julius/dict_dl
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity
a0af5ab7ba
dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/hu_mw.json

8736 lines
368 KiB
JSON
Raw Normal View History

new files; analysis.py
2022-07-07 07:12:37 +00:00
{
"Huma":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Huma variant of hima"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00fcm\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213013"
},
"Hutzul":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mountain people of the high Carpathians in Slovakia, Ruthenia, and Poland speaking a Ruthenian dialect":[],
": a member of the Hutzul people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213342"
},
"Hunan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being a hot and spicy style of Chinese cooking":[],
"province of southeast central China; capital Changsha area 81,274 square miles (211,312 square kilometers), population 65,700,762":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u02c8n\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hunan , China":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033952"
},
"Huxley":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Leonard 1894\u20131963 brother of Julian Huxley English novelist and critic":[
"Al*dous \\ \u02c8\u022fl-\u200bd\u0259s \\"
],
"Sir Julian Sorell 1887\u20131975 grandson of T.H. Huxley English biologist":[],
"T(homas) H(enry) 1825\u20131895 English biologist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259k-sl\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065622"
},
"Humber":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"estuary 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in eastern England formed by the Ouse and Trent rivers and flowing east and southeast into the North Sea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184028"
},
"Humacao":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"town southeast of San Juan in eastern Puerto Rico population 21,306"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02c8kau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-235654"
},
"Hum\u0101y\u016bn":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"1508\u20131556 Mogul emperor of India (1530\u201356)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u00fc-\u02c8m\u00e4-\u02ccy\u00fcn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191141"
},
"Humala (Tasso)":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Ollanta (Mois\u00e9s) 1962\u2013 Peruvian soldier; president of Peru (2011\u201316)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00fc-\u02c8m\u00e4-l\u00e4(-\u02c8t\u00e4-s\u014d)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104057"
},
"Hudson Strait":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"strait 450 miles (724 kilometers) long in northeastern Canada between southern Baffin Island and northern Quebec connecting Hudson Bay with the Atlantic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193207"
},
"Hurston":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Zora Neale 1903\u20131960 American writer and folklorist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-st\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132135"
},
"Huy":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"commune southwest of Li\u00e8ge in the Wallonia region of eastern Belgium population 19,297":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8(h)w\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011318"
},
"Hurley":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Patrick Jay 1883\u20131963 American lawyer and diplomat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-163230"
},
"Hulse":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Russell Alan 1950\u2013 American physicist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259ls"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013035"
},
"Hudsonian godwit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an American godwit ( Limosa haemastica ) with a long slightly upturned bill and underparts that are finely black barred during the spring":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155424"
},
"Hun":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a nomadic central Asian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern Europe under Attila about a.d. 450",
": a person who is wantonly destructive : vandal",
": german",
": a German soldier"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Old English Hunas , plural, from Late Latin Hunni , plural"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-204110"
},
"Hudsonian curlew":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the North American variety ( Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus ) of the whimbrel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235916"
},
"Hurwicz":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Leonid 1917\u20132008 American (Russian-born of Polish parents) economist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-wich"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045330"
},
"Hung-wu":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"1328\u20131398":[
"Chu Y\u00fcan-chang \\ \u02c8j\u00fc-\u200by\u00fc-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4n-\u200b\u02c8j\u00e4\u014b \\"
],
"Chinese emperor (1368\u201398); founder of Ming dynasty":[
"Chu Y\u00fcan-chang \\ \u02c8j\u00fc-\u200by\u00fc-\u200b\u02c8\u00e4n-\u200b\u02c8j\u00e4\u014b \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u0307\u014b-\u02c8w\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041030"
},
"HUS":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"hemolytic uremic syndrome":[],
"Jan 1372(or 1373)\u20131415 Bohemian religious reformer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259s",
"\u02c8hu\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232821"
},
"Hurst":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Sir Cecil James Barrington 1870\u20131963 English jurist":[],
"Fannie 1889\u20131968 American writer":[],
"city in northeastern Texas northeast of Fort Worth population 37,337":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rst"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222325"
},
"Huygens":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Christian 1629\u20131695 Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u012b-g\u0259nz",
"\u02c8h\u022fi-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090149"
},
"Huygens' principle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a principle in physics: every point of an advancing wave front is a new center of disturbance from which emanate independent wavelets whose envelope constitutes a new wave front at each successive stage of the process":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041308"
},
"Humvee":{
"type":[
"trademark"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Humvee \u2014 used for a military automotive vehicle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0259m-\u02c8v\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccv\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-141337"
},
"HUD":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"Department of Housing and Urban Development":[],
"heads-up display":[
"The HUD is the heart of the F-16's information system, including data on altitude, armament, and airspeed.",
"\u2014 Trevor Meers"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045140"
},
"Huysmans":{
"type":[
"biographical name ()"
],
"definitions":[
"Camille 1871\u20131968 Belgian politician",
"Joris-Karl 1848\u20131907 originally Georges-Charles French novelist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"w\u0113-\u02c8sm\u00e4\u207fs"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073035"
},
"Hutu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Rwanda and Burundi"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00fc-(\u02cc)t\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Kinyarwanda & Kirundi (Bantu languages of East Africa)"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081729"
},
"Huddersfield":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"town in West Yorkshire, northern England, northeast of Manchester population 123,888"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-d\u0259rz-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125653"
},
"Humulus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of herbaceous vines (family Urticaceae) with palmate leaves and pistillate flowers in clusters resembling catkins or cones \u2014 see hop entry 3":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Medieval Latin, hop (plant), probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hymele hop, Middle Low German homele , Old Norse humli":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114242"
},
"Huddinge":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in eastern Sweden, just south of Stockholm population 86,457":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u0307-di\u014b-\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115326"
},
"Hudsonian chickadee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": boreal chickadee":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115440"
},
"hub":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the central part of a circular object (such as a wheel or propeller)",
": a center of activity : focal point",
": an airport or city through which an airline routes most of its traffic",
": a central device that connects multiple computers on a single network (see network entry 1 sense 3b )",
": a steel punch from which a working die (see die entry 2 sense 3a ) for a coin or medal is made",
": the center of a wheel, propeller, or fan",
": a center of activity",
": the enlarged base by which a hollow needle may be attached to a device (as a syringe)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259b",
"\u02c8h\u0259b",
"\u02c8h\u0259b"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hub of the city",
"She was at the hub of all the activity.",
"All of the airline's coast-to-coast flights pass through its hub .",
"The spokes attach to the hub of the wheel.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Andrew Holden is already seeing it at Shy Bird, his bustling comfort food hub at One Broadway. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"In Shanghai, China\u2019s most cosmopolitan and its biggest business hub , officials have also been trying to mend ties with foreign firms by holding multiple meetings with executives and easing a key border requirement for overseas workers. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Outside Learn, our new online education hub loaded with more than 2,000 videos across 450 lessons. \u2014 Soraya Simi, Outside Online , 7 June 2022",
"Hence, Kazakhstan has multiple opportunities to develop its own hub direct and structure infrastructure investment, trade finance and offer financial instruments like insurance or factoring using the AIFC environment. \u2014 Ariel Cohen, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Roku, the maker of popular streaming devices, has its own free content hub , available through a web browser, mobile app, Roku device or compatible smart TV. \u2014 Nicole Nguyen, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
"Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where Delta is based and has its largest hub , was heavily affected by the travel delays. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where Delta is based and has its largest hub , was heavily affected by the travel delays. \u2014 CBS News , 28 May 2022",
"Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where Delta is based and has its largest hub , was heavily affected by the travel delays. \u2014 al , 28 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of hob entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194057"
},
"hubble-bubble":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": water pipe sense 2":[],
": a flurry of sound or activity : commotion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of bubble":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023937"
},
"huddle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to arrange carelessly or hurriedly":[
"the solemnities had to be huddled through at express speed",
"\u2014 Manchester Examiner"
],
": to crowd together":[
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free \u2026",
"\u2014 Emma Lazarus"
],
": to draw (oneself) together : crouch":[
"People were huddled around their radios."
],
": to wrap oneself closely in":[
"huddled her coat around her"
],
": to gather in a close-packed group":[
"They huddled around the campfire."
],
": to curl up : crouch":[
"Students huddled over their desks."
],
": to hold a consultation":[
"huddled to discuss the proposal"
],
": to gather away from the line of scrimmage to receive instructions (as from the quarterback) for the next down (see down entry 5 sense 3b ) : to gather in a huddle (see huddle entry 2 sense 2b )":[],
": a close-packed group : bunch":[
"huddles of children",
"a huddle of cottages"
],
": meeting , conference":[
"The boss is in a huddle with the marketing director."
],
": a brief gathering of players away from the line of scrimmage to receive instructions (as from the quarterback) for the next down (see down entry 5 sense 3b )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"bunch",
"cluster",
"crowd",
"pile",
"press"
],
"antonyms":[
"assembly",
"congress",
"convention",
"convocation",
"council",
"gathering",
"get-together",
"meeting"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We huddled around the campfire.",
"The sheep huddled together for warmth.",
"The students huddled over their desks.",
"Union representatives are huddling to discuss the proposal.",
"Noun",
"sheep standing in a huddle",
"The boss is in a huddle with the marketing director.",
"The quarterback called the offense into a huddle .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"If there\u2019s a terrible variant, people get scared and huddle inside. \u2014 Haleluya Hadero, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Some of them are lawmakers who sided with his effort to overturn an honest election only to huddle in fear with everyone else in a Capitol hideout when the rioters swarmed the Capitol in service of that goal. \u2014 Calvin Woodward, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Coconut cream pies huddle with date-nut bread to gossip about pineapple upside-down cake. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 24 May 2022",
"After all, an event that brings a few hundred international TV buyers to Los Angeles to huddle for a week in small screening rooms is pretty much the opposite of social distancing. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Many Ukrainian civilians continue to huddle underground in basements and other structures. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Its namesake is a community about twenty miles upriver from New Orleans, where suburban ranch houses huddle beneath an Oz-like petrochemical complex. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Young lion cubs are plentiful, and small elephants huddle by their mothers, who bristle preemptively at the sound of a jeep. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Downstairs in their basement headquarters, Sunflower Bean huddle together to watch Cumming smash a beer bottle over someone\u2019s head in a mosh pit. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Thompson also has familiarity with the play-action pass, run-pass option (RPO) and calling plays in a huddle , which many college teams don\u2019t do. \u2014 David Furones, Sun Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
"The White House recently relaxed masking requirements, and Harris was seen in a close huddle with Biden and congressional leaders as the president signed the $1.5-trillion spending bill Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Star-Lord can call the other Guardians in for a huddle when the going gets tough (and the right meter is full). \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The coach sends the call to the players in the huddle . \u2014 Noah Smith, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"Lowry, putting a period on his game-opening statement, provided the assist for the stat sheet and a separate one in the huddle . \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"Palmer said Herbert first called the play in the huddle and then made a point to refresh everyone\u2019s memory because so much time had passed. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"Michigan basketball and Michigan State basketball in the same huddle , aiming to help the other win a trophy. \u2014 Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press , 2 June 2022",
"The new Poly Studio R30 is built for huddle rooms or small group spaces, two terms that Poly uses interchangeably. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from or akin to Middle English hoderen to huddle":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225258"
},
"hue and cry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a loud outcry formerly used in the pursuit of one who is suspected of a crime":[],
": the pursuit of a suspect or a written proclamation for the capture of a suspect":[],
": a clamor of alarm or protest":[],
": hubbub":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"noise",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar",
"vociferation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"There was a hue and cry in opposition to the film.",
"the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Suddenly, Republicans are raising a hue and cry about getting serious about mental health. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 31 May 2022",
"The public hue and cry to change Cleveland\u2019s outfield apparently did not register with the front office. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Produced in November 2020, before the hue and cry over blockchain\u2019s environmental impact hit the mainstream, the artwork uses the NFT format to present how carbon markets could be brought on-chain. \u2014 Charlotte Kent, Wired , 17 Feb. 2022",
"After a hue and cry , online applications arrived, but still, only 4,000 visas were granted as of Monday, even as the continent hosts a legion of 2.8 million refugees and growing. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"When Tom Cruise took on the role for what would be two films, a hue and cry was heard across Jack Reacher Land. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Writings from the time also raise a hue and cry about the shockingly green sky in another Faculty Painting. \u2014 Suhita Shirodkar, Wired , 24 Nov. 2021",
"An app like Workrooms isn\u2019t going to quell that hue and cry . \u2014 Peter Rubin, Wired , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The Astros\u2019 competition raised a great hue and cry against this practice, especially the New York Yankees who played them during the 2019 playoffs. \u2014 Don Yaeger, Forbes , 16 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hue outcry":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193949"
},
"hued":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": colored":[
"\u2014 usually used in combination green- hued"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With intricate, spongy ripples and umbrella tops, some dainty with slender stems, others thick, tan, or red- hued , the sculptural beauty of mushrooms caught the eye of Tyler Akabane early on. \u2014 Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Expect to be wowed by a newly green- hued iteration of the grand entry\u2019s original double staircase, as well as the mix of antiques and contemporary art throughout. \u2014 Andrew Sessa, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"These pictures captured the starkness of the countryside; rusting cars, broken down barns and empty homes set against dark hued backdrops. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"As such, an unofficial pink theme is attached to the event, with many opting for huge pink hats and fascinators topping their equally pink- hued outfits. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 19 May 2022",
"On March 24, Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis stepped onto the golden- hued carpet to accept her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. \u2014 Variety, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"On March 24, Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis stepped onto the golden- hued carpet to accept her honors at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"This year, model Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Bel opted for a blue- hued look with subtle sequins and bold feathers. \u2014 Lauren Tappan, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"A couple of hours later, Convery, McTaggart, Nadine and Jesus were sitting in a blue- hued booth, drinking Diet Coke and eating turkey burgers. \u2014 Francesca Street, CNN , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214916"
},
"huffy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": haughty , arrogant":[],
": roused to indignation : irritated":[],
": easily offended : touchy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"ticklish",
"touchy"
],
"antonyms":[
"thick-skinned"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
"the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005926"
},
"hug":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun,",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to press (someone) tightly in one's arms especially as a sign of affection":[
"They hugged each other before saying goodbye.",
"We hugged briefly."
],
": to hold (something) tightly with the arms":[
"She hugged her knees to her chest."
],
": to wrap one's arms around (oneself)":[
"She was wearing only a wraparound denim skirt over her black bathing suit, and in the chill of approaching evening was hugging herself.",
"\u2014 John Updike",
"( figurative ) Jerome looked puzzled, or pretended to. In reality he was hugging himself with delight.",
"\u2014 Lucy Maud Montgomery"
],
": to stay close to (something)":[
"a road that hugs the river",
"a boat hugging the shore",
"clothes that hug your body's curves [=tight-fitting clothes]"
],
": to hold (something) fast : cherish":[
"\u2026 hugged his miseries like a sulky child",
"\u2014 John Buchan"
],
": a close embrace with the arms especially as a sign of affection":[
"She gave me a hug .",
"hugs and kisses",
"\"He was very, very compassionate. Very loving. He always gave you a hug hello and a hug goodbye.\"",
"\u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune",
"Peggotty was not slow to respond, and ratify the treaty of friendship by giving me one of her best hugs .",
"\u2014 Charles Dickens"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259g"
],
"synonyms":[
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"felicitate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We hugged briefly, and then it was time to say goodbye.",
"I hugged my knees to my chest.",
"The road hugs the river.",
"The boat hugged the shore.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All Esparza could do was shrug her shoulders and hug her corner attendants. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 7 May 2022",
"The sea lion also hopped up on a step ladder so Zakary could hug him. \u2014 Natalya Jones, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The 130-millimeter temple size means these frames will properly hug your face without falling off while the 59 millimeter lens size is on par with other mainstream sunglasses brands and models. \u2014 Kaitlyn Mcinnis, Travel + Leisure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Guests can now hug Mickey and the gang without social distancing or face masks. \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Two women hug each other at the scene of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, April 3, 2022. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Fine if San Diegans don\u2019t want to hug up Lions fans. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Sep. 2021",
"My mom is really mostly excited to just hold the kids and hug them, and smell the baby. \u2014 Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Wives will hug husbands for the first time in months. \u2014 John Leicester And Travis Loller, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hugga to soothe":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
"1659, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212416"
},
"hugely":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": very large or extensive: such as",
": of great size or area",
": great in scale or degree",
": great in scope or character",
": great in size or degree : vast"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fcj",
"\u02c8y\u00fcj",
"\u02c8hy\u00fcj",
"\u02c8y\u00fcj"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"examples":[
"Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.",
"The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Obviously, the third quarter will be huge for the Celtics. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"So for Onder, who lived with his family in Huntsville, Alabama, to get selected for Varney\u2019s column was huge . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"But Wall Street is warning that the consequences of such moves could be huge , and that no-fee trading could be a casualty of the SEC's potential revamp. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"The rebellion was huge , though, with 41% of Tory MPs voting for his removal. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"The group raised its fundraising goal to $50,000 from $10,000, saying on its website the damage was huge . \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"Bill Samples, president of UAW Local 2000, said the investment is huge for the workers and surrounding community. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"In the eyes of investors, his value to the company is apparently huge . \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Having a player that can do it all for has been huge for the Cougars and coach Rebecca Miller. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old French ahuge ",
"first_known_use":[
"12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185943"
},
"hugest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": very large or extensive: such as":[],
": of great size or area":[
"huge buildings"
],
": great in scale or degree":[
"a huge deficit",
"a huge undertaking",
"They're having a huge sale tomorrow.",
"The crowds were huge .",
"Your help made a huge difference."
