dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/tro_MW.json

{
  "Trollius":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of herbs (family Ranunculaceae) that are native to the north temperate regions, have palmately lobed leaves and fruit consisting of a head of follicles, and are often cultivated as ornamentals for their large yellow or lilac flowers with sepals and petals colored alike \u2014 see globeflower sense a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from German troll blume trollflower":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4l\u0113\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165417",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Trollope":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Anthony 1815\u20131882 English novelist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-l\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025352",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Trombe wall":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a masonry wall that is usually separated from the outdoors by a glass wall and is designed to absorb solar heat and release it into the interior of a building":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1978, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "F\u00e9lix Trombe \u20201985 French designer":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4mb-",
      "\u02c8tr\u014d\u207fb-",
      "\u02c8tr\u022fmb-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130543",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Tromp":{
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "coast",
      "glide",
      "slide",
      "waltz",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stamp":[
        "tromps the accelerator to the floor",
        "\u2014 Jim Becker"
      ],
      ": to defeat decisively":[],
      ": to give a physical beating to":[],
      ": to step hard : stamp":[
        "tromped on the brake"
      ],
      ": tramp":[],
      ": tramp sense 1":[
        "a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room",
        "\u2014 Sara Davidson"
      ],
      "Maarten Harpertszoon 1598\u20131653 Dutch admiral":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We tromped over the grass.",
      "Workmen were tromping through the building all day.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But many braved the elements and tried to tromp home on foot. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "With that many people, having everyone tromp up to the main house to do their business quickly became untenable. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This shoe is ideal for anyone tromping around in wet terrain, providing the breathability of a sandal with the protection of a full shoe. \u2014 Janna Irons, Popular Mechanics , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Wayne's version of Freeman tromps through the halls of Black Mesa with his cavalcade of fools, turning the entire self-serious narrative of Half-Life on its head. \u2014 Emily Rose, Ars Technica , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "As the world has slowed down to stave off the spread of COVID-19, stories of wild animals tromping into now-quiet city streets have gone viral online. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "San Francisco throbbed red and gold Sunday as the 49ers tromped into the Super Bowl for the first time in seven years, with every conceivable sports bar rocking hard and block parties filling driveways and living rooms with screaming fans. \u2014 Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com , 2 Feb. 2020",
      "Back in the United States, my parents, like others searching for healthy hobbies, tromped on volksmarches. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "From tromping through dense forest to rappelling off cliffs, the team does what\u2019s necessary to collect seeds and cuttings and to identify areas that need protection. \u2014 Chris Johns, National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u022fmp",
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4mp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barge",
      "clump",
      "flog",
      "flounder",
      "galumph",
      "lumber",
      "lump",
      "plod",
      "pound",
      "scuff",
      "scuffle",
      "shamble",
      "shuffle",
      "slog",
      "slough",
      "stamp",
      "stomp",
      "stumble",
      "stump",
      "tramp",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123247",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Troms\u00f6":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city and port of northern Norway on a small island in the Arctic Ocean population 71,590":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4m-\u02ccs\u014d",
      "-\u02ccs\u0153"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-085456",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "troll":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills":[],
      ": a lure or a line with its lure and hook used in trolling":[],
      ": a person who intentionally antagonizes others online by posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content":[
        "Internet trolls",
        "In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word \" troll \" to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities.",
        "\u2014 Mattathias Schwartz"
      ],
      ": to act as a troll (see troll entry 3 sense 2 ) on (a forum, site, etc.)":[
        "\u2026 is also notorious, for trolling message boards on the Internet, posting offensive material he himself has written and then suing anyone who responds in agreement.",
        "\u2014 Mark Hemingway"
      ],
      ": to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content":[
        "\u2026 trolls engage in the most outrageous and offensive behaviors possible\u2014all the better to troll you with.",
        "\u2014 Whitney Phillips"
      ],
      ": to cause to move round and round : roll":[],
      ": to celebrate in song":[],
      ": to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat":[],
      ": to fish by trolling in":[
        "troll lakes"
      ],
      ": to fish for by trolling":[],
      ": to harass, criticize, or antagonize (someone) especially by provocatively disparaging or mocking public statements, postings, or acts":[
        "The switch came after the Chargers became the butt of jokes, memes and derision on social media. The NFL tweeted the initial logo Thursday, but later deleted it as the Chargers even got trolled by other pro and college sports teams over the logo that looked like a cross between baseball's Dodgers and hockey's Lightning.",
        "\u2014 Arnie Stapleton",
        "But [Niki] Caro told The Los Angeles Times this week that there might be music after all. Caro said she got trolled by fans because of the rumor of a lack of music.",
        "\u2014 Herb Scribner",
        "The club has been trolled in a brutal (and somewhat brilliant) manner\u2014by having a giant poster of Tevez scoring his last-day winner plastered outside their Bramall Lane ground.",
        "\u2014 Will Magee"
      ],
      ": to move around : ramble":[],
      ": to pull through the water in trolling":[
        "troll a lure"
      ],
      ": to sing loudly":[],
      ": to sing or play in a jovial manner":[],
      ": to sing the parts of (something, such as a round or catch) in succession":[],
      ": to speak rapidly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "They were trolling the ocean floor.",
      "She loves to troll flea markets looking for bargains."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
      "1616, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English trollen \"to roll, rock (the head),\" of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "Norwegian troll & Danish trold , from Old Norse troll giant, demon; probably akin to Middle High German trolle lout":"Noun",
      "earlier, \"the act of trolling\" (in various senses), derivative of troll entry 1 ; sense 2 in part by association with troll entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014dl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "comb",
      "dig (through)",
      "dredge",
      "hunt (through)",
      "rake",
      "ransack",
      "rifle",
      "rummage",
      "scour",
      "search",
      "sort (through)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043800",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "troll plate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rotative disk with spiral ribs or grooves by which several pieces (as the jaws of a chuck) can be moved radially in or out":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174517",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "troll-madam":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": trou madame":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "modification (influenced by troll entry 1 ) of Middle French trou-madame":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204928",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trolley pole":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the pole on various types of trolley cars and trolleybuses by which electrical contact is made with the power line":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114303",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trolley retriever":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a trolley catcher with a supplementary movement to pull down the pole":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213620",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trolley shoe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a metal current-collecting device for an electrically propelled vehicle receiving power from overhead wires":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100712",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trollflower":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": globeflower sense a":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German trollblume , probably from trollen to trot, roll (from Middle High German, to run with short steps) + blume flower; probably from the round shape":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020629",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trollop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "in some countries a woman traveling alone was traditionally regarded as a trollop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some tarted-up French-soup trollops with baguette chunks and snail broth"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1621, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps irregular from trull":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-l\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chippie",
      "chippy",
      "doxy",
      "doxie",
      "fancy woman",
      "floozy",
      "floozie",
      "hoochie",
      "hussy",
      "Jezebel",
      "minx",
      "quean",
      "tramp",
      "wench"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081910",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trollopy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling or characteristic of a trollop":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4l\u0259p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064239",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tromba":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an organ stop of 8\u2032 pitch or 16\u2032 pitch and brass quality":[],
      ": trumpet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4mb\u0259",
      "\u02c8tr\u014dm-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042357",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tromba da tirarsi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slide trumpet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-d\u0259t\u0259\u0307\u02c8r\u00e4rs\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184510",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tromp":{
    "antonyms":[
      "breeze",
      "coast",
      "glide",
      "slide",
      "waltz",
      "whisk"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stamp":[
        "tromps the accelerator to the floor",
        "\u2014 Jim Becker"
      ],
      ": to defeat decisively":[],
      ": to give a physical beating to":[],
      ": to step hard : stamp":[
        "tromped on the brake"
      ],
      ": tramp":[],
      ": tramp sense 1":[
        "a lot of knocking on doors, tromping from room to room",
        "\u2014 Sara Davidson"
      ],
      "Maarten Harpertszoon 1598\u20131653 Dutch admiral":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We tromped over the grass.",
