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780 lines
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"poke":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Hawaiian salad made typically from cubed pieces of raw seafood (such as tuna) marinated with soy sauce and sesame oil and mixed with onions or other ingredients":[
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"While Poke Hut will serve burritos, its specialty is poke bowls. Bases include sushi rice or greens, and from there customers choose a protein like raw or marinated tuna or salmon.",
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"\u2014 Andy Brownfield"
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],
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": a blow with the fist : punch":[],
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": a cutting remark : dig":[],
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": a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet":[],
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": a quick thrust : jab":[],
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": bag , sack":[],
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": hit , punch":[
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"poked him in the nose"
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],
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": meddle":[],
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": pierce , stab":[],
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": pokeweed":[],
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": prod , jab":[
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"poked him in the ribs"
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],
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": purse":[],
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": ridicule , mock":[],
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": to become stuck out or forward : protrude":[],
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": to cause to prod : thrust":[
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"poked a stick at the snake"
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],
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": to cause to project":[
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"poked her head out of the window"
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],
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": to deliver (a blow) with the fist":[],
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": to hit (a blooper) in baseball":[],
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": to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner":[
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"asked him not to poke his nose into other people's business"
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],
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": to look about or through something without system : rummage":[
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"poking around in the attic"
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],
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": to make (one's way) by poking":[
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"poked his way through the ruins"
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],
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": to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly":[],
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": to move or act slowly or aimlessly":[
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"just poked around and didn't accomplish much"
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],
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": to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing":[
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"poke a hole",
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"poked holes in his heavily footnoted argument",
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"\u2014 David Stoll"
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],
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": to strike out at something":[],
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": to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing":[
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"poked and scolded by the old folks",
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"\u2014 Upton Sinclair"
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],
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": wallet":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"I accidentally poked my finger right through the old fabric.",
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"Throwing pencils is not allowed because someone's eye could get poked out."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
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"1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French \u2014 more at pocket":"Noun",
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"Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch poken to poke":"Verb",
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"perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101",
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"\u02c8p\u014dk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bag",
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"balloon",
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"beetle",
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"belly",
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"billow",
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"bulge",
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"bunch",
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"jut",
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"overhang",
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"pooch",
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"pouch",
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"pout",
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"project",
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"protrude",
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"stand out",
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"start",
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"stick out",
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"swell"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232910",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pokey":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": jail":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In either case, Twitter didn\u2019t get the joke and Dan got a day in the Twitter pokey \u2014 the same punishment HIPAA expert Greene received for spreading false vaccine conspiracies (though MTG was later banned for good). \u2014 Daniel Novack, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"Former Uber self-driving boss Anthony Levandowski could find himself in the pokey for a spell. \u2014 Adam Lashinsky, Fortune , 30 July 2020",
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"But another shoe is yet to drop: next week, a different judge will sentence him on two conspiracy counts, charges that each carry a maximum of five years, which could potentially add years to his time in the pokey . \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 10 Mar. 2019",
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"In November 1983, Lewis called assistant U.S. attorney Jeremy Margolis, who had helped to put him in the pokey . \u2014 Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader , 2 Feb. 2018",
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"Thirty-five at the time, the Russian immigrant went to the pokey for three years, having pleaded guilty to wire fraud, mail fraud and making threats on the phone. \u2014 David Segal, New York Times , 24 Mar. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bastille",
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"big house",
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"bridewell",
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"brig",
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"calaboose",
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"can",
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"clink",
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"cooler",
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"coop",
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"guardroom",
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"hock",
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"hold",
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"hoosegow",
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"jail",
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"jailhouse",
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"joint",
