{
  "eighth":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": octave":[],
      ": one that is number eight in a series \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "one eighth of the pie",
      "An eighth of a pound is two ounces.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team\u2019s 9-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds, lacing a leadoff double in the eighth to spark the team\u2019s six-run game-winning rally. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Sluchak, now in her personal capacity, hands Bell the equivalent of an eighth of an ounce of marijuana. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2022",
      "The test of the new method, which has been approved by city building officials, could cause the building to sink no more than an eighth of in inch \u2014 within the tolerance for the repair work \u2014 Hamburger wrote. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Naomi Osaka, a two-time U.S. Open champion who is in the same eighth of the draw as the past U.S. Open champions Sloane Stephens and Angelique Kerber. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "The homer run was Sandle\u2019s team-high eighth of the year, and gave him 39 RBIs, also best on the club. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 16 May 2021",
      "The marquee eighth has 11 allowance runners going 5 \u00bd furlongs. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2021",
      "By his example, Pong teaches Tiller to look past the superficial, which proves a useful lesson in Asia, where Tiller, despite his Asian eighth , is categorically dismissed as a bule, a farang\u2014white, foreign. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021",
      "The Model 3 was the bestselling electric vehicle in China last year, with more than 138,000 sold, according to the China Passenger Car Association\u2014an eighth of the 1.11 million EVs sold nationwide. \u2014 Trefor Moss, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101tth",
      "\u02c8\u0101th"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194044",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "eighthly":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in the eighth place":[
        "the search is \u2026, eighthly , a search for ideals",
        "\u2014 R. G. F. Robinson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00f7\u02c8\u0101th-",
      "\u02c8\u0101tthl\u0113",
      "-li"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194233",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "eighty-six":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to refuse to serve (a customer)":[
        "\"Beer here, barkeep,\" he said. \"You're eighty-sixed ,\" Lucy said. \"Cut off. No more for you.\"",
        "\u2014 Mary Karr"
      ],
      ": to reject, discontinue, or get rid of (something)":[
        "Democratic leaders also eighty-sixed a similar amendment introduced in the House version of the bill \u2026",
        "\u2014 Dell Cameron",
        "Sadly, \u2026 the heartless bottom-liners on the food committee eighty-sixed the black raspberry [ice cream] for good.",
        "\u2014 Greg Kesich",
        "So after attempting a Zoom interview that had them sounding as garbled as the off-camera adults in a \"Peanuts\" special, we eighty-sixed the audio on our computers and talked on the phone \u2026",
        "\u2014 Brian O'Neill"
      ],
      ": to remove (an item) from a menu : to no longer offer (an item) to customers":[
        "Many small restaurants or bars may run into issues with their inventory. When there are not enough ingredients left to make a popular dish or drink, they'll have to 86 it. This prevents customers from ordering it and then getting upset.",
        "\u2014 Joshua Weatherwax"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2b":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably rhyming slang for nix entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101-t\u0113-\u02c8siks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cashier",
      "cast (off)",
      "chuck",
      "deep-six",
      "discard",
      "ditch",
      "dump",
      "exorcise",
      "exorcize",
      "fling (off ",
      "jettison",
      "junk",
      "lay by",
      "lose",
      "pitch",
      "reject",
      "scrap",
      "shed",
      "shuck (off)",
      "slough (off)",
      "sluff (off)",
      "throw away",
      "throw out",
      "toss",
      "unload"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024901",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "eightpenny nail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a nail typically 2\u00b9/\u2082 inches (6.35 centimeters) long":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u0101t-\u02ccpe-n\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from its original price per hundred":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052731"
  },
  "eight-pointed cross":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": maltese cross":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104717"
  },
  "eightsome":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Scottish reel for eight dancers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101ts\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "eight entry 1 + -some":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210132"
  },
  "eighth note":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical note with the time value of \u00b9/\u2088 of a whole note \u2014 see note illustration":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So the first iteration of the chord progression takes about three minutes, then each variation after that gets shorter and shorter until each chord becomes only an eighth note long. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Feb. 2020",
      "Rechtshaid added drums and moved the chorus over an eighth note , adding a backbeat. \u2014 Chris Payne, Billboard , 28 June 2019",
      "My eighth notes provided urgency, a racing pulse under the whole thing rather than the original\u2019s sleepy conga. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 22 Nov. 2018",
      "Kal Marks, a band from Boston, plays with lurching bass lines, plodding eighth notes and similarly stripped-down drum beats set against brittle guitars and vocals that sound strained and scraped. \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 19 May 2018",
      "Its shape resembles that of an eighth note , and its sound has been likened to that of a theremin. \u2014 Stephen J. Beard, Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2018",
      "The British band Basement believes in the power of a saturated guitar tone and steady, insistent eighth notes . \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 12 May 2018",
      "The combination of openness and complexity in this music spells a certain kind of possibility: Mr. Mitchell took a solo that was almost entirely eighth notes , with nearly no rests, and still seemed to create rhythmic suspense at every turn. \u2014 Giovanni Russonello, New York Times , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "But even a relatively simple symbol, like an eighth note , can be drawn in so many different ways that calculating the possible variations is computationally intensive and time-consuming. \u2014 Janne Lindqvist, Smithsonian , 4 May 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1839, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234419"
  },
  "eightling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u0101tli\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005342"
  },
  "eigenfunction":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the solution of a differential equation (such as the Schr\u00f6dinger wave equation) satisfying specified conditions":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "partial translation of German eigenfunktion , from eigen- + funktion function":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024041"
  },
  "eighth pole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the furlong pole on a racetrack that is \u00b9/\u2088 of a mile from the finish":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024550"
  }
}