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{
"yo":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"interjection"
],
"definitions":{
"year old; years old":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English yo, io , interjection":"Interjection"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1968, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233127"
},
"yobbo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lout , yokel":[],
": hoodlum":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4-b\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"some yobbo has been threatening shopkeepers in the East End"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"yob + -o entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155852"
},
"yoke":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together",
": an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person",
": a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions",
": a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness",
": a crosspiece on the head of a boat's rudder",
": an airplane control operating the elevators and ailerons",
": a frame from which a bell is hung",
": a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position",
": two animals yoked or worked together",
": an oppressive agency",
": servitude , bondage",
": tie , link",
": marriage",
": a fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments",
": to put a yoke on",
": to join in or with a yoke",
": to attach a draft animal to",
": to attach (a draft animal) to something",
": to join as if by a yoke",
": to put to work",
": to become joined or linked",
": a wooden bar or frame by which two work animals (as oxen) are harnessed at the heads or necks for drawing a plow or load",
": a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal parts",
": a clamp that holds or connects two parts",
": two animals yoked together",
": something that brings about pain, suffering, or a loss of freedom",
": slavery sense 1",
": a fitted or shaped piece at the shoulder of a garment or at the top of a skirt",
": to put a yoke on",
": to attach a work animal to"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014dk",
"\u02c8y\u014dk"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servility",
"servitude",
"slavery",
"thrall",
"thralldom",
"thraldom"
],
"antonyms":[
"catenate",
"chain",
"compound",
"concatenate",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"hitch",
"hook",
"interconnect",
"interlink",
"join",
"link"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom",
"Verb",
"The two oxen were yoked together.",
"yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For his next trick, Hall will release a video of himself doing a 500-pound yoke carry for five hours across a dry lake bed. \u2014 Men's Health , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The rush to express eagerness for Ukraine to come under the Russian yoke \u2014or to even applaud Putin for invading a sovereign and democratic country\u2014could be understood as an attempt to fill that America First vacuum. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"State media has also been playing on a popular perception in Russia that Ukraine is under the yoke of corrupt and inept leadership. \u2014 Ann M. Simmons, WSJ , 1 May 2022",
"Less than a year after shaking off the yoke of dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, a review of the habous system was atop their agenda in 2012. \u2014 Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Its struggle to emerge from the yoke of Soviet aggression during the Cold War became a stirring example of courage in the name of freedom. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Now, nearly 75 years later and with the surviving monks too old to continue their work, a family of another faith is taking up the brothers\u2019 yoke . \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"His shoulders slump, as though bowed by an invisible yoke . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2022",
"At that time, roughly the middle third of the nineteenth century, the historic capitals of both Poland and Ukraine\u2014Warsaw and Kyiv\u2014were under the yoke of the Russian tsars, who kept a close eye on such things. \u2014 Keith Gessen, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"At the same time, the slowing of Moore\u2019s Law has triggered a pre-Cambrian explosion of chip design startups, some with radical new ideas for how to configure chips and yoke them together. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Elder also has emerged as the favorite target of Newsom, who has done his best to yoke the conservative to former President Trump, who is widely unpopular in California. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Democrats plan to yoke the entire party, especially vulnerable members in tough districts, to Greene in the midterms. \u2014 Melanie Zanona, CNN , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Trump, meanwhile, managed to yoke the meeting to his administration\u2019s campaign to buttress Israel on the world stage. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2020",
"Progress required that citizens yoke themselves to an immoral economy in ever more complex ways. \u2014 R.h. Lossin, The New York Review of Books , 4 Sep. 2020",
"Munch has the daring to yoke this world-menacing science fiction and world-historical politics to peculiarly intimate settings. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 June 2020",
"Yet none of the other technocrats succeeded in heading a second government, as Mr Conte has done since last September, when the M5S switched partners to yoke itself to the centre-left Democratic Party. \u2014 The Economist , 27 June 2020",
"Still, these mutually resentful women can\u2019t disengage: their womanhood, and an accompanying unease in the world, keep them yoked together, entangled in talk. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213701"
},
"yokel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014d-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The first comic, Charles F. Browne, hit the lecture circuit in 1861 and adopted the pseudonymous persona of a country yokel named Artemus Ward. \u2014 Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Nov. 2021",
