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{
"Gobelin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of tapestry produced at the Gobelin works in Paris":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1750, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Gobelin dye and tapestry works, Paris, France":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014d-b\u0259-l\u0259n",
"\u02ccg\u014d-b\u0259-\u02c8la\u207f"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214402",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Gobelin green":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a moderate green that is yellower and slightly duller than sea green (see sea green sense 1a ) and yellower and paler than myrtle (see myrtle sense 3a )":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185727",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gobelin stitch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of several small vertical or slanting stitches worked over one or more threads of canvas to form a solid ground of stitches":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gobi":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"desert in east central Asia in Mongolia and China area about 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square kilometers)":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002841",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Gobi argali":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a wild sheep of mountainous regions of the Gobi Desert that is a subspecies ( Ovis ammon darvini ) of the argali":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1990, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105412",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gobiesocidae":{
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"definitions":{
": a family of small marine teleost fishes that have soft dorsal and anal fins and a large sucker formed in part by the pelvic fins located well forward on the throat and that form an order Xenopterygii or in some classifications a highly specialized suborder of Percomorphi \u2014 compare clingfish":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Gobiesoc-, Gobiesox , type genus + -idae":""
},
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"\u02ccg\u014db\u0113\u0259-",
"(\u02cc)g\u014d\u02ccb\u012b\u0259\u02c8s\u00e4s\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091411",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Gobiesox":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the type genus of Gobiesocidae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin gobius gudgeon + esox pike":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u014d\u02c8b\u012b\u0259\u02ccs\u00e4ks",
"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083655",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gob":{
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"chops",
"kisser",
"mouth",
"mug",
"piehole",
"trap",
"yap"
],
"definitions":{
": a large amount":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural gobs of money"
],
": lump":[],
": mouth":[],
": sailor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1568, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1910, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gobbe , probably back-formation from gobet":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"probably from Scottish Gaelic, mouth & Irish, beak, pursed mouth":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
"\u02c8g\u022fb"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221824",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobbe":{
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"definitions":{
": bambarra groundnut":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"native name in the Caribbean":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094225",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobbet":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a piece or portion (as of meat)":[],
": a small fragment or extract":[
"a gobbet of information"
],
": a small quantity of liquid : drop":[],
": lump , mass":[]
},
"examples":[
"deftly avoided stepping in a gobbet of spit on the sidewalk",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In temperatures exceeding 800 Celsius (1,472 Fahrenheit), gobbets of fluid metal splashed and contaminated the church\u2019s stonework throughout. \u2014 Feargus O'sullivan, WIRED , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Afterlife with Archie cheerfully drops bloody gobbets of doom on the carefree world of Riverdale. \u2014 Noah Berlatsky, The Verge , 5 Dec. 2018",
"But of real emotional value, this season has great gobbets . \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, New Republic , 12 Feb. 2018",
"The name of the sender was blacked out, but the content of the email took the committee\u2019s entire threadbare claim to any legitimacy at all and fed bloody gobbets of that claim to the wolverines. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 13 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gobet , from Anglo-French":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259t"
],
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"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202735",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobble":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to swallow or eat greedily":[],
": to take eagerly : grab":[
"\u2014 usually used with up"
],
": to read rapidly or greedily":[
"\u2014 usually used with up"
],
": to make the natural guttural noise of a male turkey":[],
": to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist who studies the briefings, found that the five major TV networks gobble up a disproportionate amount of time in them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The laptop format means these workstations can be taken almost anywhere and can gobble up processor-intensive tasks like 4K video editing. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"The seaweed will gobble up carbon from the air and water, and the limestone will serve as an antacid for the surface layer of the sea -- like a Tums for the ocean. \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"The problem for the industry: casinos\u2019 technology partners gobble up the bulk of the revenue from internet wagers, according to Joe Lupo, head of the Casino Association of New Jersey and president of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
"The goats happily gobble everything up, creating environmentally-friendly fire breaks. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 June 2022",
"The centers employ relatively few workers and gobble up massive amounts of electricity in an age when social and governmental pressures are pushing companies to reduce their carbon footprints. \u2014 Andy Peters, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
"That gives programs like Ole Miss, South Carolina and others the opportunity to gobble up a dozen or more impactful transfers and perhaps level the playing field a smidge. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
"In diners my father learned to smoke cigarettes and guzzle coffee and gobble down any food that was at hand, enough to get him through a double shift plus back-to-back classes. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The problem for the industry: casinos\u2019 technology partners gobble up the bulk of the revenue from internet wagers, according to Joe Lupo, head of the Casino Association of New Jersey and president of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. \u2014 Alison Burdo, ProPublica , 4 June 2022",
