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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a European yellow-flowered perennial Saint-John's-wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) that is naturalized in North America especially in rangelands":[]
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      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "Klamath (River)":""
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      "\u02c8kla-m\u0259th-"
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      "noun"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1867, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "(Ku Klux) Klan":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8klan"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222504",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      "city in the western peninsular part of Malaysia population 595,000":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
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      "\u02c8kl\u00e4\u014b"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173421",
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    "definitions":{
      "river 90 miles (145 kilometers) long in central Yukon, Canada, flowing west into the Yukon River":[],
      "the valley of the Klondike River":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00e4n-\u02ccd\u012bk"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125135",
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
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      "Klondike region + English -er":""
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      "-k\u0259(r)"
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    "synonyms":[],
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      "Friedrich Gottlieb 1724\u20131803 German poet":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00e4p-\u02ccst\u00e4k",
      "\u02c8kl\u022fp-\u02ccsht\u022fk"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032600",
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      "area of mountains and glaciers in southwestern Yukon, Canada, that includes Mount Logan":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8\u00e4-",
      "kl\u00fc-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113"
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      "area of mountains and glaciers in southwestern Yukon, Canada, that includes Mount Logan":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "kl\u00fc-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113",
      "-\u02c8\u00e4-"
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    "definitions":{
      "area of mountains and glaciers in southwestern Yukon, Canada, that includes Mount Logan":[]
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    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "kl\u00fc-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113",
      "-\u02c8\u00e4-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194218",
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      ": ku kluxer":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening & alteration":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259k\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182938",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Klukia":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of early Mesozoic fossil ferns having large much divided fronds and sporangia arranged in spikes (as in ferns of the genus Schizaea )":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00fck\u0113\u0259"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163820",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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  "Kluxer":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ku kluxer":[]
    },
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259ks\u0259(r)"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072511",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": klanism":[]
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "short for Ku-Kluxery":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-s\u0259r\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090959",
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": klanism":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "short for Ku-Kluxism":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135736",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "kl%C3%B6sse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dumplings":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German kl\u00f6sse , plural of kloss lump, clod, dumpling, from Middle High German kl\u014dz lump":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195851",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
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  "klapmatch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a female seal":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by folk etymology from Dutch klapmuts cap with earflaps, hooded seal, from klap, klep brim, earflap + muts cap":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210611",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klaprothite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a steel-gray mineral Cu 6 Bi 4 S 9 consisting of a sulfide of copper and bismuth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "klaprothite from German klaprothit , from Martin H. Klaproth \u20201817 German chemist + German -it -ite; klaprotholite alteration of klaprothite":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8klapr\u0259\u02ccth\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005541",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "klatch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gathering characterized usually by informal conversation":[],
      ": group sense 2a":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "his klatch of friends hasn't changed all that much since college",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And a klatch of daddy bloggers was trying to cajole the nation\u2019s leading online retailer into making its parent-discount program more inclusive for men. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "Gridiron great Ronnie Lott and his wife, Karen Lott, scored a touchdown by joining forces with the Vault to host the 555 California Street Tree Lighting Celebration and culinary klatch benefiting All Stars Helping Kids. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "There are the Democrats \u2014 a klatch of women in white, black legislators in African stoles, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with her colorful headwrap swirling high. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "In the klatch of voters watching from their lawn chairs, a woman in a blue windbreaker, maybe in her late twenties, sat ramrod straight, the phone tightly gripped in her hand forgotten for the moment. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Everyone has a favorite; just ask the guys down at the weekend coffee klatch about the Vector, the Ferrari Enzo, or the Porsche Carrera GT. \u2014 Hannah Elliottbloomberg, Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2019",
      "In another, Cannes jury president Melita Toscan du Plantier hobnobbed with Isabelle Hupert and a klatch of distinguished international actresses, and Nicolas bonded with Connelly, Emma Stone, and Sienna Miller. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 30 May 2018",
      "The boss, who resembles a softer Steve Ballmer, saunters past a klatch of employees chowing down on Aussie-style meat pies. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 26 Feb. 2018",
      "Come gametime Sunday, every football klatch buzzed with talk of Trump, tweets, disrespect. \u2014 S.l. Price, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German Klatsch gossip":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00e4ch",
      "\u02c8klach"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "body",
      "bunch",
      "circle",
      "clan",
      "clique",
      "community",
      "coterie",
      "coven",
      "crowd",
      "fold",
      "gal\u00e8re",
      "gang",
      "lot",
      "network",
      "pack",
      "ring",
      "set"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224218",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klatsch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gathering characterized usually by informal conversation":[],
      ": group sense 2a":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "his klatch of friends hasn't changed all that much since college",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And a klatch of daddy bloggers was trying to cajole the nation\u2019s leading online retailer into making its parent-discount program more inclusive for men. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
      "Gridiron great Ronnie Lott and his wife, Karen Lott, scored a touchdown by joining forces with the Vault to host the 555 California Street Tree Lighting Celebration and culinary klatch benefiting All Stars Helping Kids. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
      "There are the Democrats \u2014 a klatch of women in white, black legislators in African stoles, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) with her colorful headwrap swirling high. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2020",
      "In the klatch of voters watching from their lawn chairs, a woman in a blue windbreaker, maybe in her late twenties, sat ramrod straight, the phone tightly gripped in her hand forgotten for the moment. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Everyone has a favorite; just ask the guys down at the weekend coffee klatch about the Vector, the Ferrari Enzo, or the Porsche Carrera GT. \u2014 Hannah Elliottbloomberg, Los Angeles Times , 9 Sep. 2019",
