dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dui_MW.json

{
  "DUI":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence":[
        "a convicted DUI"
      ],
      ": an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence":[
        "\u2026 the reason he was in prison is that a few DUIs caught up with him \u2026",
        "\u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich"
      ],
      ": the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs":[
        "was arrested for DUI",
        "a DUI case"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "d riving u nder the i nfluence":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191032",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation or noun"
    ]
  },
  "Duisburg":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in western Germany at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers population 488,468":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u0259s-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      "\u02c8dy\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
      "German \u02c8d\u1d6bs-\u02ccbu\u0307rk",
      "\u02c8d\u00fcz-\u02ccb\u0259rg"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041907",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "duiker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several small African antelopes comprising two genera ( Cephalophus and Sylvicapra )":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are only two blue duiker paired for breeding now, Walter and Peridot, Roath said. \u2014 Dallas News , 16 June 2021",
      "Ahead of us, tiny blue duiker antelope crashed through the undergrowth; up in the canopy, weaver birds announced our arrival with shrill cries and samango monkeys followed our progress with curious, darting eyes. \u2014 Peter Browne, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Dec. 2019",
      "Gabonese chimpanzees were observed cracking tortoises open against tree trunks and preparing them on the half shell, and Tanzanian chimpanzees intimidated a leopard into surrendering its blue duiker . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
      "Researchers don't know for sure which animals are Ebola carriers, but there's evidence that fruit bats may play a role in spreading the virus to other animals, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and duikers . \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 9 Apr. 2019",
      "In addition to the bongo, Hatwood said, three or four of the center\u2019s sable antelope, two or three eland and a duiker (DIKE-er) also are probably pregnant. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "Not every zoo animal gets a holiday gift box \u2014 some, like the bears and badger, are already hibernating; others, like the zebras and duikers could end up stepping on the boxes and getting their hooves stuck. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Dec. 2017",
      "So, shortly after Aria moved in with the two bongos \u2014 like the duiker , a type of African antelope \u2014 the tortoises living in the same area were sent packing. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1777, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Afrikaans, literally, diver, from duik to dive, from Middle Dutch d\u016bken ; akin to Old High German t\u016bhhan to dive \u2014 more at duck entry 2":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030514",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "duikerbok":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": duiker sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Afrikaans, from duiker diver + bok male antelope; akin to Old High German boc male goat":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-(r)\u02ccb\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085550",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "duit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an old coin of the Netherlands and Dutch controlled territories equal to about \u00b9/\u2088 stiver":[],
      ": trifle sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u022fit",
      "\u02c8d\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034857",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dui":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation or noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs":[
        "was arrested for DUI",
        "a DUI case"
      ],
      ": an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence":[
        "\u2026 the reason he was in prison is that a few DUIs caught up with him \u2026",
        "\u2014 Barbara Ehrenreich"
      ],
      ": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence":[
        "a convicted DUI"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "d riving u nder the i nfluence":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-152644"
  }
}