      "Workmen were tromping through the building all day.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But many braved the elements and tried to tromp home on foot. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
      "With that many people, having everyone tromp up to the main house to do their business quickly became untenable. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Nov. 2021",
      "This shoe is ideal for anyone tromping around in wet terrain, providing the breathability of a sandal with the protection of a full shoe. \u2014 Janna Irons, Popular Mechanics , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Wayne's version of Freeman tromps through the halls of Black Mesa with his cavalcade of fools, turning the entire self-serious narrative of Half-Life on its head. \u2014 Emily Rose, Ars Technica , 16 Apr. 2020",
      "As the world has slowed down to stave off the spread of COVID-19, stories of wild animals tromping into now-quiet city streets have gone viral online. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "San Francisco throbbed red and gold Sunday as the 49ers tromped into the Super Bowl for the first time in seven years, with every conceivable sports bar rocking hard and block parties filling driveways and living rooms with screaming fans. \u2014 Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com , 2 Feb. 2020",
      "Back in the United States, my parents, like others searching for healthy hobbies, tromped on volksmarches. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Dec. 2019",
      "From tromping through dense forest to rappelling off cliffs, the team does what\u2019s necessary to collect seeds and cuttings and to identify areas that need protection. \u2014 Chris Johns, National Geographic , 20 Sep. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4mp",
      "\u02c8tr\u022fmp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barge",
      "clump",
      "flog",
      "flounder",
      "galumph",
      "lumber",
      "lump",
      "plod",
      "pound",
      "scuff",
      "scuffle",
      "shamble",
      "shuffle",
      "slog",
      "slough",
      "stamp",
      "stomp",
      "stumble",
      "stump",
      "tramp",
      "trudge"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050812",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "trompe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apparatus (as for a Catalan forge) in which air is sucked through sloping holes in the upper end of a large vertical wooden tube and led to a furnace by a stream of falling water that is discharged below":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French trompe , literally, trumpet, from Old French":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114956",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trompil":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an aperture in a trompe":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French trompille , from trompe":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4mp\u0259\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113411",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trompillo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a weedy nightshade ( Solanum elaeagnifolium ) ranging from the central U.S. to South America with silvery foliage, violet, blue, or white flowers, and a roundish berry widely used by the natives to curdle milk":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, probably diminutive of trompa horn, trumpet, nozzle, probably of Germanic origin like Italian tromba trumpet":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "tr\u00e4m\u02c8p\u0113(\u02cc)(y)\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111139",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trona":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gray-white or yellowish-white monoclinic mineral consisting of a hydrous acid sodium carbonate":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014d-n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Employees\u2019 existing skills also translate well to other mining jobs, including in the trona industry, which produces a source of soda ash, said Rick Lee, CEO of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 July 2021",
      "The Green River Basin trona patch is about 40 miles from Rock Springs. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 21 July 2021",
      "Harpstreith added that the impact was compounded by the closing of businesses during the pandemic, and the shortfall in the global economy impacting Wyoming\u2019s trona mining industry. \u2014 Sarah Downey, Washington Examiner , 29 Dec. 2020",
      "Current federal trona royalties range from 3% to 8%. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2019",
      "To make money, Staley spent two and a half summers mining trona , a mineral used to make baking soda, in Rock Springs, Wyo. \u2014 Kate Kelly, New York Times , 26 Aug. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Swedish, probably from Arabic natr\u016bn natron \u2014 more at natron":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1799, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164655"
  },
  "tronador":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Central American, Mexican, and West Indian woody herb ( Abutilon trisulcatum )":[],
      ": the bast fiber of the tronador used especially for ropes and nets":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish, literally, thunderer, from Spanish, from tronar to thunder, modification of Latin tonare ; from its noisy dehiscence":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6tr\u014dn\u0259\u00a6d\u022f(\u0259)r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084307",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "troop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company":[],
      ": a collection of people or things : crew sense 2":[],
      ": a flock of mammals or birds":[],
      ": a group of soldiers":[],
      ": armed forces , soldiers":[],
      ": the basic organizational unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader":[],
      ": to go one's way : walk":[],
      ": to move in large numbers":[],
      ": to move or gather in crowds":[],
      ": to spend time together : associate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Where is his troop heading",
      "a plan to withdraw troops",
      "a troop of enthusiastic children",
      "Verb",
      "We all trooped back inside.",
      "The kids trooped off to school.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gathering of the military alliance enters its final day after the U.S. announced its biggest military expansion in Europe in decades, including a permanent troop presence in Poland that reverses a 1997 agreement with Moscow. \u2014 WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "President Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. would increase its troop presence in Europe as part of a broader commitment among NATO allies to shore up their regional defenses in response to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
      "As recently as a day or so, things seemed to be moving in a hopeful direction, with word of Russian troop withdrawals and ongoing negotiations to avoid the outbreak of conflict. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Russian statements on partial troop withdrawals coincided with a string of disruptive cyberattacks Tuesday on Ukrainian government and banking websites. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "On Wednesday, Russia announced further troop withdrawals and Ukraine signaled a willingness to forgo its ambitions to join NATO, a critical issue in the current conflict with Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Russian statements on partial troop withdrawals coincided with a string of disruptive cyberattacks Tuesday on Ukrainian government and banking websites. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "That optimism is laced with skepticism by analysts who caution that despite this week's headlines of Russian troop withdrawals, the potential for conflict in Eastern Europe remains high. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "So announcements of troop withdrawals may be misleading. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At the annual parade in central London on June 2, the 1st battalion of the Irish Guards will troop their color. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Echoing that idea, New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently alluded to the end of the customary work week where employees dutifully troop into the office every day. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Kicking out hundreds, possibly thousands, of service members because of their beliefs is not only devastating to troop morale, but also harms our national security interests. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The supply of houses for sale has been limited, partly because many Americans are reluctant to put their properties on the market and allow would-be buyers to troop through their homes. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 Time , 29 June 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2021",
      "Daub spent his days trying to orchestrate how cohorts of children could troop through the building without encountering others. \u2014 Sandra Upson, Wired , 18 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French trope, troupe company, herd, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English thorp, throp village \u2014 more at thorp":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "company",
      "troupe"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170816",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "trooper":{
    "antonyms":[
      "civilian"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mounted police officer":[],
      ": a state police officer":[],
      ": an enlisted cavalryman":[],
      ": paratrooper":[],
      ": soldier":[],
      ": the horse of a cavalryman":[],
      ": trouper sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Donald Staley, of Villa Rica, was arrested just after midday after surrendering to Carroll deputies and a Georgia State Patrol trooper who responded to the 911 call, the sheriff\u2019s office said in a news release. \u2014 Henri Hollis, ajc , 1 July 2022",
      "Torres was called up for duty from the reserves in 2007 while serving as a trooper in the Lone Star State. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
      "Moments after town workers packed the soil around the tree, Green placed a plaque honoring his brother, a life-long Winthrop resident and retired Massachusetts state trooper , into the fresh soil before planting a small American flag beside it. \u2014 Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
      "The crash occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, according to a trooper report. \u2014 Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al , 26 June 2022",
      "While shooting at Lane, officers also shot and wounded the woman and a fellow trooper , according to the statement. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
      "According to Connecticut State Police, an off-duty state trooper located the car once again on I-395 south near Exit 11. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
      "The Indigenous New Zealander played Jango Fett and every clone trooper in the prequels and recently starred as Boba Fett in his own series. \u2014 David Betancourt, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "O'Neil went to tell his mother that he was found alive and told her a K-9 trooper helped save her son. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 14 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00fc-p\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dogface",
      "fighter",
      "legionary",
      "legionnaire",
      "man-at-arms",
      "regular",
      "serviceman",
      "soldier",
      "warrior"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063357",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "troops":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company":[],
      ": a collection of people or things : crew sense 2":[],
      ": a flock of mammals or birds":[],
      ": a group of soldiers":[],
      ": armed forces , soldiers":[],
      ": the basic organizational unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under an adult leader":[],
      ": to go one's way : walk":[],
      ": to move in large numbers":[],
      ": to move or gather in crowds":[],
      ": to spend time together : associate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Where is his troop heading",
      "a plan to withdraw troops",
