"city of ancient Palestine northwest of Jerusalem":[]
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"What are they gibbering about now",
"Calm down! You sound like a gibbering idiot!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a while, police interest bent toward a Phud who had been warned he might be eliminated from the program, who had seemed almost exultant about the fire and gibbered gleefully about the media spotlight. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2018",
"Or is Tucker Carlson the exact opposite of a journalist and his broadcast the Platonic ideal of gibbering insanity",
"Mr. Eno is well aware of such dangers, and of all the other gibbering clich\u00e9s people are reduced to when contemplating their ultimate ends. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 27 Feb. 2017",
"In issue two, Chang wanders around gibbering like a raw-meat lunatic while his skin tries to escape the little girl, who's keeping it as a pet. \u2014 Maurice Martin, WIRED , 1 Mar. 2002"
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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],
": pretentious or needlessly obscure language":[
"The substance of the philosopher's work is buried in polysyllabic gibberish ."
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": unintelligible or meaningless language:":[]
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"She was talking gibberish in her sleep.",
"was so excited he could only talk gibberish",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These references, and the relentless assault of \u201870s needle drops, are fun, to a point, but the movie itself is 87 minutes of pure chaos, a hallucinatory, cacophonous fever dream of nonsensical subplots and Minion gibberish . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"With that, the beautiful bird jumped off the low branch and walked off into an alder patch, tired of my gibberish . \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"As McCartney strums and murmurs gibberish , a melody begins to form. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"As McCartney strums and murmurs gibberish , a melody begins to form. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Speaking gibberish came with some distinct advantages. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
"In the end, as noted, Bush turned the duties test into highly manipulable gibberish . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 2 Feb. 2022",
"These were the cynical operations that fleetingly gamed Google by snatching up keywords and came to dominate the web with gibberish . \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
"As McCartney strums and murmurs gibberish , a melody begins to form. \u2014 Travis M. Andrews, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"circa 1554, in the meaning defined above":""
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"probably from gibber":""
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"\u02c8ji-b(\u0259-)rish",
"\u02c8ji-b\u0259-rish"
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"babble",
"blabber",
"burble",
"double Dutch",
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"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
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"mumbo jumbo",
"nonsense",
"prattle",
"slobber"
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": a mineral Al(OH) 3 consisting of light-colored translucent aluminum hydroxide occurring as monoclinic crystals and also in stalactitic and spheroidal forms":[]
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"George Gibbs \u20201833 American mineralogist + English -ite":""
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": to deride or tease with taunting words":[
"boxers gibing each other before a fight"
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": to utter taunting words":[]
},
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"teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the Space Force decision was announced six months ago, and suggesting it\u2019s at fault for the New Glenn delay doesn\u2019t gibe with Blue\u2019s previous statements. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 26 Feb. 2021"
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"1567, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
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"perhaps from Middle French giber to shake, handle roughly":""
},
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"\u02c8j\u012bb"
],
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"town and port at the Strait of Gibraltar on the Rock of Gibraltar ; a British colony and military base area 2.5 square miles (6.5 square kilometers), population 31,000":[]
},
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"j\u0259-\u02c8br\u022fl-t\u0259r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Gibraltar , fortress in the British colony of Gibraltar":""
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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": gib entry 2 sense 1":[]
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"gib entry 2":""
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": boa constrictor":[]
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"j\u0259\u0307\u02c8b\u022fi(y)\u0259"
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"Portuguese, from Tupi giboia, jib\u00f3ya":""
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": the edible viscera of a fowl":[]
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"\u02c8ji-bl\u0259ts",
"also \u02c8gi-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wild turkey giblets are every bit as good as store-bought, so go ahead and make your grandma\u2019s famous giblet gravy. \u2014 Hank Shaw, Outside Online , 1 May 2022",
"Remove giblets and neck from cavity for gravy, if desired. \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Once thawed, take it out of its packaging and remove the package of giblets . \u2014 Megan Marples, CNN , 24 Nov. 2021",
"That\u2019s for the Brussels sprouts, the cranberry sauce, the Jell-O salad, the Hoppin\u2019 John, the giblets , the mincemeat and the fat from the bacon. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Same as above, but without the brining and giblets . \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Her secret: Browning the giblets (minus the liver, which will make your gravy taste bitter) and the turkey wings before making a long-simmering broth. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Remove all the turkey packaging and the giblets , neck, etc. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Using kitchen shears, cut along both sides of the backbone, removing a strip about 2 inches wide; reserve the backbone and giblets for making stock. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021"
