{ "HUS":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "Jan 1372(or 1373)\u20131415 Bohemian religious reformer":[], "hemolytic uremic syndrome":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259s", "\u02c8hu\u0307s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232821", "type":[ "abbreviation", "biographical name" ] }, "husband":{ "antonyms":[ "conserve" ], "definitions":{ ": a frugal manager":[ "speaks his whole mind gaily, and is not the cautious husband of a part", "\u2014 W. B. Yeats" ], ": a male partner in a marriage":[ "her husband of forty years" ], ": the manager of another's property : steward":[], ": to find a husband for : mate":[], ": to manage prudently and economically":[ "a country that has husbanded its resources well" ], ": to use sparingly : conserve":[ "must husband one's strength" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "Have you met her husband ", "she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary", "Verb", "The country has husbanded its resources well.", "husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Steve Simonsen, the county attorney, is Judge Skeet Jones' cousin's husband . \u2014 Susan Carroll, NBC News , 1 July 2022", "Ernst's mother told The Boston Globe that her husband was never abusive. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022", "My husband had much more luck: His first two guesses revealed the solution began with G and O, with an E in there somewhere. \u2014 Alyse Stanley, BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022", "Within minutes, county paramedics are in her house helping her husband get back on his feet and into a chair. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel , 1 July 2022", "During a Tuesday appearance on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, the 49-year-old supermodel and TV personality teased that Gunn is practically her husband at this point. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022", "Britney Spears' first husband is set to face a trial after attempting to crash her wedding. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 28 June 2022", "Branch, of Baltimore, was a father and soon-to-be husband , according to a Legacy.com death notice published in The Baltimore Sun. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022", "That same evening at the Saloon, Larson also met Nichtern\u2019s pedal-steel guitarist Hank DeVito, who would become her first husband . \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "Today, Chastain has two kids and is married to husband Luca Passi de Preposulo. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 18 Jan. 2022", "On Tuesday, Bindi Irwin shared a photo on Instagram showing off the moment her and husband Chandler Powell's 1-year-old daughter met the family's cockatoo, named Occa, at their Australia Zoo. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022", "Kardashian also attended Hilton's recent wedding to husband Carter Reum. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022", "Laura was previously married to husband Robert from 1963 up until his death in 2017. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 12 Feb. 2022", "During her best screenplay acceptance speech, Gyllenhaal gave emotional props to husband Peter Sarsgaard. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 7 Mar. 2022", "On Monday, Bindi Irwin shared a series of sweet photos of her and husband Chandler Powell's 8-month-old daughter Grace Warrior with their dog Stella and a chicken. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 14 Dec. 2021", "In the film, Phastos, who is played by Brian Tyree Henry, is married to husband Ben, played by actor Haaz Sleiman, who was born in Dubai. \u2014 NBC News , 7 Nov. 2021", "Thomas, married 30 years to husband Danny, is the mother of two grown children and has resided in Richmond Heights for 26 years. \u2014 cleveland , 5 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English husbonde , from Old English h\u016bsbonda master of a house, from Old Norse h\u016bsb\u014dndi , from h\u016bs house + b\u014dndi householder; akin to Old Norse b\u016ba to inhabit; akin to Old English b\u016ban to dwell \u2014 more at bower":"Noun and Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259z-b\u0259nd" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "hubby", "man", "mister", "old man" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084313", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "husbandry":{ "antonyms":[ "diseconomy", "wastefulness" ], "definitions":{ ": the care of a household":[], ": the control or judicious use of resources : conservation":[], ": the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture":[], ": the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals":[] }, "examples":[ "in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit", "a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations", "Recent Examples on the Web", "From the article: Google now appears to be taking a carpet-bombing, or perhaps carpet-fertilizing, approach to its husbandry of the remaining Indian short-video startups. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 21 June 2022", "That care can mean anything from wildlife conservation to land rehabilitation, and even making sure practices like hunting and husbandry don't come at the expense of our ethics. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022", "Her vision involves developing coral husbandry programs, testing the hybrid corals for hardiness, growing vast numbers in nurseries, then planting them en masse, monitoring them, and keeping stores of frozen eggs and sperm in case of failure. \u2014 Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books , 4 Nov. 2021", "But much of the care, such as taking blood samples, can be done in situ with the help of the husbandry staff. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2021", "Which environmental factors or husbandry practices put some companion parrot species at a greater risk of developing mental health problems", "First and foremost, everything on the dinner plate is sourced from the south, native to the area, highlighting heirloom husbandry and on-site pickling. