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{
"ch'i":{
"type":"noun (1)",
"definitions":[
"the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table",
"vital energy that is held to animate the body internally and is of central importance in some Eastern systems of medical treatment (such as acupuncture ) and of exercise or self-defense (such as tai chi )"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8k\u012b",
"synonyms":[
"aura",
"energy",
"ki",
"vibe(s)",
"vibration(s)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1850, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"chafe":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": irritate , vex",
": to warm by rubbing especially with the hands",
": to rub so as to wear away : abrade",
": to make sore by or as if by rubbing",
": to feel irritation, discontent, or impatience : fret",
": to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation",
": a state of vexation : rage",
": injury or wear caused by friction",
": friction , rubbing",
": to become irritated or impatient",
": to rub so as to wear away or make sore",
": to irritate or make sore by or as if by rubbing",
": injury caused by friction"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101f",
"\u02c8ch\u0101f",
"\u02c8ch\u0101f"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrade",
"excoriate",
"fret",
"gall",
"irritate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"When the strap is too tight, it chafes the baby's skin.",
"If my boots aren't laced up tight they chafe .",
"The baby's skin will chafe if the strap is too tight.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Long spandex shorts are great for runners who tend to chafe or just want extra protection. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Ray Hughes, Runner\u2019s World, 1973 NOW: Let\u2019s all take a moment to be grateful for moisture-wicking technical tees that do not chafe . \u2014 Susan Lacke, Outside Online , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Many messenger bags feature straps that start to chafe and irritate your shoulder area. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But Brooks has hardly been the only Trump acolyte to lately chafe at the leash. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"More recently, the performer who had such exquisite control over his own instrument seemed to chafe at any other restrictions, griping about vaccine mandates and mask requirements. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The cable has a sawtooth design with ribbing that helps stop annoying microphonic when the cables chafe . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Many Kazakhs also chafe at the dominance of the ruling party, which holds more than 80% of the seats in parliament. \u2014 Dasha Litvinova, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Many Kazakhs also chafe at the dominance of the ruling party, which holds more than 80% of the seats in parliament. \u2014 Jim Heintz, ajc , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Other musts: chafe -free seams, zero wedgies, and comfortable fabrics. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, SELF , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The chamois is equal to any top-level insert and has kept me comfy and chafe -free for rides as long as 10 hours. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Aug. 2014",
"Anyway, to get back to the subject, the definitions for chafe are broad and grumpy: to irritate and vex, to abrade, to rub so as to wear away, to make sore, to feel irritation, discontent or impatience. \u2014 Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2021",
"Plus, these shorts are available in sizes XXS to 3X. With a five-inch inseam, these classic running shorts provide plenty of coverage and chafe -free wear. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2021",
"Judges who are supposed to be neutral chafe at having to elicit testimony. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2021",
"Setting aside the attachment to childhood and to the suburbs in which the Butlers\u2019 own childhoods took place, this song has Chassagne chafe at and ultimately reject the strictures of suburban life. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 18 Aug. 2020",
"Its highly breathable mesh fabric upper keeps feet cool, dry, and chafe -free, while the ComforDry sockliner provides cushion and drainage. \u2014 Janna Irons, Popular Mechanics , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Some Nissan engineers believe Renault leans too heavily on the Japanese side\u2019s technology expertise and chafe at the time spent accommodating their partner. \u2014 Sean Mclain, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214939"
},
"chaff":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain",
": something comparatively worthless",
": the scales borne on the receptacle among the florets in the heads of many composite plants",
": material (such as strips of foil or clusters of fine wires) ejected into the air for reflecting radar waves (as for confusing an enemy's radar detection)",
": light jesting talk : banter",
": to tease good-naturedly",
": jest , banter",
": the husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed in threshing",
": something worthless",
": to tease in a friendly way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chaf",
"\u02c8chaf"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"banter",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"chaffed her about the brightly colored shirt she had received as a gift",
"a coworker who likes to chaff at others' expense, and this often results in hurt feelings"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1821, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1827, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173150"
},
"chalk up":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": ascribe , credit",
": attain , achieve"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness",
"chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1877, in the meaning defined at sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180012"
},
"challenge":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to dispute especially as being unjust, invalid, or outmoded : impugn",
": to confront or defy boldly : dare",
": to call out to duel or combat",
": to invite into competition",
": to question formally the legality or legal qualifications of",
": to arouse or stimulate especially by presenting with difficulties",
": to order to halt and prove identity",
": to demand as due or deserved : require",
": to administer a physiological (see physiological sense 2 ) and especially an immunologic challenge to (an organism or cell)",
": to make or present a challenge",
": to take legal exception",
": a stimulating task or problem",
": a calling to account or into question : protest",
": an exception taken to a juror before the juror is sworn",
": a questioning of the right or validity of a vote or voter",
": a sentry's command to halt and prove identity",
": an invitation to compete in a sport",
": a summons (see summons entry 1 sense 2 ) that is often threatening, provocative, stimulating, or inciting",
": a summons to a duel to answer an affront",
": the act or process of provoking or testing physiological activity by exposure to a specific substance",
": a test of immunity by exposure to an antigen",
": to object to as bad or incorrect : dispute",
": to confront or defy boldly",
": to invite or dare to take part in a contest",
": to be difficult enough to be interesting to : test the skill or ability of",
": to halt and demand identification from",
": an objection to something as not being true, genuine, correct, or proper or to a person (as a juror) as not being correct, qualified, or approved",
": a call or dare for someone to compete in a contest or sport",
": a difficult task or problem",
": an order to stop and provide identification",
": to administer a physiological and especially an immunologic challenge to (an organism or cell)",
": the process of provoking or testing physiological activity by exposure to a specific substance",
": a test of immunity by exposure to an antigen after immunization against it",
": to dispute especially as being invalid or unjust",
": to question formally (as by a suit or motion) the legality or legal qualifications of",
": to make a challenge to (a trier of fact)",
"\u2014 compare recuse",
": a calling into question",
": a questioning of validity or legality : objection",
"\u2014 see also batson challenge",
": a request to disqualify a trier of fact (as a jury member or judge) \u2014 compare recusal , strike",
": a challenge especially of a prospective juror based on a specific and stated cause or reason",
": a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process",
": a challenge especially of a prospective juror that does not require a stated cause or reason"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-l\u0259nj",
"\u02c8cha-l\u0259nj",
"\u02c8chal-\u0259nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"contest",
"dispute",
"impeach",
"oppugn",
"query",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"complaint",
"demur",
"demurral",
"demurrer",
"difficulty",
"exception",
"expostulation",
"fuss",
"kick",
"objection",
"protest",
"question",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Begich had filed to challenge Young, who represented the entire state for 49 years in the House, before his death. \u2014 Bridget Bowman, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Now, as his July trial approaches, Bannon is looking to challenge the validity of the panel's formation. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"In the 2022 summery romantic comedy Fire Island, Joel Kim Booster might be similarly ripped, but his gaysian take on Pride and Prejudice is hardly the type of patriarchal narrative Bechdel, Wallace and Woolf were attempting to challenge . \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Most journalists are loath to cover negative news about the company and few US policymakers, save for Marco Rubio, dare to challenge Apple, one of the world\u2019s richest and most powerful companies. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"If, as expected, Ms. Way declines to allow Mr. Malinowski to run on the Moderate Party ticket, the party and some of its supporters plan to challenge her decision in state appeals court. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The judges also found that Atwood lacked standing to challenge the state\u2019s protocols for lethal gas. \u2014 Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic , 7 June 2022",
"If candidates who endorse Trump\u2019s false claim that the 2020 election was stolen win control of state offices, Trump and his supporters could be poised to challenge the outcome of the 2024 Presidential election. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"In addition to facing his accusers at trial, Garcia was also facing the prospect of having to challenge one of his accomplices. \u2014 Brian Melley, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Scott recalls two moments of prayer that fortified him for the challenge . \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The biggest challenge for us is trying to maintain and stay there. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"The biggest challenge was conjuring their voices in that absence. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
"Joining Manual's team the following year meant that Allen would compete in Class 3A. Allen expected to face tougher opposition and was ready for the challenge . \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 10 June 2022",
"But to complicate matters, an algorithm will randomly pair contestants for each challenge , making alliances and strategies more difficult to manage than ever. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"To solve for that challenge , executives would be wise to look at the past and consider what strategies helped businesses to not just survive the last multi-year recession, but thrive in its aftermath. \u2014 Jon Picoult, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The vote was triggered because at least 54 Tory legislators, 15% of the party\u2019s parliamentary caucus, called for a challenge to Mr. Johnson. \u2014 Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 June 2022",
"Both Rosentrater and Lawrence were up for the challenge . \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6",
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184214"
},
"chamber":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": room",
": bedroom",
": a natural or artificial enclosed space or cavity",
": a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body",
": a room where a judge transacts business",
": the reception room of a person of rank or authority",
": a legislative or judicial body",
": either of the houses of a bicameral legislature",
": a voluntary board or council",
": the part of the bore of a gun that holds the charge",
": a compartment in the cartridge cylinder of a revolver",
": to place in or as if in a chamber : house",
": to serve as a chamber for",
": to accommodate in the chamber of a firearm",
": being, relating to, or performing chamber music",
": an enclosed space, cavity, or compartment",
": a room in a house and especially a bedroom",
": a room used for a special purpose",
": a meeting hall of a government body",
": a room where a judge conducts business outside of the courtroom",
": a group of people organized into a lawmaking body",
": a board or council of volunteers (as businessmen)",
": an enclosed space within the body of an animal \u2014 see anterior chamber , posterior chamber , pulp chamber , vitreous chamber",
": a judge's office",
": the private office where a judge carries on business other than court sessions (as conferences or signing papers)",
": a hall for the meetings of a deliberative, legislative, or judicial body or assembly",
": a legislative or judicial body : house"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101m-b\u0259r",
"\u02c8ch\u0101m-b\u0259r",
"\u02c8ch\u0101m-b\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartment",
"cell",
"closet",
"room"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He put three bullets into the chamber of the gun.",
"the chambers of the heart",
"We waited for the senator outside the Senate chamber .",
"The U.S. legislature is separated into two chambers : the Senate and the House of Representatives.",
"Verb",
"chambered the lost hikers in the barn until the next morning",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Kathleen Flynn for NBC NewsJameson in the infant metabolic chamber . \u2014 Erika Edwards, NBC News , 12 June 2022",
"Now, with only three legislative sessions under his belt, Scott has ousted former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax) as the chamber \u2019s top Democrat and was elected by his caucus as House minority leader. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The quartet, Schubert\u2019s greatest chamber work, has a rawness and ferocity that almost exceeds what four string players can produce. \u2014 David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"With the prospect looming of a Republican majority in at least one chamber of Congress next year, Democrats who have been in a similar position of holding fleeting control of government are nervous that past mistakes will be repeated. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Voters in France head to the polls on Sunday for the first round of elections to determine control of the National Assembly, the lower and more powerful chamber of the national legislature. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 10 June 2022",
"At the time, the legislation, aimed at helping help low-income electricity customers, was making its way to the floor of an Illinois House chamber tightly controlled by Speaker Madigan. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Democrats would need at least 10 Senate Republicans to advance a gun package, and the House to pass a much narrower bill than what cleared the chamber this week. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The bill likely will need to go through several different Senate committees before being put to a full chamber vote. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Free to chamber members; $10 for guests who reserve; $20 at the door. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"The event is free to chamber members; $10 for nonmembers. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Admission is free to chamber members bringing a new, unwrapped toy. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The event is free to chamber members who register and $5 per person for guests. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 July 2021",
"On the outdoor stage there is an eclectic range of music, from Afro-Cuban to chamber . \u2014 Gerald Eskenazi, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
"Registration is open only to chamber members through Monday. \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 May 2021",
"The Chamber is asking participants to make a donation of a non-perishable food item to chamber members Gifts of Love and the Salvation Army. \u2014 courant.com , 7 May 2021",
"Today, most riflemakers chamber for the .22-250 Remington and .223 Remington, but almost none make a rifle for the Swift. \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 12 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"With less than a week and a half left in the legislative session, bills to crack down on police officers with histories of misconduct have been caught in the crosshairs of inter- chamber tensions and are in danger of not passing. \u2014 James Barrag\u00e1n, San Antonio Express-News , 21 May 2021",
"One of those plugs incorporates a passive pre- chamber ignition system. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 9 Sep. 2020",
"If there is any doubt of this technology's value, know that Formula 1 engines use pre- chamber ignition. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 9 Sep. 2020",
"Maserati has employed a dual-spark-plug configuration with an innovative pre- chamber combustion system integrated into the cylinder heads. \u2014 David Beard, Car and Driver , 2 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1706, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201034"
},
"champion":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a winner of first prize or first place in competition",
": one who shows marked superiority",
": a militant advocate or defender",
": warrior , fighter",
": one that does battle for another's rights or honor",
": to act as militant supporter of : uphold , advocate",
": to protect or fight for as a champion",
": challenge , defy",
": a person who fights or speaks for another person or in favor of a cause",
": a person accepted as better than all others in a sport or in a game of skill",
": the winner of first place in a competition",
": to fight or speak publicly in support of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cham-p\u0113-\u0259n",
"\u02c8cham-p\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"champ",
"titleholder",
"titlist",
"victor",
"winner"
],
"antonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"support"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Comets, who fell to eventual 3A state champion Severna Park in the semifinals, went 29-2 in his two years starting in goal. \u2014 Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"Defending state champion Center Grove and Carmel, which finished third last year at state, failed to qualify coming out of the regional. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 13 June 2022",
"To go from that uncertainty to state champion is quite the leap. \u2014 Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"The Sprague Olympians brought home the league title this spring, finishing with a 22-7 record before falling in the second round of the state tournament to eventual state champion West Linn. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Before that, Kevin spent his freshman year at Gilbert Perry, this year's 6A state champion . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"Playing in the same division and league as 2021's state champion Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, their trip seemed improbable. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 8 June 2022",
"But her potential game-tying penalty kick hit the left post with 4:17 remaining in the second half Saturday and defending state champion Troy Triad hung on for a 1-0 win. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Alexa Fortman held off Elizabeth Whaley of Cincinnati Indian Hill, who was the state champion in the 1,600 earlier in the day, by just 0.22 seconds. \u2014 Tim Bielik, cleveland , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication aims to champion civil rights and end hate crimes, particularly in the face of ongoing concerns about anti-immigrant \u2014 specifically anti-Asian \u2014 sentiment and violence. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 2 May 2022",
"The Ukrainians champion the use of face-scanning software from the U.S. tech firm Clearview AI as a brutal but effective way to stir up dissent inside Russia, discourage other fighters and hasten an end to the war. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"That is another fact never to be mentioned: The Left chooses to champion the rights of criminals, while the plight of the communities is exploited to demand ever more redistribution of wealth, which is duly funneled to political insiders. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"DeSantis\u2019 third quality has been his relentless search for new causes to champion in an expanding culture war. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 15 May 2022",
"Musk, on the other hand, has used his Twitter account \u2014 which has more than 84 million followers \u2014 to champion free speech and question content moderation decisions such as the banning of Trump and has appeared to mock gender pronouns. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Musk, on the other hand, has used his Twitter account - which has more than 84 million followers - to champion free speech and question content moderation decisions such as the banning of Trump and has appeared to mock gender pronouns. \u2014 Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, choosing to champion next-generation talent is characteristic of Enninful\u2019s approach. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Republican leaders in other states continue to champion and pass parental school choice and enjoy an expanding GOP base of voters and grateful parents as a result. \u2014 Scott Walker, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3",
"Verb",
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180511"
},
"chance":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": something that happens unpredictably without discernible human intention or observable cause",
": the assumed impersonal purposeless determiner of unaccountable happenings : luck",
": the fortuitous or incalculable element in existence : contingency",
": a situation favoring some purpose : opportunity",
": a fielding opportunity in baseball",
": the possibility of a particular outcome in an uncertain situation",
": the degree of likelihood of such an outcome",
": the more likely indications",
": risk",
": a raffle ticket",
": in the haphazard course of events",
": to take place, come about, or turn out by chance : happen",
": to have the good or bad luck",
": to come or light by chance",
": to leave the outcome of to chance",
": to accept the hazard of : risk",
": to take a risk",
": the happening of events that is not planned or controlled",
": opportunity sense 1",
": risk entry 1 sense 1 , gamble",
": the possibility that something will happen",
": a ticket in a raffle",
": to take place without planning : to happen by luck",
": to find or meet unexpectedly",
": to accept the danger of : risk",
": happening without being planned"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chan(t)s",
"\u02c8chans"
],
"synonyms":[
"accident",
"casualty",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck"
],
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"gamble (on)",
"hazard",
"risk",
"tempt",
"venture"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Investors will have a chance next week to again take a measure of the Fed's thinking when Chair Jerome Powell testifies to Congress. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Along with senior guard Brooklyn Swindle, Tann believes 6-4 juniors Cori James and Tre Sanders and 5-9 freshman point guard Nikko Velez have a chance to be special this weekend. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Investors will have a chance next week to again take a measure of the Fed's thinking when Chair Jerome Powell testifies to Congress. \u2014 Damian J. Troise, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"High inflation and record gasoline prices at the pump are a political liability heading into the midterm elections, where Republicans have a chance to seize majorities in the House and Senate. \u2014 Timothy Puko, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"The mills charge excessive fees and mislead people who have no chance of meeting the compromise requirements. \u2014 Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"For 15-year-old Ukrainian Andriy Pokrasa, there was no chance of just sitting back and doing nothing as Russian forces approached both his village and Kyiv. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 14 June 2022",
"House Democrats passed the measure after stripping out a provision that would have also protected the justices\u2019 clerks after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said a version with language to this effect would stand no chance in the Senate. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 June 2022",
"But the measure has almost no chance of passing the Senate and becoming law. \u2014 Rebecca Schneid, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Ravens, and 31 other NFL teams, were unwilling to chance putting him in uniform for the 2017 season. \u2014 Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun , 9 June 2022",
"The difference was attributed to the change in our order and not to chance . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"After missing out on his team\u2019s other big bowl appearances, Osborn, like many Utah fans, left nothing to chance this time around. \u2014 Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Therefore, Apple is giving developers to chance to implement auto-renewable subscription price increases without the user\u2019s input. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 17 May 2022",
"Mix and match ingredients to build your own creation or leave it to chance to see what our custom salad generator recommends for you. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Chelsea left nothing to chance in its bid to stay ahead of Man United and end its rival's three-season reign as champion. \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 19 May 2022",
"Their specific target is anyone\u2019s guess, but there is no need to leave anything to chance . \u2014 Mark Roberts, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"In other states, court systems in counties of a similar size as Broward don\u2019t leave judge assignments strictly to chance . \u2014 Terry Spencer, Sun Sentinel , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221132"
},
"chance-medley":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": accidental homicide not entirely without fault of the killer but without evil intent",
": haphazard action : confusion"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chan(t)s-\u02c8med-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"hell",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"muss",
"shambles",
"snake pit",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Anglo-French chance medl\u00e9e mingled chance",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223707"
},
"changeability":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of change : such as",
": able or apt to vary",
": subject to change : alterable",
": fickle",
": able or likely to become different"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
],
"examples":[
"The terms of this contract are easily changeable .",
"an easily changeable color scheme for the nursery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company said the legal agreements are not easily changeable . \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 18 May 2022",
"Trump's changeable stance on the Fifth Amendment reflects a man who will take whatever position best suits his needs in that moment. \u2014 Michael D'antonio, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Now, all but the cheapest economy-class tickets are changeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The floor cleaning task had a side effect related to Baltimore\u2019s changeable spring weather. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In Chicago, with its changeable weather, a temporary warm spell in late winter or early spring may cause the top layer of soil to warm up too soon. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The changeable Moon in Gemini starts us off with a sextile to the independent Sun in Aries, highlighting our sense of self. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"This chamber holds about a cubic foot of food waste and comes with a changeable carbon filter in the lid. \u2014 Richard Baguley, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Their intricate melodies, blazing-fast lyrics, changeable tempos and multilayered harmonies are devilishly difficult work for singers, musicians and directors to pull off. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223235"
},
"changeable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of change : such as",
": able or apt to vary",
": subject to change : alterable",
": fickle",
": able or likely to become different"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
],
"examples":[
"The terms of this contract are easily changeable .",
"an easily changeable color scheme for the nursery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company said the legal agreements are not easily changeable . \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 18 May 2022",
"Trump's changeable stance on the Fifth Amendment reflects a man who will take whatever position best suits his needs in that moment. \u2014 Michael D'antonio, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Now, all but the cheapest economy-class tickets are changeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The floor cleaning task had a side effect related to Baltimore\u2019s changeable spring weather. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In Chicago, with its changeable weather, a temporary warm spell in late winter or early spring may cause the top layer of soil to warm up too soon. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The changeable Moon in Gemini starts us off with a sextile to the independent Sun in Aries, highlighting our sense of self. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"This chamber holds about a cubic foot of food waste and comes with a changeable carbon filter in the lid. \u2014 Richard Baguley, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Their intricate melodies, blazing-fast lyrics, changeable tempos and multilayered harmonies are devilishly difficult work for singers, musicians and directors to pull off. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192024"
},
"changing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make different in some particular : alter",
": to make radically different : transform",
": to give a different position, course, or direction to",
": to replace with another",
": to make a shift from one to another : switch",
": to exchange for an equivalent sum of money (as in smaller denominations or in a foreign currency)",
": to undergo a modification of",
": to put fresh clothes or covering on",
": to become different",
": to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution",
": exchange , switch",
": to put on different clothes",
": to shift one's means of conveyance : transfer",
": to shift to lower register : break",
": to pass from one phase (see phase entry 1 sense 1 ) to another",
": to pass from the possession of one owner to that of another",
": the act, process, or result of changing : such as",
": alteration",
": transformation",
": substitution",
": the passage of the moon from one monthly revolution (see revolution sense 1a ) to another",
": the passage of the moon from one phase (see phase entry 1 sense 1 ) to another",
": menopause",
": money in small denominations received in exchange for an equivalent sum in larger denominations",
": money returned when a payment exceeds the amount due",
": coins especially of low denominations",
": a negligible additional amount",
": money sense 1",
": a fresh set of clothes",
": exchange sense 5a",
": changeup",
": an order in which a set of bells is struck in change ringing",
": to make or become different",
": to give a different position, course, or direction to",
": to put one thing in the place of another : switch",
": to give or receive an equal amount of money in usually smaller units of value or in the money of another country",
": to put fresh clothes or covering on",
": to put on different clothes",
": to pass from one person's possession or ownership to another's",
": the act, process, or result of making or becoming different",
": something that is different from what is usual or expected",
": a fresh set of clothes",
": money in small units of value received in exchange for an equal amount in larger units",
": money returned when a payment is more than the amount due",
": money in coins"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj",
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
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"alteration",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"City officials are also launching a two-year equity study to determine why residents in low-income areas use the 6-year-old app less frequently and what can be done to change that. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"Singapore Airlines \u2019 female cabin crew still wear the sarong kebaya uniform that has been standard since 1968, and the company has no plans to change it. \u2014 Katie Deighton, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Artists come in and want to change things or do new things. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"However, the State Department\u2019s former anti-Semitism envoy is on a mission to change that, state by state. \u2014 Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"So Perschbach tapped Will Garrett \u2014 the Port\u2019s 37-year-old vice president of talent and technology development and integration, who had previously led CyberSecurity San Antonio at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce \u2014 to change that. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 9 June 2022",
"Roxanne Petraeus and Anne Solmssen have spent the last three years trying to change that. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"We were given these call signs at the beginning, but we were offered the opportunity to change them. \u2014 Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"Ohio State University research in 2019 found that shortly after the Third Grade Reading Guarantee went into effect, lawmakers began to change it by passing other education bills. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There\u2019s now more attention being paid to climate change mitigation. \u2014 Tom Condon, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Earning the award requires navigating a rigorous process that begins with identifying and researching a particular issue and then executing a plan to educate others about the root cause, with the goal of effecting lasting change . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"The change is said to be effective starting at 12:01AM Sunday, June 12. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"The demonstrations come after mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, recently have reinvigorated the national conversation around gun control, and led to Congressional hearings about possible legislative change . \u2014 Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
"The rule change comes more than a year after the country started requiring a negative test for entry and more than two years since the pandemic began. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"Pleasure-loving Venus and change -maker Uranus are syncing up in Taurus for a special conjunction at 6:58 pm EDT, sending brilliant sparks throughout the universe. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Colton Herta, one of Rossi's teammates, qualified fifth but will take a six-position grid penalty for an unapproved engine change related to his crash before the Indianapolis 500. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"The change comes amid inflation and issues with personnel retention. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222024"
},
"channel":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the bed where a natural stream of water runs",
": the deeper part of a river, harbor, or strait",
": a strait or narrow sea between two close landmasses",
": a means of communication or expression: such as",
": a path along which information (such as data or music) in the form of an electrical signal passes",
": a fixed or official course of communication",
": a way, course, or direction of thought or action",
": a band of frequencies of sufficient width for a single radio or television communication",
": channeler",
": an account on an online media sharing or streaming service from which one can make media content (such as videos) available to others using the service",
": a usually tubular enclosed passage : conduit",
": a passage created in a selectively permeable cell membrane by a conformational change in membrane proteins",
": the proteins of such a passage \u2014 compare ion channel",
": a long gutter, groove, or furrow",
": a metal bar of flattened U-shaped section",
": to form, cut, or wear a channel in",
": to make a groove in",
": to convey or direct into or through a channel",
": to serve as a channeler or intermediary for",
": one of the flat ledges of heavy plank or metal bolted edgewise to the outside of a ship to increase the spread of the shrouds (see shroud entry 1 sense 3a )",
": the bed of a stream",
": the deeper part of a waterway (as a river or harbor)",
": a strait or a narrow sea",
": a passage (as a tube) through which something flows",
": a long groove",
": a means by which something is passed or carried from one place or person to another",
": a band of frequencies used by a single radio or television station in broadcasting",
": to direct into or through a passage or channel",
": a usually tubular enclosed passage",
": a passage created in a selectively permeable membrane by a conformational change in membrane proteins \u2014 see ion channel",
": a protein or cluster of proteins that functions as a channel \u2014 see calcium channel blocker"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-n\u1d4al",
"\u02c8cha-n\u1d4al",
"\u02c8chan-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"aqueduct",
"canal",
"conduit",
"course",
"flume",
"racecourse",
"raceway",
"watercourse",
"waterway"
],
"antonyms":[
"canalize",
"channelize",
"conduct",
"direct",
"funnel",
"pipe",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She's started channeling her anger towards me.",
"He channeled millions of dollars into the program."
