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"taunt":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a sarcastic challenge or insult":[],
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": to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The boys continually taunted each other.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"George and Martha proceed to taunt and prod each other in front of the unwitting young people. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"In one scene, Anna asks Matthias if he\u2019s ever been called by the derogatory name that children have been using to taunt and hurt her. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Onoda believes that American G.I.s may have placed it there to taunt him. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"Guard 1, played by Richard P. Trujillo, is a rigid rule-follower, but Guard 2, played by Jada Alston Owens, bends the rules to both befriend and taunt Fay. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"The rare Game 7 blowout, with Goran Dragic leading the way with 25 points, Purple Shirt Guy from Charlotte no longer courtside to taunt Wade. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
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"Diana apparently cultivated media attention more than is assumed, to play the media, to taunt media members, and in addressing past media taunts, Brown suggests the possibility that the latter played a role in her fatal accident. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"Middle school classmates would taunt me, luring me into chat rooms under the false hope of friendship only to call me names and repeat them in school the next day. \u2014 Shelli Nicole, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"After getting one dog riled, the fox would go down the street and taunt another. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Facebook image with the anti-Biden taunt has been altered. \u2014 Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2016",
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"That private fear becomes a public taunt in Amsterdam, when the rapper is greeted by a horde of people in blackface. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"The Kremlin and its press organs airbrushed the taunt out of the official transcripts. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"On the beach, two alpha males tussled, one using his chest and large, trunklike nose (hence the name elephant seal) to push away a rival, while adding a final rumbling growl to intimidate \u2014 or maybe just taunt \u2014 the loser. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"For those who have always thought of the idea of capturing every Pok\u00e9mon as a kind of in-game taunt that no one really attempts, battling is a more mixed bag. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Every chorus of that taunt just seemed to hang there, like breath in the cold night air. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"When the Chargers took the Allegiant Stadium field Sunday night, somebody turned off all the lights, and through the darkness a singular voice boomed into a sing-song taunt that would continually haunt. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Magpie took it as a taunt and tried to suss out the identity of the jerk who teased her. \u2014 Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online , 7 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1539, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1527, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from Middle French tenter to try, tempt \u2014 more at tempt":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u022fnt",
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"\u02c8t\u00e4nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for taunt Verb ridicule , deride , mock , taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling. consistently ridiculed everything she said deride suggests contemptuous and often bitter ridicule. derided their efforts to start their own business mock implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference. youngsters began to mock the helpless wino taunt suggests jeeringly provoking insult or challenge. hometown fans taunted the visiting team",
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"synonyms":[
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"bait",
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"hassle",
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"haze",
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"heckle",
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"needle",
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"ride",
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"tease"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163010",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"taunter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a sarcastic challenge or insult":[],
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": to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The boys continually taunted each other.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"George and Martha proceed to taunt and prod each other in front of the unwitting young people. \u2014 Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
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"In one scene, Anna asks Matthias if he\u2019s ever been called by the derogatory name that children have been using to taunt and hurt her. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"Onoda believes that American G.I.s may have placed it there to taunt him. \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
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"Guard 1, played by Richard P. Trujillo, is a rigid rule-follower, but Guard 2, played by Jada Alston Owens, bends the rules to both befriend and taunt Fay. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
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"The rare Game 7 blowout, with Goran Dragic leading the way with 25 points, Purple Shirt Guy from Charlotte no longer courtside to taunt Wade. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 28 May 2022",
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"Diana apparently cultivated media attention more than is assumed, to play the media, to taunt media members, and in addressing past media taunts, Brown suggests the possibility that the latter played a role in her fatal accident. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
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"Middle school classmates would taunt me, luring me into chat rooms under the false hope of friendship only to call me names and repeat them in school the next day. \u2014 Shelli Nicole, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"After getting one dog riled, the fox would go down the street and taunt another. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The Facebook image with the anti-Biden taunt has been altered. \u2014 Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2016",
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"That private fear becomes a public taunt in Amsterdam, when the rapper is greeted by a horde of people in blackface. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"The Kremlin and its press organs airbrushed the taunt out of the official transcripts. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
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"On the beach, two alpha males tussled, one using his chest and large, trunklike nose (hence the name elephant seal) to push away a rival, while adding a final rumbling growl to intimidate \u2014 or maybe just taunt \u2014 the loser. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"For those who have always thought of the idea of capturing every Pok\u00e9mon as a kind of in-game taunt that no one really attempts, battling is a more mixed bag. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Every chorus of that taunt just seemed to hang there, like breath in the cold night air. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"When the Chargers took the Allegiant Stadium field Sunday night, somebody turned off all the lights, and through the darkness a singular voice boomed into a sing-song taunt that would continually haunt. \u2014 Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times , 9 Jan. 2022",
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"Magpie took it as a taunt and tried to suss out the identity of the jerk who teased her. \u2014 Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online , 7 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1539, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1527, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from Middle French tenter to try, tempt \u2014 more at tempt":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u022fnt",