],
": great in scope or character":[
"a dancer of huge talent"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fcj",
"\u02c8y\u00fcj"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for huge enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder",
"examples":[
"Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.",
"The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adriatic and Mediterranean sailings are in huge demand, and now there can be more of these each season in each destination. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The last remaining Ukrainian troops were holed up in underground shelters in the huge Azot chemical plant, along with hundreds of civilians. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"As a result, the events in the second film are a huge plot hole for Deadpool 3. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 25 June 2022",
"That approach comes with huge risks, Brettler said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"However, acquiring Grant was a huge move that takes some pressure off of Cronin heading into the summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a huge vegetarian population in the Arab world. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The incident happened as Washington and cities coast to coast were bracing for a second day of huge street demonstrations Saturday after the ruling was met with an outpouring of joy and rage Friday night. \u2014 James Bikales, Washington Post , 25 June 2022",
"It\u2019s like watching a comedy at home alone, versus with a huge audience. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old French ahuge":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204611"
},
"hugger-mugger":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": secrecy",
": confusion , muddle",
": secret",
": of a confused or disorderly nature : jumbled"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-g\u0259r-\u02ccm\u0259-g\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1692, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185735"
},
"hulk":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a heavy clumsy ship":[],
": the body of an old ship unfit for service":[],
": a ship used as a prison":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural every prisoner sent to the hulks \u2014 Kenneth Roberts"
],
": an abandoned wreck or shell (as of a building or automobile)":[],
": one that is bulky or unwieldy":[],
": to move ponderously":[],
": to appear impressively large or massive : loom":[
"factories hulked along the river"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259lk"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"Neanderthal",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The ship's rusting hulk is still visible on the rocks.",
"the burned out hulk of the factory",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The hulk traveled from Washington state to Texas around the tip of South America. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 June 2022",
"In the Black Sea, trading an old workboat or other hulk for even a mere mission-kill on a Russian combatant is eminently worthwhile. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"For years, architect-developer Bruce Redman Becker drove past the former Pirelli Tire Building looming over Interstates 91 and 95 in New Haven, wondering why the concrete hulk designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer was empty. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The most conspicuous monument to the fighting is the smashed hulk of an Antonov An-225. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"No one wanted to take on this crumbling hulk looming on the outskirts of the city. Until Lynn Saunders. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"To see this rusting hulk , start at Lunada Bay and walk north to Palos Verdes Point which is just under a half mile away. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Several plans to remake the rusting hulk as a hive of restaurants, shops, apartments and offices \u2014 a humbler version of the Pearl \u2014 went nowhere. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But the biggest of the three properties held the rusting hulk of National Welding\u2019s metal-fabricating plant, vacant since 1994, while the two others were vacant fields. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In the city of Midgar, Cloud, an ex-military mercenary with one hulking sword, is enlisted by eco-terrorist group Avalanche to take down a Shinra reactor, setting him on a path to reunite with Sephiroth, a figure from his past thought to be dead. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Giving the lie to the notion that indoor grills just don't match up to their large, hulking outdoor counterparts, the Breville Smart Grill is a powerhouse. \u2014 Popular Science , 10 Apr. 2020",
"The idea is that in a war with China, America\u2019s hulking aircraft carriers might be pushed far out to sea by the threat of missiles. \u2014 The Economist , 31 Mar. 2020",
"So, instead of having one giant, hulking cabinet containing both, Stoffer designed two elegant, slender columns across the room from each other to house the family's GE Monogram fridge and freezer. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 18 Mar. 2020",
"The plan was to stay one night at a pretty country-estate hotel surrounded by seemingly endless fields of tall grass and hulking majestic trees that looked more like hyperrealistic drawings. \u2014 Candice Rainey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 15 Jan. 2020",
"At Crunch on West 23rd Street, there were hulking men spotted through the windows. \u2014 Jacob Bernstein, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"The upcoming GMC Hummer pickup hulked in one corner of the dome and the Cadillac Lyriq, a futuristic SUV, shown across the aisle. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Offensive lineman Justin Stevens \u2014 a freshman early enrollee from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia \u2014 posted a video to Twitter of himself lifting four massive tires with his hulking 6-foot-5, 292-pound frame. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 30 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hulke , from Old English hulc , probably from Medieval Latin holcas , from Greek holkas , from helkein to pull \u2014 more at sulcus":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031253"
},
"hum":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to utter a sound like that of the speech sound \\m\\ prolonged":[
"humming along with the music"
],
": to make the natural noise of an insect in motion or a similar sound : drone":[
"listening to the bees hum in the garden"
],
": to give forth a low continuous blend of sound":[
"the sound of children's voices with which the house was always humming",
"\u2014 J. M. Brinnin"
],
": to be busily active":[
"the museum hummed with visitors"
],
": to run smoothly":[
"the business started to hum"
],
": to sing with the lips closed and without uttering speech sounds distinctly":[
"hum a tune"
],
": to express by making a vocal sound with the lips pressed together : to affect by humming":[
"hummed his displeasure"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The garden was humming with bees.",
"The refrigerator hummed in the background.",
"I was humming to myself.",
"We hummed along to the music.",
"I hummed a little song.",
"By noon, the office was really humming .",
"The restaurant hums on weekends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nothing's lost in the luxury department, though, as the G80's cabin remains a swell place to hum the day away. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"Digital natives are ordinarily ho- hum about digital modes of communication. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Managers at the Glen Canyon Dam often release more water from Lake Powell each morning as air conditioners begin to hum and electricity use increases. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"This vivid, bubblegum-pink specimen is no ho- hum crudit\u00e9-platter filler. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Time and success have helped quiet those questions as Walden\u2019s world has begun to hum with buzzy shows. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While recording a hook, Moore altered the tone of his voice to sound like a robot trying to hum the same progression as the synths. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a moment when the ball hovers beneath DeMar DeRozan\u2019s hand in the fourth quarter that seems to hum with magic. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"As the sun sets and the sky turns inky blue, the thick, shadowy forests start to hum with an ethereal glow. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 21 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hummen ; akin to Middle High German hummen to hum, Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015743"
},
"human":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of humans (see human entry 2 )":[
"the human brain",
"human voices",
"problems that have occurred throughout human history"
],
": consisting of or involving humans":[
"everyone held hands and made a human chain",
"human interactions",
"human spaceflight"
],
": having human form or attributes":[
"the statue is more human than the beings at his feet",
"\u2014 Clifton Fadiman"
],
": representative of or susceptible to the sympathies and frailties of human nature":[
"human kindness",
"a human weakness",
"such an inconsistency is very human",
"\u2014 P. E. More"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"earthborn",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"problems that have occurred throughout human history",
"She is a very kind and human person.",
"The dog's expression was almost human .",
"The assembly line was a human machine.",
"Everyone held hands and formed a human chain.",
"Noun",
"humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The selling and buying of human beings from Africa or descended from Africans? \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"The dark forest is a trial, but human beings excel at surviving in inhospitable environments. \u2014 Michael Mcmullen, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"My colleague Hayley Smith has a thorough accounting of the impacts of this uber-drought: including loss of water for wild creatures, like spawning salmon and migrating birds, and for human beings, to grow food, drink and bathe. \u2014 James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The pandemic broke everything \u2014 the economy, the businesses that drive it and the human beings who make this whole Modern Capitalist Endeavor move forward. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Director William Boyd's film takes an unusual amount of care in establishing the characters as distinct, recognizable human beings, making their fate all the more poignant when the carnage finally commences in earnest. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 28 June 2022",
"And they have got used to not connecting as human beings. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 24 June 2022",
"People want to get out and just see other human beings. \u2014 Steve Smith, Hartford Courant , 24 June 2022",
"These people are the bravest, most beautiful human beings on the planet. \u2014 Rachael Ray, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ba subverts heteronormative constructs of beauty, femininity, and sexuality, depicted her human and animal subjects is sometimes surreal settings that challenge traditional notions of nature. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"For those who remembered the earlier days of the war between human and gull, this was the most beautiful truce. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The legendary fabulist and short-story writer also left readers these meditations on the human and the divine. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The idea was that if the questioner could not tell the difference between human and machine, the computer would be considered to be thinking. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 14 June 2022",
"The trust built between the human and the horse allows veterans to slow down and be in the moment. \u2014 Madison Scarpino, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"Bill\u2019s high spirits around Lizzy\u2019s female colleagues, his houseguests swooping in on the wine and cheese without even glancing at the art, or the threat of wreckage caused by human or animal. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"In an era of plague and climatic disturbance, there is no more fertile issue than the inter-wreathing of the human and the natural, and no one better than Garland to give it luxuriant life onscreen. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"The combined effort between human and machine resulted in a data set containing 1,701 trails in 1,316 Hubble images. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English humain , from Anglo-French, from Latin humanus ; akin to Latin homo human being \u2014 more at homage":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"1509, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190912"
},
"human being":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": human",
": a man, woman, or child : person",
": human"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She's a very warm and generous human being .",
"We should do more to help our fellow human beings .",
"The drug has not yet been tested on human beings ."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1694, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183450"
},
"humane":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals":[
"humane prison guards",
"a more humane way of treating farm animals"
],
": characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic":[
"humane studies"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"It's not humane to treat animals that way.",
"Conditions in the prison are more humane now.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Youngstown police were called to the scene, along with a humane agent from Animal Charity of Ohio. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Of course, the real argument for sabbaticals is based not in business but in creating a more humane society. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"The show\u2019s approach to surviving characters is not necessarily more humane . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Submunitions are in theory no less humane than regular bombs. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"As a result, the collections process becomes more humane for borrowers and efficient for lenders. \u2014 Marc Schr\u00f6der, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"That idea horrified immigration advocates inside the administration, who viewed it not only as a breach of Mr. Biden\u2019s campaign pledge, but also as a retreat from the promise of a more humane immigration system. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Though President Joe Biden campaigned on creating a humane asylum system, his administration has left many restrictive Trump-era policies in place. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Biden outlined ambitious goals during his first days in office to repeal the hardline policies of his predecessor, overhaul the US immigration system and create a better, more humane system at the southern border. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English humain":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035541"
},
"humanitarian":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist":[
"recognized as a great humanitarian for her work to end world hunger"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02ccma-n\u0259-\u02c8ter-\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She has been recognized as a great humanitarian for her efforts to end world hunger.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And last week, she was recognized as 2022 humanitarian of the year at the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony, which is often likened to the food world\u2019s Oscars. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Eckstrom, who was recently honored with promoter and humanitarian of the year awards at the national pageant, says the pageant system has evolved with the times. \u2014 Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022",
"Her father, Bernard Kouchner, is a renowned humanitarian who co-founded Doctors Without Borders and served as a senior minister in several French governments. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Wallen is a British author, entrepreneur and humanitarian . \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Outside of his work as a humanitarian and a musician, Chance is also father to daughters Marli, 2, and Kensli, 6, with wife Kirsten Corley Bennett. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Union for Ukrainians is a small, grassroots organization in Portland that\u2019s led by a Polish humanitarian who has been working to help Ukrainian families escape their country, the Szymanskis said. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The physician and humanitarian embraced the world\u2019s most vulnerable people, and saved more lives than can be counted. \u2014 Bill Gates, The Atlantic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In Friday\u2019s announcement, Blanchett was recognized for her impactful work both on and off the screen worldwide \u2014 as an award-winning actor, producer, artistic director and humanitarian . \u2014 Wyatte Grantham-philips, Variety , 5 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233134"
},
"humanity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition : the quality or state of being humane":[
"bespeaking humanity for the enemy in the midst of a bloody struggle",
"\u2014 C. G. Bowers"
],
": the quality or state of being human":[
"joined together by their common humanity"
],
": human attributes or qualities":[
"his work has the ripeness of the 18th century, and its rough humanities",
"\u2014 Pamela H. Johnson"
],
": the branches of learning (such as philosophy, arts, or languages) that investigate human constructs (see construct entry 2 sense 1a ) and concerns as opposed to natural processes (as in physics or chemistry) and social relations (as in anthropology or economics)":[],
": the totality of human beings : the human race : humankind":[
"a fierce compassion for the woes of humanity",
"\u2014 Maurice Bowra"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8ma-n\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"folks",
"humankind",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We appealed to his sense of humanity .",
"These discoveries will be of benefit to all humanity .",
"She was cut off from the rest of humanity .",
"the college of arts and humanities",
"He's taking courses in both the sciences and the humanities .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2015, the enigmatic Army of the 12 Monkeys released a deadly virus that would wipe out seven billion humans over the following two years, with its subsequent mutations threatening the end of humanity . \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"The prize is given for achievement in the study of humanity . \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"And all praise to Morton for bringing shocking depths of humanity to a role that's half-Vulcan and half-primal. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
"Debuting on May 17, 2020, Snowpiercer follows the passengers of the Snowpiercer, a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe carrying the remnants of humanity seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland. \u2014 Marc Berman, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"As of today, more than 100 million people have been forced to flee their homes \u2014 more than 1% of humanity . \u2014 Jennifer Hassan And Sammy Westfall, Anchorage Daily News , 17 June 2022",
"India and other nations in the region, home to hundreds of millions of humanity \u2019s most vulnerable, are on the front lines of climate change. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Such is the world Newman constructs in the gap where half of humanity once dwelled. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"His results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1979, transformed scientists\u2019 view of lead as one of humanity \u2019s most potent neurotoxins and helped win him a nomination for a Nobel prize. \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see human entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225707"
},
"humankind":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun, singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": the human race : humanity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259n-\u02cck\u012bnd"
],
"synonyms":[
"folks",
"humanity",
"people",
"public",
"species",
"world"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Back then, the field of public health was optimistic that humankind was exiting the era of infectious diseases. \u2014 Melody Schreiber, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
"The rover will be up there ahead of humans, and the goal is to have a fully autonomous vehicle that can drive around and map the terrain ahead of humankind 's return to the Moon. \u2014 Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"Aside from the concerns about this health crisis and deep social wounds, the pandemic, unfortunately, also spread uncontrollable fear and, in effect, limited a fundamental value inherent to humankind : freedom. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"From the brain of the one and only David Cronenberg: A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 6 May 2022",
"The Showtime series builds on its source material, the 1976 film starring David Bowie, with a hearty dose of optimism about humankind . \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Bears, frogs, bats, elephants, giraffes and more assess humankind as loud, messy and nosy \u2014 but also cute and cuddly. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Migraines have baffled humankind at least as far back as the ancient Egyptians, who blamed the excruciating headaches, and their often-accompanying visual auras and nausea, on the supernatural. \u2014 Jenifer Frank, courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Essentially, the treaty assures freedom of exploration and use of space to all humankind . \u2014 CNN , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1560, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062340"
},
"humble":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive":[],
": reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission":[
"a humble apology"
],
": ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : insignificant , unpretentious":[],
": not costly or luxurious":[
"a humble contraption"
],
": to make (someone) humble (see humble entry 1 ) in spirit or manner":[],
": to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"also chiefly Southern \u02c8\u0259m-"
],
"synonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Humble though it may be, and about as glamorous as a galosh, it is a fish that has shaped the political and social history of Europe like no other, with the possible exception of cod. \u2014 R. W. Apple, Jr. , New York Times , 30 Oct. 2002",
"She would not come closer to me, as much as I thought she wished to, hungering not for anything like love but for plain, humble succor. \u2014 Chang-rae Lee , A Gesture Life , 1999",
"Women are the organizing soft-centered socialists, the nice people, the sugar-and-spice lot, identifying with the poor and humble ; men are snips and snails and puppy-dog tails, and rampant, selfish, greedy capitalists. \u2014 Fay Weldon , Harper's , May 1998",
"Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble .",
"He is very humble about his achievements.",
"She is too humble to let praise go to her head.",
"Please accept my humble apologies.",
"Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.",
"He comes from a humble background.",
"She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.",
"Verb",
"Cuba's reliance on tourism is a somewhat humbling turn for the revolution, which has long prided itself on producing topflight doctors and teachers\u2014not concierges. \u2014 Tim Padgett , Time , 22 Dec. 2003",
"\u2026 audiences loved to see villains punished and arrogant young men humbled , they did not want to fidget and squirm through mea culpas before the final scene. \u2014 Elaine Showalter , Civilization , April/May 1999",
"It frightened and humbled him but also made him feel darkly charmed. \u2014 Don DeLillo , Mao II , 1991",
"Her success has humbled her critics.",
"Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long choked off avenues of social advancement. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2022",
"The mineral world's champion of diverse origins is the humble pyrite (FeS2), known by many as Fool's Gold. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 2 July 2022",
"As the producers of the James Bond franchise search for the next 007, Miles Teller's grandmother has a humble suggestion: Miles Teller. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 1 July 2022",
"But the movie stays true to the shorts\u2019 spirit, with the story mostly set in Marcel\u2019s humble home and Camp again playing a fictionalized version of himself. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story\u2014which has been adapted into a Netflix docuseries\u2014examines Epstein\u2019s origin story, from humble New York City college-dropout to the elite of Palm Beach. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Town & Country , 28 June 2022",
"These potentially curative therapies have humble origins. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Eva Per\u00f3n was was of humble origins but reached the highest echelon of power and died prematurely, all in the space of seven years. \u2014 Pablo Sandoval, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"The essential element is the humble two-pan balance scale \u2014 a staple of commerce over the millennia that\u2019s still found in bustling rural bazaars in the developing world. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower? \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chth\u014dn earth, chamai on the ground":"Adjective and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180322"
},
"humbug":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": something designed to deceive and mislead":[
"Their claims are humbug ."
],
": a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person":[
"He's just an old humbug .",
"denounced as humbugs the playwrights who magnify the difficulties of their craft",
"\u2014 Times Literary Supplement"
],
": an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception":[
"in all his humbug , in all his malice and hollowness",
"\u2014 Mary Lindsay"
],
": nonsense , drivel":[
"academic humbug"
],
": a hard usually peppermint-flavored candy":[],
": deceive , hoax":[
"humbugged by their doctors",
"\u2014 G. B. Shaw"
],
": to engage in a hoax or deception":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"antonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humbug Noun imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"tests showed that the \u201cold\u201d map of America was a cleverly made humbug",
"those UFO stories are a lot of humbug",
"Verb",
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His bah- humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 17 Oct. 2020",
"Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 5 May 2020",
"As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs ). \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs , animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs . \u2014 Tom Noel, The Know , 24 Aug. 2019",
"The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news\u2014the better to sucker the eye. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 23 May 2018",
"This was familiar big-corporation humbug , custom-built to obscure the real issues. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220510"
},
"humbuggery":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": something designed to deceive and mislead",
": a willfully false, deceptive, or insincere person",
": an attitude or spirit of pretense and deception",
": nonsense , drivel",
": a hard usually peppermint-flavored candy",
": deceive , hoax",
": to engage in a hoax or deception",
": fraud sense 3",
": nonsense"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259g",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259g"
],
"synonyms":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"antonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"tests showed that the \u201cold\u201d map of America was a cleverly made humbug",
"those UFO stories are a lot of humbug",
"Verb",
"humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"His bah- humbug to Halloween was in keeping with that tough line. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 17 Oct. 2020",
"Like many American holidays, it is now encrusted with humbug and commercialism. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 5 May 2020",
"As the story goes, he is visited by a trio of Christmas ghosts (whom Scrooge accuses of being humbugs ). \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Heroic detective, pilot, poet, magician and victor over all bullies and humbugs , animal or human, Freddy remains a model to us all. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Mar. 2020",
"Merriam-Webster defines a humbug as something or someone that is false or deceptive. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
"Like every state, Colorado has its folklore, hoaxes, tall tales and humbugs . \u2014 Tom Noel, The Know , 24 Aug. 2019",
"The commercial web steams on as a hopped-up, strung-out system of hyperlinks, engineered to mix Barnumesque humbug with authentic reports, and to overlap ads and news\u2014the better to sucker the eye. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, WIRED , 23 May 2018",
"This was familiar big-corporation humbug , custom-built to obscure the real issues. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In its verb form, to be humbugged is to be deceived or be the victim of a hoax. \u2014 Elizabeth Wolfe And Douglas S. Wood, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1749, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200259"
},
"humdinger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a striking or extraordinary person or thing":[
"That was one humdinger of a storm."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02c8di\u014b-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The last storm was a real humdinger !",
"I hear we're in for another humdinger of a storm!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s a bona fide humdinger of a black comedy by Martin McDonagh, that master conductor on the route to bloody ends. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The second son of the former president delivered a humdinger of a performance -- even by his own low standards -- during an appearance on Fox News Channel with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Or\u0161i\u0107\u2019s goal was the fifth in an eight-goal humdinger with Spain, the highest-scoring match witnessed in the competition since the very first: a 5\u20134 win for Yugoslavia over France, sixty-one summers ago. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 2 July 2021",
"Why, goodness gracious, great balls of fire, that\u2019s a humdinger of a show at Osceola Arts. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 8 Mar. 2021",
"That trade was a humdinger ; Wings owner Mike Ilitch sent his private plane to fetch Shanahan and have him in Detroit for that night\u2019s game. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2020",
"That was a humdinger , wasn\u2019t it?\u2019\u2019 Flynn said postgame. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Moby Arena is an old school arena and a must-see venue for basketball fans around Colorado, and Friday night\u2019s tilt between the Rams and Buffs is sure to be a humdinger . \u2014 Jeff Bailey, The Denver Post , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Scotland will face Japan in what promises to be a humdinger in Yokohama on Sunday, and after Ireland plays Samoa in Fukuoka on Saturday. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 9 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of hummer":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182049"
},
"humid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humid wet , damp , dank , moist , humid mean covered or more or less soaked with liquid. wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry. slipped on the wet pavement damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture. clothes will mildew if stored in a damp place dank implies a more distinctly disagreeable or unwholesome dampness. a prisoner in a cold, dank cell moist applies to what is slightly damp or not felt as dry. treat the injury with moist heat humid applies to the presence of much water vapor in the air. a hot, humid climate",
"examples":[
"the air was so humid that our beach towels hanging on the line never really got dry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Temperatures approached 100 degrees in Odessa daily this week as Texas and much of the U.S. faced extremely hot and humid conditions. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"Temperatures were forecast to approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) later Wednesday as Texas \u2014 like much of the United States \u2014 faced extremely hot and humid conditions. \u2014 Chron , 15 June 2022",
"Hot and humid weather will move in briefly on Friday. \u2014 Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Wednesday and Thursday are both partly sunny, hot and humid . \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Unlike the arid expanse of central and northern Saudi Arabia or the hot and humid Red Sea coast, this mountainous region has a temperate climate, with dry air alternating with misty rains. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 June 2022",
"The hot and humid conditions in Houston were brutal from the get-go, players and coaches said. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"Relief from the uncomfortably hot and humid weather will begin in northern and central California on Sunday and Monday with the arrival of a pair of cold fronts. \u2014 Haley Brink And Allison Chinchar, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"Arkansas is expected to have hot and humid temperatures next week with heat index values possibly exceeding 105 degrees. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French or Latin; French humide , from Latin humidus , from hum\u0113re":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061743"
},
"humidity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a moderate degree of wetness especially of the atmosphere \u2014 compare relative humidity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-d\u0259-t\u0113",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mid-\u0259t-\u0113, y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"dampness",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the humidity of the region",
"It's not the heat that will get you\u2014it's the humidity .",
"The temperature is 67 degrees with humidity at 75 percent.",
"an area of low humidity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The threat of summer thunderstorms in the western US often puts firefighters on the alert because in the dry West, the humidity is often so low that rain falling from thunderstorms evaporates before reaching the ground. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"The average humidity on that date is right around 80%. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 June 2022",
