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{
"SKU":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"stock-keeping unit":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090912",
"type":[
"abbreviation"
]
},
"skua":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bird ( C. maccormicki ) that resembles but is slightly smaller than the great skua and that breeds in the Antarctic":[],
": any of various seabirds (genus Catharacta ) related to the jaegers: such as":[],
": great skua":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Modest numbers of Cory\u2019s, great, sooty, and Manx shearwaters were spotted at Race Point in Provincetown, where a South Polar skua , two parasitic jaegers, and 300 roseate terns were also observed. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2021",
"The rats\u2014brought to the island by whalers and sealers as early as the late 18th century\u2014ate the eggs and vulnerable chicks of seabirds, including albatrosses, skua , terns, and petrels. \u2014 National Geographic , 9 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1678, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Faeroese sk\u00fagvur ; akin to Old Norse sk\u016bfr tassel, skua, Old English sc\u0113af sheaf \u2014 more at sheaf":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sky\u00fc-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173809",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skulduggery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"tales of espionage and skulduggery",
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Polish urban explorers who sneaked into the property found Russian newspapers from as late as 2005, long after the Russians had supposedly left, reinforcing the compound\u2019s reputation as a haven for undercover skulduggery . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"These two mechanisms, the Treasure Act and the PAS, haven\u2019t worked flawlessly\u2014 skulduggery persists. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"What is there in Le Prince\u2019s story, aside from Edison\u2019s supposed skulduggery , to warrant book-length treatment",
"That\u2019s when a move to lower the endorsement voting threshold \u2014 apparently to benefit former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer \u2014 was rejected amid divisions within the party and accusations of skulduggery . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The sticking-point was a problem that has long bedevilled the EU: how to tackle corruption and other skulduggery in countries that benefit from EU transfers. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Four years later, he was defeated by Thomas Jefferson in a fraught election that exposed deep internal rifts among Americans, racial anxieties and more than a little skulduggery . \u2014 Ted Widmer, WSJ , 4 Dec. 2020",
"On Tuesday, Amy Coney Barrett spent much of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing trying to rise above the stench of the self-serving politics and skulduggery that President Trump has injected into the process. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2020",
"But that bit of procedural mystery \u2014 and hints of skulduggery \u2014 aside, the bills encountered tough opposition, maybe even more so than in the past. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsk\u0259l-\u02c8d\u0259-g(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8sk\u0259l-\u02ccd\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035523",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skulk":{
"antonyms":[
"lurker",
"skulker",
"slyboots",
"sneak",
"sneaker"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of foxes":[],
": malinger":[],
": one that skulks":[],
": to hide or conceal something (such as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent":[],
": to move in a stealthy or furtive manner":[
"skulked into her sister's room"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"A man was skulking around outside.",
"She skulked into her sister's room.",
"Noun",
"around campus he was seen as a solitary skulk who seemed to be a little too interested in news reports of school shootings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Product managers would skulk around Los Angeles parks, where they were routinely questioned by police, with their handheld units to try and find satellites. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
"So, the best way to offer support and assistance is to let her skulk off and hide in a corner",
"The broadcaster obliged, was affable and didn't skulk through the gauntlet. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Moreover, disirregardless of what Jamie Lee asserts, irregardless did not skulk into the dictionary just this year. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Osama bin Laden skulked in caves and a nondescript house in Pakistan. \u2014 The Economist , 21 May 2020",
"Harder to ignore are the creepy attentions of Lester (Clayton Hoff), who skulks around on the fringes of gatherings and leers at her through glasses with one lens mysteriously blackened. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Someone skulked around Playland, the Cliff House and Sutro Baths. ... \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But subsequent monitoring found the pan-resistant strain colonizing the patient, i.e., skulking around the patient's body without causing an infection. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Meantime, others in the household skulk around, muttering about plans regarding Lady Aghdas and her inheritance. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The park's tree-climbing lions often lie in wait on the branches of sycamores, while leopards skulk in the tall grasses. \u2014 Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The household staple skulks in sinks amid dirty dishes and soggy food scraps, sopping up and amplifying microbial forces capable of invading clean food spaces. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0259lk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for skulk Verb lurk , skulk , slink , sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention. lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent. suspicious men lurking in alleyways skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent. something skulking in the shadows slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention. slunk around the corner sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods. sneaked out early",
