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  "Tintinnidae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large family that comprises loricate oligotrichous typically pelagic ciliates widely distributed in the seas and occasionally found in fresh and brackish water and sometimes made coextensive with a suborder or other major division of Spirotricha":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Tintinnus , type genus (probably from Latin tintinnare to ring) + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "tin\u2027\u02c8tin\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185001",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Tintoretto":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "circa 1518\u20131594 Jacopo Robusti Italian painter":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctin-t\u0259-\u02c8re-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054022",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "tin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a metal container and its contents":[
        "a tin of tomatoes"
      ],
      ": a soft faintly bluish-white lustrous low-melting crystalline metallic element that is malleable and ductile at ordinary temperatures and that is used especially in containers, as a protective coating, in tinfoil, and in soft solders and alloys \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[],
      ": to cover or plate with tin or a tin alloy":[],
      ": to put up or pack in tins : can":[
        "tinned peaches"
      ],
      "taxpayer identification number":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Line a standard muffin tin (or 2 tins) with paper cups. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "The bill shows up inside a cookie tin alongside sewing items, a touch Jang attributes to the habit of legions of practical, repurpose-minded Korean mothers. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "Each gummy contains 5mg of THC with 20 gummies per tin . \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
      "Some of the items for sale will include tap handles, logoed glassware, tin signs and neon signs. \u2014 Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
      "The ruins here were even more extensive\u2014 tin roofs rusted and collapsed; stone walls dank with moss and mold; trees and vines sprouting from windows and doors. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Holland also created an outdoor shower with tin walls and cedar planks. \u2014 Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens , 10 June 2022",
      "For example, a prototype containing tin oxide doped with two other metals that block both infrared and visible light lasted for many more on/off cycles than many existing electrochromic windows, scientists recently reported in ACS Omega. \u2014 Brittney J. Miller, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
      "During the dance, several men shake rattles or strut notched rasps over a tin drum to imitate the sound of thunder. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As an exclusive offering of this store, customers can create unique mixes of their favorite squares then customize a bag or tin with a personal photo and message, created and printed instantly in store. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "The basic template is simple: Fill the dish or tin with a combination of meat, vegetables or cheese, then crack in an egg and season with spices and herbs. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Add IPA to tin , then strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with a grapefruit peel. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "From motorcycles in India to tin in Malaysia, Forbes Asia holds fast to its long-term commitment to covering Asia\u2019s rise in the global business community. \u2014 Justin Doebele, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
      "Chicken includes hen; masculine has two: male and man; and container holds can and tin . \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 Aug. 2021",
      "That Altoids tin with just a bunch of, like, random pills in it, like candy",
      "And a sharp rise in commodity prices, from copper to tin to lumber, on surging demand from a rebounding China and the U.S., could help producers across Africa and Latin America post strong economic growth and repair beleaguered public finances. \u2014 Joe Parkinson, WSJ , 18 May 2021",
      "Most of her business marketing has been via word of mouth, or occasionally when someone is specifically looking for a coppersmith for their custom project or a tinsmith to re- tin their copper cookware. \u2014 Alison Coleman, Forbes , 10 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German zin tin":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "barrel",
      "can",
      "canister",
      "cannister",
      "drum"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035348",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tin foil":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a paper-thin metal sheeting usually of aluminum or tin-lead alloy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Wrap the leftover food in tinfoil .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are a few theories as to why the windows were covered, but the wildest part is that the tinfoil window treatments were still exactly as Elvis had left them. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 8 June 2022",
      "Put the orange top back on like a lid, wrap the whole thing in tinfoil , and bake in the campfire for ten minutes. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
      "For cooking in the wild, lean into the foil packet\u2014 tinfoil packed with goodness and cooked on the edge of the fire\u2014but don\u2019t limit yourself to standard meat and potatoes. \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021",
      "He's spoken recently to that person who told him to take off his tinfoil hat in 2020. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In Villa\u2019s lab, Lindsey Young, a postdoc, showed me a dish of what looked like tiny holes punched out of tinfoil . \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Documented in a video on Instagram, Johnson keeps his eyes closed while his daughter stands in front of him holding a piece of tinfoil with a glob of peanut butter in the center. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "In the clip, Johnson keeps his eyes closed while his daughter stands in front of him holding a piece of tinfoil with a glob of peanut butter in the center. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Some wore doctor\u2019s scrubs; others donned tinfoil hats. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-\u02ccf\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8tin-\u02ccf\u022fil"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113746",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tinct":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": colored , tinged":[],
      ": tincture , tinge":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1579, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin tinctus , past participle":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b(k)t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024814",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tincture":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a characteristic quality : cast":[],
      ": a heraldic metal, color, or fur":[],
      ": a slight admixture : trace":[
        "a tincture of doubt"
      ],
      ": a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent":[],
      ": a substance that colors, dyes, or stains":[],
      ": an active principle or extract":[],
      ": color , tint":[],
      ": to imbue with a quality : affect":[
        "writing tinctured with wit and wisdom"
      ],
      ": to infuse or instill with a property or entity : impregnate":[],
      ": to tint or stain with a color : tinge":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a ragged shirt that seemed to be stained with the tincture of blood",
      "Verb",
      "clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "What is the difference between CBD oil and CBD tincture ",