"The reigning Heisman Trophy winner will look to gobble up another shelf full of postseason hardware. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Star expects more firms to look to independent drivers for advertising as rideshare companies gobble up marketshare. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist who studies the briefings, found that the five major TV networks gobble up a disproportionate amount of time in them. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The goats happily gobble everything up, creating environmentally-friendly fire breaks. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 2 June 2022",
"The seaweed will gobble up carbon from the air and water, and the limestone will serve as an antacid for the surface layer of the sea -- like a Tums for the ocean. \u2014 Bill Weir, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"In diners my father learned to smoke cigarettes and guzzle coffee and gobble down any food that was at hand, enough to get him through a double shift plus back-to-back classes. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, DoorDash, which has rapidly expanded into various categories from convenience goods to groceries, continues to gobble up the market from 45% to nearly 60% in that time frame. \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably irregular from gob entry 1":"Verb",
"imitative":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041638"
},
"gobbledegook":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wordy and generally unintelligible jargon":[]
},
"examples":[
"The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook .",
"cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Lisa Kudrow\u2019s speech about the glue is complete gobbledygook \u2014those words have nothing to do with my formula adhesive at all. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Without that unique hardware identifier, the data on the drive is unreadable gobbledygook . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Mar. 2022",
"To most baseball fans, many of the points of contention between billionaire MLB owners and millionaire players play out on a privileged battleground, spoken in a dialect of financial gobbledygook . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"What followed was a Lombardi-esque screed \u2014 at least if Lombardi\u2019s message was filtered through the Medieval English and Advanced Psychology and then saturated in ivory-tower gobbledygook . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The lack of any basic humanity in that bureaucratic gobbledygook is telling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"All told, the message will look scrambled or seem like gobbledygook . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"Bits of story eddy around him, and the vast intricate gobbledygook of inevitable multiverse developments go rushing past. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
"The Biden message is refreshingly unequivocal\u2014it is offered without any excusing the perpetrators of violence with gobbledygook about their passionate beliefs. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 24 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from gobble , noun":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccg\u00fck",
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l-d\u0113-\u02ccgu\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111523",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobbledygook":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wordy and generally unintelligible jargon":[]
},
"examples":[
"The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook .",
"cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Lisa Kudrow\u2019s speech about the glue is complete gobbledygook \u2014those words have nothing to do with my formula adhesive at all. \u2014 Keaton Bell, Vogue , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Without that unique hardware identifier, the data on the drive is unreadable gobbledygook . \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 22 Mar. 2022",
"To most baseball fans, many of the points of contention between billionaire MLB owners and millionaire players play out on a privileged battleground, spoken in a dialect of financial gobbledygook . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"What followed was a Lombardi-esque screed \u2014 at least if Lombardi\u2019s message was filtered through the Medieval English and Advanced Psychology and then saturated in ivory-tower gobbledygook . \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The lack of any basic humanity in that bureaucratic gobbledygook is telling. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Aug. 2021",
"All told, the message will look scrambled or seem like gobbledygook . \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"Bits of story eddy around him, and the vast intricate gobbledygook of inevitable multiverse developments go rushing past. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 8 June 2021",
"The Biden message is refreshingly unequivocal\u2014it is offered without any excusing the perpetrators of violence with gobbledygook about their passionate beliefs. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 24 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1944, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from gobble , noun":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-b\u0259l-d\u0113-\u02ccgu\u0307k",
"-\u02ccg\u00fck"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"song and dance"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041823",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobbler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a male turkey":[],
": one that gobbles":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1725, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190018",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobbo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of gobbo variant of gobo:1 2"
],
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-045318",
"type":[]
},
"gobemouche":{
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)g\u014db\u00a6m\u00fcsh"
],
"synonyms":[],
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from gober to gulp down, swallow + mouche fly, from Latin musca":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105502"
},
"gobernadora":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": creosote bush":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, wife of a governor, feminine of gobernador governor, from gobernar to govern, from Latin gubernare to pilot, steer, govern":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccg\u014db\u0259(r)n\u0259\u02c8d\u014dr\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194813",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobiesocid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a gobiesocid fish":[],
": of or relating to the Gobiesocidae":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Gobiesocidae":"Adjective"
},
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"\"",
"\u00a6g\u014db\u0113\u0259-",