"synonyms":[
"lurk",
"mooch",
"mouse",
"pussyfoot",
"shirk",
"slide",
"slink",
"slip",
"snake",
"sneak",
"steal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051054",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skulker":{
"antonyms":[
"lurker",
"skulker",
"slyboots",
"sneak",
"sneaker"
],
"definitions":{
": a group of foxes":[],
": malinger":[],
": one that skulks":[],
": to hide or conceal something (such as oneself) often out of cowardice or fear or with sinister intent":[],
": to move in a stealthy or furtive manner":[
"skulked into her sister's room"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"A man was skulking around outside.",
"She skulked into her sister's room.",
"Noun",
"around campus he was seen as a solitary skulk who seemed to be a little too interested in news reports of school shootings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Product managers would skulk around Los Angeles parks, where they were routinely questioned by police, with their handheld units to try and find satellites. \u2014 Andrew Freeman, Outside Online , 21 May 2012",
"So, the best way to offer support and assistance is to let her skulk off and hide in a corner",
"The broadcaster obliged, was affable and didn't skulk through the gauntlet. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Moreover, disirregardless of what Jamie Lee asserts, irregardless did not skulk into the dictionary just this year. \u2014 Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Nov. 2020",
"Osama bin Laden skulked in caves and a nondescript house in Pakistan. \u2014 The Economist , 21 May 2020",
"Harder to ignore are the creepy attentions of Lester (Clayton Hoff), who skulks around on the fringes of gatherings and leers at her through glasses with one lens mysteriously blackened. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Someone skulked around Playland, the Cliff House and Sutro Baths. ... \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 17 Apr. 2020",
"But subsequent monitoring found the pan-resistant strain colonizing the patient, i.e., skulking around the patient's body without causing an infection. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Meantime, others in the household skulk around, muttering about plans regarding Lady Aghdas and her inheritance. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The park's tree-climbing lions often lie in wait on the branches of sycamores, while leopards skulk in the tall grasses. \u2014 Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure , 20 Mar. 2021",
"The household staple skulks in sinks amid dirty dishes and soggy food scraps, sopping up and amplifying microbial forces capable of invading clean food spaces. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 31 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0259lk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for skulk Verb lurk , skulk , slink , sneak mean to behave so as to escape attention. lurk implies a lying in wait in a place of concealment and often suggests an evil intent. suspicious men lurking in alleyways skulk suggests more strongly cowardice or fear or sinister intent. something skulking in the shadows slink implies moving stealthily often merely to escape attention. slunk around the corner sneak may add an implication of entering or leaving a place or evading a difficulty by furtive or underhanded methods. sneaked out early",
"synonyms":[
"lurk",
"mooch",
"mouse",
"pussyfoot",
"shirk",
"slide",
"slink",
"slip",
"snake",
"sneak",
"steal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232635",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skullduggery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"tales of espionage and skulduggery",
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Polish urban explorers who sneaked into the property found Russian newspapers from as late as 2005, long after the Russians had supposedly left, reinforcing the compound\u2019s reputation as a haven for undercover skulduggery . \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"These two mechanisms, the Treasure Act and the PAS, haven\u2019t worked flawlessly\u2014 skulduggery persists. \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"What is there in Le Prince\u2019s story, aside from Edison\u2019s supposed skulduggery , to warrant book-length treatment",
"That\u2019s when a move to lower the endorsement voting threshold \u2014 apparently to benefit former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer \u2014 was rejected amid divisions within the party and accusations of skulduggery . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The sticking-point was a problem that has long bedevilled the EU: how to tackle corruption and other skulduggery in countries that benefit from EU transfers. \u2014 The Economist , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Four years later, he was defeated by Thomas Jefferson in a fraught election that exposed deep internal rifts among Americans, racial anxieties and more than a little skulduggery . \u2014 Ted Widmer, WSJ , 4 Dec. 2020",
"On Tuesday, Amy Coney Barrett spent much of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing trying to rise above the stench of the self-serving politics and skulduggery that President Trump has injected into the process. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2020",
"But that bit of procedural mystery \u2014 and hints of skulduggery \u2014 aside, the bills encountered tough opposition, maybe even more so than in the past. \u2014 Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsk\u0259l-\u02c8d\u0259-g(\u0259-)r\u0113",
"\u02c8sk\u0259l-\u02ccd\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214249",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skunk":{
"antonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"definitions":{
": an obnoxious or disliked person":[],
": any of various common omnivorous black-and-white New World mammals (especially genus Mephitis ) of the weasel family that have a pair of perineal glands from which a secretion of pungent and offensive odor is ejected":[],
": defeat":[],
": the fur of a skunk":[],
": to prevent entirely from scoring or succeeding : shut out":[],