      "In another, Cannes jury president Melita Toscan du Plantier hobnobbed with Isabelle Hupert and a klatch of distinguished international actresses, and Nicolas bonded with Connelly, Emma Stone, and Sienna Miller. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 30 May 2018",
      "The boss, who resembles a softer Steve Ballmer, saunters past a klatch of employees chowing down on Aussie-style meat pies. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 26 Feb. 2018",
      "Come gametime Sunday, every football klatch buzzed with talk of Trump, tweets, disrespect. \u2014 S.l. Price, SI.com , 27 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German Klatsch gossip":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00e4ch",
      "\u02c8klach"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "body",
      "bunch",
      "circle",
      "clan",
      "clique",
      "community",
      "coterie",
      "coven",
      "crowd",
      "fold",
      "gal\u00e8re",
      "gang",
      "lot",
      "network",
      "pack",
      "ring",
      "set"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235020",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klavern":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a local unit of the Klan":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The 22,000-square-foot hall could hold some 2,000 people, and it was designed to be a space where the klavern -- a local unit of the Klan -- could practice marches and perform minstrel shows. \u2014 Brandon Tensley, CNN , 16 June 2022",
      "According to testimony in the 2005 murder trial, Killen served as a kleagle, or organizer, of the Klan in Neshoba County and helped set up a klavern , or local Klan group, in a nearby county. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Jan. 2018",
      "Other homeowners might be more inclined, as is Rake\u2019s good-for-nothing brother-in-law, to pull on their white hoods and attend a meeting of the local Klan klavern in the basement of the Congregational church. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1928, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "blend of Klan and cavern":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kla-v\u0259rn"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024818",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klavier":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": clavier sense 2":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from French clavier":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "kl\u0259\u02c8vi(\u0259)r",
      "-i\u0259",
      "kla\u02c8-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191853",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "klavierst\u00fcck":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a piano piece":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from klavier piano + st\u00fcck piece":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02ccshtik",
      "G kl\u00e4\u02c8v\u0113r\u02ccsht\u1d6bk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112403",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klong":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a canal in Thailand used for transportation and drainage":[
        "the pond \u2026 narrowed into a klong that rimmed the far width of the compound",
        "\u2014 Kathryn Grondahl"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1898, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in Thailand":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8kl\u022f\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111607",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kloof":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deep glen : ravine":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "halfway up its side, the couple sat in the cool shadows of the cliff overlooking the length of the kloof"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1731, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Afrikaans":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00fcf"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "canyon",
      "ca\u00f1on",
      "col",
      "couloir",
      "defile",
      "flume",
      "gap",
      "gill",
      "gorge",
      "gulch",
      "gulf",
      "linn",
      "notch",
      "pass",
      "ravine",
      "saddle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040401",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klootchman":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Indian woman of northwestern North America":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinook Jargon klootshman , from Nootka \u0142otssma woman; wife":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00fcchm\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193506",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klop-klop":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of klop-klop variant spelling of clop-clop"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130748",
    "type":[]
  },
  "kludge":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a haphazard or makeshift solution to a problem and especially to a computer or programming problem":[
        "Just getting your documents into and out of the iPad is a kludge . You must e-mail them back and forth to yourself or sync to your computer using iTunes software.",
        "\u2014 Steve Morgenstern"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The hybrid schedule exists solely as a kludge and back-formation from the standard six-foot guideline for social distancing. \u2014 David Zweig, Wired , 6 Aug. 2020",
      "And while there surely is a lot of regulatory kludge (or maybe sludge?) that has developed through the years that could be removed without harm, there\u2019s not much evidence of a systematic effort to do that. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2019",
      "Its eight episodes comprise a centerless, ham-handed kludge of a season, one that keeps beating you over the head with music and ACTING and plot twists to try to convince you everything that\u2019s happening is Important. \u2014 Todd Vanderwerff, Vox , 2 Nov. 2018",
      "And there are various other fourth-best kludges , ways of wedging a de facto price on carbon into markets. \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 27 Apr. 2018",
      "Everyone who supports decarbonization would prefer a large and rising carbon price to all these kludges . \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 20 Apr. 2018",
      "In Apple\u2019s view, the interference was in consumers\u2019 best interest: a kludge to halt shutdowns caused by outdated lithium-ion electrodes. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 23 Jan. 2018",
      "Meant to evoke something sporty, like a jet ski, instead of a lumbering Cessna or a tough-to-fly experimental kludge , the plane is supposed to let anyone who can afford the $139,000 price tag become a barnstormer. \u2014 Carl Hoffman, WIRED , 7 Oct. 2015"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1962, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u00fcj"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185647",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klunk":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of klunk variant spelling of clunk"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141833",
    "type":[]
  },
  "klutz":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clumsy person":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
      "how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
      "But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
      "Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
      "Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "butterfingers",
      "dub",
      "looby",
      "lubber",
      "lummox"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061614",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klutziness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clumsy person":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
      "how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
      "But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
      "Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
      "Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "butterfingers",
      "dub",
      "looby",
      "lubber",
      "lummox"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114632",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klutzy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a clumsy person":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
      "how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
      "But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
      "While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
      "Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
      "Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
      "Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1959, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "butterfingers",
      "dub",
      "looby",
      "lubber",
      "lummox"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085336",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "klux":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ku-klux":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8kl\u0259ks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041002",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "kl\u00f6sse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": dumplings":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German kl\u00f6sse , plural of kloss lump, clod, dumpling, from Middle High German kl\u014dz lump":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191806",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  }
}