      "The products will be oral tablet, capsule, tincture , gelatinous cube, gel, oil, cream, patch, suppository, nebulizer, and liquid or oil for an inhaler. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "The inn, which opened in 1913, was built on Sunset Mountain by Edwin Wiley Grove, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur who developed a supposedly flavorless quinine tincture designed to treat and suppress malaria. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s no tincture of guilt or touch of moral ambiguity here, as there was with the central characters in The Unknown Girl or Young Ahmed. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Each 30ml bottle of Full-Spectrum CBD tincture contains 50 mg of CBD in each 1 ml eye dropper. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "In each 1 ml eye dropper, 30ml bottle of Full-Spectrum CBD tincture contains 50 mg. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "Hemp Oil 1000 is a tincture with an excessively high amount of CBD. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill would legalize marijuana only in the form of a liquid, oil, pill, topical cream or tincture . \u2014 Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The orchestral arrangements are tinctured with dissonance; sustained synthesizer tones slide on and off pitch, feeling precarious. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020",
      "To avoid a rush at the pharmacy, Capitol Wellness Solutions scheduled appointments for patients to pick up the liquid tinctures that will be the first medical marijuana product available \u2014 bottles that come with a dropper for patients to use. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "To avoid a rush at the pharmacy, Capitol Wellness Solutions scheduled appointments for patients to pick up the liquid tinctures that will be the first medical marijuana product available \u2014 bottles that come with a dropper for patients to use. \u2014 Melinda Deslatte, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "That sartorial elegance bespoke a deep embrace of tradition, tinctured with just the right amount of satire to be amusing. \u2014 Roger Kimball, WSJ , 15 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3b":"Noun",
      "1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin tinctura act of dyeing, from tinctus , past participle of tingere to tinge":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b(k)-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "color",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tinge",
      "tint",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215027",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tinctured":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tinge",
      "tint"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a characteristic quality : cast":[],
      ": a heraldic metal, color, or fur":[],
      ": a slight admixture : trace":[
        "a tincture of doubt"
      ],
      ": a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent":[],
      ": a substance that colors, dyes, or stains":[],
      ": an active principle or extract":[],
      ": color , tint":[],
      ": to imbue with a quality : affect":[
        "writing tinctured with wit and wisdom"
      ],
      ": to infuse or instill with a property or entity : impregnate":[],
      ": to tint or stain with a color : tinge":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a ragged shirt that seemed to be stained with the tincture of blood",
      "Verb",
      "clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "What is the difference between CBD oil and CBD tincture ",
      "The products will be oral tablet, capsule, tincture , gelatinous cube, gel, oil, cream, patch, suppository, nebulizer, and liquid or oil for an inhaler. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
      "The inn, which opened in 1913, was built on Sunset Mountain by Edwin Wiley Grove, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur who developed a supposedly flavorless quinine tincture designed to treat and suppress malaria. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
      "There\u2019s no tincture of guilt or touch of moral ambiguity here, as there was with the central characters in The Unknown Girl or Young Ahmed. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 May 2022",
      "Each 30ml bottle of Full-Spectrum CBD tincture contains 50 mg of CBD in each 1 ml eye dropper. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 May 2022",
      "In each 1 ml eye dropper, 30ml bottle of Full-Spectrum CBD tincture contains 50 mg. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
      "Hemp Oil 1000 is a tincture with an excessively high amount of CBD. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The bill would legalize marijuana only in the form of a liquid, oil, pill, topical cream or tincture . \u2014 Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The orchestral arrangements are tinctured with dissonance; sustained synthesizer tones slide on and off pitch, feeling precarious. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020",
      "To avoid a rush at the pharmacy, Capitol Wellness Solutions scheduled appointments for patients to pick up the liquid tinctures that will be the first medical marijuana product available \u2014 bottles that come with a dropper for patients to use. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "To avoid a rush at the pharmacy, Capitol Wellness Solutions scheduled appointments for patients to pick up the liquid tinctures that will be the first medical marijuana product available \u2014 bottles that come with a dropper for patients to use. \u2014 Melinda Deslatte, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "That sartorial elegance bespoke a deep embrace of tradition, tinctured with just the right amount of satire to be amusing. \u2014 Roger Kimball, WSJ , 15 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3b":"Noun",
      "1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Latin tinctura act of dyeing, from tinctus , past participle of tingere to tinge":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b(k)-ch\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "color",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tinge",
      "tint",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181750",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tinderbox":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a highly inflammable object or place":[],
      ": a metal box for holding tinder and usually a flint and steel for striking a spark":[],
      ": a potentially explosive place or situation":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "That old house is really a tinderbox .",
      "the city has been a tinderbox ever since racial profiling became an issue",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "However, a sizable number of prominent CEOs viewed the statement as a political tinderbox and refrained from affixing their signatures. \u2014 Victoria Pelletier, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
      "From the vantage of 2021, the novel is a double portent: a dystopian fantasy and an early spark in the tinderbox of the curriculum wars. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "The risk of fast-spreading blazes may ease some this weekend, but officials have expressed serious concerns about the months ahead as the entirety of California contends with a historically severe drought that has turned many areas into a tinderbox . \u2014 Diana Leonard, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Much of the state is under either extreme or exceptional drought conditions, the two worst levels, which have turned parts of the state into a tinderbox . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "This tinderbox of a lawsuit began in the wake of a June 2017 shooting attack on a group of Republican lawmakers who had gathered at an Alexandria baseball field to practice for a game. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "This tinderbox of a lawsuit began in the wake of a June 2017 shooting attack on a group of Republican lawmakers who had gathered at an Alexandria baseball field to practice for a game. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Floyd's murder on Memorial Day in 2020, captured on video by a bystander and the video went viral on social media, set off a tinderbox . \u2014 Gregory Krieg, Omar Jimenez And Peter Nickeas, CNN , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "And droughts affecting the West create a tinderbox for potential lightning strikes that can leave embers smoldering for weeks before igniting a fire. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-d\u0259r-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "flash point",
      "powder keg",
      "time bomb",
      "volcano"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174752",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "ting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a high-pitched sound like that made by a light stroke on a crystal goblet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ting , verb, from Middle English tingen , of imitative origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125123",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tinge":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tint"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slight staining or suffusing shade or color":[],
