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{
"Skykomish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of the Skykomish people":[],
": an Indian people of the Skykomish river valley in Washington":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-m\u0113sh",
"sk\u012b\u02c8k\u014dmish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112643",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": climate":[
"temperate English skies",
"\u2014 G. G. Coulton"
],
": heaven sense 2":[],
": the upper atmosphere or expanse of space that constitutes an apparent great vault or arch over the earth":[],
": to hang (something, such as a painting) above the line of vision":[],
": to hit (a ball) high into the air":[],
": to jump high":[
"sky for a rebound"
],
": to throw or toss up : flip":[],
": weather in the upper atmosphere":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"There wasn't a cloud in the sky .",
"Dark clouds moved quickly across the sky .",
"Hailstones suddenly fell out of the sky .",
"The sun was high in the sky .",
"The forecast is for sunny skies tomorrow.",
"a patch of blue sky",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So, ready your telescopes and prepare to stare up at the moonrise in the night sky . \u2014 Emily Newhouse, Allure , 13 June 2022",
"Photos showed plumes of smoke billowing toward the sky visible from Flagstaff. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 13 June 2022",
"For the first time, outbursts of minor and diminished chords appear to darken the sky , and these caprices of mood were thoughtfully emphasized by tutti and soloist. \u2014 Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Clouds did seem to cover Saturday\u2019s sky , from horizon to horizon, in every place, at all hours. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"See the two together in the southeastern sky at nightfall. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The process is usually just a lot of blue sky conversations among the writing staff, a lot of possibilities for what could have happened in the 10-year period. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 June 2022",
"The silence of Pyongyang's leadership is in direct contrast to the explosive missile launches that regularly light up the sky over the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula. \u2014 Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 10 June 2022",
"The sun has never dropped from the daytime sky , and the moon seems extra bright. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As the golden light bled from the Los Angeles sky one evening last week, a mariachi band played at a rooftop cocktail party for corporate executives and government officials from a couple dozen countries. \u2014 William Neuman, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"But economies have rebounded rapidly and demand has soared, sending prices sky rocketing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Voisin said, even though the idea of flying over a 50-foot gap is enough to send most people\u2019s heart rates sky high. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"From the Archives: Elon Musk\u2019s comments on assets like bitcoin and dogecoin have helped send prices sky high \u2013 and crashing down \u2013 during the first half of 2021. \u2014 Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"That could send already sky high heating bills up even more, due mainly to spiking fuel prices. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 23 Jan. 2022",
"These can be pricey within a generally inexpensive urban center\u2014resulting in a somewhat incongruous local culinary economy, where dining prices range from surprisingly low to sky high. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
"But economies have rebounded rapidly and demand has soared, sending prices sky rocketing. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The post-pandemic commodities boom and efforts to reduce coal mining to tackle the climate crisis have driven global prices sky high. \u2014 Diksha Madhok, CNN , 6 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1802, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse sk\u0233 cloud; akin to Old English sc\u0113o cloud":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"firmament",
"heaven(s)",
"high",
"welkin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051101",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sky hooker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": top loader":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"sky entry 1 + hooker":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135451",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skyhoot":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": scoot":[
"\u2014 often used in the phrase go skyhooting"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)sk\u012b\u00a6h\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184352",
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
]
},
"skyish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": skyey":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012bish",
"-\u0113sh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041309",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"skyjack":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to commandeer (an airplane in flight) by the threat of violence":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"sky entry 1 + -jack (as in hijack )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02ccjak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000900",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skylark":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common largely brown Old World lark ( Alauda arvensis ) noted for its song especially as uttered in flight":[],
": any of various birds resembling the skylark":[],
": frolic , sport":[],
": to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"couldn't resist the temptation to skylark as commencement ceremonies came to a close",
"he spends his time joking and skylarking , but his brother is serious and industrious",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni is home to a variety of wildlife, and surveys conducted in 2017 noted skylarks , ospreys, and peregrine falcons\u2014among other birds\u2014nesting on the base. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2019",
"Numerous interlacing trails lead to the top, across meadows where skylarks breed. \u2014 Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times , 10 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1771, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02ccl\u00e4rk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181543",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skylarking":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a common largely brown Old World lark ( Alauda arvensis ) noted for its song especially as uttered in flight":[],