      "a troop of enthusiastic children",
      "Verb",
      "We all trooped back inside.",
      "The kids trooped off to school.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The gathering of the military alliance enters its final day after the U.S. announced its biggest military expansion in Europe in decades, including a permanent troop presence in Poland that reverses a 1997 agreement with Moscow. \u2014 WSJ , 30 June 2022",
      "President Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. would increase its troop presence in Europe as part of a broader commitment among NATO allies to shore up their regional defenses in response to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. \u2014 Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
      "As recently as a day or so, things seemed to be moving in a hopeful direction, with word of Russian troop withdrawals and ongoing negotiations to avoid the outbreak of conflict. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Russian statements on partial troop withdrawals coincided with a string of disruptive cyberattacks Tuesday on Ukrainian government and banking websites. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "On Wednesday, Russia announced further troop withdrawals and Ukraine signaled a willingness to forgo its ambitions to join NATO, a critical issue in the current conflict with Moscow. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Russian statements on partial troop withdrawals coincided with a string of disruptive cyberattacks Tuesday on Ukrainian government and banking websites. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "That optimism is laced with skepticism by analysts who caution that despite this week's headlines of Russian troop withdrawals, the potential for conflict in Eastern Europe remains high. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "So announcements of troop withdrawals may be misleading. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "At the annual parade in central London on June 2, the 1st battalion of the Irish Guards will troop their color. \u2014 PEOPLE.com , 17 May 2022",
      "Echoing that idea, New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently alluded to the end of the customary work week where employees dutifully troop into the office every day. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Kicking out hundreds, possibly thousands, of service members because of their beliefs is not only devastating to troop morale, but also harms our national security interests. \u2014 Jack Durschlag, Fox News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The supply of houses for sale has been limited, partly because many Americans are reluctant to put their properties on the market and allow would-be buyers to troop through their homes. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 CBS News , 29 June 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 Time , 29 June 2021",
      "Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Americans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2021",
      "Daub spent his days trying to orchestrate how cohorts of children could troop through the building without encountering others. \u2014 Sandra Upson, Wired , 18 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French trope, troupe company, herd, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English thorp, throp village \u2014 more at thorp":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00fcp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "company",
      "troupe"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221755",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "trope":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common or overused theme or device : clich\u00e9":[
        "the usual horror movie tropes"
      ],
      ": a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the Middle Ages":[],
      ": a word or expression used in a figurative sense : figure of speech":[],
      ": body characterized by (such) a state":[
        "allo trope"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a screenplay that reads like a catalog of mystery-thriller tropes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "As a result, Miles has often fallen into the trope of the stoic Black male \u2013 good, serious, and even-tempered. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 July 2022",
      "Vehemently opposed to the trope of the sitcom wife who exists to serve her husband and children, Ross demanded these moments be reworked. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 10 June 2022",
      "Not every romance novel adheres to a trope , but many do \u2014 and romance readers often have favorites. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Once the love triangle and the enemies to lovers trope gets going, this new season of Bridgerton is captivating, despite some odd directing choices at times. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "Her magical helpfulness feels a bit too close to a trope . \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "Kid Cosmic may return to the child superhero trope , but the show is anything but a Powerpuff-style episodic beat-em-up showcase. \u2014 Eric Vilas-boas And John Maher, Vulture , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Threatened by this, some White Southerners co-opted the symbol, mutating it into the racist trope that endures to this day, the museum said. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "Threatened by this, some White Southerners co-opted the symbol, mutating it into the racist trope that endures to this day, the museum said. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 6 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Greek -tropos \"turned, directed, living (in the manner indicated),\" adjective derivative of tr\u00f3pos \"turn, way, manner, style\" \u2014 more at trope":"Noun combining form",
      "borrowed from Latin tropus \"figure of speech\" (Medieval Latin, \"embellishment to the sung parts of the Mass\"), borrowed from Greek tr\u00f3pos \"turn, way, manner, style, figurative expression,\" noun derivative from the base of tr\u00e9pein \"to turn,\" probably going back to Indo-European *trep-, whence also Sanskrit trapate \"(s/he) is ashamed, becomes perplexed,\" Hittite te-ri-ip-zi \"(s/he) ploughs\"":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014dp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "banality",
      "bromide",
      "chestnut",
      "clich\u00e9",
      "cliche",
      "commonplace",
      "groaner",
      "homily",
      "platitude",
      "shibboleth",
      "truism"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172455",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun combining form"
    ]
  },
  "trophy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a game animal or fish suitable for mounting as a trophy":[
        "\u2014 usually used attributively"
      ],
      ": a memorial of an ancient Greek or Roman victory raised on the field of battle or on the nearest land for a naval victory":[],
      ": nutrition : nurture : growth":[
        "dys trophy"
      ],
      ": one that is prized for qualities that enhance prestige or social status":[
        "\u2014 usually used attributively a trophy wife a trophy house"
      ],
      ": something gained or given in victory or conquest especially when preserved or mounted as a memorial":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And then the dancers came out to try to make that trophy their own. \u2014 Bill Keveney, USA TODAY , 20 Oct. 2020",
      "The museum ultimately decided to remove 120 human remains, including the tsantsas, Naga trophy heads and an Egyptian mummy of a child. \u2014 Danica Kirka, USA TODAY , 15 Sep. 2020",
      "The economics are similar to owning a blue chip investment bank, even if the social cachet is on another level (arch-rival Christie\u2019s is owned by the Pinaults, no strangers to trophy assets). \u2014 Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post , 18 June 2019",
      "Fishermen are catching good to excellent numbers of silvery and post-spawn steelhead trout on the Rocky, Chagrin and Cuyahoga rivers, from young skippers to trophy trout. \u2014 cleveland.com , 13 Apr. 2018",
      "What other sport can boast so many all-time superstars who never once got to hoist a trophy ",
      "No area teams brought home trophies , but South Milwaukee finished third in Division 1 and Port Washington third in Division 2.. Middleton (76) and Stevens Point (177) finished ahead of South Milwaukee (191) in Division 1. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Oct. 2017",
      "The Chargers get to keep the Battle for the Bell trophy , though. \u2014 David Carrillo Pe\u00f1aloza, Daily Pilot , 27 Oct. 2017",
      "There are still many trophy wives, princesses and doting mothers in denial about all the blood on the hands of their sons and husbands. \u2014 Malcolm Beith, Newsweek , 19 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French trophee , from Medieval Latin tropheum, from Latin tropaeum, trophaeum , from Greek tropaion , from neuter of tropaios of a turning, of a rout, from trop\u0113 turn, rout, from trepein to turn":"Noun",
      "New Latin -trophia , from Greek, from -trophos nourishing, from trephein":"Noun combining form"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014d-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boast",
      "credit",
      "crown jewel",
      "glory",
      "honor",
      "jewel",
      "pride",
      "treasure"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072630",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun combining form",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "trophy cress":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": nasturtium sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084754",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trophy money":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an annual English tax for militia equipment by housekeepers levied in the City of London":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-074016",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trophy room":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a room for the keeping and exhibition of trophies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1802, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155734",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "trophyless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or meriting no trophies":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1814, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014df\u0113l\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053658",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tropical":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, occurring in, or suitable for use in the tropics":[
        "tropical forests",
        "a tropical disease"
      ],
      ": of, being, or characteristic of a region or climate that is frost-free with temperatures high enough to support year-round plant growth given sufficient moisture":[
        "tropical Florida"
      ],
      ": figurative sense 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8tr\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-pi-k\u0259l",
      "for sense 2 \u02c8tr\u014d-",
      "for sense 1 \u02c8tr\u00e4-pi-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "equatorial",
      "low"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "polar"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility",
      "an author given to high-flown tropical phrasings and convoluted symbology",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Until a cohesive central vortex forms, it won\u2019t be classified as a tropical depression or storm. \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
      "The hurricane center noted that surface pressures have fallen over the last 24 hours and raised the probability of a tropical depression forming from 20 percent to 40 percent. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 28 June 2022",
      "The National Hurricane Center is giving the system a 90% chance of becoming a tropical depression or named storm within the next five days. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
      "Activity is heating up in the tropics, with three storm systems brewing in the Atlantic Ocean, one of which is likely to become a tropical depression this week, forecasters said. \u2014 Austen Erblat, Sun Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
      "Global warming is making the atmosphere more hostile to the formation of tropical cyclones. \u2014 Andrea Thompson, Scientific American , 27 June 2022",