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1) and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"1672, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194403"
},
"chaos":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a state of utter confusion",
"a confused mass or mixture",
"a state of things in which chance is supreme",
"the confused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms \u2014 compare cosmos",
"the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system (such as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart)",
"chasm , abyss",
"complete confusion and disorder"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8k\u0101-\u02cc\u00e4s",
"synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"hell",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"muss",
"shambles",
"snake pit",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"examples":[
"The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city.",
"When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos .",
"The country had descended into economic chaos .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bloomberg reported on how the travel boom coupled with strikes and shortages have left many European airports in chaos . \u2014 Alex Ledsom, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"In the chaos , he and his 2-year-old son, Hanzala, got separated from the rest of the family. \u2014 Dan De Luce, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"Last fall, most of Pound\u2019s remaining business owners decided to stop paying taxes because the town\u2019s finances are in chaos . \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The elaboration of a screenplay means putting order in the chaos and trying to see things about our existences more clearly. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"The ongoing scramble by parents for baby formula follows past struggles to buy lumber, garage doors, and computer chips and adds to a sense of an economy in chaos . \u2014 Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"Those who fled the country at the time shared horrific stories of death and survival, and a country in chaos . \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"BBC Film and Anton will finance the film, which is set around an environmental crisis leaving London submerged by flood waters, and a young family torn apart in the chaos . \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 May 2022",
"Alone, forgetting her youngest child in the chaos of trying to get out the door on vacation with four others. \u2014 Julie Bogen, The Atlantic , 9 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek \u2014 more at gum ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"chaotic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
"marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos completely confused or disordered",
"having outcomes that can vary widely due to extremely small changes in initial conditions",
"in a state of or characterized by complete confusion and disorder"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0101-\u02c8\u00e4-tik",
"k\u0101-\u02c8\u00e4-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164609"
},
"chap":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a crack in or a sore roughening of the skin caused by exposure to wind or cold",
": to open in cracks, slits, or chinks",
": to become cracked, roughened, or reddened especially by the action of wind or cold",
": to cause to chap",
": the fleshy covering of a jaw",
": jaw",
": the forepart of the face",
": fellow sense 4c",
": baby , child",
"chapter",
": to open in slits : crack",
": fellow entry 1 sense 1",
": to crack or open in slits",
": to cause to open in slits or cracks",
": a crack in or a sore roughening of the skin caused by exposure to wind or cold"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chap",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4p",
"\u02c8chap",
"\u02c8chap",
"\u02c8chap",
"\u02c8chap"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Noun (2)",
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212751"
},
"chaplet":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wreath to be worn on the head",
": a string of beads",
": a part of a rosary comprising five decades",
": a small molding carved with small decorative forms"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chap-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"coronal",
"coronel",
"coronet",
"crown",
"diadem"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"maidens wove a chaplet of flowers round the champion's head"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chapelet , from Anglo-French, diminutive of chapel hat, garland, from Medieval Latin cappellus head covering, from Late Latin cappa ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200224"
},
"character":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the attributes (see attribute entry 1 sense 1 ) or features that make up and distinguish an individual",
": a feature used to separate distinguishable things into categories",
": a group or kind so separated",
": the aggregate of distinctive qualities characteristic of a breed, strain, or type",
": the detectable expression of the action of a gene or group of genes",
": the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation",
": main or essential nature especially as strongly marked and serving to distinguish",
": one of the persons of a drama or novel",
": the personality or part which an actor recreates",
": characterization especially in drama or fiction",
": person , individual",
": a person marked by notable or conspicuous traits",
": moral excellence and firmness",
": a graphic symbol (such as a hieroglyph or alphabet letter) used in writing or printing",
": a symbol (such as a letter or number) that represents information",
": a representation of such a symbol that may be accepted by a computer",
": a magical or astrological emblem",
": alphabet",
": writing , printing",
": style of writing or printing",
": cipher",
": a conventionalized graphic device placed on an object as an indication of ownership, origin, or relationship",
": reputation",
": position , capacity",
": reference sense 4b",
": a short literary sketch of the qualities of a social type",
": in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits",
": not in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits",
": capable of portraying an unusual or eccentric personality often markedly different from the player",
": requiring or involving the portrayal of an unusual or eccentric personality",
": characterize",
": represent , portray",
": engrave , inscribe",
": a mark, sign, or symbol (as a letter or figure) used in writing or printing",
": the group of qualities that make a person, group, or thing different from others",
": a distinguishing feature : characteristic",
": a person who says or does funny or unusual things",
": a person in a story or play",
": the usually good opinions that most people have about a particular person : reputation",
": moral excellence",
": one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish the individual",
": the detectable expression of the action of a gene or group of genes",
": the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ker-ik-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8ka-rik-",
"\u02c8ker-\u0259k-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8kar-ik-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"glyph",
"icon",
"ikon",
"sign",
"symbol"
],
"antonyms":[
"characterize",
"define",
"depict",
"describe",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the same way, the character \u2019s understanding of Navajo beliefs about witches, werewolves and skinwalkers serves him as an investigative tool. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Perhaps, in hindsight, the instant adoration was predictable: The character had one of the most dynamic introductions of the entire cast. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"Phoenix, however, reinvented the character with Phillips for the 2019 film, which followed the nefarious figure's origins as Arthur Fleck, a struggling clown and aspiring stand-up comic who sends the city into a spiral of violence. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"When a trailer for Zoolander 2 debuted back in November 2015, a petition from LGBTQ activists spoke out about the character and the jokes surrounding their gender, calling for a boycott. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"No longer purely villainous, the character becomes more sympathetic and complex. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The latter\u2019s glamorous character makes a cameo towards the end of the new clip as a possible murder suspect with a suspiciously heavy \u2014 albeit inaccurate \u2014 hand with a cheese knife. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Has that ever been made, like, explicit backstory for the character ? \u2014 Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"To many people across the globe, Perry is best known as the creator and performer of the Madea character that has appeared in 11 films. \u2014 Variety, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The success of the single has been remarkable for a multi- character theatrical piece. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a lot of inter- character conflicts that didn\u2019t make the cut. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
"Character witnesses for Storm include a parade of foster puppies the Freeleys have taken in over the last month. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 18 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Well, one chief reason: To dramatize the passing of the superhero torch to sisterly character Yelena Belova \u2014 a role that Pugh embraced with athletic ferocity and quick comic aplomb. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021",
"And without that depth, Spike\u2019s buddy-cop dynamic with his main foil, Jet, does neither character any favors. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 19 Nov. 2021",
"But the brothers hewed to character in their posts, which could not have been more exemplary and different. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Researchers from Emory University found that Dominicans connected the outbreak to character flaws or unhygienic habits among immigrant Haitians, who faced structural problems including lack of access to safe water and sanitation. \u2014 Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Science | AAAS , 16 Sep. 2020",
"This is a game about moving through space and slaying demons, not character development or world-building. \u2014 Matthew Gault, Time , 19 Mar. 2020",
"His commitment to character specificity in detail and fearless pursuit of authenticity in his work have influenced not only myself, but entire generations. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2020",
"What if our world were simply a hyper-realistic simulation, with all of us merely characters in some kind of sophisticated video game? \u2014 Dan Falk, NBC News , 6 July 2019",
"In lamenting the loss, Ball and one of his concept artists, Derek Zabrocki, revealed all the work that went into the development, from concept art to character molds to costumes to a previz video of what the motion-capture could\u2019ve felt like. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 26 June 2019"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4f",
"Adjective",
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182915"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to describe the character (see character entry 1 sense 1a ) or quality of",
": to be a characteristic of : distinguish",
": to describe the special qualities of",
": to be a typical or distinguishing quality of"
],
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"\u02c8ker-ik-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
"\u02c8ka-rik-",
"\u02c8ker-\u0259k-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
],
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"character",
"define",
"depict",
"describe",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While serious problems were identified at these 16 bases, the report looked at a variety of factors for each location and doesn\u2019t specifically characterize them as the worst in the military. \u2014 Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Gomez didn't post about the concert, and Pierson, who shared the photo of her, Gomez, and Matoshi together backstage at the show, didn't characterize it as a date at all. \u2014 ELLE , 4 Mar. 2022",
"While relaxed intestines might sound like a recipe for the loose, speedy bowel movements that characterize diarrhea, that isn\u2019t what actually happens. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 May 2022",
"After a market crashes, the trust and laxity that characterize the boom period get reversed, Galbraith wrote. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 17 May 2022",
"That section\u2019s regs are unique in their heavy reliance on flexible economic and financial concepts and general avoidance of the kind of prescriptive rules that characterize other tax regs. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Suffocation, shame, and hatred are the words that characterize those days. \u2014 Maxim Osipov, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Feature space is the group of features used to characterize data. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Too little sleep is also associated with the buildup of amyloid, a key protein that can cause tangles in the brain that characterize some form of dementia. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 2 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see character entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1602, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185520"
},
"characterless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one of the attributes (see attribute entry 1 sense 1 ) or features that make up and distinguish an individual",
": a feature used to separate distinguishable things into categories",
": a group or kind so separated",
": the aggregate of distinctive qualities characteristic of a breed, strain, or type",
": the detectable expression of the action of a gene or group of genes",
": the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation",
": main or essential nature especially as strongly marked and serving to distinguish",
": one of the persons of a drama or novel",
": the personality or part which an actor recreates",
": characterization especially in drama or fiction",
": person , individual",
": a person marked by notable or conspicuous traits",
": moral excellence and firmness",
": a graphic symbol (such as a hieroglyph or alphabet letter) used in writing or printing",
": a symbol (such as a letter or number) that represents information",
": a representation of such a symbol that may be accepted by a computer",
": a magical or astrological emblem",
": alphabet",
": writing , printing",
": style of writing or printing",
": cipher",
": a conventionalized graphic device placed on an object as an indication of ownership, origin, or relationship",
": reputation",
": position , capacity",
": reference sense 4b",
": a short literary sketch of the qualities of a social type",
": in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits",
": not in accord with a person's usual qualities or traits",
": capable of portraying an unusual or eccentric personality often markedly different from the player",
": requiring or involving the portrayal of an unusual or eccentric personality",
": characterize",
": represent , portray",
": engrave , inscribe",
": a mark, sign, or symbol (as a letter or figure) used in writing or printing",
": the group of qualities that make a person, group, or thing different from others",
": a distinguishing feature : characteristic",
": a person who says or does funny or unusual things",
": a person in a story or play",
": the usually good opinions that most people have about a particular person : reputation",
": moral excellence",
": one of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish the individual",
": the detectable expression of the action of a gene or group of genes",
": the complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation"
],
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"\u02c8ker-ik-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8ka-rik-",
"\u02c8ker-\u0259k-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8kar-ik-t\u0259r"
],
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"glyph",
"icon",
"ikon",
"sign",
"symbol"
],
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"characterize",
"define",
"depict",
"describe",
"portray",
"represent"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the same way, the character \u2019s understanding of Navajo beliefs about witches, werewolves and skinwalkers serves him as an investigative tool. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Perhaps, in hindsight, the instant adoration was predictable: The character had one of the most dynamic introductions of the entire cast. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 15 June 2022",
"Phoenix, however, reinvented the character with Phillips for the 2019 film, which followed the nefarious figure's origins as Arthur Fleck, a struggling clown and aspiring stand-up comic who sends the city into a spiral of violence. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
"When a trailer for Zoolander 2 debuted back in November 2015, a petition from LGBTQ activists spoke out about the character and the jokes surrounding their gender, calling for a boycott. \u2014 Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"No longer purely villainous, the character becomes more sympathetic and complex. \u2014 Steve Dollar, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"The latter\u2019s glamorous character makes a cameo towards the end of the new clip as a possible murder suspect with a suspiciously heavy \u2014 albeit inaccurate \u2014 hand with a cheese knife. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"Has that ever been made, like, explicit backstory for the character ? \u2014 Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"To many people across the globe, Perry is best known as the creator and performer of the Madea character that has appeared in 11 films. \u2014 Variety, NBC News , 14 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The success of the single has been remarkable for a multi- character theatrical piece. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 24 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s a lot of inter- character conflicts that didn\u2019t make the cut. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
"Character witnesses for Storm include a parade of foster puppies the Freeleys have taken in over the last month. \u2014 Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times , 18 July 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Well, one chief reason: To dramatize the passing of the superhero torch to sisterly character Yelena Belova \u2014 a role that Pugh embraced with athletic ferocity and quick comic aplomb. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Dec. 2021",
"And without that depth, Spike\u2019s buddy-cop dynamic with his main foil, Jet, does neither character any favors. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 19 Nov. 2021",
"But the brothers hewed to character in their posts, which could not have been more exemplary and different. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Researchers from Emory University found that Dominicans connected the outbreak to character flaws or unhygienic habits among immigrant Haitians, who faced structural problems including lack of access to safe water and sanitation. \u2014 Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Science | AAAS , 16 Sep. 2020",
"This is a game about moving through space and slaying demons, not character development or world-building. \u2014 Matthew Gault, Time , 19 Mar. 2020",
"His commitment to character specificity in detail and fearless pursuit of authenticity in his work have influenced not only myself, but entire generations. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2020",
"What if our world were simply a hyper-realistic simulation, with all of us merely characters in some kind of sophisticated video game? \u2014 Dan Falk, NBC News , 6 July 2019",
"In lamenting the loss, Ball and one of his concept artists, Derek Zabrocki, revealed all the work that went into the development, from concept art to character molds to costumes to a previz video of what the motion-capture could\u2019ve felt like. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 26 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun, Adjective, and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4f",
"Adjective",
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194529"
},
"charge":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to fix or ask as fee or payment",
": to ask payment of (a person)",
": to record (an item) as an expense, debt, obligation, or liability",
": to impose a financial burden on",
": to impose or record as financial obligation",
": to give an electric charge to",
": to restore the active materials in (a storage battery ) by the passage of a direct current through in the opposite direction to that of discharge",
": to place a charge (as of powder) in",
": to load or fill to capacity",
": to fill or furnish fully",
": electrify sense 2",
": to assume as a heraldic bearing (see bearing sense 4 )",
": to place a heraldic bearing on",
": to lay or put a load on or in : load",
": to rush against : attack",
": to rush into (an opponent) usually illegally in various sports",
": to bring (a weapon) into position for attack : level",
": to make an assertion against especially by ascribing guilt or blame",
": to place the guilt or blame for",
": to assert as an accusation",
": to impose a task or responsibility on",
": to command, instruct, or exhort with authority",
": to give a charge (see charge entry 2 sense 6a ) to (a jury)",
": to rush forward in or as if in assault : attack",
": to charge an opponent in sports",
": to ask or set a price",
": to charge an item to an account",
": to gain an electric charge : to receive and store a greater quantity of electrical energy",
": the price demanded for something",
": a debit to an account",
": expense , cost",
": the record of a loan (as of a book from a library)",
": an interest in property granted as security for a loan",
": a definite quantity of electricity",
": an excess or deficiency of electrons in a body",
": the quantity of explosive used in a single discharge",
": the quantity that an apparatus is intended to receive and fitted to hold",
": thrill , kick",
": a store or accumulation of impelling force",
": management , supervision",
"\u2014 see also take charge",
": a person or thing committed into the care of another",
": obligation , requirement",
": the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (such as a parish) committed to a clergyman",
": a formal assertion of illegality",
": a statement of complaint or hostile criticism",
": a violent rush forward (as to attack)",
": the signal for attack",
": a usually illegal rush into an opponent in various sports (such as basketball)",
": instruction , command",
": instruction in points of law given by a court to a jury",
": a figure borne on a heraldic field",
": a material load or weight",
": having control or custody of something",
": the responsibility of managing, controlling, or caring for",
": a task or duty given to a person : obligation",
": a person or thing given to someone to look after",
": the price asked especially for a service",
": an amount listed as a debt on an account",
": accusation",
": an instruction or command based on authority",
": the amount of an explosive material (as dynamite) used in a single blast",
": an amount of electricity",
": a rushing attack",
": the signal for attack",
": to give an electric charge to",
": to refill (as an exhausted battery) with available energy",
": to give a task, duty, or responsibility to",
": to instruct or command with authority",
": to accuse especially formally",
": to rush toward or against",
": to ask for payment from",
": to ask or set as a price or fee",
": to enter as a debt or responsibility on a record",
": to give an electric charge to",
": a plaster or ointment used on a domestic animal",
": a definite quantity of electricity",
": an excess or deficiency of electrons in a body",
": cathexis sense 2",
": something required : obligation",
": personal management or supervision",
": a person or thing placed under the care of another",
": an authoritative instruction or command",
": instruction in points of law given by a judge to a jury",
": an incurred expense",
": the price demanded for something (as admission or use)",
": a debit to an account",
": a debit resulting from unexpected operating expenses",
": a formal allegation of an offense or wrongdoing",
"\u2014 see also complaint , indictment , information",
": to impose a task or responsibility on",
": to command or instruct with authority",
": to give a charge to (a jury)",
": to make an accusation against especially in order to bring to trial",
"\u2014 see also accuse , indict",
": to allege especially as an accusation",
": to impose a financial liability on",
": to impose or record as a financial burden or liability",
": to fix or ask as a fee or payment",
": to ask payment of (an individual or organization)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rj",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rj"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"command",
"demand"
],
"antonyms":[
"complaint",
"count",
"indictment",
"rap"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But there can be reasons to charge in, even if firefighters know a property is dangerous. \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"About 200 youths tried to charge through police lines at one point. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"When a Harris County, Texas, grand jury declined to charge Watson in connection with nine criminal complaints, the Browns, the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints entered the bidding for him. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The cow moose continued to charge at people, leading the deputy to discharge his weapon and kill the moose, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Jeremy Harlan, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The policy will also standardize fast-charging speeds, so people can expect their devices to charge at the same speed across compatible chargers. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022",
"Some utilities, such as BEC, are looking to incentivize EV drivers to charge at night when infrastructure is under less stress via special, cheaper EV rates during certain hours. \u2014 Joshua Rhodes, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"Cory Shaffer reports the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office said a Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to charge the officers in the June 13 death of 64-year-old Kevin Giesel. \u2014 cleveland , 16 May 2022",
"At present, people using EVs have to either charge their vehicles at home or rely on public charging infrastructure, which isn\u2019t widespread. \u2014 Manish Kumar, Quartz , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the three-day event scheduled for the end of June is free of charge for participants. \u2014 Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal , 17 June 2022",
"Each hour in the sun will add up to six miles of charge to the battery, according to Lightyear. \u2014 Tommy O'callaghan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"But the issue is also raising questions of responsibility in a different sense: how to take better charge of our energy future. \u2014 Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 June 2022",
"Do team owners increasingly take charge of their own destiny? \u2014 Howard Homonoff, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"All seven Bowlen children could not reach an agreement on who should take charge , so the team was put up for auction. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"The social network offers a number of ways to take charge of your online experience, including providing tools that let users limit who can comment, filter abusive DM requests, and mute spammy friends without unfollowing them. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 7 June 2022",
"And who better to take charge of the mini photoshoot than her 8-year-old daughter, North West. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Their antibacterial body wash is here to take charge and rid your body of unwanted skin conditions caused by bacterial or fungal organisms. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2f",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182646"
},
"charged":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": possessing or showing strong emotion",
": capable of arousing strong emotion",
": exciting",
": having an amount of electricity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rjd"
],
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"breathtaking",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
],
"examples":[
"The singer gave an emotionally charged interview.",
"an abstract expressionist who uses a palette of charged colors to great effect",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the rhetoric surrounding LGBTQ issues has become more charged , several LGBTQ safe spaces and celebrations have also been targeted with threats or acts of violence. \u2014 Matt Lavietes, NBC News , 17 May 2022",
"The protests have led to a more charged political atmosphere across New Zealand. \u2014 Nick Perry, ajc , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The convoy was inspired by similar protests in Canada and has sparked other rallies around New Zealand, leading to a more charged political atmosphere. \u2014 Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"The convoy was inspired by similar protests in Canada and has sparked other rallies around New Zealand, leading to a more charged political atmosphere. \u2014 Nick Perry, chicagotribune.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"So in a tokamak reactor, plasma is heated more and more until its charged ions start to merge. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 18 Feb. 2022",
"One key thing that has made this build more viable than ever is the separation of bindings for charged and uncharged melee. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The ability to stay intentionally focused without passing judgment helps ensure appropriate reactions to defuse charged situations. \u2014 Yolanda Lau, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The bleachers have been a reliable electricity source in a charged fandom. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192636"
},
"chariness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being chary : caution",
": carefully preserved state : integrity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cher-\u0113-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"alertness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"circumspection",
"gingerliness",
"guardedness",
"heedfulness",
"prudence",
"wariness"
],
"antonyms":[
"brashness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"recklessness",
"unwariness"
],
"examples":[
"approached the can't-miss investment opportunity with the chariness of someone who's been burned before"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191921"
},
"charisma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)",
": a special magnetic charm or appeal"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8riz-m\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"animal magnetism",
"appeal",
"attractiveness",
"captivation",
"charm",
"duende",
"enchantment",
"fascination",
"force field",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"magic",
"magnetism",
"oomph",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"seductiveness",
"witchery"
],
"antonyms":[
"repulsion",
"repulsiveness"
],
"examples":[
"The candidate was lacking in charisma .",
"His success is largely due to his charisma .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For a young actress with relatively few credits under her belt, Vellani boasts an absurd amount of on-screen charisma , charm, and comedic timing. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Later on, the beloved great-great-grandmother would recount this experience in detail, filled with charisma , indignation and even humor. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 29 May 2022",
"Tiriac ranks his newest pupil at the top of that distinguished class in drive, raw talent, charisma , and, maybe, eccentricity. \u2014 Angela Gaudioso, SPIN , 22 May 2022",
"The trick was finding the right person to build the show around: someone who possessed both sterling professional credentials and a magnetic, binge-worthy charisma . \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Bryan built his multi-platinum selling country music career, then crossed into pop culture with little more than sheer charisma , tight jeans, and undeniable, sing-along anthems. \u2014 Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Aspects of a successful pitch include identifying the problem, presenting solutions and showcasing features, benefits, product and service knowledge, passion and charisma . \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Since Biden came to office radiating less natural charisma than any president since George H.W. Bush, the failure of planning and execution in Afghanistan undermined the strongest rationale for his presidency. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"But the party has yet to define itself with a clear new vision to British voters, and Mr. Starmer, a former chief prosecutor, has little of the charisma that distinguishes leaders in the mold of Mr. Trump and Mr. Johnson. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek, favor, gift, from charizesthai to favor, from charis grace; akin to Greek chairein to rejoice \u2014 more at yearn ",
"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205533"
},
"charitable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of love for and goodwill toward others : benevolent",
": liberal in benefactions to the needy : generous",
": of or relating to charity",
": merciful or kind in judging others : lenient",
": freely giving money or help to needy persons : generous",
": given for the needy : of service to the needy",
": kindly especially in judging other people",
": of or relating to charity"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cher-\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8cha-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8cher-\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"do-good",
"eleemosynary",
"good",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"selfish"
],
"examples":[
"She makes a charitable donation every year.",
"He performs charitable work to help the poor.",
"They give money to charitable causes.",
"She has tried to be charitable about her sister's problems.",
"Half of the class has a chance at passing the test, and that is a charitable estimate.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jenny Xia Spradling is Co-CEO of FreeWill, a social enterprise offering free estate planning tools that help facilitate charitable giving. \u2014 Jenny Xia Spradling, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"That morphed into charitable giving on opening day. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"The financial upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for millions of Americans is spurring a rise in a form of charitable giving that has proved highly effective in helping people navigate calamity: Giving them money with no strings attached. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 25 May 2022",
"For example, activists are pressuring major financial institutions to impose political litmus tests on charitable giving. \u2014 Robert Netzly, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Wilson\u2019s charitable giving raises thorny questions about a political candidate providing handouts to potential voters. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 19 May 2022",
"For example, a finance leader\u2019s day-to-day activities can speak volumes, such as encouraging charitable giving, promoting volunteerism and making practical changes that benefit the environment. \u2014 Khalid Parekh, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Committed to its employees and the greater community, Shorewest is also often involved with the community and charitable giving. \u2014 Kaylee Staral, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Philanthropy in Peacemaking Award went to Rolf and Mary Benirschke for a lifetime of charitable giving. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174503"
},
"charley":{
"type":[
"communications code word",
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": fool"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"he's a nice enough bloke, but a real charlie when choosing his girlfriends"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"circa 1946, in the meaning defined above",
"Communications code word",
"1946, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1965, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170815"
},
"charlie":{
"type":"noun (1)",
"definitions":[
"fool"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"he's a nice enough bloke, but a real charlie when choosing his girlfriends"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"circa 1946, in the meaning defined above",
"Communications code word",
"1946, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1965, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"chart":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": map : such as",
": an outline map exhibiting something (such as climatic or magnetic variations) in its geographical aspects",
": a map for the use of navigators",
": a sheet giving information in tabular form",
": graph",
": diagram",
": a sheet of paper ruled and graduated for use in a recording instrument",
": a record of medical information about a patient",
": a listing by rank (as of sales)",
": a musical arrangement",
": a part in such an arrangement",
": to lay out a plan for",
": to make a map or chart of",
": chronicle",
": to be ranked on a chart",
": a sheet giving information in a table or lists or by means of diagrams",
": a map showing features (as coasts, currents, and shoals) of importance to sailors",
": a diagram of an area showing information other than natural features",
": to make a map or chart of",
": to make a plan for",
": a sheet giving information especially in tabular form",
": a record of medical information for a patient",
": graph",
": a sheet of paper ruled and graduated for use in a recording instrument"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u00e4rt",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rt",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rt"
],
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"map"
],
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"chronicle",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Alexander Rossi, who has suffered through a 43-race winless streak since Road America in 2019, sat on the top of the speed chart after the first practice session. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"However, once Grande jumped on the official remix, the song catapulted to No. 1 and became both artists\u2019 sixth career chart -topper. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 8 June 2022",
"Unfortunately for Carey, the chart topper is now the subject of a copyright lawsuit. \u2014 Ebony Williams, ajc , 6 June 2022",
"But Vance says the defendants never asked permission for its use in the promotion and distribution of their 1994 soBillboard chart -topper. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"The track also marks the publisher\u2019s 45th chart topper. \u2014 Annie Reuter, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Miller all but won a starting job in the spring, while Bradley, Thomas, Lucas and Richardson should be at or near the top of the depth chart when fall practice begins. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"Although no history lesson is needed, its fan favorite CTS-V has always been a chart topper. \u2014 Marc Grasso, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022",
"That\u2019s also been clear on social media, where the series flew to the top of Variety\u2019s Trending TV chart in the week of its release with 1.05 million engagements on Twitter. \u2014 Variety, NBC News , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Instead, the researchers turned to standard diagrams of brain connectivity that chart how activity in one region is correlated with activity in another. \u2014 Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Originally released in July 2020, Gaslighter served as The Chicks\u2019 first full-length album in 14 years, and bowed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 84,000 album-equivalent units moved in its debut week. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 6 June 2022",
"Puff Sleeve Top was ranking on the Movers and Shakers clothing, shoes, and accessories chart this week. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"To navigate the Web 3.0 space, organizations might want to examine and chart their plans in these three areas. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The podcast topped the Apple Podcasts chart in both the U.K. and U.S. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"The show\u2019s visual identity has struck a chord with viewers who recreate Doniella Davy\u2019s ethereal makeup and obsessively chart each piece of designer clothing worn at #EuphoriaHigh. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Inflation is also often thought to have a domestic solution, as the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank and others chart their own courses. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The content varies from scenes of coal mining operations worldwide to the rapidly melting glaciers of the Himalayas and photographs that chart their decline over the last few decades. \u2014 Eric Fayeulle, ABC News , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1842, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202018"
},
"chary":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"discreetly cautious such as",
"hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks",
"slow to grant, accept, or expend",
"dear , treasured"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8cher-\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"careful",
"cautious",
"circumspect",
"conservative",
"considerate",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"safe",
"wary"
],
"antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"unguarded",
"unmindful",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"examples":[
"chary investors who weren't burned by the dot-com bust",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Knox was a bit chary on specifics, but no athlete allows that many injections without asking questions. \u2014 Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Beautiful is a strong word, and artists, critics and scholars are chary of it. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Nov. 2021",
"With a writer so chary of detail, the reader rushes to fill in. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"That tone is most obvious in the author\u2019s chary regard of his icon. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
"Evangelical Christians, traditionally chary of getting involved in partisan politics. \u2014 Rick Perlstein, Smithsonian Magazine , 17 Aug. 2020",
"The autocratic Chinese government is also chary of any display of mass mobilization, even benign ones like Pride. \u2014 Charlie Campbell / Shanghai, Time , 15 June 2018",
"Rising interest rates in America prompted investors to take a charier view of emerging markets. \u2014 The Economist , 14 June 2018",
"And Steve Jobs was chary of children using his iThings. \u2014 Hayley Krischer, New York Times , 6 Sep. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English charri \"sorrowful, dear, cherished,\" going back to Old English cearig \"troubled, troublesome, taking care,\" going back to Germanic *karaga- (whence Old Saxon & Old High German karag \"sorrowful\"), from *kar\u014d \"sorrow, worry\" + *-aga-, by-form of *-iga- -y entry 1 \u2014 more at care entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162654"
},
"chase":{
"type":"noun (1)",
"definitions":[
"the hunting of wild animals",
"the act of chasing pursuit",
"an earnest or frenzied seeking after something desired",
"something pursued quarry",
"a tract of unenclosed land used as a game preserve",
"steeplechase sense 1",
"a sequence (as in a movie) in which the characters pursue one another",
"to follow rapidly pursue",
"hunt",
"to follow regularly or persistently with the intention of attracting or alluring",
"harass",
"to seek out",
"to cause to depart or flee drive",
"to cause the removal of (a baseball pitcher) by a batting rally",
"to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone)",
"to chase an animal, person, or thing",
"rush , hasten",
"to ornament (metal) by indenting with a hammer and tools without a cutting edge",
"to make by such indentation",
"to set with gems",
"groove , indent",
"to cut (a thread) with a chaser",
"groove , furrow",
"the bore of a cannon",
"trench",
"a channel (as in a wall) for something to lie in or pass through",
"a rectangular steel or iron frame in which letterpress matter is locked (as for printing)",
"the act of following quickly in order to capture or catch up with pursuit",
"to follow quickly in order to catch up with or capture",
"to drive away or out",
"Mary Ellen 1887\u20131973 American educator and author",
"Portland 1808\u20131873 American statesman; chief justice U.S. Supreme Court (1864\u201373)"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ch\u0101s",
"synonyms":[
"prey",
"quarry"
],
"antonyms":[
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1612, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"chaste":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse",
": celibate",
": pure in thought and act : modest",
": severely simple in design or execution : austere",
": clean , spotless",
": pure in thought and act : modest",
": simple or plain in design"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101st",
"\u02c8ch\u0101st"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"a chaste kiss on the cheek",
"as one would expect, the minister's small talk is always chaste , even though he likes a joke as much as the next person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lynnia Shanley\u2019s performance as Andrew\u2019s squealy and ultra- chaste actress girlfriend Deidre is exuberant, but never feels like a real person. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"These chaste messages gave rise to a more offbeat (and unofficial) transmission in the 1980s. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Even in chaste scenes, Acosta\u2019s tenor and Hadley\u2019s baritone swirl within each other in an aural reflection of sensual passion. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Star Jonathan Bailey, who plays romantic lead Anthony Bridgerton, stood by the more chaste season. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But that\u2019s about it for an interior life, and even his hallucinations are chaste and not terribly interesting. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Their love story is intense, chaste and entirely winning. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In these images, the puzzle represents the enigma of female desire and fuels the intimacy between men and women in an otherwise chaste culture of heterosexual courtship. \u2014 Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Though the romance is chaste and sustains a wholesome veneer, the dynamic duo have an undeniable heat and good chemistry. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin castus pure",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174534"
},
"chastise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to censure severely : castigate",
": to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)",
": chasten sense 2",
": to punish severely (as by whipping)",
": to criticize harshly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-\u02ccst\u012bz",
"(\u02cc)cha-\u02c8st\u012bz",
"cha-\u02c8st\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.",
"The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jackson is then seen lying on his back on the sidewalk just outside of the event as others chastise him and accuse him of hitting a woman. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
"The impulse to chastise people in the past can be a distraction not only for Harvard but for any wealthy institution that would move beyond memorialization to ask what, exactly, its future responsibilities within and beyond its own campus are. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Smith was 9 at the time and would long chastise himself for not defending his mother. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Before a game, Benner would stand courtside and Miller would walk over to him to jokingly chastise Benner, pointing a finger close to Benner's face. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The proceedings only went downhill from there, with one Democratic member - Katie Porter of California - using jars of M&Ms and bags of rice to chastise the oil companies for producing too much oil. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Someone with low optimism might self- chastise , speak from a victim mindset or pass the blame to other people. \u2014 Roberta Moore, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Many Ukrainians chastise Russians for increasingly accepting middle-class comforts afforded by the country\u2019s oil wealth in exchange for declining to resist limits on their freedoms. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Some students have refused to wear masks at school and, when school leaders have refused to admit or have removed mask-less children from classrooms, some of their parents have taken to social media to chastise them or to protest. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chastisen , alteration of chasten \u2014 see chasten ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170654"
},
"chatter":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct",
": to talk idly, incessantly, or fast",
": to click repeatedly or uncontrollably",
": to vibrate rapidly in cutting",
": to vibrate especially audibly as a consequence of repeated sticking and slipping",
": to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly",
": the action or sound of chattering",
": idle talk : prattle",
": electronic and especially radio communication between individuals engaged in a common or related form of activity",
": such chatter regarding future hostile activities",
": a person who participates in online chat",
": to talk fast without thinking or without stopping",
": to make quick sounds that suggest speech but lack meaning",
": to make clicking sounds by hitting together again and again",
": the act or sound of chattering",
": quick or unimportant talk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Children chattered in the middle of the playground.",
"My teeth were chattering from the cold.",
"Birds chattered in the trees.",
"Noun",
"heard the chatter of squirrels",
"pleasant chatter over morning coffee",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The time on the range was extended by Billy Horschel, who came over for a big hug and began to chatter away. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In the United States, there were 6.8 million fewer golfers in 2018 versus 2003 and 800 courses closed in the past decade, leading to chatter about how to repurpose the open spaces. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 July 2021",
"Note when your brain starts to chatter with anxiety and bring your focus back to your body. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"She\u2019s not one to chatter on about her woes to a customer. \u2014 Liz Balmaseda, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Mar. 2021",
"Fashion fans frequently congregate on forums and Facebook groups to chatter about their favorite brands. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2021",
"That translates to an overly rigid ride that\u2019s prone to chatter and reduced edge hold. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Indeed, right up until the nose starts to chatter off line, Subaru's new coupe is gifted with exceptional balance and clairvoyant reflexes. \u2014 Car and Driver , 18 Nov. 2020",
"But with fewer opportunities in physical work spaces to idly chatter , being an office busybody requires more effort. \u2014 Reyhan Harmanci New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sources tell Variety there is no truth to the chatter about Netflix potentially buying Roku. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"In the months after Sammy died, Amy Cohen learned that other people in her co-op could handle the recycling pickup for the building, that long walks helped, that chatter about other children\u2019s high-school-admissions anxieties didn\u2019t. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"So the musically milquetoast, moon-eyed ballads met with big singalongs in town last September were greeted largely with disinterested chatter among Chesney fans across the stadium. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"The picture of the then-scrawny quarterback has repeatedly made the rounds on social media over the years amid chatter about Brady, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in his position of all time. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s likely the reason why Facebook is making these hate speech policy changes in specific countries, where the chatter about the Russia-Ukraine war is increasing. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Mar. 2022",
"And National Review, its pages filled with stylish reactionary chatter well to the right of the Republican mainstream, remained a relatively parochial concern. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"No surprise, casual social-media chatter about the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been unhinged. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"And with the city packed for Super Bowl weekend, one of the biggest days of the year for sportsbooks, there were plenty of people to fill the air with chatter . \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220436"
},
"chattery":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct",
": to talk idly, incessantly, or fast",
": to click repeatedly or uncontrollably",
": to vibrate rapidly in cutting",
": to vibrate especially audibly as a consequence of repeated sticking and slipping",
": to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly",
": the action or sound of chattering",
": idle talk : prattle",
": electronic and especially radio communication between individuals engaged in a common or related form of activity",
": such chatter regarding future hostile activities",
": a person who participates in online chat",
": to talk fast without thinking or without stopping",
": to make quick sounds that suggest speech but lack meaning",
": to make clicking sounds by hitting together again and again",
": the act or sound of chattering",
": quick or unimportant talk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Children chattered in the middle of the playground.",
"My teeth were chattering from the cold.",
"Birds chattered in the trees.",
"Noun",
"heard the chatter of squirrels",
"pleasant chatter over morning coffee",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The time on the range was extended by Billy Horschel, who came over for a big hug and began to chatter away. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In the United States, there were 6.8 million fewer golfers in 2018 versus 2003 and 800 courses closed in the past decade, leading to chatter about how to repurpose the open spaces. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 July 2021",
"Note when your brain starts to chatter with anxiety and bring your focus back to your body. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"She\u2019s not one to chatter on about her woes to a customer. \u2014 Liz Balmaseda, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Mar. 2021",
"Fashion fans frequently congregate on forums and Facebook groups to chatter about their favorite brands. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2021",
"That translates to an overly rigid ride that\u2019s prone to chatter and reduced edge hold. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Indeed, right up until the nose starts to chatter off line, Subaru's new coupe is gifted with exceptional balance and clairvoyant reflexes. \u2014 Car and Driver , 18 Nov. 2020",
"But with fewer opportunities in physical work spaces to idly chatter , being an office busybody requires more effort. \u2014 Reyhan Harmanci New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sources tell Variety there is no truth to the chatter about Netflix potentially buying Roku. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"In the months after Sammy died, Amy Cohen learned that other people in her co-op could handle the recycling pickup for the building, that long walks helped, that chatter about other children\u2019s high-school-admissions anxieties didn\u2019t. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"So the musically milquetoast, moon-eyed ballads met with big singalongs in town last September were greeted largely with disinterested chatter among Chesney fans across the stadium. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"The picture of the then-scrawny quarterback has repeatedly made the rounds on social media over the years amid chatter about Brady, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in his position of all time. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s likely the reason why Facebook is making these hate speech policy changes in specific countries, where the chatter about the Russia-Ukraine war is increasing. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Mar. 2022",
"And National Review, its pages filled with stylish reactionary chatter well to the right of the Republican mainstream, remained a relatively parochial concern. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"No surprise, casual social-media chatter about the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been unhinged. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"And with the city packed for Super Bowl weekend, one of the biggest days of the year for sportsbooks, there were plenty of people to fill the air with chatter . \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
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"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230312"
},
"chatty":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fond of chatting : talkative",
": having the style and manner of light familiar conversation",
": tending to talk a lot",
": having the style and manner of friendly conversation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u0113",
"\u02c8cha-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chattery",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"dishy",
"gossipy",
"newsy"
],
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"bookish",
"literary"
],
"examples":[
"a chatty book about his life in politics",
"a time when campers were expected to write a chatty letter to their folks every week",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After that, the Moon enters Gemini, awakening a chatty mood. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"This is a chatty , self-congratulatory memoir by a KGB counterintelligence officer who spent a 38-year career sulking in the shadows. \u2014 Howard Blum, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The ultimate Disney Halloween movie, this whimsical classic makes chatty black cats and goofy witches the epitome of Halloween fun. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, Good Housekeeping , 19 May 2022",