      ": an affective or modifying property or influence : touch":[
        "a tinge of guilt"
      ],
      ": to affect or modify in character":[],
      ": to affect or modify with a slight odor or taste":[],
      ": to color with a slight shade or stain : tint":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "showing a tinge of color",
      "dark hair with reddish tinges",
      "Verb",
      "The ink tinged his fingers blue.",
      "just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Now, real life has started to take on a fantastical tinge : a text generator that can spit out a movie script, or an image generator that can conjure up visuals based on any combination of words. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
      "Now, real life has started to take on a fantastical tinge : a text generator that can spit out a movie script, or an image generator that can conjure up visuals based on any combination of words. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "The Russell serves thick chunks of pork butt, grilled and piled together with large timbales of rice and gungo peas, which resemble small kidney beans and lend the rice a pinkish, dirty-rice tinge . \u2014 Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant , 2 May 2022",
      "Just barely a slight sweet tinge with good carbonation. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "But there\u2019s a tinge of uncertainty \u2014 a tremble of possible tension. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 26 Dec. 2021",
      "Not wholly unwelcome but 15 degrees above average, with a tinge of humidity \u2026 too summery for April. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
      "Every bite has a sweet tinge of caramelized onions that melt right into the greasy mozzarella. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "Some of the best sketches, whether silly or savage, have a tinge of horror. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "As the Islanders begin their season against the Hurricanes tonight, an air of surrealistic disbelief continues to tinge the memories of their captivating run to the edge of the Stanley Cup Finals last spring. \u2014 Jerry Beach, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "By evening, the rain seemed to be gone, replaced by a fiery sunset, as orange flame seemed to tinge the undersides of gray clouds. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "Partisanship would still tinge the selection and confirmation of judges by the president and Senate, however, and ideological extremists could still reach the Supreme Court. \u2014 Artemus Ward, The Conversation , 6 July 2021",
      "Northeast Ohio area is about a half-inch below normal on rain so far in May, which means our spring-green lawns are starting to tinge brown, and rain barrels are dwindling down to nothing. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 21 May 2021",
      "As a whole, however, the comments offer a sense of the tension that will likely tinge the franchise's forthcoming seasons. \u2014 Natalie Morin, refinery29.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
      "Castelmaure Vin-Gris Corbi\u00e8res 2019 Languedoc, France, $17 Traditional southern French grapes grenache, carignan and cinsault, left on their skins just long enough to tinge the juice a pale pink, or gris, color, make up this blend. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Apr. 2020",
      "But the tribulations that tinge every victory in pursuit of simply being American are the worst of us. \u2014 R. Eric Thomas, Time , 17 Feb. 2020",
      "The water started to tinge violaceous from the residual blood. \u2014 Illyanna Maisonet, SFChronicle.com , 23 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1752, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin tingere to dip, moisten, tinge; akin to Greek tengein to moisten and probably to Old High German dunk\u014dn to dip":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tinj"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "color",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tincture",
      "tint",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051245",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tinged":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a high-pitched sound like that made by a light stroke on a crystal goblet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1602, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ting , verb, from Middle English tingen , of imitative origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181745",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tingle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a tingling sensation : a usually slight ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation":[
        "She felt a tingle of excitement/anticipation.",
        "It offers the palate-pleasing tingle of a bubbly soda with a much-simplified ingredient list of often nothing more than water and carbonation.",
        "\u2014 Chelsey Dulaney",
        "Soon my thinking cleared up, but the surges renewed\u2014pain, and a frisson of electricity around the eye, into the cheek, a vague tingle .",
        "\u2014 Sallie Tisdale"
      ],
      ": tinkle sense 1":[],
      ": to cause such a sensation":[],
      ": to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "My arm was numb and tingling .",
      "awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Bonnivet\u2019s large ear still seems to tingle with the sensation of having been pitilessly scrutinized, while the color and texture of his curly beard and thin mustache are captured with a miniaturist\u2019s mind-bending wizardry. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
      "Hints of grapefruit and oatmeal will tingle and invigorate your scalp, cleansing it of oil and buildup. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
      "And my back, it\u2019s-a already starting to tingle , which means the cortisone\u2019s-a wearing off. \u2014 Simon Rich, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "These are the moments when my Spidey sense begins to tingle . \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "Here is why Szechuan peppercorns make your mouth tingle . \u2014 Leah Bhabha, Vogue , 8 Mar. 2022",
      "During the 1980s and \u201990s, his heyday, P.J. O\u2019Rourke owned one of those bylines \u2014 like Nora Ephron\u2019s, or Michael Kinsley\u2019s, or Calvin Trillin\u2019s \u2014 that made many readers, including this one, tingle with anticipation. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "Sometimes during these episodes, the left side of my arm would tingle and start to feel weak. \u2014 Sherese Powers, Health.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "However, Glance itself will make your privacy senses tingle . \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, alteration of tinklen to tinkle, tingle":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b-g\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chink",
      "clink",
      "jingle",
      "tinkle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203344",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tiniest":{
    "antonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
      "colossal",
      "cosmic",
      "cosmical",
      "elephantine",
      "enormous",
      "giant",
      "gigantic",
      "herculean",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "huge",
      "immense",
      "mammoth",
      "massive",
      "monster",
      "monstrous",
      "monumental",
      "mountainous",
      "planetary",
      "prodigious",
      "titanic",
      "tremendous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": very small or diminutive : minute":[]
    },
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      "The computer chips were tiny .",
      "He's from a tiny town that you've probably never heard of.",
      "There's just one tiny little problem.",
      "Aren't you even a tiny bit scared",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Below the water, the knots of interlaced roots protect tiny fish from the ravenous jaws of larger fish, and even manatees and dolphins take refuge in these swamps. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "Now, according to Autocar, the tiny British firm is planning to create a road-legal version of its pint-sized electric missile. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
      "The minis are a more affordable, starter option that is simply a tiny indoor plug-in smart security camera. \u2014 al , 27 June 2022",