      "The wave, which emerged Thursday morning, now has a 50% chance of becoming the next tropical depression or storm in the next five days as well as a 20% chance of developing in the next two days, the NHC said in its 2 a.m. update. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 24 June 2022",
      "Since its launch in June 2021, the pathfinder has captured images of several tropical cyclones, including Hurricane Ida in the US, Cyclone Batsirai over Madagascar, and eastern Japan's Super Typhoon Mindulle. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
      "The area of disturbed weather, which is draping storms across nearly the entirety of the Caribbean Sea that lies west of Jamaica, has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Nicholas Reimann, Forbes , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "(sense 1) Middle English tropikal \"pertaining to the three circles of the celestial sphere (the two tropics and the equinoctial circle),\" from tropik tropic entry 1 + -al -al entry 1 ; (sense 2) Latin tropicus \"pertaining to figures of speech\" (borrowed from Greek tropik\u00f3s, from tr\u00f3pos \"figurative expression, trope \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165021"
  },
  "tropological":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonfigurative",
      "nonmetaphorical"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized or varied by tropes : figurative":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a tropological construct that no reader of the Bible should take literally"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin tropologicus \"allegorical\" (borrowed from Late Greek tropologik\u00f3s, from Greek tropolog\u00eda \"allegorical interpretation of Scripture\" \u2014from tr\u00f3pos trope + -o- -o- + -logia -logy \u2014 + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctr\u014d-p\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l",
      "\u02cctr\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "extended",
      "figural",
      "figurative",
      "metaphoric",
      "metaphorical",
      "tropical"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223447",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "trot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a jogging gait of a human that falls between a walk and a run":[],
      ": a literal translation of a foreign text":[],
      ": a moderately fast gait of a quadruped (such as a horse) in which the legs move in diagonal pairs":[],
      ": a ride on horseback":[],
      ": an adherent of Trotskyism : trotskyist , trotskyite":[],
      ": an old woman":[],
      ": diarrhea":[
        "\u2014 used with the"
      ],
      ": to cause to go at a trot":[],
      ": to proceed briskly : hurry":[],
      ": to ride, drive, or proceed at a trot":[
        "the fox trotted over the knoll"
      ],
      ": to traverse at a trot":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "A horse trotted past us.",
      "The batter trotted around the bases after hitting a home run.",
      "She trotted off to help.",
      "The little boy trotted along after his mother."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from troter to trot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trott\u014dn to tread, Old English tredan":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dash",
      "gallop",
      "jog",
      "run",
      "scamper",
      "sprint",
      "trip"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071025",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "trot out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to bring forward for display or use":[
        "trotted out a new excuse"
      ],
      ": to lead out and show the paces of (a horse)":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "after no one bought the first explanation, they trotted out another"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "extend",
      "give",
      "offer",
      "proffer",
      "tender"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222903",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "troth":{
    "antonyms":[
      "commit",
      "engage",
      "mortgage",
      "pledge"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity":[
        "pledged my troth"
      ],
      ": pledge , betroth":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "by my troth , I will not trespass on your precious property",
      "solemnly announced their troth before the church's congregation",
      "Verb",
      "I troth myself eternally to your service.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "But these and more than 100 other representatives elected to pledge their troth to a man over the ideals of this nation. \u2014 Star Tribune , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "After all, every suitor pledging troth is a struggling actor. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 28 Feb. 2020",
      "Every-where, love tokens are as traditional as plighting your troth , or just expressing an interest. \u2014 A.a. Gill, A-LIST , 4 July 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English trouth , from Old English tr\u0113owth \u2014 more at truth":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u022fth",
      "\u02c8tr\u014dth",
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4th",
      "or with t\u035fh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "oath",
      "pledge",
      "promise",
      "vow",
      "word"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221436",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "trouble":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bother",
      "fear",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "stew",
      "stress",
      "sweat",
      "worry"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cause of distress, annoyance, or inconvenience":[
        "don't mean to be any trouble",
        "what's the trouble "
      ],
      ": a condition of doing something badly or only with great difficulty":[
        "has trouble reading",
        "has trouble breathing"
      ],
      ": a condition of mechanical malfunction":[
        "engine trouble"
      ],
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        "the trouble with you is you're too honest",
        "the main trouble with electronic systems is the overreliance on them",
        "\u2014 John Perham"
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        "used to disguise her frustrations and despair by making light of her troubles",
        "\u2014 Current Biography"
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      "Noun",
      "The new system is giving me trouble .",
      "He was having trouble with his homework.",
      "I had a little trouble finding the place.",
      "He had no trouble finding a new job.",
      "gangs looking to make trouble",
      "When the new CEO arrived, the company was in trouble .",
      "She got into trouble with her credit cards.",
      "He's always getting in trouble at school.",
      "She has been having trouble with her knee.",
      "Verb",
      "The accusations troubled him deeply.",
      "I'm troubled by his strange behavior.",
      "I don't mean to trouble you, but I have a question.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Low prices for a sustained period of time might spell trouble for crypto exchanges, crypto data firm Kaiko warned in a research note Thursday. \u2014 Helene Braun, Fortune , 23 June 2022",
      "That could spell even more trouble for the state\u2019s electric grid. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 16 June 2022",
      "In a Maine House rematch, shifting political winds spell trouble for Jared Golden. \u2014 Katie Glueck, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
      "That could spell trouble for the economy near-term. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 14 June 2022",
      "Such numbers, compounded with the Democrats' historical disadvantage for holding the presidency, could spell trouble for the party. \u2014 Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
      "And that could spell trouble for their financial well-being. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
      "That likely won\u2019t spell trouble immediately but might later this year, say logistics experts\u2014just in time for the busy holiday-movie season. \u2014 Erich Schwartzel, WSJ , 31 May 2022",
      "If confirmed, the launch could spell trouble for NATO voyages in the Arctic and North Atlantic. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The middle pedal requires a concerted shove, and overall stopping power wouldn\u2019t trouble one modern carbon-ceramic disc. \u2014 Tim Pitt, Robb Report , 31 May 2022",
      "Such matters need not trouble you, as you have been misinformed about the basic premise. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "That is to say, don\u2019t trouble yourselves, boys and girls. \u2014 Maxim Osipov, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
      "Even the increasing sloppy mud didn\u2019t seem to trouble him. \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Their defense has only been around league average since the break, which isn\u2019t enough to trouble this Suns team. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
      "Last summer, something other than COVID-19 began to trouble Eddi Ortiz. \u2014 Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "The gain in stability is worth the hassle and sacrifice of pillar 1, but there\u2019s one thing that continues to trouble me about the compromise. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "The next one to trouble us could be like Delta, speedy and a shade more severe yet still trounceable with existing vaccines. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022"
    ],
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      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
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      "Middle English, from Anglo-French trubler , from Vulgar Latin *turbulare , from *turbulus agitated, alteration of Latin turbulentus \u2014 more at turbulent":"Verb"
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        "a program for troubled youth"
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      "She seemed troubled about something.",
      "These have been troubled times.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Louisville has a troubled history with human waste. \u2014 Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal , 16 June 2022",
      "Originally Obi-Wan Kenobi had a bit of a troubled history and then you were brought on to retool it. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "No footage of Diam\u2019s performance career appears in the film and the only insights into her troubled history with depression and mental health issues come via personal testimony. \u2014 Caitlin Quinlan, Variety , 27 May 2022",
      "The Abbott facility had a troubled history, receiving 16 complaints from 2019 to 2021 about infants who became ill after drinking Abbott products. \u2014 Laura Reiley, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "The legislators behind the 2015 law prohibiting schools from fining students have said they were troubled to learn from the Tribune and ProPublica that police were issuing costly tickets to children at school. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The lawmakers who wanted to put an end to school fines said they were troubled to learn that police were issuing tickets to students. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "This brain drain echoes multiple prior periods in the Russian people\u2019s troubled history. \u2014 Alyona Minkovski, The New Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Janelle Mon\u00e1e is set to appear in one of the show\u2019s upcoming episodes and is seen in the trailer discussing her personal issues and her father\u2019s troubled history with drug use. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 19 Apr. 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "the troublesome news that there will be more cuts in the school budget",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Among plastics, Styrofoam is particularly troublesome . \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
      "But experts who track the far-right say today\u2019s efforts are uniquely troublesome , and not just because of the ease at which such ideas now speed around the world to anyone with an internet connection. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 24 May 2022",