"Her longtime followers will recognize the chatty , clear-eyed tone that makes this country-by-country book such breezy fun to page through. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"When the bar is shut down, his loneliness catches up with him in the shape of a chatty pigeon which leads him to accept his fate in an unexpected way. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 14 May 2022",
"Their latest is a chatty spy thriller in an old-school Bond vein, starring Ryan Reynolds, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
"The newsletters provide chatty updates on the wholesome pursuits of a civic-minded club: barbecues, toy drives and backpacks filled with school supplies for children in need. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 May 2022",
"Marni LaFleur will live among chatty lemurs in the merciless heat of Madagascar. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195852"
},
"chawbacon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bumpkin , hick"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022f-\u02ccb\u0101-k\u0259n"
],
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"bumpkin",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
],
"examples":[
"the townspeople were offended by the documentary's portrayal of them as an unwashed mass of chawbacons"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chaw entry 1 + bacon ",
"first_known_use":[
"1537, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174603"
},
"cheap":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": charging or obtainable at a low price",
": purchasable below the going price or the real value",
": depreciated in value (as by currency inflation)",
": of inferior quality or worth : tawdry , sleazy",
": stingy",
": contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities",
": gained or done with little effort",
": obtainable at a low rate of interest",
": for little cost : cheaply",
": bargain \u2014 see also for cheap , on the cheap",
": not costing much",
": charging low prices",
": worth little : of low quality",
": gained without much effort",
": having little self-respect",
": not willing to share or spend money : stingy",
": at low cost"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113p",
"\u02c8ch\u0113p"
],
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"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I always buy the cheapest brand of cereal.",
"curtains made of cheap material",
"He wears a cheap watch that's always breaking.",
"This gas station is cheaper than the one by the highway.",
"Don't be cheap \u2014buy good quality tires for your car.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That said, the company\u2019s stock appears cheap at the current price. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The last time a gallon was that cheap was in 1978, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The prospect of faster-than-expected Fed tightening has rattled Wall Street, dragging the S&P 500 deeper into bear territory and forcing investors to reassess a stock market that doesn\u2019t look cheap even after its dramatic selloff. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the oil crisis of 1979 drove gas prices up; the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 made airfare cheap . \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"The region is renowned for importing cheap and indentured laborers from countries such as the Philippines and then violating their human rights. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Third, investors are obsessed with value right now \u2014 and stocks in China look very cheap . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"In the summer of 2020, though, he was inundated with requests for a similarly cheap but tough-to-get commodity: nitrile gloves. \u2014 J. David Mcswane, ProPublica , 3 June 2022",
"That slightly below average multiple might make stocks look somewhat cheap . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adverb",
"1569, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194031"
},
"cheapen":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to ask the price of",
": to bid or bargain for",
": to make cheap in price or value",
": to lower in general esteem",
": to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior",
": to become cheap",
": to cause to be of lower quality, value, or importance"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-p\u0259n",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-p\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
],
"examples":[
"products cheapened by sloppy workmanship",
"Using the national flag in advertising only cheapens it.",
"Poor marketing can cheapen a brand name.",
"I thought that the show cheapened the lives of the people it portrayed.",
"The wedding ceremony was cheapened by the best man's tasteless jokes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Putting more time between races would cheapen the accomplishment and all future Triple Crown winners would deserve to have an asterisk next to their names. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 14 May 2022",
"These enlightened and compelling updates never cheapen the legacy of this story. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But Iron Man died in Avengers: Endgame, and resurrecting him will cheapen his emotional arc. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 Feb. 2022",
"That doesn\u2019t cheapen Georgia\u2019s 33-18 triumph over Alabama on the big stage. \u2014 Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
"When cultural change becomes a product, cheap versions abound, which threatens to cheapen our future, too. \u2014 Devon Powers, Wired , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Brands, particularly luxury labels, have been caught destroying unsold goods in order to avoid using off-price sellers who might cheapen the value of the brand. \u2014 Joan Verdon, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Opponents have argued at several public hearings that the project threatens to cheapen living standards for tenants across the city and evict current residents when replacement housing is all but impossible to find. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Some feel the pageant could cheapen the memory of the the lives lost, Reuters reports. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 17 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1562, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181355"
},
"cheapie":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that is cheap",
": an inexpensively produced motion picture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her first camera was a cheapie .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Well, the Braves used the longball to win Game \u2013 but there wasn\u2019t a cheapie in the bunch. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Bart's homer against right-hander Luis Vasquez was not a Cactus League cheapie . \u2014 Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. \u2014 Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019",
"Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. \u2014 Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019",
"Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. \u2014 Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019",
"Christian Jones got a bit of a cheapie when he was called for roughing the passer on Bills quarterback Josh Allen that negated an interception, but Tracy Walker had a bad personal foul for hitting tailback Frank Gore out of bounds in the leg. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. \u2014 Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019",
"Durable backpacks can cost $50 to $80, whereas the super cheapies may not make it through the first quarter of school. \u2014 Author: Laura Daily, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Aug. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1898, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192429"
},
"cheapjack":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a haggling huckster",
": a dealer in cheap merchandise",
": being inferior, cheap , or worthless",
": unscrupulously opportunistic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113p-\u02ccjak"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a cheapjack little watch that I wear on camping trips"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184832"
},
"cheapo":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": cheap"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-(\u02cc)p\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"I picked up a cheapo souvenir watch as gag gift.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trial\u2019s live stream provided hours of raw material for the fancams, TikTok lip-synchs, and cheapo animations that the pro-Depp legions used to saturate every corner of digital space. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"Still mildly truckish handling, cheapo interior, fun-killing CVT. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 27 May 2022",
"These series, unlike the sweeps specials and cheapo docudramas of old, are generally well polished. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"This year, that movie was Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's cheapo stunner about two bickering L.A. losers (played by the directors themselves) who trip upon a crack in the fabric of space and time. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"These shoes are not your traditional cheapo copies that knock off the exact look of an existing Nike model. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Belushi\u2019s character flips out, smashing his meaty fists against the prop walls of the cheapo set. \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 Nov. 2020",
"The soft sardines work well with their crunchy accoutrements, and the whole thing is easily replicable as a cheapo cook-at-home dinner that wouldn\u2019t require much cooking at all. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 17 Aug. 2020",
"There\u2019s no mistaking AirPods for a cheapo pair of earbuds; the AirPod Pros are just on another level. \u2014 Popular Science , 19 June 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1967, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194557"
},
"cheat":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud",
"to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice",
"to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting",
"to practice fraud or trickery",
"to violate rules dishonestly",
"to be sexually unfaithful",
"to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area",
"the act or an instance of fraudulently deceiving deception , fraud",
"a code (such as a button combination or password) that activates a hidden feature or capability in a computer or video game",
"one that cheats pretender , deceiver",
"chess sense 1",
"cheatgrass",
"the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth",
"to use unfair or dishonest methods to gain an advantage",
"to take something away from or keep from having something by dishonest tricks",
"a dishonest person"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ch\u0113t",
"synonyms":[
"chicane",
"finagle",
"fudge"
],
"antonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The players were accused of cheating .",
"I had to cheat in order to solve the puzzle.",
"The store cheats its customers through false advertising.",
"They cheated him out of a fair deal.",
"a heroin addict who has cheated death many times",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"As a gambling film, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels succeeds at finding the humor in people trying to cheat their way into money, only to twist their lives around to wiggle their way out of debt. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But beneath its simplicity is a stark warning over the way we are secretly tracked across the internet\u2014one that is immediately exposed by this very simple yet very effective way to cheat without getting caught. \u2014 Zak Doffman, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The former Gold Glove center fielder has five DRS, and his presence allows Hern\u00e1ndez to cheat a step or two into the left field gap on certain batters. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Burnett claimed the man was asleep for every test, allowing everyone to cheat with their books open. \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 10 May 2022",
"Hill asked in surprise, because Floyd was not known to cheat people out of money. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"How did Lance Armstrong use erythropoietin to cheat ? \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The result an immensely talented cornerback with the ability to lock down the opposing team\u2019s top receiver so tightly, safeties were free to cheat toward other receivers. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Prices decline; cut quotas; comply; prices increase; cheat \u2026repeat. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"Sibilly\u2019s storyline can get somewhat lost, and a sequence in which Brodie has various revelations while on mushrooms feels like the writers using a cheat code, fast-forwarding to get where conversation might have organically brought them. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"There is no cheat code for greatness, but Apple TV\u2019s Greatness Code feature digestibly short episodes centered around some of the world\u2019s best athletes telling untold stories of moments that defined their careers. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"But there\u2019s no cheat code that will allow Democrats to sneak climate policy past Republicans. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The embrace of the multiverse also satisfies studio business imperatives, offering Hollywood a new cheat code of sorts. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"This amounts to a kind of malpractice in the editing room, transforming the actors\u2019 brave and devoted exertions into a seeming cheat , an ersatz experience that might as well have been created with C.G.I. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"Frances is a liar and a cheat , an aspiring writer who doesn\u2019t know how to communicate. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022",
"And in 2019, GTA Online cheat maker Jhonny Perez was ordered to pay $150,000 over similar copyright claims. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"The ones who lie and cheat are a tiny minority of successful people. \u2014 Sun Yi, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162740"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who cheats : such as",
": one who violates rules dishonestly",
": one who is sexually unfaithful",
": eyeglasses , spectacles",
": eyeglasses used for reading or close work"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-t\u0259r"
],
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"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1606, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185649"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively",
": to compare with a source, original, or authority : verify",
": to look at (something) to obtain information",
": to look or reach into (something) to find what is there",
": to access (email, voice mail, etc.) to find out if there are messages",
": to mark with a check as examined, verified, or satisfactory",
": to slow or bring to a stop : brake",
": to block the progress of (someone, such as a hockey player)",
": to leave or accept for safekeeping in a checkroom",
": to consign (something, such as luggage) to a common carrier from which one has purchased a passenger ticket",
": to ship or accept for shipment under such a consignment",
": to restrain or diminish the action or force of : control",
": to slack or ease off (a rope) and then belay again",
": to mark into squares : checker",
": to put (a chess king) in check",
": to make checks or chinks : cause to crack",
": rebuke , reprimand",
": to investigate conditions",
": to prove to be consistent or truthful",
": to look at or in something to see or find what is there",
": to stop in a chase especially when scent is lost",
": to halt through caution, uncertainty, or fear : stop",
": to draw a check on a bank",
": to waive the right to initiate the betting in a round of poker",
": crack , split",
": to check in at",
": investigate",
": investigate",
": examination",
": the act of testing or verifying",
": the sample or unit used for testing or verifying",
": inspection , investigation",
": a standard for testing and evaluation : criterion",
": a written order directing a bank to pay money as instructed : draft",
": one that arrests, limits, or restrains : restraint",
": a sudden stoppage of a forward course or progress : arrest",
": a checking of an opposing player (as in ice hockey)",
": a sudden pause or break in a progression",
": a slip indicating the amount due : bill",
": a ticket or token showing ownership or identity or indicating payment made",
": a counter in various games",
": a mark typically \u2713 placed beside an item to show it has been noted, examined, or verified",
": exposure of a chess king to an attack from which he must be protected or moved to safety",
": a pattern in squares that resembles a checkerboard",
": a fabric woven or printed with such a design",
": crack , break",
": reprimand , rebuke",
": under restraint or control",
": a sudden stopping of progress : pause",
": something that delays, stops, or holds back",
": examination sense 1 , investigation",
": a written order telling a bank to pay out money from a person's account to the one named on the order",
": a ticket or token showing a person's ownership, identity, or claim to something",
": a slip of paper showing the amount due",
": a pattern in squares",
": a mark \u2713 typically placed beside a written or printed item to show that something has been specially noted",
": an act of hitting or stopping a player in hockey",
": a situation in chess in which a player's king can be captured on the opponent's next turn",
": under control",
": to slow or bring to a stop",
": to hold back or under control",
": to make sure that something is correct or satisfactory",
": to get information by examining",
": to mark with a check",
": to leave or accept for safekeeping or for shipment",
": to stop or hit (a player) in hockey",
": to look at",
": to borrow from a library",
": to pay for purchases",
": something that limits or restrains \u2014 see also checks and balances",
": a written order signed by its maker directing a bank to pay a specified sum to a named person or to that person's order on demand \u2014 see also negotiable instrument \u2014 compare draft",
": a check drawn by a bank on its deposits in another bank",
": a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by the cashier or another bank official",
": a check certified to be good by the bank upon which it is drawn by the signature of usually the cashier or paying teller with the word certified or accepted across the face of the check",
": a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds from which to make payment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek",
"\u02c8chek"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"antonyms":[
"bill",
"tab"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But work continues on several projects this summer so drivers should check ahead for potential lane issues and work areas. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Teach them not to click on unknown email links and to always double- check the URL domain before entering login details. \u2014 Oleh Svet, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The nurses give Raczkowski showers, check his blood pressure and vitals, and keep him company. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Keagan Rothrock can check another item off her high school softball to-do list: Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"At one point, Ira and Vika had to crawl, commando-style, along a road to check that the route was safe. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"Ask your primary care doctor or check with your insurance provider for information on local group therapy services. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Stay cool and hydrated and be sure to check the back seat for your children and pets! \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"And make sure to check back here soon\u2014we\u2019ll update you as soon as Amazon announces more Prime Day details. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Key to this recent trend seems to be the strategic pairing of solo funds with seasoned institutional investors in matching the check size to score sizeable deals. \u2014 Jawad Farooq, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Darnell shared his thoughts after presenting the check . \u2014 Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"California voters in 2016 passed a measure prohibiting the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines and requiring certain individuals to pass a background check to buy ammunition. \u2014 Andrew Selsky, ajc , 10 June 2022",
"An Upshot article on Saturday about the difference between polling data on voters\u2019 views on gun control measures and their votes on them described incorrectly the type of background check referendum that was voted on by Californians in 2016. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"The internet has become a haven for unlicensed gun sellers, hailing from states that do not legal require a background check , research shows. \u2014 Naomi Nix, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"That means a large number of blank- check firms are now scrambling to finalize deals \u2014 and many won't succeed. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"After running a records check , he was found to have an out of county warrant and was placed under arrest. \u2014 Ellise Shafer, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Frequent jet-setters will appreciate the exclusive, members-only line to speed up the check -in and security process through Clear\u2019s biometric identity verification process that uses the eyes and face. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 7",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8",
"Interjection",
"1922, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204611"
},
"cheek":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": the lateral aspect of the head",
": something suggestive of the human cheek in position or form",
": one of two laterally paired parts",
": insolent boldness and self-assurance",
": buttock sense 1",
": to speak rudely or impudently to",
": the side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": disrespectful speech or behavior",
": the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": the lateral aspect of the head",
": buttock sense 1",
": to conceal (medication) in the cheek for future use"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113k",
"\u02c8ch\u0113k",
"\u02c8ch\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He kissed her on the cheek .",
"He's got a cheek ignoring us like that.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the clip, the 40-year-old singer waved her hand for the camera and shortly after gave her fianc\u00e9 a sweet kiss on the cheek . \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Other shots include the Big Sky actor, 38, proudy holding his son, who looks adorable in a blazer with a bowtie and handkerchief in his pocket, and another of Dorsey giving his son a kiss on the cheek . \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Men elbowed their way up to take selfies; women pulled him in for kisses on the cheek . \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"In her Instagram post on Saturday, Nittolo shared a number of photos of the couple, including one of Liotta kissing her on the cheek . \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"Although the name of the candle may be tongue-in- cheek , the entrepreneurs take the partnership seriously. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
"Harsin showed a bit of tongue-in- cheek bit humor when giving an update on Texas A&M transfer Calzada. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"One effect of the book's tongue-in- cheek format is a chilling realization that the villains in The Playbook are extraordinarily banal. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"Now, its reemergence is being lauded with the kind of fervor reserved for the drop of a new BTS album \u2014 though the chatter is laced with a kind of tongue-in- cheek humor. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The line, out March 21, comprises eight product types: eye shadow palettes, potted gel eye shadows, eye gloss, false eyelashes, cheek and lip stains, a face mist, and a makeup primer just for the undereyes. \u2014 Allure , 16 Mar. 2022",
"There's also support for Spotify Tap, a relatively new feature that lets subscribers of that streaming service directly launch the app and swap between playlists with a few button (or cheek , in this case) presses. \u2014 Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The department posted photos of the small brown and black mammal crouching fearfully in a mesh crate after capture, with bloody wounds on its nose, cheek and forehead. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The collection, available on Amazon, features eyeliner, lip glazes, cheek and lip tints, highlighter, and a set of mini lipsticks. \u2014 Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Because many of the questions will be subjective, the researchers think the city should push the envelope and take hair or fingernail samples and saliva or cheek swabs from participants to measure their levels of the stress hormone cortisol. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
"People were seen dining al fresco and sunbathing, cheek to jowl. \u2014 New York Times , 21 July 2021",
"One of my favorite Huggs-Era memories is of the 6-5 Martin slam-dancing chest to cheek with North Carolina\u2019s 7-foot center Eric Montross in an Elite 8 game the Bearcats almost stole. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Some testing sites may ask you to swab your nose or cheek yourself, or spit into a tube. \u2014 Sarah Krouse, WSJ , 3 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-182249"
},
"cheekiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": boldly rude, impudent, or disrespectful in usually a playful or appealing way",
": showing disrespect : rude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-k\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"examples":[
"a cheeky comment about something that was none of her business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion joined forces at the Grammy Awards for a cheeky homage to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"When Nick types up an angry message demanding payment from a client and accidentally sends it to Bee, the two begin a cheeky , charming correspondence that will change both their lives \u2014 in multiple universes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This cheeky homage to telenovelas has a simple enough premise: Gloria Calder\u00f3n and Mar\u00eda del Carmen are twins separated at birth. \u2014 Eric Mcquade, The Atlantic , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Announcing his return in typically cheeky style \u2013 after a Twitter campaign to free Cuthbert \u2013 Aldi made the announcement outside a branch of M&S this morning, parking a truck with an advert outside a store. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Backed by a live band and a video screen filled with flames, the performance channelled late-Nineties country camp, replete with cowboy hats, a stage decorated with hay bales and a cheeky nod to country trailblazer Shania Twain. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"It\u2019s one of the more upbeat offerings in the group\u2019s pensive catalogue of music, with its music video featuring a dance-off and cheeky visuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"The Queen of the Galaxy VIP box comes with both the cheeky and corset for $119.90, or $49.95 for VIP members. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Beret-wearing Guardian Angels suddenly abound, a cheeky wink to a season at least somewhat inspired by It\u2019s a Wonderful Life. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cheek entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1838, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221739"
},
"cheeks":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": the lateral aspect of the head",
": something suggestive of the human cheek in position or form",
": one of two laterally paired parts",
": insolent boldness and self-assurance",
": buttock sense 1",
": to speak rudely or impudently to",
": the side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": disrespectful speech or behavior",
": the fleshy side of the face below the eye and above and to the side of the mouth",
": the lateral aspect of the head",
": buttock sense 1",
": to conceal (medication) in the cheek for future use"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113k",
"\u02c8ch\u0113k",
"\u02c8ch\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[
"back talk",
"backchat",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"mouth",
"sass",
"sauce"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He kissed her on the cheek .",
"He's got a cheek ignoring us like that.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the clip, the 40-year-old singer waved her hand for the camera and shortly after gave her fianc\u00e9 a sweet kiss on the cheek . \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 9 June 2022",
"Other shots include the Big Sky actor, 38, proudy holding his son, who looks adorable in a blazer with a bowtie and handkerchief in his pocket, and another of Dorsey giving his son a kiss on the cheek . \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Men elbowed their way up to take selfies; women pulled him in for kisses on the cheek . \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"In her Instagram post on Saturday, Nittolo shared a number of photos of the couple, including one of Liotta kissing her on the cheek . \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"Although the name of the candle may be tongue-in- cheek , the entrepreneurs take the partnership seriously. \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 June 2022",
"Harsin showed a bit of tongue-in- cheek bit humor when giving an update on Texas A&M transfer Calzada. \u2014 al , 27 May 2022",
"One effect of the book's tongue-in- cheek format is a chilling realization that the villains in The Playbook are extraordinarily banal. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 19 May 2022",
"Now, its reemergence is being lauded with the kind of fervor reserved for the drop of a new BTS album \u2014 though the chatter is laced with a kind of tongue-in- cheek humor. \u2014 Emily Heil, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The line, out March 21, comprises eight product types: eye shadow palettes, potted gel eye shadows, eye gloss, false eyelashes, cheek and lip stains, a face mist, and a makeup primer just for the undereyes. \u2014 Allure , 16 Mar. 2022",
"There's also support for Spotify Tap, a relatively new feature that lets subscribers of that streaming service directly launch the app and swap between playlists with a few button (or cheek , in this case) presses. \u2014 Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The department posted photos of the small brown and black mammal crouching fearfully in a mesh crate after capture, with bloody wounds on its nose, cheek and forehead. \u2014 Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The collection, available on Amazon, features eyeliner, lip glazes, cheek and lip tints, highlighter, and a set of mini lipsticks. \u2014 Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Because many of the questions will be subjective, the researchers think the city should push the envelope and take hair or fingernail samples and saliva or cheek swabs from participants to measure their levels of the stress hormone cortisol. \u2014 Rebecca Lurye, courant.com , 1 Nov. 2021",
"People were seen dining al fresco and sunbathing, cheek to jowl. \u2014 New York Times , 21 July 2021",
"One of my favorite Huggs-Era memories is of the 6-5 Martin slam-dancing chest to cheek with North Carolina\u2019s 7-foot center Eric Montross in an Elite 8 game the Bearcats almost stole. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Some testing sites may ask you to swab your nose or cheek yourself, or spit into a tube. \u2014 Sarah Krouse, WSJ , 3 Sep. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200049"
},
"cheeky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": boldly rude, impudent, or disrespectful in usually a playful or appealing way",
": showing disrespect : rude"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-k\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"examples":[
"a cheeky comment about something that was none of her business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion joined forces at the Grammy Awards for a cheeky homage to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"When Nick types up an angry message demanding payment from a client and accidentally sends it to Bee, the two begin a cheeky , charming correspondence that will change both their lives \u2014 in multiple universes. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This cheeky homage to telenovelas has a simple enough premise: Gloria Calder\u00f3n and Mar\u00eda del Carmen are twins separated at birth. \u2014 Eric Mcquade, The Atlantic , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Announcing his return in typically cheeky style \u2013 after a Twitter campaign to free Cuthbert \u2013 Aldi made the announcement outside a branch of M&S this morning, parking a truck with an advert outside a store. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Backed by a live band and a video screen filled with flames, the performance channelled late-Nineties country camp, replete with cowboy hats, a stage decorated with hay bales and a cheeky nod to country trailblazer Shania Twain. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"It\u2019s one of the more upbeat offerings in the group\u2019s pensive catalogue of music, with its music video featuring a dance-off and cheeky visuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"The Queen of the Galaxy VIP box comes with both the cheeky and corset for $119.90, or $49.95 for VIP members. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Beret-wearing Guardian Angels suddenly abound, a cheeky wink to a season at least somewhat inspired by It\u2019s a Wonderful Life. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cheek entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1838, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210042"
},
"cheer":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a shout of applause or encouragement",
": the activity of organized cheerleading",
": lightness of mind and feeling : animation , gaiety",
": state of mind or heart : spirit",
": hospitable entertainment : welcome",
": food and drink for a feast : fare",
": something that gladdens",
": facial expression",
": face",
": to utter a shout of applause or triumph",
": to grow or be cheerful : rejoice",
": to perform as a cheerleader",
": to be mentally or emotionally disposed",
": to make glad or happy",
": to instill with hope or courage : comfort",
": to urge on or encourage especially by shouts",
": to applaud with shouts",
": a happy feeling : good spirits",
": something that gladdens",
": a shout of praise or encouragement",
": to give hope to or make happier : comfort",
": to grow or be cheerful",
": to urge on especially with shouts or cheers",
": to shout with joy, approval, or enthusiasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir",
"\u02c8chir"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This is also the WWE's first NIL class to feature athletes from cheer and dance, volleyball, men's basketball and an HBCU program. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a stand-up-and- cheer moment that\u2019s mitigated, somewhat, by Mira delivering the line wordlessly, with her fingers into a smartphone. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Lee earns a big cheer for pitching a scoreless fifth, after which the Bananas venture into the stands, handing roses to women for Mother\u2019s Day. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Skiing Julie Athans and MariaElena Medlock cheer on Tour of Anchorage cross country ski racers at Point Woronzof in Anchorage, AK on Sunday, March 6, 2022. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Fans at home scream, cheer , and clap just as intensely as in-person fans, even though nobody at the event hears them. \u2014 Mike Schabel, Quartz , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Busy doing good deeds: There were a lot of senior citizens in need of cheer (and food) for the holidays, so the Rotary Club of Brunswick worked with the Medina County Senior Network to fill bags with meals and gifts. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The crash is accompanied by a loud, collective cheer . \u2014 David Helvarg, Environment , 29 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s about spreading cheer , not a debilitating and deadly virus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Our SMBs seem to be very supportive of each other and cheer each other on. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Who: Household name rock band -- some would say THE rock band -- making crowds cheer after 60 years in the business. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Everyone is encouraged to show up and support, even if only to cheer on participating skaters. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Now girls could paint their faces and cheer for us and have role models. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Deras would go to most of his games and cheer from the sidelines, never trying to steal any of the spotlight from his children. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"After all, aren't fans there just to see their favorite player or cheer their team to victory? \u2014 Matt Miller, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"At the Picketpost Campground near Superior, Arizona, about 300 miles in, Schilling\u2014who lives nearby\u2014came out to cheer Wilcox on. \u2014 Abigail Barronian, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"Apply this cream every morning to protect and cheer up your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192421"
},
"cheer (up)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to become happier"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222143"
},
"cheerful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of good spirits : merry",
": ungrudging",
": conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry",
": feeling or showing happiness",
": causing good feelings or happiness",
": pleasantly bright"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"She has a cheerful outlook on life.",
"He seems a little more cheerful today.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shea Cobb, in a cheerful pink T-shirt, stands between her daughter Zion and her mother, Ren\u00e9e. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The anesthetist makes cheerful small talk in broken English about being a Liverpool football fan. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"Ellie was laid to rest at Hillcrest Cemetery following a funeral mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where relatives remembered the cheerful 9-year-old girl who loved dancing, cheerleading, Encanto, and the color purple. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Harini Logan, a cheerful 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, made history on June 2, 2022. \u2014 Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"And like the center itself, and the exhibition making its debut inside, these cheerful fluff balls pack a big message into one small, potent package. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"With her cheerful disposition and one-of-a-kind personality, Lova Ladiva carries herself with humor and extravagance. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"Rose captured the hearts of her more than 3 million YouTube subscribers and 12 million Facebook followers with a cheerful , positive outlook and zest for life. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The unions could bring an end to 20 years of burnishing the Apple brand with cheerful salespeople hawking $1,000 phones. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cheer entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181504"
},
"cheerfulness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of good spirits : merry",
": ungrudging",
": conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry",
": feeling or showing happiness",
": causing good feelings or happiness",
": pleasantly bright"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"She has a cheerful outlook on life.",
"He seems a little more cheerful today.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shea Cobb, in a cheerful pink T-shirt, stands between her daughter Zion and her mother, Ren\u00e9e. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The anesthetist makes cheerful small talk in broken English about being a Liverpool football fan. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"Ellie was laid to rest at Hillcrest Cemetery following a funeral mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where relatives remembered the cheerful 9-year-old girl who loved dancing, cheerleading, Encanto, and the color purple. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Harini Logan, a cheerful 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, made history on June 2, 2022. \u2014 Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"And like the center itself, and the exhibition making its debut inside, these cheerful fluff balls pack a big message into one small, potent package. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"With her cheerful disposition and one-of-a-kind personality, Lova Ladiva carries herself with humor and extravagance. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 2 June 2022",
"Rose captured the hearts of her more than 3 million YouTube subscribers and 12 million Facebook followers with a cheerful , positive outlook and zest for life. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"The unions could bring an end to 20 years of burnishing the Apple brand with cheerful salespeople hawking $1,000 phones. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cheer entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-194517"
},
"cheeriness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by cheerfulness or good spirits",
": causing or suggesting cheerfulness",
": merry and bright in manner or effect : cheerful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-\u0113",
"\u02c8chir-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"a cheery grin on the host of the holiday party",
"a cheery , unexpected compliment can really make another person's day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep scrolling to shop bright and cheery bikinis, tankinis, and one-pieces below that are all under $38. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The bright and cheery design is sure to grab kids\u2019 attention for endless jumping and splashing in the sprinklers. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Despite the hour, the 42-year-old actress was bright and cheery . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The coffeehouse has cheery baristas and a pastry chef who prepares java-friendly snacks such as vegan, keto and gluten-free muffins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"By spring, Shenandoah's cheery flora bounces back in full force. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 9 Apr. 2022",
"They were greeted by cheery staff members, handing out bags of Cheetos, seating Scouts and taking song requests. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But the village\u2019s dehumanizing rules and inhospitable conditions create anything but a safe and secure environment, and no amount of whimsy \u2014 in the form of colorful, cheery murals \u2014 can hide the carceral nature of the camp. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Her cheery shop contains a brightly colored assortment of yarns made by area BIPOC and LGBTQIA artisans. \u2014 Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212030"
},
"cheering":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a shout of applause or encouragement",
": the activity of organized cheerleading",
": lightness of mind and feeling : animation , gaiety",
": state of mind or heart : spirit",
": hospitable entertainment : welcome",
": food and drink for a feast : fare",
": something that gladdens",
": facial expression",
": face",
": to utter a shout of applause or triumph",
": to grow or be cheerful : rejoice",
": to perform as a cheerleader",
": to be mentally or emotionally disposed",
": to make glad or happy",
": to instill with hope or courage : comfort",
": to urge on or encourage especially by shouts",
": to applaud with shouts",
": a happy feeling : good spirits",
": something that gladdens",
": a shout of praise or encouragement",
": to give hope to or make happier : comfort",
": to grow or be cheerful",
": to urge on especially with shouts or cheers",
": to shout with joy, approval, or enthusiasm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir",
"\u02c8chir"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"hilarity",
"jocundity",
"joviality",
"merriment",
"merriness",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"crack up",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This is also the WWE's first NIL class to feature athletes from cheer and dance, volleyball, men's basketball and an HBCU program. \u2014 Chandler Engelbrecht, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a stand-up-and- cheer moment that\u2019s mitigated, somewhat, by Mira delivering the line wordlessly, with her fingers into a smartphone. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Lee earns a big cheer for pitching a scoreless fifth, after which the Bananas venture into the stands, handing roses to women for Mother\u2019s Day. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
"Skiing Julie Athans and MariaElena Medlock cheer on Tour of Anchorage cross country ski racers at Point Woronzof in Anchorage, AK on Sunday, March 6, 2022. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Fans at home scream, cheer , and clap just as intensely as in-person fans, even though nobody at the event hears them. \u2014 Mike Schabel, Quartz , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Busy doing good deeds: There were a lot of senior citizens in need of cheer (and food) for the holidays, so the Rotary Club of Brunswick worked with the Medina County Senior Network to fill bags with meals and gifts. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland , 31 Dec. 2021",
"The crash is accompanied by a loud, collective cheer . \u2014 David Helvarg, Environment , 29 Dec. 2021",
"It\u2019s about spreading cheer , not a debilitating and deadly virus. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Our SMBs seem to be very supportive of each other and cheer each other on. \u2014 Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"Who: Household name rock band -- some would say THE rock band -- making crowds cheer after 60 years in the business. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Everyone is encouraged to show up and support, even if only to cheer on participating skaters. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"Now girls could paint their faces and cheer for us and have role models. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Deras would go to most of his games and cheer from the sidelines, never trying to steal any of the spotlight from his children. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"After all, aren't fans there just to see their favorite player or cheer their team to victory? \u2014 Matt Miller, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"At the Picketpost Campground near Superior, Arizona, about 300 miles in, Schilling\u2014who lives nearby\u2014came out to cheer Wilcox on. \u2014 Abigail Barronian, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"Apply this cream every morning to protect and cheer up your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7b",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210853"
},
"cheerless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking qualities that cheer : bleak , joyless",
": offering no happiness or cheer : gloomy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8chir-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"examples":[
"The room was surprisingly bare and cheerless .",
"a dank and cheerless castle that was once the site of unspeakable horrors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all his gloom, Mann was not entirely cheerless . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Lawrence\u2019s was among the last, with a green campus full of trees, but a gray, cheerless interior and food that, in his words, looked regurgitated. \u2014 Sarah Enelow-snyder, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Bishop spent a cold childhood raised by cheerless Calvinist grandparents (her official guardian, Uncle Jack, was reputedly something of a bully), and quickly learned that intense emotional attachments led to distress. \u2014 Scott Bradfield, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Nothing like signifyin\u2019 in the Henry Louis Gates Jr. sense, with its necessarily intelligent playfulness, but something essentially post-literate and cheerless . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 11 July 2019",
"But a future predicated on product development alone, with little to offer the human heart, is a cheerless future indeed. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2019",
"Just ahead awaits a peculiar Southern California landscape of palm trees and barbed wire, and then a cheerless , pitiless site: Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution. \u2014 James Andrew Miller, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The visit draws a strangely dutiful, cheerless local crowd. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017",
"Long before any news outlet formally declared Ms. Handel\u2019s victory, CNN and MSNBC regulars disclosed the outcome with their funereal tones and cheerless visages. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 21 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175201"
},
"cheesed off":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": angry , irritated"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"feeling a bit cheesed off",
"I was really cheesed off that they made me go to the back of the queue."
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1942, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170020"
},
"cheesy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": resembling or suggesting cheese especially in consistency or odor",
": containing cheese",
": shabby sense 3c , cheap",
": resembling cheese especially in appearance or smell",
": containing cheese",
": of poor quality : lacking style or good taste",
": resembling cheese in consistency"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113-z\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-z\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"ticky-tacky",
"ticky-tack",
"trashy",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"antonyms":[
"chic",
"classic",
"classy",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fashionable",
"fine",
"posh",
"ritzy",
"smart",
"sophisticated",
"stylish",
"tasteful"
],
"examples":[
"cheesy plastic knickknacks lined the fireplace mantel",
"a cheesy watch that he bought from a sidewalk vendor preying on tourists",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Passionflix dialogue is usually taken directly from the source material, which can be majestically cheesy . \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The special effects are kind of cheesy , but sadly much of it still holds up. \u2014 al , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike other cheeses, Parmesan won't entirely melt, so the coating proteins in it will result in a crunchy, cheesy , salty crust. \u2014 Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"The best birthstone jewelry for every month embraces all that symbolism without feeling too cheesy or over-the-top. \u2014 Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"Salty, sweet or cheesy \u2013 there's deals to be had in Cincinnati this National Pretzel Day. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The direction was cheesy and on the nose, especially the device Clarkson uses at the end of each episode to literally depict each character\u2019s emotional state. \u2014 Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The creepy alien musical (based on the cheesy 1960 Roger Corman film) was originally planned for CT Rep in 2020, but COVID killed that. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Her descriptions \u2014 coated in cheesy crumbs rather than sugar \u2014 are wholly relatable and throw two fingers up to the Instagram illusion. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184804"
},
"cherish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to hold dear : feel or show affection for",
": to keep or cultivate with care and affection : nurture",
": to entertain or harbor in the mind deeply and resolutely",
": to hold dear : feel or show affection for",
": to remember or hold in a deeply felt way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cher-ish",
"\u02c8che-rish",
"\u02c8cher-ish"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"love",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
],
"examples":[
"a book cherished by many",
"I will always cherish that memory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With each heart representing one of the four seasons of the year, the recipient can cherish moments from each long after a loved one is gone. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Begin with Boutte\u2019s Gumbo ( cherish the fried oysters). \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"For those who cherish all things cozy, Introverts Retreat is an ideal monthly pick-me-up. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"All shot in the early \u201890s, Kaufman\u2019s films are an inside look at minor league baseball, the winter leagues in Venezuela, and the lives of pro scouts that any baseball fan will cherish . \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But not too late to teach us all to love and cherish life. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The one moment where an athlete takes time to reflect or to cherish time spent with family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"So please look after them, cherish them and take time for them. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Her actors cherish her, speaking of their collaboration with reverence and just a little bit of intimidation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cherisshen , from Anglo-French cheriss- , stem of cherir to cherish, from cher dear, from Latin carus \u2014 more at charity ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211424"
},
"cherished":{
"type":"verb",
"definitions":[
"to hold dear feel or show affection for",
"to keep or cultivate with care and affection nurture",
"to entertain or harbor in the mind deeply and resolutely",
"to hold dear feel or show affection for",
"to remember or hold in a deeply felt way"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8cher-ish",
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"love",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe"
],
"examples":[
"a book cherished by many",
"I will always cherish that memory.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With each heart representing one of the four seasons of the year, the recipient can cherish moments from each long after a loved one is gone. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
"Begin with Boutte\u2019s Gumbo ( cherish the fried oysters). \u2014 Dwight Brown, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"For those who cherish all things cozy, Introverts Retreat is an ideal monthly pick-me-up. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
"All shot in the early \u201890s, Kaufman\u2019s films are an inside look at minor league baseball, the winter leagues in Venezuela, and the lives of pro scouts that any baseball fan will cherish . \u2014 Matt Caputo, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But not too late to teach us all to love and cherish life. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The one moment where an athlete takes time to reflect or to cherish time spent with family. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022",
"So please look after them, cherish them and take time for them. \u2014 Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Her actors cherish her, speaking of their collaboration with reverence and just a little bit of intimidation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cherisshen , from Anglo-French cheriss- , stem of cherir to cherish, from cher dear, from Latin carus \u2014 more at charity ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163507"
},
"cherry-pick":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to select the best or most desirable",
": to select as being the best or most desirable",
": to select the best or most desirable from"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cher-\u0113-\u02ccpik"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1965, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224102"
},
"chesterfield":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a single-breasted or double-breasted semifitted overcoat with velvet collar",
": a davenport usually with upright armrests",
"4th Earl of 1694\u20131773",
"English statesman and author",
"city in eastern Missouri west of Saint Louis population 47,484",
"town south of Sheffield in Derbyshire, north central England population 99,700"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8che-st\u0259r-\u02ccf\u0113ld",
"\u02c8che-st\u0259r-\u02ccf\u0113ld",
"\u02c8che-st\u0259r-\u02ccf\u0113ld"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bought a huge new chesterfield for the living room",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Crystorama chandelier and sconces paired with the Frontgate chesterfield sofa and side chairs add glam. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Standout pieces include a new chandelier and chairs by Jonathan Adler, a custom chesterfield sofa by Interior Define, and a CB2 rug. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 21 July 2021",
"Built on the shores of 3.8-mile-long Lake Quinault, with a backdrop of mountains, the 91-room (plus one suite) lodge features soaring beams, a crackling fireplace, and chesterfield leather chairs and couches. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2021",
"Tiefenbrun\u2019s studio is warm and welcoming, with beautiful burgundy walls, chesterfield leather sofas, a three-way mirror, and jazz music playing softly in the background. \u2014 Fortune , 24 Nov. 2019",
"The consignment sale includes everything from an all-in-one Baccarat Cave \u00e0 Liqueur for $3,795 to a Victorian-style chesterfield sofa for $2,000. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Designer Timothy Oulton is known for updating iconic pieces like chesterfield sofas and lounge chairs by playing with scale or adding dramatic upholstery. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
"The House\u2019s entry level foyer best exemplifies this, with tufted leather club chairs, velvet chesterfield couches, antique chandeliers, and worn Persian rugs that punctuate the weathered wooden plank floors. \u2014 Rachel Waldman, Vogue , 17 July 2018",
"In fact, in Canada (receiver of many British exports), the term chesterfield came to mean a sofa of any design. \u2014 Maggie Burch, House Beautiful , 26 Nov. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from a 19th century Earl of Chesterfield ",
