dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/duk_MW.json

{
  "Dukakis":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Michael S(tanley) 1933\u2013 American politician":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "d\u00fc-\u02c8k\u00e4-kis"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162453",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "duk-duk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a duk-duk":[],
      ": a native secret society of islands of the Pacific ocean certain of whose members form a self-constituted judiciary and pose as sorcerers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in New Britain":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8du\u0307k\u02ccdu\u0307k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042740",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dukan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": priestly blessing":[],
      ": the platform on which the priest of the Hebrew Temple stood to pronounce the benediction":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hebrew d\u016bkh\u0101n platform":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050729",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dukat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gold trade coin of Bosnia and Herzegovina":[],
      ": a gold trade coin of former Czechoslovakia":[],
      ": a gold trade coin of former Yugoslavia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1993, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u00fc-\u02cck\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214648",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "dukaton":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of dukaton variant of ducaton"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212124",
    "type":[]
  },
  "duke":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sovereign male ruler of a continental European duchy":[],
      ": fist , hand":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      "Benjamin Newton 1855\u20131929 and his brother James Buchanan 1856\u20131925 American tobacco industrialists":[],
      ": fight":[],
      ": to engage in a fight and especially a fistfight":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dy\u00fck",
      "also \u02c8dy\u00fck",
      "\u02c8d\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Put up your dukes and fight, you coward!",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Senate bill 3 0 7, include subsidies to utility companies to build an electric vehicle charging network, a American electric power, or a [00:06:00] pep duke . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 31 May 2022",
      "On Friday, the duke and duchess of Sussex, as Harry and Meghan are also known, attended a welcome event for competitors and their friends and family. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Apr. 2022",
      "Princess Alexandra, one of the queen's cousins, will be there, but the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will not, because the duke , also a cousin to the queen, tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "The duke \u2019s encouragement, and the support of her Kensington Palace team, paid off. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Jan. 2022",
      "It's been over two years since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to step away from the duties that are expected of a duke and duchess in the royal family. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 3 June 2022",
      "With a different wallcovering and design in each of its 49 rooms, this first hotel (formerly home to a duke and duchess) project by Lorenzo Castillo reveals his passion for bold strokes. \u2014 The Editors Of Elle Decor, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "In Regency London, a young lady and a duke agree to a false courtship, which develops into something more. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
      "Pretty Woman meets Bridgerton in this Regency romance about a wealthy duke and the ballet dancer who accidentally saves his life. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That means that people who are vaccinated and boosted are especially well equipped to duke it out with the coronavirus. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Most playoff matchups look like that, but Miami, the No. 1 seed, already has clinched its conference finals berth and has the advantage of waiting and watching the Bucks and Celtics duke it out. \u2014 Lori Nickel, USA TODAY , 15 May 2022",
      "Most playoff matchups look like that, but Miami, the No. 1 seed, already has clinched its conference finals berth and has the advantage of waiting and watching the Bucks and Celtics duke it out. \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
      "While buyers duke it out in the suburbs, the city centers have been relatively quiet, according to Redfin. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022",
      "Tom Brady and Dak Prescott will duke it out in Week 1 for the second straight season as the Buccaneers travel to Dallas. \u2014 Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
      "The latest matchups turn up the heat, as Adam Lambert and Jennifer Hudson face off and Taylor Hicks and Scotty McCreery duke it out. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "The archrivals duke it out on the Bowl stage as Tom attempts to conduct a symphony. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Players traverse surreal worlds and duke it out with sentient poker chips, demonic clowns and boxing frogs across elaborate, multistage boss battles. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, Washington Post , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French duc , from Latin duc-, dux , from ducere to lead \u2014 more at tow entry 1":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1947, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012400"
  }
}