"Temperatures will top out around 90 degrees, and humidity will be high. \u2014 Greg Porter, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The lower humidity will be noticeable late in the day or Thursday night. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Lighter winds were expected into the weekend there, but low humidity will be a concern, fire officials said. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Plan to stain your deck when there's no rain in the forecast for at least a few days and the humidity is low. \u2014 Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Relative humidity is also down to 5%, with wind gusts as high as 70 mph are possible. \u2014 Byjulia Jacobo, ABC News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Much drier air is in place over the state, and the humidity will be in the 20 percent range, forecasters said. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020534"
},
"humiliate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify":[
"hoped they wouldn't humiliate themselves in their next game",
"accused her of humiliating him in public",
"feel so humiliated"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t",
"y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.",
"He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.",
"She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The primary objective of this civilian\u2019s pet project was to humiliate his subjects. \u2014 Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation , 17 June 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, an attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 Inna Varenytsia, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, a deadly attack that shattered weeks of relative calm in the capital. \u2014 David Keyton And Inna Varenytsia, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
"During the regular season, the damage inflicted is not quite as glaring because Curry just moves on to his next city to humiliate his next victim. \u2014 Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"His desire not to humiliate Russia has been interpreted as a reference to the severe penalties that were imposed on Germany after World War I, which some historians say created the conditions for the rise of the Nazis and World War II. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 7 June 2022",
"In their haste to slap restrictions on trans athletes, legislators propose a tool that could be used to humiliate any young woman playing sports in Ohio. \u2014 Peter Greene, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"This says a lot about Russia's true attitude toward global institutions, about attempts of Russian authorities to humiliate the UN and everything that the organization represents. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Fat shaming, O\u2019Neil argues, masquerades as concern-trolling, giving unsympathetic outsiders license to humiliate those with weight struggles and gain attention for themselves. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin humiliatus , past participle of humiliare , from Latin humilis low \u2014 more at humble":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1534, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023911"
},
"humongous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely large : huge":[
"a humongous building",
"humongous amounts of money"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-g\u0259s",
"y\u00fc-",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a humongous dish of ice cream",
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that\u2019s been closed for about 30 years now. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Still, calculating thousands of test orbits for thousands of potential asteroids is a humongous number-crunching task. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"And Salinas has also done well in fundraising for a candidate without humongous personal wealth, bringing in more than $658,000 through the beginning of May. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"With huge adv booking that was happening for a month, #DoctorStrange In The Multiverse Of Madness is all set to take a humongous opening all over #India tomorrow and this weekend.. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Compared with many other advanced countries, fuel taxes in the United States are already very low, which is one reason why this country\u2019s carbon imprint is so humongous . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The walls feature metallic internal gears of the humongous clock, and antique timepieces, watches, and mantle clocks make for interesting and eye-catching decor. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The egg soon grows humongous , hatching a creature that the girl grows close to while keeping it secret from her demanding mom. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"That two-tier investing system \u2013 one of potential humongous gains for the elite and one of more subdued increases for everyone else \u2013 has attracted criticism. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1967, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170736"
},
"humor":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality",
": the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : the ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny",
": something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing",
": an often temporary state of mind imposed especially by circumstances",
": characteristic or habitual disposition or bent : temperament",
": a fluid or juice of an animal or plant",
": one of the four fluids entering into the constitution of the body and determining by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament",
": a sudden, unpredictable, or unreasoning inclination : whim",
": a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (such as the blood or lymph )",
": a secretion (such as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity",
": out of sorts",
": to soothe or content (someone) by indulgence : to comply with the temperament or inclinations of",
": to adapt oneself to",
": the amusing quality of something",
": the ability to see or tell the amusing quality of things",
": state of mind : mood",
": to give in to the wishes of",
": a normal functioning bodily semifluid or fluid (as the blood or lymph)",
": a secretion (as a hormone) that is an excitant of activity",
": a fluid or juice of an animal or plant",
": one of the four fluids that were believed to enter into the constitution of the body and to determine by their relative proportions a person's health and temperament \u2014 see black bile , blood sense 3 , phlegm sense 1 , yellow bile"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259r",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedy",
"comic",
"comicality",
"drollery",
"drollness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"uproariousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Some in Odessa, such as resident Amber Elms, found a degree of humor amid the heat. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Infused with Waititi\u2019s brand of humor , the show is balanced with deep emotionalism. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Perfect for the mom-to-be with an irreverent sense of humor , this costume is good reminder that nobody's perfect. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 13 June 2022",
"Dad\u2019s sense of humor , in particular, seemed to fascinate Xan. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Sox is a cute take on the classic Disney animal sidekick, and is typical of the endearing sense of humor at work in the screenplay co-written by director Angus MacLane and Jason Headley. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"If dad has an envelope-pushing sense of humor , tickle his funny bone with a collection of cartoons rejected by The New Yorker \u2014 because they were judged too dumb, too weird, or too dirty. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"Prior to when the couple started dating, Jensen previously told PEOPLE in 2006 that his ideal partner was someone with a sense of humor . \u2014 Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"The film has a mordant sense of humor , a hypnotic gracefulness and a startling emotional sincerity. \u2014 Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Coming on the heels of a price increase for customers who suddenly had to pay for two services instead of one, subscribers were in no mood to humor the whimsical name and lambasted it online. \u2014 Mae Anderson, USA TODAY , 30 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
"Verb",
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220714"
},
"humoristic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": humorous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccy\u00fc-",
"\u02cchy\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02c8ri-stik"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a somewhat humoristic scene in an otherwise dark and brooding drama"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205518"
},
"hump":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a rounded protuberance: such as",
": humpback sense 1",
": a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal (such as a camel, bison, or whale)",
": mound , hummock",
": mountain , range",
": a fit of depression or sulking",
": a difficult, trying, or critical phase or obstacle",
": to copulate with",
": to exert (oneself) vigorously",
": to make humpbacked : hunch",
": to put or carry on the back : lug",
": transport",
": to exert oneself : hustle",
": to move swiftly : race",
": a rounded bulge or lump (as on the back of a camel)",
": a difficult part (as of a task)",
": a rounded protuberance",
": humpback"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259mp",
"\u02c8h\u0259mp",
"\u02c8h\u0259mp"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulk",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness"
],
"antonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump",
"a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries",
"Verb",
"the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains",
"the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Nick Pivetta starts Sunday\u2019s 1:35 p.m. game, with Rich Hill on the hump at 7:10 p.m. on Memorial Day. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Speed cushions are a type of speed hump that has gaps to allow ambulances and firetrucks to drive through at full speed. \u2014 Cameron Knight, The Enquirer , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The interior is fully custom trimmed in lipstick-red leather, though those familiar with the original C2 will immediately feel at home with Corvette\u2019s inimitable twin- hump dash. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Surprise Paradise Honors has come close over and over and over, but hasn't been able to get over that proverbial hump to take down Phoenix St. Mary's on the basketball court. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Was that to build tension, or did that involve a hump production had to get over? \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The Hoosiers finally got over the hump on the road with their win at Nebraska, but that's still their only road win in five tries. \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Davis returns as the Lakers reach the middle hump of their six-game road trip, the team hovering around .500 with their trio of stars \u2014 Davis, Westbrook and LeBron James \u2014 having played only 15 games together. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"This one gets vinyl stripes that run along the side of the power hump on the hood and then along the doors and rear fenders. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1785, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213530"
},
"humungous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": extremely large : huge":[
"a humongous building",
"humongous amounts of money"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0259\u014b-g\u0259s",
"y\u00fc-",
"-\u02c8m\u00e4\u014b-"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a humongous dish of ice cream",
"I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that\u2019s been closed for about 30 years now. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Still, calculating thousands of test orbits for thousands of potential asteroids is a humongous number-crunching task. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"And Salinas has also done well in fundraising for a candidate without humongous personal wealth, bringing in more than $658,000 through the beginning of May. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"With huge adv booking that was happening for a month, #DoctorStrange In The Multiverse Of Madness is all set to take a humongous opening all over #India tomorrow and this weekend.. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Compared with many other advanced countries, fuel taxes in the United States are already very low, which is one reason why this country\u2019s carbon imprint is so humongous . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The walls feature metallic internal gears of the humongous clock, and antique timepieces, watches, and mantle clocks make for interesting and eye-catching decor. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The egg soon grows humongous , hatching a creature that the girl grows close to while keeping it secret from her demanding mom. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2022",
"That two-tier investing system \u2013 one of potential humongous gains for the elite and one of more subdued increases for everyone else \u2013 has attracted criticism. \u2014 Simon Constable, Time , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of huge + monstrous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1967, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225553"
},
"hundred":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective or adverb",
"adjective or noun",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a number equal to 10 times 10 \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": the numbers 100 to 999":[],
": a great number":[
"hundreds of times"
],
": a 100-dollar bill":[],
": a subdivision of some English and American counties":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259n-dr\u0259d",
"-d\u0259rd"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Celebrities like John Boyega have spoken out against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer just as hundreds are protesting in the city and around the country. \u2014 Omar Sanchez, EW.com , 29 May 2020",
"On June 30 \u2014 the date when most contracts in European soccer expire \u2014 hundreds , if not thousands, of players will be out of work. \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 11 May 2020",
"Men\u2019s professional soccer is the world\u2019s most popular sport; many of the players on the U.S. men\u2019s team make hundreds of thousands, and even millions, playing for their club teams. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 4 May 2020",
"There are hundreds , if not thousands, of models that promise to do effectively the same thing: bag fish. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Days before at a larger protest in Raleigh hundreds gathered to speak out against Gov. Roy Cooper\u2019s extension of the stay-at-home order until May 8. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
"Arab states, Israel, and Turkey have issued nighttime curfews starting before or just after sunset to prevent citizens from forming their own public late night tarawih prayers, gatherings that could reach the hundreds to thousands. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The Fourth Circuit ruling giving the National Park Service control of Forest Service land hundreds feet under the trail is as fantastical as the Dr. Seuss character. \u2014 WSJ , 4 Mar. 2020",
"Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers \u2014 many hundreds each day \u2014 the true death toll is likely much higher. \u2014 Sarah Kliff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek he katon , Old English tien ten \u2014 more at ten , reason entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232903"
},
"hung":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having a large penis":[],
"Hungary":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial resulted in a guilty plea. \u2014 Ashlee Banks, Essence , 23 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
"Davis\u2019 murder trials went like this: His first, in 2017, resulted in a hung jury. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 6 June 2022",
"The trial of Michael Anthony Brown, a Mount Airy man accused of murdering his stepfather-in-law and business partner Robert Gurecki in Eldersburg in 2019, ended in a hung jury Monday afternoon following two days of deliberations. \u2014 Cameron Goodnight, Baltimore Sun , 24 May 2022",
"In New Jersey, a two-year corruption indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, ended with a hung jury in 2017. \u2014 Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, Chron , 23 May 2022",
"Castroneves faced federal charges of tax evasion in 2008, and he was acquitted in '09 on six charges, with one resulting in a hung jury. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 16 May 2022",
"This case had two trials, the first trial ending in a hung jury late last year, and the second, which began in February, ultimately resulting in the massive verdict. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"The trial resulted in a hung jury, split along gender lines. \u2014 Morgan Canty, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032056"
},
"hung up":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": delayed or detained for a time":[],
": anxiously nervous":[],
": having great or excessive interest in or preoccupation with someone or something":[
"\u2014 usually used with on they broke up but he's still hung up on her hung up on winning"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"happy",
"obsessed",
"queer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Many people are hung up about their physical appearance.",
"parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The local branch of the All-China Women's Federation hung up the phone. \u2014 Nectar Gan, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"In the meantime, scoop up styles already on sale (and marked down up to 45%), like the bestselling Zella leggings and Moonlight pajamas, and choose from hoards of summer dresses just ready to be hung up in your closet. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 14 May 2022",
"The jury appears to be hung up on the weapons of mass destruction charge - which three defendants are facing - and the possession of an unregistered destructive device, which two defendants are facing. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Unlike other portable gravity showers that need to be hung up and provide minimal pressure, Nemo\u2019s lightweight construction rests on the ground and is pressurized by a foot pump; a few stomps give you a seven-to-ten-minute full-power rinse. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 31 Mar. 2020",
"On May 30, 2002, workers hung up their hardhats and put away the black buckets that had been used in the cleanup. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2022",
"The girls in the apartment hung up party decorations, cut up shiny confetti to use as a prop in the music video, and even called some friends to come over. \u2014 Seventeen , 31 May 2022",
"The child hung up and called several more times, her words growing increasingly desperate and grim. \u2014 Kim Bellware, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Some got tickets on short notice and can\u2019t find affordable accommodations, some had lodging arrangements fall through, some just aren\u2019t hung up on things like planning or sleeping in a bed. \u2014 al , 19 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015120"
},
"hunks":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b(k)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskate",
"churl",
"miser",
"niggard",
"penny-pincher",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Giant hunks of mud calve from the banks to form islands, splitting the river into narrow channels that branch and bend. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Outside are two hunks of raw larvikite stone polished into seats\u2014a commission by Dahl. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Low-flying Russian planes bombed huge hunks out of apartment buildings on the main street. \u2014 Greg Palkot, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Serve warm, and let everyone pull the bread apart into hunks . \u2014 Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"During the Bronze Age, before people figured out how to smelt iron from rock, the only widely available source of iron was meteoric\u2014 hunks of it fallen from space. \u2014 Steven Poole, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Camouflage netting, spent shell casings, hunks of jagged shrapnel: In this 17th century Baroque jewel of a church in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, these are considered sacred relics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
"Plus, don't miss out on this serving tray that's designed to carry things in and out of the house, along with this colorful platter set that's destined to hold everything from chips and dips to salads and hunks of cheese. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"After the teams passed under the burled arch, race officials checked for mandatory gear in the mushers\u2019 sleds and dogs gnawed at congratulatory snacks \u2014 chicken breasts or frozen hunks of meat. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1602, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162328"
},
"hunky-dory":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": quite satisfactory : fine"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0259\u014b-k\u0113-\u02c8d\u022fr-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"all right",
"alright",
"copacetic",
"copasetic",
"copesetic",
"ducky",
"fine",
"good",
"jake",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatable",
"satisfactory"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"obsolete English dialect hunk home base + -dory (of unknown origin)",
"first_known_use":[
"1866, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173808"
},
"hunt (down ":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to succeed in finding (something)",
": to find and capture (someone)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195937"
},
"hurdle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a portable panel usually of wattled withes and stakes used especially for enclosing land or livestock":[],
": a frame or sled formerly used in England for dragging traitors to execution":[],
": an artificial barrier over which racers must leap":[
"knocked over a hurdle"
],
": any of various events in which racers must jump over a series of hurdles":[
"won a medal in the high hurdles",
"The hurdles is his best event."
],
": barrier , obstacle":[
"a company that faces severe financial hurdles",
"overcame many hurdles on her way to earning her degree"
],
": to leap over especially while running (as in a sporting competition)":[
"hurdling an obstacle in a steeplechase"
],
": overcome , surmount":[
"had to hurdle a series of competitive auditions",
"\u2014 Collier's"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He won a medal in the high hurdles .",
"The company faces severe financial hurdles this year.",
"Verb",
"The horse hurdled the fence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That legal hurdle did not stop Beckham from continuing his campaign. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The Biden administration plans to remove that hurdle . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Should Musk clear that hurdle , SpaceX could begin launching its most powerful rocket ever. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Despite that possible hurdle , DeVos is in a better position than ever before to see vouchers enacted in Michigan, said Bill Ballenger, a former Republican state legislator who publishes the Ballenger Report blog about Michigan politics. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"An Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, starring McGregor, would seem to have the combination of elements to clear that hurdle . \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"That hurdle of interoperability is what\u2019s truly keeping the smart home from advancing, so the companies that make most of these devices are banding together to try to solve it. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 6 Jan. 2022",
"For the most part, the makers and people behind the brands won\u2019t be there, so potentially the biggest hurdle will be telling the story. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But the measure failed in a Senate vote, without enough support to clear a 60-vote filibuster hurdle . \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, instead of having to overcome scientific and regulatory hurdles to become valuable, BTC Bitcoin hurdle the resistance of people and companies to using the cryptocurrency to transact business. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"One defender who could keep the quarterback from further silencing the critics who had assailed his inconsistency and maddening tendency to attempt \u2014 and fail \u2014 to hurdle defenders. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Labelle, too, was able to swiftly hurdle his own conundrum. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Once fall settles in, the holidays hurdle in quickly, with a few final opportunities for retail therapy. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 3 Nov. 2021",
"This is the next transportation obstacle that Walmart, and other retailers, need to hurdle . \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Hassan tried, but failed, to hurdle over Kenya's Edinah Jebitok, who tumbled just in front of her as runners jostled for position at the start of the final lap. \u2014 Gerald Imray, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Hassan tried, but failed, to hurdle over Kenya's Edinah Jebitok, who tumbled just in front of her as runners jostled for position at the start of the final lap. \u2014 Gerald Imray, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2021",
"Hassan tried, but failed, to hurdle over Kenya's Edinah Jebitok, who tumbled just in front of her as runners jostled for position at the start of the final lap. \u2014 Gerald Imray, Star Tribune , 1 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hurdel , from Old English hyrdel ; akin to Old High German hurt hurdle, Latin cratis wickerwork, hurdle":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010353"
},
"hurly":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": uproar , tumult":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the high-spirited hurly that engulfs the college campus as students begin arriving en masse for the start of the academic year"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably short for hurly-burly":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002024"
},
"hurly-burly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": uproar , tumult"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0259r-l\u0113-\u02c8b\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"probably alteration & reduplication of hurling , gerund of hurl ",
"first_known_use":[
"1539, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192755"
},
"hurrah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": excitement , fanfare",
": cheer sense 1",
": fuss"
],
"pronounciation":[
"hu\u0307-\u02c8r\u022f",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4",
"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u02ccr\u022f",
"-\u02ccr\u00e4",
"hu\u0307-\u02c8r\u022f",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Weeks after claiming the national crown, the gang got together again at the school\u2019s football training facility for one final hurrah . \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Renner hopes to tie Szabo's total in his final hurrah . \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 2 Mar. 2022",
"At the end of their 2021 tour, the Slackers provided what may be the final, cathartic hurrah before the virus disrupts live entertainment once again. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The expectations for 2021 centered on returning to the postseason for the sixth time in seven years in what likely would be the final hurrah with key players from the 2016 World Series title team. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Some streamers and viewers had already made peace with the closing and opted out of the final hurrah . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Issa Rae returns for a final hurrah after the fourth season ended with some big questions to be answered. \u2014 cleveland , 14 Sep. 2021",
"Despite technically retiring, Hakuho will have one final hurrah after the Olympics\u2019 closing ceremony. \u2014 Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY , 7 Aug. 2021",
"The game, moved due to renovations at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, was a final hurrah for the players as high schoolers. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 13 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191933"
},
"hurried":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": going or working at speed":[
"a hurried waitress"
],
": done in a hurry : hasty":[
"a hurried departure"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0259d",
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The general was forced to make a hurried decision.",
"She had a hurried meeting with her advisers before speaking to the press.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Electrical-grid operators are warning Michigan residents that blackouts could be needed during the hot summer months, with a hurried changeover to renewable energy sources at the forefront of the issue. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
"Moments later, Williams commit Uyi Osayimwen forced a hurried throw that was intercepted by Nicolas Palmer for a 38-yard touchdown. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Thus far, investors haven\u2019t spoken up, possibly because the legislation is so hurried and half-baked that no one has moved beyond the head-scratching stage. \u2014 Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That hurried process has left stakeholders confused, Guillermo-Smith said. \u2014 Lori Rozsa, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"By refusing Russian President Vladimir Putin an easy victory in a key city, the ongoing defense made a mockery of Russia\u2019s hurried attempts to annex Eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"On many busy platforms, hurried riders said the Brooklyn shootings had already become a distant memory, or that their concerns had receded because of their need to make a living. \u2014 Michael Gold, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now, government workers and aid groups are trying to help, conducting a hurried symphony across multiple languages, from Russian and Romanian, which is spoken in Moldova, to French and English. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Here was a one-off claim in a hurried editorial that slimed a public figure. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220814"
},
"hurriedly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": going or working at speed":[
"a hurried waitress"
],
": done in a hurry : hasty":[
"a hurried departure"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0259d",
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The general was forced to make a hurried decision.",
"She had a hurried meeting with her advisers before speaking to the press.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Electrical-grid operators are warning Michigan residents that blackouts could be needed during the hot summer months, with a hurried changeover to renewable energy sources at the forefront of the issue. \u2014 Michael Lee, Fox News , 24 May 2022",
"Moments later, Williams commit Uyi Osayimwen forced a hurried throw that was intercepted by Nicolas Palmer for a 38-yard touchdown. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Thus far, investors haven\u2019t spoken up, possibly because the legislation is so hurried and half-baked that no one has moved beyond the head-scratching stage. \u2014 Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That hurried process has left stakeholders confused, Guillermo-Smith said. \u2014 Lori Rozsa, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"By refusing Russian President Vladimir Putin an easy victory in a key city, the ongoing defense made a mockery of Russia\u2019s hurried attempts to annex Eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"On many busy platforms, hurried riders said the Brooklyn shootings had already become a distant memory, or that their concerns had receded because of their need to make a living. \u2014 Michael Gold, New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Now, government workers and aid groups are trying to help, conducting a hurried symphony across multiple languages, from Russian and Romanian, which is spoken in Moldova, to French and English. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Here was a one-off claim in a hurried editorial that slimed a public figure. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045415"
},
"hurry":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to carry or cause to go with haste":[
"hurry them to the hospital"
],
": to impel to rash or precipitate action":[
"that hard-to-be-governed passion of youth hurried me frequently into intrigues with low women",
"\u2014 Benjamin Franklin"
],
": to impel to greater speed : prod":[
"used spurs to hurry the horse"
],
": expedite":[
"asked them to hurry dinner"
],
": to perform with undue haste":[
"hurry a minuet"
],
": to move or act with haste":[
"please hurry up"
],
": disturbed or disorderly activity : commotion":[
"the incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life \u2026 seem to prevent, or at least discourage, quiet and intense thinking",
"\u2014 C. W. Eliot"
],
": agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste":[],
": a state of eagerness or urgency : rush":[
"was in a hurry to get home"
],
": without delay : as rapidly as possible":[
"the police got there in a hurry"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"bundle",
"fast-track",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed (up)",
"whisk"
],
"antonyms":[
"haste",
"hastiness",
"hustle",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hurry Noun haste , hurry , speed , expedition , dispatch mean quickness in movement or action. haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness. marry in haste hurry often has a strong suggestion of agitated bustle or confusion. in the hurry of departure she forgot her toothbrush speed suggests swift efficiency in movement or action. exercises to increase your reading speed expedition and dispatch both imply speed and efficiency in handling affairs but expedition stresses ease or efficiency of performance and dispatch stresses promptness in concluding matters. the case came to trial with expedition paid bills with dispatch",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Take your time. There's no need to hurry .",
"She hurried off to her class.",
"We hurried through the lesson so that we could finish early.",
"The teacher hurried us through the lesson.",
"They hurried the children off to bed.",
"The quarterback was forced to hurry his throw.",
"Noun",
"In her hurry to leave she forgot her briefcase.",
"after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Democrats want to hurry , worried that delays could sap momentum from the negotiations, while Republicans are moving more deliberately in an area that could upset their constituents, gun-rights groups and donors. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"Amerie was scared of strangers -- and would hurry to lock the door when her father stepped out to pump gas. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"So when drought struck again this year, a research team was assembled in a matter of days to hurry out to the site, according to a statement from the University of T\u00fcbingen. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"But hurry , these Memorial Day savings won't last long and are on sale 5/27 through 5/31. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 May 2022",
