{ "skedaddle":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "I've got to skedaddle or I'll be late.", "we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Sedan drivers skedaddle like frightened children when this Ranger fills their mirrors. \u2014 Scott Oldham, Car and Driver , 28 Aug. 2020", "Arsenal have officially confirmed the capture of St Etienne centre back William Saliba, with the Frenchman putting pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Emirates before skedaddling straight back to the Ligue 1 side on loan for 2019/20. \u2014 SI.com , 25 July 2019", "Somewhere in the midst of all this, the Rev. Ford had skedaddled , leaving Perot and Dawkins to face the music. \u2014 Cheryl Hall, Dallas News , 13 July 2019", "At a news conference on Tuesday\u2014three days before British Prime Minister Theresa May was set to skedaddle off the world stage forever\u2014the president questioned whether anyone was less than thrilled at his presence. \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 9 June 2019", "Ron's wife, Jan, wanted to pack up and be ready to skedaddle . \u2014 Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics , 11 Jan. 2017", "After the car rolled backwards into the street, the two guys inside the car skedaddled . \u2014 David J. Neal, miamiherald , 28 Mar. 2018", "His wife has skedaddled , but his nosy neighbor (the delightful Diana Bang) is eager to clean his house and enable his quest to track down the woman who was once almost his adoptive sister. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 8 Feb. 2018", "Terry caught a screen-pass on the left side, broke a few tackles and skedaddled 58 yard toward glory. \u2014 Aaron Carter, Philly.com , 8 Sep. 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "1859, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "probably alteration of British dialect scaddle to run off in a fright, from scaddle , adjective, wild, timid, skittish, from Middle English scathel, skadylle harmful, fierce, wild, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skathi harm \u2014 more at scathe":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "ski-\u02c8da-d\u1d4al" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bolt", "break", "bug out", "flee", "fly", "hightail (it)", "retreat", "run", "run away", "run off" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050253", "type":[ "noun,", "verb" ] }, "skelet-":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": skeletal and":[ "skeleto muscular" ], ": skeleton":[ "skelet al", "skeleto logy" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek skeletos , from skeletos , adjective":"Noun", "New Latin, from skeleton":"Combining form" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skel\u0259\u0307t" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135841", "type":[ "combining form", "noun" ] }, "skeletal":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, forming, attached to, or resembling a skeleton":[] }, "examples":[ "The archaeologist found skeletal remains.", "She was skeletal after her illness.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Looming behind the schoolroom is a skeletal wooden octagon with three telephone-pole crosspieces on each side attached to uprights nearly as high as the basketball hoop. \u2014 Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022", "But the pterosaur skeletal fossils are equally astonishing in and of themselves. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022", "Their recurring Bembury collaboration on the Crocs Pollex, meanwhile, features an eco- skeletal look and continues to sell out. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 2 June 2022", "Looming over it all is Wanguo Friendship Plaza, a skeletal apartment tower built by a Chinese company and meant to be the South Pacific\u2019s tallest building, until Fiji\u2019s government halted construction over safety concerns. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022", "GameMaker is primarily intended for making games with 2D graphics and 2D skeletal animations. \u2014 Tam Nguyen, The Conversation , 18 May 2022", "Before the pandemic, infectious disease tracking and surveillance in the U.S. was a skeletal system. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2022", "Despite massive search efforts, Vicki's skeletal remains weren't found until April 12, 1985, when a man walking in desert land near Ina and Artesiano roads saw a small human skull. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022", "Among the possessions, according to the Sentinel, were personal papers that belonged to two teenage girls whose skeletal remains were discovered in Martin County, where Schaefer had also once worked as a law enforcement officer. \u2014 Julian Mark, Washington Post , 7 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1854, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skel-\u0259t-\u1d4al, British sometimes ske-\u02c8l\u0113t-\u1d4al", "\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u1d4al" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cadaverous", "emaciated", "gaunt", "haggard", "wasted" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195843", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "skeletal muscle":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": striated muscle that is usually attached to the skeleton and is usually under voluntary control":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The body continues to synthesize glucose for those cells and tissue that absolutely need it, but the breakdown of stored fats increases as well to provide energy for tissues such as the skeletal muscle , heart, liver and kidneys. \u2014 Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation , 19 May 2022", "Additionally, there is data that suggests that skeletal muscle and possibly bone may benefit from this training. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 May 2021", "Carbohydrate ingestion\u2014and its subsequent digestion, absorption, and delivery to skeletal muscle \u2014is imperative for maintaining carbohydrate burning during intense exercise that lasts longer than 60\u201390 minutes. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 13 Apr. 2020", "The finding concerning lower diabetes risk could be explained by muscle-strengthening activities increasing or preserving skeletal muscle mass, which has a major role in regulating blood sugar levels, the authors said. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 5 Mar. 2022", "For example, skeletal muscle cells make a protein called myostatin that keeps them from growing too large. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 Mar. 2022", "Blood, oxygen, and nutrient delivery to the gut can all become compromised as these precious resources are redirected to the skeletal muscle and skin (for cooling purposes). \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 2 Nov. 2020", "The drug also caused serious injury to the eels' skeletal muscle , which was slow to heal after the eels were removed from the water with the cocaine. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021", "Calcium and phosphorous, for example, are vital for skeletal muscle function and blood clotting regulation. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1877, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090934", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skeleton":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": an emaciated person or animal":[], ": of, consisting of, or resembling a skeleton":[], ": something forming a structural framework":[], ": something reduced to its minimum form or essential parts":[], ": something shameful and kept secret (as in a family)":[ "\u2014 often used in the phrase skeleton in the closet" ], ": the straight or branched chain or ring of atoms that forms the basic structure of an organic molecule":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "They found the fossil skeleton of a mastodon.", "He hung a plastic skeleton on the door for Halloween.", "She was a skeleton after her illness.", "Only the charred skeleton of the house remained after the fire.", "We saw a skeleton of the report before it was published.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Their two-story house is a skeleton of studs and flooring protected from the weather by a new roof and thin layer of home wrap. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022", "It\u2019s made in a mold and is hollow, save for frame supports that look like the skeleton of a whale. \u2014 Joseph Carberry, Outside Online , 27 May 2022", "Operating with skeleton crews, doctors and nurses race to save limbs, and lives. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022", "And the partial skeleton of a velociraptor hits the auction block. \u2014 CNN , 15 May 2022", "Both teams trotted out skeleton crews, missing starters and opening the game with nine available bodies. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 12 Mar. 2022", "Quarantining was not about to cause a second cancellation; the Opry carried on as lockdown kicked in by broadcasting acoustic performances with stars placed apart on stools, no live audience and skeleton crews, so the circle could remain unbroken. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 28 Oct. 2021", "Many are shut down, or operating with skeleton crews. \u2014 Jon Emont, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021", "The playwright weaves in a real estate developer named Do\u00f1a Kati, a stand-in for the Mexican folklore figure La Catrina, the skeleton woman who represents death. \u2014 Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1778, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos dried up; akin to Greek skellein to dry up, skl\u0113ros hard and perhaps to Old English sceald shallow":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u0259n", "\u02c8skel-\u0259t-\u1d4an" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "architecture", "armature", "cadre", "configuration", "edifice", "fabric", "frame", "framework", "framing", "infrastructure", "shell", "structure" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103640", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "skep":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Langlands is a sort of method archaeologist, unearthing the various ways that humans used their hands for thousands of years and taking it upon himself to do things like cutting hay, building a drystone wall and making a skep for beekeeping. