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"Bamian":{
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"definitions":{
"town in the western Hindu Kush mountain range of eastern Afghanistan":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-m\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135009",
"type":[
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"bambino":{
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"definitions":{
": a representation of the infant Christ":[],
": child , baby":[]
},
"examples":[
"a new mother cuddling a bambino in her lap",
"bouncing a bambino on her knee",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One hundred and twenty-five posters called for the bronze bambino to be melted down and recast into all sorts of shapes that probably would have appalled Rizzo. \u2014 Chris Brennan, Philly.com , 22 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, diminutive of bambo child":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"bam-\u02c8b\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"b\u00e4m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"babe",
"baby",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064244",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bamboo curtain":{
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"definitions":{
": a political, military, and ideological barrier isolating an area of eastern Asia":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jazz up any room with this boho bamboo curtain , beaded to create a beautiful iris flower. \u2014 Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored , 30 Mar. 2021",
"In one shot from a bamboo curtain shop outside Ho Chi Minh, Huy uses his Nikon D800E to immortalize the traditional art of stringing curtains. \u2014 Michael Waters, Smithsonian , 19 Sep. 2019",
"Japan has always had an insular corporate culture, and Mr. Ghosn was a rare foreign executive to break that bamboo curtain . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 26 Nov. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125158",
"type":[
"noun"
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"undeceive"
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": to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely":[
"a quarterback bamboozled by an unexpected defense"
],
": to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe , hoodwink":[
"I got bamboozled by the salesperson to buy a more expensive model."
]
},
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
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"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
],
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"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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": to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely":[
"a quarterback bamboozled by an unexpected defense"
],
": to deceive by underhanded methods : dupe , hoodwink":[
"I got bamboozled by the salesperson to buy a more expensive model."
]
},
"examples":[
"bamboozled by con men into buying worthless land in the desert",
"she's completely bamboozled by the latest changes in the tax code",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, celebrities attempt to bamboozle each other in this new game show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Watch as The Colonel attempts to bamboozle audiences and the media by replacing his golden goose with an impersonator. \u2014 Austin Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Jan. 2022",
"And school districts have the right to formally challenge property owners who might be trying to bamboozle the boards of revision. \u2014 cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Variant mutations that would totally bamboozle antibodies can\u2019t always fool T cells, which means a lot more of them will be fairly Omicron-proof, Gralinski told me. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Even if my body retained a perfect memory of my vaccines\u2019 contents, these changes might still bamboozle it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The virus, too, will keep changing, and could one day bamboozle even bodies whose immune safeguards remain intact. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The point is not to confuse or bamboozle people, but to eventually find a way to think that makes more sense and is a little less murky. \u2014 Stephon Alexander, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"origin unknown":""
},
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"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc-z\u0259l"
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"burn",
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"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
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"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"suck in",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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},
"bammed":{
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"Definition of bammed past tense of bam"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-153043",
"type":[]
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"Definition of bamming present participle of bam"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022512",
"type":[]
},
"bamoth":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of bamoth plural of bamah"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-181040",
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},
"bamboo dance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a popular dance in India and the Philippines that involves skillful hopping over and between bamboo poles as they are manipulated by two or four people":[]
},
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},
"bamboo fern":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern ( Coniogramme japonica ) having mostly once-pinnate fronds and grown especially under glass and for ornament":[]
},
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"bamboo cocktail":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a cocktail consisting of dry sherry, French vermouth, and usually a dash of bitters":[]
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"bamboo brier":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211234"
},
"bamboo shark":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various small, slender carpet sharks (family Hemiscylliidae) native to the tropical western Pacific that have very long tails, two spineless dorsal fins, and large spiracles below the eyes":[