"Anyone who has not had the vaccine needs to hurry up because supplies are expiring, Chandler family physician Dr. Andrew Carroll told The Republic. \u2014 Christina Van Waasbergen, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"Doyel: Would the fastest race in Indianapolis 500 history hurry up and get here? \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
"The officer backed up, pulled his Taser out of the holster and radioed dispatch for Mayfield Heights officers to hurry to the scene, at which point the man went after them as well. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 21 May 2022",
"Columnist Gregg Doyel:Would the fastest race in Indianapolis 500 history hurry up and get here? \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the Celtics have a collection of trade exceptions, including one worth $17.1 million that is set to expire next month, and draft night can become active in a hurry . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Getting sick can turn a bad situation worse in a hurry , Huttleston warns. \u2014 Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
"This dishwasher is uncomplicated and easy to program with only five key cycles and six options \u2013 ideal for busy cooks in a hurry . \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"On a quarter-mile or a third-mile track, the type the Tour super late models most often runs, a leader will find himself in traffic in a hurry . \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 19 June 2022",
"Crunching the numbers Comparing the costs of driving and flying is relatively simple but can begin to feel like a middle school math problem in a hurry . \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"Those plans have had to evolve in a hurry since, but many of the same pieces remain in place. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Something had begun to loosen in the past few nights, though there was still the tug and pull\u2014his hurry and her resentment, one perpetuating the other. \u2014 Ay\u015feg\u00fcl Sava\u015f, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Navy in its hurry to get Constellation into the water dismissed calls to add missile cells. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Middle English horyen":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031933"
},
"hurrying":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to carry or cause to go with haste",
": to impel to rash or precipitate action",
": to impel to greater speed : prod",
": expedite",
": to perform with undue haste",
": to move or act with haste",
": disturbed or disorderly activity : commotion",
": agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste",
": a state of eagerness or urgency : rush",
": without delay : as rapidly as possible",
": to carry or cause to go with haste",
": to move or act with haste",
": to speed up",
": a need to act or move more quickly than usual : rush"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"bundle",
"fast-track",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed (up)",
"whisk"
],
"antonyms":[
"haste",
"hastiness",
"hustle",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"So when drought struck again this year, a research team was assembled in a matter of days to hurry out to the site, according to a statement from the University of T\u00fcbingen. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 June 2022",
"But hurry , these Memorial Day savings won't last long and are on sale 5/27 through 5/31. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 May 2022",
"Anyone who has not had the vaccine needs to hurry up because supplies are expiring, Chandler family physician Dr. Andrew Carroll told The Republic. \u2014 Christina Van Waasbergen, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"Doyel: Would the fastest race in Indianapolis 500 history hurry up and get here? \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 22 May 2022",
"The officer backed up, pulled his Taser out of the holster and radioed dispatch for Mayfield Heights officers to hurry to the scene, at which point the man went after them as well. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 21 May 2022",
"Columnist Gregg Doyel:Would the fastest race in Indianapolis 500 history hurry up and get here? \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"He is known to push boundaries, to linger in the spaces others tend to hurry past. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Those who haven\u2019t yet adopted a digital approach to buying are missing an opportunity to become more sustainable and should hurry to catch up. \u2014 Kristin Savilia, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two words that'll grab your attention in a hurry these days: Free gas. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"An inevitable outcome when packing one or two weeks\u2019 worth of supplies into a backpack is that things are going to get moved around in a hurry . \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 7 June 2022",
"Between rising monthly payments and much higher down payments, housing affordability has become a problem in a hurry . \u2014 Ben Carlson, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"Press correspondents are leaving in a hurry , one after the other. \u2014 Emmanuel Carr\u00e8re, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"And while Osaka\u2019s latest clay-court season is over in a hurry , Anisimova\u2019s continues to run. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Crunching the numbers Comparing the costs of driving and flying is relatively simple but can begin to feel like a middle school math problem in a hurry . \u2014 cleveland , 22 May 2022",
"In other words, lots of people need cash in a hurry . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"These days all of this could change in a hurry , though. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1592, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183730"
},
"hurtful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": causing injury, detriment, or suffering : damaging":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She can't forgive him for the hurtful things he said.",
"Their comments were really hurtful to me.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first letter was from two dorm mates writing jointly to apologize for their rude, hurtful behavior. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 26 June 2022",
"The first letter was from two dormmates writing jointly to apologize for their rude, hurtful behavior. \u2014 cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"The first letter was from two dormmates writing jointly to apologize for their rude, hurtful behavior. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"The first letter was from two dorm mates writing jointly to apologize for their rude, hurtful behavior. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"Pilcher said what was most hurtful about the experience were the guns pointed at him and other casino workers, both Native and non-Native. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 May 2022",
"Pilcher said what was most hurtful about the experience were the guns pointed at him and other casino workers, both Native and non-Native. \u2014 USA Today , 20 May 2022",
"Should is even more hurtful when applied to a personal way of being. \u2014 Lisa D. Foster, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"But the Colin situation was perhaps even more hurtful , as Penelope overheard him talking to his mates in the garden and dismissing her as any legitimate romantic prospect. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1526, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210401"
},
"husband":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a male partner in a marriage",
": the manager of another's property : steward",
": a frugal manager",
": to manage prudently and economically",
": to use sparingly : conserve",
": to find a husband for : mate",
": a male partner in a marriage",
": to manage with thrift : use carefully"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259z-b\u0259nd",
"\u02c8h\u0259z-b\u0259nd"
],
"synonyms":[
"hubby",
"man",
"mister",
"old man"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserve"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Have you met her husband ?",
"she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary",
"Verb",
"The country has husbanded its resources well.",
"husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a father and husband , McClarnon\u2019s Leaphorn is far more complicated and messy, but no less riveting. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"This Father's Day, Kourtney Kardashian's kids spent time with their dad, Scott Disick, while the Poosh founder enjoyed a night in with husband Travis Barker and his adult children. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"The adorable snap was featured front and center in a thoughtful tribute to McPhee\u2019s husband David Foster. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
"The song will be made available on streaming platforms including Spotify, YouTube and Tidal, the latter being the music streaming service co-owned by Beyonc\u00e9 and husband Jay-Z. \u2014 Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Mandy Moore shared a candid black-and-white photo of husband Taylor Goldsmith with their son August. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"The 26-year-old trainer, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, honored her Kansas City Chiefs quarterback husband on Sunday by taking him and their 15-month-old daughter Sterling Skye on a boat outing to mark the special occasion. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 19 June 2022",
"Being an Instagram boyfriend/ husband is a serious job. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"With a new baby and a former FBI operative husband turned stay-at-home dad (not to mention a new actor, Christian Keyes, stepping into the role of Robin Carmichael in season 3), there\u2019s a lot of new developments on Lola\u2019s plate. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On Tuesday, Bindi Irwin shared a photo on Instagram showing off the moment her and husband Chandler Powell's 1-year-old daughter met the family's cockatoo, named Occa, at their Australia Zoo. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Kardashian also attended Hilton's recent wedding to husband Carter Reum. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Laura was previously married to husband Robert from 1963 up until his death in 2017. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 12 Feb. 2022",
"During her best screenplay acceptance speech, Gyllenhaal gave emotional props to husband Peter Sarsgaard. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022",
"On Monday, Bindi Irwin shared a series of sweet photos of her and husband Chandler Powell's 8-month-old daughter Grace Warrior with their dog Stella and a chicken. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 14 Dec. 2021",
"In the film, Phastos, who is played by Brian Tyree Henry, is married to husband Ben, played by actor Haaz Sleiman, who was born in Dubai. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Thomas, married 30 years to husband Danny, is the mother of two grown children and has resided in Richmond Heights for 26 years. \u2014 cleveland , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Last month, Ciara tipped her cap to husband Russell Wilson at the 2021 Met Gala in a neon green, sequined gown by Dundas resembling the quarterback's Seattle Seahawks uniform. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-203147"
},
"husbandry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture":[],
": the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals":[],
": the control or judicious use of resources : conservation":[],
": the care of a household":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259z-b\u0259n-dr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift"
],
"antonyms":[
"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit",
"a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From the article: Google now appears to be taking a carpet-bombing, or perhaps carpet-fertilizing, approach to its husbandry of the remaining Indian short-video startups. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"That care can mean anything from wildlife conservation to land rehabilitation, and even making sure practices like hunting and husbandry don't come at the expense of our ethics. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Her vision involves developing coral husbandry programs, testing the hybrid corals for hardiness, growing vast numbers in nurseries, then planting them en masse, monitoring them, and keeping stores of frozen eggs and sperm in case of failure. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But much of the care, such as taking blood samples, can be done in situ with the help of the husbandry staff. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Which environmental factors or husbandry practices put some companion parrot species at a greater risk of developing mental health problems? \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"First and foremost, everything on the dinner plate is sourced from the south, native to the area, highlighting heirloom husbandry and on-site pickling. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Such careful insect husbandry has given her a deep appreciation for an insect most people see as a pest. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Now Ku\u2019ui has introduced me to another: the most advanced fish husbandry techniques in the Pacific at the time of Captain Cook\u2019s arrival, many of which are practiced today in much the same way throughout the islands. \u2014 Jesse Ashlock, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062434"
},
"hush":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": calm , quiet":[
"hushed the children as they entered the library"
],
": to put at rest : mollify":[],
": to keep from public knowledge : suppress":[
"hush the story up"
],
": to become quiet":[],
": silent , still":[],
": intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information":[
"hush money"
],
": a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259sh"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"chill out",
"cool",
"pipe down",
"quiet",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.",
"The judge hushed the spectators.",
"The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.",
"Noun",
"the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea",
"a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"A quarter of a century later, Wolf has yet to hush up. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this? \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Democrats and voting-rights activists aren\u2019t unaware of these facts but hush up about them so as not to undercut the voter-suppression story line. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Beijing routinely uses market access as a powerful leverage to force Western business to hush up on human rights, or to toe its lines on issues such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Enjoy the music and the company of other people who know to hush when it\u2019s being made. \u2014 al , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Perry is legitimately desperate, yet stuck in a society that wants to hush him up for expressing despair. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Fried fish, shrimp, oysters and crab claws, plus hush puppies and a side, for a princely $13.50. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022",
"Appetizers include queso, spinach and artichoke dip, hush puppies and bruschetta. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 6 May 2022",
"The hush money was paid by Cohen during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Cohen later pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in connection to it. \u2014 Felicia Sonmez And Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Avenatti was once one of cable television's most prolific pundits, regularly appearing on news shows to speak for Daniels and criticize then-President Trump, who was accused of paying hush money to Daniels. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"The smell of fried delicacies like catfish and hush puppies wafts through the air. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At Leon\u2019s Poultry & Oyster Shop, dinner guests waiting for a table congregated outside the former auto-body shop while servers delivered heaping plates of oysters, shrimp and hush puppies on the other side of the potted plants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Executive chef Michael Crouch leads the kitchen, serving items like tartare dishes ($17-$22), a-la-carte charcuterie (market price), and dishes like a salad, lobster hush puppies, and Bolognese meatballs ($11-$19). \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022",
"They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair of runs gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead, and sent a hush over 4,174 spectators at Goss Stadium. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"There are times when a silent hush falls over the stage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
"How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin-drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture? \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That cathedral hush is indeed one sort of religious experience. \u2014 Dave Lucas, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The silence in McPherson\u2019s head was similar to the hush that fell over Nissan Stadium in Nashville and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City after McPherson sent the Titans and Chiefs home for the winter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Last summer in Japan, similar no-cheering hush was contemplated for the Olympics before organizers decided to run the Tokyo Games with largely empty venues. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The majority of the Bay Area\u2019s tech company HQs are still shuttered, and inside the firm\u2019s office, the hush suggests the lawyers, too, are working from home. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from husht hushed, from Middle English hussht , from huissht , interjection used to enjoin silence":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1650, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050913"
},
"hush (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to be quiet":[
"I told him to hush up ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223335"
},
"hushed":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": calm , quiet",
": to put at rest : mollify",
": to keep from public knowledge : suppress",
": to become quiet",
": silent , still",
": intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information",
": a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet",
": to make or become quiet, calm, or still : soothe",
": quiet entry 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259sh",
"\u02c8h\u0259sh"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"chill out",
"cool",
"pipe down",
"quiet",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.",
"The judge hushed the spectators.",
"The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.",
"Noun",
"the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea",
"a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"A quarter of a century later, Wolf has yet to hush up. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this? \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Democrats and voting-rights activists aren\u2019t unaware of these facts but hush up about them so as not to undercut the voter-suppression story line. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Beijing routinely uses market access as a powerful leverage to force Western business to hush up on human rights, or to toe its lines on issues such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Enjoy the music and the company of other people who know to hush when it\u2019s being made. \u2014 al , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Perry is legitimately desperate, yet stuck in a society that wants to hush him up for expressing despair. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The hush money was paid by Cohen during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Cohen later pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in connection to it. \u2014 Felicia Sonmez And Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Avenatti was once one of cable television's most prolific pundits, regularly appearing on news shows to speak for Daniels and criticize then-President Trump, who was accused of paying hush money to Daniels. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"The smell of fried delicacies like catfish and hush puppies wafts through the air. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At Leon\u2019s Poultry & Oyster Shop, dinner guests waiting for a table congregated outside the former auto-body shop while servers delivered heaping plates of oysters, shrimp and hush puppies on the other side of the potted plants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Executive chef Michael Crouch leads the kitchen, serving items like tartare dishes ($17-$22), a-la-carte charcuterie (market price), and dishes like a salad, lobster hush puppies, and Bolognese meatballs ($11-$19). \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022",
"They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022",
"French fries, hush puppies, mac and cheese, coleslaw, applesauce. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 Mar. 2022",
"And for most people, one dinner \u2014 overflowing with filets, fries, hush puppies \u2014 easily feeds two. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pair of runs gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead, and sent a hush over 4,174 spectators at Goss Stadium. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"There are times when a silent hush falls over the stage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022",
"How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin-drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture? \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"That cathedral hush is indeed one sort of religious experience. \u2014 Dave Lucas, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The silence in McPherson\u2019s head was similar to the hush that fell over Nissan Stadium in Nashville and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City after McPherson sent the Titans and Chiefs home for the winter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Last summer in Japan, similar no-cheering hush was contemplated for the Olympics before organizers decided to run the Tokyo Games with largely empty venues. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2022",
"The majority of the Bay Area\u2019s tech company HQs are still shuttered, and inside the firm\u2019s office, the hush suggests the lawyers, too, are working from home. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1650, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184251"
},
"hustler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who hustles : such as",
": one who obtains money by fraud or deceit : scammer , swindler",
": one who lures less skillful players into competing at a gambling game",
": an athlete who plays with alert energy and aggressiveness",
": prostitute"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-sl\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175104"
},
"hut":{
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack",
": a simple shelter from the elements",
": a small roughly made and often temporary dwelling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259t",
"\u02c8h\u0259t",
"\u02c8h\u0259p",
"\u02c8h\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabin",
"camp",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hutch",
"hutment",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rental hut overlooking the quarry along the Riverwalk near Rotary Hill and the Riverwalk Caf\u00e9. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"Athletes instead lean hard on the excellent Swiss hut system, and the occasional valley hotel, for most food and lodging\u2014which frees them to run with packs that weigh nine pounds or less, not counting water. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, Outside Online , 26 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s not fair to call Red Mountain Alpine Lodge a hut . \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 10 Nov. 2020",
"In 1601 a religious ascetic named Ihor Manyaski retreated to this gorge and built a crude hut on the hillside. \u2014 Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"There had been a small hut covered with leaves with other residents seeking shelter. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Few, that is, besides Martin Heidegger, who wore his ski suit to teach in Freiburg after spending the morning making turns near his Black Forest hut . \u2014 Rachel Kushner, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"For Siddhant\u2019s first 13 years, his family lived in a small hut next to a shop that sold cheap liquor. \u2014 Sonia Paul, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The road ended at the edge of Lake Leynar, where the taxi driver gestured toward a wooden hut . \u2014 Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure , 20 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Interjection",
"1948, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230358"
},
"hutch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a chest or compartment for storage",
": a cupboard usually surmounted by open shelves",
": a pen or coop for an animal",
": shack , shanty",
": a low cupboard usually having open shelves on top",
": a pen or coop for an animal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259ch",
"\u02c8h\u0259ch"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabin",
"camp",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutment",
"shack",
"shanty"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the destitute family lives in a tiny hutch made of tin and cardboard",
"keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Desert color combos of pink, orange, rust, and navy\u2014including new paint on the hutch \u2014lend warmth. \u2014 Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens , 17 May 2022",
"What to Consider The most important feature to consider when choosing a rabbit hutch is its overall size. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Michelle Nicholson owns a wooden hutch that\u2019s older than Gale House. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Lights in every bay seemed excessive, and switching out wood shelves for glass ones would not fit the hutch \u2019s rustic style. \u2014 Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"While the property has undergone renovations since Harrison lived there, many of the original features from his time living in the house remain, like the bath, sink, some doors and a large kitchen hutch . \u2014 Carlie Porterfield, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Hi Roxine, Your solid maple bedroom set and the dining room hutch are Genuine Cushman Colonial Creations of Bennington, Vt., and are great American pieces. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The value for the bedroom set would be $450, while the hutch would be $400. \u2014 Brenda Yenke, cleveland , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The china hutch from her nana that was once in her dining room now sits in her bedroom and is filled with books. \u2014 Star Tribune , 28 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English huche , from Anglo-French",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211835"
},
"hutment":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a collection of huts : encampment",
": hut"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259t-m\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"camp",
"campground",
"campsite",
"encampment"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed",
"a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221950"
},
"hutzpa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall":[
"It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to him the way she did."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)sp\u00e4",
"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307t-",
"\u02c8hu\u0307t-sp\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for chutzpah temerity , audacity , hardihood , effrontery , nerve , cheek , gall , chutzpah mean conspicuous or flagrant boldness. temerity suggests boldness arising from rashness and contempt of danger. had the temerity to refuse audacity implies a disregard of restraints commonly imposed by convention or prudence. an entrepreneur with audacity and vision hardihood suggests firmness in daring and defiance. admired for her hardihood effrontery implies shameless, insolent disregard of propriety or courtesy. outraged at his effrontery nerve , cheek , gall , and chutzpah are informal equivalents for effrontery . the nerve of that guy has the cheek to call herself a singer had the gall to demand proof the chutzpah needed for a career in show business",
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Successful entrepreneurs and companies need a healthy heaping of chutzpah to take down the competition, especially in a place as fast-moving as Silicon Valley. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"But the chutzpah of renting an apartment and having a permanent place was really too much. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah . \u2014 James Beecham, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But Grainger\u2019s wedding night, which outraged some for its audacity and vulgarity and delighted others for its sheer chutzpah and exceptional music-making, is the Hollywood Bowl in a nutshell. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas \u2014 not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Possessed of seemingly boundless networking chutzpah , Holmes touted Theranos blood-testing technology as a breakthrough that could scan for hundreds of medical conditions using just a few drops of blood. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"That a person like this could exist in that time: Someone who seems to shine, to have such a lightness about them, this cheekiness, this chutzpah . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish khutspe , from Late Hebrew \u1e25u\u1e63p\u0101h":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065531"
},
"huzzah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an expression or shout of acclaim":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally to express joy or approbation"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)h\u0259-\u02c8z\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, this was a case where audience huzzahs didn't necessarily translate into critical enthusiasm. \u2014 Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Sep. 2019",
"There were many huzzahs and much rejoicing \u2014 with chips and guacamole, of course. \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 27 July 2019",
"So huzzah for the power of ideas and a work actually willing to confront the liberal intellectuals in the seats. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 21 May 2018",
"Breezes, huzzah , are a bit weaker out of the north, perhaps around 10-15 mph. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2018",
"In this place, women call the shots as often as men do, and the suffer the slings and arrows of outraged critics - or earn their huzzahs . \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com , 20 Aug. 2017",
"Its communicative steering is a shining point for the RC, but otherwise performance is more blah than huzzah . \u2014 Michael Simari, Car and Driver , 28 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1573, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063922"
},
"humorist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person subject to whims":[],
": a person specializing in or noted for humor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-rist"
],
"synonyms":[
"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tickets start at $57.75 to see why Sedaris is a bestselling humorist . \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Will Rogers, the down-home Oklahoma humorist and actor, whose popularity and paychecks were enormous, held the title of honorary mayor of Beverly Hills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"Audrey Atkins is the Director of Community Engagement at Birmingham\u2019s National Public Radio member station WBHM by day, as well as a writer, speaker, and humorist . \u2014 Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, named after the late writer and humorist of the same name, honors those who've had an impact on society. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s the basis of this satirical series, which was created by Quinta Brunson, an Internet humorist , who stars as Janine Teagues, the most optimistic teacher at the Philadelphia inner-city public school \u2014 that means for black kids. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For a time, Lewis Grossberger, a humorist , wrote a column called Mental Notes, which once offered dating tips from Attila the Hun. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Gelett Burgess, a cartoonist and a humorist who exhibited at the photographer Alfred Stieglitz\u2019s gallery in the nineteen-tens, evolved an entire mock theory for this kind of deliberately amateur art. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Prior to joining Travel + Leisure, Tim was a freelance travel writer, an editor at Architectural Digest, and a humorist , writing for The Ellen Degeneres Show, Mad Magazine, CollegeHumor.com, and National Lampoon. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011935"
},
"hunkers":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": haunches":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-k\u0259rz"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1756, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025128"
},
"hubby":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": husband":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"husband",
"man",
"mister",
"old man"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"my hubby's been gone on a business trip all week, and I really miss him",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, Cardi B cooked up oxtails for hubby Offset and their beautiful blended family. \u2014 Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence , 21 June 2022",
"Hailey Baldwin and her hubby Justin Bieber escaped their massive mansion for a getaway in the deserts of Utah. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
"That's just a short train ride away from her awesome house, where her genial hubby and goofy son wait patiently. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"Peltz swapped wedding white for a hot pink gown by while her new hubby wore an ivory suit. \u2014 Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"So good, in fact, that Hailey couldn't resist to gush about her hubby on Instagram. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 2 May 2022",
"From conquering her fear of heights to twirling around with rhythmic gymnasts, to tattooing her hubby , holistic healing, cooking thanksgiving dinner and officiating a wedding. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Ci Ci and her hubby snapped photos with sports-meets-music couple Noami Osaka and rapper bae Cordae. \u2014 Essence , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The actress just rang in the last birthday of her 40s by enjoying a vacation with her hubby . \u2014 Essence , 30 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by alteration":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1688, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040640"
},
"hunker (down)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lower the body to the ground by bending the legs":[
"The hikers hunkered down under a cliff until the storm passed."