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"jug",
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"lockup",
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"nick",
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"pen",
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"penitentiary",
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"prison",
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"quod",
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"slam",
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"slammer",
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"stir",
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"stockade",
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"tolbooth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095038",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pokily":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"bolting",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"careering",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"flying",
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"hasty",
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"hurrying",
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"lightning",
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"meteoric",
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"quick",
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"racing",
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"rapid",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"snappy",
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"speeding",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"warp-speed",
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"whirling",
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"whirlwind",
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"whisking",
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"zipping"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": annoyingly slow":[],
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": shabby , dull":[],
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": small and cramped":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One New Hampshire tester brushed its 75-denier polyester face through poky young evergreens, shouldered an ax, and sawed branches while doing trail work on Mount Moosilauke. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"Most of these studies have varied widely in their methodologies, producing a broad range of possible maximum running speeds for T. Rex, from a poky 10-15 mph (16-24 km/hour) to about 45 mph (72 km/h). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Noonan picked up the cafeti\u00e8re from her desk and brought it into the station\u2019s poky little kitchen. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Newsom and the Legislature should agree on a plan this summer \u2014 something more like the State Water Project than the poky bullet train. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2021",
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"On the poky Murano streets that snake with canals, dozens of glassmaking houses are still active, and each operates with a staunch dedication to the craft. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 27 Mar. 2021",
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"The spot was miles from anywhere, on the side of a hill whose poky desert plants scrape anyone who walks by, and over which wild horses keep watch. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Popular Science , 5 Jan. 2021",
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"The partners\u2019 goal was making underwriting, the poky part in the middle, fully electronic. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 2 Sep. 2020",
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"The 53-year-old lives alone in a modest apartment, cycles to his poky office in The Hague and takes time off from running the country to teach social studies at a local school. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"poke entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dilatory",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"laggard",
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"lagging",
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"languid",
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"leisurely",
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"poking",
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"slow",
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"sluggish",
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"snail-paced",
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"snaillike",
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"tardy",
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"unhurried"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092836",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"poking":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Hawaiian salad made typically from cubed pieces of raw seafood (such as tuna) marinated with soy sauce and sesame oil and mixed with onions or other ingredients":[
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"While Poke Hut will serve burritos, its specialty is poke bowls. Bases include sushi rice or greens, and from there customers choose a protein like raw or marinated tuna or salmon.",
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"\u2014 Andy Brownfield"
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],
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": a blow with the fist : punch":[],
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": a cutting remark : dig":[],
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": a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet":[],
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": a quick thrust : jab":[],
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": bag , sack":[],
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": hit , punch":[
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"poked him in the nose"
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],
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": meddle":[],
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": pierce , stab":[],
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": pokeweed":[],
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": prod , jab":[
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"poked him in the ribs"
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],
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": purse":[],
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": ridicule , mock":[],
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": to become stuck out or forward : protrude":[],
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": to cause to prod : thrust":[
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"poked a stick at the snake"
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],
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": to cause to project":[
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"poked her head out of the window"
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],
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": to deliver (a blow) with the fist":[],
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": to hit (a blooper) in baseball":[],
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": to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner":[
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"asked him not to poke his nose into other people's business"
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],
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": to look about or through something without system : rummage":[
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"poking around in the attic"
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],
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": to make (one's way) by poking":[
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"poked his way through the ruins"
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],
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": to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly":[],
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": to move or act slowly or aimlessly":[
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"just poked around and didn't accomplish much"
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],
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": to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing":[
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"poke a hole",
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"poked holes in his heavily footnoted argument",
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"\u2014 David Stoll"
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],
