"I was so hungry that you could hear my stomach gurgling .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most mud volcanoes just gurgle up bits of muck from time to time, but one is particularly known for frequent, powerful explosions. \u2014 Katherine Kornei, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The ocean, suffocated in oil from the biggest spill ever (at that time), gurgled . \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Sometimes, farm pond bluegill prefer a cupped mouth with its gurgling action, but other times a pointed slider head seems to be the irresistible offering. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 12 Mar. 2020",
"As Shamus gurgled and chewed his sweat shirt, Killgren typed and clicked at her computer, looking back at him occasionally. \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Jan. 2020",
"In the neonatal ward, newborns gurgled in the arms of their mothers, who wore bright red head scarves that stood out against the whitewashed walls. \u2014 David Zucchino, New York Times , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Savannah Trims, a decades-old company based in Lake Park, has seen a boost in recent years for requests to waterproof buildings against coastal assaults from violent hurricane storm surge to gurgling high tide flooding. \u2014 Kimberly Miller, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Beneath the shady canopy of cottonwoods and willows, the San Pedro River flowed shin-deep, gurgling through smooth rocks. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"In the cute video, Nicholas, dressed in a blue T-shirt and shorts, wandered around making gurgling noises. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 25 June 2019"
": a person with knowledge or expertise : expert":[
"a computer guru"
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": a teacher and especially intellectual guide in matters of fundamental concern":[
"has been a guru to many young writers"
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": one who is an acknowledged leader or chief proponent":[
"became the guru of the movement"
]
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"examples":[
"He has been a guru to many young writers.",
"She's a self-proclaimed financial guru .",
"Fitness gurus call it the hottest new exercise trend of the year.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yeah, this is a cool story from, uh, Zachary Smith, who is our data guru and looks into all sorts of census information. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"The Sox seemed determined to impress their former guru , pounding out 10 hits in one of their offensive nights of the season. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Phil was my teacher, my friend, my co-worker, my support, my guru . \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"That's thanks in large part to our resident hair guru , Daniel Losco. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Left to defend the platform internally was its in-house guru , Andrew Morse, CNN\u2019s chief digital officer, who previously ran Bloomberg Television. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"His longtime messaging guru Mike Donilon has worked alongside Biden's top speechwriter Vinay Reddy on the tone and writing in the speech. \u2014 Maegan Vazquez, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Led by their own guru , Keith Ham, devotees had built two temples and were beginning work on the Palace of Gold, teaching themselves to cut marble, carve wood, and create elaborate stained glass windows. \u2014 Ashley Stimpson, Longreads , 19 Feb. 2022",
"On the latest episode of Cardi Tries \u2014 taped while the rapper was still expecting her son, who was born in September \u2014 Cardi hilariously attempts to find healing and her inner guru through holistic self-care methods. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 10 Dec. 2021"
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"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"ultimately from Sanskrit guru , from guru , adjective, heavy, venerable \u2014 more at grieve":""
},
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"\u02c8g\u00fc-(\u02cc)r\u00fc",
"\u02c8gu\u0307r-(\u02cc)\u00fc",
"also g\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc"
],
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"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a thin oleoresin derived from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus and resembling copaiba":[]
},
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"noun"
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": gurjun balsam":[],
": a tree yielding gurjun balsam":[],
": the wood of such a tree":[]
},
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"Bengali garjan":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023851"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a member of a people closely related to the Georgians":[]
},
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"\u02c8gu\u0307r\u0113\u0259n"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075456"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stout well-built person":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259rk"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Scottish Gaelic garrach":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084637"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a soldier from Nepal in the British or Indian army":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r-",
"\u02c8gu\u0307r-k\u0259"
],
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"Ghurka , member of a Rajput clan who dominated Nepal in the 18th century":""
"Kardashian\u2014who was seen in photos wearing black sweatpants and a black hoodie while holding Barker's hand from the gurney \u2014has not spoken of her husband's condition or sudden hospitalization. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
"Authorities used a Taser, and then struggled to secure him to a backboard and gurney so that he could be transported for a hospital for evaluation. \u2014 Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel , 27 June 2022",
"Facebook page showed the aftermath: ambulances; firefighters with a gurney ; a gray sedan with two doors shredded and crumpled. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 May 2022",
"The man is one a gurney and appears to have a broken arm. \u2014 Chron , 4 May 2022",
"The body of the dead man, burned, mutilated and barely recognizable, was taken from the refrigerator and laid on a metal gurney . \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Those in the waiting room can\u2019t see the stroke patient wheeled in on an ambulance gurney , waiting for a bed and further lengthening the wait for patients with less-severe illnesses. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
"The 12 jurors will decide whether Cruz should be strapped to a gurney and injected with lethal chemicals or kept alive at public expense for what may well be several decades. \u2014 Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Born in Greensboro in 1926, Anderson was never able to sit, stand or walk again and was confined to a gurney as a result of the shooting. \u2014 al , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
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"probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney , who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883":""
},
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"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194041"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": howl , growl , snarl":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259rl"
],
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"Middle English gurlen , of imitative origin":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-194941"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a follower of an English Friend who toured America preaching an evangelical Christianity that stressed biblical authority, the atonement, justification, and sanctification \u2014 compare wilburite":[]
},
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"-\u02cc\u012bt"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Joseph J. Gurney \u20201847 English Quaker minister + English -ite":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-235723"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
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"village in the northeastern corner of Illinois population 31,295":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259r-\u02c8n\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0259r-n\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-002812"
},
"Guro":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a people of the interior of the Ivory Coast now known chiefly for their wood carvings (as dancing masks)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u00fc(\u02cc)r\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093618"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": rough and boisterous:":[],