      "The day of the visit, Cruz Ortiz watched as the musicians stood in charro suits adorned with tiny medallions that glistened in the sun. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
      "Growing only 6 to 8 inches tall, these tiny wildflowers are a great option for borders or edging. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 27 June 2022",
      "The 4-month-old, named Chosen\u2019One Chase Garrett, became an orphan in a matter of seconds as the bullets whizzed past his tiny frame. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
      "The dancing, flickering lights of these tiny bugs have enamored people for centuries. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
      "Khlo\u00e9 wore a bubblegum triangle bikini top with tiny string bikini bottoms in a matching sweet shade of pink, high-cut on her hips. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 27 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English tine":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u012b-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tiny small , little , diminutive , minute , tiny , miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity. your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness. diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness. a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute . tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale. a dollhouse with miniature furnishings",
    "synonyms":[
      "atomic",
      "bitsy",
      "bitty",
      "infinitesimal",
      "itty-bitty",
      "itsy-bitsy",
      "little bitty",
      "microminiature",
      "microscopic",
      "microscopical",
      "miniature",
      "minuscule",
      "minute",
      "teensy",
      "teensy-weensy",
      "teeny",
      "teeny-weeny",
      "wee",
      "weeny",
      "weensy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162527",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually itinerant mender of household utensils":[],
      ": an unskillful mender : bungler":[],
      ": romani sense 1":[],
      ": to repair, adjust, or experiment with":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "He was tinkering in the garage.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "With a day off Monday, the Orioles can tinker with the order to avoid calling up another starter. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
      "In the regular season, Kerr can tinker with his lineups because the stakes are relatively low. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Clayton Kershaw will tinker with a changeup, hint at the possibility of incorporating it full time into his arsenal, then abandon the pitch once the games count. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
      "The athletes can tinker and adjust the runners on training days. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Instead, there\u2019s a small team of architects, designers and chefs who tinker with sugar sculptures and recipes, building with modded and food-safe 3-D printers that are more typically used for metalworking. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "Maybe the Dodgers didn\u2019t need to tinker with their pitching to advance to the NLCS. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "Considering Los Angeles is in a arms race with the Brooklyn Nets \u2014 a similar superpower team with arguably a stronger roster \u2014 the Lakers will definitely tinker with their active roster by the end of the season. \u2014 Dj Siddiqi, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "Shrewd managers will continually tinker with their roster each week, overturning the bottom to bring in the best possible backups and bye week replacements. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Youngkin had one final chance to tinker with that budget, proposing about three dozen amendments that lawmakers took up Friday. \u2014 Laura Vozzella, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
      "Again, these proposals were unveiled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an event that the SEC\u2019s central planners clearly believe to be of little significance compared with their plans to tinker with the climate. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "This is an exciting time to buy a big tent, as designers tinker with everything from architecture and durability to patterning and pockets. \u2014 Ryan Stuart, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Get hands-on with fun exhibits, see a movie or tinker in MakerPlace. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
      "Even better, its challenge is disguised in the form of a tinker -toy. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "The possible outcomes for the division\u2019s heavyweights fall somewhere between tinker and overhaul. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
      "This hackable, programmable micro PC is a great option for anyone\u2014computer science major or otherwise\u2014who wants to tinker and experiment with software or hardware. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 9 Aug. 2021",
      "After graduating from university, Jacob and Karsten began to tinker . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1655, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English tinkere":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093255",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "antonyms":[
      "chime(s)",
      "jingle",
      "tintinnabulation"
    ],
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      ": a jingling effect in verse or prose":[],
      ": a series of short high ringing or clinking sounds":[],
      ": to cause to make a tinkle":[],
      ": to make or emit a tinkle or a sound suggestive of a tinkle":[],
      ": to produce by tinkling":[
        "tinkle a tune"
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      ": to sound or make known (the time) by a tinkle":[],
      ": urinate":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "The ice tinkled in the glass.",
      "A piano was tinkling in the background.",
      "He tinkled a small bell.",
      "Noun",
      "the soothing tinkle of the wind chime on the back porch",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "For all 17 months of her life, Yarielis Paulino-Pepin has only known the warm nest of a hospital room, where gentle lullabies tinkle amid the hum, swish, and beeping of machines keeping her alive. \u2014 Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Dinners were often silent, interrupted only by tinkling ice in a whiskey glass. \u2014 Robin Antalek, Longreads , 22 Apr. 2020",
      "The Spirio | r, which debuted last month on Steinway\u2019s 166th birthday, allows users of the piano brand to record themselves tinkling the keys, and then adjust the recording themselves via the Spirio app. \u2014 Rob Ledonne, Billboard , 17 Apr. 2019",
      "But this is a movie that's more efficient than emotionally affecting, a factor underlined by the heavy-handed use of Edward Shearmur's pensive score dominated by tinkling piano. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2020",
      "On their shelves are the previous decade\u2019s big moneymakers \u2014 tinkling meditation balls, replica swords, qipaos and noisemakers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Sep. 2019",
      "The Sugarplum Fairy, here called Sugar Rum Cherry, dances to a slow, cheeky, boom-chicka-boom number, decidedly naughtier than Tchaikovsky\u2019s tinkling melody for the celesta. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2019",
      "Rhoda meets Mary Richards, played by the show\u2019s namesake, when Mary moves into the turreted Victorian house where Rhoda has fashioned a home in the attic, fringe beads tinkling in the doorway. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2019",
      "Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air. \u2014 National Geographic , 5 Mar. 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "At the resort, which presides over the pretty Kalemya Bay, all is quiet, apart from the splish-splashing of the waves and perhaps the faint tinkle of laughter of someone giving paddle boarding a go. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "But not everyone is tickled by the tower taking a tinkle . \u2014 Sarah Rumpf, Fox News , 20 May 2022",
      "Square tiles tinkle like bells when tapped by feet. \u2014 Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Roses wreath bespoke trellises, and the gentle tinkle from black slate fountains fills the space, an almost meditative hum. \u2014 The Editors, Robb Report , 23 June 2021",
      "What is the difference between face shaving with a tinkle razor and dermaplaning",
      "The dog swam back to shore and shook itself, and the tinkle of its collar bounced across the surface of the water and toward Chip. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Why the Alcatraz foghorn when a bicycle tinkle -bell would do",