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"\u02c8t\u00e4nt"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for taunt Verb ridicule , deride , mock , taunt mean to make an object of laughter of. ridicule implies a deliberate often malicious belittling. consistently ridiculed everything she said deride suggests contemptuous and often bitter ridicule. derided their efforts to start their own business mock implies scorn often ironically expressed as by mimicry or sham deference. youngsters began to mock the helpless wino taunt suggests jeeringly provoking insult or challenge. hometown fans taunted the visiting team",
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"synonyms":[
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"bait",
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"hassle",
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"haze",
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"heckle",
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"needle",
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"ride",
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"tease"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015424",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"taut":{
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"antonyms":[
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"lax",
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"loose",
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"slack"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no give or slack : tightly drawn":[
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"a taut rope"
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],
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": high-strung , tense":[
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"taut nerves"
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],
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": kept in proper order or condition":[
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"a taut ship"
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],
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": marked by economy of structure and detail":[
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"a taut story"
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],
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": mat , tangle":[],
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": not loose or flabby":[
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"taut skin"
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],
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": same":[
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"tauto merism",
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"taut onym"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"The rope was drawn taut .",
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"The book is a taut thriller.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"High Tension is unflinchingly violent and distressingly taut in a way few films dare to be. \u2014 Declan Gallagher, EW.com , 25 June 2022",
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"Look for pomegranates that feel heavy with firm, taut skin. \u2014 Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"The author's taut depiction of life under a police state feels timely and gripping. \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Still- taut acidity keeps it all fresh, and promises to allow for further aging. \u2014 Brian Freedman, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Midpalate of green limes, green apples and a tinge of honey in a wine bathed with taut acidity. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
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"In a taut , three-hole aggregate playoff after the 18-hole fourth round ended in a tie, Justin Thomas, 29, held off the 25-year-old rising star Will Zalatoris to win his second P.G.A. Championship. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 22 May 2022",
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"Weilerstein\u2019s lines were pulled taut like the cables of a bridge. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
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"Darcy\u2019s ornate guitar parts coexist comfortably with Cartwright and Stidworthy\u2019s taut rhythms. \u2014 Ted Davis, SPIN , 19 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a(1)":"Adjective",
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"1721, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin, from Greek, from tauto the same, contraction of to auto":"Combining form",
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"Middle English tought , perhaps from tought, toughth fierce, tough, alteration of tough tough":"Adjective",
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"origin unknown":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u022ft"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"rigid",
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"tense",
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"tight"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074046",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"combining form",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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},
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"tauten":{
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"antonyms":[
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"loosen",
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"slacken"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to become taut":[],
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": to make taut":[
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"tauten the rope"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The wire tautened as they pulled on it.",
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"he tautened the rope and then tied it off",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Pimples pop, pupils dilate, tendons tauten , and breathing gets so shallow that people fall into respiratory acidosis. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Those systems use hydraulics or electromagnetic fluids to soften or tauten the ride. \u2014 Jack Stewart, WIRED , 9 Apr. 2018",
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"BMW\u2019s adaptive dampers stifle road imperfections and tauten the 5 Series for hard cornering. \u2014 Miles Branman, Orange County Register , 26 Feb. 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1777, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u022f-t\u1d4an"
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"synonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stretch",
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"tense",
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"tighten"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185005",
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"tau cross":{
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"type":[
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": a T-shaped cross sometimes having expanded ends and foot \u2014 see cross illustration":[]
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211704"
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},
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"Taube":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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"Henry 1915\u20132005 American (Canadian-born) chemist":[]
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tau\u0307b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015418"
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"Tauern Tunnel":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
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"railroad tunnel 5.31 miles (8.54 kilometers) long through the Hohe Tauern range of the Alps in Austria":[],
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"vehicular tunnel 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) long through the Alps in Austria; site of a blaze May 29, 1999 in which twelve people were killed":[]
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"\u02c8tau\u0307-\u0259rn"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024526"
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"Taufer":{
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German t\u00e4ufer one that baptizes, from Old High German touf\u0101ri , from toufen to baptize + -\u0101ri -er":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100337"
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": master":[]
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"tau\u0307\u02c8b\u00e4d\u0259"
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