"first_known_use":[
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213451"
},
"chesty":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": proudly or arrogantly self-assertive",
": marked by a large or well-developed chest",
": accompanied by the raising of phlegm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8che-st\u0113",
"\u02c8ches-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Campbell explores her vocal range, seamlessly transitioning from airy falsetto to chesty belts, landing every note with laser precision. Azizi Gibson feat. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 10 Jan. 2022",
"The woman was chesty , the man powerfully built, the curves of his thighs yearning for the curves of hers. \u2014 Dave Eggers, Wired , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Parodying a president who already flirts with self-parody isn\u2019t easy, but Cauvin nailed the chesty voice, the malapropisms and the utter shamelessness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Nothing encapsulated Boston's fearless youth and dynamic potential quite like Tatum's dunk on James, and chesty celebration after, in Game 7 on Sunday. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 May 2018",
"Negan gives speeches like that guy in Creed sings: all chesty bluster that fails to impress. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2018",
"Nothing encapsulated Boston's fearless youth and dynamic potential quite like Tatum's dunk on James, and chesty celebration after, in Game 7 on Sunday. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 May 2018",
"Negan gives speeches like that guy in Creed sings: all chesty bluster that fails to impress. \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2018",
"Check Chesty companion (model Monika Ordowska) throwing a drink in Gronk's face? \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2017"
],
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"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-221830"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": reprimand , bawl out"
],
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"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
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"the coach chews out even the stars of the team if they fail to show up for practice"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1943, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173942"
},
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"type":[
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table",
": vital energy that is held to animate the body internally and is of central importance in some Eastern systems of medical treatment (such as acupuncture ) and of exercise or self-defense (such as tai chi )"
],
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"\u02c8k\u012b",
"\u02c8k\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113"
],
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"aura",
"energy",
"ki",
"vibe(s)",
"vibration(s)"
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"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1850, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205717"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a domestic chicken",
": one newly hatched",
": the young of any bird",
": child",
": girl , woman",
": a baby bird and especially a baby chicken"
],
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"\u02c8chik",
"\u02c8chik"
],
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"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
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"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"examples":[
"a mother hen and her chicks",
"those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223616"
},
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"noun"
],
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": a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)"
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"chump change",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pin money",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"song",
"two cents"
],
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"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad"
],
"examples":[
"The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed .",
"Ten bucks? That's chicken feed !",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And with all due apologies to one of the best mascots in broadcasting history, that ain\u2019t chicken feed . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 June 2022",
"Ukraine is a major producer of corn and wheat, which are components of chicken feed . \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"High demand for chicken feed is also a factor in rising costs, with some in the UK claiming chicken could soon be as expensive as beef. \u2014 Clarisa Diaz, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"Skyrocketing prices of grain and chicken feed , along with pandemic plant closures, mean even fewer chickens are available in the broader market. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower, NBC News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"One of the major components of chicken feed is soy, which is extremely cheap and widely used across the world. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The insects will be fed waste from Morrison\u2019s fruit and vegetable processing site in the U.K. and will replace soya as a source of protein in the group\u2019s chicken feed . \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Candy corn was designed to look like chicken feed , since at the time candy corn first emerged, about half of Americans worked on farms. \u2014 Noah Sheidlower And Radhika Marya, CNN , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Johnston had witnessed firsthand the brutal eradication of mustangs and other breeds, which were rounded up, hog tied, and slaughtered for chicken feed and fertilizer. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 4 Jan. 2021"
],
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"1834, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201829"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke",
": to voice disapproval to : reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner : scold",
": to scold gently"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u012bd",
"\u02c8ch\u012bd"
],
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"admonish",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
],
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"examples":[
"She chided us for arriving late.",
"\u201cYou really should have been here on time,\u201d she chided .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"President Barack Obama used to chide his staff for admiring a problem rather than doing something about it. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2022",
"On several occasions, Nelson took to Twitter to chide Lasry over economic issues. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Putin seized on the moment to chide the United States, where a decades-long, multibillion-dollar destruction program was slowed by regulatory delays. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has consistently backed up the Biden administration\u2019s warnings about Russia\u2019s intention, going so far as to chide the dismissive commentary of some colleagues. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Still, amateur real estate commentators may chide you for not holding out for top dollar. \u2014 Joanne Cleaver, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Some leaders and international health officials have seized on the emergence of a new coronavirus strain to chide the world on the poor results of the global vaccination campaign. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Indeed, Robertson's closest friends chide him for not branching out beyond the park's 1 million acres and venturing further afield. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 Nov. 2021",
"When Essaibi George attempted to chide Wu for taking credit for the push for more clinicians, Wu gently reminded her that work began long before Essaibi George joined the council. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English c\u012bdan to quarrel, chide, from c\u012bd strife",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223803"
},
"chief":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": accorded highest rank or office",
": of greatest importance or influence",
": chiefly",
": the upper part of a heraldic field",
": the head of a body of persons or an organization : leader",
": the principal or most valuable part",
": in the chief position or place",
": the head of a group : leader",
": in the highest ranking position or place",
": highest in rank or authority",
": most important : main"
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"\u02c8ch\u0113f",
"\u02c8ch\u0113f"
],
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"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
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"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
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"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
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"body",
"brunt",
"bulk",
"core",
"generality",
"heft",
"main",
"mass",
"staple",
"weight"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the chief engineer on the project",
"Her job is their chief source of income.",
"He has many concerns, chief among them his health.",
"Noun",
"the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son",
"our chief is out on a business trip right now",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"People who have already been placed in these jobs are earning more than $16 an hour, said Dana Williams, chief strategy officer for Detroit at Work. \u2014 Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"The production facility will try to attract some of the largest film studios in the nation, like Netflix, Disney, Paramount and NBC Universal, said Zach Price, the chief operating officer of Hill Country Studios. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 15 June 2022",
"Just this month, Los Angeles' city council voted to create a position of chief heat officer. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"Coleman is taking a job as the chief academic officer at Lynchburg City Schools in Virginia, according to a June 7 post on the Lynchburg City Schools' website. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel , 15 June 2022",
"Scott Miners, chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, predicted that the tech index could fall as much as 75% over several years. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"Studer will be based in Los Angeles and report to Dan Cohen, chief content licensing officer for Paramount Global. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 14 June 2022",
"Nwando Olayiwola, chief health equity officer and senior vice president at Humana, said the building's central location will help the company and the school work closely in tandem. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
"Barker will start at Netflix on June 27, with the official title of VP and chief accounting officer. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This month's unusually public firing of TV content chief Peter Rice stunned Hollywood insiders, aghast by what seemed a graceless breach of industry etiquette, and spooked Disney shareholders who knocked the stock down nearly 4%. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Between 10% and 15% of Tesla\u2019s cost structure is exposed to swings in raw-materials prices, finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn said in April. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"And yet Mike Brown, the beach\u2019s ocean rescue chief , looked out at the water with unease. \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"On Saturday, interim chief Crystal Young-Haskins told members of the Coalition of Little Rock Neighborhoods that the Police Department's app is scheduled to officially launch Thursday through third-party vendor AtlasOne. \u2014 Arkansas Democrat-gazette, Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"Ben Lowry, the El Monte Police Department\u2019s acting chief , said Tuesday night. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Governor Roy Cooper and his current environmental chief unveiled a three-pronged strategy last week to further reduce and remedy a broad category of PFAS chemicals in water sources. \u2014 Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"But as reported by Texas Tribune and The New York Times, the chief arrived on the scene without radios and no key for the classrooms where the massacre was unfolding. \u2014 Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"At Disney alone, studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg wasn\u2019t fired when then-chairman and CEO Michael Eisner tossed him out a window in 1994. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201524"
},
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"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": most importantly : principally , especially",
": for the most part : mostly , mainly",
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": above all : most importantly",
": for the most part"
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"\u02c8ch\u0113-fl\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0113-fl\u0113"
],
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"altogether",
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"by and large",
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"Adverb",
"our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Still, the impact to borrowing costs in coming months will depend chiefly on the \u2013 as yet undetermined \u2013 pace of the Fed\u2019s rate hikes. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Sitting Bull, born around 1831, came from an elite family and, though lauded for his battlefield prowess, was revered in later life chiefly as a holy man. \u2014 Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Borrower Defense exists to provide loan forgiveness to borrowers who fall victim to fraud committed by institutions and has been chiefly used to forgive the loans of students who attended predatory for-profit colleges and universities. \u2014 Edward Conroy, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Handing off the minelaying mission to drones will also help the Navy\u2019s 53 attack submarines concentrate on other missions, chiefly stalking and sinking enemy ships. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 2 June 2022",
"True to the smaller brand\u2019s practice, the collection is chiefly upcycled from existing garments and deadstock fabrics and where not\u2014as in the pineapple leather retro climbing sneakers\u2014uses sustainable materials. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"The Quad \u2014 established chiefly to counter Chinese power \u2014 comprises the U.S., Japan, Australia and India. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"The governor's plan revolved around ending taxes on pensions and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, while Republican state lawmakers focused chiefly on reducing the state's personal income tax rate. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2022",
"Current and former employees told Insider that a mix of internal strife, indecision, and a lack of urgency have delayed plans for widespread subscription adoption\u2014with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi chiefly to blame. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After the British arrived, Tu, a scion of a chiefly family on Tahiti, dealt cleverly with the newcomers. \u2014 Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Known to Samoans by her chiefly title of Fiame, the daughter of the country's original prime minister served as Samoa's first female cabinet minister from 1991 to 2006. \u2014 Erin Spencer, Forbes , 19 May 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1870, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211401"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an extremely simple task or act",
": something that is insignificant"
],
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"bagatelle",
"frippery",
"nonproblem",
"nothing",
"picayune",
"shuck(s)",
"small beer",
"small change",
"trifle",
"triviality"
],
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"examples":[
"Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.",
"the injury is child's play , just a scratch",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So moves in Elden Ring are kind of like pushups; performing one is child's play , but performing 100 in a single chain can be torture. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Climbing steep inclines is child's play for the V8 model, which burbles contentedly just above idle, free of stress and full of torque. \u2014 Derek Powell, Car and Driver , 17 Feb. 2022",
"But what of history's other horrors \u2014 horrors on a scale that make September 11 look like child's play ? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Sep. 2017",
"Herberger cared about all aspects of art, from ballet to child's play , family friend Jennifer Moser said. \u2014 Mackenzie Brower, The Arizona Republic , 3 Nov. 2021",
"This version of Squid Game will only be about child's play . \u2014 Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In tonight\u2019s Daily Edition, watch for our story about celebrating the power of child's play in public spaces. \u2014 David Clark Scott, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Mar. 2021",
"When two-thirds of Republicans believe that antifa was involved in the assault on the Capitol, selling the base a bogus narrative about the Texas electricity disaster is practically child's play . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2021",
"Angela Caglia's Rose Quartz Eye Mask makes a regular ol' rose quartz facial roller look like child's play . \u2014 Blake Newby, Allure , 30 Nov. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200409"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to calm down : go easy : relax"
],
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"calm (down)",
"cool",
"hush",
"pipe down",
"quiet",
"settle (down)"
],
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"act up",
"carry on",
"cut up"
],
"examples":[
"stop making that racket, and just chill out !",
"if you don't chill out , you're going to get an ulcer"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1980, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200725"
},
"chilling":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": gravely disturbing or frightening",
": very upsetting or frightening"
],
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"\u02c8chi-li\u014b",
"\u02c8chi-li\u014b"
],
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"bitter",
"bleak",
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"chilly",
"nipping",
"nippy",
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"examples":[
"a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Coinbase\u2019s decision to pull already accepted offers out from underneath candidates\u2019 feet has perhaps had the most significant chilling effect to date on how potential crypto developers and engineers think about the market. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"Price controls will have a chilling effect on the willingness of these investors to invest in biotech. \u2014 John Lamattina, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Johnny Depp's lawyers are speaking out a week after his defamation victory, denying the verdict will have a chilling effect on the #MeToo movement. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 8 June 2022",
"American solar companies have said that the prospect of more \u2014 and retroactive \u2014 tariffs was already having a chilling effect on imports. \u2014 New York Times , 6 June 2022",
"His supporters now fear a result that could have a chilling effect on the nationwide effort to elect reform-minded district attorneys. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"Not all experts fear a chilling effect or, as some have framed it, a threat to the #MeToo movement. \u2014 Maryclaire Dale And Jocelyn Noveck, Chron , 3 June 2022",
"Is this going to have a chilling effect on actual victims coming forward? \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"The case has had a chilling effect on research into LGBTQ victims of the Holocaust. \u2014 Samuel Huneke, CNN , 2 June 2022"
],
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"1815, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202317"
},
"chilly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": noticeably cold : chilling",
": unpleasantly affected by cold",
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],
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"\u02c8chi-l\u0113",
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
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"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
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"nipping",
"nippy",
"raw",
"sharp"
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"examples":[
"It's a little chilly outside.",
"You must be chilly without a coat on.",
"They gave him a chilly reception.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a chilly Wednesday night, the Lake Ridge Educational Foundation held a vigil outside the athletic field at Calumet New Tech High School to honor the victims of the Texas school shooting. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"One chilly September night, about two weeks before the current season premiered, they were informed that Michaels was in the crowd. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service, the start of the week will remain quite chilly for mid-April, and precipitation could transition into a chance of showers during the afternoon. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Winds out of the northwest will keep it feeling quite chilly in the morning, and not a whole lot warmer in the afternoon. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Temperatures will be quite chilly with highs in the 30s. \u2014 courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The Rocky and Chagrin rivers are top bass waters throughout May, but when the water is chilly , target slower, deeper waters around structures. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The nights are chilly , with lows 40 to 45 on Wednesday and 45 to 50 on Thursday. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Here are some observations from the open practice, which ran a little over 90 minutes on a chilly , windy day at Spartan Stadium. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173816"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail",
": an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts",
": an illusion or fabrication of the mind",
": an unrealizable dream",
": an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution",
": an individual, organ, or part containing tissue with two or more genetically distinct populations of cells"
],
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"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u0259",
"k\u0259-"
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"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
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"phantasy",
"figment",
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"fantasm",
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"examples":[
"Economic stability in that country is a chimera .",
"a monster in the closet would not have been the first chimera that the boy had seen in his mind's eye",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled. \u2014 Bob Verini, Variety , 6 June 2022",
"Their chaotic chimera of high camp, raw tape and synthesizer noise, nasty guitar rock and rampant saxophones was a critical success, even hitting No. 10 on the U.K. charts. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This redwood has two kinds of DNA, albino and regular, a rare genetic constitution that qualifies it as a chimera . \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 24 July 2014",
"The White House and Pelosi, though, did not know the key position that left them chasing a chimera through the summer and into the fall, as Biden's poll numbers dropped and the Virginia governor's race slipped away. \u2014 Manu Raju, CNN , 2 Feb. 2022",
"In this case the beast was an elephant, not an indeterminate Dutch chimera , and a god floated through the sky in a golden vehicle, extending a helping hand. \u2014 Hari Kunzru, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"For many writers of my own generation, this makes Didion an inspiration but also a chimera . \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The guerrillas also demand benefits to communities affected by environmentally damaging industries, but this has mostly been a chimera . \u2014 Jessica Camille Aguirre, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Though chimera cats are rare, chimerism can be hereditary, according to Healthline. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin chimaera , from Greek chimaira she-goat, chimera; akin to Old Norse gymbr yearling ewe, Greek cheim\u014dn winter \u2014 more at hibernate ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185935"
},
"chin":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the lower portion of the face lying below the lower lip and including the prominence of the lower jaw",
": the surface beneath or between the branches of the lower jaw",
": to bring to or hold with the chin",
": to raise (oneself) while hanging by the hands until the chin is level with the support",
": to talk idly",
": the part of the face below the mouth and including the point of the lower jaw",
": the lower portion of the face lying below the lower lip and including the prominence of the lower jaw"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chin",
"\u02c8chin",
"\u02c8chin"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Hardly appeared in the playoffs but got stitches from a cut by the stick to the chin in practice. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Upon encountering police, the suspect put his gun to his chin , police said \u2014 but officers on the scene convinced him to put the gun down and he was taken into custody. \u2014 Michael Kaplan, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
"Jezzerrelli Asia-Togia, who graduated from East on Tuesday afternoon, stood near family as a woman approached to put a lei over her head, on top of a stack that already reached up to her chin . \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 12 May 2022",
"Seventeen seconds into the second round, Chandler connected with a big kick to Ferguson's chin , and Ferguson crumpled to the floor unconscious. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 7 May 2022",
"Place the curved notch of the board where your collar bones meet, and drag it up the midline of the throat up to (but not over) your chin . \u2014 Emily Rekstis, Allure , 14 Apr. 2022",
"In 2016, when the Obamas arrived at Windsor Castle to meet Her Majesty for the third time, the Queen wore a silk scarf fastened under her chin (a defining feature of her more casual outfits), signaling familiarity and an informal tone. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Romero has power, and Davis hasn\u2019t really had his chin tested by an elite opponent yet. \u2014 Josh Katzowitz, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Its three-way adjustable hood (not helmet-compatible) amply covers the head and zips over the chin , but is small enough to remain unobtrusive when not in use. \u2014 Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Swing your arms, focusing on taking your fingertips from hip height to chin height in rhythm with your knees. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 5 Jan. 2022",
"From neck lifts to tummy tucks to chin implants, these procedures are growing in popularity due to advancements in technology. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Ax was shot in the side of his face just after midnight while K-9 Endo was shot in the paw and chin almost two hours later after separate confrontations with the suspect, who had fled into a wooded area, the Volusia County Sheriff\u2019s Office said. \u2014 Fox News , 12 Sep. 2021",
"During several performances, C\u00e1ndido even deploys his elbow, forehead and chin onto the congas, to the delight of his audiences. \u2014 John Edward Hasse, WSJ , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Staying in my car, I was instructed to put both hands on the wheel, close my eyes and tilt my head back and chin up. \u2014 Janet Kusterer, baltimoresun.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"In other words, chin up, shoulders back, and bring your heart and soul forward. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Preliminary injunctions are extraordinary forms of relief and there is a very high bar to chin to receive one. \u2014 John Lynch, Arkansas Online , 8 Aug. 2020",
"When the public speaker inside me had to step down due to lack of opportunity, the writer in me stood, arms stiffly at her sides with hands in fists, chin up, and ready to work. \u2014 Stephanie Land, Longreads , 24 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1869, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191015"
},
"chin music":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": idle talk",
": a usually high inside pitch in baseball intended to intimidate the batter"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after listening to chin music all afternoon, I was ready for the sounds of silence"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214946"
},
"chin-wag":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a friendly conversation : chat",
": to have a friendly conversation : chat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chin-\u02ccwag"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1879, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1869, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212532"
},
"chintzy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": decorated with or as if with chintz",
": gaudy , cheap",
": stingy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chin(t)-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"The boss is chintzy about raises.",
"for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Puff-sleeve and tiered versions lean into a chintzy parlor look, but some of our favorite jacquard florals juxtapose the prim fabric with shorter hemlines and tiny tie-straps. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2022",
"Through the power of Rob\u2019s imagination (and some chintzy CGI), those wooden sculptures come to temporary life. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"British designer Richard Quinn has been designing full-face coverings for quite some time, albeit in more soothing prints, like chintzy florals. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The chintzy couches of centuries past went straight out the door. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 1 Oct. 2021",
"This subcompact feels solidly built, and material quality is mostly commensurate with its price, although the hard, shiny plastic dashtop panel looks chintzy , especially in the top-spec SEL models that go for more than $30,000. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 26 May 2021",
"The idea is truly one-of-a-kind pieces alongside its own in-house brand, making lingerie special and bespoke, not chintzy and disposable. \u2014 Hannah Morrill, Marie Claire , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Prepare for the big event by finding yourself some mice to transform into horses with the help of delightfully chintzy era-appropriate special effects. \u2014 Jackson Mchenry, Vulture , 4 Feb. 2021",
"The Bruins are no longer a chintzy operation known for handing out below-market contracts, mostly to coaches such as Dorrell and Neuheisel who had ties to the school. \u2014 Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222545"
},
"chip in":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": contribute",
": chime in sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"contribute",
"kick in",
"pitch in"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we all chipped in and bought flowers for the secretaries",
"forgive me in chipping in like this, but I think I know a better way to get to Trafalgar Square",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Putting a different chip in the cheaper iPhone 14 models might do the trick, especially considering that Apple has no real rival from Android. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 27 May 2022",
"But the latest rumor from 9to5Google's Abner Li is that Google isn't using Samsung's latest chip in the Pixel Watch. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"The company\u2019s roadmap shows a Prodigy 2 chip in the 2nd half of 2024. \u2014 Tom Coughlin, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"Mobile wallets rely on near-field communication, or NFC, which uses a chip in the mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a merchant\u2019s payment terminal. \u2014 Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY , 3 May 2022",
"In addition to earning credibility with some politicians, some, including one of Musk's most high-profile rivals, have suggested the Tesla CEO also stands to gain a valuable bargaining chip in Twitter. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Tribes also will chip in on those projects because the federal funding won\u2019t cover the entire cost of them. \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Others were also happy to chip in , even if just by grabbing some dinner. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Are there non-profits or businesses willing to chip in additional money? \u2014 Courtney Astolfi, cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200442"
},
"chipper":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that chips",
": sprightly sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-p\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"My, you're looking chipper this morning.",
"She greeted me in a chipper voice.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Asplundh invented the first wood chipper , which made clearing areas faster and easier. \u2014 Matt Durot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Many assume the party is headed for a wood- chipper in November, offering voters a big pile of zilch. \u2014 Charlotte Alter, Time , 5 May 2022",
"Like older Wii Sports entries, NSS includes some bonafide bops in its chipper , upbeat soundtrack made entirely of new melodies. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"Layla\u2019s having absolutely none of Khonshu\u2019s BS, but when Teweret once again rears her chipper head, Layla\u2019s a bit more trusting. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 6 May 2022",
"Lots of box checking of recent political headlines, but no real arc to the sketch beyond the co-hosts' chipper , dim-witted corruption. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And even with some irritatingly chipper new songs recorded in 1980 for side two, Hawks & Doves feels slight and unfinished. \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, and Ainsley Earhardt are chipper and glib spewing their conservative talk show propaganda, as always. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Looking alert and chipper , Mitchell seemed to run into a bit of trouble dealing with the teleprompter (leading to Raitt assisting her much in the way Lady Gaga did with Liza Minnelli at the Oscars). \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The super- chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Aug. 2020",
"The chipper Brydon, recommitted to his family after his infidelities in the second installment, is enjoying greater professional success. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 19 May 2020",
"And yet, beneath her chipper exterior, Twyla was the darkest resident of Schitt\u2019s Creek. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2020",
"The theme music is chipper as ever, and the circumstances have never been more dire. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 1 May 2020",
"Conducting a press call on Wednesday, Zuckerberg, who is normally chipper when announcing fixes to problems, seemed subdued when announcing a series of moves designed to provide coronavirus information, and suppress misinformation, on his platform. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 20 Mar. 2020",
"But all of that melts away as Russell's chipper perspective on impending doom lights up with glowing, glossy eyes and a lively, constantly expressive look on his face. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 23 Mar. 2020",
"Molly\u2019s chipper good nature is a start, but the role feels more sketch-comic than fully realized. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2019",
"The team writes for the that many of these cues are vocal, like the chipper whistles of dolphins or the haunting songs of humpback whales. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1590, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1806, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230151"
},
"chippy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": aggressively belligerent",
": marked by much fighting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
],
"examples":[
"a chippy , defensive fellow whose alma mater was the school of hard knocks",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Mercury actually played a clean game with four turnovers, but still were caught in a physical, chippy game with the Wings. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 19 May 2022",
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"The series became chippy early and advanced to bruising. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"The officiating left a lot to be desired during the rather chippy game. \u2014 Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"In a chippy but competitive game, Matthew Ruck led the way with eight goals and Wethersfield walked away with a 16-8 victory over the Panthers. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 3 May 2022",
"The game was chippy on both sides, as San Diego State was flagged 14 times for 124 yards and UTSA was penalized nine times for 80 yards. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 21 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chip on one's shoulder",
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184022"
},
"chips":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off",
": a small piece of food: such as",
": a small, thin, crisp, usually salty piece of food typically prepared by frying, baking, or drying",
": potato chip \u2014 see also corn chip",
": french fry",
": a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking",
": a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase",
": something small, worthless, or trivial",
": one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games",
": money",
": something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade",
": a piece of dried dung",
": a flaw left after a chip has been broken off",
": integrated circuit",
": a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit",
": chip shot sense 1",
": microarray",
": a child that resembles his or her parent",
": a challenging or belligerent attitude",
": to cut or hew with an edged tool",
": to cut or break (a small piece) from something",
": to cut or break a fragment from",
": to cut into chips",
": chaff , banter",
": to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin",
": to break off in small pieces",
": to play a chip shot",
": a small piece cut or broken off",
": a thin crisp piece of food and especially potato",
": a small bit of candy used in baking",
": a flaw left after a small piece has been broken off",
": integrated circuit",
": a small slice of silicon containing a number of electronic circuits (as for a computer)",
": to cut or break a small piece from",
": to break off in small pieces",
": microarray"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chip",
"\u02c8chip",
"\u02c8chip"
],
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"flake",
"sliver",
"spall",
"splint",
"splinter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But chip companies have catered heavily to their investors by limiting their capacity \u2014 a strategy to maintain high prices. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The group, which includes former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, marks a bipartisan effort to invest in chip -making companies and lobby legislators to subsidize the industry. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Now, problems ranging from production hitches to a shortage of manufacturing equipment have raised concerns over the ability of the world\u2019s two highest-end chip manufacturers to meet delivery promises to customers. \u2014 Asa Fitch, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"The coronavirus pandemic and chip shortages are two things causing the issues. \u2014 Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Just note that a model using Apple's brand-new M2 chip will likely arrive at some point in the future. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Metalenz announced today that chip giant ST Micro\u2019s latest product incorporates its metasurface technology that puts flat lenses in consumer products like smartphones, laptops, smart home devices, even cars. \u2014 John Koetsier, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"That\u2019s a chip that\u2019s been underutilized so far on iPad. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 8 June 2022",
"The trial includes more than 3,300 workers in 70 companies and organizations in sectors ranging from financial services to health care, retail and even a fish and chip shop. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For years, conservative legislators in Texas have been using the state as a proving ground for strategies that could chip away at Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021",
"And while some recent events might chip away at the dollar\u2019s dominance\u2014i.e. Western moves to freeze Russian reserve assets\u2014others could help cement it further. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"The government backing by France, Germany and now Italy is part of the European Union\u2019s push to chip away at Asia\u2019s dominance of EV batteries and create new jobs. \u2014 Tara Patel, Bloomberg.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Other laptops, most notably Apple\u2019s, meanwhile, have continued to chip away at bezel sizes, to the point that giant gap in superior design Huawei had in 2017 has become much smaller. \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 8 Apr. 2021",
"All that is to say, the Black Sea Fleet is getting smaller and less effective by the week as Ukraine\u2019s forces chip away at it. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Deep-pocketed rivals such as Apple, Walt Disney and HBO have begun to chip away at Netflix\u2019s dominance with their own streaming services. \u2014 Michael Liedtke And Mae Anderson, Chron , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Consumer spending is by far the biggest contributor to the U.S. economy, and economists are keenly looking for any signs that higher prices are starting to chip away at demand. \u2014 Molly Smith, Bloomberg.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Houston was Marshall\u2019s mentor and key architect of the strategy to chip away at legalized segregation in the run-up to Brown. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230235"
},
"chisel":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)",
": to cut or work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices on in order to obtain one's end",
": to obtain by such practices",
": to work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices",
": to thrust oneself : intrude",
": a metal tool with a sharp edge at the end of a usually flat piece used to chip away stone, wood, or metal",
": to cut, shape, or carve with a chisel",
": a metal tool with a cutting edge at the end of a blade",
": one used in dentistry (as for cutting or shaping enamel)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-z\u1d4al",
"\u02c8chi-z\u0259l",
"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l"
],
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"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The 1986 paper was the equivalent of a sculptor\u2019s cutting down a statue\u2019s raw form from a mammoth block of marble, and the papers Rozin published in its aftermath were the chisel -maneuvering that revealed a detailed anatomy underneath. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Apprentices, however, required numerous chisel strikes. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184326"
},
"chiseler":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)",
": to cut or work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices on in order to obtain one's end",
": to obtain by such practices",
": to work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices",
": to thrust oneself : intrude",
": a metal tool with a sharp edge at the end of a usually flat piece used to chip away stone, wood, or metal",
": to cut, shape, or carve with a chisel",
": a metal tool with a cutting edge at the end of a blade",
": one used in dentistry (as for cutting or shaping enamel)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-z\u1d4al",
"\u02c8chi-z\u0259l",
"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The 1986 paper was the equivalent of a sculptor\u2019s cutting down a statue\u2019s raw form from a mammoth block of marble, and the papers Rozin published in its aftermath were the chisel -maneuvering that revealed a detailed anatomy underneath. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Apprentices, however, required numerous chisel strikes. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225657"
},
"chitchat":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": small talk , gossip",
": friendly conversation"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chit-\u02ccchat",
"\u02c8chit-\u02ccchat"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We exchanged some chitchat about the weather.",
"a bit of chitchat over lunch with people we hadn't seen in a while",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Before the pandemic, the 43-year-old enterprise desktop support manager used to loathe the steady chitchat at his Phoenix office. \u2014 Ray A. Smith, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let your meeting devolve into idle chitchat and sub-groups, but finish by still holding on to the moment and maintaining a positive ambiance. \u2014 Regan Hillyer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The in-person meetings may not matter, but the chitchat , lunches and happy hours do. \u2014 Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"His friends knew my friends and introductions turned into chitchat , which turned into conversation. \u2014 Richard Villegas Jr., Los Angeles Times , 12 June 2021",
"Try to stop yourself before your friendly chitchat crosses the line into creating a dramatic distraction. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The fireworks, drinking and amplified chitchat around the smoker \u2014 those were all fine. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Superficial chitchat \u2014a custom as ancient as human social life itself\u2014is a hard habit to break. \u2014 Lila Maclellan, Quartz , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The interview began with the usual pandemic chitchat . \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"reduplication of chat ",
"first_known_use":[
"1605, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172958"
},
"chivalrous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": valiant",
": of, relating to, or characteristic of chivalry and knight-errantry",
": marked by honor, generosity, and courtesy",
": marked by gracious courtesy and high-minded consideration especially to women",
": of or relating to a knight or knighthood",
": having or showing honor, generosity, and courtesy",
": showing special courtesy and regard to women"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shi-v\u0259l-r\u0259s",
"\u02c8shi-v\u0259l-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"natural",
"noble",
"sublime"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"debased",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"ignoble",
"low"
],
"examples":[
"a kind and chivalrous man",
"still engages in chivalrous behavior, such as holding doors for people",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depp adjusts a phone cord near Camille Vasquez, his attorney, and the gesture is replayed in slow motion and exalted as a chivalrous deed. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Mendes also shared the love on Instagram, posting his chivalrous red carpet moment. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 12 May 2022",
"The Song of Glory tells the story of the chivalrous woman Li Ge and the governor Liu Yikang who after many tribulations, get married, join hands to defend the country, and jointly create a prosperous and peaceful world. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Like Curthose before him, the generous and chivalrous Stephen lacked the ruthlessness that had enabled Henry I to impose his iron will upon a fickle and self-seeking nobility. \u2014 Stephen Brumwell, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021",
"For those wondering, Xyon Quinn was the unnamed individual who was showing his chivalrous side during a random segment last week. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Like his theatrical clients, Mr. Zarem could deftly switch roles: from the choleric control freak grappling with the last-minute glitches in staging an event to the chivalrous host greeting every guest like a best friend. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Gone with the Wind, which, with its portraits of buoyant, slavery-loving enslaved people and chivalrous Confederate officers, won the Pulitzer. \u2014 Benjamin Nugent, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2021",
"This narrative \u2014 which paints men as entirely altruistic, selfless, even chivalrous for supporting women \u2014 is simply false. \u2014 Ellevate, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chivalerous, chevalrous, chyvalrous \"excelling in warfare, valiant, exemplifying the ideals of chivalry,\" borrowed from Anglo-French chevalerus, chevalrous (continental Old French chevalerous ), from chevalerie \"body of knights serving an overlord, chivalry \" + -us, -ous -ous ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201010"
},
"chivy":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks",
": to move or obtain by small maneuvers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"bug",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chivy , noun, chase, hunt, probably from English dialect Chevy Chase chase, confusion, from the name of a ballad describing the battle of Otterburn (1388)",
"first_known_use":[
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224951"
},
"chock-full":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": full to the limit",
": very full"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259k-\u02c8fu\u0307l",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k-",
"-\u02ccfu\u0307l",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k-\u02c8fu\u0307l"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chokkefull , probably from choken to choke + full ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230210"
},
"chockful":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": full to the limit",
": very full"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259k-\u02c8fu\u0307l",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k-",
"-\u02ccfu\u0307l",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k-\u02c8fu\u0307l"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chockablock",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chokkefull , probably from choken to choke + full ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172957"
},
"chocolate-box":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"superficially pretty or sentimental"
],
"pronounciation":null,
"synonyms":[
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"from the pictures formerly commonly seen on boxes of chocolates",
"first_known_use":[
"1892, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-163501"
},
"choice":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"the act of choosing selection",
"power of choosing option",
"the best part cream",
"a person or thing chosen",
"a number and variety to choose among",
"care in selecting",
"a grade of meat between prime and good",
"to be preferred",
"worthy of being chosen",
"selected with care",
"of high quality",
"of a grade between prime and good",
"the act of picking between two or more possibilities",
"the power of choosing option",
"a person or thing chosen",
"a range of possibilities to choose from",
"of very good quality"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ch\u022fis",
"synonyms":[
"alternative",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection",
"volition",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"For example, a domain name with the .tv extension would be a good choice for a website about television. \u2014 Michael Gargiulo, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The erstwhile Captain America is a solid choice to headline what\u2019s mainly a straightforward sci-fi action story bookended by a pair of existential crises that actually make this spinoff fly. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"The residue-free option is a great choice for sensitive skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The Sox needed a 40-man roster spot for Refsnyder and Ara\u00faz was a fairly obvious choice to go. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"At just under $30, Winner Outfitter's camping hammock is a great choice for those looking for comfort that won't break the bank. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Trendiness aside, these sandals are a versatile choice for summer as they can be styled from bathing suits to the occasional biker shorts and hoodie combo on hungover bodega runs. \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"Eventually, Novavax hopes also to become a choice for the millions more who haven\u2019t yet had a booster dose of today\u2019s vaccines, regardless of which shot people got originally. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The directors\u2019 decision to focus on the fourth estate in democracies as opposed to autocracies was a deliberate choice . \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"Gallup found 55% of those surveyed identify as pro- choice \u2013 the highest percentage reported since 1995. \u2014 Rachel Looker, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"More recently, a YouGov poll conducted in 2020 found that nine out of 10 UK adults identify as pro- choice . \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 5 May 2022",
"Gallup found 49% of Americans now identify as pro- choice and 47% as pro-life, as compared with 56% and 33% who said the same in 1995, respectively. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Caruso also takes a pro- choice stance and released a statement condemning the draft decision. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Both describe themselves as pro- choice , but Mr. Ciattarelli backs more restrictions than Ms. Loughran. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, Planned Parenthood called on Caruso to apologize for prior donations to anti- choice politicians. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Pro- choice advocates took to the streets to protest across the country following the leaking of the document. \u2014 Mary Ellen Cagnassola, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Rights once secured but abruptly taken away will anger, energize and motivate pro- choice proponents. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 9 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"choiceness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of choosing : selection",
": power of choosing : option",
": the best part : cream",
": a person or thing chosen",
": a number and variety to choose among",
": care in selecting",
": a grade of meat between prime and good",
": to be preferred",
": worthy of being chosen",
": selected with care",
": of high quality",
": of a grade between prime and good",
": the act of picking between two or more possibilities",
": the power of choosing : option",
": a person or thing chosen",
": a range of possibilities to choose from",
": of very good quality"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022fis",
"\u02c8ch\u022fis"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternative",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection",
"volition",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9",
"select"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For example, a domain name with the .tv extension would be a good choice for a website about television. \u2014 Michael Gargiulo, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"The erstwhile Captain America is a solid choice to headline what\u2019s mainly a straightforward sci-fi action story bookended by a pair of existential crises that actually make this spinoff fly. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 13 June 2022",
"The residue-free option is a great choice for sensitive skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The Sox needed a 40-man roster spot for Refsnyder and Ara\u00faz was a fairly obvious choice to go. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"At just under $30, Winner Outfitter's camping hammock is a great choice for those looking for comfort that won't break the bank. \u2014 Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Trendiness aside, these sandals are a versatile choice for summer as they can be styled from bathing suits to the occasional biker shorts and hoodie combo on hungover bodega runs. \u2014 Bianca Rodriguez, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"Eventually, Novavax hopes also to become a choice for the millions more who haven\u2019t yet had a booster dose of today\u2019s vaccines, regardless of which shot people got originally. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The directors\u2019 decision to focus on the fourth estate in democracies as opposed to autocracies was a deliberate choice . \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Gallup found 55% of those surveyed identify as pro- choice \u2013 the highest percentage reported since 1995. \u2014 Rachel Looker, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"More recently, a YouGov poll conducted in 2020 found that nine out of 10 UK adults identify as pro- choice . \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 5 May 2022",
"Gallup found 49% of Americans now identify as pro- choice and 47% as pro-life, as compared with 56% and 33% who said the same in 1995, respectively. \u2014 Alison Durkee, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Caruso also takes a pro- choice stance and released a statement condemning the draft decision. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Both describe themselves as pro- choice , but Mr. Ciattarelli backs more restrictions than Ms. Loughran. \u2014 Fox News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Additionally, Planned Parenthood called on Caruso to apologize for prior donations to anti- choice politicians. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 May 2022",
"Pro- choice advocates took to the streets to protest across the country following the leaking of the document. \u2014 Mary Ellen Cagnassola, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Rights once secured but abruptly taken away will anger, energize and motivate pro- choice proponents. \u2014 Charlie Dent, CNN , 9 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173752"