],
": to stay in a place for a period of time":[
"The leaders hunkered down at a country estate for difficult peace negotiations."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025646"
},
"hurry-scurry":{
"type":[
"adjective or adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a confused rush : turmoil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0259-r\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02cch\u0259r-\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0259r-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of hurry entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015032"
},
"hummer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that hums":[],
": hummingbird":[],
": humdinger":[],
": fastball":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-m\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse",
"self-starter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"A hummer was feeding at the flowers.",
"he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And naturally, the only way to be comfortable was riding a stretch hummer the length of a city block. \u2014 Jodi Walker, EW.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"The hummers usually find it within a week and keep coming back, often the same date, for years on their migratory routes. \u2014 Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com , 29 Mar. 2020",
"Once in a while somebody catches a snakehead, but these ho- hummers don\u2019t seem to be in any hurry to take over the nation\u2019s waterways. \u2014 Colin Moore, Outdoor Life , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Two summer-flowering shade perennials are sure to draw the hummers . \u2014 Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Whereas ordinary birds pull themselves aloft with just the downstroke of their wings, insects and hummers generate lift in both directions. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine , 21 June 2019",
"Most of the birds arriving on Fort Morgan are coming from Mexico, Central America, or even South America, even the tiny hummers . \u2014 Ben Raines, AL.com , 20 Apr. 2018",
"Found only in Cuba, the itty-bitty bee hummingbird, the world\u2019s smallest bird, weighing less than a dime, is adapted to drink nectar from flowers too small for any other hummer . \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Apr. 2018",
"But the tiniest of these hummers was the one that elicited the most excitement: a Festive coquette, an extremely rare green-crested bird with a white rump patch, only three inches long. \u2014 James F. Mccarty, cleveland.com , 13 Feb. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184203"
},
"husk":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a carob pod":[],
": an outer layer : shell":[],
": an emptied shell : remnant":[],
": a supporting framework":[],
": to strip the husk from":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259sk"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"antonyms":[
"bark",
"flay",
"hull",
"peel",
"shell",
"shuck",
"skin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers",
"Verb",
"the tedious task of husking coconuts",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Only his sleeping husk (dubbed an OrchidBed) and automated feeding chair seem to give him any peace at all. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"For the mom who has everything, get her c\u00e1scara tea, made from the outer husk of a coffee cherry. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Live music was a mere husk of itself, and touring was impossible. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 19 May 2022",
"His vigor has to be suppressed for an exhausted husk of a man like George. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"The husk of the seed is polished off the way rice is polished to make sake. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The Walking Dead feels utterly unrecognizable for the most part these days, a tired husk of its former self barely clinging on. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The uppers of YY Nation's shoes are crafted from merino wool and a faux leather made from pineapple husk , typically a waste product that gets burned after harvest; outsoles are made from algae, sugarcane, and recycled rubber. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"While the fields are no longer burned today, the taste for the dark, smoky flour remains and producers in Puglia and around Italy now make industrialized grano arso flour and dried pastas from husked , deeply toasted grains. \u2014 Stacy Adimando, Saveur , 9 Oct. 2017",
"Some sold for several hundred dollars, husks good only for spare parts. \u2014 Aaron Calvin, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2019",
"As Alex, Sturridge does a good job of husking himself as the story goes sour. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2019",
"To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018",
"To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018",
"To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018",
"To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018",
"To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043807"
},
"husky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective ()",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": hoarse with or as if with emotion",
": siberian husky",
": a heavy-coated working dog of the New World arctic region",
": burly , robust",
": large",
": one that is husky",
": resembling, containing, or full of husks",
": hoarse sense 2",
": a strong dog with a thick coat often used to pull sleds in arctic regions",
": strong sense 1 , burly",
": larger than average"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259s-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"mesomorphic"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective (1)",
"circa 1722, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (1)",
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Adjective (2)",
"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1864, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective (3)",
"1552, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195112"
},
"huge":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": very large or extensive: such as":[],
": of great size or area":[
"huge buildings"
],
": great in scale or degree":[
"a huge deficit",
"a huge undertaking",
"They're having a huge sale tomorrow.",
"The crowds were huge .",
"Your help made a huge difference."
],
": great in scope or character":[
"a dancer of huge talent"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fcj",
"\u02c8y\u00fcj"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for huge enormous , immense , huge , vast , gigantic , colossal , mammoth mean exceedingly large. enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnormality or monstrousness. an enormous expense an immense shopping mall huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. incurred a huge debt vast usually suggests immensity of extent. the vast Russian steppes gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. a gigantic sports stadium colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimensions. a colossal statue of Lincoln mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. a mammoth boulder",
"examples":[
"Renovating the house is a huge undertaking.",
"The store is having a huge sale tomorrow.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adriatic and Mediterranean sailings are in huge demand, and now there can be more of these each season in each destination. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"The last remaining Ukrainian troops were holed up in underground shelters in the huge Azot chemical plant, along with hundreds of civilians. \u2014 David Keyton, John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 June 2022",
"As a result, the events in the second film are a huge plot hole for Deadpool 3. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 25 June 2022",
"That approach comes with huge risks, Brettler said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 25 June 2022",
"However, acquiring Grant was a huge move that takes some pressure off of Cronin heading into the summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a huge vegetarian population in the Arab world. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The incident happened as Washington and cities coast to coast were bracing for a second day of huge street demonstrations Saturday after the ruling was met with an outpouring of joy and rage Friday night. \u2014 James Bikales, Washington Post , 25 June 2022",
"It\u2019s like watching a comedy at home alone, versus with a huge audience. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old French ahuge":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193227"
},
"hunt":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to pursue for food or in sport":[
"hunt buffalo"
],
": to manage in the search for game":[
"hunts a pack of dogs"
],
": to pursue with intent to capture":[
"hunted the escapees"
],
": to search out : seek":[],
": to drive or chase especially by harrying":[
"members \u2026 were hunted from their homes",
"\u2014 J. T. Adams"
],
": to traverse in search of prey":[
"hunts the woods"
],
": to take part in a hunt":[],
": to attempt to find something":[],
": to oscillate alternately to each side (as of a neutral point) or to run alternately faster and slower":[
"\u2014 used especially of a device or machine"
],
"(James Henry) Leigh 1784\u20131859 English writer":[],
": the act, the practice, or an instance of hunting":[],
": a group of mounted hunters and their hunting dogs":[],
"Sir R(ichard) Timothy 1943\u2013 British molecular biologist":[],
"1827\u20131910 English painter":[
"(William) Hol*man \\ \u02c8h\u014dl-\u200bm\u0259n \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"stalk"
],
"antonyms":[
"quest",
"search"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The wolf was hunting its prey.",
"These birds have been hunted almost to extinction.",
"a gun used for hunting squirrels",
"He likes to hunt and fish.",
"She hunted around in the closet for a pair of shoes.",
"Police hunted the escaped prisoners through several states.",
"Noun",
"They went on a hunt .",
"We finally found a good restaurant after a long hunt .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kraven had a unique ability to stalk and hunt with regular tools before he became obsessed with killing bigger prey with his bare hands, Variety reported of the character. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Where to go: There are a number of regions throughout Italy\u2014Piedmont and Tuscany, but also Umbria, Lombardy, Liguria, Veneto, and others\u2014where travelers can hunt for truffles, with the types of funghi available varying by season. \u2014 Tyler Zielinski, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Not content with banning transgender girls and young women from playing sports, Ohio House Republicans are encouraging people to hunt them down. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Darth Vader finds out that Obi-Wan is on a mining planet and Vader goes there to hunt him down. \u2014 Marianne Garvey, CNN , 2 June 2022",
"With their extra time, the sisters went to hunt them down at Tops market. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"She\u2019s the one who can traverse between universes, and someone will hunt her. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Sure, there are enemies, but they are spread out and won\u2019t often come hunt you down out of nowhere. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Pill supplies were initially very limited, doctors had to hunt them down at pharmacies hours away or put the burden on sick patients to find the drugs themselves. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What was the experience like filming with our crew during your house hunt ? \u2014 Fox News , 11 June 2022",
"These feelings are normal, and everyone goes through them during their job hunt . \u2014 Michelle Perchuk, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"By Lap 17, with the polesitter Josef Newgarden still out near the end of his opening red tire stint, Rossi overtook him to move into 5th-place to seriously begin his hunt of Power. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"In the survey of 2,000 people released this week, Zillow also found that 61% of millennial home buyers and more than 65% of Gen Z home buyers were brought to tears during their house hunt . \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 3 June 2022",
"Your hunt for the perfect summer ride might be over. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"This week, conservationists have been busier than usual in their hunt for dead and injured birds as millions of birds flew across Chicagoland in what experts said was one of the biggest migration movements of the season. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"While not everything works out in life, Davis felt confident his hunt in West Virginia, his final state, would. \u2014 Brian Broom, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
"In its hunt to replace Russian energy imports, Europe has found a new best friend: Qatar, the small Middle Eastern country that is rich in natural gas. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 30 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English huntian ; akin to Old English hentan to seize":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062445"
},
"hull":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the outer covering of a fruit or seed":[],
": the persistent calyx or involucre that subtends some fruits (such as a strawberry)":[],
": the frame or body of a ship or boat exclusive of masts, yards, sails, and rigging":[],
": the main body of a usually large or heavy craft or vehicle (such as an airship or tank)":[],
": covering , casing":[],
"Cordell 1871\u20131955 American statesman; U.S. Secretary of State (1933\u201344)":[],
": to remove the hulls of : shuck":[],
"Isaac 1773\u20131843 American naval officer":[],
"Bobby 1939\u2013 Robert Marvin Hull Canadian ice hockey player":[],
"William 1753\u20131825 American general":[],
"city and port on the Humber River in eastern England population 242,200":[],
"former town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Ottawa River":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"antonyms":[
"bark",
"flay",
"husk",
"peel",
"shell",
"shuck",
"skin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the coffin was placed in a cement hull",
"Verb",
"hull the pinto beans before adding them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These included hull planks, ceramic jars, bronze and silver coins, jewelry, and more marble and bronze statues. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 June 2022",
"Silversea\u2019s new Silver Nova, however, is an industry pioneer: a standard luxury ship that has been built from the hull up with sustainability in mind. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"The ship blazes red above water before the virtual camera plunges below the surface to reveal the hull torn in two. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"With little reserve likely left for platform growth, an overweight Offshore Patrol Cutter may exhibit faster-than expected hull fatigue, or even, potentially, disappoint at sea. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"The Orcas lack a sail, giving them more of a torpedo-like appearance, but can raise a sensor and communications mast from a position flush with the hull . \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
"Then, four men climbed onto the hull to sit and smoke. \u2014 Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"Most blow-up kayaks employ this tech only in the base; Decathlon uses it throughout the entire hull . \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Under the glare of his copter\u2019s searchlight, the pilot could see the sub\u2019s hull was awash as the crew clung to the steel safety cable. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Then, hull the strawberries and slice them in half. \u2014 Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"Captain Carlson attributed the Zumwalt\u2019s stability to hull form, relative location of the rudder stops, and the size of the propellers. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 Jan. 2020",
"La Lupita uses Mazahua corn, grown more than 8,200 feet above sea level, and nixtamalizes (a process where the corn is soaked, cooked, washed, and hulled ) and grinds it in-house, then slaps it into sizzling warm tortillas. \u2014 Jen Murphy, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 27 Feb. 2020",
"On June 28, 1919, the first concrete- hulled ship built in Mobile, the USS Selma, was launched and prepared to aid Allied forces. \u2014 Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al , 20 Feb. 2020",
"Not all mixes are equal; striped sunflower, for example, is not favored by as many bird species as black-oil sunflower or hulled or chipped sunflowers, according to a three-year study, Project Wildbird. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Oct. 2019",
"Sarter was the operator of a 21-foot Monark aluminum- hulled boat that capsized about 11 a.m. after the engine became waterlogged, according to the sheriff\u2019s office report. \u2014 Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities , 30 Sep. 2019",
"In the United States, many seeds that don\u2019t need hulling are harvested from two pumpkin varieties: oilseed and snow whites. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 14 Oct. 2019",
"This makes minesweepers, wooden or fiberglass- hulled ships specifically designed to hunt down and dispose of minesweepers, vital in a conflict. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 6 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English holle, hulle, going back to Old English hulu, apparently going back to a by-form (without umlaut) of Germanic *hulj\u014d (whence Old High German hulla \"outer garment,\" Middle High German h\u00fclle ), nominal derivative from *hulj-a- \"to cover\" (whence Old Saxon bi hullean \"to veil, conceal,\" Old High German hullan \"to cover,\" Old Norse hylja \"to hide, cover,\" Gothic huljan \"to cover, veil\"), going back to Indo-European *\u1e31l\u0325-i\u032fe-, present stem formed from the verbal base *\u1e31el- \"cover, conceal\" \u2014 more at conceal":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003234"
},
"hunger":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a craving or urgent need for food or a specific nutrient":[],
": an uneasy sensation occasioned by the lack of food":[
"The small meal wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger ."
],
": a weakened condition brought about by prolonged lack of food":[
"died of hunger"
],
": a strong desire : craving":[
"a hunger for success"
],
": very bad or inept":[
"the jokes were from hunger",
"\u2014 Mordecai Richler"
],
": to feel or suffer hunger (see hunger entry 1 )":[
"feasting while the poor hunger"
],
": to have an eager desire":[
"The nation hungers for a strong leader."
