dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/wap_MW.json

{
  "wapatoo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two plants of the genus Sagittaria ( S. latifolia and S. cuneato ) having edible tubers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinook jargon wapatoo , from Cree w\u0101patowa white mushroom":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4p\u0259\u02cct\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120753",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "wapentake":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a subdivision of some English shires corresponding to a hundred":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8wa-p\u0259n-\u02cct\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English w\u01e3pent\u00e6c , from Old Norse v\u0101pnatak act of grasping weapons, from v\u0101pn weapon + tak act of grasping, from taka to take; probably from the brandishing of weapons as an expression of approval when the chief of the wapentake entered upon his office \u2014 more at weapon , take entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172009"
  },
  "wap":{
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to pull or throw roughly":[],
      ": beat , strike":[],
      ": to blow in gusts":[],
      ": blow , knock":[],
      ": blast , storm":[],
      ": fight":[],
      ": to fold up : bind , wrap":[],
      ": a wrapping (as a turn of string around a rope or other string)":[],
      ": a bundle or truss of straw":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4p",
      "\"",
      "\u02c8wap"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English wappen , probably of imitative origin":"Intransitive verb",
      "Middle English, from wappen to throw, strike, blow in gusts":"Noun",
      "Middle English wappen , of unknown origin":"Transitive verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174838"
  },
  "Wapisiana":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Arawakan people of southern Surinam and adjacent parts of Brazil":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": the language of the Wapisiana people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "w\u0259\u02ccp\u0113s\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221852"
  },
  "wapiti":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": elk sense 1b":[
        "Before the East was logged, tamed and farmed \u2026 it, too, was the home of a creature the color of wheat that the Shawnee called wapiti , and which the European settlers named elk.",
        "\u2014 Scott Weidensaul",
        "A bear was an occasional amusement; a wapiti was a constant necessity; but the only wild animal dangerous to man was a rattlesnake or a skunk.",
        "\u2014 Henry Adams"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4-p\u0259-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Increasing pressure on elk herds has left bulls better educated than the typical wapiti of two decades ago. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 11 Aug. 2020",
      "Besides wapiti and trout, bears, antelope, deer and bighorn sheep share this rugged country with elevation variations ranging from 8,000 to 14,000 feet, depending on where your boots take you. \u2014 Joseph Albanese, Outdoor Life , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Shooting elk was only one of the practices used to stop the wapiti from eating crops. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 10 Feb. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Shawnee wa\u00b7piti , literally, white rump":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222322"
  },
  "wappenschawing":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an inspection or muster of soldiers formerly held at various times in each district of Scotland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8w\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8wa-p\u0259n-\u02ccsh\u022f(-)i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English (northern dialect) wapynschawing , from wapen weapon (from Old Norse v\u0101pn ) + schawing , gerund of schawen to show, from Old English sc\u0113awian to look, look at \u2014 more at weapon , show":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081031"
  }
}