{
  "heck":{
    "antonyms":[
      "order",
      "orderliness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hell sense 2":[
        "all heck breaks loose"
      ],
      ": hell sense 4":[
        "a heck of a lot of money"
      ],
      "Richard F(red) 1931\u20132015 American chemist":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its aromas and flavors of lime zest, lemon gelato, grapefruit, lemon verbena and a trace of ginger, this is a heck of a way to savor summer. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
      "The \u201991 500 had the buildup with Willy T. Ribbs becoming the first Black driver to compete and a heck of a battle between Mears and Michael Andretti. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "My goal was to create something that tasted delicious and reminded me a whole heck of a lot of Korean dishes. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 16 May 2022",
      "The cleat is lightweight, waterproof, and comfortable as heck thanks to a SweetSpot Cushioning System. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
      "Senior cooking editor Sarah Jampel loves adding a heck -load of greens to her soups. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Can't Jump, Rosie Perez has a heck of an iconic film resume. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "George, a proud Princeton graduate and a heck of a good guy, spoke often about the 1973 and 1974 bear market. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This open source map is a whole heck of a lot more useful than Starlink\u2019s own. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "euphemism":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chance-medley",
      "chaos",
      "confusion",
      "disarrangement",
      "disarray",
      "dishevelment",
      "disorder",
      "disorderedness",
      "disorderliness",
      "disorganization",
      "free-for-all",
      "havoc",
      "hell",
      "jumble",
      "mare's nest",
      "mess",
      "messiness",
      "misorder",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "shambles",
      "snake pit",
      "tumble",
      "welter"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080140",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "heckle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to harass and try to disconcert with questions, challenges, or gibes : badger":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Several protesters were heckling the speaker at the rally.",
      "The players were being heckled by the fans.",
      "People in the crowd were booing and heckling as she tried to speak.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Long before, some Peacocks fans near the court had seized the sporting spirit of Philadelphia and begun to heckle North Carolina, which had led outright for all but 18 seconds and once had a 27-point advantage. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
      "His words were interrupted by a group of men who had gathered several yards away to heckle him. \u2014 Melanie Mason Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "David Krumholtz, one of Rogen\u2019s best friends and star of The Santa Clause, stopped by to heckle Rogen, who was there to promote his new HBOMax series, Santa Inc.. \u2014 Morgan Baila, Vulture , 14 Nov. 2021",
      "The people who had to wait when someone blocked the way with a truck and got out to heckle . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "The mob proceeded to heckle and accost Lady Bird and LBJ, who was Kennedy\u2019s running mate. \u2014 Michael Granberry, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
      "This was the first chance Dodgers fans had to heckle the Astros in person at Chavez Ravine since their sign-stealing scandal \u2014 banging on a real trash can to signal opponents' pitches \u2014 was revealed late in 2019. \u2014 Joe Reedy, ajc , 4 Aug. 2021",
      "There's also the participatory and often combative crowds, known in recent years to heckle opponents to the point of completely drowning them out. \u2014 Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal , 3 Aug. 2021",
      "Now award-show hosting pros, Tina and Amy heckle Neil Patrick Harris at the Emmys. October 2013: Amy and Tina sign on to host the next two Golden Globes. \u2014 Lizzie Logan, Vulture , 1 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1825, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English hekelen to dress flax, scratch, from heckele hackle; akin to Old High German h\u0101ko hook \u2014 more at hook":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for heckle bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
    "synonyms":[
      "bait",
      "hassle",
      "haze",
      "needle",
      "ride",
      "taunt",
      "tease"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184002",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "heckler":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults":[
        "Instead of ignoring the trash talking, [Joey] Votto decided to play with the hecklers . \"I remember when you used to be good,\" one fan shouted out. \"I remember when you used to be thin,\" Votto fired back.",
        "\u2014 Jimmy Traina",
        "As is usual with us, we can't remember any of the jokes well enough to tell them\u2014only one reply made by a comedian, Professor Irwin Corey, to a heckler . \"When your I.Q. reaches twenty-eight,\" Corey told the man, \"sell!\"",
        "\u2014 The New Yorker"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1824, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-k(\u0259-)l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "baiter",
      "harasser",
      "mocker",
      "needler",
      "persecutor",
      "quiz",
      "quizzer",
      "ridiculer",
      "taunter",
      "tease",
      "teaser",
      "tormentor",
      "tormenter",
      "torturer"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232239",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hectic":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by activity, excitement, or confusion":[
        "the hectic days before the holidays"
      ],
      ": having a hectic fever":[
        "a hectic patient"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or being a fluctuating but persistent fever (as in tuberculosis)":[],
      ": red , flushed":[
        "hectic color on her cheeks"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We both had hectic days at work.",
      "She maintains a hectic schedule as a journalist and mother.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For a fleeting few weeks in June, July and August, moms, dads and kiddies can cast aside worries about school, schedules, music lessons and soccer practice, and savor life at a slightly less hectic pace. \u2014 Tammy Stables Battaglia, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