      "While the familiar tinkle of the Red Kettle bells can still be heard throughout the next few weeks, there are also fewer bells throughout the nation because of the pandemic. \u2014 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1668, in the meaning defined at sense":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, frequentative of tinken to tinkle, of imitative origin":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ti\u014b-k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chink",
      "clink",
      "jingle",
      "tingle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013614",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tint":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a panel of light color serving as background":[],
      ": a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together":[],
      ": a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch":[],
      ": a usually slight or pale coloration : hue":[],
      ": a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness":[],
      ": any of various lighter or darker shades of a color : tinge":[],
      ": dye for the hair":[],
      ": to impart or apply a tint to : color":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a photo with a sepia tint",
      "green with a yellowish tint",
      "She got a red tint at the salon.",
      "Verb",
      "They tinted the water with blue dye.",
      "if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The same trooper on Thursday stopped a white Chevrolet in neighboring Hernando County for having windows with darker than legal tint , according to a second incident report. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "The painting had been covered with two layers of varnish, obscuring the vivid colors and giving a grayish or yellowish tint . \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Almost everything that used to shine on the sedan is now covered in gloss black, including the grille and window trim, while the lighting in the front and back been given a dark tint . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
      "Summer Fridays has a new milky sunscreen that's kind of a hybrid between a sheer base and a glowy tint . \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 14 June 2022",
      "However, there were doubts, because the WSL has long long been averse to supporting filmmakers and other outside media that might depict the league in any tint but rose. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "This product was made for dark hair in mind, using a natural tint that blends into every hair color. \u2014 ELLE , 1 June 2022",
      "The blendable, buildable tint imparts just the right amount of fresh-faced color and luminosity without superfluous shimmer. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "This gloss revives color and enhances color through a sheer tint . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Reindeer take those night-vision goggles and tint them on a seasonal schedule, upping their powers further. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
      "Many Chinese communities think yellow skin is an indicator of a chicken that lived well, and hence eats well, and some kitchens will tint the poaching water with a tiny bit of turmeric to oblige their customers. \u2014 Tse Wei Lim, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "The reasons people choose to tint the windows of an automobile vary. \u2014 Matthew Askari, Car and Driver , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Branagh starts with color travelogue footage of modern-day Belfast, Ireland, then shifts to black and white for his period story, the same way hack directors used to tint past scenes amber, imitating The Godfather, Part II. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "This is the time of year when some craft brewers tint their beer pink, and ros\u00e9 bottles and cocktail menus display the iconic ribbon, touting companies\u2019 donations to breast cancer organizations. \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "As an ode to New York, MOSCOT has launched the New York Rose collection featuring The NY ROSE and NY ROSE FADE tint in six iconic styles. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The Golden Gate is a take on a mimosa, with Champagne, orange juice, up to an ounce of pear brandy, and grenadine to tint the drink as close as possible to international orange, the paint color of the Golden Gate Bridge. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "For marbled , set aside some of the batter, tint it with food coloring, and pipe over plain batter divided into paper bake cups. \u2014 Erin Mayer, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier tinct , from Latin tinctus act of dyeing, from tingere to tinge":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tint"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "color",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063708",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tint tool":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fine graver used for cutting the parallel lines that produce tints":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203010",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tinted":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bepaint",
      "color",
      "dye",
      "paint",
      "pigment",
      "stain",
      "tincture",
      "tinge"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a panel of light color serving as background":[],
      ": a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together":[],
      ": a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic : touch":[],
      ": a usually slight or pale coloration : hue":[],
      ": a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness":[],
      ": any of various lighter or darker shades of a color : tinge":[],
      ": dye for the hair":[],
      ": to impart or apply a tint to : color":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "a photo with a sepia tint",
      "green with a yellowish tint",
      "She got a red tint at the salon.",
      "Verb",
      "They tinted the water with blue dye.",
      "if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The same trooper on Thursday stopped a white Chevrolet in neighboring Hernando County for having windows with darker than legal tint , according to a second incident report. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch, CNN , 1 July 2022",
      "The painting had been covered with two layers of varnish, obscuring the vivid colors and giving a grayish or yellowish tint . \u2014 Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic , 16 June 2022",
      "Almost everything that used to shine on the sedan is now covered in gloss black, including the grille and window trim, while the lighting in the front and back been given a dark tint . \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
      "Summer Fridays has a new milky sunscreen that's kind of a hybrid between a sheer base and a glowy tint . \u2014 Megan Decker, refinery29.com , 14 June 2022",
      "However, there were doubts, because the WSL has long long been averse to supporting filmmakers and other outside media that might depict the league in any tint but rose. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
      "This product was made for dark hair in mind, using a natural tint that blends into every hair color. \u2014 ELLE , 1 June 2022",
      "The blendable, buildable tint imparts just the right amount of fresh-faced color and luminosity without superfluous shimmer. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
      "This gloss revives color and enhances color through a sheer tint . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 27 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Reindeer take those night-vision goggles and tint them on a seasonal schedule, upping their powers further. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 28 June 2022",
      "Many Chinese communities think yellow skin is an indicator of a chicken that lived well, and hence eats well, and some kitchens will tint the poaching water with a tiny bit of turmeric to oblige their customers. \u2014 Tse Wei Lim, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
      "The reasons people choose to tint the windows of an automobile vary. \u2014 Matthew Askari, Car and Driver , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Branagh starts with color travelogue footage of modern-day Belfast, Ireland, then shifts to black and white for his period story, the same way hack directors used to tint past scenes amber, imitating The Godfather, Part II. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 Nov. 2021",