"Most of the animals in the touch-pool area are bamboo sharks , beautifully striped and spotted reef-dwellers, common throughout the western Pacific.",
"\u2014 Pete Thomas , Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2004",
"The adult bamboo shark is a bottom feeder that grows to about 3 feet long. The zoo's three adults are fed shrimp, scallops and small pieces of fish.",
"\u2014 John Switzer , Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch , 20 Jan. 1995"
]
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"first_known_use":{
"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003202"
},
"bamboo fish":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a southern African fish ( Sarpa salpa ) of the family Sparidae often used as bait":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030322"
},
"bamboo seaweed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brown seaweed ( Ecklonia buccinalis ) common on the coasts of southern Africa and resembling the bladder kelps of the North Pacific ocean":[]
},
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"bamboo reed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": giant reed sense 1":[]
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"bamboo grass":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": a grass resembling the bamboo ( Bambusa arundinacea ) in structure or appearance":[],
": a cane grass ( Glyceria ramigera )":[]
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"bamboo":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8bam-\u02cc",
"(\u02cc)bam-\u02c8b\u00fc",
"bam-\u02c8b\u00fc"
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"examples":[
"Bamboo grows in the grove near the house.",
"We cut down some bamboos .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With his landlord\u2019s blessing, Robbins and a crew removed 2,400 square feet of grass and bamboo by hand in the backyard and installed a new garden over the next four months. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Buddy Sip and stroll side by side with these handy reusable bamboo -fiber cups, which are ideal for coffee during a companionable morning walk. \u2014 Katharine K. Zarrella And Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The carpets are made entirely of bamboo fiber, according to Mercedes. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 3 Jan. 2022",
"At one point, investigators were reportedly examining whether the ballots contained bamboo fiber on the suspicion that thousands of fake ballots for Biden had been flown in from China. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2021",
"Serve up your snacks on these eco-friendly, bamboo fiber dishes in the prettiest shade of pink. \u2014 Tonne Goodman, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2021",
"This multicolored, biodegradable tableware utensils pack comes with five forks and five spoons made of natural bamboo fiber and high quality cornstarch that are BPA, lead, PVC, phthalate, and toxin free. \u2014 Popular Science , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Running bamboo can grow explosively, spreading and choking other plants. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The sale: With code COOL22, all luxury bamboo sheets from My Sheets Rock are 15 percent off. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 May 2022"
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"Malay bambu":""
},
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"1586, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191658"
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"bamboo rat":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of several burrowing Asian rodents of the genus Rhizomys":[],
": cane rat sense 1":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212600"
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"bamboo borer":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": bamboo powder-post beetle":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213355"
},
"bamboo shoots":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": young bamboo plants":[
"The recipe is prepared with bamboo shoots ."
]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223941"
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"bamboo sugar":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000649"
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"bamboo telegraph":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the Oceanian native grapevine telegraph":[]
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2022-07-10 05:20:58 +00:00
},
"bamboo oyster":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a small oyster of the Chinese coast cultivated on bamboo stakes thrust into the mud":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051433"
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},
"bamboche":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a social get-together in Haiti characterized by noisy singing and dancing":[]
},
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"b\u00e4m\u02c8b\u014dsh"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American French (Haiti), from French, spree, back-formation from bambochade spree, rustic genre painting often depicting drinking scenes, from Italian bambocciata rustic genre painting, from Italian Bamboccio (literally, the simpleton, from bambo child, simpleton), nickname of Pieter van Laar (or Laer) \u20201642 Dutch painter":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075849"
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"bamboo palm":{
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"noun"
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": any of several palms of the genus Raphia (especially R. vinifera )":[]
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"definitions":{
": one of the young expanding buds from the rhizome of bamboo cut as soon as it appears above ground and used as a vegetable especially in Asian cuisine":[]
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"bamboo vine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a bull brier ( Smilax bona-nox ) having 4-angled stems with stellate scurfy bases":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103607"
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"bamboo powder-post beetle":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an auger beetle ( Dinoderus minutus ) that is blackish with yellow markings on the elytra, green on the thorax, and red on the antenna bases and that bores in bamboo and in the southern U.S. attacks stored grain":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134833"