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": to strike out at something":[],
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": to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing":[
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"poked and scolded by the old folks",
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"\u2014 Upton Sinclair"
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],
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": wallet":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"I accidentally poked my finger right through the old fabric.",
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"Throwing pencils is not allowed because someone's eye could get poked out."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
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"1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French \u2014 more at pocket":"Noun",
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"Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch poken to poke":"Verb",
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"perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101",
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"\u02c8p\u014dk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bag",
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"balloon",
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"beetle",
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"belly",
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"billow",
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"bulge",
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"bunch",
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"jut",
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"overhang",
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"pooch",
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"pouch",
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"pout",
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"project",
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"protrude",
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"stand out",
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"start",
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"stick out",
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"swell"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014156",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"poky":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"bolting",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"careering",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"flying",
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"hasty",
|
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"hurrying",
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"lightning",
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|
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"meteoric",
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"quick",
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"racing",
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"rapid",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"snappy",
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"speeding",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"warp-speed",
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"whirling",
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"whirlwind",
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"whisking",
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"zipping"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": annoyingly slow":[],
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": shabby , dull":[],
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": small and cramped":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One New Hampshire tester brushed its 75-denier polyester face through poky young evergreens, shouldered an ax, and sawed branches while doing trail work on Mount Moosilauke. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
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"Most of these studies have varied widely in their methodologies, producing a broad range of possible maximum running speeds for T. Rex, from a poky 10-15 mph (16-24 km/hour) to about 45 mph (72 km/h). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Noonan picked up the cafeti\u00e8re from her desk and brought it into the station\u2019s poky little kitchen. \u2014 Colin Barrett, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
|
||
|
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"Newsom and the Legislature should agree on a plan this summer \u2014 something more like the State Water Project than the poky bullet train. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2021",
|
||
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"On the poky Murano streets that snake with canals, dozens of glassmaking houses are still active, and each operates with a staunch dedication to the craft. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
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|
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"The spot was miles from anywhere, on the side of a hill whose poky desert plants scrape anyone who walks by, and over which wild horses keep watch. \u2014 Sarah Scoles, Popular Science , 5 Jan. 2021",
|
||
|
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"The partners\u2019 goal was making underwriting, the poky part in the middle, fully electronic. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 2 Sep. 2020",
|
||
|
|
"The 53-year-old lives alone in a modest apartment, cycles to his poky office in The Hague and takes time off from running the country to teach social studies at a local school. \u2014 The Economist , 11 July 2020"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
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"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"poke entry 2":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0113"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crawling",
|
||
|
|
"creeping",
|
||
|
|
"dallying",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"dilatory",
|
||
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
||
|
|
"dragging",
|
||
|
|
"laggard",
|
||
|
|
"lagging",
|
||
|
|
"languid",
|
||
|
|
"leisurely",
|
||
|
|
"poking",
|
||
|
|
"slow",
|
||
|
|
"sluggish",
|
||
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
||
|
|
"snaillike",
|
||
|
|
"tardy",
|
||
|
|
"unhurried"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053351",
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"adverb",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pokeweed":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a poisonous American perennial herb ( Phytolacca americana of the family Phytolaccaceae, the pokeweed family) with racemose white flowers, dark purple juicy berries, and young shoots sometimes used as potherbs":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-\u02cckw\u0113d",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014dk-\u02ccw\u0113d"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"And his recipes are all intriguing \u2013 biscuits and tea cakes to feasts showcasing pigs feet, cracklins, and pokeweed . \u2014 Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Apr. 2018",
|
||
|
|
"Songs have been written extolling pokeweed \u2019s virtues. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 5 Oct. 2017"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1751, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212157"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poker":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his or her hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the pot":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0259r"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"probably modification of French poque , a card game similar to poker":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1534, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1832, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000855"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pokes":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": bag , sack":[],
|
||
|
|
": wallet":[],
|
||
|
|
": purse":[],
|
||
|
|
": prod , jab":[
|
||
|
|
"poked him in the ribs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to urge or stir by prodding or jabbing":[
|
||
|
|
"poked and scolded by the old folks",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Upton Sinclair"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to cause to prod : thrust":[
|
||
|
|
"poked a stick at the snake"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": pierce , stab":[],
|
||
|
|
": to produce by or as if by piercing, stabbing, or jabbing":[
|
||
|
|
"poke a hole",
|
||
|
|