      "This is the time of year when some craft brewers tint their beer pink, and ros\u00e9 bottles and cocktail menus display the iconic ribbon, touting companies\u2019 donations to breast cancer organizations. \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 5 Oct. 2021",
      "As an ode to New York, MOSCOT has launched the New York Rose collection featuring The NY ROSE and NY ROSE FADE tint in six iconic styles. \u2014 Rachel Besser, Vogue , 14 Sep. 2021",
      "The Golden Gate is a take on a mimosa, with Champagne, orange juice, up to an ounce of pear brandy, and grenadine to tint the drink as close as possible to international orange, the paint color of the Golden Gate Bridge. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Aug. 2021",
      "For marbled , set aside some of the batter, tint it with food coloring, and pipe over plain batter divided into paper bake cups. \u2014 Erin Mayer, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1717, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1791, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of earlier tinct , from Latin tinctus act of dyeing, from tingere to tinge":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tint"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "cast",
      "color",
      "hue",
      "shade",
      "tincture",
      "tinge",
      "tone"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221054",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "tintinnabulation":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a jingling or tinkling sound as if of bells":[],
      ": the ringing or sounding of bells":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the merry tintinnabulation of church bells",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation , exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
      "Two dozen billiard balls roll on tracks, striking a series of devices that set off a tintinnabulation of bells, chimes and metallic clinks. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2021",
      "The delicate tintinnabulation of Adasiewicz\u2019s vibes dovetailed with Reed\u2019s telegraphic drum work, Reid\u2019s amber cellos lines, Johnson\u2019s silvery trumpet phrases and Heinemann\u2019s warmly resonant bass. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 27 Sep. 2020",
      "Adasiewicz\u2019s score reflects the impressionistic quality Christopher describes, the tintinnabulation of his vibraphone echoed in silvery streaks of melody from Berman\u2019s cornet and washes of sound from Drake\u2019s percussion. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1831, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin tintinnabulum bell, from tintinnare to ring, jingle, from tinnire":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctin-t\u0259-\u02ccna-by\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chime(s)",
      "jingle",
      "tinkle"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000801",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tintinnid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a ciliate of the family Tintinnidae":[],
      ": of or relating to the Tintinnidae":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Tintinnidae":"Adjective"
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
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    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115922",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tintlaying":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the laying of a tint by the benday process":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101904",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tintless":{
    "antonyms":[
      "colored",
      "colorized",
      "dyed",
      "hued",
      "painted",
      "pigmented",
      "stained",
      "tinct",
      "tinctured",
      "tinged",
      "tinted"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no tints : lacking color":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the tintless light of the midwinter sun"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1789, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tint-l\u0259s"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "colorless",
      "uncolored",
      "undyed",
      "unpainted",
      "unstained",
      "white"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031047",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "tintype":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ferrotype sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Salgado says a tintype portrait is as important today as in centuries past. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "The tintype , or emulsion plate photography, dates to the 1850s. \u2014 Pat Mcdonogh, The Courier-Journal , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "One Fawick Gallery wall shows tintype images of Chapman posing as asylum patients. \u2014 Beth Mlady, cleveland , 26 Aug. 2021",
      "Photographer Adrian Whipp is a master of the wet plate collodion process and will capture your grinning mugs in a tintype as timeless as your friendship. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Marie Claire , 5 May 2021",
      "Framed tintype -style portraits by Lindsay Ross show vineyard workers as well as the Coombsville AVA vineyards. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 18 Dec. 2020",
      "As caught in this filming, PNB\u2019s visual style suggests a Currier and Ives print; NYCB\u2019s filmed result resembles a sepia-toned tintype photograph. \u2014 Robert Greskovic, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2020",
      "Silver and Cedar is a tintype photography studio and leather shop that carries furnishings, keepsakes and in-house made wood d\u00e9cor. \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 25 Nov. 2020",
      "The slow, deliberate tintype process fostered a more intimate connection between the photographers and their subjects. \u2014 John Otis, New York Times , 18 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-\u02cct\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074859",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tiny":{
    "antonyms":[
      "astronomical",
      "astronomic",
      "colossal",
      "cosmic",
      "cosmical",
      "elephantine",
      "enormous",
      "giant",
      "gigantic",
      "herculean",
      "heroic",
      "heroical",
      "huge",
      "immense",
      "mammoth",
      "massive",
      "monster",
      "monstrous",
      "monumental",
      "mountainous",
      "planetary",
      "prodigious",
      "titanic",
      "tremendous"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": very small or diminutive : minute":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The computer chips were tiny .",
      "He's from a tiny town that you've probably never heard of.",
      "There's just one tiny little problem.",
      "Aren't you even a tiny bit scared",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Below the water, the knots of interlaced roots protect tiny fish from the ravenous jaws of larger fish, and even manatees and dolphins take refuge in these swamps. \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
      "Now, according to Autocar, the tiny British firm is planning to create a road-legal version of its pint-sized electric missile. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 27 June 2022",
      "The minis are a more affordable, starter option that is simply a tiny indoor plug-in smart security camera. \u2014 al , 27 June 2022",
      "The day of the visit, Cruz Ortiz watched as the musicians stood in charro suits adorned with tiny medallions that glistened in the sun. \u2014 Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone , 27 June 2022",
      "Growing only 6 to 8 inches tall, these tiny wildflowers are a great option for borders or edging. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 27 June 2022",
      "The 4-month-old, named Chosen\u2019One Chase Garrett, became an orphan in a matter of seconds as the bullets whizzed past his tiny frame. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 27 June 2022",
      "The dancing, flickering lights of these tiny bugs have enamored people for centuries. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 27 June 2022",