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Jan. 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English skeppe basket, beehive, from Old English sceppe basket, from Old Norse skeppa bushel; akin to Old High German sceffil bushel, scaf tub":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134936", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skepsis":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The Greek word skepsis means investigation, and the old-time skeptics were the world's first private investigators. \u2014 Jon Fobes, cleveland.com , 8 May 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1864, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek skepsis examination, doubt, skeptical philosophy, from skeptesthai":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep-s\u0259s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022241", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skeptic":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a person disposed to skepticism especially regarding religion or religious principles":[], ": an adherent or advocate of skepticism":[] }, "examples":[ "Skeptics have pointed out flaws in the researchers' methods.", "You can believe in ghosts if you like, but I'm still a skeptic .", "He is a skeptic and a cynic.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Bittker was a great skeptic and somebody whose natural instinct was to poke holes in other people's arguments. \u2014 Robert Goulder, Forbes , 8 June 2022", "But the service had a powerful skeptic : David Zaslav, the chief executive of Discovery, who was on the verge of completing a merger with WarnerMedia that would put him in control of the news network. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022", "European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde is a crypto skeptic . \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 27 May 2022", "Le Pen is a skeptic of the continent\u2019s defining geopolitical institutions \u2014 the European Union and NATO \u2014 and peddles a hypernationalism that could yet one day take France out of both. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022", "Shoppers specifically pointed to PiperWai's ingredient list as their reasoning for making the switch, including one who described themselves as a natural deodorant skeptic . \u2014 Lauren Rearick, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022", "Le Pen, once considered a climate-change skeptic , wants to scrap subsidies for renewable energies. \u2014 Thomas Adamson And Patrick Hermansen, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022", "Le Pen, once considered a climate-change skeptic , wants to scrap subsidies for renewable energies. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022", "Le Pen, once considered a climate-change skeptic , wants to scrap subsidies for renewable energies. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin or Greek; Latin scepticus , from Greek skeptikos , from skeptikos thoughtful, from skeptesthai to look, consider \u2014 more at spy":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep-tik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "disbeliever", "doubter", "doubting Thomas", "questioner", "unbeliever" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221850", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skeptical":{ "antonyms":[ "credulous", "gullible", "gullable", "trustful", "trusting", "uncritical", "unquestioning" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism":[ "a skeptical listener" ] }, "examples":[ "She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims.", "He says he can win, but I remain skeptical .", "When I said I'd finished my homework early, Mom looked skeptical .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "David French, a conservative critic of Mr. Trump, had been skeptical the committee would produce sufficient evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022", "But the head of the legislature\u2019s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus was skeptical that more reports and analyses will lead to actual reforms. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 30 June 2022", "Still others are skeptical and do not see how good things are. \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Spirit has also been skeptical that antitrust regulators would sign off on a merger with JetBlue, particularly because the Justice Department is already challenging a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines Group Inc. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 27 June 2022", "Still, having dutifully sat through half of this eight-episode season, the sense that the pieces can be satisfactorily put together, at least for those who were skeptical going on, feels asked and answered. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 26 June 2022", "But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats were skeptical and remained noncommittal, signaling Biden's proposal could be doomed out of the gate. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "But some analysts are skeptical , given the batteries\u2019 predicted initial low volumes and rising raw-materials costs. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022", "But there\u2019s reason to be skeptical that treatment remains private. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1639, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep-ti-k\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "disbelieving", "distrustful", "doubting", "incredulous", "mistrustful", "negativistic", "questioning", "show-me", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unbelieving" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093743", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "skepticism":{ "antonyms":[ "assurance", "belief", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "sureness", "surety", "trust" ], "definitions":{ ": an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object":[], ": doubt concerning basic religious principles (such as immortality, providence, and revelation)":[], ": the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a particular area is uncertain":[], ": the method of suspended judgment, systematic doubt, or criticism characteristic of skeptics":[] }, "examples":[ "She regarded the researcher's claims with skepticism .", "It's good to maintain a healthy skepticism about fad diets.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "And prudence calls for skepticism about any soothing words from the Fed, the Biden administration or Wall Street bulls about a hoped-for soft landing. \u2014 CNN , 26 May 2022", "The reasons for skepticism about the shots run the gamut. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022", "Satire now serves the high and mighty, contra Altman\u2019s call for skepticism of the powerful in his 1992 classic, The Player. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 May 2022", "There are other reasons for skepticism about fluctuating prices. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 7 Mar. 2022", "These discussions can admittedly get very haute Brooklyn, but gay performers, so adept at working the margins to which they have historically been consigned, have ample reason for skepticism . \u2014 Mark Harris, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2022", "Industry watchers expressed some advance skepticism about viewership, considering the trends of recent decades. \u2014 Jeremy Barr, Washington Post , 10 June 2022", "While there has been a hefty amount of enthusiasm (tempered by some understandable skepticism ) about its viability, there is big money supporting the metaverse\u2019s development and ultimate success. \u2014 Ari Jacoby, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "Occasionally, the women say, a family member or friend expresses skepticism about the couple\u2019s pickleball-centric lives, but neither woman takes it to heart. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Glamour , 8 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep-t\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for skepticism uncertainty , doubt , dubiety , skepticism , suspicion , mistrust mean lack of sureness about someone or something. uncertainty may range from a falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of conviction or knowledge especially about an outcome or result. assumed the role of manager without hesitation or uncertainty doubt suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision. plagued by doubts as to what to do dubiety stresses a wavering between conclusions. felt some dubiety about its practicality skepticism implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence. an economic forecast greeted with skepticism suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone. regarded the stranger with suspicion mistrust implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion. had a great mistrust of doctors", "synonyms":[ "distrust", "distrustfulness", "doubt", "dubiety", "dubitation", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "misgiving", "mistrust", "mistrustfulness", "query", "reservation", "suspicion", "uncertainty" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070517", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skepticize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to indulge in skepticism":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccs\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173839", "type":[ "intransitive verb" ] }, "skerrick":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": the least bit : semblance , trace":[ "not a skerrick of food left over" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps irregular from scar entry 1 (clinker)":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skerik" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092645", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "skerry":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a rocky isle : reef":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1612, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Scots (Shetland and Orkney islands), ultimately from Old Norse skerj-, sker rocky islet \u2014 more at scar entry 1":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sker-\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072540", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sketch":{ "antonyms":[ "define", "delineate", "outline", "silhouette", "trace" ], "definitions":{ ": a brief description (as of a person) or outline":[], ": a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study":[], ": a short instrumental composition usually for piano":[], ": a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story and the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, and familiar in tone":[], ": a tentative draft (as for a literary work)":[], ": to draw or paint a sketch":[], ": to make a sketch, rough draft, or outline of":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "He made a sketch of his house.", "He wrote up a sketch of the plot.", "There is a biographical sketch of the author on the book's back cover.", "Verb", "He sketched the trees outside his window.", "He likes to sit outside and sketch .", "She sketched the plan for us.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The 35-year-old Shrill star, who joined on SNL in 2012, was ready to leave the NBC sketch comedy show before COVID-19 pandemic halted her plans for a career change. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022", "Each comedian has been a fixture on the long-running NBC sketch show, which broadcasts live and features celebrity hosts, for several years. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022", "The concept for our signature routine was borrowed \u2014 OK, lifted \u2014 from a very funny sketch that Hesseman had been a part of years before with his improv troupe, The Committee. \u2014 Tim Reid, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022", "The name comes from a sketch based on witness testimony that depicted a man with severe acne in his mid-20s. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 2 Oct. 2021", "Incidentally, the Licorice Pizza chain actually got its name from a comedy sketch on an album by \u201860s folk singers Bud & Travis. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021", "Here, see the story behind Iman and Reed\u2019s collaboration, from sketch to dress. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 17 Sep. 2021", "Your partner asks you why the little, evil dudes in a certain game called Overlord speak as if they were stolen from a Monty Python sketch . \u2014 Jerry Bonner, Wired , 19 Aug. 2021", "Knowing how to get a physical product from a sketch on a napkin to store shelves seems like a daunting task; however, it can be understood fairly quickly with the right behind-the-scenes insight. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 3 June 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "After Robert and Gloria Berger hired Wright to design their family home in Marin County, California, in the 1950s, the couple\u2019s 12-year-old son, Jim, asked the architect to sketch out a matching doghouse for their Labrador retriever, Eddie. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022", "Artists would then sketch and outline their work, and pigment specialists would apply watercolor, building varying tones with tiny brushstrokes. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022", "The details sketch out one of the best contractual situations in the history of cable news: big money, flexibility and carte blanche to do something other than respond to the news cycle. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022", "On Vulture\u2019s Good One podcast, Short discusses sketch comedy, collaborating with Steve Martin, performing on late-night TV, and more. \u2014 Jesse David Fox, Vulture , 16 Sep. 2021", "This story is apocryphal: Sometime in the 20th century, a woman approached Pablo Picasso in a restaurant and asked him to sketch something. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 18 Feb. 2022", "Even as a significant slice of literary fiction turns ever more slender and novella-like, too weary in its ennui to sketch out more than thoughts and emotions, a countercurrent exists in massive novels that purport to capture many things. \u2014 Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022", "In 1999, during a period when the BBC had stopped making new episodes of Doctor Who, future showrunner Steven Moffat wrote an extended Doctor Who sketch for Britain's annual Red Nose Day telethon. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 21 Mar. 2022", "As an artist, I was fascinated by the extreme side of that, and the subtlety, and had to rush home to sketch it out. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 29 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1694, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Dutch schets , from Italian schizzo , literally, splash, from schizzare to splash, of imitative origin":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skech" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "cartoon", "delineation", "drawing" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010146", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "skewed":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": deviating from what is normal, direct, or accurate":[ "The treatment will later attempt to correct the anorexic's skewed [=distorted] perceptions about her body.", "\u2014 Daniel Goleman", "More broadly, some critics argue our \u00fcber-emphasis on sports shows a skewed set of priorities.", "\u2014 Kase Wickman et al.", "This issue of control, and of the price paid for following the sometimes skewed road leading toward self-invention, is among the themes now being grappled with by Mary Harron \u2026", "\u2014 The New Yorker", "Allowing even for my invariably skewed sense of direction, and the dark and sinuous roads that had delivered me to my door the night before, navigating the property is a challenge.", "\u2014 Nancy Novogrod" ], ": distorted from a true value or symmetrical form":[ "problematic polling methods that resulted in skewed data", "\u2026 a series of orange and yellow skewed shapes with mesh squares of different sizes \u2026", "\u2014 Natalie Savino" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fcd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070542", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "skewer":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to keep it in form while roasting or to hold small pieces of meat or vegetables for broiling":[], ": any of various things shaped or used like a meat skewer":[], ": to criticize or ridicule sharply and effectively":[], ": to fasten or pierce with or as if with a skewer":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "let's skewer our marshmallows on these sticks and start toasting", "the satirical comic strip gleefully skewers many of society's sacred cows", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The Ocean Snow Cone at Ice Ice Baby \u2014 the shop\u2019s name pays tribute to Vanilla Ice\u2019s 1990 hit song \u2014 has a flavorful blend of tropical syrups topped with a sour belt threaded onto a skewer and plunged into the center of the ice. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 22 June 2022", "Then it's fed onto a long skewer and cooked horizontally over a wood fire. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022", "When not foraging for moss, juniper and pine needles, the teenager learned to ferment moose sausages and fry breaded pig heads on a skewer . \u2014 Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022", "There\u2019s a lemon-rice soup, long a staple at local Greek restaurants; mushroom queso birria tacos; an aguachile appetizer; chicken souvlaki; split pea falafel; and a chicken shawarma skewer . \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022", "Drizzle with olive oil, and roast for about 35 minutes, or until a fork or metal skewer goes through with very little resistance. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Mar. 2022", "Evenly place skewer pieces between both cardboard circles. \u2014 Lauren Hedrick, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 Apr. 2022", "Spoon the batter into an ungreased 10-inch tube pan with a removable bottom, then run a long wooden skewer or knife through the batter to get the bubbles out. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Feb. 2022", "He was described as a conservative satirist unafraid to skewer Democrats and Republicans alike. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Does the production clearly skewer the patriarchy that sells off unwed daughters for a dowry", "After more than a decade hovering near the back burner of voter concerns in California, fear over crime has risen to the fore as Republicans seize on the issue to skewer Democrats from the state Capitol to the White House. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022", "What is left to satirically skewer when facts are derided as opinion, flat Earthers attend annual conferences and conspiracy theory movements like QAnon have become powerful political forces", "This isn\u2019t incisive stuff, but McKay, who wrote the screenplay based on a story idea by journalist David Sirota, just doesn\u2019t care enough about popular culture or social media to effectively skewer it. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021", "Lewis Black is known as the king of the rant, and for his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger-pointing to skewer anything and anyone that gets under his skin. \u2014 Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Dec. 2021", "But also anyone who tuned in to watch Molly Shannon skewer her as an airhead on the SNL cold-open. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 19 Oct. 2021", "Countless podcasts skewer bad movies, but none of them comes close to matching the humor and charm of this brilliant long-running series. \u2014 Matthew Chernov, Variety , 18 Oct. 2021", "Trump is now using the bully pulpit to skewer the Biden team using inflation, the economy, and the price of gasoline as highlights for his irritation agenda. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1701, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English skeuier":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skyu\u0307r", "\u02c8sky\u00fc-\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "gore", "harpoon", "impale", "jab", "lance", "peck", "pick", "pierce", "pink", "puncture", "run through", "spear", "spike", "spit", "stab", "stick", "transfix", "transpierce" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191429", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "skew curve":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a curve in three-dimensional space that does not lie in a single plane":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180100" }, "skew chisel":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a turning chisel with a straight cutting edge at an angle to the shank":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204814" }, "skein":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel":[], ": something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : tangle":[], ": a flock of wildfowl (such as geese or ducks) in flight":[], ": to wind into skeins":[ "skein yarn" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0101n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In a skein of dialogues that runs more than a half hour long, set in and around an otherwise empty caf\u00e9, Sangok confronts and defies mortality by way of her artistic vocation and creative passion. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022", "Her hair hung like a skein of silk, immune to humidity. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022", "The hot directorial duo have also written the screenplays of the six-episode skein , for which casting is currently underway. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022", "This should be the season the Mariners finally end the 21-year drought, the longest skein without a playoff berth in North American team sports. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022", "Held in the mesh of gravity and spin, a skein of quantum magnetic charge, the Muon persists, outlives its foreseeable wobble. \u2014 Judith K. Liebmann, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022", "It\u2019s dry, with apricot and pear flavors and a skein of minerality that carries the fruit through to a long, satisfying finish. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021", "Kalmerton has most success fishing skein or flies for the spawning chinook. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Oct. 2021", "The Red Sox imperiled their postseason chances when the Yankees flattened them in a three-game sweep at Fenway in late September, with Bogaerts' 1-for-12 performance the beginning of a season-ending 5-for-32 skein . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English skeyne , from Middle French (Picard) escagne , probably from Vulgar Latin *scamnia , from *scamniare to wind yarn, from *scamnium rack for holding bobbins, from Latin scamnum bench, stool \u2014 more at shambles":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214746" }, "skeiner":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one that skeins : such as":[], ": an operator of a machine for winding thread, yarn, or twine into skeins":[], ": a worker who winds unfinished cloth into skein form for boiling off":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0101n\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230044" }, "skeins":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel":[], ": something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : tangle":[], ": a flock of wildfowl (such as geese or ducks) in flight":[], ": to wind into skeins":[ "skein yarn" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0101n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "In a skein of dialogues that runs more than a half hour long, set in and around an otherwise empty caf\u00e9, Sangok confronts and defies mortality by way of her artistic vocation and creative passion. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 5 May 2022", "Her hair hung like a skein of silk, immune to humidity. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022", "The hot directorial duo have also written the screenplays of the six-episode skein , for which casting is currently underway. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 7 Feb. 2022", "This should be the season the Mariners finally end the 21-year drought, the longest skein without a playoff berth in North American team sports. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022", "Held in the mesh of gravity and spin, a skein of quantum magnetic charge, the Muon persists, outlives its foreseeable wobble. \u2014 Judith K. Liebmann, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022", "It\u2019s dry, with apricot and pear flavors and a skein of minerality that carries the fruit through to a long, satisfying finish. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021", "Kalmerton has most success fishing skein or flies for the spawning chinook. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Oct. 2021", "The Red Sox imperiled their postseason chances when the Yankees flattened them in a three-game sweep at Fenway in late September, with Bogaerts' 1-for-12 performance the beginning of a season-ending 5-for-32 skein . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English skeyne , from Middle French (Picard) escagne , probably from Vulgar Latin *scamnia , from *scamniare to wind yarn, from *scamnium rack for holding bobbins, from Latin scamnum bench, stool \u2014 more at shambles":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233744" }, "skelder":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to live by begging : beg":[], ": to obtain money from by fraud : cheat":[], ": to obtain (money) dishonestly":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skeld\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015244" }, "skelet":{ "type":[ "combining form", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": skeleton":[ "skelet al", "skeleto logy" ], ": skeletal and":[ "skeleto muscular" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skel\u0259\u0307t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek skeletos , from skeletos , adjective":"Noun", "New Latin, from skeleton":"Combining form" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-074015" }, "skew bridge":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120423" }, "skeet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": trapshooting in which clay pigeons are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angles of flight of birds":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0113t" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Japanese YouTuber Raphael takes aim during skeet shooting practice. \u2014 CBS News , 6 June 2022", "Keller drove an old police car, shoveled horse manure at Urbanchek\u2019s barn and shot trap and skeet . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Jan. 2022", "Kids and adults will have a hard time choosing between salmon fishing, skeet shooting, falconry, horseback riding, archery, off-roading, zip-lining, tennis and photography classes. \u2014 Sherrie Nachman, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022", "The supply shortages cut across all varieties of ammunition, from shotgun shells for skeet shooting to the low-velocity .22 rounds used for training by the Anchorage Biathlon Club. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Dec. 2021", "Troubadour\u2019s outdoor activities include go carts, archery, skeet shooting, axe throwing and fishing. \u2014 Shivani Vora, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021", "Americans Vincent Hancock and Amber English opened the shotgun events by sweeping skeet on Tuesday. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 July 2021", "With Amber English winning the women's skeet shooting competition, Americans swept the gold medals in the event. \u2014 Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY , 26 July 2021", "The baseballs Tony Beasley threw to him were, in fact, kept in a humidor instead of baked into skeet . \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 12 July 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps from Norwegian skyte to shoot":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1926, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182516" }, "skew bevel gear":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a bevel gear in which the axes lie in different planes":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182553" }, "skeeter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": mosquito":[], ": an iceboat 16 feet (5 meters) or more in length having a single sail":[], ": a skeet shooter":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0113-t\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "by shortening & alteration":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1926, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183649" }, "skeptically":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism":[ "a skeptical listener" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skep-ti-k\u0259l" ], "synonyms":[ "disbelieving", "distrustful", "doubting", "incredulous", "mistrustful", "negativistic", "questioning", "show-me", "suspecting", "suspicious", "unbelieving" ], "antonyms":[ "credulous", "gullible", "gullable", "trustful", "trusting", "uncritical", "unquestioning" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims.", "He says he can win, but I remain skeptical .", "When I said I'd finished my homework early, Mom looked skeptical .