": any of various birds resembling the skylark":[],
": frolic , sport":[],
": to run up and down the rigging of a ship in sport":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"couldn't resist the temptation to skylark as commencement ceremonies came to a close",
"he spends his time joking and skylarking , but his brother is serious and industrious",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni is home to a variety of wildlife, and surveys conducted in 2017 noted skylarks , ospreys, and peregrine falcons\u2014among other birds\u2014nesting on the base. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 May 2019",
"Numerous interlacing trails lead to the top, across meadows where skylarks breed. \u2014 Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times , 10 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1771, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02ccl\u00e4rk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"act up",
"clown (around)",
"cut up",
"fool around",
"horse around",
"hotdog",
"monkey (around)",
"show off",
"showboat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084519",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skyless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having the sky obscured by clouds":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130931",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sky-high":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": high into the air":[],
": to a high or exorbitant level or degree":[
"lifted my spirit sky-high",
"\u2014 Elmer Morriss"
],
": in an enthusiastic manner":[],
": to bits : apart":[
"blown sky-high"
],
": excessively expensive : exorbitant":[],
": extremely or excessively high":[
"her blood pressure was sky-high"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02c8h\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[
"enthusiastically",
"exuberantly",
"madly",
"rhapsodically"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetically",
"indifferently",
"lukewarmly",
"perfunctorily"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adverb",
"1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144146"
},
"sky green":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light yellow green that is greener and deeper than glass green and greener and stronger than reed green":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153225"
},
"skyhook":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hook conceived as being suspended from the sky":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02cchu\u0307k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Boston also beat the Bucks in a heartbreaking 4-3 series in the 1974 NBA Finals, a game remembered for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's buzzer-beating skyhook in Game 6. \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Hughes, who shed 25 pounds and perfected his famed skyhook , has since made peace with the response. \u2014 Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Abdul-Jabbar hit a famous skyhook to beat the Celtics at the Boston Garden in double overtime of Game 6. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2021",
"The man who coined ' skyhook ' and 'Bango' had a front-row seat to the franchise's first and only championship. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Apr. 2021",
"But as the league's all-time leading scorer turned over his left shoulder to deliver his famous skyhook , Laimbeer was whistled for a foul after appearing to gently bump the Lakers' center with 14 seconds remaining. \u2014 Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2020",
"The Bucks went to the NBA Finals and fell in seven to the Celtics, although Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook just before the buzzer in the second overtime of Game 6 sent the series back to Milwaukee for one last shot. \u2014 Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2020",
"The fadeaway is not the ultimate weapon that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook became, but that was a function of Kareem's height and wingspan, along with his skill and grace. \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 12 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162256"
},
"skyhook balloon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large semitransparent helium-filled high-altitude plastic balloon used to carry instruments aloft for the study of cosmic rays":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004215"
},
"skywriting":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": writing formed in the sky by means of a visible substance (such as smoke) emitted from an airplane":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02ccr\u012b-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The Geico Skytypers, always an Air Show crowd-pleaser for their white-smoke skywriting and aerobatic loops, will send one of their WWII aircrafts to face off against Miss Geico, a 47-foot catamaran. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 5 May 2021",
"The pattern was as clear as skywriting ; the balls seemed to hang in the air. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Wired , 4 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1904, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141403"
},
"skywrite":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to letter by skywriting":[],
": to do skywriting":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u012b-\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from skywriting":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172456"
},
"sky gray":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light bluish gray that is redder and paler than chicory":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181353"
},
"sky glow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a glow in the night sky deriving from an artificial source (as the lights of a city)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184919"
},
"sky wave":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a radio wave that is propagated by means of the ionosphere":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200400"
},
"sky pilot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231838"
},
"sky-gazer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a triangular skysail used especially on clipper ships":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015055"
}
}