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 9 Sep. 2021", "Such careful insect husbandry has given her a deep appreciation for an insect most people see as a pest. \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 17 Aug. 2021", "Now Ku\u2019ui has introduced me to another: the most advanced fish husbandry techniques in the Pacific at the time of Captain Cook\u2019s arrival, many of which are practiced today in much the same way throughout the islands. \u2014 Jesse Ashlock, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 9 Aug. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259z-b\u0259n-dr\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "economy", "frugality", "parsimony", "penny-pinching", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062434", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hush":{ "antonyms":[ "calm", "calmness", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "quiet", "quietness", "quietude", "repose", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "still", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "definitions":{ ": a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet":[], ": calm , quiet":[ "hushed the children as they entered the library" ], ": intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information":[ "hush money" ], ": silent , still":[], ": to become quiet":[], ": to keep from public knowledge : suppress":[ "hush the story up" ], ": to put at rest : mollify":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.", "The judge hushed the spectators.", "The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.", "Noun", "the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea", "a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "A quarter of a century later, Wolf has yet to hush up. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022", "And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this", "Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022", "Democrats and voting-rights activists aren\u2019t unaware of these facts but hush up about them so as not to undercut the voter-suppression story line. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022", "Beijing routinely uses market access as a powerful leverage to force Western business to hush up on human rights, or to toe its lines on issues such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021", "Enjoy the music and the company of other people who know to hush when it\u2019s being made. \u2014 al , 29 Oct. 2021", "Perry is legitimately desperate, yet stuck in a society that wants to hush him up for expressing despair. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021", "Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Fried fish, shrimp, oysters and crab claws, plus hush puppies and a side, for a princely $13.50. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022", "Appetizers include queso, spinach and artichoke dip, hush puppies and bruschetta. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 6 May 2022", "The hush money was paid by Cohen during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Cohen later pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in connection to it. \u2014 Felicia Sonmez And Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022", "Avenatti was once one of cable television's most prolific pundits, regularly appearing on news shows to speak for Daniels and criticize then-President Trump, who was accused of paying hush money to Daniels. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 2 June 2022", "The smell of fried delicacies like catfish and hush puppies wafts through the air. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022", "At Leon\u2019s Poultry & Oyster Shop, dinner guests waiting for a table congregated outside the former auto-body shop while servers delivered heaping plates of oysters, shrimp and hush puppies on the other side of the potted plants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022", "Executive chef Michael Crouch leads the kitchen, serving items like tartare dishes ($17-$22), a-la-carte charcuterie (market price), and dishes like a salad, lobster hush puppies, and Bolognese meatballs ($11-$19). \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022", "They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The pair of runs gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead, and sent a hush over 4,174 spectators at Goss Stadium. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022", "There are times when a silent hush falls over the stage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022", "Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022", "How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin-drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture", "That cathedral hush is indeed one sort of religious experience. \u2014 Dave Lucas, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022", "The silence in McPherson\u2019s head was similar to the hush that fell over Nissan Stadium in Nashville and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City after McPherson sent the Titans and Chiefs home for the winter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022", "Last summer in Japan, similar no-cheering hush was contemplated for the Olympics before organizers decided to run the Tokyo Games with largely empty venues. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2022", "The majority of the Bay Area\u2019s tech company HQs are still shuttered, and inside the firm\u2019s office, the hush suggests the lawyers, too, are working from home. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb", "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1650, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "back-formation from husht hushed, from Middle English hussht , from huissht , interjection used to enjoin silence":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sh" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "calm (down)", "chill out", "cool", "pipe down", "quiet", "settle (down)" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050913", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "hush (up)":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to be quiet":[ "I told him to hush up ." ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223335", "type":[ "phrasal verb" ] }, "hush-hush":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "open", "public" ], "definitions":{ ": secret , confidential":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1916, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sh-\u02cch\u0259sh" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "behind-the-scenes", "confidential", "esoteric", "hushed", "inside", "intimate", "nonpublic", "private", "privy", "secret" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204003", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hushed":{ "antonyms":[ "calm", "calmness", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "quiet", "quietness", "quietude", "repose", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "still", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "definitions":{ ": a silence or calm especially following noise : quiet":[], ": calm , quiet":[ "hushed the children as they entered the library" ], ": intended to prevent the dissemination of certain information":[ "hush money" ], ": silent , still":[], ": to become quiet":[], ": to keep from public knowledge : suppress":[ "hush the story up" ], ": to put at rest : mollify":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The woman in the seat behind me was trying to hush her baby.", "The judge hushed the spectators.", "The spectators hushed as the judge entered the courtroom.", "Noun", "the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea", "a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "A quarter of a century later, Wolf has yet to hush up. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022", "And are other people in the party telling him to hush up and not talk about this", "Despite glittering blankets of snow that hush the region; despite warm, colorful hats that perhaps were holiday gifts; despite rugged, skid-proof boots ... these are months that chill us. \u2014 cleveland , 31 Jan. 2022", "Democrats and voting-rights activists aren\u2019t unaware of these facts but hush up about them so as not to undercut the voter-suppression story line. \u2014 Jason L. Riley, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022", "Beijing routinely uses market access as a powerful leverage to force Western business to hush up on human rights, or to toe its lines on issues such as Taiwan and Hong Kong. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Steve George, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021", "Enjoy the music and the company of other people who know to hush when it\u2019s being made. \u2014 al , 29 Oct. 2021", "Perry is legitimately desperate, yet stuck in a society that wants to hush him up for expressing despair. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021", "Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2021", "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective", "Fried fish, shrimp, oysters and crab claws, plus hush puppies and a side, for a princely $13.50. \u2014 al , 22 June 2022", "Appetizers include queso, spinach and artichoke dip, hush puppies and bruschetta. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 6 May 2022", "The hush money was paid by Cohen during the 2016 presidential campaign, and Cohen later pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in connection to it. \u2014 Felicia Sonmez And Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022", "Avenatti was once one of cable television's most prolific pundits, regularly appearing on news shows to speak for Daniels and criticize then-President Trump, who was accused of paying hush money to Daniels. \u2014 David K. Li, NBC News , 2 June 2022", "The smell of fried delicacies like catfish and hush puppies wafts through the air. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022", "At Leon\u2019s Poultry & Oyster Shop, dinner guests waiting for a table congregated outside the former auto-body shop while servers delivered heaping plates of oysters, shrimp and hush puppies on the other side of the potted plants. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022", "Executive chef Michael Crouch leads the kitchen, serving items like tartare dishes ($17-$22), a-la-carte charcuterie (market price), and dishes like a salad, lobster hush puppies, and Bolognese meatballs ($11-$19). \u2014 Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal , 30 Mar. 2022", "They are served with French fries, hush puppies and a choice of coleslaw or macaroni and cheese. \u2014 cleveland , 7 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "The pair of runs gave the Tigers a 4-1 lead, and sent a hush over 4,174 spectators at Goss Stadium. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022", "There are times when a silent hush falls over the stage. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022", "Monday, his blast was far from the main reason for a hush in the stands. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 May 2022", "How to explain the song that somehow emerges out of the same chords strummed over and over; the commotion and sense of impending doom backstage and then the pin-drop hush on opening night; the vast stillness that precedes the decisive gesture", "That cathedral hush is indeed one sort of religious experience. \u2014 Dave Lucas, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022", "The silence in McPherson\u2019s head was similar to the hush that fell over Nissan Stadium in Nashville and Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City after McPherson sent the Titans and Chiefs home for the winter. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022", "Last summer in Japan, similar no-cheering hush was contemplated for the Olympics before organizers decided to run the Tokyo Games with largely empty venues. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2022", "The majority of the Bay Area\u2019s tech company HQs are still shuttered, and inside the firm\u2019s office, the hush suggests the lawyers, too, are working from home. \u2014 Fortune , 15 Feb. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb", "1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "1650, in the meaning defined above":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "back-formation from husht hushed, from Middle English hussht , from huissht , interjection used to enjoin silence":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sh" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "calm (down)", "chill out", "cool", "pipe down", "quiet", "settle (down)" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111035", "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "husk":{ "antonyms":[ "bark", "flay", "hull", "peel", "shell", "shuck", "skin" ], "definitions":{ ": a carob pod":[], ": a supporting framework":[], ": an emptied shell : remnant":[], ": an outer layer : shell":[], ": to strip the husk from":[] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers", "Verb", "the tedious task of husking coconuts", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Only his sleeping husk (dubbed an OrchidBed) and automated feeding chair seem to give him any peace at all. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022", "For the mom who has everything, get her c\u00e1scara tea, made from the outer husk of a coffee cherry. \u2014 Jeanne O'brien Coffey, Forbes , 5 May 2022", "Live music was a mere husk of itself, and touring was impossible. \u2014 Grant Sharples, SPIN , 19 May 2022", "His vigor has to be suppressed for an exhausted husk of a man like George. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022", "The husk of the seed is polished off the way rice is polished to make sake. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022", "Thankfully, Schreiber handles the seemingly impossible job of taking the Master Chief character\u2014defined by the plot as a necessarily emotionless husk of a human\u2014and imbuing life and empathy into him without betraying his origins. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022", "The Walking Dead feels utterly unrecognizable for the most part these days, a tired husk of its former self barely clinging on. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022", "The uppers of YY Nation's shoes are crafted from merino wool and a faux leather made from pineapple husk , typically a waste product that gets burned after harvest; outsoles are made from algae, sugarcane, and recycled rubber. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 15 Mar. 2022", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "While the fields are no longer burned today, the taste for the dark, smoky flour remains and producers in Puglia and around Italy now make industrialized grano arso flour and dried pastas from husked , deeply toasted grains. \u2014 Stacy Adimando, Saveur , 9 Oct. 2017", "Some sold for several hundred dollars, husks good only for spare parts. \u2014 Aaron Calvin, USA TODAY , 16 Sep. 2019", "As Alex, Sturridge does a good job of husking himself as the story goes sour. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2019", "To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018", "To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018", "To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018", "To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018", "To freeze ground cherries, simply spread the husked , washed fruits on a rimmed cookie sheet and place them in the freezer. \u2014 The Editors, Good Housekeeping , 31 July 2018" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "1562, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sk" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "armor", "capsule", "case", "casing", "cocoon", "cover", "covering", "encasement", "housing", "hull", "jacket", "pod", "sheath", "shell" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043807", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "husky":{ "antonyms":[ "beefy", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "hulking", "mesomorphic" ], "definitions":{ ": a heavy-coated working dog of the New World arctic region":[], ": burly , robust":[], ": hoarse with or as if with emotion":[], ": large":[], ": one that is husky":[], ": resembling, containing, or full of husks":[], ": siberian husky":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1552, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective", "1852, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun", "1864, in the meaning defined above":"Noun", "1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective", "circa 1722, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from husk entry 1":"Adjective", "probably from husk huskiness, from obsolete husk to have a dry cough":"Adjective", "shortening of Huskemaw, Uskemaw Eskimo, from Cree a\u0161kime\u00b7w ; akin to Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo \u2014 more at eskimo":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259-sk\u0113", "\u02c8h\u0259s-k\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "coarse", "croaking", "croaky", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "scratchy", "throaty" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085236", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "hussy":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a lewd or brazen woman":[], ": a saucy or mischievous girl":[] }, "examples":[ "the antiquated view that any unmarried woman who lived on her own was a hussy", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021", "Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1505, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of Middle English huswif housewife, from hus house + wif wife, woman":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259-s\u0113", "-z\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "chippie", "chippy", "doxy", "doxie", "fancy woman", "floozy", "floozie", "hoochie", "Jezebel", "minx", "quean", "tramp", "trollop", "wench" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064538", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husting":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a court held in London before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs or aldermen":[], ": a local court in some cities in Virginia":[], ": a raised platform from which candidates for the British Parliament were formerly nominated and from which they addressed their constituency":[], ": an act or process of electioneering":[ "an election which has generated far more excitement than the usual off-year hustings", "\u2014 Saturday Review", "the rough give-and-take of the hustings", "\u2014 Yale Review" ], ": an election platform : stump":[ "the charge \u2026 is expected to resound from political hustings throughout the land", "\u2014 Foreign Policy Bulletin" ], ": the proceedings at a parliamentary election":[], ": the upper end or dais of the guildhall where the London husting sits":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English