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "David French, a conservative critic of Mr. Trump, had been skeptical the committee would produce sufficient evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022", "But the head of the legislature\u2019s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus was skeptical that more reports and analyses will lead to actual reforms. \u2014 Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant , 30 June 2022", "Still others are skeptical and do not see how good things are. \u2014 Roger Trapp, Forbes , 28 June 2022", "Spirit has also been skeptical that antitrust regulators would sign off on a merger with JetBlue, particularly because the Justice Department is already challenging a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines Group Inc. \u2014 Alison Sider, WSJ , 27 June 2022", "Still, having dutifully sat through half of this eight-episode season, the sense that the pieces can be satisfactorily put together, at least for those who were skeptical going on, feels asked and answered. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 26 June 2022", "But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats were skeptical and remained noncommittal, signaling Biden's proposal could be doomed out of the gate. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022", "But some analysts are skeptical , given the batteries\u2019 predicted initial low volumes and rising raw-materials costs. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022", "But there\u2019s reason to be skeptical that treatment remains private. \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1639, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212835" }, "skewbald":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": marked with patches of white and any other color but black":[], ": a skewbald horse":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fc-\u02ccb\u022fld" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "skewed (skewbald) + bald":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{ "1654, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1863, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020329" }, "skew distribution":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an unsymmetrical frequency distribution having the mode at a different value from the mean":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1931, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052416" }, "skeet shooting":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the sport of shooting at targets (called clay pigeons) that are thrown in the air":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055828" }, "skew facet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of the broad triangular facets which abut in pairs on the girdle of a brilliant between each pair of skill facets":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083118" }, "skee trap":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a trap used in trap and skeet shooting that is mounted in such a way as to make possible its inclination at any desired horizontal or vertical angle before the target is thrown":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps so called from the resemblance of the trajectories of the targets to those of ski jumpers":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091018" }, "skew field":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a mathematical field in which multiplication is not commutative":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091142" }, "skewerwood":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a spindle tree ( Euonymus europaeus )":[], ": red dogwood":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095935" }, "skeevy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": morally or physically repulsive : disgusting , sleazy":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0113-v\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s a Pacific Ocean that washes up skeevy wonders from its Great Garbage Patch. \u2014 Tad Friend, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021", "Schrader draws them together by staging a right-wing hotel-expo encounter between Tell and his former overseer at Abu Ghraib, Major John Gordo, played by Willem Dafoe as a skeevy opportunist with a mustache like a giant sardine. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 2 Sep. 2021", "But the arrival of a skeevy stranger sends things spiraling, exposing dark pasts and lies. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2021", "The practices described by the FTC are obviously skeevy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2020", "The series of skeevy guys are played by actors known for playing likable men on TV, including Adam Brody, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, Chris Lowell and Max Greenfield. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Dec. 2020", "Fennell set out to defy expectations with her supporting cast as well, selecting beloved figures to play the secretly skeevy men. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020", "In the episode, which was broadcast from the annual entertainment convention, O\u2019Brien, 56, asked Cruise to step back into the shoes of Les Grossman \u2014 the skeevy studio executive Cruise played over a decade ago in 2008\u2019s Tropic Thunder. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 19 July 2019", "In '90s cult classic Empire Records, a record store on the brink of closure throws a signing party for Rex Manning, a skeevy pop star who eventually leaves the establishment in a huff after coming to blows with the scrappy staff. \u2014 Hilary Hughes, Billboard , 8 Apr. 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from skeeve \"to disgust, be disgusted by\" (borrowed from the stem of Italian schifare \"to loathe, feel disgust for,\" earlier \"to shun, avoid,\" borrowed from Old French eschiver ) + -y entry 1 \u2014 more at eschew":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1976, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-111919" }, "skeezicks":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": rascal":[ "you little skeezicks" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114633" }, "skeleton shrimp":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an amphipod crustacean of Caprella or a related genus":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145601" }, "skeletons in the/someone's closet":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": something bad or embarrassing that happened in someone's past and that is kept secret":[ "He asked if she had any skeletons in her closet that might affect her political campaign." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145847" }, "skewback":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a course of masonry, a stone, or an iron plate having an inclined face against which the voussoirs of an arch abut":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fc-\u02ccbak" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1703, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-215705" }, "skeleton construction":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a method of constructing high buildings in which the chief horizontal and vertical members are of rolled steel and the walls are for the most part supported at the floor levels by the steel frame itself":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-222449" }, "skeleton proof":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a proof of a print or engraving with the inscription in hair strokes only":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230717" }, "skew arch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110550" }, "skeleton pattern":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a pattern constructed in skeleton form in whose open spaces sand is inserted":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095501" }, "skew-gee":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": askew":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)sky\u00fc\u00a6j\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps irregular from skew entry 2 + gee (to jibe)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100559" }, "skeezy":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": morally or physically disgusting or repulsive : skeevy , sleazy":[ "In Sleeping With Other Friends , Matthew has slicked hair parted to the side with a thin mustache. He looks like a skeezy guy that you wouldn't trust.", "\u2014 Dino-Ray Ramos", "We're supposed to cheer when Johnny flouts liquor laws and gets away with serving underage girls. Instead it just feels skeezy .", "\u2014 Devan Coggan", "I was so disgusted that I looked up his girlfriend on a social-networking site and sent her a copy of the conversation, thinking that she had a right to see how skeezy he really was.", "\u2014 Cosmopolitan", "It seemed very clean\u2014except, of course, the bathrooms, which seem to be skeezy almost everywhere.", "\u2014 Beth Whitehouse" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0113-z\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "phonesthemic word, perhaps blending skeevy and sleazy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1992, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111729" }, "skew hinge":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a hinge with oblique knuckle joints (such as a common rising hinge)":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114636" }, "skew":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to take an oblique course":[], ": to look askance":[], ": to make, set, or cut on the skew":[], ": to distort especially from a true value or symmetrical form":[], ": set, placed, or running obliquely : slanting":[], ": more developed on one side or in one direction than another : not symmetrical":[], ": a deviation from a straight line : slant":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fc" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Verb", "They were accused of skewing the facts to fit their theory.", "He accused them of skewing the rules in their favor.