],
": to make hungry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-g\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"belly",
"emptiness",
"famishment",
"munchies",
"stomach"
],
"antonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for ",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for ",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hunger Verb long , yearn , hanker , pine , hunger , thirst mean to have a strong desire for something. long implies a wishing with one's whole heart and often a striving to attain. longed for some rest yearn suggests an eager, restless, or painful longing. yearned for a stage career hanker suggests the uneasy promptings of unsatisfied appetite or desire. always hankering for money pine implies a languishing or a fruitless longing for what is impossible. pined for a lost love hunger and thirst imply an insistent or impatient craving or a compelling need. hungered for a business of his own thirsted for power",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She has been a leader in the fight against world hunger .",
"One sandwich wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger .",
"Her students have a genuine hunger for knowledge.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But a statement released by the White House said that $2 billion of the US aid would be used for direct humanitarian intervention in areas facing immediate hunger or famine. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Caitlin Welsh, a veteran expert in global food security who heads that program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said hunger and famine have consequences for both health and politics. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"That has included a strong focus on addressing poverty. Through its Community Hub for Basic Needs, the organization works to interrupt the cycle of poverty by addressing its symptoms, such as homelessness and hunger . \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
"And this kind of waste is a root cause of worldwide hunger : every year roughly one third of food produced across the globe goes to waste. \u2014 Sam Jones, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"The disaster heaps more misery on a country where millions already faced increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has crumbled since the Taliban retook power nearly 10 months ago amid the U.S. and NATO withdrawal. \u2014 Ebrahim Noroozi, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"The partnership between Alpert JFS and MAZON kicked off with a session featuring conversations on hunger in the U.S., recognizing food insecurity, forging relationships, facilitating programs in the local community and more. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Almost half the country\u2019s population faces acute hunger , while close to 6 in 10 Afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance. \u2014 Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The earthquake has also hit at a time when Afghanistan is already deep in one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises, with millions facing increasing hunger and poverty after the cutoff of international financing to the Taliban. \u2014 Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For those who hunger for more content, Dungeon Masters Guild provides a combination of things to hold the line until the official book comes out and explorations of more unusual settings. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"This will hit the spot for viewers and possibly awards-bestowing bodies who hunger for stories of audacious, norm-shattering women. \u2014 Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Jan. 2022",
"The novel is both a breath of fresh air for those who hunger for accurate representation of the myriad of communities depicted here, as well as an accessible entry point for those less familiar. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Ever since the dawn of Jack White, artists who hunger to reassert the power of rock in a rockless age have tended to sound like reactionary young coots. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 16 Apr. 2021",
"In The Telling, Gerson implies: Let any who hunger for meaning come find it in Pesach. \u2014 Bruce Abramson, National Review , 19 Mar. 2021",
"But in the days leading up to Christmas, some who hunger for time with relatives are striking deals with family members to hole up in their individual homes. \u2014 Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 13 Dec. 2020",
"Four years from now, these pikers will discover the truth: that the cruelty and contempt are not just the essential ingredients of Trumpism but exactly what Republican voters hunger for. \u2014 Jonathan V. Last, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2020",
"If the current political mood and conditions of the country seems ready-made for promises of dramatic change, that does not necessarily mean most voters are hungering for the same wish list as the ideological left. \u2014 Alexander Burns, New York Times , 15 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English hungor ; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035502"
},
"hussy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lewd or brazen woman":[],
": a saucy or mischievous girl":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-s\u0113",
"-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chippie",
"chippy",
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"hoochie",
"Jezebel",
"minx",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"the antiquated view that any unmarried woman who lived on her own was a hussy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of Middle English huswif housewife, from hus house + wif wife, woman":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064538"
},
"humorousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of or characterized by that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : full of or characterized by humor : funny":[
"humorous stories",
"shared a humorous anecdote"
],
": possessing, indicating, or expressive of an ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny : possessing, indicating, or expressive of a sense of humor":[
"a humorous writer",
"studied his own life \u2026 with a shrewd and humorous eye",
"\u2014 Harrison Smith"
],
": humid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcm-",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fcm-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humorous witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
"examples":[
"The book is very humorous .",
"the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your Audience Stay down to earth, even humorous , but straightforward. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Now, her comics emerge as a new passion \u2014 even as her humorous tone and emotional dissonance echo her songwriting voice. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The program is designed to be lively, humorous , and engaging. \u2014 courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast to the humorous tone, the cocktails themselves are decidedly serious. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The original ride as envisioned by Walt Disney had a less humorous tone than the attraction of today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2021",
"When Crew-1 landed on Sunday, SpaceX mission control greeted the astronauts with a humorous tone. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 3 May 2021",
"Some leave light letters with a humorous tone and best wishes while others \u2013 like that of Barack Obama to Trump in 2017 \u2013 encourage the importance of civic duty. \u2014 Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Life is still humorous in the most horrible, evil, maniacal spots. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see humor entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174922"
},
"humorless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a sense of humor":[],
": lacking humorous characteristics":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259r-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"humorless people who can't see the lighter side of life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jobs don\u2019t have to be grim, humorless determination where sweat equity and burnout are emphasized over job satisfaction. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Soon the Baxters and the humorless Dutch couple who unwisely joined them are running for their lives, pursued by the evil O\u2019Neills. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"His replacement was Dennis Swanson, a proud and humorless former Marine hired to trim the fat and moderate the often inexcusable behavior of the production royalty. \u2014 Brian T. Brown, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Despite the unending heaviness of world events, there is still room for inanity; delight doesn\u2019t always need to feel indulgent, and art doesn\u2019t need to be sombre or humorless . \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But Sontag\u2019s demand for seriousness has often been overblown, her reputation making her out to be humorless . \u2014 Design Art B., Longreads , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The woke left may be the new religious right: preachy, censorious, humorless , judgmental, constantly policing popular culture for impure thoughts. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Of course, without the Fresh Prince references, Bel-Air is almost entirely humorless , a chilly act of over-compensation. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Enter the movie\u2019s hapless antagonist, a pedantic and seemingly humorless zoning inspector named Richard Zopf charged with cracking down on the unauthorized comedy shows. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175707"
},
"huffish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": arrogant , sulky":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-fish"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215141"
},
"huffiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": haughty , arrogant",
": roused to indignation : irritated",
": easily offended : touchy",
": easily offended or angered : petulant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"ticklish",
"touchy"
],
"antonyms":[
"thick-skinned"
],
"examples":[
"Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
"the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-195425"
},
"humility":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble":[
"accepted the honor with humility",
"The ordeal taught her humility ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-l\u0259-t\u0113",
"y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"He accepted the honor with humility .",
"The ordeal taught her humility .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her humility underscores the importance of her role at Jefferson County Public Schools. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 23 June 2022",
"Bryce grew up in Pasadena, wasn\u2019t the tallest athlete but found a way to master the quarterback position while retaining his humility and belief in his faith and family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"As the episodes went on, Thompson found his groove and started to become more comfortable onstage, though the judges often praised his humility , predicting that would take him far. \u2014 Emily Yahr, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"His humility and self-deprecating humor will not allow him that indulgence. \u2014 Laura Manske, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world. \u2014 Sarah Grant, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world. \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Why, then, does Talbot continue to insinuate that her humility must not be sincere? \u2014 Maggie Garnett, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Common themes in the speeches were Reid's rise from inauspicious circumstances, his humility , his persistence, and his penchant for ending phone conversations without saying goodbye. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 9 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164638"
},
"humbly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive",
": reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission",
": ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : insignificant , unpretentious",
": not costly or luxurious",
": to make (someone) humble (see humble entry 1 ) in spirit or manner",
": to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of",
": not regarding others as inferior : not overly proud : modest",
": expressed in a way that does not show too much pride",
": low in rank or condition",
": to make modest",
": to easily and unexpectedly defeat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"also chiefly Southern",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"also chiefly Southern",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Bayh was always a humble man who never wanted those around him to call him senator, just Birch, said Berman. \u2014 IndyStar , 22 June 2022",
"Los Angeles was supposed to play the humble host of the Midsummer Classic in 2020. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Through his example, Mark showed me how to be gracious in victory, resilient in defeat, and humble in the small measure of fame that is the lot of a TV commentator. \u2014 Paul Begala, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Despite her impressive roster of songs, however, don\u2019t go calling the humble Lennox an icon to her face. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, writers Earl and Hayward gently underscore the recluse\u2019s isolation through bittersweet details of his humble daily life, adding a healthy dose of humorously deadpan Britishness into the mix to winning effect. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 Jake Coyle, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower? \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-211812"
},
"humdrum":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": monotonous , dull":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-\u02ccdr\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She liked the movie, but I thought it was humdrum .",
"another humdrum day at the office",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The movie, set in a humdrum New Jersey suburbia, unfolds on the moldy bottom rung of the comic-book ladder. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"The plot is, as usual, a slice of humdrum social realism: just an everyday tale of a maniacal, cashmere-wearing bank robber named Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal), who plans to steal thirty-two million dollars. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The daring mission is rather humdrum , with the pair easily infiltrating the fortress and Fennec killing about three dozen guards in the process. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Senate Republicans are still obstructing humdrum presidential nominations. \u2014 Bill Scher, The Week , 8 Feb. 2018",
"Innovation is also a growth driver in the seemingly humdrum business of fast food. \u2014 Michael Joseph, Fortune , 29 Nov. 2021",
"In it, not unlike Ian Fleming, Maugham falls back on his own experience as a British spy to evoke an espionage centric picture of Geneva of princesses, odd characters (\u2018the Hairless Mexican\u2019), disappearances and the generally humdrum life of a spy. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Aboard those ships, L\u00ea found not so much the staggering impact of the U.S. superpower on world events, but the somewhat humdrum , ordinary life of sailors occupied with mundane duties. \u2014 Benjamin Lima, Dallas News , 11 June 2021",
"But the restrictions also curtailed the humdrum physical activity that is part and parcel of daily living, the researchers said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of hum":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1553, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214921"
},
"hush-hush":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": secret , confidential":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259sh-\u02cch\u0259sh"
],
"synonyms":[
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1916, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204003"
},
"hurry-skurry":{
"type":[
"adjective or adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a confused rush : turmoil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0259-r\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0259-r\u0113",
"\u02cch\u0259r-\u0113-\u02c8sk\u0259r-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"reduplication of hurry entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052758"
},
"huff":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to emit puffs (as of breath or steam)":[],
": to proceed with labored breathing":[
"huffed up to the peak"
],
": to make empty threats : bluster":[],
": to react or behave indignantly":[],
": to treat with contempt":[],
": to make angry":[],
": to utter with indignation or scorn":[],
": to inhale (noxious fumes) through the mouth for the euphoric effect produced by the inhalant":[],
": a usually peevish and transitory spell of anger or resentment":[
"quit in a huff"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"fulminate",
"rant",
"rave",
"spout"
],
"antonyms":[
"dither",
"fluster",
"fret",
"fuss",
"lather",
"pother",
"stew",
"sweat",
"swelter",
"swivet",
"tizzy",
"twitter"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for huff Noun offense , resentment , umbrage , pique , dudgeon , huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity. offense implies hurt displeasure. takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will. harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives. took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity. in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation. stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause. in a huff he slammed the door",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"\u201cThe project is a complete waste of time,\u201d she huffed .",
"demanding to speak to the branch manager, she huffed about the rudeness of the bank teller",
"Noun",
"was in a huff because everyone was running late and the hot breakfast she had prepared was getting cold",
"gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And in suburban California in the 1990\u2019s, preteen girls like me would pass candy-sweet tubes of Lip Smackers to their crushes to huff during 6th grade social studies. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 May 2022",
"There's little to huff and puff about on the mostly level ride with some fun ups and downs and no leg burning climbs. \u2014 Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then a few more, closer each time, and finally a loud huff just beyond the nylon walls of the tent. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Franzen, child of Western Springs, chronicler of contemporary America, Exhibit A of the Great White Male American Novelist (circa 2021), reflexively detested, never arrives on the page now without a huff , a herald or a hand-wringing. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The Academy president, Bette Davis, quit her post in a huff after the board scoffed at her proposal to move the Oscars from a ballroom to a theatre, give the proceeds to war relief, and present wooden statuettes. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The uninvited visitor surveyed the room and left in a huff . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Reverge Anselmo, a former U.S. Marine, former novelist, ex-filmmaker, former vintner and guardian of a vast fortune, abandoned his stunning Shasta County estate in 2014 in a huff . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In other words: Don\u2019t get in a huff about these choices. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"At one point, fed up with the nagging, Mr. Green left in a huff and drove his Corvette into the country to think. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"This prompted the institute to back out of the conference in a huff . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 29 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052621"
},
"hurricane":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or greater that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning, and that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes":[
"The people who bought homes there would never find out the truth, unless a hurricane came and blew off their roofs and knocked down their walls.",
"\u2014 Carl Hiassen",
"A few days after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, a small group of strangers on bicycles showed up in the Algiers neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking if anyone needed medical attention.",
"\u2014 Tim Shorrock",
"The most recent system was Hurricane Erick, which charged towards Hawaii with winds topping 130mph as a category four system.",
"\u2014 Katie Sewell"
],
"\u2014 compare typhoon \u2014 see Beaufort Scale Table":[
"The people who bought homes there would never find out the truth, unless a hurricane came and blew off their roofs and knocked down their walls.",
"\u2014 Carl Hiassen",
"A few days after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, a small group of strangers on bicycles showed up in the Algiers neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking if anyone needed medical attention.",
"\u2014 Tim Shorrock",
"The most recent system was Hurricane Erick, which charged towards Hawaii with winds topping 130mph as a category four system.",
"\u2014 Katie Sewell"
],
": something resembling a hurricane especially in its turmoil":[
"a rushing hurricane of blows struck him as he stood up",
"\u2014 Donn Byrne"
],
": having or being a glass chimney (see chimney sense 4 ) providing protection from wind":[
"a hurricane lamp"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0259-\u02cck\u0101n",
"\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8h\u0259r-i-k\u0259n",
"\u02c8h\u0259-ri-",
"-i-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In Latin America, food scarcity is also driving tens of thousands of people to abandon parched or hurricane -leveled farms and migrate to the United States. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Agatha made landfall Monday afternoon as a strong Category 2 hurricane 5 miles west of Puerto Angel in an area of fishing villages and small beach towns, packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. \u2014 Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"Many of these people live in hurricane -prone regions or in active severe weather areas such as the Great Plains or South. \u2014 Marshall Shepherd, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Also in town is the Cape San Blas Lighthouse, a necessity first commissioned in 1847 in the hurricane -prone destination. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022",
"The film is described as a story of the immense hurricane -like force that was Smith and the fateful string of events that led her to destroy everything in her path, including herself and those closest to her. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Feb. 2022",
"The dry season can bring huge dust storms, while the storm season will bring hurricane -like torrents of rain from the sky. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The 10-episode series, which premieres Sunday on Showtime, is set about 10 years after Dexter was thought to have been lost at sea as a hurricane battered Miami. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Medicanes are hurricane -like storms with dangerous, real life consequences. \u2014 Derek Van Dam, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The post- hurricane highs in 2005 were the equivalent of nearly $6 a gallon now. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"AccuWeather\u2019s pre- hurricane season forecast called for 16-20 named tropical systems. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"The year began with a devastating winter freeze in Texas, which led to the state\u2019s largest non- hurricane weather loss event. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish hurac\u00e1n , from Taino hurak\u00e1n":"Noun and Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1894, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060205"
},
"hunt (down":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to succeed in finding (something)":[
"It may take me a while to hunt down the phone number."
],
": to find and capture (someone)":[
"The killer was hunted down with help from his relatives."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052917"
},
"hubbub":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": noise , uproar":[],
": confusion , turmoil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-\u02ccb\u0259b"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.",
"the hubbub surrounding the film star",
"We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.",
"What's all the hubbub about?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Twitter hubbub over uncredited scholars is a sideshow. \u2014 Amy Wilentz, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
"The hubbub over entertainment awards seemed offensively trivial at the time. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"The hubbub for the past few weeks in the U.S. has been all about whether or not the government should recommend that people get booster shots for Covid-19. \u2014 Steven Salzberg, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"During the hubbub , police notice a man watching from a room at the hotel across the street. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"The tweet was later deleted but too late to avoid a Twitter hubbub . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"Of course, in typical WSB fashion, that same commenter also suggested more conspiratorial motives for all the hubbub about short squeezes. \u2014 Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg.com , 12 June 2021",
"That all this hubbub centers on two small rodents feels incidental. \u2014 Amy Nicholson, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"Given the unpredictability and hubbub in their lives, how can unhabiters create lasting changes? \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub , interjection of contempt":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221050"
},
"hurting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to inflict with physical pain : wound",
": to do substantial or material harm to : damage",
": to cause emotional pain or anguish to : offend",
": to be detrimental to : hamper",
": to suffer pain or grief",
": to be in need",
": to cause damage or distress",
": a cause of injury or damage : blow",
": a bodily injury or wound",
": mental or emotional distress or anguish : suffering",
": wrong , harm",
": to feel or cause pain",
": to do harm to : damage",
": to cause to be sad",
": to make poorer or more difficult",
": an injury or wound to the body",
": mental or emotional pain",
": physically or emotionally injured"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt",
"\u02c8h\u0259rt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache",
"pain",
"smart"
],
"antonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Authorities said the driver of the van was not hurt and stayed at the scene. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"One person is dead and two others are hurt in a shooting in Cheviot early Wednesday, according to police. \u2014 Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"No children were hurt in the shooting at the Duncanville Fieldhouse, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southwest of Dallas, police said. \u2014 Chron , 13 June 2022",
"Paul's mother and two brothers were home at the time but none of them were hurt , Brown said. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
"People were inside at the time, thankfully no one was hurt . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"None of the victims in the spree were hurt , and investigators believe there are no outstanding suspects, officials said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"No one had been hurt , and no homes were threatened at that time. \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"No children were hurt , but the resource officer was transported to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The player who stamped the mark on the other players has cooperated fully in the investigation, has expressed sorrow at his actions and the hurt caused as a result, and is willing to accept responsibility for his actions. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"While these complicating factors certainly aren\u2019t new, top tech executives spent the past few weeks hollering about a fresh wave of hurt . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt . \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
"And several individuals are now speaking out about the hurt caused by the description of slavery. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Aug. 2021",
"And then\u2014again, this hurt , physically\u2014woodpeckers came and landed on his nose and pecked it back to normal length. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"The previous director complained that the steady fire hurt worker morale and prompted staff to quit. \u2014 Robert Higgs, cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Friday never had to witness the hurt to know things had gone south. \u2014 Bonnie Garmus, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"And according to analysts, the switch to a more expensive summer blend for other parts of the country promises the hurt will not stop anytime soon. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-101001"
},
"humorous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": full of or characterized by that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : full of or characterized by humor : funny":[
"humorous stories",
"shared a humorous anecdote"
],
": possessing, indicating, or expressive of an ability to be funny or to be amused by things that are funny : possessing, indicating, or expressive of a sense of humor":[
"a humorous writer",
"studied his own life \u2026 with a shrewd and humorous eye",
"\u2014 Harrison Smith"
],
": humid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcm-",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fcm-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for humorous witty , humorous , facetious , jocular , jocose mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. witty suggests cleverness and quickness of mind. a witty remark humorous applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity. humorous anecdotes facetious stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor. facetious comments jocular implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking. a jocular fellow jocose is somewhat less derogatory than facetious in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness. jocose proposals",
"examples":[
"The book is very humorous .",
"the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your Audience Stay down to earth, even humorous , but straightforward. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Now, her comics emerge as a new passion \u2014 even as her humorous tone and emotional dissonance echo her songwriting voice. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The program is designed to be lively, humorous , and engaging. \u2014 courant.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast to the humorous tone, the cocktails themselves are decidedly serious. \u2014 Christopher Michel, Country Living , 5 Sep. 2021",
"The original ride as envisioned by Walt Disney had a less humorous tone than the attraction of today. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 July 2021",
"When Crew-1 landed on Sunday, SpaceX mission control greeted the astronauts with a humorous tone. \u2014 Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner , 3 May 2021",
"Some leave light letters with a humorous tone and best wishes while others \u2013 like that of Barack Obama to Trump in 2017 \u2013 encourage the importance of civic duty. \u2014 Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Life is still humorous in the most horrible, evil, maniacal spots. \u2014 Christy Pi\u00f1a, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"see humor entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213914"
},
"hullabaloo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a loud, continued noise or mixture of noises : din":[
"Why do roosters crow? If they're like insects and frogs, that hullabaloo is an ad for a mate \u2026",
"\u2014 Discover",
"Somebody heard the splash and they raised an awful hullabaloo . 'He's gone! Lower the boats! \u2026'",
"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
"\u2026 Hunt and her pack of highly trained dogs set off a hellacious hullabaloo , yelling and barking, discharging firecrackers \u2026",
"\u2014 Christine Paige"
],
": a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance : uproar , fuss":[
"Would there be such a hullabaloo about the violence in her books if they had been written by a man?",
"\u2014 Laura Z. Hobson",
"Sunday was a big day for the Philadelphia Phillies mascot \u2026 . It was his 40th birthday, and there was a big hullabaloo .",
"\u2014 Liz Roscher",
"There's been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the effects that grapefruit can have on certain meds.",
"\u2014 Chanie Kirschner",
"When I heard the series would finally be available to stream on Hulu, I decided to finally see what all the hullabaloo was about.",
"\u2014 Josh Sorokach"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-l\u0259-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"pother",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The announcement caused quite a hullabaloo .",
"The announcement caused a lot of hullabaloo .",
"There was a hullabaloo over his controversial statements.",
"There was a lot of hullabaloo over his controversial statements.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That all the rest\u2014this Finders Keepers hullabaloo and questions like mine\u2014is just a nuisance. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"Maybe the hullabaloo about being a digital native or an AI native is merely eye candy and nothing more. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The hullabaloo was apparently an attempt to draw attention to the climate crisis. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 30 May 2022",
"The viewer\u2019s eye dwells there rather than on the surrealist hullabaloo in the picture\u2019s foreground, where a transparent plastic umbrella, upside down and full of rubber duckies, covers Susiraja\u2019s crotch. \u2014 Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022",
"On court grounds, there are benches and flower gardens and places to linger quietly, away from the hullabaloo . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"This number may strike you as lower than the media hullabaloo suggests. \u2014 Forrester, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"School officials said the hullabaloo on the field was reason enough to shut down the prayers as a public safety matter. \u2014 John Fritze, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"We were treated to another update in the never-ending hullabaloo that is Mad Cow Theatre. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo , interjection used to hush children":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1762, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180454"
},
"humaneness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals":[
"humane prison guards",
"a more humane way of treating farm animals"
],
": characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture : humanistic":[
"humane studies"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-",
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8m\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"It's not humane to treat animals that way.",
"Conditions in the prison are more humane now.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Youngstown police were called to the scene, along with a humane agent from Animal Charity of Ohio. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
"Of course, the real argument for sabbaticals is based not in business but in creating a more humane society. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"The show\u2019s approach to surviving characters is not necessarily more humane . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Submunitions are in theory no less humane than regular bombs. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"As a result, the collections process becomes more humane for borrowers and efficient for lenders. \u2014 Marc Schr\u00f6der, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"That idea horrified immigration advocates inside the administration, who viewed it not only as a breach of Mr. Biden\u2019s campaign pledge, but also as a retreat from the promise of a more humane immigration system. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Though President Joe Biden campaigned on creating a humane asylum system, his administration has left many restrictive Trump-era policies in place. \u2014 Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Biden outlined ambitious goals during his first days in office to repeal the hardline policies of his predecessor, overhaul the US immigration system and create a better, more humane system at the southern border. \u2014 Priscilla Alvarez, CNN , 21 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English humain":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173624"
},
"hurl":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": rush , hurtle",
": pitch sense 5a",
": vomit",
": to send or thrust with great vigor",
": to throw down with violence",
": to throw forcefully : fling",
": pitch sense 2a",
": to utter with vehemence",
": to throw with force"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8h\u0259rl"
],
"synonyms":[
"barf",
"gag",
"heave",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Someone hurled a rock through the window.",
"He hurled a chair at me.",
"It looked like she was going to hurl herself down the stairs.",
"The protesters hurled insults at us.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After first base coach Anthony Sanders hits a ball toward the wall, Hays will chase it down, gather in whatever bounce might come and then hurl it toward the infield. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"That\u2019s why grown men, battered and weary, hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
"The monsters hurl rocks and fire lasers that destroy everything in their path, a departure from the fighting teased in the mode\u2019s cinematic trailer. \u2014 Hawken Miller, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"High school students hurl racial and ethnic epithets at their peers, openly and without shame. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Ukraine desperately needs particular kinds of advanced ground and air weapons systems to halt and then hurl back Russian forces in the eastern part of the country. \u2014 Steve Forbes, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The former professional soccer prospect was recruited to hurl epic 60-yard bombs for the camera. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 29 May 2022",
"The quokka -- a type of small wallaby -- doesn't actually hurl its baby toward a predator. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 8 May 2022",
"SpaceX will blow up these prototypes until one stays intact, until the company can confidently hurl a spaceship into orbit, loop it around Earth, and bring it back home. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 11 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-210420"
},
"hulking":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": ponderous , massive":[
"a hulking wrestler"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259l-ki\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"A hulking figure appeared in the doorway.",
"a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Russian military estimated that about 2,500 Ukrainian fighters holding out at a hulking steel plant with a warren of underground passageways provided the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol. \u2014 Adam Schreck And Mstyslav Chernov, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"This massive boot is as hulking as a John Deere excavator on creatine. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"Still, Jarvis\u2019 tectonic performance remains fascinating, with the actor\u2019s singular mixture of imposing physical presence and wounded reticence suiting the enigmatic vibe while giving it an edge of threateningly broken, hulking masculinity. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Later, Pellegrin and the reporter Scott Anderson, a longtime collaborator of his, spent several days in Siberia with two hulking Russian brothers, neither of whom spoke English. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The Brillante Virtuoso was a hulking behemoth of an oil tanker, three football fields long with 12 tanks and a carrying capacity of 150,000 tons. \u2014 Philip Delves Broughton, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
"The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"The search was on for a hulking fugitive, a jailer and their orange car. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1698, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033435"
},
"hurray":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"hu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"glory",
"glory be",
"ha",
"hah",
"hallelujah",
"hey",
"hot dog",
"huzzah",
"wahoo",
"whee",
"whoopee",
"yahoo",
"yippee"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"\u201c Hooray !\u201d he cried when he heard that his team had won"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from German hurra":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1686, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190946"
},
"hustle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to crowd or push roughly : jostle , shove":[
"had been hustled into a jail cell with the other protesters"
],
": to convey forcibly or hurriedly":[
"\u2026 grabbed him by the arm and hustled him out the door \u2026",
"\u2014 John Dos Passos"
],
": to urge forward precipitately":[
"hustling tourists from one museum to the next"
],
": to obtain by energetic activity":[
"\u2014 usually used with up hustle up new customers try to hustle up some tickets to tonight's game hustling up some grub"
],
": to sell something to or obtain something from (someone) by energetic and especially underhanded activity : swindle":[
"hustling the suckers",
"an elaborate scam to hustle the elderly"
],
": to sell or promote energetically and aggressively":[
"hustling a new product"
],
": to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game)":[
"hustle pool"
],
": shove , press":[],
": hasten , hurry":[
"you'd better hustle if you want to catch the bus"
],
": to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business":[
"Our quartet was out hustling \u2026 and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over.",
"\u2014 Louis Armstrong"
],
": to obtain money by fraud or deception":[],
": to engage in prostitution":[],
": to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner":[
"She's not the most talented player on the team, but she always hustles ."