"g\u014d\u00a6b\u012b\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4s\u0259\u0307d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215104",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"gobiesociform":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": resembling the Gobiesocidae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin gobieosocidae + English -form":""
},
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"g\u014d\u00a6b\u012b\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4s\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm",
"\u00a6g\u014db\u0113\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014512",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gobiid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a gobiid fish":[],
": of or relating to the Gobiidae":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Gobiidae":"Adjective"
},
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"\"",
"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u0259\u0307d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125411",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"goblin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious":[]
},
"examples":[
"dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Magic Portal: Teams steps into a world of trolls and mythical beasts, separated from mankind by magic portals, each guarded by a goblin . \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
"This fantasy drama, also called Goblin, stars Gong Yoo as Kim Shin, an immortal goblin who has lived for 900 years, and searches for a human wife who can end his life. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Everyone wants puppies; not everyone wants a decrepit goblin with dental disease. \u2014 Elena Lacey, Wired , 5 Nov. 2020",
"All manner of businesses\u2014hairdressers, dry cleaners, hardware stores, pasta shops\u2014in my neighborhood are decorated in some variation of the ghost- goblin -witch-pumpkin schtick these days. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 26 Oct. 2020",
"The autumn sun gives the greens of the fields an impossible, mythic radiance and transforms the back roads into light-muddled paths where a goblin with a riddle, or a pretty maiden with a basket, could be waiting around every gorse-and-bramble bend. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Oct. 2020",
"Those who have the courage can create their own groups and meet Sherry Spenzer (local author, historian and chief ghost-and- goblin tour director) at the mysterious cemetery located at 32808 Lake Road in Avon Lake. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 21 Sep. 2020",
"Along the way, yokai transformed from superstition to satire, as artists began employing goblins to slyly comment on politics or current events. \u2014 Matt Alt, The New Yorker , 9 Apr. 2020",
"On the eve of Hannukah, Hershel must use his wits and courage to defeat the goblins , who are fierce and scary, but also foolish. \u2014 Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gobelin , from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin gobelinus , ultimately from Greek kobalos rogue":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082713",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gobs":{
"antonyms":[
"chops",
"kisser",
"mouth",
"mug",
"piehole",
"trap",
"yap"
],
"definitions":{
": a large amount":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural gobs of money"
],
": lump":[],
": mouth":[],
": sailor":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1568, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1910, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gobbe , probably back-formation from gobet":"Noun",
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"probably from Scottish Gaelic, mouth & Irish, beak, pursed mouth":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4b",
"\u02c8g\u022fb"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000119",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"goblet cell":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mucus-secreting epithelial cell (as of intestinal columnar epithelium) that is distended at the free end":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4b-l\u0259t-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those expanding goblet cell army ranks fueled a surge in ACE2, as Sheltzer and his coauthors described in a study published in Developmental Cell in mid-May. Memorial Day Sale. \u2014 Megan Molteni, Wired , 1 June 2020",
"This layer comes from some of the goblet cells your body needs to produce mucus. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 14 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from its shape":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045713"
},
"goblet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bowl-shaped drinking vessel without handles":[],
": a drinking vessel (as of glass) with a foot and stem \u2014 compare tumbler":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4-bl\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a season that has already produced 11 different winners in the first 15 races, will the annual stop at Sonoma Raceway end with another new winner in victory lane raising the wine goblet ",
"The decadent dessert consists of chocolate roulade and vanilla ice cream served in a goblet coated with Callebaut chocolate and coconut. \u2014 Sam Dangremond, Town & Country , 18 June 2022",
"In the medicine cabinet in the bathroom stands a dusty glass goblet with a razor inside. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"At dinner, Michael presides with a goblet , yet the attic is riddled with bats. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Unlike other front-loaded, leg-dominant exercises\u2014think goblet squats\u2014the weight positioning forces you to stabilize your entire frame. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 7 June 2022",
"The painting features a table setting of white tablecloth laid with food consisting of a mince pie, nuts and a bread roll, and a silver goblet and glassware. \u2014 CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Every Netflix unscripted show has at least one very weird element, and in this one it\u2019s that every character drinks from a large metal goblet . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Each day, Hank must do 100 goblet squats using a 10-kg dumbbell (equating to 22 pounds). \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English gobelet , from Anglo-French goblet":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203800"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
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": any of numerous spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) that usually have the pelvic fins united to form a ventral sucking disk":[],
": pass sense 3b":[
"as time goes by"
]
},
