{ "euchre":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a card game in which each player is dealt five cards and the player making trump must take three tricks to win a hand":[], ": cheat , trick":[ "euchred out of their life savings", "\u2014 Pete Martin" ], ": to prevent from winning three tricks in euchre":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "a fast-talking speculator who thought that euchring the tribe out of their land would be easy", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In my family, no Thanksgiving weekend has ever been complete without a euchre tournament. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2020", "There were at various points a euchre and lotto party, a newsboy parade, an auto race and \u2014 a true novelty at the time \u2014 an air show, all to will Hope Haven into reality. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 29 Sep. 2020", "Snarples is popular among hockey players, an apparent mix of euchre and hearts. \u2014 Matthew Defranks, Dallas News , 28 July 2020", "Does the author dislike a round of euchre around the family table after dinner", "Special to IndyStar Joe Kernan and his friends used to have euchre nights. \u2014 Jason Kelly, The Indianapolis Star , 10 July 2020", "Evers, a 67-year-old former elementary school principal from Plymouth who indulges in Egg McMuffins and games of euchre , defeated Walker \u2014 one of the most formidable politicians the state had ever seen. \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Dec. 2019", "Some get together and walk and still others get together and golf while others play euchre . \u2014 Sara Clarkson, chicagotribune.com , 13 Aug. 2019", "Awestruck Festival Holy Cross Lutheran Church hosts a family fun event including water games, cornhole, food trucks, art vendors, a euchre tent, live music and more. \u2014 Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star , 12 June 2019", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Good news for competitive Michiganders: Those family euchre tournaments that get a little too intense may be delaying the onset of Alzheimer\u2019s by five years, a new study reveals. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 31 July 2021", "The American history of the game goes back a couple of centuries, but ties euchre to Midwestern auto workers, who could play an entire match during a single coffee and/or lunch break. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 21 Nov. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1835, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8y\u00fc-k\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224042", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "eucalyptus":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of a genus ( Eucalyptus ) of mostly Australian evergreen trees or rarely shrubs of the myrtle family that have rigid entire leaves and umbellate flowers and are widely cultivated for their gums, resins, oils, and woods":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccy\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02c8lip-t\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Before long, Keystone showed up with his guitar and an amp and played his heart out before taking his turn in the barber\u2019s chair \u2014 a castaway office recliner on wheels \u2014 and getting a haircut under a eucalyptus tree. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 June 2022", "Encourage your mother-in-law to practice self-care with these aromatherapy shower steamers that come in a variety of comforting scents like lavender and eucalyptus . \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022", "The scent is unambiguously masculine, a deep woody experience with lighter notes of lavender and eucalyptus . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022", "An iconic eucalyptus tree fell on the 15th fairway of the South Course. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Jan. 2022", "With necks craned and eyes shielded from the sun, dozens of people gathered Wednesday around a towering eucalyptus tree in the heart of Puerto Rico\u2019s bustling capital for a most unusual sight: a rhesus macaque monkey on the loose. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, ajc , 3 Nov. 2021", "Then, massage your feet with the lavender and eucalyptus foot cr\u00e8me to nourish the feet. \u2014 Sarah Boyd, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021", "Other foot scrubs may contain lavender, eucalyptus or jojoba oil. \u2014 Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2021", "To create the shades, the brand looked to wellness culture, incorporating certain calming smells such as lavender, eucalyptus , and chamomile. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 13 Mar. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from Greek eu- eu- + kalypt\u00f3s \"covered,\" verbal adjective of kal\u00fdptein \"to cover, protect, conceal\"; so named for the operculum that covers the developing buds \u2014 more at apocalypse":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1801, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234023" }, "eucalyptol":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a liquid C 10 H 18 O with an odor of camphor that occurs in many essential oils (as of eucalyptus ) and is used especially as an expectorant and flavoring agent":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02cct\u014dl", "\u02ccy\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02c8lip-\u02cct\u022fl" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1879, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020402" }, "euchromatin":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the part of chromatin that is genetically active and is largely composed of genes":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8kr\u014d-m\u0259-t\u0259n", "(\u02c8)y\u00fc-\u02c8kr\u014d-m\u0259t-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Heterochromatin has largely been ignored by molecular biologists, who like to focus on the gene-rich euchromatin where most of the action is. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 16 Nov. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1932, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231153" } }