      "Khlo\u00e9 wore a bubblegum triangle bikini top with tiny string bikini bottoms in a matching sweet shade of pink, high-cut on her hips. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 27 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of Middle English tine":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u012b-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tiny small , little , diminutive , minute , tiny , miniature mean noticeably below average in size. small and little are often interchangeable, but small applies more to relative size determined by capacity, value, number. a relatively small backyard little is more absolute in implication often carrying the idea of petiteness, pettiness, insignificance, or immaturity. your pathetic little smile diminutive implies abnormal smallness. diminutive bonsai plants minute implies extreme smallness. a minute amount of caffeine in the soda tiny is an informal equivalent to minute . tiny cracks formed in the painting miniature applies to an exactly proportioned reproduction on a very small scale. a dollhouse with miniature furnishings",
    "synonyms":[
      "atomic",
      "bitsy",
      "bitty",
      "infinitesimal",
      "itty-bitty",
      "itsy-bitsy",
      "little bitty",
      "microminiature",
      "microscopic",
      "microscopical",
      "miniature",
      "minuscule",
      "minute",
      "teensy",
      "teensy-weensy",
      "teeny",
      "teeny-weeny",
      "wee",
      "weeny",
      "weensy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234827",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tine":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a slender pointed projecting part : prong":[],
      ": a pointed branch of an antler":[],
      ": lose":[],
      ": to become lost":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8t\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "One of the fork's tines was bent.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Thanks to Apple Silicon, the current M1-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro rejuvenated the macOS laptop tine -up. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
      "Latrell Sprewell is recognized as the first NBA player to do it, and the move caught on big- tine in college basketball after Duke guard Nate James did it in a high school all-star game. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
      "When the four members of Rage come together there is the potential of a musical explosion every tine that propels the foursome to greatness. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
      "The 13-pointer is a typical main frame 12 with about a 2-inch claw tine on its left antler. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Nov. 2021",
      "With your other hand, place the bottom tine of the fork under the shell right at the spot the vein appears. \u2014 Paul Stephen Paul\u2019s Cooking Tips, San Antonio Express-News , 31 May 2021",
      "The tine constellation of Lyra\u2014now rising in the east after dark\u2014 is home to the bright summer star Vega, the star that all others are judged by. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
      "Each tine clawed six inches of loamy soil with every revolution, and there were six tines in total. \u2014 Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics , 6 Mar. 2021",
      "Unfortunately, the broadside opportunity was interrupted by a doe that came crashing through the woods with another buck on her tail, and the double-drop- tine buck joined the pursuit. \u2014 Scott Bestul, Field & Stream , 8 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English tind , from Old English; akin to Old High German zint point, tine":"Noun",
      "Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse t\u0233na to lose, destroy, tj\u014dn injury, loss \u2014 more at teen entry 2":"Verb"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145246"
  },
  "tinea":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-\u0113-\u0259",
      "\u02c8ti-n\u0113-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some of the common concerns for high school football and wrestling is Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA), Group A Streptococcus; herpes simplex virus; tinea capitis (ringworm); tinea pedis (athlete\u2019s foot); scabies and lice. \u2014 Raising Austin, ajc , 25 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, worm, moth":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163329"
  },
  "tin dioxide":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stannic oxide":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181731"
  },
  "tinea cruris":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ringworm involving especially the groin and perineum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8kru\u0307r-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to Apple Bodemer, a dermatologist in Madison, Wisconsin, jock itch \u2014 also called tinea cruris \u2013 is a condition caused by a fungal infection of the skin. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Allure , 3 Mar. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, literally, tinea of the leg":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185537"
  },
  "tinfoil":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a paper-thin metal sheeting usually of aluminum or tin-lead alloy":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-\u02ccf\u022fi(-\u0259)l",
      "\u02c8tin-\u02ccf\u022fil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Wrap the leftover food in tinfoil .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are a few theories as to why the windows were covered, but the wildest part is that the tinfoil window treatments were still exactly as Elvis had left them. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 8 June 2022",
      "Put the orange top back on like a lid, wrap the whole thing in tinfoil , and bake in the campfire for ten minutes. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
      "For cooking in the wild, lean into the foil packet\u2014 tinfoil packed with goodness and cooked on the edge of the fire\u2014but don\u2019t limit yourself to standard meat and potatoes. \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021",
      "He's spoken recently to that person who told him to take off his tinfoil hat in 2020. \u2014 Edward-isaac Dovere, CNN , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "In Villa\u2019s lab, Lindsey Young, a postdoc, showed me a dish of what looked like tiny holes punched out of tinfoil . \u2014 James Somers, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "Documented in a video on Instagram, Johnson keeps his eyes closed while his daughter stands in front of him holding a piece of tinfoil with a glob of peanut butter in the center. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 6 Feb. 2022",
      "In the clip, Johnson keeps his eyes closed while his daughter stands in front of him holding a piece of tinfoil with a glob of peanut butter in the center. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Some wore doctor\u2019s scrubs; others donned tinfoil hats. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191040"
  },
  "tin fish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": torpedo":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192410"
  },
  "ting-a-ling":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the sound of a tinkling bell":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6ti\u014b\u0259\u00a6li\u014b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201625"
  },
  "tineola":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of clothes moths including the webbing clothes moth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "t\u0259\u0307\u02c8n\u0113\u0259l\u0259",
      "\u02cctin\u0113\u02c8\u014dl\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Late Latin, small worm, small moth, diminutive of Latin tinea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232540"
  },
  "tinea pedis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": athlete's foot":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8ped-\u0259s",
      "-\u02c8pe-d\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Appropriately enough, tinea pedis , or athlete's foot, is the most common fungal infection picked up in gyms, according to Fullem. \u2014 Scott Douglas, sun-sentinel.com , 29 July 2019",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018",
      "According to The Points Guy, the most likely suspect is a fungal infection, specifically tinea pedis , a.k.a. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, ajc , 12 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, tinea of the foot":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1948, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002134"
  },
  "tin dichloride":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": stannous chloride":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011448"
  },
  "tin whistle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small fipple flute":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1740, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013828"
  },