"At first he was depicted as a country yokel , but by the end of that first season the puppet\u2019s operator, Carroll Spinney, had changed tack. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Dec. 2019",
"King himself directed this gloriously goofy adaptation of a short story from his Night Shift collection about a group of local yokels trapped in a roadside truck stop by a convoy of killer big rigs. \u2014 Matthew Chernov, chicagotribune.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Urbanites defined themselves as forward-looking sophisticates who sneered at yokels in backwaters; cosmopolitanism faced off against parochialism. \u2014 Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books , 7 Feb. 2019",
"Every single in-game model, from huge wooden shacks to flying spaceships, and from slack-jawed yokels to individual blades of grass, has been handsomely redrawn by this remaster's development team. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 11 June 2019",
"How not to be a local yokel The parents of one of David Benglian\u2019s Penn classmates bought their son a Society Hill townhouse to live in during the school year. \u2014 Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Everyone is too goddamn afraid of Trump and his band of yokels . \u2014 GQ , 11 Oct. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from English dialect yokel green woodpecker, of imitative origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1819, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021647"
},
"young":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"noun plural"
],
"definitions":{
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development":[],
": junior sense 1a":[],
": of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink":[
"fresh young lamb",
"a young wine"
],
": having little experience":[],
": recently come into being : new":[
"a young publishing company"
],
": youthful sense 5":[],
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person":[
"young at heart"
],
": representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement":[],
"Andrew Jackson, Jr. 1932\u2013 U.S. ambassador to U.N. (1977\u201379)":[],
": young persons : youth":[],
": immature offspring":[
"\u2014 used especially of animals"
],
": a single recently born or hatched animal":[],
": pregnant":[],
"1801\u20131877 American Mormon leader":[
"Brig*ham \\ \u02c8bri-\u200bg\u0259m \\"
],
"Cy originally Denton True Young 1867\u20131955 American baseball player":[],
"Michael W(arren) 1949\u2013 American geneticist":[],
"Owen D. 1874\u20131962 American lawyer":[],
"Whitney Moore 1921\u20131971 American civil rights leader":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"youngish",
"youthful"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He looks young for his age.",
"A very nice young man greeted us at the door.",
"Young people today have a lot of opportunities.",
"He dreamed of being an artist when he was young .",
"The movie isn't suitable for young viewers.",
"He's still too young to buy alcohol legally.",
"Our youngest daughter just started school.",
"\u201c When I was young ,\u201d the man said, \u201cthe world was a different place.\u201d",
"The season is still young .",
"Noun",
"music that appeals to the young",
"The very young and the elderly are particularly sensitive to the disease.",
"a robin feeding her young",
"The young of a wolf are called pups.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The show follows a young teenage girl, Belly (Lola Tung), on her family\u2019s annual summer vacation to the beach. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Video shows the mouthguard instead flying into the face of a young girl. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The story follows a young girl who discovers magical powers and uses them to help her beloved teacher. \u2014 Rosa Escandon, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Another one for anime fans, this Japanese film follows a young girl named Miyo who pines after a boy named Hinode. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"Although the White House is perhaps the world\u2019s most prestigious office building, much of the staff is young , sometimes even fresh out of college like Hutchinson. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"While influencers and celebrities draw the most attention, most attendees are young , working music fans who are passionate about the live experience and will continue supporting concerts over the long haul. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"And held back more as a young girl told her story of watching her best friend die after being shot in the leg at Saugus High School in 2019. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"This explosive novel-in-verse unpacks a young Dominican girl\u2019s coming of age and her embrace of her own body, mind and voice. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall\u2019s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn\u2019t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English yong , from Old English geong ; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012249"
},
"youngish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"noun plural"
],
"definitions":{
": being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development":[],
": junior sense 1a":[],
": of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink":[
"fresh young lamb",
"a young wine"
],
": having little experience":[],
": recently come into being : new":[
"a young publishing company"
],
": youthful sense 5":[],
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of youth or a young person":[
"young at heart"
],
": representing a new or rejuvenated especially political group or movement":[],
"Andrew Jackson, Jr. 1932\u2013 U.S. ambassador to U.N. (1977\u201379)":[],
": young persons : youth":[],
": immature offspring":[
"\u2014 used especially of animals"
],
": a single recently born or hatched animal":[],
": pregnant":[],
"1801\u20131877 American Mormon leader":[
"Brig*ham \\ \u02c8bri-\u200bg\u0259m \\"
],