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"bamboo ware":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a ware resembling but darker than caneware introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1770":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its color":""
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"bamboo partridge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of certain east Asian partridges (genus Bambusicola ) having a spurred tarsus, 14 tail feathers, and the first primary shorter than the tenth":[]
},
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"bamboo pipe":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a simple easily made whistle flute":[]
},
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"abbreviation",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a sudden loud noise":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally to indicate a sudden impact or occurrence was fine, then bam , he lost his job"
],
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"bachelor of arts in music":[]
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"Noun",
"We heard a loud bam .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and company made their wham- bam -glam debut on \u2018Roxy Music\u2019 50 years ago. \u2014 Jill Krajewski, SPIN , 8 June 2022",
"Then \u2014 bam \u2014 pour the whole thing out in a bowl for lunch. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Fifth inning, two pitches, bam , a single to center and all the Angels outfielders had gotten involved. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Gone was the guy in a gray unitard who went bam , pow, zap! \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Pour those eggs into a crust and, bam , instant upgrade. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Jan. 2022",
"That last bathroom stop, finding your phone, locking up the doors, searching for the address, swapping your purse, and bam ... \u2014 Ellevate, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Crimson Tide head man Nick Saban is still Nick Satan to fans who remember his wham- bam coaching stint with the Miami Dolphins. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
"The supernatural drama relies on special effects and whiz- bam audio stylings for narrative sustenance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Noun"
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"1772, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093107"
},
"bamboo worm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a common slender cylindrical reddish polychaete worm ( Clymenella torquata ) dwelling in tubes in the littoral zone along the New England coast":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from the resemblance of the segmentally striped body to a jointed bamboo stalk":""
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"bamba":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a foot-tapping couple dance deriving from one of the huapangos of Mexico and danced in ballrooms of the U.S.":[]
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4mb\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172853"
},
"Bamako":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city and capital of Mali on the Niger River population 1,016,167":[]
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4-m\u00e4-\u02cck\u014d"
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"Bambara":{
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of an African people of the upper Niger":[],
": a Mande language of the Bambara people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"bam-\u02c8b\u00e4r-\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
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"Arabic bamb\u0101ra , probably ultimately from Bambara bamana , a self-designation":""
},
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"1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214904"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in south central Central African Republic population 52,100":[]
},
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m-b\u00e4-r\u0113"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccm\u00e4"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew b\u0101m\u0101h":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-223126"
},
"BAM":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a sudden loud noise":[
"\u2014 often used interjectionally to indicate a sudden impact or occurrence was fine, then bam , he lost his job"
],
"bachelor of applied mathematics":[],
"bachelor of arts in music":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bam"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"We heard a loud bam .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and company made their wham- bam -glam debut on \u2018Roxy Music\u2019 50 years ago. \u2014 Jill Krajewski, SPIN , 8 June 2022",
"Then \u2014 bam \u2014 pour the whole thing out in a bowl for lunch. \u2014 Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Fifth inning, two pitches, bam , a single to center and all the Angels outfielders had gotten involved. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Gone was the guy in a gray unitard who went bam , pow, zap! \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Pour those eggs into a crust and, bam , instant upgrade. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Jan. 2022",
"That last bathroom stop, finding your phone, locking up the doors, searching for the address, swapping your purse, and bam ... \u2014 Ellevate, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Crimson Tide head man Nick Saban is still Nick Satan to fans who remember his wham- bam coaching stint with the Miami Dolphins. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Sep. 2021",
"The supernatural drama relies on special effects and whiz- bam audio stylings for narrative sustenance. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1772, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230738"
},
"Bambarra groundnut":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tropical leguminous African creeping herb ( Voandzeia subterranea ) that ripens its edible fruits underground":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-234751"
},
"Bamberg":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city n northern Bavaria , Germany, north-northwest of Nuremberg population 70,689":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bam-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccberk"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003210"
}
}