at all. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Fox \u2014 a 31-year-old socialite, artist, clothing designer, and former dominatrix and Playboy model \u2014 made her acting debut as the mistress of Adam Sandler's sleazy jewel peddler in the 2019 film Uncut Gems. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 3 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8ped-l\u0259r"
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"huckster"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": either of two short cylindrical bony processes lying on either side of a vertebra that project posteriorly from the vertebral body and fuse with the laminae to form a neural arch":[]
},
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"\u02c8ped-i-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8pe-di-k\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Enlarge / Four drawings illustrating tubed pedicle flaps by Russian surgeon Vladimir Filatov, 1916. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
"For trans men, testosterone and mastectomy were common, but genital surgeries remained rare, in part because phalloplasty had only minimally evolved beyond Gillies\u2019s tubed pedicle of the 1940s. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"There are a few other options, such as a pedicle graft, in which donor tissue comes from a gum area closer to the recipient area. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 11 Mar. 2019"
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"Latin pediculus , from diminutive of ped-, pes":""
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"1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
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": a large genus of hemiparasitic herbs (family Scrophulareaceae) found in temperate or alpine regions that have pinnate or pinnatifid leaves and variously colored bilabiate flowers in terminal spikes \u2014 see lousewort":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cantils are neither part of the stem nor the pedicel . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2021",
"Edwards said the extra antler on Lindberg\u2019s deer could be attributed to damage to the pedicels , the bony structures that support and develop antlers on animals. \u2014 Joel Sartore, National Geographic , 21 Nov. 2019"
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"New Latin pedicellus , diminutive of Latin pediculus":""
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"1682, in the meaning defined above":""
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"plural noun"
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"New Latin, from Pedicellina , type genus + -idae":""
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"noun"
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"New Latin paedication-, paedicatio , from Latin paedicatus (past participle of paedicare to engage in pederasty, from Greek paidika boy favorite, from neuter plural of paidikos of boys, from paid-, pais boy + -ikos -ic) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pedicab went in front of a police cruiser rolling across the intersection on Royal when Hansel fired a gun several times at the marked SUV's windshield and began running away, the sources said. \u2014 Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Abney, 31, was driving a patrol cruiser with officer Brooke Duncan IV on Royal Street on Friday at about 4:30 p.m. when a pedicab on St. Philip Street approached the Royal intersection. \u2014 Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Today, Monsivais drives a pedicab and picks up passengers for Arcade City, which still operates in Austin. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Another touch of fun was provided by Dale Salzman, who drove a pedicab with a drop-down plastic curtain to protect passengers. \u2014 Denys Bucksten, chicagotribune.com , 23 Sep. 2019",
"And e- pedicabs could replace most taxi trips in the inner city. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, TheWeek , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Instead, the industry is thriving, with almost 200 pedicabs in operation throughout the city. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2019",
"In the first months after the ordinance passed, many pedicabs stopped operating. \u2014 Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Some pedicab drivers feared regulations put in place by Chicago five years ago \u2013 banning them from Michigan Avenue and State Street, as well as from the Loop during rush hour, would put them out of business. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 27 Aug. 2019"
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"New Latin, from pedicellus + -ina":""
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"adjective"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cantils are neither part of the stem nor the pedicel . \u2014 Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2021",
"Edwards said the extra antler on Lindberg\u2019s deer could be attributed to damage to the pedicels , the bony structures that support and develop antlers on animals. \u2014 Joel Sartore, National Geographic , 21 Nov. 2019"
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": an order of highly specialized marine teleost fishes including the anglers and batfishes that have the ventral fins on the throat and the pectoral fins at the end of a process suggesting a wrist or arm and consisting of the elongated and modified hypercoracoid and hypocoracoid and that have the anterior portion of the dorsal fin modified into a movable structure which stands out from the protectively colored body as a lure attracting prey within reach of the very large mouth":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to working at a progressive pediatrics practice promoting claims that kids are racist, Caraveo has also taken controversial stances on other social issues. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Nursing students from Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska Anchorage, and Charter College train at ANMC\u2019s inpatient pediatrics unit. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