      "But making masks optional too soon on transit could create more vulnerabilities if another variant comes along, or the latest Omicron subvariant circulating in New York ends up becoming particularly troublesome . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Getting to the rodeo might be a bit troublesome this year, according to Dug Begley of the Houston Chronicle. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "The mosquitofish is a particularly troublesome invasive species that has spread from its original home in North America to various locales around the world, including Europe and Australia. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "But Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine unleashed a blistering regimen of international sanctions that have made the country a costly and troublesome place to do business. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Equally troublesome , the most Jewish district in the country has been unnecessarily and gratuitously obliterated, resulting in severe collateral damage to neighboring districts in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. \u2014 Sue Halpern, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
      "Some officials within the administration have also been hesitant to make drastic changes, concerned about another troublesome variant catching them by surprise. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins And Mj Lee, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022"
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      "1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104558",
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      "The economy is in a trough right now.",
      "all of the wiring for the converted residential loft is concealed in a vertical trough",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So far, official data and trackers by industry analysts show only a very small increase in fares relative to their pandemic trough . \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2021",
      "Another difference in today\u2019s market is that demand is at its peak, while housing supply is at its trough , Fleming said. \u2014 Michele Lerner, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Look what happened to Robinhood from its peak to its trough . \u2014 Andrew Marquardt, Fortune , 2 May 2022",
      "Cases have increased across the country from a trough in June, most dramatically in many Southern states. \u2014 Tara C. Smith, SELF , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Corn and buckwheat are stone-milled, sifted and kneaded in a wooden trough for the most traditional version of this hearty peasant bread from northern Portugal. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
      "The practice stopped in 2018, two years after Raynor had been in the trough . \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "However, with arrival of milder air from the south (and cooling of the mid levels by the approaching trough ), some measure of instability is expected to develop, at least through the middle atmosphere, by the early evening. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
      "From a longer vantage, the August 2020 trough may just possibly have marked the end of a 40-year bull market in bonds. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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      "Middle English, from Old English trog ; akin to Old High German trog trough, Old English tr\u0113ow tree, wood \u2014 more at tree entry 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203915",
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      "noun"
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      "our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whatever horrors are assailing the world, the Central Saint Martins fashion class of 2022 managed to trounce adversity: Their graduation show was a wildly uplifting carnival of mobile sculpture, pinging color, and Gen Z magical thinking. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Omicron-only shots might outperform them; original-recipe boosters might still trounce them all; none of those data will have clear bearing on the next theoretical variant to rise. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "Imagine how Trump will be able to post about his political views, announce campaign rallies, trounce his adversaries, and stir up his base all without any restrictions. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Those nonhybrid options, however, all trounce the Maverick hybrid in our testing. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "In November, Wall Street analysts predicted Ford Motor Co. would trounce GM in EV sales. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "But if the danger is overstated, the best in class will trounce expectations and score big returns. \u2014 Roger Conrad, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Seafood is Alaska\u2019s biggest export by far, and state lawmakers are getting tough on trade policies that unfairly trounce global sales. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Will Republicans trounce Democrats in the midterm elections"
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      "1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Whatever horrors are assailing the world, the Central Saint Martins fashion class of 2022 managed to trounce adversity: Their graduation show was a wildly uplifting carnival of mobile sculpture, pinging color, and Gen Z magical thinking. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
      "Omicron-only shots might outperform them; original-recipe boosters might still trounce them all; none of those data will have clear bearing on the next theoretical variant to rise. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
      "Imagine how Trump will be able to post about his political views, announce campaign rallies, trounce his adversaries, and stir up his base all without any restrictions. \u2014 John Brandon, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Those nonhybrid options, however, all trounce the Maverick hybrid in our testing. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "In November, Wall Street analysts predicted Ford Motor Co. would trounce GM in EV sales. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 9 Feb. 2022",
      "But if the danger is overstated, the best in class will trounce expectations and score big returns. \u2014 Roger Conrad, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "Seafood is Alaska\u2019s biggest export by far, and state lawmakers are getting tough on trade policies that unfairly trounce global sales. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Will Republicans trounce Democrats in the midterm elections"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1868, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Noun",
      "I desperately want to join our regional theater's acting troupe and perhaps get a lead role.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The troupe will also participate in New York City Center\u2019s upcoming Fall for Dance Festival. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
      "The troupe is multicultural, with performers from Argentina, Brazil, Romania and other countries. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "Some, such as Mike Myers, have actually eclipsed their fame \u2014 but all remain hugely impressed by the troupe \u2019s innovation and skill. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The full story of how the Bob Baker troupe survived the pandemic is one of grit, creativity and resilience. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "The troupe specialized in deep cuts off albums by Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Queen and The Rolling Stones, to name a few. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "To construct this adventure, the troupe collaborated with a community of microworkers, also known as Mechanical Turk, or MTurk, workers. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Odenkirk and Farley had collaborated together as members of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe before SNL, where the Better Call Saul star was a writer between 1987 and 1991. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
      "Sea Tea Improv is the most active improv comedy troupe in CT. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "What: Total Solar Eclipse Watch Party with opening meditation followed by karaoke and aerial acrobatics troupe MoonDrop Circus. \u2014 Dan Kelly, kansascity , 3 Aug. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1776, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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      "verb"
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      ": a person who deals with and persists through difficulty or hardship without complaint":[
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      "She's been a real trouper about the whole thing.",
      "had been a well-known Broadway trouper before making his screen debut",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And in the trouper spirit of its two leading men, it was built to last. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "And the superest trouper of all is Queen Elizabeth. \u2014 John Kelly, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
      "But that would go counter to the spirit of a Broadway luminary who is at heart an ensemble trouper dedicated to artistic growth. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
      "The designer outdoes himself on dressing Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, the sheriff\u2019s stagestruck wife played like a trouper by Jayne Houdyshell. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "On Dutton's arrival: Lauren: Chris was such a trouper . \u2014 Sarah Michaud, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2021",
      "He was bitten by the circus bug 10 years ago when the circus arrived in Waltham and three troupers stayed with his family. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2019",
      "All of the troupers are assigned to clean a section. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 29 July 2019",
      "The two sides of his performing identity \u2014 movie star and musical trouper \u2014 came together in a homage to movie musicals. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 July 2019"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164612",
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Early risers are rewarded with flurries of brightly colored birds (like the orange-and-black troupial ), roaming packs of donkeys and empty beaches. \u2014 Shannon Sims, New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Located in Bay Lake near Magic Kingdom and several Disney hotels, Discovery Island was once a tropical rain forest oasis that welcomed guests for 25 years before closing in the late '90s. \u2014 Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "The 11,500-foot-high volcano is one of several on the Rwanda-Congo-Uganda borders, an area of tropical rain forest and rare mountain gorillas. \u2014 CNN , 22 May 2021",
      "Dozens of fish, frogs, toads, and turtles live in a freshwater pond in a room that mimics a tropical rain forest . \u2014 Kristina Rizga, The Atlantic , 11 Sep. 2020",
      "What is now the southeastern U.S. was dominated by tropical rain forest , complete with primates. \u2014 Andrew L. Hipp, Scientific American , 15 July 2020",
      "The tropical rain forest is a shady paradise filled with tall cypress trees, cycads, a grove of bamboo and tropical trees from around the world. \u2014 Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times , 24 June 2020",
      "More crucially, new diets reduced the pressure to cut down the remaining tropical rain forests to make way for grazing land. Video Player is loading. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "That is on par with the declines of tropical rain forests and coral reefs. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Dec. 2019",
      "Countless waterfalls and lush tropical rain forests make the 600 hairpin curves and 59 one-lane bridges worth the trouble. \u2014 Sarah Wesley Lemire, courant.com , 12 Dec. 2019"
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      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": any of several oils (such as coconut oil and palm oil) that are high in saturated fatty acids and are used especially in commercially prepared baked goods, snack products, and confections":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Even with a shortage of labor and, potentially, supply, the tropical oil on course for its biggest annual drop since 2012. \u2014 Eko Listiyorini, Bloomberg.com , 5 June 2020",