h\u016bsting , from Old Norse h\u016bsthing , from h\u016bs house + thing assembly":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sti\u014b", "-t\u0113\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115600", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hustings":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a local court formerly held in various English municipalities and still held infrequently in London":[], ": a local court in some cities in Virginia":[], ": a raised platform used until 1872 for the nomination of candidates for the British Parliament and for election speeches":[], ": an election platform : stump":[], ": the proceedings or locale of an election campaign":[] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Foreign affairs issues rarely intrude into a Canadian election campaign, but the first few days on the hustings were dominated by biting questions about Canada's response to the United States' abrupt pullout from Afghanistan. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 22 Sep. 2021", "But more must be done, especially out on the hustings . \u2014 Karl Rove, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2021", "But huddled in their cars, or recuperating at a warming center, many took to their phones, and to the virtual hustings , to shout about how government had seemingly abandoned them. \u2014 Asher Price, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2021", "Forced off the hustings by the threat of contagion, the mayoral candidates have been severely constrained in their ability to glad-hand parishioners at Brooklyn churches or kibitz with nursing home residents. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Dec. 2020", "The view of the world from the Oval office looks dramatically different from the campaign hustings . \u2014 Nayan Chanda, Quartz India , 21 Dec. 2020", "On his largely virtual hustings , the former vice president has repeated COVID anti-vaxxing rhetoric. \u2014 Jack Fowler, National Review , 30 Oct. 2020", "Without Donald Trump on the hustings , the coming weeks of campaigning in America will have less ... \u2014 Arkansas Online , 3 Oct. 2020", "While Trump flies Air Force One around the country for raucous airplane hangar rallies and mega-fundraisers, Pence hits the hustings in two-lane road communities. \u2014 David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner , 10 Sep. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, from Old English h\u016bsting , from Old Norse h\u016bsthing , from h\u016bs house + thing assembly":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259-sti\u014bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194931", "type":[ "noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction" ] }, "hustle":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a dishonest plan for getting money : scam":[ "Now, the secret of any hustle is that you have to have information that the other guy doesn't have.", "\u2014 Paul Newman", "\u2026 a once-inspired con man on his last hustle \u2026", "\u2014 Marilyn Stasio" ], ": effort and energy in playing a sport":[ "a baseball player who has been criticized for lack of hustle", "The fans admire them for their hustle .", "a player known more for his hustle than his talent" ], ": energetic activity":[ "I \u2026 went about the hustle of summer life.", "\u2014 Stephen W. Kress", "You stepped out of Penn Station into the dizzying hustle of Eighth Avenue \u2026", "\u2014 Colson Whitehead", "I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the city." ], ": hasten , hurry":[ "you'd better hustle if you want to catch the bus" ], ": shove , press":[], ": to convey forcibly or hurriedly":[ "\u2026 grabbed him by the arm and hustled him out the door \u2026", "\u2014 John Dos Passos" ], ": to crowd or push roughly : jostle , shove":[ "had been hustled into a jail cell with the other protesters" ], ": to engage in prostitution":[], ": to lure less skillful players into competing against oneself at (a gambling game)":[ "hustle pool" ], ": to make strenuous efforts to obtain especially money or business":[ "Our quartet was out hustling \u2026 and we knew we stood good to take in a lot of change before the night was over.", "\u2014 Louis Armstrong" ], ": to obtain by energetic activity":[ "\u2014 usually used with up hustle up new customers try to hustle up some tickets to tonight's game hustling up some grub" ], ": to obtain money by fraud or deception":[], ": to play a game or sport in an alert aggressive manner":[ "She's not the most talented player on the team, but she always hustles ." ], ": to sell or promote energetically and aggressively":[ "hustling a new product" ], ": to sell something to or obtain something from (someone) by energetic and especially underhanded activity : swindle":[ "hustling the suckers", "an elaborate scam to hustle the elderly" ], ": to urge forward precipitately":[ "hustling tourists from one museum to the next" ] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "The guards hustled the prisoners into the jail.", "The star's manager hustled him out the back door of the theater to avoid the throngs of fans.", "He's not the most talented player on the team, but he always hustles .", "He's been hustling drugs for a few years.", "They hustle diamonds, furs\u2014whatever people are buying.", "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb", "No one has pouted, failed to hustle or responded to the jeering at Comerica Park \u2014 even Javier Baez, who has become a favorite target of the boo birds. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022", "One key possibility is that one of the parties involved wanted an ESPN story out there, in order to try to hustle the negotiations along, or to try to induce a changed offer or position. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022", "Another Blue Devil error, coming on an errant throw to first on a bunt attempt by senior Luke Wagner, allowed Janzen to hustle his way home for another run. \u2014 Evan Merrill, The Enquirer , 3 June 2022", "Drive is one thing, but being able to hustle through it is another thing. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 1 June 2022", "Because of the scale and prestige of the military\u2019s training programs, their institutional practices remain highly influential on civilian exercise, which has helped to hustle the sit-up further to the margins over the past few years. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022", "The crew\u2019s formula for speed is to hustle up the mountainside with trees, use a tool known as a HoeDad to make a hole, insert the seedling, and then promptly repeat. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Apr. 2022", "Prosecutors now must hustle to obtain reams of paperwork \u2014 much of it produced by the New York Police Department \u2014 and submit it to defense attorneys or risk seeing a case tossed out. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022", "Staffers will hustle all morning, shuffling dummies and cones. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 29 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1720, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb", "1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Dutch husselen to shake, from Middle Dutch hutselen , frequentative of hutsen":"Verb" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259-s\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "tug", "work" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014306", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hustle-bustle":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": energetic confusion":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084343", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hustle-cap":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a game of pitch and toss in which coins are shaken in a cap":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "hustle entry 1 + cap":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020946", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hustlement":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": household goods : furniture , knickknacks":[ "\u2014 often used in plural" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English ostelement, hustilment article of furniture, from Middle French ostillement, oustillement , from Old French ustillement , from ustil article of furniture, tool, utensil, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin usitilia (plural) utensils, alteration of Latin utensilia":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259s\u0259lm\u0259nt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200145", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hustler":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a person who hustles : such as":[], ": an athlete who plays with alert energy and aggressiveness":[ "By always being the teacher's pet, by being a hustler in football practice and by being the fringe member of many social groups but the leader of none, Kelly managed to mask his insecurities.", "\u2014 Michael Reese" ], ": one who lures less skillful players into competing at a gambling game":[ "a pool hustler", "This is where the chess hustlers have seized their opportunity. Camped out at the picnic tables in Harvard Square, these seasoned locals will play with you\u2014for a price.", "\u2014 Evan Zigmond" ], ": one who obtains money by fraud or deceit : scammer , swindler":[ "A financial hustler who orchestrated the theft of $6.5 million from investors \u2026", "\u2014 Shayna Jacobs and Alec Tabak", "\u2026 most of the eight major frauds Minkow helped uncover in the past year have involved hustlers trying to sell investments to church groups.", "\u2014 Adam Zagorin" ], ": prostitute":[ "a male hustler", "\"Beat\" is old carny slang. According to Beat Movement legend \u2026 , Ginsberg and Kerouac picked it up from a character named Herbert Huncke, a gay street hustler and drug addict from Chicago who began hanging around Times Square in 1939 \u2026", "\u2014 Louis Menand" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1825, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259-sl\u0259r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083123", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hush puppy":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": cornmeal dough shaped into small balls and fried in deep fat":[ "\u2014 usually used in plural" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Fish basket: two pieces of fish fries, hush puppies , coleslaw, tartar sauce, $12. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Mar. 2020", "Sides are french fries, hush puppies , salad, coleslaw, mac and cheese and drinks. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 20 Feb. 2020", "Since seating in the restaurant was closed, the eatery can't serve its cocktails, but can sell packaged alcohol as well as a limited food menu featuring its fried chicken, goetta hush puppies and other sides as well as oatmeal cream pies. \u2014 Alex Harrison, Cincinnati.com , 19 Mar. 2020", "Fried and baked, shrimp, cheese pizza, hush puppies and sides. St. James Catholic Church,1826 Edenside Ave., 5-8 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 28 through April 3. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 24 Feb. 2020", "Certain types of outdoor cooking mean two different foods going at the same time. Frying fish and hush puppies simultaneously is a perfect example. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 7 Oct. 2019", "Baked and fried fish, shrimp, rolled oysters, cheese pizza, hush puppies , sides, desserts and beer. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 24 Feb. 2020", "Fried or baked fish dinners or sandwiches and all-you-can-eat hush puppies and coleslaw. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com , 20 Feb. 2020", "Returning to deep-fried territory -- an area of expertise here -- finish your savory tasting with a small catfish fillet, crisp and succulent all at once, one delightfully crunchy hush puppy , and a piece of simply perfect batter-fried chicken. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "from its occasional use as food for dogs":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "circa 1918, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232357" }, "husht":{ "type":[ "adjective", "interjection" ], "definitions":{ ": hushed":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8h\u0259sht", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English huissht":"Interjection", "Middle English hussht , from huissht , interjection":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002113" } }