{
  "Yawata":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "former city in northern Kyushu, Japan \u2014 see kitakyushu":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "y\u00e4-\u02c8w\u00e4-t\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114745",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "yaw":{
    "antonyms":[
      "straighten"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": alternate":[
        "restlessly yawing between apparent extremes",
        "\u2014 Martin Kasindorf"
      ],
      ": the extent of the movement in yawing":[],
      ": to turn by angular motion about the vertical axis":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "Sensors measure the pitch and yaw of the plane.",
      "The airplane's rudder is used to control yaw .",
      "Verb",
      "the ship yawed hard to the right when the rogue wave hit it broadside",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This firms up the suspension response and asks more of the electric motors, working together with the magnetic dampers to control yaw during cornering. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 12 Mar. 2020",
      "One of the men was afflicted with the virus that causes hepatitis B, and another had a bacterium that causes the skin infection yaws , a disease similar to syphilis. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2020",
      "Another individual was infected with the bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue that causes yaws , a chronic infection of skin, bone and cartilage. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
      "One had the hepatitis B virus, and the other carried the bacterium that causes yaws , a disease in the same family as syphilis. \u2014 Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS , 30 Apr. 2020",
      "Every man in the ship would have an intuitive sense of the weather after rising, feeling the pitch and yaw of the ship in the harsh seas. \u2014 James G. Stavridis, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
      "This creates a steering effect on the rear axle, increasing yaw to help a car rotate through a corner. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 22 Feb. 2020",
      "In low speed flight yaw was controlled by varying the turboprops' propeller pitch via rudder pedals. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Ars Technica , 16 Feb. 2020",
      "Through this method, India became yaws -free in 2016, though the emergence of antibiotic resistance in the spirochete may complicate efforts. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Dec. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Air was not flowing smoothly over the F-14's wings while it was configured for landing, creating an opportunity for the plane to suddenly yaw left or right. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Aug. 2017",
      "A video shows the helicopter lifting off and then yawing \u2014 or twisting \u2014 to the left nearly one full rotation before rising out of view. \u2014 Jesse Paul, The Denver Post , 28 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "break",
      "cut",
      "sheer",
      "swerve",
      "veer",
      "zag",
      "zig"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081846",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yawn":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bore entry 5":[
        "this book is kind of a yawn",
        "\u2014 Ilene L. Cooper"
      ],
      ": gap , cavity":[],
      ": to accomplish with or impel by yawns":[
        "his grandchildren yawned him to bed",
        "\u2014 L. L. King"
      ],
      ": to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom":[],
      ": to open wide : gape":[],
      ": to utter with a yawn":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "Students were yawning in class.",
      "Noun",
      "I tried to stifle a yawn .",
      "as neither candidate was willing to make an unequivocal statement about anything, the debate proved to be a complete yawn",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Not going to lie, men's fashion at major awards shows errs on the side of being yawn inducing. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Meantime, the gaps in wealth, education, social justice, and healthcare can\u2019t yawn any wider without swallowing whole swaths of humanity. \u2014 Simon Mainwaring, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
      "But no one who pays attention to the daily news will yawn at another first-timer: Coalition. \u2014 Jason Bisnoff, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
      "There are also township government elections in the south and southwest suburbs, but don\u2019t yawn them off, the Southtown\u2019s Ted Slowik writes. \u2014 Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
      "Sometimes someone would yawn or freeze with a tortured expression. \u2014 Sam Anderson, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2020",
      "In America there is a yawning partisan gap in trust (see chart 2). \u2014 The Economist , 3 June 2020",
      "His dancers are often caught in awkward, ungainly poses, stretching and yawning , or slumped, exhausted. \u2014 Carol Strickland, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2020",
      "There is time to make up the yawning gap between cities and suburbs before this census year is over, but the novel coronavirus makes the task more daunting. \u2014 Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com , 24 Apr. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Alabama had competitive Senate and governor contests on the ballot Tuesday, but voters reacted mostly with a collective yawn . \u2014 al , 26 May 2022",
      "Leaning back in his leather seat, Gotti unleashes a jaw-cracking yawn . \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
      "When Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the news was greeted with a yawn . \u2014 Kay S. Hymowitz, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
      "Team after good team slaps the Heat around and the Heat attitude is a bored yawn . \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "It\u2019s not an absolute roaring yawn or a page turner. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Many of the locals eventually shifted from mouth-gaping rapt gawking to now emitting an expansive yawn of boredom to witness those meandering self-driving cars. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Dividends\u2014even monthly ones\u2014normally get a collective yawn from investors in bullish times. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
      "Other D+ Day\u2019s new releases are, in what\u2019s already become a yawn -worthy Disney Plus tradition, mostly a list-stuffing collection of behind-the-scenes documentaries, making-of videos, and shorts featuring prominent franchise characters. \u2014 David Bloom, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English yenen, yanen , from Old English ginian ; akin to Old High German gin\u0113n to yawn, Latin hiare , Greek chainein":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022fn",