},
"choke":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air",
": to check or hinder the growth, development, or activity of",
": to obstruct by filling up or clogging",
": to fill completely : jam",
": to enrich the fuel mixture of (a motor) by partially shutting off the air intake of the carburetor",
": to grip (something, such as a baseball bat) some distance from the end of the handle",
": to become choked in breathing",
": to become obstructed or checked",
": to become or feel constricted (see constrict sense 1 ) in the throat (as from strong emotion)",
": to shorten one's grip especially on the handle of a bat",
": to lose one's composure and fail to perform effectively in a critical situation",
": the filamentous inedible center of an artichoke flower head",
": an artichoke flower head",
": something that obstructs passage or flow: such as",
": a valve for choking (see choke entry 1 sense 3 ) a gasoline engine",
": a constriction in an outlet (as of an oil well) that restricts flow",
": reactor sense 2",
": a constriction (such as a narrowing of the barrel or an attachment) at the muzzle (see muzzle entry 1 sense 3 ) of a shotgun that serves to limit the spread of shot",
": the act of choking",
": to keep from breathing in a normal way by cutting off the supply of air",
": to have the trachea blocked entirely or partly",
": to slow or prevent the growth or action of",
": to block by clogging",
": to eat with difficulty",
": to become too emotional to speak",
": to keep from breathing in a normal way by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air",
": to have the trachea blocked entirely or partly",
": the act of choking",
": pulmonary manifestations of decompression sickness including shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u014dk",
"\u02c8ch\u014dk",
"\u02c8ch\u014dk"
],
"synonyms":[
"garrote",
"garotte",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Chew your food well so you don't choke .",
"We were choking on fumes.",
"The thick smoke was choking me.",
"The flowers were choked by the weeds.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nothing gets burned, so nothing goes up a chimney to choke the air. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Poland also pushing its European neighbors to finalize a sixth round of sanctions on Moscow that would include a near-total embargo on Russian oil: the West\u2019s biggest attempt yet to choke funding for the Kremlin\u2019s war industry. \u2014 Stephen Fidler And Drew Hinshaw, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"The Times\u2019 Tom Ball reports Russia has been targeting the city with missile strikes and a naval blockade to choke the port\u2019s exports of Ukrainian grain and wheat. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Look for pests or signs of debris, which could choke the plant. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Barnett, 34, said LaBeouf, 35, tried to choke her multiple times, including once during a violent attack at a gas station in February 2019. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
"Kamela - in the ultimate sign of disrespect - used a Terrible Towel to choke Baker. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Ezra Miller, who plays Credence Barebone in all three films, made headlines after appearing to choke a fan outside a club and, most recently, allegedly harassed people at a bar in Hawaii and breaking into a couple\u2019s hotel room. \u2014 Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Seifi worries that a person using this method could choke and advised against it. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ultimately, the dollar is the choke -point that makes U.S. sanctions effective. \u2014 James T. Areddy, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"There was the split finger and the choke change, which helped Trevor Hoffman to the Hall of Fame. \u2014 John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
"One of the principal choke points behind low mission capability rates for US military aircraft has been insufficient inventories of spare parts. \u2014 Oliver Wyman, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And with no thorns or choke , paring them is a snap; getting to the heart of the matter involves just a few tugs of the outer leaves, a slice of the conical top, and a quick trim of the base. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Feb. 2022",
"People counting, occupancy estimation, choke -point detection and other applications are helping retailers plan their stores more effectively. \u2014 Fredrik Nilsson, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Additionally, Brown did not strangle or choke Adams, according to police. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The witness said on other occasions, Ray had struck him with a hammer, threatened him with a knife and put him in a choke -hold. \u2014 Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"More drivers had been returning to the roads as Covid-19 restrictions eased, but the nation\u2019s capacity to refine gasoline remained below pre-pandemic levels, creating a choke on supply when demand was on the rise. \u2014 Joseph De Avila And Omar Abdel-baqui, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195355"
},
"choleric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered",
": angry , irate",
": easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259-rik",
"k\u0259-\u02c8ler-ik",
"\u02c8k\u00e4l-\u0259-rik",
"k\u0259-\u02c8ler-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"watch out for the choleric librarian at the reference desk",
"I absolutely get choleric when a telemarketer calls during the dinner hour.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mask agonists tend to be both crumbly and choleric , a bad combination and ample reason to seek comfort. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"He is replaced by a choleric , more professional West Indian, a lean black man with a faint, unplaceable accent. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cholera ",
"first_known_use":[
"1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202601"
},
"choose":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to select freely and after consideration",
": to decide on especially by vote : elect",
": to have a preference for",
": decide",
": to make a selection",
": to take an alternative",
": to select freely and after careful thought",
": to decide what to do",
": to see fit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fcz",
"\u02c8ch\u00fcz"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the sports, choose from aerobics, biking, hiking, softball, sailing, canoeing, kayaking and swimming in the camp's lakes. \u2014 USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Just choose the plan that\u2019s right for you and submit eligible claims for reimbursement. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Christian Gill, Grace Yek, Len Bleh and Tony Ferrari choose the winners. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Given the outrageous cost of traditional four-year schools, some of them will choose an online education. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa could choose to block the legislation again or to send it once more to the Constitutional Court for vetting. \u2014 Barry Hatton, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Swedish royal Prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) must choose between duty and love in the heartfelt coming-of-age drama Young Royals. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Pick a restaurant, choose your current craving, confirm your order, and you're done. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"People with wide feet, for example, should choose walking sneakers with a wide toe box. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chosen , from Old English c\u0113osan ; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175026"
},
"choosey":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": fastidiously selective : particular",
": careful in making choices"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc-z\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u00fc-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"You can't be too choosy if you want a job right away.",
"We could afford to be as choosy as we wanted to be.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because new graduates can afford to be choosy , some are taking their time to lock in a new job, recruiters say. \u2014 Lindsay Ellis, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"To be blunt, the fashion revolution can\u2019t afford to be choosy about who is deserving of participation. \u2014 Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Before the show, Glass confided that Wonder\u2019s lawyer told her the artist is choosy regarding licensing his music for projects, and has never approved the use of this much of his music for one project. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Still, total employment measured by ADP remains well below its pre-pandemic level, suggesting higher wages and sign-on bonuses aren\u2019t doing enough to attract and retain talent in a labor market where jobseekers are increasingly choosy . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Beginners might be happy swapping a Pothos or propagated Monstera, while those who bring exotic plants will be more choosy . \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The same protein may be able to whisper its chemical message across the notoriously choosy blood-brain barrier and trigger anti-inflammatory processes in the brain. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The company approached the two deals with the intention to be choosy , Chief Financial Officer Rex Jackson said. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"With both companies providing a solid third-quarter outlook, choosy investors must now decide whether to take a chance on comeback kid Twitter or more-consistent Snap. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 22 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1862, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-202120"
},
"choosy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": fastidiously selective : particular",
": careful in making choices"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc-z\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u00fc-z\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
],
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"You can't be too choosy if you want a job right away.",
"We could afford to be as choosy as we wanted to be.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because new graduates can afford to be choosy , some are taking their time to lock in a new job, recruiters say. \u2014 Lindsay Ellis, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"To be blunt, the fashion revolution can\u2019t afford to be choosy about who is deserving of participation. \u2014 Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Before the show, Glass confided that Wonder\u2019s lawyer told her the artist is choosy regarding licensing his music for projects, and has never approved the use of this much of his music for one project. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Still, total employment measured by ADP remains well below its pre-pandemic level, suggesting higher wages and sign-on bonuses aren\u2019t doing enough to attract and retain talent in a labor market where jobseekers are increasingly choosy . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Beginners might be happy swapping a Pothos or propagated Monstera, while those who bring exotic plants will be more choosy . \u2014 Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The same protein may be able to whisper its chemical message across the notoriously choosy blood-brain barrier and trigger anti-inflammatory processes in the brain. \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The company approached the two deals with the intention to be choosy , Chief Financial Officer Rex Jackson said. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
"With both companies providing a solid third-quarter outlook, choosy investors must now decide whether to take a chance on comeback kid Twitter or more-consistent Snap. \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 22 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1862, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222203"
},
"chop":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to cut into or sever usually by repeated blows of a sharp instrument",
": to cut into pieces",
": to weed and thin out (young cotton)",
": to cut as if by chopping",
": to strike (something, such as a ball) with a short quick downward stroke",
": to subject to the action of a chopper",
": to make a quick stroke or repeated strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument (such as an ax)",
": to move or act suddenly or violently",
": a forceful usually slanting blow with or as if with an ax or cleaver",
": a sharp downward blow or stroke",
": a small cut of meat often including part of a rib \u2014 see lamb illustration",
": a mark made by or as if by chopping",
": material that has been chopped up",
": a short abrupt motion (as of a wave)",
": a stretch of choppy sea",
": chopper sense 6",
": abrupt elimination or removal (as from a job)",
": to change direction",
": to veer with or as if with wind",
": to argue with sophistical reasoning and minute distinctions",
": a seal or official stamp or its impression",
": a license validated by a seal",
": a mark on goods or coins to indicate nature or quality",
": a kind, brand, or lot of goods bearing the same chop",
": quality , grade",
": to cut by striking especially over and over with something sharp",
": to cut into small pieces : mince",
": a sharp downward blow or stroke (as with an ax)",
": a small cut of meat often including a part of a rib"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4p",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4p"
],
"synonyms":[
"dice",
"hash",
"mince"
],
"antonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171648"
},
"chop-chop":{
"type":"adverb",
"definitions":[
"without delay quickly"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02ccch\u00e4p-\u02c8ch\u00e4p",
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Chinese Pidgin English, reduplication of chop fast",
"first_known_use":[
"1834, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-162642"
},
"choppy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adjective ()",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": being roughened : chapped",
": rough with small waves",
": interrupted by ups and downs",
": jerky",
": disconnected",
": changeable , variable",
": rough with small waves",
": marked by sudden stops and starts : not smooth"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4-p\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"aperiodic",
"casual",
"catchy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective (1)",
"1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective (2)",
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-181412"
},
"chops":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": jaw",
": mouth",
": the fleshy covering of the jaws",
": embouchure",
": the technical facility of a musical performer",
": expertise in a particular field or activity",
": the fleshy covering of the jaws"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4ps",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4ps"
],
"synonyms":[
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"savvy",
"skills"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Klay Thompson\u2019s defensive chops are making an appearance in the most pivotal moments. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Chicago's set clearly put more of a premium on showing off musical chops than Wilson's set, at times venturing into progressive-rock terrain. \u2014 Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic , 8 June 2022",
"In a pre-recorded skit that aired for attendees at the celebratory concert at Buckingham Palace in London, the Queen showed off her comedy and acting chops while hosting the beloved character for tea. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 4 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not uncommon for families to travel for large quantities of takeout \u2014 from as far away as Kissimmee \u2014 to bring back to their Airbnbs. Pork belly and pork chops score big, says Wang. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"At one point, Haddock needed to film a scene as Myrna in one of her star-making silent film roles\u2014a small moment for Downton, but one Curtis says shows the actress\u2019s chops . \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 29 May 2022",
"Candidates in the 11th District have been arguing that their biographies represent the appropriate balance between understanding the city bureaucracy, while also having the chops to challenge it. \u2014 James Rainey, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022",
"As for off-road chops , the Mantis Overland has 14 inches of ground clearance and Timbren\u2019s Axle-Less Suspension underneath, which gives you four inches of lift over the standard Mantis and helps soak up the bumps when the pavement ends. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Steaks and chops are priced individually and range from $21.99 for a 1956 boneless rib-eye to filet mignon starting at $27.99 each to $95 for a 36-ounce dry-aged Wagyu beef Tomahawk chop. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of chap entry 3 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195610"
},
"chord":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously",
": accord",
": to play chords especially on a stringed instrument",
": to make chords on",
": harmonize",
": cord sense 3a",
": a straight line segment joining and included between two points on a circle",
": a straight line joining two points on a curve",
": an individual emotion or disposition",
": either of the two outside members of a truss connected and braced by the web members",
": the straight line distance joining the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil",
": a group of tones sounded together to form harmony",
": a straight line joining two points on a curve",
": cord sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022frd",
"\u02c8k\u022frd",
"\u02c8k\u022frd"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"passion",
"sentiment"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the revised system chords perfectly with the original goals"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1608, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200946"
},
"chore":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the regular or daily light work of a household or farm",
": a routine task or job",
": a difficult or disagreeable task",
": a small job that is done regularly",
": a dull, unpleasant, or difficult task"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022fr",
"\u02c8ch\u022fr"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"duty",
"job",
"task"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The children were each assigned different household chores .",
"I liked the simple chore of bringing in the firewood.",
"Doing taxes can be a real chore .",
"That movie is a chore to sit through.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The one way around the bad fairness math is if there\u2019s some chore or area of chores your partner does do well, gladly or out of necessity. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"Fortunately, cheering on the endearingly vulgar show\u2014or perhaps alternately endearing and vulgar is better\u2014is hardly a taxing chore . \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Shopping for the best grill cleaner shouldn't be a complicated chore . \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"One consequence is that Delta farmers, in addition to siphoning irrigation water from the channels that surround their islands, have to pump water out\u2014a chore familiar to anyone who has used a sump pump to keep a basement dry. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"At the National Park Service\u2019s most popular spots, a combination of timed-entry ticket systems, hikes with user fees, and headache-inducing online reservations can turn what should be a respite into a chore . \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 23 Feb. 2022",
"When peeling broccoli stems starts to feel like a chore , just remove the old blade and pop on the new one. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 May 2022",
"Always high on my spring garden chore list is transplanting. \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Sport coats, we\u2019re told, are the staid garments of yesteryear, artifacts of a stuffier era that are being replaced by safari jackets and chore coats at a rapid clip. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of chare ",
"first_known_use":[
"1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-183854"
},
"chortle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to sing or chant exultantly",
": to laugh or chuckle especially when amused or pleased",
": to say or sing with a chortling intonation",
": a laugh or chuckle expressing pleasure or amusement",
": to chuckle in amusement or joy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022fr-t\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ch\u022fr-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He chortled , \u201cYou're going to love this.\u201d",
"audiences might chortle gently during the movie's amusing bits, but there are few knee-slappers",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Daily Show\u2019s Trevor Noah has been booked to tell the jokes that everyone will chortle over at first, then complain about later. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Critics understandably chortle but the paper perhaps is resurrecting itself for a serious moment. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s not every day that an American president and a foreign dictator chortle together over the IQ of an American former vice president. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 20 Oct. 2020",
"So, yes, by all means chortle and smirk online at the consensual private trespasses of Jerry Falwell Jr., yet another great Protestant hypocrite laid low. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 25 Aug. 2020",
"My year-old daughter is chortling , making silly faces with my mom. \u2014 Bridget Shirvell, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"There are a host of other chortling jack-o-lanterns as well, usually including an enormous one shooting flames from the top of its roasting head, an effect created by soaking toilet paper rolls in kerosene. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 17 Oct. 2019",
"Klobuchar contrasted her big picture talk with stories of her family\u2019s humble roots \u2014 her grandfather was a miner, who used a coffee can to save for her father\u2019s future \u2014 and kept the crowd chortling with jokes. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Strong reactions to the 2019 musical should be evident over the next seven days at Birmingham\u2019s Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, during nine screenings that encourage audience members to heckle, chortle and sing along. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 24 Jan. 2020"
],
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"Verb",
"1871, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1891, in the meaning defined above"
],
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},
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"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"dolt , blockhead"
],
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
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"brain",
"genius"
],
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"instantly concluded his new son-in-law was a chowderhead"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1833, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or giving all the tones of the chromatic scale",
": characterized by frequent use of accidentals",
": of or relating to color or color phenomena or sensations",
": highly colored",
": of or relating to chroma",
": accidental sense 2",
": of, relating to, or characterized by color or color phenomena or sensations",
": capable of being colored by staining agents"
],
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u014d-\u02c8ma-tik",
"kr\u014d-\u02c8mat-ik"
],
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"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the strikingly chromatic paintings of Matisse and the other Fauvists",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Often the entire chromatic circle is used in the same scene. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Case in point: For this version of the iconic light fixture, Dixon filtered light through a dichroic filter, allowing for a chromatic effect. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"The chromatic collection, from technical dresses and skirts to terrycloth wristbands and headbands, is made to play well together. \u2014 Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"The same color paints the walls and ceiling in order to achieve a chromatic continuity. \u2014 Michaela Trimble, Vogue , 12 May 2022",
"But a room scheme without visual interruptions and drastic chromatic transitions can have considerable impact. \u2014 Kathryn O\u2019shea-evans, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Messina is also credited with creating the Interval Study Method, a playing technique using diatonic and chromatic scales. \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Some in marketing communications like to call that chromatic and graphic continuity. \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Groove to its color-keyed uniformity and its sheer chromatic intensity. \u2014 Joe Lorio, Car and Driver , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Electro- chromatic glass on the hood allows more light into the cabin when driving, but can also be darkened to hide anything stored inside. \u2014 Laura Burstein, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The opening section recalls the chromatic yet tonal music of Schoenberg and Zemlinsky 40 years prior but is followed by a dissonant scherzo. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Nov. 2021",
"These modules can automatically remove optical defects like distortion, chromatic aberrations, vignetting, and lack of sharpness with one click. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The open-mindedness and chromatic exuberance that McHugh shares with her daughter is one of the Campbell + Charlotte brand\u2019s dynamic strong points. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Just off the entry, a signature James Turrell ovoid wall sculpture greets visitors with a dreamy chromatic display, the first of many personal artistic accents woven throughout her home. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 4 Aug. 2020",
"Abels\u2019 score is an insinuating amalgam of blues, African chromatics and old-Hollywood atmosphere compete with choral exhortations (sung in Swahili) to run for your life. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 13 Sep. 2019"
],
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"Adjective",
"1630, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Noun",
"1708, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214000"
},
"chubby":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
"plump",
"somewhat fat"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113"
],
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"blubbery",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
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"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"He was always chubby as a child.",
"the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On its hard-plastic cover, there was an anthropomorphic bear dressed like a ballerina balancing on a single chubby toe. \u2014 Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On the streets, Lee was mocked as Pikachu, the chubby yellow rodent Pok\u00e9mon, a play on his full Chinese name John Lee Ka-chiu. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
"In North Carolina, a baby is born with chubby cheeks and the same button-nose as his big brother. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Omar Polina Aguilar was a chubby 2-year-old when he was diagnosed with malignant neuroblastoma cancer in May 2019, said his mother, Lorena Aguilar. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Around me, pastry chefs are rolling dough into spirals of chubby croissants and plump rolls. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The chubby fellow\u2019s first entry into polygonal 3D on the Nintendo 64 is a solid outing. \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Eloise and chubby and likely dowry-less Penelope aren\u2019t the picture-perfect prospect that Daphne was. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Ryan was a chubby little boy, but has become tall and lean after a huge growth spurt. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chub ",
"first_known_use":[
"1722, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-164538"
},
"chuck":{
"type":[
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": cluck",
": pat , tap",
": toss , throw",
": discard",
": dismiss , oust",
": give up",
": a pat or nudge under the chin",
": an abrupt movement or toss",
": a cut of beef that includes most of the neck, the parts about the shoulder blade, and those about the first three ribs \u2014 see beef illustration",
": food",
": an attachment for holding a workpiece or tool in a machine (such as a drill or lathe)",
": to give a pat or tap to",
": toss entry 1 sense 1"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0259k",
"\u02c8ch\u0259k"
],
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"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off ",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
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"bread",
"chow",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"victuals",
"vittles"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (1)",
"1595, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1723, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195754"
},
"chucklehead":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": blockhead"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al-\u02cched"
],
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anecdotes, hyperbole: the talking chuckleheads sowing and selling fear. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 20 July 2019",
"For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca\u2019s assorted chuckleheads a debate question. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 4 July 2018",
"Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel. \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 27 Apr. 2018",
"There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it. \u2014 Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer\u2019s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale\u2019s nosy chucklehead George. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 17 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chuckle lumpish + head ",
"first_known_use":[
"1748, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220344"
},
"chuff":{
"type":[
"noun (1)",
"noun (2)",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"boor , churl",
"to produce noisy exhaust or exhalations proceed or operate with chuffs",
"the sound of noisy exhaust or exhalations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259f"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1914, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1915, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-165843"
},
"chuffed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": quite pleased : delighted"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259ft"
],
"synonyms":[
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied"
],
"examples":[
"I was feeling rather chuffed with myself, having competed in a cricket tournament with some of England's best.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For most of the past eight weeks, city officials have had reason to feel chuffed , with no new cases involving local transmission (and usually only a handful at most every day elsewhere in China). \u2014 The Economist , 20 June 2020",
"Anyway, the social media reaction has been pretty massive, from chuffed PSG fans heralding their new signing as the messiah, to Inter supporters wishing him well - or not so well - on his departure from San Siro. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Sep. 2019",
"But over in Milan, fans were pretty chuffed about Icardi's departure. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Sep. 2019",
"Other BBMAs attendees appeared chuffed to interact with Swift as well. \u2014 Abby Jones, Billboard , 21 May 2018",
"Norfolk Islanders are proud of their unique culture and the lawn bowlers were chuffed to stand on a podium and watch the raising of their green and white flag that features the Norfolk Pine. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Apr. 2018",
"Foddy, an unpresuming Australian with a doctorate in moral philosophy who now makes video games that purposely abuse their players, encouraged me not to get too chuffed about my entourage. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 30 Jan. 2018",
"Attenborough seems quite chuffed by his new namesake. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 23 Mar. 2017",
"Nobody, however, looked as unsure of his footing as Chairman Devin Nunes, who, not very long ago, was feeling chuffed enough to snark at reporters about how silly this all is. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 20 Mar. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat",
"first_known_use":[
"1957, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195944"
},
"chum":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a close friend : pal",
": to room together",
": to be a close friend",
": to show affable friendliness",
": to spend time with someone as a friend",
": animal or vegetable matter (such as chopped fish or corn) thrown overboard to attract fish",
": to attract with chum",
": to throw chum overboard to attract fish",
": chum salmon",
": a close friend : pal",
": to spend time with as a friend"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259m",
"\u02c8ch\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"amigo",
"buddy",
"compadre",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal"
],
"antonyms":[
"associate",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around ",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"sort",
"travel"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1684, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (1)",
"1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1857, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1857, in the meaning defined at transitive sense",
"Noun (3)",
"1902, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-174623"
},
"chumminess":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": quite friendly",
": very friendly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"close",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
],
"examples":[
"She was getting chummy with the reporters.",
"the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And Romijn, who has her own chummy relationship with Pike, makes Number One feel like a person with more weight and canonical influence than the character was ever allowed to have. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential, even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Not the big moments \u2014 the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time. \u2014 Jessica Campisi And Brandon Griggs, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Longtime antagonists Heather Gay and Lisa Barlow are also very chummy . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
"In the months since, Amazon\u2019s relationship with the White House has been less than chummy . \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For a comic her age, Tomlinson is remarkably nimble, able to pivot from light to dark, innocent to dirty, chummy to aggressive. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The show switched to a chummy , freewheeling atmosphere that featured co-anchors Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck, weatherman Mark Kriski, traffic reporter Jennifer York and reporter Eric Spillman. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chum entry 1 + -y entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1884, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210219"
},
"chump":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a person who is easily tricked : a stupid or foolish person",
"\u2014 see also chump change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259mp"
],
"synonyms":[
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joining the co-hosts in blue-hued purgatory is interim showrunner Michael Davies, who replaced that chump of a man who tried to give himself the hosting gig earlier this year. \u2014 Devon Ivie, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"If, as Mock suggests, the organic consumer could be seen as a chump , Constant\u2019s greater disregard may have been for the organic regulators and traders who agreed to take him at his word. \u2014 Ian Parker, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"And seeing as your bottled water probably came from municipal pipes anyway, you\u2019re being played for a chump by the roughly $200-billion U.S. beverage industry. Cheers! \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump \u2019s game. \u2014 Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books , 26 Mar. 2020",
"The Justice Department\u2019s real position is that legal technicalities require the judiciary to make a chump out of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"perhaps blend of chunk and lump ",
"first_known_use":[
"1872, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-223718"
},
"chunk":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a short thick piece or lump (as of wood or coal)",
": a large noteworthy quantity or part",
": a strong thickset horse usually smaller than a draft horse",
": a unit of information retained in the memory and easily recalled",
": to make a dull plunging or explosive sound",
": to mishit (a golf ball or shot) by striking the ground behind the ball",
": to organize (separate units of information) into a single large unit that is retained in the memory and easily recalled",
": a short thick piece"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259\u014bk",
"\u02c8ch\u0259\u014bk"
],
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"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
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"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"She cut the fruit into large chunks .",
"She spends a good chunk of her day on the phone.",
"He devoted a large chunk of time to the project.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Such inflation tends to especially hit the poor, who spend a bigger chunk of their budgets on needs like groceries and gas. \u2014 Jeanna Smialek, New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the Luhansk region that includes Sievierodonetsk, said on Sunday Ukrainian forces controlled about half the city after recapturing a large chunk from Russian troops. \u2014 Fox News , 5 June 2022",
"Yet, a survey of Jackson\u2019s predominantly free parking showed in 2017 that a large chunk of spots remain empty even in peak tourist season. \u2014 Katharina Buchholz, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"No matter how passionately Biden pleaded for vaccinations, a large chunk of the Republic Party have denied the reality of the continuing public health emergency. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Eateries comprise a large chunk of the newest businesses. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Bartleman\u2019s district includes Weston, Southwest Ranches, a large chunk of Pembroke Pines and portions of Davie and Sunrise. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"The military sucked up another large chunk , according to the French abolitionist writer and politician Victor Sch\u0153lcher. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"That\u2019s why financial planners suggest keeping a chunk of your nest egg in cash, perhaps 5%. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Roast the medium-sweet flesh, or chunk it for stews. \u2014 Arricca Sansone, Country Living , 19 July 2020",
"In the first round, Mattie, Swaggy, and Cory decide to team up and chunk out the sequence together. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 21 May 2020",
"This beastly setup offers Nvidia\u2019s high-end Titan RTX graphics card, paired with a 4GHz processor, 32GB of RAM, and a full terabyte of storage space, with the option to rent more in those 256GB chunks at $3 a pop. \u2014 Brad Chacos, PCWorld , 12 Mar. 2020",
"The Bruins chunked several birdie putts, including a slick third-period setup from Charlie McAvoy that Chris Wagner heeled wide of an open net. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"Capacity can be increased by chunking information into smaller bits (level 3). \u2014 Kenneth A. Kiewra, Quartz , 4 Sep. 2019",
"All these steps, chunked into a single unit in the memory, are triggered by the environmental cue of getting into your car. \u2014 Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1890, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211148"
},
"chunky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": heavy, solid, and thick or bulky",
": stocky",
": plump , chubby",
": filled with chunks",
": heavy, thick, and solid",
": having a short and thick body",
": containing many solid pieces"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259\u014b-k\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"examples":[
"The shoes have chunky heels.",
"an athlete with a chunky build",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a food processor, combine the bell peppers, jalape\u00f1os, garlic and herbs, and pulse until a chunky mixture forms, about 30 seconds. \u2014 Anna Voloshyna, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Residents of hamlets downstream cleaned up the mess from hundreds of swamped homes, pumping and dumping buckets of chunky brown water outside. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"Pulling the ensemble together with a glamorous stack of chunky necklaces, which included a large gold cross pendant, Hailey understood the assignment with matching lime green nails and even a green drink. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The peek-a-boo effect of the high neckline looks chic underneath blazers and chunky knits. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Jessica Alba recently stepped out in Los Angeles wearing an all-white outfit including denim and layers of chunky necklaces, while white jeans in baggy and low-rise silhouettes were also seen all over street style stars at Paris Fashion Week. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Mar. 2022",
"To top off the look, the singer wore a floor-grazing jacket with a cozy shearling interior and strappy sandals, with several chunky necklaces and dainty hoop earrings as accessories. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 1 Mar. 2022",
"As for those with flat feet, Dr. Brenner says that the combination of the sandal's thick arch and wide chunky heel will provide the proper cushioning and shock absorption for lasting comfort. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 7 June 2022",
"The crushed green olives should be big and fleshy, like a chunky relish to contrast the icy bite of the fennel. \u2014 Ben Mimscooking Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 29 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230740"
},
"churl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ceorl",
": a medieval peasant",
": rustic , countryman",
": a rude ill-bred person",
": a stingy morose person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"chawbacon",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
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"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
],
"examples":[
"as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl",
"don't bother asking for donations at that house\u2014the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cherl \"non-noble person (whether free or bound), ill-bred person, boor, fellow,\" going back to Old English ceorl \"male person, man, married man, countryman, member of the lowest class of freemen,\" going back to Germanic *kerla- \"man, freeman\" (whence also Old Frisian tzerl, tzirl, kerl \"man, servant,\" Middle Dutch kerel, kerl \"freeman below the rank of knight\"), with a by-form *karla- (whence Old High German karl, charel \"man, husband,\" Old Norse karl \"man, commoner, old man\"), of uncertain origin",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-224528"
},
"chutzpa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u0307t-sp\u0259",
"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307t-",
"-(\u02cc)sp\u00e4"
],
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"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah . \u2014 James Beecham, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But Grainger\u2019s wedding night, which outraged some for its audacity and vulgarity and delighted others for its sheer chutzpah and exceptional music-making, is the Hollywood Bowl in a nutshell. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas \u2014 not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Possessed of seemingly boundless networking chutzpah , Holmes touted Theranos blood-testing technology as a breakthrough that could scan for hundreds of medical conditions using just a few drops of blood. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"That a person like this could exist in that time: Someone who seems to shine, to have such a lightness about them, this cheekiness, this chutzpah . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The entertainment industry gave them the stage and the chutzpah to build careers and a relationship everyone else predicted would fail. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The audience\u2019s laughter expressed appreciation less for Rather\u2019s wit than for his chutzpah . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish khutspe , from Late Hebrew \u1e25u\u1e63p\u0101h ",
"first_known_use":[
"1867, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195210"
},
"ch\u00e2teau":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a feudal castle or fortress in France",
": a large country house : mansion",
": a French vineyard estate",
": a castle or a large house especially in France"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sha-\u02c8t\u014d",
"sha-\u02c8t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
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"examples":[
"a gorgeous ch\u00e2teau on a hill",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The 2002 house, designed in the style of a French chateau , was built by Guy Pilli of Pilli Custom Homes. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Nicolas Devic of Groupe Mercure is the listing agent for the chateau . \u2014 Lauren Beale, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"For sale: a French chateau -style mansion in one of Los Angeles\u2019 most exclusive neighborhoods, Holmby Hills, complete with 11 bedrooms, 27 bathrooms and an asking price of $63.5 million. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 May 2022",
"The house itself is remarkable, a near unique example of 19th-century English architecture following the style of an 18th-century French chateau . \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 3 Apr. 2022",
"California couple Mark Goff and Phillip Engel bought a rundown 48-room chateau in southwestern France. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 4 June 2022",
"The sables, mink, and ermines checked at the cloakroom could have carpeted the chateau ballroom wall to wall. \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Another Cannes party high-water mark, according to festival regulars, was the 1998 Velvet Goldmine fete held in a crumbling chateau on the edge of a cliff. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"More akin to a French chateau than a Southern California-style home, Villa Nafissa transports you to a bygone era \u2014 and that was always the goal. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Old French chastel , Latin castellum fortress",
"first_known_use":[
"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225307"
},
"chilled":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)",
": an intense shivery sensation : shiver , shudder",
": one caused by a strong emotion (such as fear)",
": a disagreeable sensation of coldness",
": a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold",
": a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling",
": moderately cold",
": cold , raw",
": affected by cold",
": distant , formal",
": depressing , dispiriting",
": having a laid-back style or easy demeanor",
": to become cold",
": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold",
": to become taken with a chill",
": chill out",
": hang sense 12",
": to make cold or chilly",
": to make cool especially without freezing",
": to affect as if with cold : dispirit",
": coldness that is unpleasant but not extreme",
": a feeling of coldness accompanied by shivering",
": a feeling of coldness caused by fear",
": unpleasantly cold : raw",
": not friendly",
": to make or become cold or chilly",
": to make cool especially without freezing",
": to cause to feel cold from fear",
": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering",
": a disagreeable sensation of coldness",
": to become cold",
": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold",
": to become affected with a chill",
": to make cold or chilly",
": to discourage especially through fear of penalty : have a chilling effect on"
],
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"\u02c8chil",
"\u02c8chil",
"\u02c8chil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The chill vibes of Ocho Rios can be summed up with the effortless crochet knit and shell embellishments on Zimmermann\u2019s two-piece swimsuit. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Remember that fans cool people, not rooms, by creating a wind chill effect. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"The ReNew Air Pant keeps things chill and cozy, and the Wool Five-Panel Cap is a great way to polish a casual look. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"Made with no chill filtration, more alcohol (this bottle has 46% ABV), and aged in bourbon barrels, the whiskey employs the same methods used during Prohibition. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong And Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"The latest victim is City Acre Brewing, a beloved small brewery in north Houston whose backyard-style outdoor area served as a chill hangout spot as well as a venue for many weddings. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"The beer also contains terpenes commonly found in cannabis including limonene and linalool, which have been shown to inhibit inflammation and reduce anxiety, promoting a chill mindset. \u2014 A.j. Herrington, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Motown purists might have a variety of feelings about Sergio Trujillo\u2019s choreography, which is not the chill vibe of the real band. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"What makes this vote so hard is that Chaco and Birkenstock represent the purest duality: sweaty activities in the sun, and chill time for relaxation afterward. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And so maybe any aliens who are capable of interstellar travel will be equally chill ? \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Oh, nothing special, just a very chill $6 million in Bulgari diamonds. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Just six months after a deadly tragedy at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott appeared chill (or rather cold) during his first awards show performance since the incident, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
"Queen Valley Road, which begins just south of the Barker Dam Trailhead, is a relatively chill cruise that leads to the trailhead for Desert Queen Mine. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Pre-mix, decant into a bottle and super- chill to a velvety-cold, almost syrupy consistency, ready to pour the moment an order comes in. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Iggy was remarkably chill , even at the festively loud cocktail party held by the Whiting Foundation and Bomb magazine. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The duo themselves had a relatively chill time in Texas. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"After an eventful end to the first stage, the second one was far more chill , as Truex scooped up his second stage win of the day. \u2014 Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Shake hard, 20 seconds, to chill and dilute, then strain into the glass, garnish with the lime wheel and serve. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Add some middleneck clams, blackened grouper tacos or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad and set your mood to chill . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
"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",
"Listen to chill , downtempo beats on Groove Salad radio station while watching the sun gleam on the solid aluminum statue, created by world-renowned artist Robert Graham. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Chickens are boiled whole, left to chill , then cut into 10 parts that are breaded and lightly fried till the meat is hot and juicy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In a medium 3 qt bowl, combine blueberries, honey, and lemon juice, muddle together with the back of a Hydro Flask Solid Spoon, and set aside in a cooler to chill . \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021",
"Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Having a high-quality camping chair to chill in, of course. \u2014 Rachel Simon, PEOPLE.com , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-111329"
},
"choler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": yellow bile",
": bile sense 1a",
": the quality or state of being bilious",
": ready disposition to irritation : irascibility",
": anger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-l\u0259r",
"\u02c8k\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"mood",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"examples":[
"he felt his choler rising and choked back an angry reply",
"the boss's reputation for choler made many employees reluctant to ask questions"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English coler , from Anglo-French colre, colere , from Latin cholera cholera, from Greek",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-113841"
},
"charismatic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having, exhibiting, or based on charisma or charism",
": of, relating to, or constituting charisma or charism",
": a member of a religious group or movement that stresses the seeking of direct divine inspiration and charisms (such as glossolalia or healing)",
": a person who possesses special traits that attract, inspire, or fascinate other people : a person possessing charisma"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccker-\u0259z-\u02c8ma-tik",
"\u02ccka-r\u0259z-"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He is a charismatic leader.",
"the cult's charismatic leader had managed to persuade seemingly rational people to obey him blindly",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"As Catherine and Thomas, Raine and Cullen are immediately charismatic as a pair. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Wade Barrett compared Von Wagner to Antonio Brown, but Browns\u2019 meltdown was way more charismatic . \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"These are natural comparisons, because Ballard is charismatic and physically imposing\u2014his extreme biceps, extreme blue eyes, and extreme bleach-blond hair represent a notable update of Walsh\u2019s furrowed brow and Joe Friday cadence. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The second of nine children, Mahinda was charismatic , loved crowds and stuck close to his younger brother, Basil, who is considered the family\u2019s political strategist. \u2014 Hafeel Farisz, Washington Post , 22 May 2022",
"Maye is charismatic , creative, inventive and in possession of a back story, from Alabama to the military and Alaska, worthy of a TV movie. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The young rapper is charismatic , witty, and on a mission to carve out her own lane within the world of music. \u2014 Talia Smith, Allure , 9 May 2022",
"There's some good here; Kumail Nanjiani is charismatic and funny as Kingo, an Eternal posing as a Bollywood movie star. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"The actors behind the Presidents are suitably charismatic as well, despite being laden with the requisite hairpieces and prosthetics that come with this current wave of true-life TV. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"A decade ago, China\u2019s leading man was a charismatic , America-loving tutor who gets Chinese kids into Ivy League schools. \u2014 Yi-ling Liu, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Pop Smoke was a gnomic figure with a rich, booming voice; Fivio is less enigmatic but more entertaining, a charismatic and sometimes witty host who wants to keep everyone happy. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The Satmar dynasty was founded by the charismatic and indefatigably quarrelsome Joel Teitelbaum, who was born in 1887 in a region of Eastern Europe that was, in the course of his life, traded between Hungary and Romania. \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Imagine a brain like mine, filled with images of a charismatic but sometimes sick child, storing links between mutations and related diseases, gathering disappointment and sadness (but then joy) at every turn. \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The surrealist drama focuses on a bayou community outside the levee system, threatened by an impending storm, and the charismatic and the children who live there. \u2014 Essence , 2 Dec. 2021",
"Assita Kanko, a charismatic and up-and-coming Member of the European Parliament for Belgium, has been speaking out on television and social media for keeping all of Belgium\u2019s nuclear plants operating. \u2014 Michael Shellenberger, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
"His charismatic \u2014 albeit one-dimensional \u2014 media trainer, Jack, tells him that the most successful stories are those without any real drama. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In a 2018 paper, Courchamp worked to quantify the qualities that make an animal charismatic , awarding points for being beautiful, impressive, endangered, cute, dangerous and rare. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 7 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"circa 1868, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Noun",
"1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-114928"
},
"cheapness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": charging or obtainable at a low price",
": purchasable below the going price or the real value",
": depreciated in value (as by currency inflation)",
": of inferior quality or worth : tawdry , sleazy",
": stingy",
": contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities",
": gained or done with little effort",
": obtainable at a low rate of interest",
": for little cost : cheaply",
": bargain \u2014 see also for cheap , on the cheap",
