": to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey)":[],
": to deke an opponent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[
"fake",
"fake out",
"juke"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"deked the lone defenseman with a deft move of his stick and went in for the breakaway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hornqvist got the puck in the Nashville offensive zone and passed to Huberdeau, who had enough time to deke out Rinne before flipping the puck over the goalie\u2019s right pad. \u2014 Teresa M. Walker, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Mar. 2021",
"After the Generals managed a few shots, Conard gained control of the puck but had a pass intercepted by Arena, who would deke Conard goalie Shea Henderson to score the unassisted shorthanded goal with 58 seconds left in the first. \u2014 Sean Begin, courant.com , 12 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for decoy entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
": a small brown harmless colubrid snake ( Storeria dekayi ) of North America":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u0101z-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after James E. DeKay \u20201851 American naturalist and writer":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114759"
},
"dekastere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": decastere":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-150444"
},
"dekaliter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a unit of capacity equal to 10 liters \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135541"
},
"dekameter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a unit of length equal to 10 meters \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190206"
},
"dekametric":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": decametric":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccde-k\u0259-\u02c8me-trik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190353"
},
"dekagram":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a unit of mass equal to 10 grams \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8de-k\u0259-\u02ccgram"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1810, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020209"
},
"dekan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of 36 equal subdivisions of the equatorial belt of the celestial sphere including the ecliptic and the stars contained in it":[
"\u2014 used in ancient Egyptian astronomy"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dek\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek dekanos , from deka ten; from the ten days of each subdivision":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025534"
},
"Dekker":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Thomas 1572?\u2013?1632 English dramatist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8de-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025637"
},
"dekadrachm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": decadrachm":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dek\u0259\u02ccdram"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek deka- deca- + English drachm":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041821"
},
"Dekabrist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": decembrist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u00e4br\u0259\u0307st",
"\u02c8dek\u0259b-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, from dekabr' December (from Old Russian dek\u0119br\u012d , from Middle Greek dekembris, dekembrios , from Latin december ) + -ist (from French -iste & German -ist )":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080056"
},
"dekko":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": look , peep":[
"got out to have a dekko",
"\u2014 J. B. Smyth"
],
": to look at":[
"dekkoed the front page",
"\u2014 Richard Llewellyn"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8de(\u02cc)k\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi dekho look!, imperative plural of dekhn\u0101 to see, from Sanskrit d\u1e5b\u015b to see; akin to Sanskrit d\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6di seeing, sight, eye":"Noun"