"Formulas are regulated by their country of origin, so there is no guarantee of the safety of a product arriving from another country, according to the pediatrics group. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Saker has been with the health department since 2012, practicing pediatrics at the Bobbie Sterne Health Center. \u2014 Brooks Sutherland, The Enquirer , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Parents should try to include healthy foods in their child\u2019s diet every day and every meal, says Claire McCarthy, a primary care pediatrician at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. \u2014 Anna Nordberg, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Child advocacy is as integral as otitis treatment to the practice of pediatrics . \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 26 May 2022",
"Steven Abrams, professor of pediatrics at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, acknowledges many infants were fed evaporated milk recipes before formula became the norm, but that doesn\u2019t mean people should use that method today. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
"Often, having a viral illness triggers the first symptoms of Type 1 diabetes in children, said Dr. Ahmad Bailony, chair of pediatrics at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022"
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"circa 1857, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pi-\u02c8"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In addition to its color, this plant part is in specific relation: perhaps unhelpfully peduncolo means peduncle , which is a stem that ends at a flower or a fruit, this grape\u2019s lifeline bestowing also the cultivar\u2019s red name. \u2014 Susan H. Gordon, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Last year, peak bloom occurred just four days after the peduncle elongation stage because of exceptionally warm temperatures in the 70s and 80s. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In 2017, a prolonged and bitter cold spell befell the Washington region in mid-March when the buds were already between stage 4, peduncle elongation, and 5 (puffy white), following the warmest February on record and a mild start to March. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Spray: a group of blooms that arise from one peduncle and develop into many flowers on short pedicles. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Feb. 2022",
"During peduncle elongation, the stalks bearing the blossom buds extend and the flowers become visible. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2021",
"In the sulci and peduncles of fox brains, Hecht might see signs of whether this theory or others hit the mark. \u2014 Popular Science , 10 Feb. 2020",
"First, the carcass had to be secured around the peduncle , the portion of a whale\u2019s body that tapers back to the fluke. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2019",
"Signs of florets and peduncle elongation are already being seen and usually occur about 10 days before peak bloom is reached, according to local radio station 97.1 WASH-FM. \u2014 Jenae Sitzes, Country Living , 27 Feb. 2017"
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"New Latin pedunculus , diminutive of Latin ped-, pes":""
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"1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a long socklike boot made of leather or cloth and worn especially by ancient and early medieval Gauls":[]
},
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"\u02c8pe(\u02cc)dy\u00fcl"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin pedulis , from Latin, of the foot, from ped-, pes foot":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072419"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having the form of a pedicel":[]
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"New Latin pedicell us + English -iform":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092926"
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"pedal stop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an organ stop that is played by the pedals":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151747"
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"PEDs can turn a marginal player into a major leaguer, and transform a marginal major leaguer into an All-Star.",
"\u2014 Dave DeLand",
"\u2026 has never tested positive for using PEDs , but is under investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency \u2026",
"\u2014 Andre Williams"
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"maxilli ped"
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ped",
"\u02ccp\u0113-\u02cc\u0113-\u02c8d\u0113"
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"Greek pedon ground; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot \u2014 more at foot":"Noun",
"Greek paid-, paido- , from paid-, pais child, boy \u2014 more at few":"Combining form",
"Latin ped-, pes":"Noun combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1951, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"2001, in the meaning defined above":"Abbreviation or noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222224"
},
"pedicure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who provides care for the feet, toes, and nails":[],
": care of the feet, toes, and nails":[],
": a single treatment of these parts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ped-i-\u02cckyu\u0307(\u0259)r",
