{
  "kowhai":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a shrub or small tree ( Sophora tetraptera ) of Australasia and Chile that yields a hard strong wood":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Maori":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8k\u014d\u02ccw\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112014",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "kowliang":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of kowliang variant of kaoliang"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084125",
    "type":[]
  },
  "kowtow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an act of kowtowing":[],
      ": to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect":[],
      ": to show obsequious deference : fawn":[
        "kowtows to the boss"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "you can try kowtowing to the boss, but he'll see right through you",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Trump, unencumbered by the need to kowtow to the Iranians, killed a few hundred Russian mercenaries in Syria. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "But India remains the world\u2019s second most populous nation and one of the few in Asia unwilling to kowtow to Chinese might. \u2014 Sadanand Dhume, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
      "Changing the way waiting ships are counted while continuing to kowtow to organized labor will not ease port congestion. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 2 Dec. 2021",
      "Like Koreans or Vietnamese, Japanese delegations were expected to visit Chinese imperial capitals to kowtow to the emperor. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Emulating pre-Communist practices, younger doctors would kowtow three times before their elders to become disciples and learn directly from them. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "And she was indeed defined by a steely independent streak that did not kowtow to outsiders, whether established civil rights figures or the leader of the free world. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "And she was indeed defined by a steely independent streak that did not kowtow to outsiders, whether established civil rights figures or the leader of the free world. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "And she was indeed defined by a steely independent streak that did not kowtow to outsiders, whether established civil rights figures or the leader of the free world. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 July 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said leaders from Sweden and Finland should not expect its support for NATO membership until Western nations kowtow to its demands. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 18 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1804, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinese (Beijing) k\u00f2ut\u00f3u , from k\u00f2u to knock + t\u00f3u head":"Noun and Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02cc)kau\u0307-\u02c8tau\u0307",
      "kau\u0307-\u02c8tau\u0307",
      "\u02c8kau\u0307-\u02cctau\u0307"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "apple-polish",
      "bootlick",
      "fawn",
      "fuss",
      "suck (up)",
      "toady",
      "truckle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225318",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}