      "Today, the fashionable boutique property features an award-winning Rosewood Spa, four superb dining venues and stately guest rooms that are a perfect reprieve from Vancouver\u2019s hectic pace. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "But for many surgeons, the past year-and-a-half has passed at that same hectic , rapid-fire pace. \u2014 Kaitlin Clark, Allure , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "These energies keep the entire movie running at a hectic pace. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Emotions are high \u2014 no matter the hectic pace, the uncertainties, the weeks and weeks of rehearsals in sticky, cumbersome masks. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "The hectic pace of campaigning was set to continue Monday. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "But despite her hectic schedule, the American Idol alum always makes time to celebrate on the ABC singing competition that propelled her to stardom. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "The gymnasts who welcomed her Monday afternoon and brightened up her hectic schedule during an 8 a.m. practice Tuesday are her top priority. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English etyk , from Anglo-French etique , from Late Latin hecticus , from Greek hektikos habitual, consumptive, from echein to have \u2014 more at scheme entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "excited",
      "feverish",
      "frenzied",
      "heated",
      "hyperactive",
      "overactive",
      "overwrought"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062039",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "hectically":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by activity, excitement, or confusion":[
        "the hectic days before the holidays"
      ],
      ": having a hectic fever":[
        "a hectic patient"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or being a fluctuating but persistent fever (as in tuberculosis)":[],
      ": red , flushed":[
        "hectic color on her cheeks"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We both had hectic days at work.",
      "She maintains a hectic schedule as a journalist and mother.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "For a fleeting few weeks in June, July and August, moms, dads and kiddies can cast aside worries about school, schedules, music lessons and soccer practice, and savor life at a slightly less hectic pace. \u2014 Tammy Stables Battaglia, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
      "Today, the fashionable boutique property features an award-winning Rosewood Spa, four superb dining venues and stately guest rooms that are a perfect reprieve from Vancouver\u2019s hectic pace. \u2014 Sandra Macgregor, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "But for many surgeons, the past year-and-a-half has passed at that same hectic , rapid-fire pace. \u2014 Kaitlin Clark, Allure , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "These energies keep the entire movie running at a hectic pace. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Emotions are high \u2014 no matter the hectic pace, the uncertainties, the weeks and weeks of rehearsals in sticky, cumbersome masks. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "The hectic pace of campaigning was set to continue Monday. \u2014 Sarah Rankin, ajc , 31 Oct. 2021",
      "But despite her hectic schedule, the American Idol alum always makes time to celebrate on the ABC singing competition that propelled her to stardom. \u2014 Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
      "The gymnasts who welcomed her Monday afternoon and brightened up her hectic schedule during an 8 a.m. practice Tuesday are her top priority. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English etyk , from Anglo-French etique , from Late Latin hecticus , from Greek hektikos habitual, consumptive, from echein to have \u2014 more at scheme entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-tik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agitated",
      "excited",
      "feverish",
      "frenzied",
      "heated",
      "hyperactive",
      "overactive",
      "overwrought"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193720",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "hector":{
    "antonyms":[
      "blackjack",
      "bogart",
      "browbeat",
      "bulldoze",
      "bully",
      "bullyrag",
      "cow",
      "intimidate",
      "strong-arm"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a son of Priam , husband of Andromache, and Trojan champion slain by Achilles":[],
      ": bully , braggart":[],
      ": to behave in an arrogant or intimidating way : to play the bully : swagger":[],
      ": to intimidate or harass by bluster or personal pressure":[
        "football players being hectored by their coach"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a small-town hector with no job and lots of time on his hands",
      "Verb",
      "The judge ordered the attorney to stop hectoring the witness.",
      "the children used to constantly hector the poor dog, and now he growls at everybody",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Photo: hector retamal/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Seven hours into the march, Mrs. Lam apologized to the Hong Kong people for mishandling the bill. \u2014 Wenxin Fan, WSJ , 16 June 2019",
      "Mr. Liggett sometimes used his art to hector neighbors in a score of grievances. \u2014 Donald Frazier, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2017",
      "THE young woman with the microphone cajoles, hectors and wheedles customers with the breathless enthusiasm of a livestock auctioneer at a county fair. \u2014 The Economist , 18 July 2017",
      "Trump\u2019s proposals to match China\u2019s import fees and to hector companies into keeping jobs in the United States represent a huge threat to the mercantilist Asian economic model. \u2014 Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register , 2 Apr. 2017",
      "Schwarzenegger liked to hector state residents on global warming and green energy, and brag about his commitment to wind and solar power. \u2014 Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News , 9 Mar. 2017",
      "Like Chaffetz, the South Carolina congressman used his position in the House to investigate and hector Hillary Clinton throughout her time as a presidential candidate. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 30 June 2017",
      "Regardless, that scene between Matt and Nora was one of the most moving the show has offered, with Nora grateful for Matt\u2019s company and lack of judgment, and Matt determined to just be there for her, and not hector or sermonize. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber And Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 4 June 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "But the plays don\u2019t hector or propound moral lessons. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Understanding this, the Left is trying to hector , bully, and censor its way toward establishing a ridiculous new conception of gender as a matter of personal choosing rather than biological fact. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 16 Oct. 2021",