"Cy originally Denton True Young 1867\u20131955 American baseball player":[],
"Michael W(arren) 1949\u2013 American geneticist":[],
"Owen D. 1874\u20131962 American lawyer":[],
"Whitney Moore 1921\u20131971 American civil rights leader":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"youngish",
"youthful"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He looks young for his age.",
"A very nice young man greeted us at the door.",
"Young people today have a lot of opportunities.",
"He dreamed of being an artist when he was young .",
"The movie isn't suitable for young viewers.",
"He's still too young to buy alcohol legally.",
"Our youngest daughter just started school.",
"\u201c When I was young ,\u201d the man said, \u201cthe world was a different place.\u201d",
"The season is still young .",
"Noun",
"music that appeals to the young",
"The very young and the elderly are particularly sensitive to the disease.",
"a robin feeding her young",
"The young of a wolf are called pups.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The show follows a young teenage girl, Belly (Lola Tung), on her family\u2019s annual summer vacation to the beach. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Video shows the mouthguard instead flying into the face of a young girl. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The story follows a young girl who discovers magical powers and uses them to help her beloved teacher. \u2014 Rosa Escandon, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Another one for anime fans, this Japanese film follows a young girl named Miyo who pines after a boy named Hinode. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"Although the White House is perhaps the world\u2019s most prestigious office building, much of the staff is young , sometimes even fresh out of college like Hutchinson. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"While influencers and celebrities draw the most attention, most attendees are young , working music fans who are passionate about the live experience and will continue supporting concerts over the long haul. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 28 June 2022",
"And held back more as a young girl told her story of watching her best friend die after being shot in the leg at Saugus High School in 2019. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"This explosive novel-in-verse unpacks a young Dominican girl\u2019s coming of age and her embrace of her own body, mind and voice. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall\u2019s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn\u2019t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. \u2014 Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic , 6 May 2022",
"When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. \u2014 Jim Williams, Star Tribune , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English yong , from Old English geong ; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163445"
},
"youngling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b-li\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"she quit babysitting when she got tired of wrangling younglings who weren't even her own",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then, inexplicably, the next two episodes are devoted entirely to the continuing adventures of Din Djarin, protagonist of The Mandalorian, and the youngling Grogu. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Luke\u2014sensing the youngling 's divided loyalties\u2014tells Grogu to choose between the chain mail and Yoda's old light saber, i.e., between his love for the Mandalorian and his Jedi training. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Sammy gave birth to the youngling after a 10-month pregnancy. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 16 Apr. 2021",
"His son, Jett, plays a youngling killed by Clone Troopers. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2019",
"And now, some super-responsible hunters (read with sarcasm) blamed a group of younglings for illegally killing nearly 60 doves during a hunt in Maverick County. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2019",
"The offspring of National Zoo tiger Damai, the youngling is bidding adieu to his birthplace, and is en route to a new home at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 11 Sep. 2017",
"Balmy, albeit sloppy, conditions Monday meant even the younglings could partake in early efforts in the annual Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt. \u2014 Dave Orrick, Twin Cities , 23 Jan. 2017",
"The Crayola Story Studio Star Wars edition allows your youngling to put themselves in the boots of a true Jedi Padawan. \u2014 Dak, WIRED , 17 May 2012"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211701"
},
"youngster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a young person : youth":[],
": child":[],
": a young animal or plant especially of a domesticated or cultivated breed or type":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b-st\u0259r",
"\u02c8y\u0259\u014b(k)-st\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youth"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"As a youngster , he was very shy.",
"bright-eyed youngsters interested in learning",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a youngster , Connor and his younger brother, Carson, began just tagging along with their dad. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of learning to become a responsible gun owner as a youngster in Uvalde. \u2014 Aamer Madhani, Chron , 7 June 2022",
"Footage of Prince as a youngster was recently found by CNN affiliate station WCCO in Minneapolis. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"As a youngster , her parents encouraged her to play various team sports. \u2014 Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Beginning at age 12, Roberts started giving violin instruction on Saturday mornings to a youngster with Down syndrome at the urging of her Mainly Mozart music teacher. \u2014 Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"As a youngster , Humberto Castellanos dreamed of playing third base and idolized former Boston Red Sox (and Arizona State) infielder Dustin Pedroia. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022",