"poked holes in his heavily footnoted argument",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 David Stoll"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": hit , punch":[
|
||
|
|
"poked him in the nose"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to deliver (a blow) with the fist":[],
|
||
|
|
": to hit (a blooper) in baseball":[],
|
||
|
|
": to cause to project":[
|
||
|
|
"poked her head out of the window"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to make (one's way) by poking":[
|
||
|
|
"poked his way through the ruins"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to interpose or interject in a meddlesome manner":[
|
||
|
|
"asked him not to poke his nose into other people's business"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to make a prodding, jabbing, or thrusting movement especially repeatedly":[],
|
||
|
|
": to strike out at something":[],
|
||
|
|
": to look about or through something without system : rummage":[
|
||
|
|
"poking around in the attic"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": meddle":[],
|
||
|
|
": to move or act slowly or aimlessly":[
|
||
|
|
"just poked around and didn't accomplish much"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
": to become stuck out or forward : protrude":[],
|
||
|
|
": ridicule , mock":[],
|
||
|
|
": a quick thrust : jab":[],
|
||
|
|
": a blow with the fist : punch":[],
|
||
|
|
": a projecting brim on the front of a woman's bonnet":[],
|
||
|
|
": a cutting remark : dig":[],
|
||
|
|
": pokeweed":[],
|
||
|
|
": a Hawaiian salad made typically from cubed pieces of raw seafood (such as tuna) marinated with soy sauce and sesame oil and mixed with onions or other ingredients":[
|
||
|
|
"While Poke Hut will serve burritos, its specialty is poke bowls. Bases include sushi rice or greens, and from there customers choose a protein like raw or marinated tuna or salmon.",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 Andy Brownfield"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02ccp\u014d-\u02c8k\u0101",
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014dk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bag",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"belly",
|
||
|
|
"billow",
|
||
|
|
"bulge",
|
||
|
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
|
"jut",
|
||
|
|
"overhang",
|
||
|
|
"pooch",
|
||
|
|
"pouch",
|
||
|
|
"pout",
|
||
|
|
"project",
|
||
|
|
"protrude",
|
||
|
|
"stand out",
|
||
|
|
"start",
|
||
|
|
"stick out",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"I accidentally poked my finger right through the old fabric.",
|
||
|
|
"Throwing pencils is not allowed because someone's eye could get poked out."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"Middle English, from Anglo-French \u2014 more at pocket":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch poken to poke":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"perhaps modification of Virginia Algonquian pocone, poughkone puccoon":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)":"Verb",
|
||
|
|
"1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1708, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
||
|
|
"1977, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021431"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poke about":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": to look around or search through something":[
|
||
|
|
"He poked about in his closet for something to wear to the party.",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 often used figuratively I don't want you poking about in my personal life."
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021935"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pokal":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": a large usually covered goblet typically made of glass or silver":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"p\u014d\u02c8k\u00e4l"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"German, from Italian boccale mug, jug, jar, from Late Latin baucalis vessel for cooling wine or water, from Greek baukalis , probably of non-Indo-European origin":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085157"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poker face":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
||
|
|
"In his classic poker face , Eminem looks at Davidson in question. \u2014 Thania Garcia, Variety , 22 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Lincoln-Way Central freshman Lisabella Dimitrijevic has a real poker face when she\u2019s in the pitching circle. \u2014 Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"While the city is doing its best to keep a poker face , Bally\u2019s CEO Soo Kim landed at Midway Airport Wednesday afternoon for a meeting with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to ostensibly finalize her choice as Chicago\u2019s casino. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 4 May 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Jackson carried that gentle poker face into Tuesday, a grueling 13-hour session where Republicans berated her with racist claims and insulting questions. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In a recent video, Teixidor talks about maintaining a poker face during a crisis, only to erupt in tears once everything has settled down. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Right before Beckham signed with the Rams, head coach Sean McVay couldn\u2019t keep a poker face during his press conference and grinned the entire way. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 5 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"In future years, Elizabeth would be mocked and savaged for her poker face , so unrevealing compared with her daughter-in-law Diana, who showed every nuance of emotion. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
||
|
|
"Barty, known for her poker face , was emotional after the victory. \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 31 Jan. 2022"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
||
|
|
"poker entry 2 ; from the poker player's need to conceal emotions during play":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
||
|
|
"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124512"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"poker dice":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"plural noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": dice usually in sets of five with each one of the dice carrying on two or more of its faces the representation of a particular playing card (as the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine) instead of spots":[],
|
||
|
|
": one of several games which are played with poker dice or with regular dice and in which the object is to make and bet on winning combinations like those used in the game of poker":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144150"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pokeweed family":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": phytolaccaceae":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
||
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
||
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153637"
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pokerish":{
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"definitions":{
|
||
|
|
": that elicits a vague fear, dread, or awe : eerie":[
|
||
|
|
"there is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling, even in broad daylight",
|
||
|
|
"\u2014 J. R. Lowell"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
||
|
|
"\u02c8p\u014dk(\u0259)rish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from archaic English poker hobgoblin (probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian pokker devil, Old Norse p\u016bki ) + -ish":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183121"
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},
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"poke along":{
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to move along very slowly":[
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"poking along towards home"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194616"
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},
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"poke pudding":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pock pudding":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"poke entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201515"
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},
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"pokeroot":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pokeweed":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"poke entry 4 + root":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011517"
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}
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}
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