{ "rod":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bar or staff for measuring":[], ": a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing":[], ": a rod-shaped bacterium":[], ": a shepherd's cudgel":[], ": a slender bar (as of wood or metal)":[], ": a square rod":[], ": a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush":[], ": a unit of length \u2014 see Weights and Measures Table":[], ": any of the long rod-shaped photosensitive receptors in the retina responsive to faint light \u2014 compare cone sense 3a":[], ": handgun":[], ": osier":[] }, "examples":[ "arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Multiple surgeries later, his leg and foot have since been stabilized with a rod and multiple pins, screws, and plates. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022", "The veterans who had fished in the tournament\u201428 of them in all\u2014were given a standing ovation and then each presented with a brand new Tsunami rod and reel. \u2014 Monte Burke, Forbes , 5 June 2022", "Atherton reeled tight to set the hook and began his battle on rod and reel. \u2014 Ed Killer, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2022", "Tarpon have held a fascination for anglers since the first specimens were caught by rod and reel in southwest Florida in the late 1800s, thanks to their size, power and proclivity for acrobatic jumps. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022", "Dan Lanning owns a fly-fishing rod and a pair of size 13 boots. \u2014 John Canzano, oregonlive , 27 Feb. 2022", "The rod for the draperies and valances should be 10 to 12 inches longer than the width of the window and be installed nine to 12 inches above the top. \u2014 Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022", "The goal was to turn the pegs in the proper order to remove the rod . \u2014 A.j. Jacobs, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022", "At first, some squirrels swung over the rigid landing rod , others under. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English rodd ; akin to Old Norse rudda club":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u00e4d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "nightstick", "rung", "sap", "shillelagh", "shillalah", "staff", "truncheon", "waddy" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171305", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "rodomontade":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a bragging speech":[], ": vain boasting or bluster : rant":[] }, "examples":[ "for all of its jingoistic rodomontade , the government had no thought-out plan for the war and its aftermath" ], "first_known_use":{ "1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from Middle French, from rodomont blusterer, from Italian Rodomonte , character in Orlando Innamorato by Matteo M. Boiardo":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8t\u00e4d", "\u02ccr\u014d-", "\u02ccr\u00e4-d\u0259-m\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bluster", "bombast", "brag", "braggadocio", "bull", "cockalorum", "fanfaronade", "gas", "gasconade", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "magniloquence", "rant" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005454", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "rodent":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of an order (Rodentia) of relatively small gnawing mammals (such as a mouse, squirrel, or beaver) that have in both jaws a single pair of incisors with a chisel-shaped edge":[], ": a small mammal (such as a rabbit or a shrew) other than a true rodent":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8r\u014dd-\u1d4ant", "\u02c8r\u014d-d\u1d4ant" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Similarly, there is little disagreement that cats hunt; for centuries humans have used them for rodent control. \u2014 Daniel Herrera, The Conversation , 8 Apr. 2022", "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington and San Francisco were the only cities where Orkin performed more new rodent treatments from September 2020 to September 2021. \u2014 Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com , 3 Jan. 2022", "If the outbreak were big enough, the virus might become endemic in rodent populations, causing further urban outbreaks down the line. \u2014 Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022", "So can the rattlesnake, which detects the heat that the rodent is giving off. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022", "Looking for something especially regal for your fave rodent ", "Season 3 arrived last week and includes episodes that are snarky and outrageous, one directed by David Fincher and one about extreme rodent violence. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022", "From capybara \u2014 the world\u2019s largest rodent \u2014 to jaguars, caiman and countless bird species. \u2014 Palabra, oregonlive , 26 May 2022", "That included the temporary closure of around 400 Family Dollar stores after an Arkansas distribution center was shut due to a rodent infestation. \u2014 Suzanne Kapner, WSJ , 26 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from the base of New Latin Rodentia , order name, from neuter plural of Latin r\u014ddent-, r\u014ddens , present participle of r\u014ddere \"to gnaw, nibble, eat away,\" perhaps going back to Indo-European *Hr\u0325h 3 d-, *Hreh 3 d- , whence also Hittite ardu- \"saw (off),\" Sanskrit r\u00e1dati \"(s/he) bites, gnaws, cuts, opens\"":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180039" }, "rode goose":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a brant ( Branta bernicla )":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\"-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of road goose":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1674, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014550" } }