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"Middle English gibelet giblets piece, nonessential bit, from Anglo-French gibelot , from Old French (Picard) gibl\u00e9 stew of wildfowl":""
},
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"headland on the southern coast of Spain at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar and site of the British colony of Gibraltar; highest point 1396 feet (426 meters) \u2014 see pillars of hercules":[]
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"\u2014 Peter Hawker"
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"\u02c8jibl\u0259\u0307t also \u00f7 \u02c8gi-",
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"Middle English gibelet entrails, garbage, from Middle French, stew of wildfowl, from Old French (Picardy dialect), probably irregular diminutive of gibier, gebier flesh of birds, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German gebeize hunt using falcons, from beizen to hunt birds with falcons, from Old High German beizzen , causative of b\u012bzan to bite":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095705"
},
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": a plate of metal or other material machined to hold other parts in place, to afford a bearing surface, or to provide means for overcoming looseness":[],
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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"1561, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1795, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114801"
},
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"definitions":{
": a hot desert wind of northern Africa especially Libya \u2014 compare harmattan , sirocco":[]
},
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"-l\u0113",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120341"
},
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],
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": of or relating to a style especially in women's clothing characterized by high necks, full sleeves, and wasp waists":[]
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"Charles D. Gibson":""
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153839"
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"definitions":{
": opera hat":[]
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],
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"French gibus , from Gibus , name of its 19th century French inventor":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155447"
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"Charles Dana 1867\u20131944 American illustrator":[]
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"\u02c8gib-s\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from the name Gibson":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164839"
},
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Puerto Rican small farmer, rural worker, or laborer especially of mountainous regions":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010723"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": brucellosis sense a":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011127"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
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"\u02c8j\u012bbi\u014bl\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021657"
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"noun"
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": a key with a projecting end that resembles the end of a gib and serves as a stop":[]
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"gib entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044647"
},
"Gibraltar, Strait of":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"channel between Europe (Spain and Gibraltar) and Africa (Morocco and Ceuta ) connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea; about 8 miles (12.8 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051156"
},
"gibbed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": castrated":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gibd"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"gib entry 1 + -ed":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085423"
},
"gib fish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a male salmon":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"gib entry 2":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091256"
},
"Gibran":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Khalil 1883\u20131931 Jubr\u0101n Khal\u012bl Jubr\u0101n Lebanese novelist, poet, and artist in U.S.":[]
},
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"j\u0259-\u02c8br\u00e4n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092922"
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"geographical name"
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"headland on the southern coast of Spain at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar and site of the British colony of Gibraltar; highest point 1396 feet (426 meters) \u2014 see pillars of hercules":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124538"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to deride or tease with taunting words":[
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"\u02c8j\u012bb"
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"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for gibe scoff , jeer , gibe , fleer , sneer , flout mean to show one's contempt in derision or mockery. scoff stresses insolence, disrespect, or incredulity as motivating the derision. scoffed at their concerns jeer suggests a coarser more undiscriminating derision. the crowd jeered at the prisoners gibe implies taunting either good-naturedly or in sarcastic derision. hooted and gibed at the umpire fleer suggests grinning or grimacing derisively. the saucy jackanapes fleered at my credulity sneer stresses insulting by contemptuous facial expression, phrasing, or tone of voice. sneered at anything romantic flout stresses contempt shown by refusal to heed. flouted the conventions of polite society",
"examples":[
"teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the Space Force decision was announced six months ago, and suggesting it\u2019s at fault for the New Glenn delay doesn\u2019t gibe with Blue\u2019s previous statements. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 26 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Middle French giber to shake, handle roughly":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155031"
},
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"noun"
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