],
": energetic activity":[
"I \u2026 went about the hustle of summer life.",
"\u2014 Stephen W. Kress",
"You stepped out of Penn Station into the dizzying hustle of Eighth Avenue \u2026",
"\u2014 Colson Whitehead",
"I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city."
],
": effort and energy in playing a sport":[
"a baseball player who has been criticized for lack of hustle",
"The fans admire them for their hustle .",
"a player known more for his hustle than his talent"
],
": a dishonest plan for getting money : scam":[
"Now, the secret of any hustle is that you have to have information that the other guy doesn't have.",
"\u2014 Paul Newman",
"\u2026 a once-inspired con man on his last hustle \u2026",
"\u2014 Marilyn Stasio"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-s\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail.",
"The star's manager hustled him out the back door of the theater to avoid the throngs of fans.",
"He's not the most talented player on the team, but he always hustles .",
"He's been hustling drugs for a few years.",
"They hustle diamonds, furs\u2014whatever people are buying.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"No one has pouted, failed to hustle or responded to the jeering at Comerica Park \u2014 even Javier Baez, who has become a favorite target of the boo birds. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"One key possibility is that one of the parties involved wanted an ESPN story out there, in order to try to hustle the negotiations along, or to try to induce a changed offer or position. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"Another Blue Devil error, coming on an errant throw to first on a bunt attempt by senior Luke Wagner, allowed Janzen to hustle his way home for another run. \u2014 Evan Merrill, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022",
"Drive is one thing, but being able to hustle through it is another thing. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Because of the scale and prestige of the military\u2019s training programs, their institutional practices remain highly influential on civilian exercise, which has helped to hustle the sit-up further to the margins over the past few years. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"The crew\u2019s formula for speed is to hustle up the mountainside with trees, use a tool known as a HoeDad to make a hole, insert the seedling, and then promptly repeat. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Prosecutors now must hustle to obtain reams of paperwork \u2014 much of it produced by the New York Police Department \u2014 and submit it to defense attorneys or risk seeing a case tossed out. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Staffers will hustle all morning, shuffling dummies and cones. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen , frequentative of hutsen":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1720, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014306"
},
"hungry":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": feeling an uneasy or painful sensation from lack of food : feeling hunger",
": characterized by or characteristic of hunger or appetite",
": eager , avid",
": strongly motivated (as by ambition)",
": not rich or fertile : barren",
": feeling or showing hunger",
": having a strong desire"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-gr\u0113",
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-gr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"empty",
"famished",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving"
],
"antonyms":[
"full",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"examples":[
"There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.",
"That girl is always hungry .",
"The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.",
"They were hungry to learn more.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Raye also had some of her buzzing problems taken care of by a hungry skunk. \u2014 Bethany Brookshire, Good Housekeeping , 18 June 2022",
"In old French 'vantre' referred to the belly, all of which to say... come to Vantre hungry . \u2014 Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"When participants got hungry , there were hot dogs, drinks, cookies, and other refreshments. \u2014 Jane Bokun, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Researchers also discovered remains of sea turtles and Galapagos giant tortoises, brought 3,300 miles to feed hungry Argonauts. \u2014 Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Only a really hungry shipyard is capable of beating Eastern right now. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"That translates into fewer hungry kids and fewer frazzled workers. \u2014 Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Preston said his office receives dozens of calls from constituents hungry for more information after a traffic fatality happens in his district. \u2014 Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2022",
"Floods and other natural disasters can devastate the infrastructure needed to transport food to hungry communities. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English hungrig ; akin to Old English hungor ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-133500"
},
"hunt (through)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153418"
},
"hunch":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to push or put (someone or something) in a rough, careless, or hasty manner : thrust , shove",
": to thrust or bend (someone or something) over into a humped or crooked position",
": to thrust oneself forward",
": to assume a bent or crooked posture",
": to draw oneself into a ball : curl up",
": huddle , squat",
": an act or instance of pushing someone or something in a rough or careless manner : an act or instance of hunching (see hunch entry 1 sense transitive )",
": a thick piece : lump",
": a rounded mass : hump",
": a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event or result",
": to bend the body into an arch or hump",
": to draw up close together or into an arch",
": a strong feeling about what will happen"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259nch",
"\u02c8h\u0259nch"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch",
"crouch",
"huddle",
"hunker (down)",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He hunched his shoulders as he headed out into the storm.",
"he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen",
"Noun",
"My hunch is that the stock is going to go up in value.",
"\u201cHow did you know I'd be here?\u201d \u201cIt was just a hunch .\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This hunch that certain behaviors began before dog breeds helps explain why the study team found that traits like retrieving, pointing and howling \u2014 behaviors described as motor patterns \u2014 are more heritable. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Engineers, most of them in their twenties and thirties, hunch over keyboards. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The further your shoulders hunch , the more strain there is on the mid-back (thoracic spine). \u2014 Ben Walker, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
"The 40-minute video below, which is the sixth installment of Sweat With SELF\u2019s Yoga for Beginners series, seeks to counteract all of that forward hunch that many of us are all too familiar with. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Her shoulders hunch forward, her spine following the curve of a question mark. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Using a standing desk at the proper height prevents the tendency to hunch over and keeps your arms and forearms at neutral. \u2014 Zac Ginsburg, Wired , 22 June 2021",
"Your shoulders will hunch forward and your body will ache. \u2014 Carla Ciccone, The New Yorker , 12 June 2021",
"Just as Games 1 and 2 were outlier shooting performances in Dallas\u2019 favor, Game 4 went the other way, proving Lue\u2019s hunch correct that the Mavericks would have to cool off at some point. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sure enough, reports CNN\u2019s Sana Noor Haq, his hunch was correct. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 May 2022",
"Our hunch was to make it about being a bit quieter. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"Their hunch has been that relying more on the government could limit the growth of the IITs, or potential comprise their autonomy. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"The historic Metropolitan Storage building in Cambridge was closing, and the story \u2014 and especially its evocative photos \u2014 sparked a hunch . \u2014 Kate Tuttle, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"His hunch was seemingly confirmed in 2011, when he was introduced to the Seri, a remote tribe on the eastern shore of the Gulf of California. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Turns out his hunch was right, while the Jaguars protected their intentions like a state secret. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In the years that followed, many investigators set out to assess whether this hunch was correct. \u2014 Diana Kwon, Scientific American , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Still, even with this hunch , longtime supporters weren\u2019t prepared for the farewell. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1581, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155715"
},
"hustle-bustle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": energetic confusion"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160519"
},
"hurtle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to move rapidly or forcefully":[],
": hurl , fling":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Boulders hurtled down the hill.",
"We kept to the side of the road as cars and trucks hurtled past us.",
"The protesters hurtled bottles at the police.",
"He hurtled himself into the crowd.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Except that these growth trends might hurtle offtrack long before the end of the decade. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The warning sounds come too shortly for one to do anything but hurtle to the ground, hoping to be far enough and hidden enough to avoid shrapnel. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2022",
"The warning sounds come too shortly for one to do anything but hurtle to the ground, hoping to be far enough and hidden enough to avoid shrapnel. \u2014 Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Who\u2019s to blame for a snow bank that acted like a ramp and caused cars in two separate accidents to hurtle off an Interstate 90 overpass and roll over multiple times? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Skiers hurtle themselves down mountains faster than cars drive on highways. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Independence Day and 2012 director Roland Emmerich finds a new way to destroy the world, or at least threaten its destruction, with this thriller in which the moon starts to hurtle to Earth. \u2014 Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone , 31 Jan. 2022",
"From Slovakia, Russian gas can hurtle into the Czech Republic, Hungary and Baumgarten, an Austrian gas turntable with connections to Germany, France and Italy. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Between regaining fitness and learning new teammate dynamics, all three players will battle a steep learning curve as the Bulls hurtle toward the postseason. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 27 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hurtlen to collide, frequentative of hurten to cause to strike, hurt":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163508"
},
"hurtleberry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": blueberry sense 1",
": bilberry sense 1a",
": huckleberry sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt\u1d4al-\u2014"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English hurtilberye , from hurtil- (irregular from Old English horte whortleberry) + berye berry",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161456"
},
"hurkle":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to draw up the limbs and crouch or squat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rk\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hurkelen, hurklen ; akin to Dutch hurken to squat, Middle Low German hurken , Middle High German h\u016bren":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064922"
},
"huri":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of huri variant spelling of houri"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-182507"
},
"humming":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to utter a sound like that of the speech sound \\m\\ prolonged",
": to make the natural noise of an insect in motion or a similar sound : drone",
": to give forth a low continuous blend of sound",
": to be busily active",
": to run smoothly",
": to sing with the lips closed and without uttering speech sounds distinctly",
": to express by making a vocal sound with the lips pressed together : to affect by humming",
": to utter a sound like a long \\m\\",
": to make the buzzing noise of a flying insect",
": to make musical tones with closed lips",
": to give forth a low murmur of sounds",
": to be very busy or active",
": a low continuous noise",
": musical tones voiced without words",
": a sound like that made by humming",
": venous hum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m",
"\u02c8h\u0259m",
"\u02c8h\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Digital natives are ordinarily ho- hum about digital modes of communication. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Managers at the Glen Canyon Dam often release more water from Lake Powell each morning as air conditioners begin to hum and electricity use increases. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022",
"This vivid, bubblegum-pink specimen is no ho- hum crudit\u00e9-platter filler. \u2014 Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Time and success have helped quiet those questions as Walden\u2019s world has begun to hum with buzzy shows. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While recording a hook, Moore altered the tone of his voice to sound like a robot trying to hum the same progression as the synths. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 2 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a moment when the ball hovers beneath DeMar DeRozan\u2019s hand in the fourth quarter that seems to hum with magic. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 25 Feb. 2022",
"As the sun sets and the sky turns inky blue, the thick, shadowy forests start to hum with an ethereal glow. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The remaining remixed tracks, meanwhile, range from nostalgia-worthy to ho- hum . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201914"
},
"hurlbarrow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": wheelbarrow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rl\u02ccb\u00e4r\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" hurl entry 1 + barrow ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211705"
},
"hutzpah":{
"type":[],
"definitions":{
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall":[
"It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to him the way she did."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031301"
},
"hungry rice":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fundi"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-223009"
},
"hunk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large lump, piece, or portion":[
"a hunk of bread"
],
": an attractive and usually well-built man":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014bk"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefcake",
"pretty boy",
"stud",
"superstud"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a steak cut into meaty hunks",
"That actor is such a hunk !",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smith said that a lot of anglers like to add a hunk of nightcrawler to the hook on their spoons to trigger more strikes. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"In the outdoor gym on Venice Beach, the name given to an inviting stretch of sand on the majestic Dnieper River that courses through the capital of Ukraine, Serhiy Chornyi is working on his summer body, up-down-up-downing a chunky hunk of iron. \u2014 John Leicester, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"The MetRX fruity cereal crunch bar was a chalky hunk of protein aftertaste and regret. \u2014 Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"At the Southwest Research Institute\u2019s Northwest Side campus, engineer Antonina Brody \u2014 wearing a pale blue clean-room suit and purple gloves \u2014 inspected a hunk of aluminum shot through with wires. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That hunk of steel held the business end of a device Best and others use to measure the flow of the Yukon River at Eagle, a town of about 110 people just downstream of the Canada border. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 21 May 2022",
"A week before the shooting, a 7 train hit a hunk of metal in the tunnel under the East River and got stuck for more than two hours. \u2014 Zach Helfand, The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Use a vegetable peeler to shave curls off the Parmesan hunk , and arrange to cover asparagus. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch dialect hunke":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020037"
},
"human ecology":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a branch of sociology dealing especially with the spatial and temporal interrelationships between humans and their economic, social, and political organization",
": the ecology of human communities and populations especially as concerned with preservation of environmental quality (as of air or water) through proper application of conservation and civil engineering practices",
": a branch of sociology concerned especially with the study of the spatial and temporal interrelationships between human beings and their economic, social, and political organization",
": the ecology of human communities and populations especially as concerned with preservation of environmental quality (as of air or water) through proper application of conservation and civil engineering practices"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-234621"
},
"hunchback":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person with a humpback":[],
": humpback sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259nch-\u02ccbak"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The quintessential da Cunhian paradox mixes beauty and strength with a vision of a monstrous hunchback . \u2014 Ela Bittencourt, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Though there is a rich historical debate over the king\u2019s record, most people still think of him as the power-mad hunchback depicted by Shakespeare. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 29 Jan. 2021",
"As a result, the Yennefer in the final episodes is much older than the hunchback novice Yennefer of the first few. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
"But BMWs product planners turned out to be right about the hunchback of Munich. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 14 Jan. 2020",
"He was also given a large scarlet birthmark on his face instead of a hunchback . \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 25 June 2019",
"So magnificent are these 300 warriors that they surely would have held the pass indefinitely ... if not for the actions of a scurrilous traitor, Ephialtes, a misshapen hunchback who was too deformed to serve in the Spartan line. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Ephialtes was neither a Spartan nor a hunchback , and may not have existed at all. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"The doctor travels to Transylvania, where his own monster, played by Kevin Michael Myers, will be born aided by a hunchback sidekick (Cody Swanson), lab assistant (Kaylea Kudlaty) and sour-faced housekeeper (Rebecca Riffle Polito). \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland.com , 19 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184427"
},
"hunger (for)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy voters hungering for honest and upright leadership"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-043132"
},
"hut urn":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a prehistoric cinerary urn shaped like a round hut with a conical roof and found especially in southern Italy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235053"
},
"hurlbat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": either of two ancient Roman weapons:":[],
": cestus entry 2":[],
": a short javelin having a thong by which it could be recovered after it was hurled":[],
": a game resembling hurling and popular in Tudor England":[],
": hurl entry 2 sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hurlebat , from hurlen to hurl + bat":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205152"
},
"hurtless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": causing no pain or injury : harmless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe",
"white"
],
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"unlike some parodies, which are mean-spirited, this one was marked by hurtless humor and affectionate exaggeration"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-100428"
},
"hurgila":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": adjutant bird"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)h\u0259r\u02c8g\u0113l\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Hindi harg\u012bl\u0101, ha\u1e5bg\u012bl\u0101 , literally, bone swallower, from ha\u1e5b, h\u0101\u1e5b bone + g\u012bl\u0101 swallower, from Sanskrit gilati, girati he swallows",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-123512"
},
"hurt":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to inflict with physical pain : wound":[
"He hurt his back while moving some boxes.",
"was seriously hurt in a car accident",
"You're hurting my arm!"