      "The President didn't hector or condemn vaccine skeptics, but instead played on their heart strings, appealing to their desire to protect family, friends and country, warning that those who skipped the shot remained at great risk. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 7 July 2021",
      "The open display of raw tensions was remarkable even by the standards of a state Legislature where committee chairs routinely hector members of the public and their colleagues. \u2014 Andrew Oxford, The Arizona Republic , 24 Mar. 2021",
      "Even among ordinary people, an individual\u2019s desire to participate in day-to-day activities such as church services and dining out is enough cause to hector him for contracting the coronavirus. \u2014 Ellen Carmichael, National Review , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "On Twitter, meteorologists who dared to hector their followers about the storm\u2019s proper nomenclature received an earful from Iowans furious about the relative lack of national attention the storm had garnered. \u2014 Brianna Provenzano, refinery29.com , 17 Aug. 2020",
      "From the start, Greeley hectored , lectured, and criticized the president, while offering him unsolicited and wildly inconsistent advice. \u2014 John Strausbaugh, National Review , 19 Dec. 2019",
      "President Trump has been hectoring the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, and financial markets are screaming for a cut. \u2014 Don Lee, latimes.com , 18 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1660, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek Hekt\u014dr":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for hector Verb bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
    "synonyms":[
      "bully",
      "bullyboy",
      "intimidator"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033716",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "heckelphone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a woodwind instrument of the oboe family pitched an octave below the normal oboe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "f\u014dn",
      "\u02c8hek\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German heckelphon , from Wilhelm Heckel , 20th century German instrument maker, its inventor + German -phon -phone":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030913"
  },
  "Heck":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hell sense 2":[
        "all heck breaks loose"
      ],
      ": hell sense 4":[
        "a heck of a lot of money"
      ],
      "Richard F(red) 1931\u20132015 American chemist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "chance-medley",
      "chaos",
      "confusion",
      "disarrangement",
      "disarray",
      "dishevelment",
      "disorder",
      "disorderedness",
      "disorderliness",
      "disorganization",
      "free-for-all",
      "havoc",
      "hell",
      "jumble",
      "mare's nest",
      "mess",
      "messiness",
      "misorder",
      "muddle",
      "muss",
      "shambles",
      "snake pit",
      "tumble",
      "welter"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "order",
      "orderliness"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "it looks like heck in that boy's bedroom",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With its aromas and flavors of lime zest, lemon gelato, grapefruit, lemon verbena and a trace of ginger, this is a heck of a way to savor summer. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 23 June 2022",
      "The \u201991 500 had the buildup with Willy T. Ribbs becoming the first Black driver to compete and a heck of a battle between Mears and Michael Andretti. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 26 May 2022",
      "My goal was to create something that tasted delicious and reminded me a whole heck of a lot of Korean dishes. \u2014 Melissa Matthews, SELF , 16 May 2022",
      "The cleat is lightweight, waterproof, and comfortable as heck thanks to a SweetSpot Cushioning System. \u2014 John Thompson, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
      "Senior cooking editor Sarah Jampel loves adding a heck -load of greens to her soups. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "Can't Jump, Rosie Perez has a heck of an iconic film resume. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "George, a proud Princeton graduate and a heck of a good guy, spoke often about the 1973 and 1974 bear market. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "This open source map is a whole heck of a lot more useful than Starlink\u2019s own. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "euphemism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055223"
  },
  "Hechtia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of Mexican desert herbs (family Bromeliaceae) with rosettes of spiny leaves and ornamental floral bracts":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-ksh\u0113\u0259",
      "\u02c8hekt\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from J. G. H. Hecht \u20201837 Prussian counselor + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115650"
  },
  "Heckerism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": certain religious teachings (as the adaptation of traditional beliefs to the exigencies of modern culture, the exaltation of natural above supernatural virtues, the preference for active rather than passive virtue, the revision of traditional missionary technique) held to be erroneous by Pope Leo XIII":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek\u0259\u02ccriz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Isaac Thomas Hecker \u20201888 American Roman Catholic clergyman + English -ism":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015507"
  },
  "heck-how":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": poison hemlock":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek\u02cchau\u0307",
      "-e\u02cckau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015905"
  },
  "hectograph":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a machine for making copies of a writing or drawing produced on a gelatin surface":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-t\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German Hektograph , from hekto- hect- + -graph -graph":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1880, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114929"
  },
  "hectogram":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of mass equal to 100 grams \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-t\u0259-\u02ccgram"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French hectogramme , from hect- + gramme gram":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-120037"
  },
  "hectocotyly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of having or being converted into a hectocotylus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1d4al\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-041851"
  },
  "hectocotylus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1d4al\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from hect- + -cotylus (from Greek kotyl\u0113 cup, anything hollow)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-060754"
  },