"Cabrera had wheels as a youngster , but even then, his ambitions seemed to stop at second base; his career high for three-baggers was three, set in his 87-game rookie season of 2003. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Our classic clear CBD gummy bears are available in a variety of flavors and sizes, from which to relive the emotions associated with eating gummy bears as a youngster . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021104"
},
"youthful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of youth":[
"youthful inexperience"
],
": being young and not yet mature":[],
": marked by or possessing youth":[
"youthful dancers"
],
": having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous":[
"my youthful grandparents"
],
": having accomplished or undergone little erosion":[
"youthful mountains"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcth-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"My grandparents are still very youthful .",
"it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Petsch\u2019s bright green and white jacket and matching skirt from the spring 2022 ready-to-wear collection were imbued with youthful energy. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 31 Jan. 2022",
"But it\u2019s the youthful energy and trust that Geary has put into his squad that has the Bears riding the high of a three-game winning streak. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Your skin will receive a new life and a youthful glow. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Clarins\u2019s ultra-concentrated body serum unveils a youthful glow with natural plant extracts including antioxidant-rich christophine, soothing water lily, and exfoliating hibiscus flower. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 24 May 2022",
"Without art and without youthful energy, the movements tend to flicker or die off. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"The mix of manuka honey, peptides, and cica plump up the skin and give it such a youthful glow. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Having a comprehensive skincare routine that works for your skin type can help immensely to keep your youthful glow. \u2014 Essence , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Despite her youthful topical glow, Waddingham also emphasizes the significance of harnessing beauty from within. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Aug. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011314"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail":[],
": to complain or protest with or as if with yowls":[],
": to express with yowling":[],
": a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yau\u0307l",
"\u02c8yau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup"
],
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"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The cat was yowling outside.",
"He was yowling in pain.",
"Noun",
"the cat gave a yowl of anger",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In normal times, life in any city means a constant barrage of sounds: car horns, yowling cats, heated arguments from windows overhead\u2014often over inconsequential things. \u2014 Samer Kalaf, The New Republic , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Sirens yowled and vents whistled; a motorcycle potato-potato-potatoed and a can skittered on the concrete. \u2014 Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic , 8 Oct. 2019",
"The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Detuned guitars warble from the corners of songs; the visuals go medieval; the dark lord Ozzy Osbourne yowls one chorus. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Some, at 15, were already fantasizing about marshaling breakfast for whining, barking, yowling households. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Or your just moved-in, very sweet neighbors with the sick, yowling cat? \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 12 Nov. 2018",
"My normally mild-mannered dog lost her mind, yowling and dancing around the kitchen until someone, anyone, would give her even the smallest morsel of cheese. \u2014 Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit , 26 Apr. 2018",
"The brown mutts yowled into the blackness of the forest. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 2 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then, a human yowl cuts through with the urgency of a distress signal. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Stop pausing to yowl when a call doesn\u2019t go your way. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"The wind rose to a sustained yowl , shredded the treetops, racked the old lean-to, seemed to be swelling toward a terrible end. \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015",
"As usual, his instinctive approach and trademark yowl created additional ambiguities: there are ghost words here. \u2014 Brad Shoup, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But, when Yarielis suddenly turned red, opening her mouth in a silent, tearful yowl , the children screamed for their mother to help her. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The song is a bluesy slow-burner packed with the singer's signature yowl , and is featured prominently in the Season 2 finale of the Juliette Lewis-starring FacebookWatch series Sacred Lies. \u2014 Claire Lobenfeld, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Hearses and Gucci furs and callous relationship advice and desperate questioning all get strung together in drowsy yowls with strikingly logical syntax. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Miley Cyrus, in her rodeo yowl on the song, warns some boy to quit it with the pet names. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053045"
},
"yowling":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress : wail":[],
": to complain or protest with or as if with yowls":[],
": to express with yowling":[],
": a loud long mournful wail or howl (as of a cat)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yau\u0307l",
"\u02c8yau\u0307(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup"