      "\u02c8y\u00e4n",
      "\u02c8y\u022fn, \u02c8y\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drag",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawner"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021159",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yawner":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that yawns":[],
      ": something that causes boredom":[
        "the show was a real yawner"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The show was a real yawner .",
      "even die-hard opera fans are finding this production to be a real yawner",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The NFC South is such a yawner and this game will align with that notion. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
      "Jets 20, Packers 16 (Sept. 3, 2000) Vinny Testaverde, of all people, outplayed Favre in this thriller \u2013 OK, yawner \u2013 at Lambeau Field. \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 9 Sep. 2021",
      "Thanks to the aerodynamic package that NASCAR came up with to promote better racing after last year's yawner at Daytona, the 43rd version of the stock car Super Bowl produced 49 lead changes among 14 drivers. \u2014 Mike Harris, Star Tribune , 11 Feb. 2021",
      "The Browns can make this one a yawner , so keep an eye on the scoreboard. \u2014 Dan Labbe, cleveland , 28 Nov. 2020",
      "This proposal is basically a yawner ; no one should get exercised about it one way or the other. \u2014 Barry Latzer, National Review , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "And the 'Fight of the Century' between world-champion boxers Emmanuel 'Manny' Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. turned out to be a ' yawner ,' which prompted this lawsuit. \u2014 Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "Baker Mayfield threw three interceptions, and Odell Beckham\u2019s debut was a yawner , with seven catches for 71 yards and no touchdowns. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Sep. 2019",
      "Ironically, The Windows 10 October 2018 Update was supposed to be a yawner , with unexciting improvements and minor new features. \u2014 Mark Hachman, PCWorld , 13 Nov. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022f-n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bore",
      "drag",
      "drip",
      "droner",
      "dullsville",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "snooze",
      "snoozer",
      "yawn"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101747",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yawp":{
    "antonyms":[
      "crow",
      "delight",
      "rejoice"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a raucous noise : squawk":[],
      ": clamor , complain":[],
      ": to make a raucous noise : squawk":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 Nate Jones, Vulture , 11 Jan. 2021",
      "And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
      "But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
      "Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
      "The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
      "His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English yolpen":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022fp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beef",
      "bellyache",
      "bitch",
      "bleat",
      "carp",
      "caterwaul",
      "complain",
      "crab",
      "croak",
      "fuss",
      "gripe",
      "grizzle",
      "grouch",
      "grouse",
      "growl",
      "grumble",
      "grump",
      "holler",
      "inveigh",
      "keen",
      "kick",
      "kvetch",
      "maunder",
      "moan",
      "murmur",
      "mutter",
      "nag",
      "repine",
      "scream",
      "squawk",
      "squeal",
      "wail",
      "whimper",
      "whine",
      "whinge",
      "yammer",
      "yowl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174321",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yawping":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strident utterance":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most have been bumped a time or two and have already heard a lot of artificial yawping . \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1876, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022f-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165412",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yaws":{
    "type":[
      "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a contagious tropical disease especially of children caused by a spirochete ( Treponema pertenue ) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022fz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Today, syphilis and other conditions caused by the same bacterium, Treponema pallidum, such as yaws and bejel, are making a comeback, with millions of people infected every year. \u2014 Charlotte Hartley, Science | AAAS , 13 Aug. 2020",
      "One of the men had a strain of the virus that causes hepatitis B; another suffered from yaws , a syphilis-like bacterial infection of the skin, bones and cartilage. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 May 2020",
      "Similar to syphilis, the same strain of yaws was previously identified in a 17th-century colonist of European descent, according to the researchers. \u2014 Fox News , 1 May 2020",
      "Her own research has led her to suspect that the treponema bacteria originated in the New World, manifesting as yaws and spread through skin-to-skin contact exposed by a warm climate. \u2014 National Geographic , 21 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from an English-based creole of the Caribbean":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1679, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172830"
  },
  "yawroot":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": queen's-delight":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "yaw entry 4 + root ; probably from the belief that it cures yaws":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010736"
  },
  "yaws fly":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chloropid fly that transmits yaws":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-054729"
  },
  "yawshrub":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": queen's-delight":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "yaw entry 4 + shrub":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-125043"
  },
  "yawweed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": redgal":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "yaw entry 4 + weed":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-153834"
  },
  "Yaw Yin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": chingpaw":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022f\u02c8yin"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinese (Pekingese) yeh 3 -jen 2 , literally, savage people":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155653"
  }
}