      "Replacements for trans fats include high oleic oils, fully hydrogenated oils (high in stearic acid) and tropical oils (mainly palm oil). \u2014 Environmental Nutrition, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Aug. 2019",
      "Are tropical oils really better than vegetable oils",
      "That includes fatty meats, full-fat dairy, and tropical oils like palm kernel oil, palm oil, and coconut oil. \u2014 Tehrene Firman, Redbook , 19 Apr. 2018"
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      "1988, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": any of various small usually showy fishes of tropical origin often kept in a tropical aquarium":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That tattoo, Shearon said, is blue with a black outline and is possibly an image of a tropical fish . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 May 2022",
      "Not to mention a period when the log cabin sold tropical fish . \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Feb. 2022",
      "Featuring gilded balloons and elegant timepieces placed among familiar undersea imagery such as tropical fish and great white sharks, the focal point of the design was a towering hourglass. \u2014 The Masked Observer, al , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "With a stop on the Kona coast, guests can explore the rugged shore, snorkel among tropical fish , or visit a national park. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 15 Dec. 2021",
      "There\u2019s also a large, 7,000-gallon saltwater pond that houses tropical fish . \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 7 Jan. 2022",
      "Okinawa is also Japan's number one scuba diving region, thanks to the sea turtles, manta rays, whale sharks, and tropical fish gliding through its deeper waters. \u2014 David Mcelhenney, CNN , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "Sail overnight to Cabo Pulmo National Park, a reserve of living coral, colorful tropical fish , and birds, where visitors dive or snorkel among the marine life. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 30 Oct. 2021",
      "There\u2019s also an abundance of wildlife to see in the Abaco Islands, including the tropical fish , swimming pigs, wild horses, sea turtles and the famous Abaco Parrots. \u2014 Carrie Coolidge, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "This is true for zebra finches, waved albatrosses, tropic birds and juncos, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "The whistles of tropic birds speak of things to come. \u2014 Ernest Slyman, New York Times , 21 June 2018"
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      "Middle English tropik, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French tropike, tropique, borrowed from Late Latin tropicus (short for tropicus circulus ), noun derivative of Latin tropicus \"of a solstice or equinox,\" borrowed from Greek tropik\u00f3s, from trop\u1e17 \"turn, change, solstitial point\" (noun derivative from the base of tr\u00e9pein \"to turn\") + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at trope":"Noun",
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      "Is this a late-life aberration, or can the tropism be traced to a deeper angst that was missed in its time",
      "In one way, the press conferences are a logical continuation of Trump\u2019s tropism toward spectacle. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "Now, as with so much else, Trumpism is changing that tropism in unpredictable ways. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, New Republic , 6 July 2017"
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      "generalization of -tropism , after German Tropismus":"Noun",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Researchers discovered the protist living on a brain coral in a tropical aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. \u2014 Sean Greene, latimes.com , 23 May 2018"
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      "circa 1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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      ": a period that equals the mean time of the moon's revolution from any point of the ecliptic back to the same point and amounts to 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, and 4.7 seconds of mean solar time":[]
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Other parts of the state are under a tropical storm watch. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 2 June 2022",
      "The hurricane center said Mexico discontinued its tropical storm warnings for some of the Pacific coast but activated it for the stretch from Puerto Escondido to Salina Cruz. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "Areas east of Tecpan de Daleana to Acapulco and west of Punta San Telmo to Manzanillo are under tropical storm warnings. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 23 Oct. 2021",
      "Hurricane warnings were downgraded to tropical storm warnings between Bahia Tempehuaya and Escuinapa in the state of Sinaloa. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The hurricane center dropped all tropical storm warnings for Florida earlier this morning. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Parts of the Cayman Islands and Cuba were under tropical storm warnings. \u2014 Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "The Cayman Islands as well as Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Mayabeque, Havana, Artemisa, Pinar del Rio, and the Isle of Youth are all under tropical storm warnings. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 27 Aug. 2021",
      "In all, some 35 million people were under tropical storm warnings as of Saturday morning. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 21 Aug. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1809, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "from the sign of the zodiac which its celestial projection intersects":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014539"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At that time, his fortunes lower than ever, two of his older brothers died of tropical sprue , an acute infectious disease of the small bowel that at the time had no known cause or treatment. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 5 June 2018"
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      "circa 1955, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021730"
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      ": of, relating to, being, or native to the marine biogeographic realm that includes all seas within the isocryme of 68\u00b0 F and is characterized by the presence of reef-building corals":[]
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      "New Latin Tropicalia , marine realm including all tropical coral-reef seas (from Latin tropicus + Greek hals sea + New Latin -ia ) + English -an":""
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Detailed tropical cyclone data from satellites only go back until about the 1970s, which is not long enough to pick out trends driven by global warming. \u2014 Andrea Thompson, Scientific American , 27 June 2022",
      "Meanwhile, in the central Pacific, there is a 60% chance of below-normal tropical cyclone activity, NOAA said. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
      "Blas: The second tropical cyclone of the season has developed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
      "There has already been one tropical storm, Alex, which formed on June 5 after crossing over the Florida peninsula as a potential tropical cyclone . \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 14 June 2022",
      "The tropical cyclone continued to move toward the northeast at 8 mph late Saturday. \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
      "The potential tropical cyclone is expected to form into Tropical Storm Elsa by Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com , 1 July 2021",
      "This system currently has a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 5 days. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
      "Hurricane Sam was downgraded to a post- tropical cyclone Tuesday in the far north Atlantic, located between Iceland and Newfoundland, Canada, the hurricane center said. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Oct. 2021"
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      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022359"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024543"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Completing construction deals is a bit more troubling today because rent increases are not keeping pace with construction costs. \u2014 Adam Finkel, Forbes , 6 July 2022",
      "Economists say that figure is particularly troubling as rents continue to soar to unprecedented highs. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Washington Post , 3 July 2022",
      "Some details of the opinion are particularly troubling . \u2014 John D. Sutter, CNN , 30 June 2022",
      "What advocates say is more troubling , however, is the change in how these credits will be calculated. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 29 June 2022",
      "Even more troubling was that the plan then under consideration by trustees would have accommodated a maximum of only 480 students \u2014 some 40 to 70 less than the college needed for optimal financial and educational performance, Nunes said. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
      "Equally troubling is the significant environmental impact associated with minting and selling NFTs \u2014 a computing-intensive task that consumes large amounts of energy. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
      "His inability to put the ball on the floor is problematic, and his medical history is troubling . \u2014 Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 June 2022",
      "The subject is troubling \u2014 and the images gorgeous \u2014 in this photo essay from Times photojournalist Luis Sinco. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031410"
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      ": the parallel of latitude that is approximately 23\u00b9/\u2082 degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the sign of the zodiac which its celestial projection intersects":""
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      "1623, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034017"
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  "trophic level":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one of the hierarchical strata of a food web characterized by organisms which are the same number of steps removed from the primary producers":[]
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Feeding at the same trophic level does not necessarily imply direct competition between megalodon and great white sharks for the same prey, as both species could have specialized in different prey. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 31 May 2022",
      "What\u2019s useful to Fleming is that these elements can act as tracers of different aspects of the environment, including, for a migrating whale, its geographic location and the trophic level (position in the food web) of what the whale has been eating. \u2014 Jennifer S. Holland, Smithsonian , 1 Sep. 2017",
      "This indicated that the birds\u2019 food chain had become shorter; somewhere in the birds\u2019 food chain, animals were eating at a lower trophic level . \u2014 Wendy Mitman Clarke, Smithsonian , 26 Apr. 2017"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035115"
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      "noun"
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      ": a unit of intensity of light at the retina equal to the illumination received per square millimeter of a pupillary area from a surface having a brightness of one candle per square meter":[]
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      "after Leonard T. Troland \u20201932 American psychologist and physicist":""
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      "1944, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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      ": nasturtium sense 2":[]
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      "trophy + wort":""
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      "1847, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "adjective"
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      ": inhabiting all tropical countries : occurring throughout the tropics":[]
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      "tropic entry 1 + -opolitan (as in cosmopolitan )":""