": not costing much",
": charging low prices",
": worth little : of low quality",
": gained without much effort",
": having little self-respect",
": not willing to share or spend money : stingy",
": at low cost"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113p",
"\u02c8ch\u0113p"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
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"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable"
],
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"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"I always buy the cheapest brand of cereal.",
"curtains made of cheap material",
"He wears a cheap watch that's always breaking.",
"This gas station is cheaper than the one by the highway.",
"Don't be cheap \u2014buy good quality tires for your car.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That said, the company\u2019s stock appears cheap at the current price. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The last time a gallon was that cheap was in 1978, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. \u2014 Mar\u00eda Luisa Pa\u00fal, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"The prospect of faster-than-expected Fed tightening has rattled Wall Street, dragging the S&P 500 deeper into bear territory and forcing investors to reassess a stock market that doesn\u2019t look cheap even after its dramatic selloff. \u2014 WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"The Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the oil crisis of 1979 drove gas prices up; the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 made airfare cheap . \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"The region is renowned for importing cheap and indentured laborers from countries such as the Philippines and then violating their human rights. \u2014 Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Third, investors are obsessed with value right now \u2014 and stocks in China look very cheap . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 7 June 2022",
"In the summer of 2020, though, he was inundated with requests for a similarly cheap but tough-to-get commodity: nitrile gloves. \u2014 J. David Mcswane, ProPublica , 3 June 2022",
"That slightly below average multiple might make stocks look somewhat cheap . \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adverb",
"1569, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-120252"
},
"chance (upon)":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to find (something) or meet (someone) by chance"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-121436"
},
"choreograph":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to compose the choreography of",
": to arrange or direct the movements, progress, or details of",
": to engage in choreography"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccgraf"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was hired to choreograph the ballet routines.",
"the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Randy Duncan will choreograph a world premiere finale. \u2014 Doug George, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022",
"And Meg Donnelly will guest star as Val, a confident and funny college student and longtime camper-turned-Counselor-in-Training, who is ready to choreograph the summer production of Frozen. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Struthers says Jason Mamoa, who works closely with his stunt double, was easy to choreograph for as the character Duncan Idaho. \u2014 Stuart Miller, Variety , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Now New York City Ballet dancer, Bolden III had come back to SAB to choreograph a special performance featuring the students. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Los Angeles based choreographer Sadie Wilking, who trained at the London School of Contemporary Dance, will choreograph the film. \u2014 K.j. Yossman, Variety , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Kerrigan, who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic games and a silver in 1994, is executive producing and will choreograph select skating sequences for the film. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Monday began Bengals week at the dance school, and each class had the opportunity to pick a song and choreograph a special routine in celebration of Sunday's game. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Long and narrow, so that Del Toro could choreograph the actors, the space sports Rorschach wood veneer walls and real marble floors. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1943, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-140904"
},
"charm":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation",
": a practice or expression believed to have magic power",
": something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune : amulet",
": a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights",
": a physical grace (see grace entry 1 sense 3 ) or attraction",
": compelling attractiveness",
": a small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain",
": a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of +\u00b2/\u2083 and a measured energy of approximately 1.5 GeV",
": the flavor characterizing this particle",
": to affect by or as if by magic : compel",
": to please, soothe, or delight by compelling attraction",
": to endow with or as if with supernatural powers by means of charms",
": to protect by or as if by spells, charms, or supernatural influences",
": to control (an animal) typically by charms (such as the playing of music)",
": to practice magic and enchantment",
": to have the effect of a charm : fascinate",
": an action, word, or phrase believed to have magic powers",
": something believed to keep away evil and bring good luck",
": a small decorative object worn on a chain or bracelet",
": a quality that attracts and pleases",
": to affect or influence by or as if by a magic spell",
": fascinate sense 2 , delight",
": to attract by being graceful, beautiful, or welcoming",
": to protect by or as if by a charm"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u00e4rm",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rm"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulet",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"mojo",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
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"allure",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"wile",
"witch"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The move-in ready, three-story is filled with elegant rustic charm , like burnished log beams, soaring ceilings, river rock accent walls, stone fireplaces, and hardwood floors.. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"That secondary subplot involves Maurice\u2019s twin sons, Gene and James, played with enormous charm , respectively, by twins Christian and Jonah Lees. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Cabins vary in size and each brims with rustic charm and a celebration of Southwestern style. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Think of it as an effortless addition to your simple, summertime, daywear uniform with New England charm . \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
"Matthew McConaughey, Angela Bassett, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt \u2014 navigates the tensions between science and faith with charm and nuance. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"The town of Mexico Beach, Florida is a hidden gem on the Gulf of Mexico, with small-town charm and untouched sands. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"The royal accessorized her Michael Kors outfit with gold earrings that resembled a honeycomb with a bee charm . \u2014 Stephanie Petit And Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"The Turkish seaside town of Ka\u015f is an unspoiled corner of the Mediterranean with fishing village charm . \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Known for: Soulful voice, flamboyant style, eye-catching dance moves, ability to charm TV viewers and turn them into devoted fans. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The fact that this new take on an old chestnut is coming to a theater near you almost feels like an afterthought \u2014 it is specifically designed to be watched in a state of distraction and/or defenseless against its aggressive attempts to charm . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Yet, Fellowes manages to navigate \u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 to charm both reactionaries and revolutionaries, finagling a sequence that allows the staff to usurp the formal dining room while the rich serve themselves at a buffet. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Prashanth Neel\u2019s latest outing, KGF Chapter 2, continues to charm the audience and has surpassed the collections of the latest Hindi release in India - Jersey. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And Concord \u2014 historic home to authors Alcott, Emerson, and Thoreau \u2014 continues to charm with its walkable downtown and pastoral landscape. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Despite its copious grunt, the powertrain fails to charm . \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Does Mantzoukas make an appearance to charm the pants off of viewers as per uszh? \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-190946"
},
"charade":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a word represented in riddling verse or by picture, tableau, or dramatic action (such as intrusion represented by depiction of inn, true , and shun )",
": a game in which some of the players try to guess a word or phrase from the actions of another player who may not speak",
": an empty or deceptive act or pretense"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101d",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4d"
],
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"act",
"airs",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We've grown tired of your charades .",
"put on a convincing charade to keep her from knowing about the surprise party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea that offices are necessary to ensure that workers work has been exposed as a charade by the pandemic. \u2014 Cassie Werber, Quartz , 26 May 2022",
"This means taking the Privileges or Immunities Clause seriously and stopping the charade of tilting at the Due Process Clause, which protects only procedural rights. . . . \u2014 Elliot Kaufman, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Everything else is a lie, an elaborate charade by which to entrap Henry \u2014 who isn\u2019t Henry at all, but a man named Peter Worley. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 20 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t make students pay for this political charade . \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Authorities eventually learned that the evaluation was never scheduled and was just a charade to allow Vicky White to sneak Casey White out of the jail without suspicion. \u2014 CBS News , 6 May 2022",
"The charade : Fring has supposedly found Varga, and is turning him over to the Salamancas. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The entire charade can't help but remind us of the earlier scandal in July 2019, when Trump attempted to strong-arm Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating then-candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. \u2014 Michael D'antonio, CNN , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Your mother has created this character and this entertaining little charade because she is hurt. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from Occitan charrado chat, from charr\u00e1 to chat, chatter",
"first_known_use":[
"1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-192502"
},
"chime in":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to combine harmoniously",
": to break into a conversation or discussion especially to express an opinion",
": to remark while chiming in"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"break in",
"chip in",
"cut in",
"interpose",
"interrupt",
"intrude"
],
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"examples":[
"\u201cI don't like that show at all,\u201d my friend chimed in",
"unfortunately, his views on child rearing don't chime in with those of his new wife, who has two children from a previous marriage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With a writing team whose members may not always be privy to cultural norms, Watson was always able to chime in and provide feedback that would give a more accurate authentic slant to the language and communication used between parents and children. \u2014 Essence , 25 Feb. 2022",
"But potential hosts chime in from Madrid to Berlin, Italian hamlets and small villages in the South of France. \u2014 Michaela Haas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Taylor Hicks kicks things off with a solo, and other voices chime in . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Kardashian's sister Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian and mother, Kris Jenner, also chime in . \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Every time someone mentions this phenomenon, plenty of highly literate people chime in to tell of their own missteps. \u2014 James Harbeck, The Week , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Of course, fans were happy to chime in with their well wishes. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The next person to chime in was Jasen Christiansen, an ECHO psychiatry and addiction medicine specialist and the medical director of the behavioral health integration department at the University of New Mexico. \u2014 Erin Brodwin, STAT , 11 July 2021",
"Netflix continues to ruffle feathers After the clip went viral, author Philip Pullman decided to chime in . \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 7 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1681, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-211347"
},
"char":{
"type":[
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Salvelinus ) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots",
": to convert to charcoal or carbon usually by heat : burn",
": to burn slightly or partly : scorch",
": to become charred",
": a charred substance : charcoal",
": a combustible residue remaining after the destructive distillation of coal",
": a darkened crust produced on grilled food",
": to work as a cleaning woman",
": charwoman",
": to burn slightly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r"
],
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"scorch",
"sear",
"singe"
],
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"biddy",
"charwoman",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"house girl",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"skivvy",
"wench"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
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"Noun (1)",
"1662, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (1)",
"1679, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1732, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (3)",
"1906, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-223853"
},
"chuckle":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to laugh inwardly or quietly",
": to make a continuous gentle sound resembling suppressed (see suppress sense 5a ) mirth",
": to utter with a chuckle",
": to laugh in a quiet way",
": a low quiet laugh"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
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"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She chuckled at the memory of what he had said.",
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shroff is diminutive and intense, and quick to chuckle at the Kafkaesque predicaments of this case. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"People chuckle nervously and back away from each other. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Some spectators at the trial began to chuckle after his remark. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"On the day that he was named the new head football coach, Lee Guess could only chuckle when reminded that the past two bosses at Pinson Valley won state championships in their first year. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Thirty-five years later, de Lancie can\u2019t help but chuckle at the accuracy of the statement. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maguire quickly bursts into a laugh, causing Garfield to also chuckle . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"One thrilling chase ends with a dead-end that screws over a villain, which said villain clarifies loudly so that the audience can chuckle . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Now, more than ever, make sure to take the time to chuckle at the silliness of it all. \u2014 Tony Nitti, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably frequentative of chuck entry 1 ",
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"circa 1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-004159"
},
"charming":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": extremely pleasing or delightful : entrancing",
": very pleasing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-mi\u014b",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-mi\u014b"
],
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"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"a charming little caf\u00e9 by the sea",
"a charming man who had no problem winning women's hearts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamplighter Community Theatre presents Michael Madden\u2019s new play about a woman with breast cancer embarking on a romance with a man who is both charming and awkwardly incapable of saying the right thing about her health battle. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The teen superhero origin story looks charming and fresh, with a promising newcomer in star Iman Vellani. \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"What people dream of, gala-wise, is beauty, admiring and being admired, charming and being charmed, being selected as special and deserving. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Urrea\u2019s language is rhythmic and lively, and his details make a tale of impending death, gang violence, and family trauma charming and hilarious. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"To put it simply, French country kitchens are charming and chic. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Heights Bier Garten outdoor space is charming and full of large seating areas. \u2014 Shravanthi Chriss, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The royal blue pattern also reminds us of toile, giving it a charming and timeless vibe. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Healdsburg is historically known as a charming and sleepy Wine Country town with little nightlife. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from present participle of charm entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-013521"
},
"chatterer":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to utter rapid short sounds suggestive of language but inarticulate and indistinct",
": to talk idly, incessantly, or fast",
": to click repeatedly or uncontrollably",
": to vibrate rapidly in cutting",
": to vibrate especially audibly as a consequence of repeated sticking and slipping",
": to utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly",
": the action or sound of chattering",
": idle talk : prattle",
": electronic and especially radio communication between individuals engaged in a common or related form of activity",
": such chatter regarding future hostile activities",
": a person who participates in online chat",
": to talk fast without thinking or without stopping",
": to make quick sounds that suggest speech but lack meaning",
": to make clicking sounds by hitting together again and again",
": the act or sound of chattering",
": quick or unimportant talk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chat",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Children chattered in the middle of the playground.",
"My teeth were chattering from the cold.",
"Birds chattered in the trees.",
"Noun",
"heard the chatter of squirrels",
"pleasant chatter over morning coffee",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The time on the range was extended by Billy Horschel, who came over for a big hug and began to chatter away. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In the United States, there were 6.8 million fewer golfers in 2018 versus 2003 and 800 courses closed in the past decade, leading to chatter about how to repurpose the open spaces. \u2014 Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 July 2021",
"Note when your brain starts to chatter with anxiety and bring your focus back to your body. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"She\u2019s not one to chatter on about her woes to a customer. \u2014 Liz Balmaseda, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Mar. 2021",
"Fashion fans frequently congregate on forums and Facebook groups to chatter about their favorite brands. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2021",
"That translates to an overly rigid ride that\u2019s prone to chatter and reduced edge hold. \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Indeed, right up until the nose starts to chatter off line, Subaru's new coupe is gifted with exceptional balance and clairvoyant reflexes. \u2014 Car and Driver , 18 Nov. 2020",
"But with fewer opportunities in physical work spaces to idly chatter , being an office busybody requires more effort. \u2014 Reyhan Harmanci New York Times, Star Tribune , 7 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sources tell Variety there is no truth to the chatter about Netflix potentially buying Roku. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"In the months after Sammy died, Amy Cohen learned that other people in her co-op could handle the recycling pickup for the building, that long walks helped, that chatter about other children\u2019s high-school-admissions anxieties didn\u2019t. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"So the musically milquetoast, moon-eyed ballads met with big singalongs in town last September were greeted largely with disinterested chatter among Chesney fans across the stadium. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 May 2022",
"The picture of the then-scrawny quarterback has repeatedly made the rounds on social media over the years amid chatter about Brady, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in his position of all time. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s likely the reason why Facebook is making these hate speech policy changes in specific countries, where the chatter about the Russia-Ukraine war is increasing. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Mar. 2022",
"And National Review, its pages filled with stylish reactionary chatter well to the right of the Republican mainstream, remained a relatively parochial concern. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"No surprise, casual social-media chatter about the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been unhinged. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"And with the city packed for Super Bowl weekend, one of the biggest days of the year for sportsbooks, there were plenty of people to fill the air with chatter . \u2014 Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-123456"
},
"character assassination":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the slandering of a person usually with the intention of destroying public confidence in that person"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"blackening",
"calumniation",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"defaming",
"libel",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slander",
"smearing",
"traducing",
"vilification",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"None of those rumors are true. She's been the victim of character assassination .",
"the actor's lawyers charge that the tabloid engaged in a deliberate campaign of character assassination",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The impression Princeton is creating is that elite institutions are now moving into punishing dissent from the leftist catechism by veering off into character assassination . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 May 2022",
"Three months after Omarova withdrew her nomination, Sarah Bloom Raskin endured a similar character assassination . \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But such hopes ignore the corrosive impact of recent nomination fights -- which ended with Democrats accusing the GOP of stealing seats and conservatives claiming nominees endured character assassination . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The Bronson administration has called the accusations false and an attempt at character assassination . \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But how many of those barbs were simply attempts at character assassination isn\u2019t clear. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Oct. 2021",
"In February 2021, Timberlake publicly apologized for his involvement in Spears's character assassination in the 2000s. \u2014 Carrie Wittmer, Glamour , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Is this campy fun or inadvertent character assassination ? \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 3 Sep. 2021",
"If your teen comes to you beforehand worried about how to approach the breakup, Solomon advises parents to do a role-play or brainstorm a script that avoids finger-pointing and character assassination . \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1822, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-134950"
},
"chapter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a main division of a book",
": something resembling a chapter in being a significant specified unit",
": a regular meeting of the canons of a cathedral or collegiate church or of the members of a religious house",
": the body of canons of a cathedral or collegiate church",
": a local branch of an organization",
": a main division of a book or story",
": a local branch of a club or organization"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chap-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8chap-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"branch",
"cell",
"council",
"local"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Chapter three deals with the country's economy.",
"Please read the first two chapters of your textbook for our next class.",
"Becoming a parent opened up a whole new chapter in my life.",
"a difficult chapter in European history",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Layoffs are the latest chapter in Coinbase's recent struggles. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 15 June 2022",
"The disappearances are a particularly dark chapter in the recent bloody history of the Amazon. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"Getting waived by the Washington Mystics near the end of this season\u2019s training camp was just another chapter in her professional journey. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 12 June 2022",
"This is another really sad chapter in the, in the Jackson family story. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"On February 17, the Duffer Brothers announced that season 5 will be the final chapter for Stranger Things, the sci-fi series that\u2019s sustained global phenomenon status throughout its record-breaking run on Netflix. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 8 June 2022",
"Director James Gunn has previously teased that Vol. 3 will be the final chapter in this journey. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 6 June 2022",
"The Old Glory Knights are a Klan chapter that appeared sometime last year, said Lydia Bates, a senior research analyst with the Southern Poverty Law Center. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"This is a chapter of my upcoming book Dissecting the Metaverse (Fall 22) from Quintess. \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chapitre , from Anglo-French chapitre, chapitle , from Late Latin capitulum division of a book & Medieval Latin, meeting place of canons, from Latin, diminutive of capit-, caput head \u2014 more at head ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-145434"
},
"chucklesome":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to laugh inwardly or quietly",
": to make a continuous gentle sound resembling suppressed (see suppress sense 5a ) mirth",
": to utter with a chuckle",
": to laugh in a quiet way",
": a low quiet laugh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She chuckled at the memory of what he had said.",
"everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shroff is diminutive and intense, and quick to chuckle at the Kafkaesque predicaments of this case. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"People chuckle nervously and back away from each other. \u2014 Devon O\u2019neil, Outside Online , 28 Mar. 2020",
"Some spectators at the trial began to chuckle after his remark. \u2014 Jessica Wang, EW.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"On the day that he was named the new head football coach, Lee Guess could only chuckle when reminded that the past two bosses at Pinson Valley won state championships in their first year. \u2014 al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Thirty-five years later, de Lancie can\u2019t help but chuckle at the accuracy of the statement. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Maguire quickly bursts into a laugh, causing Garfield to also chuckle . \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"One thrilling chase ends with a dead-end that screws over a villain, which said villain clarifies loudly so that the audience can chuckle . \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Now, more than ever, make sure to take the time to chuckle at the silliness of it all. \u2014 Tony Nitti, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably frequentative of chuck entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170251"
},
"charwoman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a cleaning woman especially in a large building"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-\u02ccwu\u0307-m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"biddy",
"char",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"house girl",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"skivvy",
"wench"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the couple finally hired a charwoman as they were just too busy to clean"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chare + woman ",
"first_known_use":[
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-173857"
},
"chasing":{
"type":[
"biographical name ()",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": the hunting of wild animals",
": the act of chasing : pursuit",
": an earnest or frenzied seeking after something desired",
": something pursued : quarry",
": a tract of unenclosed land used as a game preserve",
": steeplechase sense 1",
": a sequence (as in a movie) in which the characters pursue one another",
": to follow rapidly : pursue",
": hunt",
": to follow regularly or persistently with the intention of attracting or alluring",
": harass",
": to seek out",
": to cause to depart or flee : drive",
": to cause the removal of (a baseball pitcher) by a batting rally",
": to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone)",
": to chase an animal, person, or thing",
": rush , hasten",
": to ornament (metal) by indenting with a hammer and tools without a cutting edge",
": to make by such indentation",
": to set with gems",
": groove , indent",
": to cut (a thread) with a chaser",
": groove , furrow",
": the bore of a cannon",
": trench",
": a channel (as in a wall) for something to lie in or pass through",
": a rectangular steel or iron frame in which letterpress matter is locked (as for printing)",
": the act of following quickly in order to capture or catch up with : pursuit",
": to follow quickly in order to catch up with or capture",
": to drive away or out",
"Mary Ellen 1887\u20131973 American educator and author",
"Portland 1808\u20131873 American statesman; chief justice U.S. Supreme Court (1864\u201373)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101s",
"\u02c8ch\u0101s",
"\u02c8ch\u0101s"
],
"synonyms":[
"prey",
"quarry"
],
"antonyms":[
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Verb (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (3)",
"1612, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-174240"
},
"chef":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a skilled professional cook",
": one who is in charge of a professional kitchen",
": cook",
": a professional cook who is usually in charge of a kitchen in a restaurant",
": cook entry 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shef",
"\u02c8shef"
],
"synonyms":[
"cook",
"cooker",
"culinarian"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The hotel's chef trained at the finest culinary institutes in Europe.",
"He's the head chef at a five-star restaurant.",
"a celebrity chef with her own TV show",
"My friend is an excellent chef .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the chef didn't start making these intricate tortillas for clicks and likes. \u2014 Andrea Aliseda, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 June 2022",
"The celebrity chef put contenders through a series of challenges to test their personality and business acumen for eight weeks, including branding challenges, cooking challenges and more. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"When in doubt, always get what the chef recommends. \u2014 Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"The chef at Milwaukee's Birch is now the restaurant's owner. \u2014 Brooke Eberle, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"New Grand Hotel, upon the head chef Shigetada Irie\u2019s attempts to emulate a meal of spaghetti and ketchup). \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"In the past, the chef has also operated acclaimed restaurants B-Spot Burgers, Lola Bistro, Lolita and more. \u2014 Annie Nickoloff, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Another highlight comes in the chef \u2019s kitchen, where a rounded wall of picture windows takes in views of the water. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"Over 100 members of the Television Academy were eager to sit in on the panel discussion with the legendary chef Wolfgang Puck and director David Gelb. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 6 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, short for chef de cuisine head of the kitchen",
"first_known_use":[
"1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190410"
},
"cheerfully":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": full of good spirits : merry",
": ungrudging",
": conducive to cheer : likely to dispel gloom or worry",
": feeling or showing happiness",
": causing good feelings or happiness",
": pleasantly bright"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8chir-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"She has a cheerful outlook on life.",
"He seems a little more cheerful today.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My brand is for the fashion girl, but in a cheerful , happy, approachable way. \u2014 Karin Eldor, Forbes , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Serious comedy in which a cheerful woman rejoins the world after 18 years in prison. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Shea Cobb, in a cheerful pink T-shirt, stands between her daughter Zion and her mother, Ren\u00e9e. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The anesthetist makes cheerful small talk in broken English about being a Liverpool football fan. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"Ellie was laid to rest at Hillcrest Cemetery following a funeral mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where relatives remembered the cheerful 9-year-old girl who loved dancing, cheerleading, Encanto, and the color purple. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Harini Logan, a cheerful 14-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, made history on June 2, 2022. \u2014 Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"And like the center itself, and the exhibition making its debut inside, these cheerful fluff balls pack a big message into one small, potent package. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"With her cheerful disposition and one-of-a-kind personality, Lova Ladiva carries herself with humor and extravagance. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see cheer entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190634"
},
"chaffer":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a haggling about price",
": haggle",
": to exchange small talk : chatter",
": exchange , barter",
": to bargain for"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-f\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate",
"palter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"in that country you're expected to chaffer with the vendors at the bazaar",
"just a couple of blokes chaffering at the neighborhood pub"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190643"
},
"check":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively",
": to compare with a source, original, or authority : verify",
": to look at (something) to obtain information",
": to look or reach into (something) to find what is there",
": to access (email, voice mail, etc.) to find out if there are messages",
": to mark with a check as examined, verified, or satisfactory",
": to slow or bring to a stop : brake",
": to block the progress of (someone, such as a hockey player)",
": to leave or accept for safekeeping in a checkroom",
": to consign (something, such as luggage) to a common carrier from which one has purchased a passenger ticket",
": to ship or accept for shipment under such a consignment",
": to restrain or diminish the action or force of : control",
": to slack or ease off (a rope) and then belay again",
": to mark into squares : checker",
": to put (a chess king) in check",
": to make checks or chinks : cause to crack",
": rebuke , reprimand",
": to investigate conditions",
": to prove to be consistent or truthful",
": to look at or in something to see or find what is there",
": to stop in a chase especially when scent is lost",
": to halt through caution, uncertainty, or fear : stop",
": to draw a check on a bank",
": to waive the right to initiate the betting in a round of poker",
": crack , split",
": to check in at",
": investigate",
": investigate",
": examination",
": the act of testing or verifying",
": the sample or unit used for testing or verifying",
": inspection , investigation",
": a standard for testing and evaluation : criterion",
": a written order directing a bank to pay money as instructed : draft",
": one that arrests, limits, or restrains : restraint",
": a sudden stoppage of a forward course or progress : arrest",
": a checking of an opposing player (as in ice hockey)",
": a sudden pause or break in a progression",
": a slip indicating the amount due : bill",
": a ticket or token showing ownership or identity or indicating payment made",
": a counter in various games",
": a mark typically \u2713 placed beside an item to show it has been noted, examined, or verified",
": exposure of a chess king to an attack from which he must be protected or moved to safety",
": a pattern in squares that resembles a checkerboard",
": a fabric woven or printed with such a design",
": crack , break",
": reprimand , rebuke",
": under restraint or control",
": a sudden stopping of progress : pause",
": something that delays, stops, or holds back",
": examination sense 1 , investigation",
": a written order telling a bank to pay out money from a person's account to the one named on the order",
": a ticket or token showing a person's ownership, identity, or claim to something",
": a slip of paper showing the amount due",
": a pattern in squares",
": a mark \u2713 typically placed beside a written or printed item to show that something has been specially noted",
": an act of hitting or stopping a player in hockey",
": a situation in chess in which a player's king can be captured on the opponent's next turn",
": under control",
": to slow or bring to a stop",
": to hold back or under control",
": to make sure that something is correct or satisfactory",
": to get information by examining",
": to mark with a check",
": to leave or accept for safekeeping or for shipment",
": to stop or hit (a player) in hockey",
": to look at",
": to borrow from a library",
": to pay for purchases",
": something that limits or restrains \u2014 see also checks and balances",
": a written order signed by its maker directing a bank to pay a specified sum to a named person or to that person's order on demand \u2014 see also negotiable instrument \u2014 compare draft",
": a check drawn by a bank on its deposits in another bank",
": a check drawn by a bank on its own funds and signed by the cashier or another bank official",
": a check certified to be good by the bank upon which it is drawn by the signature of usually the cashier or paying teller with the word certified or accepted across the face of the check",
": a check drawn on an account with insufficient funds from which to make payment",
"[Middle English chek , short for cheker checker]",
"N ot S ufficient F unds"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek",
"\u02c8chek"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"sort",
"square",
"tally"
],
"antonyms":[
"bill",
"tab"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But work continues on several projects this summer so drivers should check ahead for potential lane issues and work areas. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 11 June 2022",
"Teach them not to click on unknown email links and to always double- check the URL domain before entering login details. \u2014 Oleh Svet, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The nurses give Raczkowski showers, check his blood pressure and vitals, and keep him company. \u2014 Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American , 10 June 2022",
"Keagan Rothrock can check another item off her high school softball to-do list: Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. \u2014 Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"At one point, Ira and Vika had to crawl, commando-style, along a road to check that the route was safe. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"Ask your primary care doctor or check with your insurance provider for information on local group therapy services. \u2014 Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com , 10 June 2022",
"Stay cool and hydrated and be sure to check the back seat for your children and pets! \u2014 Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"And make sure to check back here soon\u2014we\u2019ll update you as soon as Amazon announces more Prime Day details. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 6 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Koepka\u2019s younger brother, Chase, has already committed to playing for LIV Golf and tied for 33rd a few weeks ago at the debut event in London, walking away with a check for $150,000. \u2014 Riley Hamel And Adam Woodard, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"There is no shortage of investors who are willing to write a check to a promising founder or company, but only a few can provide the level of support and critical feedback that can help turn a startup into a breakout industry leader. \u2014 Suzanne Fletcher, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Altamonte Springs Police Department and the Seminole County Fire Department responded to a well-being check at around 8:49 a.m., according to an ASPD press release. \u2014 Abigail Hasebroock, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"During her trip to the pet food drive, the singer visited with adoptable dogs and delivered a $3,000 check for the pet food pantry to Best Friends' chief mission officer Holly Sizemore. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"The shooting and chase occurred after officers attempted a vehicle check on the 15 Freeway at Sierra Avenue, according to KABC-TV Channel 7. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Under this measure, a longer background check process would be required for those under 21 years old and would include calls to local authorities to see if the young adult is in crisis. \u2014 Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 21 June 2022",
"The study involved 1,702 people ages 51 to 75 living in Brazil, who were asked to balance unsupported on one leg during an initial check . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"Authorities said a records check showed that the two men were prohibited from possessing and owning firearms. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 20 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 7",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 8",
"Interjection",
"1922, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-190902"
},
"chaperon":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety sense 2 ) accompanies one or more young unmarried women in public or in mixed company",
": an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior",
": one delegated to ensure proper behavior",
": any of a class of proteins (such as heat-shock proteins) that facilitate the proper folding of proteins by binding to and stabilizing unfolded or partially folded proteins",
": escort",
": to act as chaperone to or for",
": to act as a chaperone",
": a person who goes with and is responsible for a group of young people",
": to go with and supervise a group of young people : act as a chaperone",
": any of a class of proteins (such as heat shock proteins and chaperonins ) that facilitate the proper folding of proteins by binding to and stabilizing unfolded or partially folded proteins"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sha-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dn",
"\u02c8shap-\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompany",
"attend",
"companion",
"company",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I was a chaperone on one of my son's school trips.",
"Verb",
"Two parents chaperoned the children.",
"My mom always chaperoned the school dances.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Investigators believe the shooting happened during a supervised visit with the children and the fourth victim was their chaperone , Jones said. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne And Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Since the reinstatement of Taliban rule in 2021, women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned from schools, required to travel outside the home with a male chaperone , and restricted from visiting parks with men. \u2014 Olivia Peluso, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Players had to come with a chaperone , which in most cases was a parent, and a coach, giving IMG the chance to build relationships.. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"The exclusivity of requiring a chaperon who had herself been presented meant that some girls with great wealth but more modest family backgrounds would hire a professional chaperone to shepherd them through the season. \u2014 Julia Kelly, Town & Country , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Rod Grassman told CBS Sacramento the other person killed was a chaperone of the children and was with them for a supervised visit with their father, who was the subject off a restraining order by his estranged wife. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said investigators believe the shooting happened during a supervised visit with the children, and a fourth victim, an adult, was the chaperone . \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The other victim is believed to have been the chaperone . \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Women are no longer allowed to travel more than 45 kilometers without a male chaperone . \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The field trip has happened for a decade, but went largely unnoticed until this week, when Leonardi posted photos on social media saying she was honored to chaperone it. \u2014 Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Some people would rather chaperone the Zombie Prom than ask for a bump in pay. \u2014 Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities , 26 Oct. 2019",
"Attendees must be 22 or younger, although parents may chaperone their teens. \u2014 Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
"King was prepared to chaperone the trip and carry her daughter the whole way, but someone reached out with a suggestion. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 24 Sep. 2019",
"Students came to us and asked us to chaperone them to Europe for six weeks. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 20 July 2019",
"Fleury Drive resident Cameron Drew expressed concerns about how well Black might be able to chaperone a group of teenagers. \u2014 Annie Gentile, courant.com , 19 July 2019",
"Tena\u2019s older sister, who lives near Sacramento, would drive two-and-a-half hours south to Salinas to pick her up, take her to the meetings, then chaperone her home again\u2014eight hours of driving each time. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, The Atlantic , 23 May 2018",
"Through this program, volunteers can chaperone a trip and lead a small group of students through exhibits. \u2014 Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago , 2 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1802, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191138"
},
"chorale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hymn or psalm sung to a traditional or composed melody in church",
": a harmonization of a chorale melody",
": chorus , choir",
": a hymn sung by the choir or congregation at a church service",
": chorus sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8ral",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4l",
"k\u0259-\u02c8ral"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"practiced a chorale to perform in church",
"a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"About 100 students will rehearse and perform alongside 55 singers from the chorale . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The chorale will be accompanied by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 11 May 2022",
"The Mozart Mass and Grammy come on the heels of a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Music Director Grant Gershon, who has made the chorale the finest-by-far major chorus in America and one able to serve exceptionally wide needs. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Five of those went to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, an all-male chorale group formed in the 1960s that sings in indigenous South African styles. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Expect to hear some of the most beloved chorale numbers from operas that Manahan led during his tenure. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Bring or rent a score and join chorale members to sing Handel\u2019s masterpiece. \u2014 Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Nov. 2021",
"Clark had a model in mind for how the song crests with that chorale , even if her song ends up being a bit warmer and more hopeful than its classic-rock template. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The chorale is replacing the event with a free outdoor sing-along on the Music Center\u2019s plaza on Dec. 20. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German Choral , short for Choralgesang choral song",
"first_known_use":[
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191856"
},
"champ":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": chomp",
": mash , trample",
": to make biting or gnashing movements",
": to show impatience of delay or restraint",
": champion",
": to bite and chew noisily",
": waiting in an impatient way",
": champion entry 1 sense 2",
": champion entry 1 sense 3"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8champ",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4mp",
"\u02c8ch\u022fmp",
"\u02c8champ",
"\u02c8champ"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"chaw",
"chew",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"antonyms":[
"champion",
"titleholder",
"titlist",
"victor",
"winner"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He champed his pipe angrily.",
"The horse was champing its bit.",
"He champed on his pipe angrily.",
"Noun",
"this year's national basketball champs",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Team to beat: Oak Ridge (21-9) lost to 7A champ Miramar in an overtime state semifinal last season and brought back the house. \u2014 Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Nov. 2020",
"That type of talent has Scott and his coach champing at the bit to get back on the field while much of the country remains dormant during the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Matt Goul, cleveland , 5 May 2020",
"Will any lessons from these countries be learned in the West, where countries are several weeks behind in their outbreaks, but many governments are already champing at the bit to relax lockdowns, despite sky-high infection rates? \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 11 May 2020",
"And the hallowed golf immortals\u2014like U.S. Open champs Nicklaus, Watson and Woods\u2014that shadow your every shot? \u2014 David Weiss, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2020",
"But all of this comes as secondary to the real story, the one people are champing at the bit to hear...what does his social media tell us? \u2014 SI.com , 29 July 2019",
"The former vice president then emphasized that President Trump is champing at the bit to label the Democrats as socialists. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 6 Feb. 2020",
"However, the New England Patriots were 4.5 favorites against Tennessee and that didn't stop Mike Vrabel's squad from handing the defending Super Bowl champs a resounding defeat. \u2014 Adam Renuart, CNN , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Like Rantanen, Burakovsky (6-foot-3, 201 pounds) and Nichushkin (6-4, 210) are large left-shooting right-wingers who are champing at the bit to play on a line with Nathan MacKinnon and Gabe Landeskog. \u2014 Mike Chambers, The Denver Post , 18 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv and also a former heavyweight champ , was inducted in 2018. \u2014 Tim Dahlberg, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 June 2022",
"In February, former boxing champ Floyd Mayweather became an owner with the Money Team Racing. \u2014 Sheryl Estrada, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"Garrison, 74, was a Marion County deputy prosecutor in the 1990s, leading the rape conviction of former boxing champ Mike Tyson, but since then has hosted a conservative radio show on WIBC for 20 years and been in private practice. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 5 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, video has emerged that appears to show former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson hitting a fellow airplane passenger. \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Sterling had no plans for a trilogy fight with Yan, instead calling out former bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw for his next bout. \u2014 Mark Long, ajc , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Eastern, on a 21-game winning streak, advances to play defending national champ Salisbury in a best-of-three series starting Tuesday. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 6 June 2022",
"Brownsburg's show-choir singing hurdles champ is both. \u2014 Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star , 5 June 2022",
"Women's World Cup champ shared a series of photos featuring Kealia cradling her baby bump under a brown bodycon dress. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1868, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191901"
},
"champaign":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an expanse of level open country : plain",
": battlefield",
"city in east central Illinois adjoining the city of Urbana population 81,055"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sham-\u02c8p\u0101n",
"sham-\u02c8p\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after days of trudging through dense forest, the explorers came upon a vast champaign"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English champaine , from Anglo-French champaigne , from Late Latin campania \u2014 more at campaign ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192903"
},
"chafing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": irritate , vex",
": to warm by rubbing especially with the hands",
": to rub so as to wear away : abrade",
": to make sore by or as if by rubbing",
": to feel irritation, discontent, or impatience : fret",
": to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation",
": a state of vexation : rage",
": injury or wear caused by friction",
": friction , rubbing",
": to become irritated or impatient",
": to rub so as to wear away or make sore",
": to irritate or make sore by or as if by rubbing",
": injury caused by friction"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101f",
"\u02c8ch\u0101f",
"\u02c8ch\u0101f"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrade",
"excoriate",
"fret",
"gall",
"irritate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"When the strap is too tight, it chafes the baby's skin.",
"If my boots aren't laced up tight they chafe .",
"The baby's skin will chafe if the strap is too tight.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Long spandex shorts are great for runners who tend to chafe or just want extra protection. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Ray Hughes, Runner\u2019s World, 1973 NOW: Let\u2019s all take a moment to be grateful for moisture-wicking technical tees that do not chafe . \u2014 Susan Lacke, Outside Online , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Many messenger bags feature straps that start to chafe and irritate your shoulder area. \u2014 Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But Brooks has hardly been the only Trump acolyte to lately chafe at the leash. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"More recently, the performer who had such exquisite control over his own instrument seemed to chafe at any other restrictions, griping about vaccine mandates and mask requirements. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The cable has a sawtooth design with ribbing that helps stop annoying microphonic when the cables chafe . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Many Kazakhs also chafe at the dominance of the ruling party, which holds more than 80% of the seats in parliament. \u2014 Dasha Litvinova, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Many Kazakhs also chafe at the dominance of the ruling party, which holds more than 80% of the seats in parliament. \u2014 Jim Heintz, ajc , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Simply rub in the cream to any areas that may rub and glide through the world chafe -free. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
"Other musts: chafe -free seams, zero wedgies, and comfortable fabrics. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, SELF , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The chamois is equal to any top-level insert and has kept me comfy and chafe -free for rides as long as 10 hours. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Aug. 2014",
"Anyway, to get back to the subject, the definitions for chafe are broad and grumpy: to irritate and vex, to abrade, to rub so as to wear away, to make sore, to feel irritation, discontent or impatience. \u2014 Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online , 31 May 2021",
"Plus, these shorts are available in sizes XXS to 3X. With a five-inch inseam, these classic running shorts provide plenty of coverage and chafe -free wear. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 7 May 2021",