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"\u02c8g\u014d-b\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The state's Department of Conservation announced a comprehensive plan to protect the state's waterways from the spread of an extremely invasive fish species known as the round goby . \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Officials first discovered the round goby in the Hudson River near Troy, New York, in July 2021, according to a news release from the DEC. \u2014 Michael Hollan, Fox News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"There are, however, some smaller bodies of water in Australia where this machine could be tested in a less complex system, such as the small ponds in the Edgbaston Conservation Area, home to the Edgbaston goby , a small, critically endangered fish. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The little goby has become the bane of lakeshore recreational anglers because the fish feast on smallmouth bass eggs and out-compete native species for food. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Then came an infestation of a little bug-eyed fish called the round goby , which made its way into the lakes the same way as the mussels, and from the same place \u2014 the Caspian Sea basin. \u2014 jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Along the lake bottom was another invasive species, Black said, the round goby \u2014 an invasive fish also from Eastern seas, now plentiful in Lake Michigan. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 30 July 2021",
"Scientists are studying how the goby might give back to the food web; the fish are credited with reviving the Lake Erie water snake population. \u2014 Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com , 30 July 2021",
"The sizeable sea creature was caught using a frozen round goby as bait, attached to a line that reached deep into the Detroit river, reports Mike Jordan for the Guardian. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2021"
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"Latin gobius gudgeon, from Greek k\u014dbios":"Noun"
},
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"1769, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1508, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234623"
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
},
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"noun"
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": the type genus of Gobiidae":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from Latin, gudgeon":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125241"
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"gobline":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a backrope from the dolphin striker":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u00e4\u02ccbl\u012bn"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"gob (origin unknown) + line":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132053"
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"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": goblinish":[]
},
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"\u00a6g\u00e4bl\u0259\u0307\u00a6nesk"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132138"
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"goblin fish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small Australian scorpion fish ( Glyptauchen panduratus ) noted for its grotesque appearance":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142429"
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of bony fishes that consists of the gobies and with a few related families constitutes a suborder Gobioidea of the order Percomorphi":[]
},
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"g\u014d\u02c8b\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Gobius , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163843"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": resembling or suggestive of a goblin in appearance or behavior":[
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"\u2014 J. C. Powys"
]
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"\u02c8g\u00e4bl\u0259\u0307nish"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-164357"
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"goblinry":{
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"noun"
],
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": the acts or practices of goblins":[
"goblinry intended to deceive you",
"\u2014 Lafcadio Hearn"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-nr\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175608"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a suborder of Percomorphi comprising the gobies and related fishes":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Gobius + -oidea":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180344"
},
"goblin scarlet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": castilian red":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-184045"
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"gobar numeral":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of a set of ancient numerals which the Arabs developed from Hindu numerals and from which the modern arabic numerals are derived":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Arabic ghub\u0101r dust, board with sand used for writing":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192718"
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"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": of or relating to the Gobioidea":[],
": a gobioid fish":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u02cc\u022fid"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Gobioidea":"Adjective"
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195810"
},
"goblin shark":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a galeoid shark (genus Scapanorhynchus ) that has protrusible jaws and a greatly elongate snout and is found off the coasts of Japan and Portugal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110302"
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"adjective"
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"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
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"New Latin Gobiiformes":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224852"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of freshwater cyprinid fishes that contains the true gudgeons":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u014db\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin gudgeon":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230558"
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"Gobinism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the theory or doctrine that the white and especially the Germanic race is the superior race among human beings":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014db\u0259\u02ccniz\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French gobinisme , from Comte Joseph A. de Gobineau \u20201882 French ethnologist + French -isme -ism":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004105"
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"type":[
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],
"definitions":{
": a dark strip (as of wallboard) to shield a motion-picture or television camera from light":[],
": a device to shield a microphone from sound":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012309"
},
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00e4b\u0259\u02ccn\u0101t\u0259\u0307d"
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"probably from obsolete gobon slice (from Middle English goboun, gobin , from\u2014assumed\u2014Anglo-French gobon , from Old French gobet mouthful, bite, piece) + English -ate + -ed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014846"
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"adjective"
],
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},
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"obsolete gobon + -y (from French -\u00e9 -ate, from Latin -atus )":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015235"
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}