],
"antonyms":[
"cry",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The cat was yowling outside.",
"He was yowling in pain.",
"Noun",
"the cat gave a yowl of anger",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In normal times, life in any city means a constant barrage of sounds: car horns, yowling cats, heated arguments from windows overhead\u2014often over inconsequential things. \u2014 Samer Kalaf, The New Republic , 10 Apr. 2020",
"Sirens yowled and vents whistled; a motorcycle potato-potato-potatoed and a can skittered on the concrete. \u2014 Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic , 8 Oct. 2019",
"The bleacher bums behind me began to emit guttural effusions, a sort of existential, yowling yodel. \u2014 Michael Powell, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Detuned guitars warble from the corners of songs; the visuals go medieval; the dark lord Ozzy Osbourne yowls one chorus. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Some, at 15, were already fantasizing about marshaling breakfast for whining, barking, yowling households. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Or your just moved-in, very sweet neighbors with the sick, yowling cat? \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 12 Nov. 2018",
"My normally mild-mannered dog lost her mind, yowling and dancing around the kitchen until someone, anyone, would give her even the smallest morsel of cheese. \u2014 Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit , 26 Apr. 2018",
"The brown mutts yowled into the blackness of the forest. \u2014 Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads , 2 Apr. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Then, a human yowl cuts through with the urgency of a distress signal. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Stop pausing to yowl when a call doesn\u2019t go your way. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"The wind rose to a sustained yowl , shredded the treetops, racked the old lean-to, seemed to be swelling toward a terrible end. \u2014 Earl Swift, Outside Online , 2 Sep. 2015",
"As usual, his instinctive approach and trademark yowl created additional ambiguities: there are ghost words here. \u2014 Brad Shoup, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
"But, when Yarielis suddenly turned red, opening her mouth in a silent, tearful yowl , the children screamed for their mother to help her. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The song is a bluesy slow-burner packed with the singer's signature yowl , and is featured prominently in the Season 2 finale of the Juliette Lewis-starring FacebookWatch series Sacred Lies. \u2014 Claire Lobenfeld, EW.com , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Hearses and Gucci furs and callous relationship advice and desperate questioning all get strung together in drowsy yowls with strikingly logical syntax. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2019",
"Miley Cyrus, in her rodeo yowl on the song, warns some boy to quit it with the pet names. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 5 Nov. 2019"
],
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"Middle English":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070422"
},
"yo-yo":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a thick grooved double disk with a string attached to its center axle that is made to fall and rise to the hand by unwinding and rewinding on the string":[],
": a condition or situation marked by regular fluctuations from one extreme to another":[],
": a stupid or foolish person":[],
": shifting back and forth or up and down uncertainly or unexpectedly":[],
": to move from one position to another repeatedly : fluctuate":[
"the stock price yo-yoed"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014d-(\u02cc)y\u014d",
"\u02c8y\u014d-y\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Ilocano y\u00f3yo , or a cognate word in a language of the Philippines":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1967, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181315"
},
"yonder":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":{
": at or in that indicated more or less distant place usually within sight":[],
": farther removed : more distant":[],
": being at a distance within view or at a place or in a direction known or indicated":[],
": something that is or is in an indicated more or less distant place":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4n-d\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beyond",
"farther",
"further",
"yon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"We could see people gathering down yonder by the riverbank.",
"look yonder and you'll see the skyline of the city"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from yond + -er (as in hither )":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Pronoun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005632"
},
"youth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the early period of existence, growth, or development":[],
": young persons or creatures":[
"\u2014 usually plural in construction"
],
": the quality or state of being youthful : youthfulness":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fcth"
],
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"sonny",
"stripling",
"tad"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"She had a troubled youth .",
"He spent his youth in the Midwest.",
"He got into a lot of trouble in his youth .",
"a generation trying to recapture lost youth",
"when the industry was still in its youth",
"Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His talent eventually earned him places on elite regional club teams and U.S. youth national teams as a teenager. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"Nearly 25 percent of former foster youth in California experience homelessness after leaving the system, according to a 2018 study from The University of Chicago. \u2014 Amy Wang, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"In front of the Woodland entrance of Keney Park in Hartford, fraternity, sorority, community leaders and members gathered to pray for a safe summer for the youth in the city. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