],
": to do substantial or material harm to : damage":[
"the dry summer has hurt the land"
],
": to cause emotional pain or anguish to : offend":[
"never meant to hurt you",
"got her feelings hurt"
],
": to be detrimental to : hamper":[
"charges of graft hurt his chances of being elected"
],
": to suffer pain or grief":[
"He says his tooth hurts .",
"has been hurting ever since learning of her friend's betrayal"
],
": to be in need":[
"\u2014 usually used with for hurting for money"
],
": to cause damage or distress":[
"hit where it hurts"
],
": a cause of injury or damage : blow":[
"this tower of granite, weathering the hurts of so many ages",
"\u2014 R. W. Emerson"
],
": a bodily injury or wound":[],
": mental or emotional distress or anguish : suffering":[
"getting past the hurt of a bitter divorce"
],
": wrong , harm":[
"subordinating cosmic to moral considerations, to the hurt of both",
"\u2014 M. R. Cohen"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache",
"pain",
"smart"
],
"antonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hurt Verb injure , harm , hurt , damage , impair , mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. badly injured in an accident harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss. careful not to harm the animals hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings. hurt by their callous remarks damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness. a table damaged in shipping impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution. years of smoking had impaired his health mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement. the text is marred by many typos",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Be careful with that knife or you could hurt yourself.",
"Ouch! You're hurting my arm!",
"She was badly hurt in a car accident.",
"My tooth still hurts me.",
"When I woke up this morning I hurt all over.",
"Their lack of interest in her work hurt her deeply.",
"You're only hurting yourself by holding a grudge against them.",
"It hurt me to see her go.",
"The lack of rain has hurt the corn crop.",
"If we lose this game it will seriously hurt our chances of making the play-offs.",
"Noun",
"Her sympathy eased the hurt he felt after his dog's death.",
"They felt a great hurt after their bitter divorce.",
"She tried to put past hurts behind her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Global supply chains, already hurt by the pandemic, are experiencing further disruption. \u2014 Rusty Wiley, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Like other chains, Cinnabon has been hurt by inflation as commodity costs rise. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Indigenous and rural communities, protesters say, have been disproportionately hurt by inflation, soaring gas prices and austerity measures. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Kilian surrendered seven runs (five earned) and struck out three in 2\u2153 innings, hurt by five walks and shaky defense. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Beverly understands that student-athletes and fans are still hurt by the move from Division I to Division III, but ultimately thinks this was the right move. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"But a dug-in minority, most of them going against the will of their constituents on these matters\u2014along with one Democratic senator, Joe Manchin, whose feelings were hurt by a White House statement\u2014made their passage impossible. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"Minor, who made his fourth start of the season, was hurt by a three-run fourth inning. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022",
"Matt Moore, a Republican campaign consultant and former South Carolina party chairman, said Mr. Pence\u2019s nomination path has been hurt by Mr. Trump\u2019s criticisms. \u2014 Alex Leary And John Mccormick, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Toronto attack, among the bloodiest in Canadian history, stunned the country, leaving 10 people dead and 16 hurt , including one who died of her injuries last year. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a very strong sense of hurt , sadness, a lot ogrie. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 17 May 2022",
"Shorten that lag and save yourself from a world of hurt . \u2014 Justin Hale, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The player who stamped the mark on the other players has cooperated fully in the investigation, has expressed sorrow at his actions and the hurt caused as a result, and is willing to accept responsibility for his actions. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"While these complicating factors certainly aren\u2019t new, top tech executives spent the past few weeks hollering about a fresh wave of hurt . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Morrison\u2019s vocals stretch and bend words; her voice is delicate yet strong, and moves with ease between a vulnerable croon and the wail of hurt . \u2014 Marjua Estevez, refinery29.com , 27 Apr. 2022",
"And several individuals are now speaking out about the hurt caused by the description of slavery. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 Aug. 2021",
"And then\u2014again, this hurt , physically\u2014woodpeckers came and landed on his nose and pecked it back to normal length. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, probably from Anglo-French hurter to strike, prick, collide with, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse hr\u016btr male sheep":"Verb and Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010937"
},
"hund":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"hundred":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259n(d)",
"-u\u0307-",
"-\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193037"
},
"hustle-cap":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a game of pitch and toss in which coins are shaken in a cap":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hustle entry 1 + cap":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020946"
},
"hustlement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": household goods : furniture , knickknacks":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259s\u0259lm\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English ostelement, hustilment article of furniture, from Middle French ostillement, oustillement , from Old French ustillement , from ustil article of furniture, tool, utensil, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin usitilia (plural) utensils, alteration of Latin utensilia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200145"
},
"humbleness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive",
": reflecting, expressing, or offered in a spirit of deference or submission",
": ranking low in a hierarchy or scale : insignificant , unpretentious",
": not costly or luxurious",
": to make (someone) humble (see humble entry 1 ) in spirit or manner",
": to destroy the power, independence, or prestige of",
": not regarding others as inferior : not overly proud : modest",
": expressed in a way that does not show too much pride",
": low in rank or condition",
": to make modest",
": to easily and unexpectedly defeat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"also chiefly Southern",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l",
"also chiefly Southern",
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Bayh was always a humble man who never wanted those around him to call him senator, just Birch, said Berman. \u2014 IndyStar , 22 June 2022",
"Los Angeles was supposed to play the humble host of the Midsummer Classic in 2020. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Through his example, Mark showed me how to be gracious in victory, resilient in defeat, and humble in the small measure of fame that is the lot of a TV commentator. \u2014 Paul Begala, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"Despite her impressive roster of songs, however, don\u2019t go calling the humble Lennox an icon to her face. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 17 June 2022",
"Instead, writers Earl and Hayward gently underscore the recluse\u2019s isolation through bittersweet details of his humble daily life, adding a healthy dose of humorously deadpan Britishness into the mix to winning effect. \u2014 Tomris Laffly, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 Jake Coyle, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful, weary appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble sensitivity. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"In a career spanning half a century, Hall was a quintessential character actor, a ubiquitous hangdog face whose doleful appearance could shroud a booming intensity and humble gravitas. \u2014 CBS News , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Like coach said, football will humble you real quick. \u2014 Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al , 18 May 2022",
"Alternately harrowing and hilarious, the book\u2019s drug-consumption-per-page quotient is enough to humble Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs combined. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The cheap deaths and dozen or so boss showdowns will humble you, but the stellar fix of early \u201990s nostalgia will keep you glued until the very end. \u2014 Joshua Khan, Wired , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Both books contain an abundance of stories featuring frustrated scientists who seem to live in their labs, who endure ferocious professional battles and who must humble themselves to raise funds for their work. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The Iron Bowl can humble fan bases and players and especially the coaches, but this one showed that maybe Auburn isn\u2019t too far behind its in-state rival after all. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Though Michigan\u2019s players and coaches dedicated only a few words to questions about Lombardi during the week, their desire to humble a player responsible for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns in a shocking upset by the Spartans was clear. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 18 Sep. 2021",
"For the past two weeks, Alabama\u2019s coach has been trying to humble his team in preparation for the Gators. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 15 Sep. 2021",
"If the 9/11 attacks were a failure of imagination by US authorities -- who would have thought a terror gang armed only with box cutters could humble a superpower? \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective and Verb",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chth\u014dn earth, chamai on the ground"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172519"
},
"hue":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion , aspect":[
"political parties of every hue",
"\u2014 Louis Wasserman"
],
": color":[
"all the hues of the rainbow"
],
": gradation of color":[
"the hues and shades of twilight",
"\u2014 Colin Clark"
],
": the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors":[
"red with an orange hue"
],
"\u2014 compare brightness sense 2 , lightness sense 2a , saturation sense 4":[
"red with an orange hue"
],
"city and port in central Vietnam; formerly capital of Annam population 302,983":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hy\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101",
"h\u00fc-\u02c8\u0101",
"\u02c8(h)w\u0101",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"color",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"We decorated the room in hues of blue and green.",
"suggested she wear brighter hues to complement her skin tone",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Upstairs in the ballroom, the lighting was dim and red, bathing elaborate costumes in an apropos hue . \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"The rich hue appears on everything from the walls to the plush carpet. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 June 2022",
"Stamos-Buesig wondered aloud, based on the particular hue that the reagent had turned, if the drug might also contain heroin, which could take another sample and a squirt of another reagent to suss out. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
"The beautiful pink hue offers a rich and sophisticated taste. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"The bright hue perfectly matches the juice, with top notes of bergamot, plum leaves, fig and pear; mid notes of jasmine, cyclamen, orris and orange blossom; and a dry down of amber, vanilla planifolia, musk and coconut. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Sanding and refinishing of the wood floors got rid of the yellow hue . \u2014 Nancy Keates, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"The citrus hue makes a statement and pairs nicely with the Bay Area home\u2019s lush surroundings. \u2014 Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor , 10 May 2022",
"And the restaurant at The Twenty Two is all about the color blue, with four custom shades of the hue featured in the d\u00e9cor. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hewe , from Old English h\u012bw ; akin to Old Norse h\u0233 plant down, Goth hiwi form":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013351"
},
"humbird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hummingbird":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040421"
},
"hungryroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the root of the spikenard (see spikenard sense 2a )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002852"
},
"hulver":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": holly":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259lv\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hulver, holver , from Old Norse hulfr":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044725"
},
"hureaulite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral H 2 Mn 5 (PO 4 ) 4 .4H 2 O consisting of a hydrous manganese phosphate having a yellowish, orange-red, rose, or grayish color, and occurring in prismatic monoclinic crystals or massive":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hyu\u0307(\u02cc)r\u014d\u02ccl\u012bt",
"hy\u0259\u02c8r-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Hureaux , north of Limoges, France + French -lite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033653"
},
"hurlement":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tumult , confusion":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hurl entry 1 + -ment":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050316"
},
"hunker":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": crouch , squat",
": to settle in or dig in for a sustained period",
": crouch entry 1",
": to settle in for a long time"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r",
"\u02c8h\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch",
"crouch",
"huddle",
"hunch",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Villas and suites aside, the hotel is one of many corners to hunker down with a good book or a cocktail around tranquil pools of water or under tall swaying palms. \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"But as forecasters said Ida was intensifying, Cantrell urged those who have not already evacuated to get ready to hunker down. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Get ready to hunker down This hurricane season could be a doozy. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 20 May 2021",
"Many friends have fled London to hunker down with their families in the suburbs, or moved out of the city for good. \u2014 Lauren Kent And Sam Kiley, CNN , 25 Feb. 2021",
"Revenue for the three months ended March grew 35% to $1.46 billion from a year earlier, when fresh Covid-19 concerns caused people to hunker down. \u2014 Preetika Rana, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Biologically, adolescents are not designed to hunker down at home. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Yet few issues can alienate the public like the double standard of politicians partying while telling others to hunker down at home. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Many immigration scholars agree that these restrictions incentivized undocumented immigrants to hunker down in the U.S., freezing them in place at the risk of being banished from the country. \u2014 Laura Rodr\u00edguez Presa, chicagotribune.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"probably akin to Middle Dutch hucken, huken to squat, Middle Low German h\u014dken to squat, peddle, Old Norse h\u016bka to squat"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012415"
},
"hulsite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mineral (Fe,Ca,Mg) 4 (Fe,Sn) 2 B 2 O 10 (?) consisting of a hydrous iron calcium magnesium tin borate"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259l(t)\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Alfred Hulse Brooks \u20201924 American scientist + English -ite"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-060403"
},
"hure":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a close-fitting cap":[],
": the head of a boar, wolf, or bear":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hyu\u0307(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old French, cap, head of a wild animal":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055242"
},
"hurdy-gurdy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stringed instrument in which sound is produced by the friction of a rosined wheel turned by a crank against the strings and the pitches are varied by keys":[],
": any of various mechanical musical instruments (such as the barrel organ)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-d\u0113-\u02ccg\u0259r-",
"\u02cch\u0259r-d\u0113-\u02c8g\u0259r-d\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1745, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005558"
},
"hunker down":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lower the body to the ground by bending the legs":[
"The hikers hunkered down under a cliff until the storm passed."
],
": to stay in a place for a period of time":[
"The leaders hunkered down at a country estate for difficult peace negotiations."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002906"
},
"hurtable":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of being hurt"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rt\u0259b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-141009"
},
"hurt someone's feelings":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to upset someone : to make someone feel bad":[
"I'm sorry\u2014I didn't mean to hurt your feelings ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235627"
},
"hustings":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a local court formerly held in various English municipalities and still held infrequently in London":[],
": a local court in some cities in Virginia":[],
": a raised platform used until 1872 for the nomination of candidates for the British Parliament and for election speeches":[],
": an election platform : stump":[],
": the proceedings or locale of an election campaign":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-sti\u014bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Foreign affairs issues rarely intrude into a Canadian election campaign, but the first few days on the hustings were dominated by biting questions about Canada's response to the United States' abrupt pullout from Afghanistan. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 22 Sep. 2021",
"But more must be done, especially out on the hustings . \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2021",
"But huddled in their cars, or recuperating at a warming center, many took to their phones, and to the virtual hustings , to shout about how government had seemingly abandoned them. \u2014 Asher Price, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Forced off the hustings by the threat of contagion, the mayoral candidates have been severely constrained in their ability to glad-hand parishioners at Brooklyn churches or kibitz with nursing home residents. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2020",
"The view of the world from the Oval office looks dramatically different from the campaign hustings . \u2014 Nayan Chanda, Quartz India , 21 Dec. 2020",
"On his largely virtual hustings , the former vice president has repeated COVID anti-vaxxing rhetoric. \u2014 Jack Fowler, National Review , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Without Donald Trump on the hustings , the coming weeks of campaigning in America will have less ... \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 Oct. 2020",
"While Trump flies Air Force One around the country for raucous airplane hangar rallies and mega-fundraisers, Pence hits the hustings in two-lane road communities. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 10 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English h\u016bsting , from Old Norse h\u016bsthing , from h\u016bs house + thing assembly":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194931"
},
"hulky":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": hulking"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259lk\u0113",
"-ki"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"hulk entry 1 + -y"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-231816"
},
"hunia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tall long-legged sheep used in southern Asia as a fighting and pack animal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u00a6n\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably native name in India":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015646"
},
"huckster":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": hawker , peddler",
": one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way",
": one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television",
": haggle",
": to deal in or bargain over",
": to promote aggressively",
": peddler , hawker"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259k-st\u0259r",
"\u02c8h\u0259k-st\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"hawker",
"peddler",
"pedlar"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the rock star",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Trump remains not only an e-mail-fund-raising huckster but also the subject of historical inquiry. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Seehorn, as the equally complicated Kim, a budding lawyer who managed to escape her past as the daughter of a huckster \u2014 only to wind up being married to another. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"San Francisco way returns to SoCal with an adaptation of its dark, allegorical 1988 concept album about a huckster who exploits conjoined twins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"And Democrats, no longer confident that an unserious huckster was destined to lose, were not at all complacent. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Could Odenkirk\u2019s fast-talking huckster hold the weight of an entire drama? \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Hill is a confidence man, a classic American huckster . \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Eli move like a dastardly Robert Mitchum-esque huckster ? \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Red Rocket is set during the 2016 presidential election, and Baker is clearly intent on evoking the national mood of the time by telling a story of an American huckster . \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"Middle English hukster , from Middle Dutch hokester , from hoeken to peddle"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-021103"
},
"human engineering":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": management of humans and their affairs especially in industry":[],
": ergonomics sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccen-j\u0259-\u02c8ni(\u0259)r-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But for the new project, human engineering introduced some crucial innovations. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The complications are myriad \u2013 from challenges with funding and public support to questions of whether human engineering simply alters threats rather than removes them. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Learners examine how nature's patterns in plants are mimicked by human engineering \u2013 and then collect and document the plants in their own backyards. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 June 2021",
"The cliffs and beach today are cluttered with remnants of human engineering . \u2014 Rosanna Xia Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 27 Nov. 2020",
"One of the most important aspects of Johnson\u2019s mathematical prowess is that her calculations involved real people, real objects interacting at the limits of human engineering . \u2014 Sophia Chen, Wired , 28 Feb. 2020",
"But then the art and science of human engineering began. \u2014 Tom Verducci, SI.com , 13 Aug. 2019",
"Despite its contrived beginnings, Bowie designed a cultural touchstone for a historic moment of human engineering and blind courage. \u2014 Mitch Goodwin, Quartzy , 12 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181014"
},
"husting":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a deliberative assembly or council in early medieval England",
": one called by a king or other leader",
": a court held in London before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs or aldermen",
": a local court in some cities in Virginia",
": the upper end or dais of the guildhall where the London husting sits",
": a raised platform from which candidates for the British Parliament were formerly nominated and from which they addressed their constituency",
": the proceedings at a parliamentary election",
": an election platform : stump",
": an act or process of electioneering"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259sti\u014b",
"-t\u0113\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Old English h\u016bsting , from Old Norse h\u016bsthing , from h\u016bs house + thing assembly"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-043020"
},
"hurt feelings":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": unhappiness or sadness caused by someone's words or actions":[
"His behavior at the party caused a lot of hurt feelings ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204441"
},
"hutukhtu":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Mongolian khutuktu eminent, from khutuk eminence":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171523"
},
"huffily":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": haughty , arrogant":[],
": roused to indignation : irritated":[],
": easily offended : touchy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"ticklish",
"touchy"
],
"antonyms":[
"thick-skinned"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
"the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
"Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052016"
},
"hucklebone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hip bone , hook sense 5c(2)":[],
": talus":[],
": knucklebone sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170709"
},
"human contact":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": interaction with other people":[
"She joined a book club to get a little human contact while the kids were in school."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055553"
},
"hulock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hoolock":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hulock from native name in Assam or Burma":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170937"
},
"humate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a salt or ester of a humic acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-\u02ccm\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The commercial products use liquid humate (for more consistency than compost tea) and contain beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 18 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174512"
},
"hucksterer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": huckster":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-t(\u0259)r\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001046"
},
"humus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic entry 1 sense 1a(2) ) portion of soil",
": the dark rich part of earth formed from decaying plant or animal material",
": a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic portion of soil"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259s",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259s",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259s",
"\u02c8y\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Organic matter serves as food for earthworms, insects, bacteria and fungi that transform it to soil nutrients and humus . \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Tall grasses grew on the site for millions of years, and their decomposition created a dark, rich humus that would later prove ideal for cotton farmers. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The resulting holes admit water, air, fertilizer and humus -creating organic matter to the root systems. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"Older wetlands in areas surveyed by Delta-X aircraft are more diverse, their soil rich with humus from generations of plants. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2021",
"This is a very aromatic, pungent rum that offers up notes of green sugarcane, lemon zest and chocolate all wrapped up in an earthy/ humus -like aroma. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
"If your soil is heavy, coarse sand or humus can be added, and gypsum works well to improve clay soils. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2021",
"Unfortunately, the annual humus sale was canceled this year because KLB coordinators were concerned about maintaining safety protocols. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Decomposition of the leaves enriches the top layers of the forest soil by returning part of the elements borrowed by trees and other plants and at the same time provides for more water-absorbing humus . \u2014 Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune , 8 Oct. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from Latin, earth \u2014 more at humble"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1796, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-032524"
},
"huckleberry oak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a low, spreading, often prostrate shrub ( Quercus vaccinifolia ) of southwestern U.S. with slender branches and green leaves that resemble those of the huckleberry"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-043853"
},
"hurdy-gurdist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hurdy-gurdy player"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6h\u0259rd\u0113\u00a6g\u0259rd\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1827, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-070758"
},
"humble-bee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bumblebee"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English humbylbee , from humbyl- (akin to Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee) + bee \u2014 more at hum"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074101"
},
"hulloo":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of hulloo variant of hallo"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)h\u0259\u02c8l\u00fc",
"\u02c8h\u0259(\u02cc)l\u00fc",
"\u02c8h\u0259\u02c8l\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112021"
},
"human chorionic gonadotropin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a glycoprotein hormone similar in structure to luteinizing hormone that is secreted by the placenta during early pregnancy to maintain corpus luteum function and is commonly tested for as an indicator of pregnancy",
": a glycoprotein hormone similar in structure to luteinizing hormone that is secreted by the placenta during early pregnancy to maintain corpus luteum function and stimulate placental progesterone production, is found in the urine and blood serum of pregnant women, is commonly tested for as an indicator of pregnancy, is used medically to induce ovulation and to treat male hypogonadism and cryptorchidism, and is produced in certain cancers (as of the testes)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the unfamiliar, HCG stands for human chorionic gonadotropin , a hormone made during pregnancy which has been used, incorrectly, for weight loss. \u2014 Christopher Rosa, Glamour , 22 Oct. 2021",
"After that happens, the body starts to produce human chorionic gonadotropin , a chemical that is detected by pregnancy tests. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2021",
"When undercover investigators showed up, posing as potential clients, Lopez allegedly offered them human chorionic gonadotropin , a prescription hormone, as well as meal-replacement powders and syringes. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Because of her history, Waldron underwent a slew of early blood tests and ultrasounds with her high-risk fertility doctor that showed her levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), commonly called the pregnancy hormone, were up and down. \u2014 Kaelyn Forde, Glamour , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The bill also bars terminations of pregnancies confirmed by the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). \u2014 al , 13 Aug. 2019",
"At-home pregnancy tests look for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which is a hormone from your placenta (the organ that helps maintain and nourish a pregnancy). \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 13 Sep. 2018",
"At-home pregnancy tests work by detecting the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which your body produces during pregnancy. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 8 Oct. 2018",
"At-home pregnancy tests\u2014including Lia\u2014look for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your pee. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 13 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1939, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114255"
},
"huckleberry family":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ericaceae"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115028"
},
"humblebrag":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259m-b\u0259l-\u02ccbrag"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"2002, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122008"
},
"hurleyhouse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large dilapidated house"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rli\u02cch\u00fcs"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"hurley- (probably from hurl entry 2 + -y ) + house"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-132455"
},
"huff-snuff":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": swashbuckler":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"huff entry 1 + snuff":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111336"
},
"hursinghar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an East Indian tree ( Nyctanthes arbortristis ) of the family Oleaceae with flowers that yield a dye used as a substitute for saffron":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6h\u0259rsi\u014b\u00a6g\u00e4r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi harsi\u1e45g\u0101r, h\u0101rsi\u1e45g\u0101r, h\u0101rsi\u1e45gh\u0101r":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113015"
},
"hurling":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Irish game resembling field hockey played between two teams of 15 players each":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259r-li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There's also a sports section with icons of rugby, hurling and football, placed before a television, to catch a match. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The hurling up of magma from below sent a cloud of debris nearly 20 miles into the sky. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Naturally, there\u2019s a method to picking out the perfect hurling gourd, said Raven Chant, a Student Life coordinator. \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 21 Oct. 2021",
"On both days, step-dancing demonstrations, hurling and football demonstrations will take place between the performing acts. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"At first glance, the hurling of F-bombs, menacing threats and burly security guards whisking away unruly members of the crowds packing suburban school board meetings in recent weeks seems straight out of a reality TV show. \u2014 Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Before the pick: A three-year starter at Georgia, the childhood teammate of MLB\u2019er Clayton Kershaw did some hurling of his own, throwing for 7,731 yards and 51 touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 27 June 2021",
"Along with the building, the property includes fields dedicated to Gaelic football and hurling . \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 20 Apr. 2021",
"The attack comes as Portland continues to grapple with nights of unrest that have increasingly turned violent, leading to shootings, assaults, arson and the hurling of deadly objects at police officers. \u2014 Fox News , 18 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114838"
},
"hurt for":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to lack (something needed)":[
"Those children are hurting for attention.",
"The company is hurting for money right now."
],
": to have sympathy or pity for (someone)":[
"I hurt for those poor people."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115040"
},
"hung parliament":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a parliament in which no political party has a clear majority":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115926"
},
"huckleberry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": blueberry":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259-k\u0259l-\u02ccber-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lavender, cedar, and white sage comprise the scent of a Joshua Tree candle, while the aroma-rich goods of Montana\u2019s Glacier National Park candle includes an amalgamation of huckleberry , bergamot, balsam fir, and vanilla. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 12 Apr. 2022",
"There are several gravel routes to get you there, but the goal is the same: to sink your teeth into a famous huckleberry bear claw from the Polebridge Mercantile. \u2014 Outside Online , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The menu boasts bison blueberry sausage with blue corn and huckleberry , Kickapoo chili, three sisters salad and chia berry pudding. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower And Radhika Marya, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Our bounty was more than enough to coat our salmon dinner in a huckleberry compote \u2014 and have plenty of berries to spare. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Oct. 2021",
"The snacky burrata crostini ($14), meanwhile, includes diced green tomato pickles with lots of bite to them; its counterpart with duck liver p\u00e2t\u00e9 gets a slash of huckleberry compote. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 June 2021",
"Recreating like a Montana resident isn't simply a matter of knowing the best fishing hole or the lushest huckleberry -picking spot. \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Star Tribune , 21 May 2021",
"The bakers must feature Montana and Idaho\u2019s beloved huckleberries in a huckleberry pie-embouche pastry tower in this new episode. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2021",
"Episode three heads west to the Rocky Mountain State where Joseph and her competition will be challenged to incorporate Montana and Idaho's beloved huckleberries in their huckleberry pie-embouche pastry tower for the master challenge. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 14 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of hurtleberry huckleberry":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130035"
},
"hullock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small piece of sail kept standing to hold a ship's head to the wind in a storm":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125017"
},
"huttonweed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": wild teasel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4an\u02ccw\u0113d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from the name Hutton":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131023"
},
"hurds":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the coarse parts of flax or hemp that adhere to the fiber after it is separated":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0259rdz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English herdes, hurdes (plural), from Old English heordan (plural); akin to Old English -heord hair of a woman's head, Old Norse haddr hair of a woman's head, Greek keskeon tow, Russian kosa braid":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134357"
},
"Huyton with Roby":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in Lancashire, northwestern England, east of Liverpool population 57,671":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-with-",
"\u02c8h\u012b-t\u1d4an-wit\u035fh-\u02c8r\u014d-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134408"
},
"human equation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the factor of human strength or weakness that needs to be considered in predicting the outcome of any social, political, economic, or mechanical process operated by human agency":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135027"
},
"human capital":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the skills, knowledge, and qualifications of a person, group, or workforce considered as economic assets":[
"Nothing is more important to a company, nation, or individual than intelligence. It is the fundamental key to problem-solving and wealth creation, and underpins the human capital that drives every company and nation forward.",
"\u2014 Peter H. Diamandis",
"In fact, the evidence suggests that public investments in human capital , including higher education, yield long-term economic rates of return that far exceed most standard investments in technology or capital.",
"\u2014 Edward L. Glaeser",
"All of this coincided with the emergence in academe of the idea of \" human capital \": the notion that the more skilled the work force, the more productive it tends to be.",
"\u2014 Denis P. Doyle et al."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140732"
},
"humble oneself":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to do or say something which shows that one knows one has been wrong, has behaved with too much pride, etc.":[
"He needs to humble himself and ask for their forgiveness."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064441"
}
}
Reference in New Issue Copy Permalink