"Judges who are supposed to be neutral chafe at having to elicit testimony. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2021",
"Setting aside the attachment to childhood and to the suburbs in which the Butlers\u2019 own childhoods took place, this song has Chassagne chafe at and ultimately reject the strictures of suburban life. \u2014 Jack Butler, National Review , 18 Aug. 2020",
"Its highly breathable mesh fabric upper keeps feet cool, dry, and chafe -free, while the ComforDry sockliner provides cushion and drainage. \u2014 Janna Irons, Popular Mechanics , 26 Mar. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192912"
},
"checkup":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a general examination of someone's or something's condition",
": a periodic medical or dental examination",
": inspection , examination",
": a general physical examination made by a doctor or veterinarian",
": examination",
": a general physical examination"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek-\u02cc\u0259p",
"\u02c8chek-\u02cc\u0259p",
"\u02c8chek-\u02cc\u0259p"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"survey",
"view"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She goes for a checkup every year.",
"The doctor gave me a checkup .",
"She brought in her car for a 30,000-mile checkup .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jha did also task Kumari with taking Anjali to the local hospital every other week for a checkup , so that at she is regularly attended to by a medical professional, even if they are not trained to handle mental health issues specifically. \u2014 Pallabi Munsi, CNN , 31 May 2022",
"If your documents are more than a couple of years old, get a checkup . \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Please get that checkup and make sure your internal is right. \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 10 May 2022",
"When 24 year old Hayley Salmons was pregnant with her second child and went for a regular checkup , she was advised by the doctors to abort the pregnancy. \u2014 Vogue , 8 May 2022",
"The most heavily affected areas tend to be farther from hospitals, and adult residents are less likely to have visited a doctor for a routine checkup within the past year. \u2014 Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"One New York family recently affected by an exclusion was that of Gabrielle Chaplin, whose 2-year-old daughter was found to have five times the threshold for elevated lead after a checkup in September 2020. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"His pediatrician picked up on some of them at his 18-month checkup . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Edison had his checkup at Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado medical center before this run. \u2014 John Kissane, Outside Online , 26 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1900, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193544"
},
"check (out)":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the action or an instance of checking out",
": the time at which a lodger must vacate a room (as in a hotel) or be charged for retaining it",
": a counter or area in a store where goods are checked out",
": the action of examining and testing something for performance, suitability, or readiness",
": the action of familiarizing oneself with the operation of a mechanical thing (such as an airplane)",
": to vacate and pay for one's lodging (as at a hotel)",
": die",
": to have the cost of purchases totaled and pay the cost",
": to satisfy all requirements in taking away",
": to itemize and total the cost of and receive payment for (outgoing merchandise) especially in a self-service store",
": to have the cost totaled and pay for (purchases) at a checkout"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek-\u02ccau\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She paid for the room at checkout .",
"There was a long line at the checkout .",
"Verb",
"check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying",
"there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Merchants benefit from faster transaction times and shorter checkout lines, and the system is compatible with retailers' loyalty programs, according to Mastercard. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"Designed to shorten checkout lines, these allow shoppers to get their products and leave without interacting with staff. \u2014 Bagrat Safaryan, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Undercover reporters for state media also expose and scold bad behavior, such as a recent television news report that filmed unaware Beijingers panic-buying fruits and vegetables and jamming together in checkout lines. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2022",
"Miss Manners keeps getting mail about altercations taking place in the aisles or checkout lines. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Over the weekend, some articles showing photos of bare grocery store shelves and long checkout lines were censored. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Most stores have done away with those large stickers on the floor that spaced customers six feet apart in checkout lines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Notably, the survey suggests slow checkout lines rank among the most frustrating parts of the grocery shopping experience. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Michiganders working in elementary school classrooms, at grocery store checkout lines, driving city buses and serving in any number of other vital jobs amid the ongoing pandemic may be in line for a payday. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Also, be sure and check out Apple\u2019s preview page for iOS 16. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 18 June 2022",
"Submit questions or share your own tips in the next conversation, or check out some of our past discussions. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Stay tuned for more details on the best products to shop during Target Deal Days 2022, and check out more of this year\u2019s Amazon Prime Day alternative sales here. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Definitely consult the service manual or check out a YouTube video in advance to see how involved the process will be. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"Sign up for Hulu ahead of Bonnaroo 2022 Hulu, and check out the full livestream schedule below. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"Darwin\u2019s Theory is setting up the beer garden on G Street, so grab a beverage and check out the live music, food trucks, local vendors and more. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"The man wants to fly to Mars, but check out the government\u2019s red tape. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Flip through the socials and check out a little news. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1921, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195512"
},
"chime(s)":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the edge or rim of a cask or drum",
": to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound",
": to make the sounds of a chime",
": to be or act in accord",
": to cause to sound musically by striking",
": to produce by chiming",
": to call or indicate by chiming",
": to utter repetitively : din sense 2",
": an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells",
": a musically tuned set of bells",
": one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck",
": the sound of a set of bells",
": a musical sound suggesting that of bells",
": accord , harmony",
": to make sounds like a bell",
": to call or indicate by chiming",
": to interrupt or join in a conversation",
": a set of bells tuned to play music",
": the sound from a set of bells"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012bm",
"\u02c8ch\u012bm"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree",
"assort",
"blend",
"chime in",
"conform",
"consort",
"coordinate",
"groove",
"harmonize"
],
"antonyms":[
"jingle",
"tinkle",
"tintinnabulation"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The music and the mood chimed well together.",
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203219"
},
"chine":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": backbone , spine",
": a cut of meat including all or part of the backbone",
": the intersection of the bottom and the sides of a flat or V-bottomed boat",
": to cut through the backbone of (as in butchering)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"spinal column",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"uncovered the chine of some animal while digging in the backyard",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The vessel sports a second-generation Dual Mode hull that ensures stability even in tough seas while also reducing fuel consumption by 15 percent compared to a traditional hard- chine planing hull. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The hull\u2019s hard chine by naval architect, Andrew Lea of Norson Design is striking while the lightweight, low-drag aluminum hull with carbon fiber reinforced superstructure offers high top-speeds. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The use of dual vertical tails canted inward on the engine nacelles took advantage of the chine vortex in such a way that the directional stability improved as the angle of attack of the aircraft increased. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
"As for performance, Rex sports a significant hull chine and sharp bow for improved fuel efficiency and smoother sailing on rough seas. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 23 Aug. 2021",
"To account for the effect of the fuselage chine airflow, the inlets were pointed slightly down and in toward the fuselage. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Substantial efforts went into optimizing chine design and conical camber of the wing leading edge. \u2014 Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Verdon Winkler employs multiple techniques, notably drypoint and chine coll\u00e9, to produce gauzier, almost painterly images in what might be called a rainbow of grays. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 July 2021",
"Dinner will include traditional favorites as chine of roast pork, pottage of cabbage, leeks and onions, and Indian pudding. \u2014 courant.com , 31 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203716"
},
"cheery":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by cheerfulness or good spirits",
": causing or suggesting cheerfulness",
": merry and bright in manner or effect : cheerful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-\u0113",
"\u02c8chir-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"a cheery grin on the host of the holiday party",
"a cheery , unexpected compliment can really make another person's day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep scrolling to shop bright and cheery bikinis, tankinis, and one-pieces below that are all under $38. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The bright and cheery design is sure to grab kids\u2019 attention for endless jumping and splashing in the sprinklers. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Despite the hour, the 42-year-old actress was bright and cheery . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The coffeehouse has cheery baristas and a pastry chef who prepares java-friendly snacks such as vegan, keto and gluten-free muffins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"By spring, Shenandoah's cheery flora bounces back in full force. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 9 Apr. 2022",
"They were greeted by cheery staff members, handing out bags of Cheetos, seating Scouts and taking song requests. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But the village\u2019s dehumanizing rules and inhospitable conditions create anything but a safe and secure environment, and no amount of whimsy \u2014 in the form of colorful, cheery murals \u2014 can hide the carceral nature of the camp. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Her cheery shop contains a brightly colored assortment of yarns made by area BIPOC and LGBTQIA artisans. \u2014 Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205925"
},
"chancer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a scheming opportunist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chan(t)-s\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrobat",
"chameleon",
"opportunist",
"temporizer",
"timeserver",
"trimmer",
"weathercock"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a two-faced chancer , he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use",
"betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer , Eddie. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Included was a tuneup against a no- chancer named Avni Yildirim. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 7 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1920, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-205945"
},
"chestnut":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a genus ( Castanea ) of trees or shrubs of the beech family",
": an American tree ( C. dentata ) that was formerly a dominant or codominant member of many deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. but has now been largely eliminated by the chestnut blight and seldom grows beyond the shrub or sapling stage",
": the edible nut of a chestnut",
": the wood of a chestnut",
": a grayish to reddish brown",
": horse chestnut",
": a chestnut-colored animal",
": a horse having a body color of any shade of pure or reddish brown with mane, tail, and points of the same or a lighter shade \u2014 compare bay entry 2 sense 1 , sorrel entry 1 sense 1",
": a callosity on the inner side of the leg of the horse \u2014 see horse illustration",
": an old joke or story",
": something (such as a musical piece or a saying) repeated to the point of staleness",
": of the color chestnut",
": of, relating to, or resembling a chestnut",
": a sweet edible nut that grows in burs on a tree related to the beech",
": a reddish brown",
": a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea ( C. dentata ) that is found in eastern North America and the leaf of which was formerly used to prepare an infusion for the treatment of whooping cough",
": the edible nut of a chestnut",
": a callosity on the inner side of the leg of the horse"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ches(t)-(\u02cc)n\u0259t",
"\u02c8ches-\u02ccn\u0259t",
"\u02c8ches-(\u02cc)n\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"banality",
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"an op-ed piece that's offers nothing but warmed-over chestnuts for solving the city's financial woes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her burnished chestnut hair was piled atop her head in the intricate pompadour of a Gibson Girl, adding several inches to her 5-foot-10 stature. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"This warm and spicy fragrance combines orange flower, clove oil, and chestnut atop a comforting vanilla base to recreate a childhood memory of the warmth and coziness of roaring fire on a cool, winter day. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The thoroughbred chestnut colt was foaled on April 25, 2019. \u2014 Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal , 7 May 2022",
"Circa 1987, a five-year-old Kate Middleton has her signature chestnut brown hair pulled up with the makings of framing bangs. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Every face turned her way as the former Alaska governor took the stand in the trial for her blockbuster libel suit against the New York Times, her chestnut hair fixed in the same classic updo that Tina Fey copied for her celebrated impersonation. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Shayna Jacobs And Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Every face turned her way as the former Alaska governor took the stand in the trial for her blockbuster libel suit against the New York Times, her chestnut hair fixed in the same classic updo that Tina Fey copied for her celebrated impersonation. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Feb. 2022",
"As spring would arrive in Kyiv and chestnut trees start blooming, my friends and I would take long strolls after busy days in our media start-ups, IT companies and NGOs. \u2014 Daryna Shevchenko, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Along the way, there are also churches that date to the 17th century, forests of cork, oak and chestnut trees, and more cyclists \u2014 speaking German, French, Catalan, Spanish, Swedish and English with an Australian accent \u2014 than cars. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1519, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Adjective",
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210159"
},
"cheese":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey",
": an often cylindrical cake of this food",
": something resembling cheese in shape or consistency",
": something cheap or shabby : cheesy material",
": to put an end to : stop",
": someone important",
": the curd of milk pressed for use as food"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113z",
"\u02c8ch\u0113z"
],
"synonyms":[
"crapola",
"dreck",
"drek",
"junk",
"muck",
"rubbish",
"sleaze",
"slop",
"slush",
"trash",
"tripe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"circa 1811, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1920, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211522"
},
"channelize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": channel sense 1",
": channel sense 2",
": to straighten by means of a channel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-n\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"canalize",
"channel",
"conduct",
"direct",
"funnel",
"pipe",
"siphon",
"syphon"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"channelized all of his resources into winning that state's crucial primary",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Once the world figures a way to address the inequality, then everyone can channelize their resources to fight other issues such as climate change and terrorism. \u2014 Naveen Joshi, Forbes , 12 Dec. 2021",
"The India Crypto Relief Fund, set up in April this year, aims to channelize money from across the world towards India\u2019s Covid-19 battle. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Here\u2019s the oversimplified explanation of the problem: The river has been channelized , which prevents enough freshwater from reaching the marsh. \u2014 Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Like many urban American rivers, the Menomonee had been polluted, dammed and channelized over the last 200 years. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Apr. 2020",
"The creek was channelized in the 1930s, using boulders, and the woody debris that fell naturally into the creek, creating the pools, was removed. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 10 Dec. 2019",
"For half a mile the whole watercourse was de- channelized , so that the spring water could bend through the park, alternating slow curves and fast runs with rippling currents. \u2014 Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The fountains were feeding channelized lava flows down to the coast. \u2014 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Fox News , 24 May 2018",
"The fountains were feeding channelized lava flows down to the coast. \u2014 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-211616"
},
"choosing":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to select freely and after consideration",
": to decide on especially by vote : elect",
": to have a preference for",
": decide",
": to make a selection",
": to take an alternative",
": to select freely and after careful thought",
": to decide what to do",
": to see fit"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fcz",
"\u02c8ch\u00fcz"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the sports, choose from aerobics, biking, hiking, softball, sailing, canoeing, kayaking and swimming in the camp's lakes. \u2014 USA TODAY , 12 June 2022",
"Just choose the plan that\u2019s right for you and submit eligible claims for reimbursement. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"Christian Gill, Grace Yek, Len Bleh and Tony Ferrari choose the winners. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022",
"Given the outrageous cost of traditional four-year schools, some of them will choose an online education. \u2014 Emma Whitford, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa could choose to block the legislation again or to send it once more to the Constitutional Court for vetting. \u2014 Barry Hatton, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Swedish royal Prince Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding) must choose between duty and love in the heartfelt coming-of-age drama Young Royals. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Pick a restaurant, choose your current craving, confirm your order, and you're done. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"People with wide feet, for example, should choose walking sneakers with a wide toe box. \u2014 Sara Coughlin, SELF , 7 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chosen , from Old English c\u0113osan ; akin to Old High German kiosan to choose, Latin gustare to taste",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-212424"
},
"churlish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar",
": marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : surly",
": difficult to work with or deal with : intractable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-lish"
],
"synonyms":[
"boorish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It would be churlish not to congratulate him.",
"it would be churlish for any dinner guest to express anything but gratitude for his host's generous hospitality",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s a standard liberal hope, of course, against the grain of our incurably churlish country. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Wham, the churlish AI wipes us all out, not even waiting for the meteor to do so. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Smith acquiesces to contemporary platitudes that stereotype the black male work ethic as churlish and autocratic, confusing those traits with strength. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Apparently, many voters used that clause to leave the churlish Bonds off their ballots. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Jan. 2022",
"West\u2019s collaborators weren\u2019t the only ones who were churlish with Donda\u2018s release; West himself expressed dissatisfaction with the rollout. \u2014 Cady Lang, Time , 30 Aug. 2021",
"That said, it must also be stipulated that people seem to like Little Island, including some ordinarily churlish critics. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2021",
"These boys are churlish and brusque, with chapped rosy cheeks Duveneck has masterfully captured. \u2014 Leyla Shokoohe, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Logic may seem like a churlish thing to wish for in a movie that deliberately operates in such a heightened state of unreality. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 25 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cherlyssh \"of churls, rustic, uncouth,\" going back to Old English ceorlisc, cyrlisc, from ceorl \"male person, countryman, member of the lowest class of free men\" + -isc -ish \u2014 more at churl ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-214819"
},
"charmingly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": extremely pleasing or delightful : entrancing",
": very pleasing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-mi\u014b",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-mi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"a charming little caf\u00e9 by the sea",
"a charming man who had no problem winning women's hearts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lamplighter Community Theatre presents Michael Madden\u2019s new play about a woman with breast cancer embarking on a romance with a man who is both charming and awkwardly incapable of saying the right thing about her health battle. \u2014 Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The teen superhero origin story looks charming and fresh, with a promising newcomer in star Iman Vellani. \u2014 Washington Post Staff, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"What people dream of, gala-wise, is beauty, admiring and being admired, charming and being charmed, being selected as special and deserving. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"Urrea\u2019s language is rhythmic and lively, and his details make a tale of impending death, gang violence, and family trauma charming and hilarious. \u2014 Heather Hansman, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"To put it simply, French country kitchens are charming and chic. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The Heights Bier Garten outdoor space is charming and full of large seating areas. \u2014 Shravanthi Chriss, Chron , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The royal blue pattern also reminds us of toile, giving it a charming and timeless vibe. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Healdsburg is historically known as a charming and sleepy Wine Country town with little nightlife. \u2014 Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from present participle of charm entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1664, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-231335"
},
"checkmate":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to arrest, thwart, or counter completely",
": to check (a chess opponent's king) so that escape is impossible",
": the act of checkmating",
": the situation of a checkmated king",
": a complete check",
": a situation in chess in which a player loses because the player's king is in a position from which it cannot escape capture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek-\u02ccm\u0101t",
"\u02c8chek-\u02ccm\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffle",
"balk",
"beat",
"discomfit",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio",
"Noun",
"a brilliant move that resulted in checkmate",
"The challenger can force a checkmate with his next move.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Frye likened Lue as a coach to a chess player sacrificing a lesser piece to edge closer to checkmate . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"But Icahn saw that plan as an opening to checkmate his opponent. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Apr. 2022",
"And with Russia supplying some 40% of the European Union's gas imports, the Kremlin has already shown its ability to checkmate the West's harshest sanctions by limiting production and potentially triggering rolling blackouts across the continent. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 21 Dec. 2021",
"In fact, that's the only way to win a game of quantum chess, since there is no check or checkmate possible. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 11 Dec. 2021",
"But in a category packed with word-of-mouth sensations, the addictive Queen's Gambit should simultaneously checkmate all four opponents. \u2014 David Canfield, EW.com , 22 Feb. 2021",
"The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent's king by surrounding him with pieces that limit his movements. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 6 Dec. 2020",
"Winning Florida would effectively checkmate Trump in his bid to win 270 Electoral College votes, the amount needed for another term. \u2014 Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner , 15 Sep. 2020",
"The schedule includes no Texan with a solo speaking slot, and no signs of any focus on a state where a Democratic win would amount to checkmate in the Electoral College. \u2014 Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News , 14 Aug. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What is missing is the recognition that Russia has been quietly engineering an energy checkmate that will culminate in the coming winter. \u2014 Steve Cicala, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"But if the Rams (14-5) don\u2019t overcome the 49ers\u2019 maddening mastery over them, all their big moves will end in checkmate . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Anya Taylor-Joy Leave it to Anya Taylor-Joy to wear the fashion equivalent of a checkmate . \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Putin\u2019s Ankara checkmate against the U.S. in Eurasia and the Middle East. \u2014 Peter Metzger, National Review , 12 June 2021",
"Beth Harmon makes every checkmate feel as thrilling as a final touchdown at the Super Bowl. \u2014 Vogue , 13 Nov. 2020",
"This is easily what put Joe Biden over the top here, the checkmate state. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Nov. 2020",
"Lakers coach Frank Vogel put the Heat in check, but James appreciates checkmate remains no given with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Strength in numbers is the ultimate checkmate , giving us a distinct advantage. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 19 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-232114"
},
"chattel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (such as buildings) connected with real property",
": an enslaved person held as the legal property of another : bondman",
"\u2014 see also chattel slavery",
": an item of tangible or intangible personal property",
": chattel personal in this entry",
": an item of tangible movable personal property (as livestock or an automobile) that is not permanently connected with real estate",
": an interest (as a leasehold or profit a prendre) in an item of immovable property (as land or a building) that is less than a freehold estate \u2014 compare fixture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u1d4al",
"\u02c8chat-\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"slave",
"thrall"
],
"antonyms":[
"freeman"
],
"examples":[
"at one time, the children of black slaves were also considered chattel",
"packed up all her chattels and moved to a new state",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The federal government offered to pay slave owners close to market rates for each of their human chattel , thereby bring slavery to an end without a resort to armed conflict. \u2014 William Darity, Rolling Stone , 19 June 2021",
"Silver coins found previously in the area have mostly been Arab dirhams, used by Muslim merchants to pay for human chattel . \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2021",
"And less acknowledged, two centuries of ships sailing from here, financed by the Boston elite, to move human chattel and goods around the Atlantic and Caribbean. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2021",
"Vanessa Claire Stewart, who plays Dora, a rich Southern belle infatuated with George, and Ratts, the captain of a steamer open to buying some human chattel , works her costumes to funny effects. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2021",
"This virtual event will feature a special storytelling-hour featuring Mr. Delbert Richardson about the resistance of his ancestors during the periods of American chattel slavery and Jim Crow. \u2014 D'shonda Brown, Essence , 10 June 2021",
"While a site of a major chattel slavery market, Alexandria also was home to generations of free and proud Black Americans and continues to be an integrated\u2014while gentrifying\u2014 source of community. \u2014 Kristen Jeffers, House Beautiful , 4 June 2021",
"Other moments, it's devastatingly marked by the vicious anti-Black brutality that American chattel slavery is best known for. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 25 May 2021",
"Wouldn't Jenkins' next announced project being something involving American chattel slavery feel like a regression to some? \u2014 Marcus Jones, EW.com , 14 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chatel \"movable possession,\" often in plural chateles, chateus, borrowed from Anglo-French chatel \"property, goods, wealth\" (also continental Old French), going back to Medieval Latin capit\u0101le \"movable property, riches,\" noun derivative from neuter of capit\u0101lis \"of the head, chief, principal\" \u2014 more at capital entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-025452"
},
"changeableness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of change : such as",
": able or apt to vary",
": subject to change : alterable",
": fickle",
": able or likely to become different"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"adjustable",
"alterable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"fluid",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"pliable",
"variable"
],
"antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"immutable",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"nonmalleable",
"ramrod",
"set",
"unadaptable",
"unalterable",
"unbudgeable",
"unchangeable"
],
"examples":[
"The terms of this contract are easily changeable .",
"an easily changeable color scheme for the nursery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company said the legal agreements are not easily changeable . \u2014 Michelle Cheng, Quartz , 18 May 2022",
"Trump's changeable stance on the Fifth Amendment reflects a man who will take whatever position best suits his needs in that moment. \u2014 Michael D'antonio, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Now, all but the cheapest economy-class tickets are changeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The floor cleaning task had a side effect related to Baltimore\u2019s changeable spring weather. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"In Chicago, with its changeable weather, a temporary warm spell in late winter or early spring may cause the top layer of soil to warm up too soon. \u2014 Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The changeable Moon in Gemini starts us off with a sextile to the independent Sun in Aries, highlighting our sense of self. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"This chamber holds about a cubic foot of food waste and comes with a changeable carbon filter in the lid. \u2014 Richard Baguley, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Their intricate melodies, blazing-fast lyrics, changeable tempos and multilayered harmonies are devilishly difficult work for singers, musicians and directors to pull off. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-025957"
},
"chewy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to crush, grind, or gnaw (something, such as food) with or as if with the teeth : masticate",
": to injure, destroy, or consume as if by chewing",
": to chew something",
": to chew tobacco",
": to think about : ponder",
": to make friendly familiar conversation : chat",
": the act of chewing",
": something for chewing",
": to crush or grind with the teeth",
": the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth",
": something that a person or animal chews"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"\u02c8ch\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"champ",
"chaw",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We were taught to chew our food thoroughly before swallowing.",
"He chews with his mouth open.",
"You're not allowed to chew gum in class.",
"A mouse chewed through the cord.",
"The dog chewed a hole in the rug.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The process is not without its stresses, especially for first-time dog parents navigating the world of training, shots, and chew toys. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"It\u2019s so frustrating but brilliant to play with and chew on. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"There\u2019s so much to chew into and bite into as an actor. \u2014 Kai Grady, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Alessandro Michele is all about maximalism, and his latest collection for Gucci bit off about as much as a person can possibly chew . \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"Crouch says the goats will chew on honeysuckle and weeds that are keeping native plants from growing. \u2014 Ashley Smith, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
"After hatching, larvae will develop into adults and will chew through the cell partition and emerge in late summer. \u2014 Cole Sikes Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al , 16 May 2022",
"For the month of April, from sunrise to sundown, Jafar, a junior, doesn't eat and drink, or even chew gum, and doesn't run. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let your kids or your pets chew the houseplants. \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rise of the dog chew market has also increased the incentive for people to try to find and sell sheds. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Shirataki will take on the flavors of the broths without losing their chew . \u2014 Chihiro Tomioka, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 May 2022",
"The delectable, understated but sweet pop has a satisfying chew . \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Each chew felt like strumming an entirely new set of chords: velvety and heartening, heightened by its directness. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Crispy bacon lovers should opt for thinner slices, while those that want some chew are better off with thicker cuts. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"These chews offer relaxation and feature a blend of agave, lemon and melatonin, known for its lulling and peaceful effects, with 4.5mg of THC per chew . \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Jensen is a big fan of sourdough, especially loaves made with some whole wheat, so that the bran rehydrates and soaks up more of the oil for optimal flavor and a slight chew . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"People have been lining up for fresh mochi doughnuts, which get their signature chew from rice flour, in flavors like hojicha and mango. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
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"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-055822"
},
"changeful":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": notably variable : uncertain"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconsistent",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"skittish",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"changeless",
"constant",
"immutable",
"invariable",
"predictable",
"settled",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchangeable",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"examples":[
"a confusingly changeful attitude toward his so-called best friend"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-083224"
},
"cheating":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud",
": to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice",
": to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting",
": to practice fraud or trickery",
": to violate rules dishonestly",
": to be sexually unfaithful",
": to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area",
": the act or an instance of fraudulently deceiving : deception , fraud",
": a code (such as a button combination or password) that activates a hidden feature or capability in a computer or video game",
": one that cheats : pretender , deceiver",
": chess sense 1",
": cheatgrass",
": the obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth",
": to use unfair or dishonest methods to gain an advantage",
": to take something away from or keep from having something by dishonest tricks",
": a dishonest person",
"[probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113t",
"\u02c8ch\u0113t"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicane",
"finagle",
"fudge"
],
"antonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The players were accused of cheating .",
"I had to cheat in order to solve the puzzle.",
"The store cheats its customers through false advertising.",
"They cheated him out of a fair deal.",
"a heroin addict who has cheated death many times",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"As a gambling film, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels succeeds at finding the humor in people trying to cheat their way into money, only to twist their lives around to wiggle their way out of debt. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 30 Apr. 2022",
"But beneath its simplicity is a stark warning over the way we are secretly tracked across the internet\u2014one that is immediately exposed by this very simple yet very effective way to cheat without getting caught. \u2014 Zak Doffman, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The former Gold Glove center fielder has five DRS, and his presence allows Hern\u00e1ndez to cheat a step or two into the left field gap on certain batters. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"Burnett claimed the man was asleep for every test, allowing everyone to cheat with their books open. \u2014 Priscilla Aguirre, Chron , 10 May 2022",
"Hill asked in surprise, because Floyd was not known to cheat people out of money. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2022",
"How did Lance Armstrong use erythropoietin to cheat ? \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The result: an immensely talented cornerback with the ability to lock down the opposing team\u2019s top receiver so tightly, safeties were free to cheat toward other receivers. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Prices decline; cut quotas; comply; prices increase; cheat \u2026repeat. \u2014 Baker Institute, Forbes , 28 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sibilly\u2019s storyline can get somewhat lost, and a sequence in which Brodie has various revelations while on mushrooms feels like the writers using a cheat code, fast-forwarding to get where conversation might have organically brought them. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"There is no cheat code for greatness, but Apple TV\u2019s Greatness Code feature digestibly short episodes centered around some of the world\u2019s best athletes telling untold stories of moments that defined their careers. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"But there\u2019s no cheat code that will allow Democrats to sneak climate policy past Republicans. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The embrace of the multiverse also satisfies studio business imperatives, offering Hollywood a new cheat code of sorts. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
"This amounts to a kind of malpractice in the editing room, transforming the actors\u2019 brave and devoted exertions into a seeming cheat , an ersatz experience that might as well have been created with C.G.I. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"Frances is a liar and a cheat , an aspiring writer who doesn\u2019t know how to communicate. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022",
"And in 2019, GTA Online cheat maker Jhonny Perez was ordered to pay $150,000 over similar copyright claims. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 2 May 2022",
"The ones who lie and cheat are a tiny minority of successful people. \u2014 Sun Yi, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-125810"
},
"chew":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to crush, grind, or gnaw (something, such as food) with or as if with the teeth : masticate",
": to injure, destroy, or consume as if by chewing",
": to chew something",
": to chew tobacco",
": to think about : ponder",
": to make friendly familiar conversation : chat",
": the act of chewing",
": something for chewing",
": to crush or grind with the teeth",
": the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth",
": something that a person or animal chews"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fc",
"\u02c8ch\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"champ",
"chaw",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We were taught to chew our food thoroughly before swallowing.",
"He chews with his mouth open.",
"You're not allowed to chew gum in class.",
"A mouse chewed through the cord.",
"The dog chewed a hole in the rug.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The process is not without its stresses, especially for first-time dog parents navigating the world of training, shots, and chew toys. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
"It\u2019s so frustrating but brilliant to play with and chew on. \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"There\u2019s so much to chew into and bite into as an actor. \u2014 Kai Grady, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Alessandro Michele is all about maximalism, and his latest collection for Gucci bit off about as much as a person can possibly chew . \u2014 ELLE , 18 May 2022",
"Crouch says the goats will chew on honeysuckle and weeds that are keeping native plants from growing. \u2014 Ashley Smith, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
"After hatching, larvae will develop into adults and will chew through the cell partition and emerge in late summer. \u2014 Cole Sikes Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al , 16 May 2022",
"For the month of April, from sunrise to sundown, Jafar, a junior, doesn't eat and drink, or even chew gum, and doesn't run. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Don\u2019t let your kids or your pets chew the houseplants. \u2014 Dean Kuipers, Outside Online , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The rise of the dog chew market has also increased the incentive for people to try to find and sell sheds. \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Shirataki will take on the flavors of the broths without losing their chew . \u2014 Chihiro Tomioka, Bon App\u00e9tit , 20 May 2022",
"The delectable, understated but sweet pop has a satisfying chew . \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Each chew felt like strumming an entirely new set of chords: velvety and heartening, heightened by its directness. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Crispy bacon lovers should opt for thinner slices, while those that want some chew are better off with thicker cuts. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"These chews offer relaxation and feature a blend of agave, lemon and melatonin, known for its lulling and peaceful effects, with 4.5mg of THC per chew . \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Jensen is a big fan of sourdough, especially loaves made with some whole wheat, so that the bran rehydrates and soaks up more of the oil for optimal flavor and a slight chew . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Mar. 2022",
"People have been lining up for fresh mochi doughnuts, which get their signature chew from rice flour, in flavors like hojicha and mango. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-135323"
},
"cheerlessly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lacking qualities that cheer : bleak , joyless",
": offering no happiness or cheer : gloomy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8chir-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"examples":[
"The room was surprisingly bare and cheerless .",
"a dank and cheerless castle that was once the site of unspeakable horrors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all his gloom, Mann was not entirely cheerless . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021",
"Lawrence\u2019s was among the last, with a green campus full of trees, but a gray, cheerless interior and food that, in his words, looked regurgitated. \u2014 Sarah Enelow-snyder, New York Times , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Bishop spent a cold childhood raised by cheerless Calvinist grandparents (her official guardian, Uncle Jack, was reputedly something of a bully), and quickly learned that intense emotional attachments led to distress. \u2014 Scott Bradfield, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Nothing like signifyin\u2019 in the Henry Louis Gates Jr. sense, with its necessarily intelligent playfulness, but something essentially post-literate and cheerless . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 11 July 2019",
"But a future predicated on product development alone, with little to offer the human heart, is a cheerless future indeed. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 10 Jan. 2019",
"Just ahead awaits a peculiar Southern California landscape of palm trees and barbed wire, and then a cheerless , pitiless site: Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution. \u2014 James Andrew Miller, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The visit draws a strangely dutiful, cheerless local crowd. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017",
"Long before any news outlet formally declared Ms. Handel\u2019s victory, CNN and MSNBC regulars disclosed the outcome with their funereal tones and cheerless visages. \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 21 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-182907"
},
"cherry-picked":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to select the best or most desirable",
": to select as being the best or most desirable",
": to select the best or most desirable from"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cher-\u0113-\u02ccpik"
],
"synonyms":[
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1965, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-104731"
},
"chow":{
"type":[
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": food , victuals",
": eat",
": chow chow"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1856, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1917, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1889, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105140"
},
"childish":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or befitting a child or childhood",
": marked by or suggestive of immaturity and lack of poise",
": lacking complexity : simple",
": deteriorated with age especially in mind : senile",
": of, like, or thought to be suitable to children",
": showing the less pleasing qualities (as silliness) often thought to be those of children"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l-dish",
"\u02c8ch\u012bl-dish"
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"babyish",
"immature",
"infantile",
"jejune",
"juvenile",
"kiddish",
"puerile"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature"
],
"examples":[
"She has a childish face.",
"a letter written in childish scrawl",
"He opened the gifts with childish delight.",
"We're tired of their childish games.",
"I find his humor very childish .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 9 May 2022",
"This plot device leads to a series of episodes in which Carmela\u2019s wishes come to life on stage \u2014 ranging from childish visions of candy to deeply held dreams of a better life for her family. \u2014 Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Native's deodorants are a popular pick among adults, and teenagers who want to avoid childish scents and branding will love the vast array of scents available, from coconut and vanilla to lavender rose. \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Who wants a self-important, meddling agitator with childish , oversimplistic, unnecessary opinions? \u2014 The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
"To try to escape those things was childish and anti\u2010novelistic. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"These images alternate with confessions of childish schemes such as a habit of defrauding the tooth fairy by placing fake teeth under her pillow. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Guaranteed to inspire childish delight and endless selfies. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see child ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-105455"
},
"chime":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the edge or rim of a cask or drum",
": to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound",
": to make the sounds of a chime",
": to be or act in accord",
": to cause to sound musically by striking",
": to produce by chiming",
": to call or indicate by chiming",
": to utter repetitively : din sense 2",
": an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells",
": a musically tuned set of bells",
": one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck",
": the sound of a set of bells",
": a musical sound suggesting that of bells",
": accord , harmony",
": to make sounds like a bell",
": to call or indicate by chiming",
": to interrupt or join in a conversation",
": a set of bells tuned to play music",
": the sound from a set of bells"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012bm",
"\u02c8ch\u012bm"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree",
"assort",
"blend",
"chime in",
"conform",
"consort",
"coordinate",
"groove",
"harmonize"
],
"antonyms":[
"jingle",
"tinkle",
"tintinnabulation"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The music and the mood chimed well together.",
"the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun (2)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111101"
},
"chutzpah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": supreme self-confidence : nerve , gall"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hu\u0307t-sp\u0259",
"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307t-",
"-(\u02cc)sp\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"brashness",
"brass",
"brassiness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"crust",
"effrontery",
"face",
"gall",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"pertness",
"presumption",
"presumptuousness",
"sauce",
"sauciness",
"temerity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the most robust encryption is no match for thieves with enough resources, patience and chutzpah . \u2014 James Beecham, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"But Grainger\u2019s wedding night, which outraged some for its audacity and vulgarity and delighted others for its sheer chutzpah and exceptional music-making, is the Hollywood Bowl in a nutshell. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"China is a testament to her chutzpah and pioneering foresight. \u2014 Monica Eng, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"This opens the floor to everyone who has ideas \u2014 not just those with the loudest voices or the chutzpah to buttonhole leaders in passing to pitch their ideas. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Possessed of seemingly boundless networking chutzpah , Holmes touted Theranos blood-testing technology as a breakthrough that could scan for hundreds of medical conditions using just a few drops of blood. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 4 Jan. 2022",
"That a person like this could exist in that time: Someone who seems to shine, to have such a lightness about them, this cheekiness, this chutzpah . \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The entertainment industry gave them the stage and the chutzpah to build careers and a relationship everyone else predicted would fail. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The audience\u2019s laughter expressed appreciation less for Rather\u2019s wit than for his chutzpah . \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Yiddish khutspe , from Late Hebrew \u1e25u\u1e63p\u0101h ",
"first_known_use":[
"1867, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-111624"
},
"chauvinist":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex",
": behavior expressive of such an attitude",
": undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged",
": excessive or blind patriotism \u2014 compare jingoism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u014d-v\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"jingoism",
"nationalism",
"superpatriotism"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their ingrained chauvinism has blinded them to their country's faults",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kawakami\u2019s furious takedown of chauvinism in Japan is eventful enough, and the poetic exactitude of her sentences provides a lively, spiraling sort of momentum. \u2014 Idra Novey, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
"Class struggle, permanent revolution, and the cult of Chairman Mao replaced outward signs of nationalism and Han chauvinism , which Mao continued to dismiss as bourgeois thinking. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The findings are also a warning against cultural chauvinism . \u2014 Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American , 28 Feb. 2022",
"De Saulcy set the tone of most subsequent efforts: wild ambition, wild exaggeration, wild protests\u2014and hardheaded chauvinism . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Our execution problems are many because American sanctions are almost always applied for reasons of domestic politics and chauvinism , not hard-nosed foreign policy. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Not much of a role model, and certainly not a new culture worthy of replacing the male chauvinism , which still reigns and rages against those who dare to simply report their discomfort. \u2014 Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"In theory at least, Mao was critical of Han chauvinism . \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or \u2014 that dread word! \u2014 good. \u2014 Sam Negus, National Review , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
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},
"christen":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": baptize sense 1",
": to name at baptism",
": to name or dedicate (something, such as a ship) by a ceremony that often involves breaking a bottle of champagne",
": name sense 1",
": to use for the first time",
": baptize sense 1",
": to name at baptism",
": name entry 2 sense 1",
": to name or dedicate (as a ship) in a ceremony"
],
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"\u02c8kri-s\u1d4an",
"\u02c8kri-s\u1d4an"
],
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"baptize",
"call",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
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"examples":[
"He was christened when he was three months old.",
"They christened the baby Anna.",
"The politician was chosen to christen a new ship.",
"The newspaper has christened her as the reigning Queen of Tennis.",
"They christened the new ball park with a win.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emerald Cruises christens first super yacht this month Later this month, Emerald Cruises will christen its new, 100-passenger superyacht in Venice with godmother Sarah Wikevand, managing director of ROL Cruise in the United Kingdom. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Some have even gone so far as to christen the city the new (old) art capital of Europe. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"That\u2019s what the Hollywood characters who go on the safari christen themselves before leaving California for the Serengeti. \u2014 Denise Davidsonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"About six months from now, Carr will be among the first Longhorns to christen the Moody Center, the glamorous new $388 million on-campus arena. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
"Many of us christen the items\u2014cars, wheelchairs, sewing machines, insulin pumps, vibrators\u2014that fill meaningful roles in our lives, enabling freedom, creativity, health, or pleasure. \u2014 Kathryn Hymes, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly after SoFi Stadium was to open its doors for the first time in summer 2020, Real Madrid was scheduled to play Barcelona in a soccer game to help christen the $5-billion venue. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Santos will officially christen the ship on May 2 in Monte Carlo. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In full Shure Shot form, the duo will christen the release of their beer with a release party. \u2014 al , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English cristnen , from Old English cristnian , from cristen Christian, from Latin christianus ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-115508"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex",
": behavior expressive of such an attitude",
": undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged",