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      "1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of New World freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) of medical importance as hosts of the schistosome ( Schistosoma mansoni ) in endemic focuses in North and South America":[]
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      "New Latin, from tropicus tropical (from Latin, of a turning of the sun) + Latin orbis ring, circle":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062739"
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      "noun"
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      ": the radical HOCH 2 CH(C 6 H 5 )CO\u2212 of tropic acid":[]
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      "trop- + -oyl (as in benzoyl )":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072436"
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      "troph- + zooid":""
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      "1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "adverb",
      "noun"
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      "troublesome",
      "troubling",
      "unsettling",
      "upsetting",
      "worrisome"
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      "a troublous teen whose antisocial antics had us all on edge",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Then there were the ghoulish figures of revolutionary adventurers, the Mexican painter with two pistols in his belt, the men who were carving themselves careers out of these troublous times. \u2014 John Dos Passos, National Review , 28 Sep. 2020"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082349"
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      "noun"
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      ": one of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians often of knightly rank who flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century chiefly in the south of France and the north of Italy and whose major theme was courtly love \u2014 compare trouv\u00e8re":[],
      ": a singer especially of folk songs":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00fc-b\u0259-\u02ccd\u022fr",
      "-\u02ccdu\u0307r"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The musical coda for the Thursday afternoon round will feature a concert by Grammy nominated troubadour James Bay with former Brit Award winner James Morrison leading off. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
      "Baby Keem, English-Filipino bedroom-pop troubadour beabadoobee and Argentinian rapper-singer Nicki Nicole. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
      "The album, which stemmed from lockdowns in the Pacific Northwest, reflects the isolation of a rambling troubadour with suddenly nowhere to wander. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 1 June 2022",
      "The Kid LAROI as a sort of genre-hopping troubadour , his personal problems cautioning against romantic entanglements as his understanding of pop songwriting casts a magnetic spell. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
      "How Cohen finds his way through this personal impasse is an intriguing, parable-like tale of a pacifism-leaning troubadour who rediscovers his purpose in the Sinai desert during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "And on Friday, rock troubadour John Mayer headlines. \u2014 Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "Although the song \u2014 written by English troubadour Ewan MacColl for his wife Peggy Seeger \u2014 has become a wedding staple in the decades since, Flack's goosebump-inducing vocals were inspired not by romantic longing but by death. \u2014 Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "The club was co-founded in 1981 by Florida troubadour Jimmy Buffet and former governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham. \u2014 Curt Anderson, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Dec. 2021"
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      "French, from Old Occitan trobador , from trobar to compose, from Vulgar Latin *tropare , from Latin tropus trope":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083122"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": pantsuit":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Elle King was resplendent in a red bell-bottom trouser suit with swinging bell sleeves and an ultra-wide brim hat to match. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084009"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": water lettuce":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090426"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a protozoan of a vegetative form as distinguished from one of a reproductive or resting form":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctr\u014d-f\u0259-\u02c8z\u014d-\u02cc\u012bt"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The trophozoite divides by binary fission and makes thousands of copies of itself that attach to the lining of the small intestine. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "One, the trophozoite , looks like a microscopic teardrop. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "troph- + zo- + -ite entry 1":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100437"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": mammee sense 1b":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103916"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "tr\u022f\u02c8p\u00e4r(\u02cc)y\u022fn"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Greek, diminutive of Greek tropos trope":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1762, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103926"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an attractive young woman who is married to an older successful man":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104646"
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  "tropical air":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": air of a mass originating in the tropics and characterized by high temperature and humidity":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104919"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares":[]
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      "\u02c8tr\u00fc-(\u02cc)s\u014d",
      "tr\u00fc-\u02c8s\u014d"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wallis Simpson, who orders many pieces for her trousseau from Schiaparelli, will be photographed in a lobster dress by Cecil Beaton for Vogue. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
      "The divorce colonists who still refused to associate with the woman counted 15 new frocks\u2014a wedding trousseau , to be sure. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
      "Many of his wines are made with non-mainstream varieties such as mondeuse and trousseau . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "The Queen is Rorick\u2019s Calaveras County blend of trousseau noir, mondeuse, zinfandel, barbera, and grenache. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Apr. 2020",
      "Hartnell, who also designed the Queen's wedding dress, requested a whole suitcase of gloves for Princess Elizabeth's honeymoon as part of her trousseau . \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 19 June 2018",
      "Only when a desperate plea for funds on the social media site Weibo led to a successful crowd-funding campaign (people did everything from pledging a month's salary to donating a trousseau ) did a major financier step forward. \u2014 Kenneth Turan, latimes.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
      "At these Winter Games, however, few ice skating costumes have looked like outtakes from a streetwalker\u2019s trousseau . \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 21 Feb. 2018",
      "Fleur du Mal bridal trousseau , from $6,000; fleurdumal.com. \u2014 Priya Rao, Town & Country , 13 Sep. 2013"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse bundle, from trousser to truss":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1817, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105042"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "trot- (from tr initr ot oluene) + -yl":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113507"
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  "trou-de-loup":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid having a pointed stake in the middle and forming one of a group constructed as an obstacle to the movements of an enemy":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctr\u00fcd\u0259\u02c8l\u00fc"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, wolf's hole":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115907"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun,",
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    "definitions":{
      ": barter , traffic , exchange , deal , negotiate":[],
      ": truck entry 2":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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      "\""
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120029"
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  "Troughton level":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": dumpy level":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8trau\u0307t\u1d4an-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after Edward Troughton \u20201835 English instrument maker":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122856"
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  "trolleybus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a bus that is powered electrically by two overhead wires":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-l\u0113-\u02ccb\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Modern trolleybuses plying the city\u2019s streets all carry a notice saying they were purchased with funds donated by the European Union. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Aug. 2019",
      "Metro maintains 70 miles of dual-wire trolleybus corridor, the second-largest system of just six in North America. \u2014 Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2018",
      "New Flyer recently built a mixed-length fleet of 174 purple trolleybuses for Metro, ordered in 2015 in tandem with San Francisco Muni. \u2014 Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2018",
      "Standard trolleybuses sell for over $1 million each. \u2014 Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times , 27 Aug. 2018",
      "Height barely clears the overhead wires of train and trolleybus lines. \u2014 Alexander Lew, WIRED , 28 Dec. 2007"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1921, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142542"
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  "Trojan War":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a 10-year war between the Greeks and Trojans brought on by the abduction of Helen by Paris and ended with the destruction of Troy":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143333"
  },
  "trousering":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fabric used or suitable for trousers":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150450"
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    "type":[
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      "noun"
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      ": one who shows qualities (such as pluck, endurance, or determined energy) attributed to the defenders of ancient Troy":[],
      ": a merry and often irresponsible or disreputable companion":[],
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      ": of, relating to, or constituting a Trojan horse":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u014d-j\u0259n"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin trojanus of Troy, from Troia, Troja Troy, from Greek Tr\u014d\u00efa":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152108"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153858"
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    "definitions":{
      "city in southern Quebec, Canada, northeast of Montreal on the northern bank of the Saint Lawrence River population 131,338":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155224"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": trophaeum":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8p\u012b\u02cc\u00e4n",
      "tr\u014d\u02c8p\u0101\u02cc(y)\u00e4n"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161237"
  },
  "Trojan horse":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": someone or something intended to defeat or subvert from within usually by deceptive means":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They may be using the other corporation as a Trojan horse ."