  "Tineoidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a superfamily of small moths comprising the majority of the Microlepidoptera (as the clothes moths, carpet moths, leaf miners) and having narrow simply veined wings broadly fringed with hairs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cctin\u0113\u02c8\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Tinea + -oidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040842"
  },
  "tin-white":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bluish white":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174910"
  },
  "tinsmith":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a worker who makes or repairs things of sheet metal (such as tinplate)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin-\u02ccsmith"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Most of her business marketing has been via word of mouth, or occasionally when someone is specifically looking for a coppersmith for their custom project or a tinsmith to re-tin their copper cookware. \u2014 Alison Coleman, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "Ever since an American tinsmith named John Landis Mason invented his home-canning container in 1858, Mason Jars (aka Ball Jars) have been the standard for this essential kitchen pastime. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 21 Aug. 2019",
      "Rewards were offered, and the police picked up a couple of immigrants \u2014 Sicilians, one a tinsmith and the other a tinkerer \u2014 and held them for questioning. \u2014 Mike Scott, NOLA.com , 8 Dec. 2020",
      "Dahmen interviews fellow craftspeople and entrepreneurs, including tinsmith Bob Bartelme, her longtime mentor who's become a friend and an honorary grandparent to her three children. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Apr. 2020",
      "Further Reading The Porsche Taycan\u2014every bit as good as a $200,000 Porsche should be As a young man, Ferdinand Porsche was fascinated by electricity and chose not to follow in the footsteps of his small-town tinsmith father. \u2014 Adam Kaslikowski, Ars Technica , 4 Feb. 2020",
      "The Culinary and Craft School is also notable because of the handcrafted construction by woodworkers, tinsmiths and glassblowers in the park. \u2014 Diana Lambdin Meyer, Dallas News , 30 July 2019",
      "His father is the town tinsmith , and Henri plans to follow in his footsteps. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Gainza, Harper's magazine , 10 May 2019",
      "Placerville\u2019s occupations in 1865 included a butcher, four bakers, a tinsmith , five carpenters, two lumber dealers, two boot and shoemakers, three stable keepers, four blacksmiths, four jewelers and five general storekeepers. \u2014 Arthur Hart, idahostatesman , 7 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1812, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180119"
  },
  "tin ear":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a deafened or insensitive ear":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "My wife is a talented musician, but I have a tin ear .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But throughout the lengthy process, Clinton continually demonstrated a tin ear about Russia\u2019s concerns for its security and prestige. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
      "Sinerma didn't get this far in politics -- she's held seats in the Arizona state House and state Senate as well as in the US House prior to the Senate -- by having a tin ear , politically speaking. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Pelley comes close to asking a tough question about Sullivan\u2019s tin ear (at best) on race, noting the incident when, as then-editor of The New Republic, Sullivan published an excerpt of a book asserting genetic deficits in IQ among Black people. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "In both productions, the metaphors for corruption and predatory capitalism are so obvious that even my tin ear for symbolism could hear them. \u2014 Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The stocky, bearded Yetnikoff was a onetime lawyer with a sharp mind, a foul mouth, a big heart, a tin ear , a roving eye and an extraordinary temper, a Jewish kid from Brooklyn whose hunger for recognition and power drove him to excess in every way. \u2014 Hillel Italie, ajc , 11 Aug. 2021",
      "While such sentiments might lead to the allocation of more resources, or support back home, they are said with a tin ear . \u2014 Mark Gevisser, Time , 24 June 2021",
      "Markey also found himself on the defense at times during the campaign, with Kennedy repeatedly trying to portray him as having a tin ear to racial equity concerns. \u2014 Steve Leblanc, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Sep. 2020",
      "But Manny has to grab the maestro stick and get a symphony out of the tin ears (and not just the final day of the season). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1935, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225049"
  },
  "tinsey":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tinsel entry 2":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by alteration":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002127"
  },
  "tinsel":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": threads, strips, or sheets of metal, paper, or plastic used to produce a glittering and sparkling appearance in fabrics, yarns, or decorations":[],
      ": something superficially attractive or glamorous but of little real worth":[
        "disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation",
        "\u2014 Thomas Jefferson"
      ],
      ": made of or covered with tinsel":[],
      ": cheaply gaudy : tawdry":[],
      ": specious , superficial":[
        "tinsel promises"
      ],
      ": to interweave, overlay, or adorn with or as if with tinsel":[],
      ": to impart a specious brightness to":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "also \u02c8tin-z\u0259l",
      "\u02c8tin-s\u0259l",
      "\u02c8tin(t)-s\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "candyfloss",
      "cotton candy",
      "eye candy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I like to decorate the Christmas tree with tinsel .",
      "He's not attracted to the tinsel and glitter of Hollywood.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "It was made of yellow satin, metallic thread embroidery, midnight blue velvet, yellow tulle with applied tinsel , and glass pearls. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 2 May 2022",
      "Kristen McMenamy's duet of braids was elevated by her length, side-part, and silvered shade, a cool complement to Megan Thee Stallion's brush verdant (and tinsel -strewn) half-up hair. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "Ella Emhoff admired the tinsel knitting on her dress. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 5 May 2022",
      "In February alone, the rapper was spied rocking hair tinsel on three separate occasions. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Mendes's golden tinsel dress, and her glowy makeup look, is meant to channel how the Electric Light dress was lit. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 2 May 2022",
      "The first picture in the set of photos features Kardashian in a glittering tinsel jacket and silver boots crouching down to speak with Davidson, who is laid out on the floor in a plaid shirt and jeans and angling his head up to speak to her. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "Meanwhile, at Moe\u2019s Bingo, the games go on in an ambiance of forlorn entertainment worthy of the hanging tinsel . \u2014 al , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Go the delicate route with a touch of glittering tinsel . \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue , 23 Jan. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Connor\u2019s new prints, on the other hand, made by the industrial dye-sublimation process on aluminum, are but tinseled imitations of her own extraordinary originals. \u2014 Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "And while my beard has tinseled , the intervening years haven\u2019t exactly been kind to Rome either. \u2014 Jason Horowitz, New York Times , 1 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English tyneseyle cloth interwoven with metallic thread, probably from Anglo-French tencel\u00e9 , past participle of tenceler, estenceler to sparkle \u2014 more at stencil":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015345"
  },
  "tinselly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tinsel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8tin(t)-s(\u0259-)l\u0113",
      "also \u02c8tin-z\u0259-l\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1811, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021500"
  }
}