"river 264 miles (425 kilometers) long in southeastern Iowa flowing southeast into the Mississippi River":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Her brother's a low-down, dirty skunk .",
"he's nothing but a dirty, rotten skunk",
"Verb",
"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal",
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Surprisingly, the skunk didn't attack the deputy with its odor the entire time! \u2014 USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"And Venezuela is always the skunk at the picnic, with President Nicolas Maduro shunned at most international gatherings. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"For the third time in as many weeks, a resident reported seeing what appeared to be a sick skunk , this one just after 8 p.m. April 5. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Madagascar's skunk anemonefish will make fighting sounds different from anemonefish in Indonesia. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Not the threat of a music festival, or Fourth of July fireworks, or rogue dogs and volleyballs, or high lake levels and gnarly storms \u2014 not even a skunk \u2014 could stop Chicago\u2019s Great Lakes piping plovers from propagating. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022",
"Police responded to a report of an erratic skunk going in circles in the meadow off of Emery and Jackson roads at 7 p.m. on March 22, with the caller noting that officers had been looking for it earlier. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In the end, the skunk finds another who also likes things that smell nice and the two become friends. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"This time, an animal control contractor from Twinsburg was en route by 8 p.m. and had the erratic skunk in custody 20 minutes later. \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Javelinas are also known as peccaries or skunk pigs. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The federation says the rare animal also has a colorful array of nicknames, including woods devil, Indian devil, nasty cat and skunk bear. \u2014 Stephen Smith, CBS News , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The one or two seasons when I was skunked came on the heels of hard winters. \u2014 Ben Long, Outdoor Life , 6 Mar. 2020",
"The Broncos go out in style by skunking the silver and black as Drew Lock throws four touchdowns. \u2014 Ryan O\u2019halloran, The Denver Post , 28 Dec. 2019",
"Georgia skunked Missouri 27-0 last week, but Tigers quarterback Kelly Bryant didn\u2019t play because of an injury. \u2014 Joseph Goodman, al , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Getting skunked Such discoveries are becoming rarer, however, as hunters grapple with a problem: fewer relics in circulation. \u2014 Daisy Maxey, WSJ , 6 May 2018",
"The parochial interests of members whose bases were on the chopping block consistently skunked the endeavor. \u2014 Jay Cost, National Review , 12 Feb. 2018",
"Just like so many Mizzou fans did on Saturday at Memorial Stadium watching what is now Odom\u2019s product get skunked 35-3 by Purdue. \u2014 Vahe Gregorian, kansascity , 16 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier squuncke , from a Massachusett reflex of Algonquian *\u0161eka\u00b7kwa , from \u0161ek- urinate + -a\u00b7kw fox, fox-like animal":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0259\u014bk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190927",
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skunky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having a rancid smell or taste suggestive of a skunk":[
"skunky beer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rhys drank heavily to palliate her burdens, and was known for tirades and other skunky behavior. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Residents complained about skunky water, but Snyder's environmental agency insisted the water was safe until a doctor in 2015 reported elevated lead levels in children. \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 23 Feb. 2021",
"Despite desperate pleas from residents holding jugs of discolored, skunky water, the Snyder administration took no significant action until a doctor reported elevated lead levels in children about 18 months later. \u2014 David Eggert, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Jan. 2021",
"At the south end of the county in Carpinteria, the skunky odor of marijuana pours out the open vents of steel-frame greenhouses that the cut flower industry used for decades. \u2014 Joe Mozingo, chicagotribune.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Lipa invoked further nostalgia for the '90s above the neck with a dusty rose nude lip, hint of contour, and a skunky two-toned knot, her face framed by a duo of platinum blonde wisps while swathes of jet-black stood out against her bleached lengths. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 6 Nov. 2019",
"In fact, the legions of nature\u2019s stinkiest critters that have waged a decade-plus-long war against the area\u2019s stupidly curious dogs were the inspiration behind the several blocks of schlocky inflatable Christmas decorations of the skunky kind. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 13 Dec. 2019",
"At the south end of the county in Carpinteria, the skunky odor of marijuana pours out the open vents of steel-frame greenhouses that the cut flower industry used for decades. \u2014 Joe Mozingo, chicagotribune.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Residents complain the farms saturate their homes and children\u2019s schools with the skunky smell the plant is famous for. \u2014 Joe Mozingo, SFChronicle.com , 17 Nov. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1868, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sk\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105931",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"skunk grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a grass of the genus Eragrostis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its odor":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003653"
},
"skunkery":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a place where skunks are bred and raised usually for commercial purposes":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ri",
"\u02c8sk\u0259\u014bk\u0259r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022603"
}
}