  "hectoliter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u0113-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Across AB InBev\u2019s global brands, the CPI during that time period increased by 8.2% on a weighted average basis, while total net revenue per hectoliter of beer rose 7.8%. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "The country\u2019s largest brewer, the Radeberger Group, which owns Radeberger and Sch\u00f6fferhofer beers, also increased prices this spring by \u20ac8.50 per hectoliter of beer, an increase of about 6 percent. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s 24 to 30 percent less than last year \u2014 with one hectoliter equivalent to around 133 standard wine bottles. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "The deal for Craft Brew won\u2019t greatly boost sales or volume at AB InBev, a behemoth that ships 567 million hectoliters of beer globally. \u2014 John Kell, Fortune , 12 Nov. 2019",
      "Family-run since 1876, Hofm\u00fchl Brewery's owner Benno Emslander took over in 1993, growing annual production from 15,000 hectoliters to 80,000, while offering 12 varieties of beer. \u2014 Motez Bishara, CNN , 8 Oct. 2019",
      "Global consumption has been steady at 245 million hectoliters a year for the last decade, as growth in markets such as China and the U.S. has been offset by falling consumption in Europe. \u2014 Geoffrey Smith, Fortune , 13 June 2019",
      "Cervecer\u00eda Bucanero in 2018 sold 1.6 million hectoliters of beer, which was about 0.3% of AB InBev\u2019s global volume for the year, according to the filing. \u2014 Mengqi Sun, WSJ , 2 May 2019",
      "This is the lowest level of production since 1957, when production fell to 173.8 million hectoliters , the OIV told Reuters. \u2014 N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French hectolitre , from hect- + litre liter":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100345"
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    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
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    "definitions":{
      ": to change into a hectocotylus":[],
      ": to impregnate with a hectocotylus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8k\u00e4t\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bz"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin hectocotylus + English -ize":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105531"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the wife of Priam in Homer's Iliad":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-ky\u0259-b\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek Hekab\u0113":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164556"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral (Mg,Li) 3 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2 consisting of a hydrous silicate of magnesium and lithium \u2014 compare montmorillonite":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hekt\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Hector , California, its locality + English -ite":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-184155"
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a unit of length equal to 100 meters \u2014 see Metric System Table":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8hek-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113-t\u0259r",
      "hek-\u02c8t\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French hectom\u00e8tre , from hect- + m\u00e8tre meter":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1810, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195728"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235232"
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      "noun"
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      ": a Greek goddess associated especially with the underworld, night, and witchcraft":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-k\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02c8he-k\u0259t"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from Greek Hekat\u0113":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1567, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041121"
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    "type":[
      "adjective"
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    "definitions":{
      ": bearing hectocotyli":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6hekt\u0259\u02cck\u00e4t\u1d4al\u00a6if(\u0259)r\u0259s"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin hectocotylus + English -i- + -ferous":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043502"
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      "adjective"
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      ": hectic":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045816"
  },
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      "noun"
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070558"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from hect- + -cotylus (from Greek kotyl\u0113 cup, anything hollow)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071343"
  },
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    "type":[
      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "strait in western British Columbia, Canada; an inlet of the Pacific between Haida Gwaii and the coast":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-k\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102401"
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    "type":[
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    "definitions":{
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek hekato- , from hekaton hundred":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202038"
  },
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": an ancient Greek and Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen or cattle":[],
      ": the sacrifice or slaughter of many victims":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8he-k\u0259-\u02cct\u014dm"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The vast majority of this hecatomb would be people with limited life expectancies. \u2014 John P.a. Ioannidis, STAT , 17 Mar. 2020",
      "After the hecatombs created in communism\u2019s name, such a call to arms is evidence of a faith untroubled when prophecy fails again and again. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, WSJ , 29 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin hecatombe , from Greek hekatomb\u0113 , from hekaton hundred + -b\u0113 ; akin to Greek bous cow \u2014 more at hundred , cow":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210114"
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      "noun"
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      ": government by 100 persons":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cchek\u0259\u02c8t\u00e4n\u2027\u02cct\u00e4rk\u0113"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek hekatont- hundred (from hekaton ) + English -archy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210647"
  }
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