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "But the leadership of Fortune 500 companies continues to skew heavily white and male. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Aug. 2021", "The agency has relied more and more on audits done by mail, which are easier to do but skew toward lower-earning people. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 3 June 2022", "So the winner \u2013as with the Players Championship\u2013 might skew toward a player who just got a favorable weather draw. \u2014 Xl Media, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022", "The thriller is the first on a slate that will skew heavy on Disney\u2019s streaming strategy while also making a few key theatrical titles. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022", "However, if that lens provided self-doubt, a need to mask insecurity, pressure to succeed and never fail, or if the lens projected an expectation to fail, that lens will skew their perception of themselves and their work environment. \u2014 Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021", "This may create one-day data dumps that skew some of our charts or create sudden increases. \u2014 Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg.com , 2 Nov. 2021", "The median age in Ohio is 39.5, meaning some cities also have to skew younger. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022", "Basing projections on 30 years of data in forecasts can skew results to be overly optimistic, the paper showed. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 22 Feb. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "For those who prefer their complexions to skew baby-soft, Dr. Garshick recommends the Ferver Fermented Enzyme Acid Mask. \u2014 Noemie Gokhool, Allure , 19 May 2022", "California\u2019s progressive income tax policy, by which those who earn more are expected to pay more, has always been intended to skew collection toward a relatively small number of taxpayers. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022", "In the simplest terms, the online community marketplace functions nearly identically to eBay, but Mercari's audience tends to skew younger. \u2014 Glamour , 6 Apr. 2022", "Even series with the potential to skew traditional, such as the video game-office comedy Mythic Quest and the murder whodunit The Afterparty, take ambitious swings that defy convention. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 28 Mar. 2022", "Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx and Randall Park are already on the voice call sheet, while Will Forte is the rare live-action human in the production, which is intended to skew hard into adult comedy territory. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022", "Confusion and controversy over war\u2019s actual toll are an almost inevitable feature of conflict, with combatants using the shroud of mass violence \u2014 and the chaos that comes with it \u2014 to skew reality to suit their needs. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022", "Customers have been able to track product damage by skew , slice data by size and weight of a product, and compare warehouse, shipping, and receiving vendors, which has helped determine that some are better at handling big orders vs. small ones. \u2014 Quora, Forbes , 5 June 2022", "Quote, tread lightly or even skew information about current conditions in the jail to avoid putting the county at further risk of lawsuits. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 5 May 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Annecy Festival audiences are pretty much YA, though the open air screenings skew much older. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 14 June 2022", "Not all of the topics Dua explores through Service95 skew serious. \u2014 Jen Wang, Vogue , 10 May 2022", "There\u2019s less ability to create an accurate version of oneself in the metaverse than there is on the social media platforms, and where the skew is towards better-looking, idealized avatars. \u2014 Benoit Morenne, WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022", "This may have something to do with the fact that the brands consult data on rider physiques that span the entire globe, including demographics that skew shorter than the U.S. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2020", "The third trial, TOGETHER, accounts for 1497, which yields a definite skew towards their results. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022", "Of course, in the US, Motorola's sales skew toward very low-cost phones, which is likely to impact scores. \u2014 PCMAG , 30 Mar. 2022", "There wasn\u2019t an obvious skew in sexes with 12 studies consisting of both men and women, two having just men, and three involving only women. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 8 Mar. 2022", "This could be a reflection of the partisan skew in the nation\u2019s distribution of small arms. \u2014 Matthew Hennessey, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, to escape, run obliquely, from Anglo-French *eskiuer, eschiver to escape, avoid \u2014 more at eschew":"Verb" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb", "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1688, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145920" }, "skevish":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a North American fleabane ( Erigeron philadelphicus ) with a hairy stem, spatulate toothed leaves, and corymbose or paniculate heads of showy pinkish purple flowers":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skevish" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-160325" }, "skeletonless":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": having no skeleton":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164213" }, "skeuomorph":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an ornament or design representing a utensil or implement":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fc\u0259\u02ccm\u022frf" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek skeuos vessel, implement + English -morph ; akin to Old English h\u0113gan to perform, achieve, Old Norse heyja to perform, and probably to Russian kutit' to carouse":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165324" }, "skeletons in the/someone's cupboard":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": something bad or embarrassing that happened in someone's past and that is kept 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boy's tight-fitting suit with the trousers buttoned to the jacket worn in the 19th century":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182332" }, "skeleton crystal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an imperfect crystal arrested in development after the forming of the outline but before the filling in of the faces":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185013" }, "skeleton weed":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": gum succory":[], ": a central North American perennial composite weed ( Lygodesmia pincea ) with rosy purple flower heads on leafless rushlike stems that rise from a basal tufted rosette of elongated leaves":[], ": any of several other plants of the genus Lygodesmia":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190847" }, "skeleton dance":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230957" }, "skeletony":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": skeletonic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skel\u0259t\u1d4an\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231317" }, "skew-whiff":{ "type":[ "adjective or adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": not straight : askew":[ "a slightly skew-whiff door", "\u2014 often used figuratively Their plans went a little skew-whiff ." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014209" }, "skew-symmetric determinant":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a determinant whose matrix is skew-symmetric":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-015212" }, "skeletonic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": something reduced to its minimum form or essential parts":[], ": an emaciated person or animal":[], ": something forming a structural framework":[], ": the straight or branched chain or ring of atoms that forms the basic structure of an organic molecule":[], ": something shameful and kept secret (as in a family)":[ "\u2014 often used in the phrase skeleton in the closet" ], ": of, consisting of, or resembling a skeleton":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u0259n", "\u02c8skel-\u0259t-\u1d4an" ], "synonyms":[ "architecture", "armature", "cadre", "configuration", "edifice", "fabric", "frame", "framework", "framing", "infrastructure", "shell", "structure" ], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "They found the fossil skeleton of a mastodon.", "He hung a plastic skeleton on the door for Halloween.", "She was a skeleton after her illness.", "Only the charred skeleton of the house remained after the fire.", "We saw a skeleton of the report before it was published.