"An elite tennis player as a youth in Southern California, Rosen made the switch to football at John Bosco High School and was Los Angeles Times Player of the Year and a USA Today All-American as a senior in 2014. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 25 June 2022",
"People tend to talk to Vivian, whose charm, youth and station in life are disarming. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"On Friday, June 17, purchase a beer from the Stable and the proceeds will be donated to Haus of Codec, the only emergency shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in the city. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Now, the company donates park tickets to the Orlando Youth Alliance, a nonprofit that serves LGBT youth in central Florida, for the first Saturday in June. \u2014 Allison Pohle And Erich Schwartzel, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Oh, and Bruce Campbell\u2014a talented actor and friend of Raimi's since their youth in Michigan\u2014has got to be there too. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 25 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English youthe , from Old English geoguth ; akin to Old English geong young \u2014 more at young":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232145"
},
"yob":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": yobbo":[],
"year of birth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4b"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yobbo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"A couple of yobs damaged his car.",
"the complaint that English football has been taken over by the yobs , who make the stadiums unfit for families",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Johnson has more to worry about than just random yobs disrupting the call. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 31 Mar. 2020",
"After the yobs fled, the Sun reported, Cumberbatch hugged the deliveryman from Deliveroo, a U.K. food-delivery service. \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 2 June 2018",
"But these folk will not be your random yobs brought in to gawp. \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2018",
"After the yobs fled, the Sun reported, Cumberbatch hugged the deliveryman from Deliveroo, a U.K. food-delivery service. \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 2 June 2018",
"But these folk will not be your random yobs brought in to gawp. \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"backward spelling for boy":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192144"
},
"yock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": laugh",
": joke , gag"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-004304"
},
"yon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"pronoun"
],
"definitions":[
": yonder",
": that or those yonder",
": yonder",
": thither",
": yonder entry 2",
": yonder entry 1",
": thither"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4n",
"\u02c8y\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[
"beyond",
"farther",
"further",
"yonder"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Adverb",
"the belief that it is the destiny of the human race to explore our solar system and yon"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Pronoun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-022853"
},
"Yomud":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Turkoman people inhabiting the Khoresm oasis of Soviet Turkestan":[],
": a member of the Yomud people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014dm\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000205"
},
"yom tob":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Jewish holiday or festival":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew y\u014dm \u1e6d\u014dbh , from y\u014dm day + \u1e6d\u014dbh good":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024451"
},
"Yonath":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Ada E. 1939\u2013 Israeli biochemist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014d-\u02ccn\u00e4t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012618"
},
"Yoncalla":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Kalapooian people of southwestern Oregon",
": a member of the Yoncalla people"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-014148"
},
"Yom Kippur":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Jewish holiday observed with fasting and prayer on the 10th day of Tishri in accordance with the rites described in Leviticus 16":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-(\u02cc)pu\u0307r",
"\u02ccy\u014dm-ki-\u02c8pu\u0307r",
"-\u02c8ki-p\u0259r",
"\u02ccy\u022fm-",
"\u02ccy\u00e4m-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew y\u014dm kipp\u016br , literally, day of atonement":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1735, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033202"
},
"yoncopin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": water chinquapin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Ojibwa wankipin , literally, crooked root":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200645"
},
"yond":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": yonder":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00e4nd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English geond ; akin to Old English geon":"Adverb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203138"
},
"yomawood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the wood of an Asiatic padauk and especially Andaman padauk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u014dm\u0259\u02cc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"perhaps from Burmese youma mountain range + English wood"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-123150"
},
"yolk yellow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong yellow that is greener and stronger than gamboge and slightly stronger than light chrome yellow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125422"
}
}
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