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the large hollow wooden horse filled with Greek soldiers and introduced within the walls of Troy by a stratagem":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162310"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162433"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163822"
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      "noun"
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      ": a genus of tropical American diffuse or climbing pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae and having lobed or dissected peltate leaves and showy variously colored spurred flowers succeeded by a fruit composed of three distinct rugose carpels \u2014 see canarybird flower , nasturtium sense 2":[],
      ": any plant or flower of the genus Tropaeolum":[]
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    "examples":[],
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      "New Latin, diminutive of Latin tropaeum trophy":""
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      "1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165521"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": rhyme royal":[]
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    "examples":[],
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      "from Troilus and Criseyde, narrative poem in rhyme royal (about 1385) by Geoffrey Chaucer \u20201400 English poet":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174805"
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      "noun"
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      ": a small genus of tropical American trees (family Moraceae) having alternate leaves, small dioecious green flowers in usually spicate or racemose clusters, and a nearly round thin-fleshed fruit with a single rather large seed":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek, well-fed, nursling, from trephein to nourish":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181727"
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      "noun"
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      ": one who shows qualities (such as pluck, endurance, or determined energy) attributed to the defenders of ancient Troy":[],
      ": a merry and often irresponsible or disreputable companion":[],
      ": of, relating to, or resembling ancient Troy or its inhabitants":[],
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a Trojan horse":[]
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      "\u02c8tr\u014d-j\u0259n"
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    "examples":[],
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      "Middle English, from Latin trojanus of Troy, from Troia, Troja Troy, from Greek Tr\u014d\u00efa":"Noun"
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      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192342"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a thing or quality characteristic of the tropics":[]
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      "\u02cctr\u00e4p\u0259\u02c8kal\u0259t\u0113"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "tropical entry 1 + -ity":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201345"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a large American swallowtail ( Papilio troilus ) that is black with yellow marginal spots on the front wings and blue on the rear":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Troilus , son of Priam, king of Troy, from Latin, from Greek Tr\u014dilos":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202129"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": any of various lighting devices designed to provide emergency illumination or to provide light in places not normally illuminated":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202733"
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  "tropaeolaceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
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      ": a family of plants (order Geraniales) coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum":[]
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      "\u02cctr\u014dp\u0113\u014d\u02c8l\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Tropaeolum , type genus + -aceae":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202855"
  },
  "Troilus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a son of Priam who in medieval legend loved Cressida and lost her to Diomedes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u022fi-l\u0259s",
      "\u02c8tr\u014d-\u0259-l\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin, from Greek Tr\u014d\u00eflos":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202958"
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  "trochlear nerve":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that supply some of the eye muscles with motor fibers":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1858, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203237"
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    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a streetcar powered electrically through a trolley":[],
      ": a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an electrically driven vehicle":[],
      ": a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track":[],
      ": a cart or wheeled stand used for conveying something (such as food or books)":[],
      ": a cart of any of various kinds":[],
      ": to convey by a trolley":[],
      ": to ride on a trolley":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-l\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "None of this leads to the kinds of insights that get me any closer to coming up with a clever or original solution to the trolley problem. \u2014 Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
      "Riding a bike to work can also be part of a commute that also includes either a bus, trolley , ferry or walking. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "The trolley problem is a staple of discussions about ethics. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The subject of the argument was visible on a cool, clear day in May from a monorail trolley rolling through the zoo\u2019s Wild Asia section. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "The subject of the argument was visible on a cool, clear day in May from a monorail trolley rolling through the zoo\u2019s Wild Asia section. \u2014 Ed Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "The interior boasts a 15-inch laptop compartment and the exterior is finished with a trolley sleeve for attaching your backpack to one of Monos\u2019 equally stylish rolling suitcases. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "On American Airlines, vintage photos show roast beef being sliced and served to order from a trolley , while even kids kicked back with burgers as part of a full meal service. \u2014 Chris Dwyer, CNN , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "The travel-friendly backpack also has adjustable straps, both zippered and slip pockets, a key leash, and a trolley sleeve to make your trip more comfortable and organized. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The 360-degree spinner wheels are easy to trolley across terminals. \u2014 Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com , 22 Sep. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from troll entry 2":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1823, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Noun",
      "1882, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204018"
  },
  "Tropic of Capricorn":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the parallel of latitude that is approximately 23\u00b9/\u2082 degrees south of the equator and that is the southernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the sign of the zodiac which its celestial projection intersects":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1625, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210017"
  },
  "trophism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": fundamental nutrition involving the actual metabolic exchanges of the tissues":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4\u02ccfiz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary troph- + -ism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1872, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210640"
  },
  "troublemaker":{
    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who consciously or unconsciously causes trouble":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccm\u0101-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He had the reputation of being a troublemaker in high school.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "White was still behind when he was accepted into St. John\u2019s College Preparatory School, and couldn\u2019t shake his reputation as a troublemaker . \u2014 Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
      "He\u2019s not a backbiting troublemaker who, who tries to intimidate other riders before races, which apparently some jockeys are or. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 May 2022",
      "At various points in the room, that was actually a 13-year-old rebellious tween Nadia, who is a \u201990s kid into Nirvana and being a troublemaker . \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Among them are British philosopher and feminist Nina Power, Swedish socialist Malcom Kyeyune, all-purpose philosophical troublemaker Slavoj \u017di\u017eek, and antiestablishment journalist-gadflies Glenn Greenwald and Michael Tracey. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 22 Mar. 2022",
      "Lorena Gonzalez, former politician and current union troublemaker , dislikes a lot of things \u2014 and people, for that matter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Ealy tends to be typecast as the handsome troublemaker . \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "But the same team identified a second galaxy that seems to share many of the same properties as the first troublemaker . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Your main character is also called a troublemaker at one point in the story. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1914, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-211512"
  },
  "trommel":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually cylindrical or conical revolving screen used especially for screening or sizing rock, ore, or coal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4-m\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "On the other end of the property, volunteers fed yard trimmings into a giant metal trommel , the rotating cylinder sifting out big sticks and other extras. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "The Lewis crew begins sluicing and clocks its first gold weigh; Freddy and Juan fiddle with a massive trommel ; Dakota Fred returns with a lead on virgin ground; Christo visits the Lewis claim; a surprise announcement divides Dustin\u2019s crew. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, drum, from Middle High German trummel , diminutive of trumme drum \u2014 more at drum":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1877, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212352"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": air of a mass originating over tropical oceans and characterized by high temperature and humidity":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212353"
  },
  "trophaeum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ancient Greek or Roman monument commemorating a military victory":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "tr\u014d\u02c8f\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213129"
  },
  "tropical dysentery":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": amebiasis":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213252"
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  "trouv\u00e8re":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": one of a school of poets who flourished from the 11th to the 14th centuries and who composed mostly narrative works (such as chansons de geste and fabliaux) \u2014 compare troubadour":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French troveor, troverre , from trover to compose, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare \u2014 more at troubadour":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1795, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221334"
  },
  "tropic of cancer":{
    "type":[
      "noun phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the parallel of latitude that is approximately 23\u00b9/\u2082 degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the sign of the zodiac which its celestial projection intersects":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1623, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221613"
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  "tropicalization":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being tropicalized":[],
      ": an act of tropicalizing":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222429"
  },
  "trouvaille":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lucky find : windfall":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "tr\u00fc\u02c8v\u012b"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from Old French trouver to compose, find":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222638"
  },
  "trophotropism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chemotropism in which food or a nutritive substance constitutes the orienting factor":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "tr\u014d\u02c8f\u00e4\u2027tr\u0259\u02ccpiz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary troph- + -tropism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233736"
  },
  "trouty":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": containing or likely to contain abundant trout":[
        "a trouty stream"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8trau\u0307-t\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234924"
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  "tropical lake":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a lake with surface temperature constantly above 4\u00b0 C":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003851"
  },
  "trophobiont":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a participant in trophobiosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6tr\u00e4f\u014d\u00a6b\u012b\u02cc\u00e4nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "troph- + -biont":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1913, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003902"
  },
  "trocho-":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      "\u2014 see troch-":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004726"
  },
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wearing or accustomed to wear trousers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010255"
  },
  "Trotwood":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "city in southwestern Ohio west of Dayton population 24,431":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tr\u00e4t-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024647"
  },
  "tropical year":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the period occupied by the sun's center in passing from one equinox to the same again and having a mean length of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.5 seconds : solar year":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1574, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044445"
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