"\u02c8pe-di-\u02cckyu\u0307r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She's getting a pedicure tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mom gets to enjoy a full spa day at Kamaha\u2019o, a Marilyn Monroe Spa with a massage, pedicure and facial. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"Sundays' pale yet vivid take on the color, L.05 ($18), is begging to become the signature pedicure shade of anyone who loves a splashy pastel. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Technically this isn\u2019t a pedicure product, but trust us. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Salon Allure has all the luxuries that professional salons have, including massage pedicure chairs -- my personal favorite. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Earlier Monday, the mayor tweeted a photo of himself getting a pedicure in preparation for the Meta Gala. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 3 May 2022",
"Duane Kuiper has a wonderful relationship with his nearly 3-year-old granddaughter, Andy, and one recent afternoon near his home in Danville, Kuiper took her out for a pedicure . \u2014 Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Parenting obviously isn't an easy task, and if your dad \u2014 or partner \u2014 deserves some relaxation time, set up a few spa activities from a pedicure to a back massage to a hydrating face mask. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Not to mention the process of giving yourself an at-home pedicure can be soothing and meditative, especially after a long day. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 3 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French p\u00e9dicure , from Latin ped-, pes foot + curare to take care, from cura care":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223921"
},
"pedipalp":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of the second pair of appendages of various arthropods (such as an arachnid or horseshoe crab) that lie on each side of the mouth and often perform a specialized function (such as grasping or feeling)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pe-d\u0259-\u02ccpalp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some spiders even use part of the pedipalp , a bit just under the palpal bulb at the tip, to make music (stridulate) as part of a courtship ritual. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Wired , 22 Sep. 2020",
"But as the male dismounts, the pedipalp grasps and twists the scapus, snipping it off as if with scissors. \u2014 National Geographic , 14 Feb. 2017",
"Male orb weavers of the Argiope genus die upon inserting that second pedipalp . \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 25 Feb. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin pedipalpus , from ped-, pes foot + palpus palpus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230253"
},
"pedal steel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a box-shaped musical instrument with legs that has usually 10 strings which can be altered in pitch by the use of pedals and which are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At center stage, guitarists Bob Britt and Doug Lancio get the most lighting, while Dylan gets about the same voltage as drummer Charley Drayton, bassist Tony Garnier and pedal steel player Donnie Herron, also off to the side. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The album also hears Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, Carla Azar of the post-punk group Autolux, and Lane\u2019s pedal steel player Matthew Pynn. \u2014 Marisa Whitaker, SPIN , 2 June 2022",
"The Red Dirt Boys (drums, bass, keys/guitar, pedal steel ) looked like librarians. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
"Frampton watched as Drake pulled out a small box, set it on his pedal steel guitar, and began connecting it together. \u2014 Pam Windsor, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Three other performers were inducted into the Hall, as well \u2014 the late Ray Charles, the late pedal steel player Pete Drake and still-active drummer Eddie Bayers. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 1 May 2022",
"Drake\u2019s ability to enhance a song with the pedal steel stretched beyond just the country music genre. \u2014 Pam Windsor, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Rock \u2019n\u2019 roll had come to dominate the charts, and songs that sounded too traditional\u2014anything with too much pedal steel or fiddle, or too many lyrics about family and God\u2014felt hopelessly old-fashioned. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, Smithsonian Magazine , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Nels Cline and Jason Isbell and legendary pedal steel guitarist Lloyd Maines provide solos throughout the song, while Cash, Escovedo and Tweedy trade verses. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 7 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1965, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235728"
},
"pediculous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": infested with lice : lousy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"pi-\u02c8di-ky\u0259-l\u0259s",
"pi-\u02c8dik-y\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pediculosus , from pediculus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012420"
},
"Pedionomus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a monotypic genus of Australian birds (family Turnicidae) consisting of the plain wanderer and closely related to the button quails":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccped\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259m\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek pedionomos plain-dweller, from pedi- + -nomos (from nemein to inhabit, pasture)":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015317"
}
}
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