{
  "ululate":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to utter a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence : howl":[
        "\u2026 eight singers took to the aisle, dancing with ferocious energy as the chorus sang, ululated and clapped in an exuberant, multisensory ode to joy.",
        "\u2014 Susan Saccoccia",
        "As soon as he said our mother's name, my sisters began to wail: keening, ululating cries, the Greek expression of sorrow for the dead.",
        "\u2014 Nicholas Gage"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a widow ululating in sorrow",
      "Arab women ululating with grief.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Individual voices \u2014 chanting, ululating , cracking, squealing, howling \u2014 gradually emerge over speakers, as does a soft, smooth choral harmony underneath. \u2014 Zachary Woolfe, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "No, but their enjoyment of their visit to The Bean stands to be dramatically impaired if the immediately surrounding area becomes a boisterous daily forum for competing religious, political and social activists ululating for attention. \u2014 Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com , 17 Sep. 2019",
      "Memes of women praising the crown prince and ululating in celebration danced around the Internet. \u2014 Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2019",
      "People in the courtroom were ecstatic, leaping up, clapping and ululating , LEGABIBO legal policy director Caine Youngman told The Associated Press. \u2014 NBC News , 11 June 2019",
      "People in the courtroom were ecstatic, leaping up, clapping and ululating , LEGABIBO legal policy director Caine Youngman told The Associated Press. \u2014 Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2019",
      "Women ululated as Francis and the king walked along the promenade of the Hassan Tower complex under umbrellas. \u2014 Amira El Masaiti, The Seattle Times , 31 Mar. 2019",
      "Sam and Bash force the quiet Indian-American student Arthie Premkumar (Sunita Mani) to play Beirut the Mad Bomber, a Lebanese terrorist who growls and ululates . \u2014 Judy Berman, New York Times , 25 June 2018",
      "The crowd ululates and the black BMW disappears as supporters cut toward it. \u2014 Laignee Barron / Kedah, Time , 8 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1623, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin ululatus , past participle of ululare , of imitative origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u00fcl-",
      "\u02c8\u0259l-y\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bay",
      "howl",
      "keen",
      "wail",
      "yowl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184502",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "ulu":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a knife that is traditionally used by women of various indigenous arctic and subarctic peoples (such as the Inuit) and that resembles a food chopper with a crescent-shaped blade":[],
      ": an Indian grass ( Imperata arundinacea ) used for forage and pasture":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00fc\u02ccl\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Inupik":"Noun",
      "probably from Bengali, ulla grass":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194729"
  },
  "ulua":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several large cavallas (genus Caranx ) of Hawaiian waters highly prized as food and sport fishes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00fc\u02c8l\u00fcw\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hawaiian":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-000630"
  },
  "Ulu Dag":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "mountain 8343 feet (2543 meters) high in northwestern Turkey in Asia southeast of Bursa":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00fc-l\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4(g)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012128"
  },
  "ulu dag":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "mountain 8343 feet (2543 meters) high in northwestern Turkey in Asia southeast of Bursa":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00fc-l\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4(g)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-073646"
  },
  "Ulu-juz":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one of the major divisions of the Kazak":[],
      ": a member of the Ulu-juz people":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6\u00fcl\u0259\u00a6j\u00fcz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111816"
  },
  "ululant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a howling sound : wailing":[
        "dark wasteland \u2026 ululant with bitter wind",
        "\u2014 Rudi Blesh"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u00fcl-",
      "\u02c8\u0259l-y\u0259-l\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190451"
  },
  "Uluru":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "outcrop 1143 feet (348 meters) high in southwestern Northern Territory, Australia":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00fc-\u02c8l\u00fc-r\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005818"
  }
}