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby's announced Tuesday. \u2014 CBS News , 5 July 2022", "Meanwhile, in 21st century D.C., Theo, a graduate student of Nigerian heritage, forms a fragile romantic relationship with Jess, an Australian scientist at the Smithsonian Institution where the skeleton of Lexington languishes. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post , 1 July 2022", "But most of the real work came from his DJ, drummer, bassist, and keyboardist, while the main man stretched his cannabis charisma over a skeleton of rhymes. \u2014 Jon M. Gilbertson, Journal Sentinel , 26 June 2022", "That\u2019s how much was paid for the skeleton of a raptor at a Christie\u2019s auction Thursday in New York. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 13 May 2022", "The skeleton of the nightclub has already taken shape along North Rosemary Avenue, and construction crews this week began landscaping and laying parking lot asphalt. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 14 Apr. 2022", "But one of them still needs to form the skeleton of the show. \u2014 Marta Balaga, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022", "It's been centuries since the first ancient skeleton of a person with gigantism was found near Rome. \u2014 Ana Faguy, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022", "That all of these features float alongside a domed skeleton of latitude and longitude lines and still make room for a flying tourbillon in a circular aperture at 6 o\u2019clock is a testament to the watchmaker\u2019s twin mastery of art and mechanics. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos dried up; akin to Greek skellein to dry up, skl\u0113ros hard and perhaps to Old English sceald shallow":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "1778, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020759" }, "skew-symmetric":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": such that the element in the r th row and s th column is the negative of the element in the s th row and r th column":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034301" }, "skew ray":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a ray in a symmetrical optical system that is neither parallel to nor intersecting the axis":[], ": a ray of a prism not perpendicular to the edge":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053025" }, "skew putt":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a stone at the foot of the slope of a masonry gable cut with a sloping surface and with a check to hold the coping stones":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "skew entry 1 + Scots put buttress, probably from English put (throw, thrust)":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-060047" }, "skete":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a settlement of Eastern Orthodox monks inhabiting a group of small cottages around a church and dependent upon a parent monastery":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "sk\u0259\u0307\u02c8t\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Greek sk\u0113t\u0113 , from Late Greek Skitis, Sk\u0113tis , desert in northern Egypt once famous for its many hermitages":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070810" }, "skew lines":{ "type":[ "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": straight lines that do not intersect and are not in the same plane":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1952, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091738" }, "skew polygon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a figure analogous to a polygon whose sides do not all lie in one and the same plane":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093150" }, "skeleton form":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a form with limited printing areas (as used in printing blankbooks)":[], ": a form with scattered printing areas for printing a second color":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-094802" }, "sketchy":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of the nature of a sketch : roughly outlined":[], ": wanting in completeness, clearness, or substance : slight , superficial":[ "the details are sketchy" ], ": questionable , iffy":[ "got into a sketchy situation", "a sketchy character" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ske-ch\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "The details about the accident are still a little sketchy .", "I have only a sketchy idea of how it works.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "But this semi-true story is ultimately too sketchy to have anything effective to say about Houston, mainstream success or being in the closet. \u2014 Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022", "The exact details of how the club's rules would work are still sketchy . \u2014 Frank Jordans, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 June 2022", "Unfortunately, the geography of the upstage area is sketchy , causing some blurriness in the blocking. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022", "The dessert has a sketchy history: Some accounts trace it to Nicaragua, but others attribute it to Mexico. \u2014 The Columbus Dispatch Staff, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022", "The first post shows that information about the Moskva was sketchy at first. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 4 June 2022", "But her actions, to the men around her, seem strange and sketchy . \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022", "Information was sketchy but the accident occurred in Florida as Bryant and his wife Donna were driving from Atlanta to their home in Winter Garden. \u2014 Garry Smits, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022", "Files that Google\u2019s advanced malware detection finds sketchy will be flagged. \u2014 Lee Mathews, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112958" }, "sketch plate":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a plate of steel or iron of nonstandard shape used in building a ship and ordered from the rolling mill according to a dimensioned sketch":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113200" }, "skewness":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sky\u00fc-n\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1894, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-114645" }, "skew pantograph":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": plagiograph":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123242" }, "sketch plan":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a preliminary plan that is less detailed than a working drawing":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-134618" }, "sketch pad":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a notebook or pad of blank paper for drawing":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140932" }, "sketchmaster":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an instrument operating on the principle of the camera lucida and used for superimposing an image of an aerial photograph on a map":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151004" }, "skeleton key":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a key with a large part of the bit filed away to enable it to open low quality locks as a master key":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Some people might have a favorite, go-to password, but that's essentially a skeleton key that opens up all private access points. \u2014 Chris Nicoli, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022", "It\u2019s the difference between cracking safety deposit boxes one at a time and stealing the bank manager\u2019s skeleton key . \u2014 Brian Barrett, Wired , 2 July 2021", "The peripheral Proust may persist as part of our search for a skeleton key to all the others\u2014a way inside. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 3 May 2021", "This conversation, which takes place early in the novel, feels like a skeleton key to everything that happens after it. \u2014 Jenny Offill, The New York Review of Books , 3 Nov. 2020", "Along with serving as mayor \u2014 and getting a skeleton key to the city \u2014 residents can enjoy local hiking trails, eat at the Hell Hole Diner, play mini-golf and enjoy traditional Halloween activities like carving pumpkins. \u2014 Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press , 30 Sep. 2020", "In 2015, Symantec found that Winnti also appeared to be using skeleton key injection attacks like the kind CyCraft found used against the Taiwanese semiconductor companies. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 6 Aug. 2020", "Moss is The Invisible Man\u2019s skeleton key , the means to opening its every door. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 28 Feb. 2020", "Pable told his supervisor, Michael Haynes, who decided to test the skeleton key by issuing an alert on the Regional Transit Authority for Dayton, Ohio, which also had BusTime, the lawsuit alleges. \u2014 Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com , 4 Dec. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1810, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151103" }, "sketch map":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an outline map drawn from observation rather than from exact survey measurements and showing only the main features of the area":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-153833" }, "sketch in":{ "type":[ "phrasal verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to add (something, such as details) to a drawing, description, etc.":[ "She looked over her picture and then sketched a few more clouds in .", "The author decided to sketch in some minor characters." ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-154532" }, "skeg":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a fin situated on the rear bottom of a surfboard that is used for steering and stability":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skeg" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "One is how well a large extension to the new tugs' underside, called a skeg and designed to stop tankers by creating extra drag, will affect maneuverability. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Jan. 2018", "As the water dropped below the bottom of the depth gauge, the blocking under the skeg at the rear of the hull peeped above the surface. \u2014 Lawrence Specker, AL.com , 19 Oct. 2017", "There are also afts called skegs and rudders which prevent the seaplane from tipping over in the ocean. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 22 Sep. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English skegge , from Old Norse skegg cutwater, literally, beard \u2014 more at shag":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160333" }, "skey":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one of four slightly wedge-shaped bars that pass down through an ox yoke one on each side of the neck of an ox to hold the yoke in place and that are notched at the bottom for the riem":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Afrikaans skei , from Dutch schei , from Middle Dutch scheide dividing place, crossroads; akin to Old High German sceida sheath, separation":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170043" }, "skeletonizer":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u012b-z\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1891, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175142" }, "sketchbook":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a book of or for sketches":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skech-\u02ccbu\u0307k" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Its craft beer selections is a sketchbook of experiences that are constantly evolving featuring light beer, dark beer, fruit overtones, chocolate, sour flavors and more. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022", "The order, noted in a sketchbook retrieved from one of Scott\u2019s two dead companions, asked that the dog teams be sent out to help retrieve the Polar Party. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 8 Mar. 2018", "Matt kept a sketchbook of shapes, symbols, logos and words and phrases. \u2014 Nick Keppler, Washington Post , 18 May 2022", "Brown dropped off a sketchbook and some graphite pencils, but Hambling hasn\u2019t picked them up often. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 10 May 2022", "Andr\u00e9s Rojo cracked open his sketchbook just before noon at his longtime creative home in technicolor Balmy Alley. \u2014 Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Apr. 2022", "Pencil drawings of old men with gray beards dominate her sketchbook . \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022", "Having a relationship with my sketchbook is important. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022", "Bring a sketchbook and draw pictures along the way, or photograph interesting plants. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 8 June 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1820, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191931" }, "skeletonize":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to produce in or reduce to skeleton form":[ "skeletonize a leaf" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8ske-l\u0259-t\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Next, Toledano had Harris Freedman, a Manhattan watchmaker, place the dial back in the watch, sand-blast the steel bracelet watch strap, and skeletonize , or hollow out, the hands before painting them black. \u2014 Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com , 23 Dec. 2019", "Japanese beetles may skeletonize plant leaves; control pests by hand picking. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 20 Aug. 2018", "Adults skeletonize leaves, chew flowers, and may completely defoliate plants while larvae feed on lawn and garden plant roots. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 10 July 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1644, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195123" }, "sketches":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study":[], ": a tentative draft (as for a literary work)":[], ": a brief description (as of a person) or outline":[], ": a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story and the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, and familiar in tone":[], ": a short instrumental composition usually for piano":[], ": to make a sketch, rough draft, or outline of":[], ": to draw or paint a sketch":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skech" ], "synonyms":[ "cartoon", "delineation", "drawing" ], "antonyms":[ "define", "delineate", "outline", "silhouette", "trace" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Noun", "He made a sketch of his house.", "He wrote up a sketch of the plot.", "There is a biographical sketch of the author on the book's back cover.", "Verb", "He sketched the trees outside his window.", "He likes to sit outside and sketch .", "She sketched the plan for us.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The 35-year-old Shrill star, who joined on SNL in 2012, was ready to leave the NBC sketch comedy show before COVID-19 pandemic halted her plans for a career change. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022", "Each comedian has been a fixture on the long-running NBC sketch show, which broadcasts live and features celebrity hosts, for several years. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022", "The concept for our signature routine was borrowed \u2014 OK, lifted \u2014 from a very funny sketch that Hesseman had been a part of years before with his improv troupe, The Committee. \u2014 Tim Reid, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022", "The name comes from a sketch based on witness testimony that depicted a man with severe acne in his mid-20s. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 2 Oct. 2021", "Incidentally, the Licorice Pizza chain actually got its name from a comedy sketch on an album by \u201860s folk singers Bud & Travis. \u2014 Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021", "Here, see the story behind Iman and Reed\u2019s collaboration, from sketch to dress. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 17 Sep. 2021", "Your partner asks you why the little, evil dudes in a certain game called Overlord speak as if they were stolen from a Monty Python sketch . \u2014 Jerry Bonner, Wired , 19 Aug. 2021", "Knowing how to get a physical product from a sketch on a napkin to store shelves seems like a daunting task; however, it can be understood fairly quickly with the right behind-the-scenes insight. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 3 June 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "The leaders, hosted by Germany at the foot of the Bavarian Alps, aim to display unity in their confrontation with Russia and sketch the outlines of a future Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Ukraine. \u2014 Bertrand Benoit, WSJ , 26 June 2022", "Her mother did musical theater in high school, and her father was a painter and sketch artist. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 16 June 2022", "Following in their fathers\u2019 sketch comedy footsteps, however, was far from a given. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022", "After Robert and Gloria Berger hired Wright to design their family home in Marin County, California, in the 1950s, the couple\u2019s 12-year-old son, Jim, asked the architect to sketch out a matching doghouse for their Labrador retriever, Eddie. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 June 2022", "Artists would then sketch and outline their work, and pigment specialists would apply watercolor, building varying tones with tiny brushstrokes. \u2014 Naib Mian, The New Yorker , 1 June 2022", "The details sketch out one of the best contractual situations in the history of cable news: big money, flexibility and carte blanche to do something other than respond to the news cycle. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022", "On Vulture\u2019s Good One podcast, Short discusses sketch comedy, collaborating with Steve Martin, performing on late-night TV, and more. \u2014 Jesse David Fox, Vulture , 16 Sep. 2021", "This story is apocryphal: Sometime in the 20th century, a woman approached Pablo Picasso in a restaurant and asked him to sketch something. \u2014 Angela Watercutter, Wired , 18 Feb. 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Dutch schets , from Italian schizzo , literally, splash, from schizzare to splash, of imitative origin":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1668, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1694, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-201813" }, "skegger":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a young salmon":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8skeg\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-214809" }, "skeif":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a diamond cutter's polishing wheel":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Dutch schijf skeif, disk; 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control pests by hand picking. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 20 Aug. 2018", "Adults skeletonize leaves, chew flowers, and may completely defoliate plants while larvae feed on lawn and garden plant roots. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 10 July 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1644, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004028" }, "skeigh":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": proudly spirited : skittish":[ "\u2014 often used of a horse or a woman" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8sk\u0113\u1e35" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skygg shy":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1508, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020418" } }