": stormy":[],
": uncouth and inclined to be surly":[
"the gurly brute",
"\u2014 G. D. Brown"
],
": gurgling":[
"the sounds of gurly burns"
]
},
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"-li"
],
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"gurl + -y":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131347"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": to flow in a broken irregular current":[
"the brook gurgling over the rocks"
],
": to make a sound like that of a gurgling liquid":[
"the baby gurgling in his crib"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0259r-g\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubble",
"dribble",
"guggle",
"lap",
"plash",
"ripple",
"splash",
"trickle",
"wash"
],
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"pour",
"roll",
"stream"
],
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"examples":[
"The water gurgled through the pipes.",
"I was so hungry that you could hear my stomach gurgling .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most mud volcanoes just gurgle up bits of muck from time to time, but one is particularly known for frequent, powerful explosions. \u2014 Katherine Kornei, Scientific American , 23 Apr. 2021",
"The ocean, suffocated in oil from the biggest spill ever (at that time), gurgled . \u2014 Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Sometimes, farm pond bluegill prefer a cupped mouth with its gurgling action, but other times a pointed slider head seems to be the irresistible offering. \u2014 T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream , 12 Mar. 2020",
"As Shamus gurgled and chewed his sweat shirt, Killgren typed and clicked at her computer, looking back at him occasionally. \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Jan. 2020",
"In the neonatal ward, newborns gurgled in the arms of their mothers, who wore bright red head scarves that stood out against the whitewashed walls. \u2014 David Zucchino, New York Times , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Savannah Trims, a decades-old company based in Lake Park, has seen a boost in recent years for requests to waterproof buildings against coastal assaults from violent hurricane storm surge to gurgling high tide flooding. \u2014 Kimberly Miller, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Beneath the shady canopy of cottonwoods and willows, the San Pedro River flowed shin-deep, gurgling through smooth rocks. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"In the cute video, Nicholas, dressed in a blue T-shirt and shorts, wandered around making gurgling noises. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 25 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably imitative":""
},
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"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a boiling or surging of a liquid : usually violent ebullition":[]
},
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"\u02ccg\u0259rj\u0259\u02c8t\u0101sh\u0259n"
],
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"Late Latin gurgitat us (past participle of gurgitare to engulf, from Latin gurgit-, gurges whirlpool) + English -ion":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161157"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a people inhabiting the region adjacent to the White Volta river in West Africa":[],
": a Gur language of the Gurma people":[]
},
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"\u02c8gu\u0307(\u0259)rm\u0259"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-212530"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
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": in the manner of one that gurgles":[
"the hostess approached them gurglingly and with a fatuous smile of joy"
]
},
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"gurgling (present participle of gurgle entry 1 ) + -ly":""
},
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a heraldic charge consisting of a spiral made up of two narrow bands argent and azure and conventionally representing a whirlpool":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r \u02ccj\u0113z"
],
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"Latin, whirlpool":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-010937"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
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": growl , snarl":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r"
],
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"imitative":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015839"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": sea robin \u2014 compare flying gurnard":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r-n\u0259rd"
],
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French gurenard , irregular from Old French grognier to grunt, from Latin grunnire , of imitative origin":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040703"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": fishing offal":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r-\u0113",
"\u02c8g\u0259-r\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
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},
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},
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"\""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi gu\u1e5b coarse sugar, molasses, from Sanskrit gu\u1e0da":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091523"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": the alphabet that the sacred texts of the Sikhs in whatever language are written in and that is also used by the Sikhs in secular writing in Panjabi":[]
},
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"Panjabi gurmukh\u012b , literally, from the mouth of the teacher, from Sanskrit guru teacher + mukha mouth (probably of Dravidian origin & akin to Tamil mukam ); from the tradition that it was invented by the guru Angad in the 16th century":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102411"
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"\u02c8g\u0259rj\u0259n-"
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"gurgeon perhaps alteration of gurjun":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112530"
},
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"plural noun"
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": coarse meal":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259rj\u0259nz"
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"Middle English gurgeones":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114830"
},
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"intransitive verb",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": surge , swirl":[],
": a turbulent fountain : surge , eddy":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259rj",
"\""
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin gurges , noun":"Intransitive verb",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163936"
},
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"noun"
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": a worker who coils fishing lines as they are pulled in and the fish removed":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233413"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a revolving drum or large spool used in hauling nets and lines aboard commercial fishing boats":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259rd\u0113"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for hurdy-gurdy":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233731"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Sikh shrine or place of worship":[]
},
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"gu\u0307r\u02c8dw\u00e4r\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Panjabi gurdu\u0101r\u0101 , from Sanskrit guru teacher + dv\u0101ra door; akin to Sanskrit dv\u0101r door":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001905"
},
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Sir John B(ertrand) 1933\u2013 British biologist":[]
},
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"\u02c8g\u0259r-d\u1d4an"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-002218"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Semitic language or group of closely related languages spoken in southern Ethiopia":[]
},
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"g\u00fc\u02c8r\u00e4(\u02cc)g\u0101"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-012219"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"city southeast of San Juan in east central Puerto Rico population 45,369":[]
},
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"g\u00fc-\u02c8r\u00e4-b\u014d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014623"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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