": excessive or blind patriotism \u2014 compare jingoism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u014d-v\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[
"jingoism",
"nationalism",
"superpatriotism"
],
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"examples":[
"their ingrained chauvinism has blinded them to their country's faults",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kawakami\u2019s furious takedown of chauvinism in Japan is eventful enough, and the poetic exactitude of her sentences provides a lively, spiraling sort of momentum. \u2014 Idra Novey, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
"Class struggle, permanent revolution, and the cult of Chairman Mao replaced outward signs of nationalism and Han chauvinism , which Mao continued to dismiss as bourgeois thinking. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The findings are also a warning against cultural chauvinism . \u2014 Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American , 28 Feb. 2022",
"De Saulcy set the tone of most subsequent efforts: wild ambition, wild exaggeration, wild protests\u2014and hardheaded chauvinism . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Our execution problems are many because American sanctions are almost always applied for reasons of domestic politics and chauvinism , not hard-nosed foreign policy. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Not much of a role model, and certainly not a new culture worthy of replacing the male chauvinism , which still reigns and rages against those who dare to simply report their discomfort. \u2014 Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"In theory at least, Mao was critical of Han chauvinism . \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or \u2014 that dread word! \u2014 good. \u2014 Sam Negus, National Review , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French chauvinisme , from Nicolas Chauvin , character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in Th\u00e9odore and Hippolyte Cogniard's play La Cocarde tricolore (1831)",
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123327"
},
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"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the short vibrant or trilled sound characteristic of an insect (such as a grasshopper or cicada)"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0259r"
],
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"burr",
"buzz",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"imitative",
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"circa 1600, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123755"
},
"charley horse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a muscular pain, cramping, or stiffness especially of the quadriceps that results from a strain or bruise",
": a painful cramp in a muscle (as of the leg)",
": a muscular pain, cramping, or stiffness especially of the quadriceps that results from a strain or bruise"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113-\u02cch\u022frs",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113-\u02cch\u022frs",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-l\u0113-\u02cch\u022frs"
],
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"cramp",
"crick",
"kink",
"spasm"
],
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"examples":[
"had to stop and rest because of a charley horse in his leg"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from Charley , nickname for Charles ",
"first_known_use":[
"1886, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-123810"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)",
": to cut or work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices on in order to obtain one's end",
": to obtain by such practices",
": to work with or as if with a chisel",
": to employ shrewd or unfair practices",
": to thrust oneself : intrude",
": a metal tool with a sharp edge at the end of a usually flat piece used to chip away stone, wood, or metal",
": to cut, shape, or carve with a chisel",
": a metal tool with a cutting edge at the end of a blade",
": one used in dentistry (as for cutting or shaping enamel)"
],
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"\u02c8chi-z\u1d4al",
"\u02c8chi-z\u0259l",
"\u02c8chiz-\u0259l"
],
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"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"He chiseled off a corner of the block.",
"Letters were chiseled into a wall.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Versatile artists like Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Antonio Canova based their immense artistic authority on their skill with the lowly chisel . \u2014 Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"If Durant is a painter with a palette of fine watercolors, Antetokounmpo is a sculptor wielding a mallet and a chisel . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Being a brown-haired, chisel -jawed, 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Researchers used a hammer and chisel to harmlessly remove tiny pieces of coral from reefs at several sites near Oahu and installed that coral into the tank. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Traditionally t\u0101 moko artists used a chisel to scar and mark the skin while the modern tool is a tattoo machine. \u2014 Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY , 31 Dec. 2021",
"For a homeowner, chipping out the old mortar with a brick hammer and a pointing chisel , rather than tackling the job with a power grinder, minimizes the risk of damaging the brick. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Dec. 2021",
"The 1986 paper was the equivalent of a sculptor\u2019s cutting down a statue\u2019s raw form from a mammoth block of marble, and the papers Rozin published in its aftermath were the chisel -maneuvering that revealed a detailed anatomy underneath. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Apprentices, however, required numerous chisel strikes. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Try this workout\u2014Reeves\u2019 original\u2014and chisel your own legendary physique. \u2014 Men's Health , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The Trojans trailed 49-42 with 6:45 to go, but USC would chisel that down to two on a three-pointer from Tera Reed. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Creating the seven courses there required extensive blasting to chisel ski runs out of gray cliffs near the Great Wall. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Since then, there's been a campaign to chisel away at the truth of what really went down. \u2014 Andrea Towers, EW.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Players have 10 minutes to chisel out the shape from the treat or be shot to death. \u2014 Hahna Yoon, Wired , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Johnson worked out with Montgomery every day during the pandemic, and helped chisel his frame into rock-hard muscle. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Heck, someone might just try to chisel it into the Soldier Field facade. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Ella Emhoff continues to chisel away at the fashion world\u2019s rigid beauty standards. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1509, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-125425"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the underworld : infernal"
],
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"\u02c8th\u00e4-nik"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Greek chthon-, chth\u014dn earth \u2014 more at humble ",
"first_known_use":[
"1882, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-130226"
},
"charmer":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation",
": a practice or expression believed to have magic power",
": something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune : amulet",
": a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights",
": a physical grace (see grace entry 1 sense 3 ) or attraction",
": compelling attractiveness",
": a small ornament worn on a bracelet or chain",
": a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of +\u00b2/\u2083 and a measured energy of approximately 1.5 GeV",
": the flavor characterizing this particle",
": to affect by or as if by magic : compel",
": to please, soothe, or delight by compelling attraction",
": to endow with or as if with supernatural powers by means of charms",
": to protect by or as if by spells, charms, or supernatural influences",
": to control (an animal) typically by charms (such as the playing of music)",
": to practice magic and enchantment",
": to have the effect of a charm : fascinate",
": an action, word, or phrase believed to have magic powers",
": something believed to keep away evil and bring good luck",
": a small decorative object worn on a chain or bracelet",
": a quality that attracts and pleases",
": to affect or influence by or as if by a magic spell",
": fascinate sense 2 , delight",
": to attract by being graceful, beautiful, or welcoming",
": to protect by or as if by a charm"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u00e4rm",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rm"
],
"synonyms":[
"amulet",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"mojo",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
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"allure",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"wile",
"witch"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The move-in ready, three-story is filled with elegant rustic charm , like burnished log beams, soaring ceilings, river rock accent walls, stone fireplaces, and hardwood floors.. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"That secondary subplot involves Maurice\u2019s twin sons, Gene and James, played with enormous charm , respectively, by twins Christian and Jonah Lees. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Cabins vary in size and each brims with rustic charm and a celebration of Southwestern style. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"Think of it as an effortless addition to your simple, summertime, daywear uniform with New England charm . \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 16 May 2022",
"Matthew McConaughey, Angela Bassett, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt \u2014 navigates the tensions between science and faith with charm and nuance. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"The town of Mexico Beach, Florida is a hidden gem on the Gulf of Mexico, with small-town charm and untouched sands. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
"The royal accessorized her Michael Kors outfit with gold earrings that resembled a honeycomb with a bee charm . \u2014 Stephanie Petit And Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"The Turkish seaside town of Ka\u015f is an unspoiled corner of the Mediterranean with fishing village charm . \u2014 Maureen O'hare, CNN , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 2 May 2022",
"Known for: Soulful voice, flamboyant style, eye-catching dance moves, ability to charm TV viewers and turn them into devoted fans. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The fact that this new take on an old chestnut is coming to a theater near you almost feels like an afterthought \u2014 it is specifically designed to be watched in a state of distraction and/or defenseless against its aggressive attempts to charm . \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Yet, Fellowes manages to navigate \u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 to charm both reactionaries and revolutionaries, finagling a sequence that allows the staff to usurp the formal dining room while the rich serve themselves at a buffet. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Prashanth Neel\u2019s latest outing, KGF Chapter 2, continues to charm the audience and has surpassed the collections of the latest Hindi release in India - Jersey. \u2014 Sweta Kaushal, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And Concord \u2014 historic home to authors Alcott, Emerson, and Thoreau \u2014 continues to charm with its walkable downtown and pastoral landscape. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Despite its copious grunt, the powertrain fails to charm . \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Does Mantzoukas make an appearance to charm the pants off of viewers as per uszh? \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 22 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-135118"
},
"chink":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"noun or adjective",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a small cleft, slit, or fissure",
": a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable",
": a narrow beam of light shining through a chink",
": to fill the chinks of (as by caulking)",
": coin , money",
": a short sharp sound",
": to make a slight sharp metallic sound",
": to cause to make a chink",
": a narrow slit or crack (as in a wall)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi\u014bk",
"\u02c8chi\u014bk",
"\u02c8chi\u014bk"
],
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"Achilles' heel",
"back",
"jugular",
"soft spot",
"underbelly"
],
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"clink",
"jingle",
"tingle",
"tinkle"
],
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"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1609, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1589, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Noun or adjective",
"1887, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-140537"
},
"chickenhearted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": timid , cowardly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259n-\u02cch\u00e4r-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
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"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"examples":[
"too chickenhearted to speak up, even though she knew a terrible injustice was being committed"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1629, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-141153"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a distinguishing trait, quality, or property",
": the integral part of a common logarithm",
": the smallest positive integer n which for an operation in a ring or field yields 0 when any element is used n times with the operation",
": revealing, distinguishing, or typical of an individual character",
": a special quality or appearance that makes an individual or a group different from others",
": serving to distinguish an individual or a group : typical of a person, thing, or group",
": serving to reveal and distinguish the individual character",
": a distinguishing trait, quality, or property"
],
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"\u02ccker-ik-t\u0259-\u02c8ri-stik",
"\u02ccka-rik-",
"\u02ccker-\u0259k-t\u0259-\u02c8ri-stik",
"\u02cckar-ik-t\u0259-\u02c8ris-tik"
],
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"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
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"classic",
"diagnostic",
"diagnostical",
"discriminating",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishing",
"identifying",
"individual",
"peculiar",
"proper",
"symptomatic",
"typical"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the ability to fashion tools and other characteristics that distinguish human beings from other animals",
"Adjective",
"He responded to their comments with characteristic good humor.",
"the characteristic taste of licorice",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And the choppiness is a key characteristic of the stock market climbing a wall of worry. \u2014 John S. Tobey, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"Resistance to antibodies is a characteristic that is also shared by the Delta variant, but researchers on both studies didn't indicate whether the Lambda variant was more infectious than Delta. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 14 Aug. 2021",
"Is that a characteristic that cannot be controlled? \u2014 Washington Post , 20 July 2021",
"While the proboscis monkey is one of the largest simians found in Asia, the most noteworthy characteristic of this species is certainly its bulbous nose. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"As the name implies, a defining characteristic of this genus is the ability to oxidize organic carbon sources like sucrose, glucose, and ethanol into acetic acid, which is known for its antimicrobial properties. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The second characteristic of the Peak Sleek kitchen design is that operation of the appliances requires, at a minimum, a Ph.D. in electronics from ETH Zurich. \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Rounding out the cast is Gillian Anderson\u2019s Eleanor Roosevelt, whose defining characteristic is a distracting set of false teeth. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 12 Apr. 2022",
"One characteristic that sets the N protein apart from most others is that it is phosphorylated and the degree of phosphorylation can dramatically affect its function. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The witty series brings together Glover\u2019s characteristic random humor, experimental surrealism and a generous dose of cutting cultural commentary. \u2014 Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"Some noted that the cone appeared dusty at times, a characteristic likely attributable to recent drought conditions across the state and possibly influenced by the arrival of a Saharan dust cloud over the weekend. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 24 May 2022",
"Seyfried\u2019s kudo was presented by her longtime friend Sarah Silverman, who opened the presenter speeches with characteristic bluntness. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"Though Belt, with characteristic humor, will have none of that. \u2014 John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But Guillot, a planetary scientist and astrophysicist at l\u2019Observatoire de la Cote d\u2019Azur, takes the friendly ribbing with characteristic good humor. \u2014 Bruce Dorminey, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021",
"The hard-charging personality traits that are characteristic of Ironman athletes also translate to the CEO role: goal-oriented, competitive, disciplined and willing to put in the hard work. \u2014 Phil Wahba, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"The loss of these vital substances is characteristic of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 22 May 2022",
"The sudden shift from decadeslong ambivalence toward Russia, to 2022\u2019s strong policy stance, is actually characteristic of German politics, says Tyson Barker, head of technology and foreign policy for the German Council on Foreign Relations. \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
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"Noun",
"1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1647, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-142435"
},
"challenging":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": arousing competitive interest, thought, or action",
": invitingly provocative : fascinating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-l\u0259n-ji\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"arduous",
"Augean",
"backbreaking",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"effortful",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"heavy",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"killer",
"laborious",
"moiling",
"murderous",
"pick-and-shovel",
"rigorous",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"sweaty",
"tall",
"testing",
"toilsome",
"tough",
"uphill"
],
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"cheap",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"light",
"mindless",
"simple",
"soft",
"undemanding"
],
"examples":[
"I find the job challenging and fun.",
"Teaching is challenging but rewarding work.",
"It's a challenging book that requires careful reading.",
"The slope was challenging for even the most experienced climbers.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At nearly 9%, consumer price inflation has hit its highest level in over 4 decades, placing Americans in a challenging position as their purchasing power steadily erodes. \u2014 David W. Mccombie Iii, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Having an athletic background and receiving tremendous support from his mother Micki was essential in the challenging recovery process. \u2014 Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Because this is such a challenging move for beginners, keep the reps moderate while trying to increase your load. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 16 June 2022",
"Tines \u2014 who is a Black, gay, politically challenging and profoundly probing singer \u2014 repeated this over and over, each time with more outrage and hurt. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Officials thanked the community and the involved law enforcement agencies who worked long hours in challenging weather conditions to bring Kenny home. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 15 June 2022",
"Southern California fire officials have already warned of a challenging fire season ahead. \u2014 Susannah Cullinane, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Historias Que Contar, the film captures everything from the Mexican group\u2019s humble beginnings to its challenging road to success, and ultimately becoming one of Regional Mexican music\u2019s biggest acts. \u2014 Jessica Roiz, Billboard , 11 June 2022",
"One of the things that has always felt true to me is that things are always more complex and more challenging than what one article or headline can cover. \u2014 Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see challenge entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-142831"
},
"check out":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the action or an instance of checking out",
": the time at which a lodger must vacate a room (as in a hotel) or be charged for retaining it",
": a counter or area in a store where goods are checked out",
": the action of examining and testing something for performance, suitability, or readiness",
": the action of familiarizing oneself with the operation of a mechanical thing (such as an airplane)",
": to vacate and pay for one's lodging (as at a hotel)",
": die",
": to have the cost of purchases totaled and pay the cost",
": to satisfy all requirements in taking away",
": to itemize and total the cost of and receive payment for (outgoing merchandise) especially in a self-service store",
": to have the cost totaled and pay for (purchases) at a checkout"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek-\u02ccau\u0307t"
],
"synonyms":[
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She paid for the room at checkout .",
"There was a long line at the checkout .",
"Verb",
"check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying",
"there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Merchants benefit from faster transaction times and shorter checkout lines, and the system is compatible with retailers' loyalty programs, according to Mastercard. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"Designed to shorten checkout lines, these allow shoppers to get their products and leave without interacting with staff. \u2014 Bagrat Safaryan, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Undercover reporters for state media also expose and scold bad behavior, such as a recent television news report that filmed unaware Beijingers panic-buying fruits and vegetables and jamming together in checkout lines. \u2014 Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 May 2022",
"Miss Manners keeps getting mail about altercations taking place in the aisles or checkout lines. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Over the weekend, some articles showing photos of bare grocery store shelves and long checkout lines were censored. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Most stores have done away with those large stickers on the floor that spaced customers six feet apart in checkout lines. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Notably, the survey suggests slow checkout lines rank among the most frustrating parts of the grocery shopping experience. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Michiganders working in elementary school classrooms, at grocery store checkout lines, driving city buses and serving in any number of other vital jobs amid the ongoing pandemic may be in line for a payday. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Also, be sure and check out Apple\u2019s preview page for iOS 16. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 18 June 2022",
"Submit questions or share your own tips in the next conversation, or check out some of our past discussions. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Stay tuned for more details on the best products to shop during Target Deal Days 2022, and check out more of this year\u2019s Amazon Prime Day alternative sales here. \u2014 Danielle Directo-meston, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Definitely consult the service manual or check out a YouTube video in advance to see how involved the process will be. \u2014 Joseph Moran, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"Sign up for Hulu ahead of Bonnaroo 2022 Hulu, and check out the full livestream schedule below. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
"Darwin\u2019s Theory is setting up the beer garden on G Street, so grab a beverage and check out the live music, food trucks, local vendors and more. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
"The man wants to fly to Mars, but check out the government\u2019s red tape. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Flip through the socials and check out a little news. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1921, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-151051"
},
"chronic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":[
": continuing or occurring again and again for a long time",
": suffering from a chronic disease",
": always present or encountered",
": constantly vexing, weakening, or troubling",
": being such habitually",
": continuing for a long time or returning often",
": happening or done frequently or by habit",
": marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness : not acute",
": suffering from a disease or ailment of long duration or frequent recurrence",
": having a slow progressive course of indefinite duration",
"\u2014 compare acute sense 2b(1)",
": infected with a disease-causing agent (as a virus) and remaining infectious over a long period of time but not necessarily expressing symptoms",
": one that suffers from a chronic disease"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-nik",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-nik",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4n-ik"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"dyed-in-the-wool",
"habitual",
"inveterate"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He suffers from chronic arthritis.",
"a chronic need for attention",
"Inflation has become a chronic condition in the economy.",
"Don't bother seeing that film\u2014it's chronic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Patients with chronic medical problems such as diabetes, dermatitis, multiple sclerosis and vascular disease should exercise caution or consult their doctor first. \u2014 Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Many chronic health problems are risk factors for the coronavirus, and several studies have suggested that 30 percent to 40 percent of all Covid deaths in the United States involved people with diabetes. \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2022",
"What opponents dismiss as ignorance was originality and boldness, a search for breakthrough solutions to chronic problems. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"His demographic profile \u2014 an older white male with chronic health problems \u2014 mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"His demographic profile \u2014 an older white male with chronic health problems \u2014 mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"His demographic profile \u2014 an older white male with chronic health problems \u2014 mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 6 May 2022",
"But without adequate resources, DCFS is left with two bad options: either allowing chronic problems inside a home to fester to the point of crisis; or taking children from their families. \u2014 Molly Parker, ProPublica , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Usually, having chronic health problems isn\u2019t conducive to a longer lifespan. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French chronique, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin chronicus, going back to Latin, \"written in the form of annals,\" borrowed from Greek chronik\u00f3s \"of time, temporal, in order by time,\" from chr\u00f3nos \"time\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at chrono- ",
"first_known_use":[
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-160540"
},
"chameleon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal sense 2 ) Old World lizards with prehensile (see prehensile sense 1 ) tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual ability to change the color of the skin",
": a person who often changes his or her beliefs or behavior in order to please others or to succeed",
": one that is subject to quick or frequent change especially in appearance",
": american chameleon",
": a lizard that has the ability to change the color of its skin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u0259n",
"k\u0259-\u02c8m\u0113l-y\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrobat",
"chancer",
"opportunist",
"temporizer",
"timeserver",
"trimmer",
"weathercock"
],
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"examples":[
"at the summer resort he acquired a reputation as a social chameleon \u2014someone who could be whatever his hosts wanted him to be",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But behind the pink cat glasses and political snark is a singing chameleon with a lyrical gift praised by both Stephen Sondheim and Lin-Manuel Miranda. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Before long Evangelista was a runway favorite and became known as a chameleon . \u2014 Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"O'Rourke, a former Texas Senate candidate who is mulling a run for governor in 2022, recently complimented McConaughey's acting abilities but took a seeming shot at him as a political chameleon . \u2014 Fox News , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Much of the scene\u2019s poignancy, of course, comes from the fact that Kilmer, the handsome golden boy of \u201880s cinema and critically hailed chameleon of the \u201890s and beyond, was struck by throat cancer in the 2010s. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Finished in a chameleon -esque paintwork that shifts from near-white to deep bronze depending on how the sun hits it, this is the second of only three to ever exist. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Bella Hadid is proving herself to be a style chameleon . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 May 2022",
"Houttuynia cordata\u2013 chameleon plant, is a deciduous groundcover that will grow in sun or shade. \u2014 Janet Carson, Arkansas Online , 9 May 2022",
"The clearest picture of what\u2019s ahead, but Vance has been a chameleon . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English camelion , from Middle French, from Latin chamaeleon , from Greek chamaile\u014dn , from chamai on the ground + le\u014dn lion \u2014 more at humble ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-171555"
},
"changeless":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": never changing : constant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"skittish",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"volatile"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-192918"
},
"chip":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off",
": a small piece of food: such as",
": a small, thin, crisp, usually salty piece of food typically prepared by frying, baking, or drying",
": potato chip \u2014 see also corn chip",
": french fry",
": a small often cone-shaped bit of food often used for baking",
": a small card displaying a paint color or a range of paint colors available for purchase",
": something small, worthless, or trivial",
": one of the counters used as a token for money in poker and other games",
": money",
": something valuable that can be used for advantage in negotiation or trade",
": a piece of dried dung",
": a flaw left after a chip has been broken off",
": integrated circuit",
": a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for an integrated circuit",
": chip shot sense 1",
": microarray",
": a child that resembles his or her parent",
": a challenging or belligerent attitude",
": to cut or hew with an edged tool",
": to cut or break (a small piece) from something",
": to cut or break a fragment from",
": to cut into chips",
": chaff , banter",
": to hit (a return in tennis) with backspin",
": to break off in small pieces",
": to play a chip shot",
": a small piece cut or broken off",
": a thin crisp piece of food and especially potato",
": a small bit of candy used in baking",
": a flaw left after a small piece has been broken off",
": integrated circuit",
": a small slice of silicon containing a number of electronic circuits (as for a computer)",
": to cut or break a small piece from",
": to break off in small pieces",
": microarray"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chip",
"\u02c8chip",
"\u02c8chip"
],
"synonyms":[
"flake",
"sliver",
"spall",
"splint",
"splinter"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Roots bona fides, goosed with rock zeal and a chip on the shoulder. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 20 June 2022",
"Throughout his under-the-radar college career, Williams thrived as a player with a chip on his shoulder. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 18 June 2022",
"Apple unveiled a MacBook Air running its latest M2 processing chip . \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Back in Berkley, Sarasohn has been peddling her chocolate chip banana cake and strawberry sandwich cookies on the app since April, 2022. \u2014 Carrie Honaker, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 June 2022",
"His contract is their best salary-matching chip for trades at the moment. \u2014 Bryan Toporek, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"Gutruf and his team addressed that challenge by attaching calcium particles to their chip , merging techniques of engineering and biology. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Take your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, for instance. \u2014 Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
"But the Air hasn't been updated since late 2020, and its A14 chip is running a bit behind all but the base iPad. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But little by little, researchers chip away at the many problems. \u2014 Lela Nargi, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Higher yields typically chip away at the stock market\u2019s allure by giving investors another attractive place to park their cash. \u2014 Gunjan Banerji, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"Bexar County will chip away at that when a new Texas historical marker is erected in Padre Park near Mission San Jos\u00e9. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"But New York can chip away at one\u2019s social network. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But the goal shared by a range of actors trying to pierce the digital iron curtain is to chip away, cumulatively, at Russian public support for the war and the morale of Russian soldiers. \u2014 Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood And Brian Fung, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The Wildcats were able to gradually chip away at the lead, taking a six-point deficit into halftime. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 26 Feb. 2022",
"If approved by the Legislature and included in the final budget signed by Newsom in June, California would further chip away at barriers to accessing safety net programs for people living here illegally. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"For years, conservative legislators in Texas have been using the state as a proving ground for strategies that could chip away at Roe v. Wade. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 5 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-205343"
},
"chaperone":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety sense 2 ) accompanies one or more young unmarried women in public or in mixed company",
": an older person who accompanies young people at a social gathering to ensure proper behavior",
": one delegated to ensure proper behavior",
": any of a class of proteins (such as heat-shock proteins) that facilitate the proper folding of proteins by binding to and stabilizing unfolded or partially folded proteins",
": escort",
": to act as chaperone to or for",
": to act as a chaperone",
": a person who goes with and is responsible for a group of young people",
": to go with and supervise a group of young people : act as a chaperone",
": any of a class of proteins (such as heat shock proteins and chaperonins ) that facilitate the proper folding of proteins by binding to and stabilizing unfolded or partially folded proteins"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sha-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dn",
"\u02c8shap-\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"accompany",
"attend",
"companion",
"company",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"I was a chaperone on one of my son's school trips.",
"Verb",
"Two parents chaperoned the children.",
"My mom always chaperoned the school dances.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Investigators believe the shooting happened during a supervised visit with the children and the fourth victim was their chaperone , Jones said. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne And Christopher Weber, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Since the reinstatement of Taliban rule in 2021, women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned from schools, required to travel outside the home with a male chaperone , and restricted from visiting parks with men. \u2014 Olivia Peluso, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Players had to come with a chaperone , which in most cases was a parent, and a coach, giving IMG the chance to build relationships.. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"The exclusivity of requiring a chaperon who had herself been presented meant that some girls with great wealth but more modest family backgrounds would hire a professional chaperone to shepherd them through the season. \u2014 Julia Kelly, Town & Country , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Rod Grassman told CBS Sacramento the other person killed was a chaperone of the children and was with them for a supervised visit with their father, who was the subject off a restraining order by his estranged wife. \u2014 Victoria Albert, CBS News , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said investigators believe the shooting happened during a supervised visit with the children, and a fourth victim, an adult, was the chaperone . \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The other victim is believed to have been the chaperone . \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Women are no longer allowed to travel more than 45 kilometers without a male chaperone . \u2014 Liz Elting, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The field trip has happened for a decade, but went largely unnoticed until this week, when Leonardi posted photos on social media saying she was honored to chaperone it. \u2014 Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Some people would rather chaperone the Zombie Prom than ask for a bump in pay. \u2014 Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities , 26 Oct. 2019",
"Attendees must be 22 or younger, although parents may chaperone their teens. \u2014 Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com , 14 Oct. 2019",
"King was prepared to chaperone the trip and carry her daughter the whole way, but someone reached out with a suggestion. \u2014 Caitlin O'kane, CBS News , 24 Sep. 2019",
"Students came to us and asked us to chaperone them to Europe for six weeks. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 20 July 2019",
"Fleury Drive resident Cameron Drew expressed concerns about how well Black might be able to chaperone a group of teenagers. \u2014 Annie Gentile, courant.com , 19 July 2019",
"Tena\u2019s older sister, who lives near Sacramento, would drive two-and-a-half hours south to Salinas to pick her up, take her to the meetings, then chaperone her home again\u2014eight hours of driving each time. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, The Atlantic , 23 May 2018",
"Through this program, volunteers can chaperone a trip and lead a small group of students through exhibits. \u2014 Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago , 2 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1802, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-000831"
},
"chant":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make melodic sounds with the voice",
": to sing a chant",
": to recite something in a monotonous repetitive tone",
": to utter as in chanting",
": to celebrate or praise in song or chant",
": song sense 1",
": plainsong",
": a rhythmic monotonous utterance or song",
": a composition for chanting",
": to sing using a small number of musical tones",
": to recite or speak in a rhythmic usually loud way",
": a melody in which several words or syllables are sung on one tone",
": something spoken in a rhythmic usually loud way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chant",
"\u02c8chant"
],
"synonyms":[
"intonate",
"intone",
"sing"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Last Friday, as massive crowds took to the streets to chant against top officials, a digital barricade of sorts went up between Iran and the world, data showed. \u2014 Isabel Debre, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"Rangers fans still chant the name of a defenseman (Denis Potvin) who wronged them 43 years ago. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
"On a mid-March evening here in the capital, a crowd of hundreds of festivalgoers wearing fairy wings, rhinestones and rainbow face paint began to chant . \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Anna Nguyen walked toward Bao Quang temple, ready to chant and pray to the majestic golden Buddha. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"What could spare Solskjaer from losing his job during the international break is that the fans are yet to chant against the United striker-turned-underwhelming manager \u2014 yet. \u2014 Rob Harris, ajc , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Inspire fans at FirstEnergy Stadium to chant your name \u2014 check. \u2014 Nate Ulrich, USA TODAY , 29 Sep. 2021",
"For now, the AT&T Center might have to wait to chant his name. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Sports crowds now chant the phrase, in addition to affixing it to signs and banners. \u2014 Andy Meek, Forbes , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"There were nighttime games and food, wrestling, klieg lights, and the sound of monks praying through a P.A. system\u2014a loud chant from inside the pagoda walls. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"For years, locals including Collar have donned the same outfit to mingle with visitors to this town of 3,200 and recite Nagreen\u2019s famous chant . \u2014 Jay Jones, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"This chant has risen ceaselessly over the past many weeks from the depths of fury raging in Sri Lanka, a country deep in an economic morass. \u2014 Quartz , 4 May 2022",
"There was snickering about Heard going on the stand, as well as one person starting a lewd chant about the actress. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Tufts Medical student Mariah Dawson led a chant while attending a rally in front of Tufts Medical Center. \u2014 Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com , 13 May 2022",
"Fans showered Rollins with the chant from his theme song in honor of the occasion. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Standing at the edge, the three clergymen intoned a dirge, in a low, melodious chant . \u2014 Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"The men concluded their a capalla chant with the ... \u2014 Andrew Doran, National Review , 1 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-000932"
},
"chasten":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline",
": purify",
": to prune (something, such as a work or style of art) of excess, pretense, or falsity : refine",
": to cause to be more humble or restrained : subdue",
": to correct by punishment : discipline"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101-s\u1d4an",
"\u02c8ch\u0101-s\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigate",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[
"excuse",
"pardon",
"spare"
],
"examples":[
"chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner",
"the unexpected loss to a second-rate player really chastened the tournament's top-seeded tennis star",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Republicans used the attacks to scold and chasten mainstream environmentalists. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"This is a player who openly embraces pressure, who wants the ball in stressful situations and who carries herself so confidently as to publicly chasten Barack Obama and Jimmy Fallon for their misguided tournament brackets. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 2 Apr. 2022",
"In each of these trouble spots, President Biden\u2019s handling of Ukraine will either chasten or embolden our adversaries, setting the tone for global power for years to come. \u2014 Roger Wicker, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"What\u2019s missing from the picture is the threat of discovery, the dangling sword of Damocles that might chasten anyone taking so much responsibility on themselves. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Is that at all going to chasten more Republicans other than Mitch McConnell? \u2014 NBC News , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Only a Trump victory will suitably chasten the many sensible and somewhat highbrow Reagan Republicans who deserted Trump for reasons ranging from outright treachery to tactical misjudgment to mere snobbery. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 28 Oct. 2020",
"The desire to chasten American frackers remains, though. \u2014 The Economist , 11 June 2020",
"But the Victoria Woodhull who emerged like the phoenix from the ashes of her demolished life was a new and chastened person. \u2014 John Strausbaugh, National Review , 8 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of obsolete English chaste to chasten, from Middle English, from Anglo-French chastier , from Latin castigare , from castus + -igare (from agere to drive) \u2014 more at act ",
"first_known_use":[
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-012031"
},
"chapeau":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hat sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sha-\u02c8p\u014d",
"sh\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with her chapeau cocked jauntily to one side, the French actress was the very picture of Gallic insouciance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Moreno, who won her Oscar for playing Anita sixty years ago, wore a flouncy black Carolina Herrera gown and an Adrienne Landau chapeau made out of feathers. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In France, the term chapeau , french for hat, means bravo. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
"Some even talked to her, asking her about her craft-store chapeau . \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 19 May 2021",
"Big peepers, tiny chapeau , answers to his official name Question Hound. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2021",
"Van den Berg got hold of a photo of her as a young woman in her white nanny\u2019s uniform, with a crescent chapeau clipped to her blonde hair and a gold broach at her collar. \u2014 Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2021",
"The fitted dress, made out of the store\u2019s iconic blue-and-yellow bags, was complete with a dramatic chapeau to match. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 17 Jan. 2021",
"To wit, try keeping your head warm in a fine faux fur chapeau from Emma Brewin or a trapper style from Cordova. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 16 Dec. 2020",
"For an ultra-elegant look, swap the classic veil for a regal chapeau . \u2014 Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire , 17 Feb. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle French, from Old French chapel \u2014 more at chaplet ",
"first_known_use":[
"1523, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-015002"
},
"checklist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a list of things to be checked or done",
": a comprehensive list"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chek-\u02cclist"
],
"synonyms":[
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Before takeoff the pilot went down his checklist of safety precautions.",
"I still have one thing left to do on my checklist .",
"a checklist of bird species",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a late August virtual meeting of the commissioners\u2019 police advisory panel, Battiste offered a partial update on the checklist of reforms outlined in the 2017 audit, conceding that the force had a long way to go. \u2014 Margaret Coker, Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"On the Cassidy checklist , McAvoy has proven, from the time he was paired with Zdeno Chara, proficient defending 5-on-5 against the league\u2019s top offensive performers. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Justin Herbert and tall pass-catchers combine with Bosa-James-Staley D to put on a Monday night show As the Chargers relocated to Greater Los Angeles, here were a few items not on the Team Spanos checklist . \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The bad news is that today, no battery currently ticks all the boxes on that checklist . \u2014 John Barton, Forbes , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The American Red Cross also made an emergency preparedness checklist to help the public keep track of things that might be forgotten during a stressful situation. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 1 June 2022",
"So here's a checklist for what schools might need to do to keep up. \u2014 Matt Craig, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"From bulky ski boots to large pieces of outerwear, hard-to-pack helmets, and your actual equipment (skis, poles, and snowboards!), there are too many items on the checklist to count. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The changes require doctors to walk patients through these potential problems and to give the patient an opportunity to sign off on the checklist to show they were properly informed about the risks to their health. \u2014 Jen Christensen, CNN , 27 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1853, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-042836"
},
"cheeseparing":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something worthless or insignificant",
": miserly economizing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113z-\u02ccper-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a taskmaster so dedicated to cheeseparing that he would prefer that his employees freeze to death rather than splurge on heat."
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-055046"
},
"chaffy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain",
": something comparatively worthless",
": the scales borne on the receptacle among the florets in the heads of many composite plants",
": material (such as strips of foil or clusters of fine wires) ejected into the air for reflecting radar waves (as for confusing an enemy's radar detection)",
": light jesting talk : banter",
": to tease good-naturedly",
": jest , banter",
": the husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed in threshing",
": something worthless",
": to tease in a friendly way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chaf",
"\u02c8chaf"
],
"synonyms":[
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"banter",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"chaffed her about the brightly colored shirt she had received as a gift",
"a coworker who likes to chaff at others' expense, and this often results in hurt feelings"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1821, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1827, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-084149"
},
"change":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make different in some particular : alter",
": to make radically different : transform",
": to give a different position, course, or direction to",
": to replace with another",
": to make a shift from one to another : switch",
": to exchange for an equivalent sum of money (as in smaller denominations or in a foreign currency)",
": to undergo a modification of",
": to put fresh clothes or covering on",
": to become different",
": to undergo transformation, transition, or substitution",
": exchange , switch",
": to put on different clothes",
": to shift one's means of conveyance : transfer",
": to shift to lower register : break",
": to pass from one phase (see phase entry 1 sense 1 ) to another",
": to pass from the possession of one owner to that of another",
": the act, process, or result of changing : such as",
": alteration",
": transformation",
": substitution",
": the passage of the moon from one monthly revolution (see revolution sense 1a ) to another",
": the passage of the moon from one phase (see phase entry 1 sense 1 ) to another",
": menopause",
": money in small denominations received in exchange for an equivalent sum in larger denominations",
": money returned when a payment exceeds the amount due",
": coins especially of low denominations",
": a negligible additional amount",
": money sense 1",
": a fresh set of clothes",
": exchange sense 5a",
": changeup",
": an order in which a set of bells is struck in change ringing",
": to make or become different",
": to give a different position, course, or direction to",
": to put one thing in the place of another : switch",
": to give or receive an equal amount of money in usually smaller units of value or in the money of another country",
": to put fresh clothes or covering on",
": to put on different clothes",
": to pass from one person's possession or ownership to another's",
": the act, process, or result of making or becoming different",
": something that is different from what is usual or expected",
": a fresh set of clothes",
": money in small units of value received in exchange for an equal amount in larger units",
": money returned when a payment is more than the amount due",
": money in coins"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj",
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"redo",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"vary"
],
"antonyms":[
"alteration",
"difference",
"modification",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Heritage did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how operations might change when Crystal Cruises relaunches. \u2014 Nathan Diller, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"According to Hill, change first requires trusting leaders from typically underrepresented groups to lead the work and then demonstrating support by putting their recommendations into action. \u2014 Michelle King, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising and its parent company will subject itself to court oversight to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"While inflation is eating into the profits of companies marketing to lower- or middle-income classes, luxury fashion can raise the prices of its good with little pushback or change in demand. \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 21 June 2022",
"Things can also change from performance to performance and no one is ever sure why. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"Some boating safety advocates are beginning to question whether that requirement should change in light of the recent uptick in deaths. \u2014 Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
"There was no way Marvella Bayh could've known a bill passed with little fanfare would change the landscape of academia and athletics for women. \u2014 IndyStar , 20 June 2022",
"So much can change in a single season, never mind five seasons. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Since the board\u2019s decision, students have staked out in front of board member Menjares\u2019s office in Demaray Hall to demand a policy change . \u2014 Samantha Chery, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"The Indiana High School Athletic Association executive committee Thursday approved a significant change to the high school boys and girls basketball tournaments. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"The 35-year-old Shrill star, who joined on SNL in 2012, was ready to leave the NBC sketch comedy show before COVID-19 pandemic halted her plans for a career change . \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"Starting next school year, dress code policies at Chicago\u2019s public schools can no longer ban head coverings tied to race, ethnicity or hair texture, a change approved without discussion Wednesday by the Chicago Board of Education. \u2014 Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"The Magic Kingdom had also pulled its peanut butter sauce from the menu at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor, leaving just hot fudge and caramel toppings on its snack menu, a change noted by The Disney Food Blog and Walt Disney World News Today. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 22 June 2022",
"In a change from the outgoing model, the infotainment screen has moved to a stand-alone position near the top of the dash. \u2014 Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver , 22 June 2022",
"But a significant policy change may soon offer drivers some relief. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 22 June 2022",
"Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, a kitchen household staple for 85 years, is getting a name change . \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 22 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb and Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-091436"
},
"charter":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a written instrument (see instrument entry 1 sense 5 ) or contract (such as a deed) executed in due form",
": a grant or guarantee of rights, franchises, or privileges from the sovereign power of a state or country",
": a written instrument that creates and defines the franchises (see franchise entry 1 sense 1 ) of a city, educational institution, or corporation",
": constitution",
": a written instrument from the authorities of a society creating a lodge or branch",
": a special privilege, immunity, or exemption",
": a mercantile lease of a ship or some principal part of it",
": a charter travel arrangement",
": a chartered plane, bus, etc.",
": charter school",
": to establish, enable, or convey by charter",
": certify",
": to hire, rent, or lease for usually exclusive and temporary use",
": of, relating to, or being a travel arrangement in which transportation (such as a bus or plane) is hired by and for one specific group of people",
": an official document setting out the rights and duties of a group",
": a document which declares that a city, town, school, or corporation has been established",
": a document that describes the basic laws or principles of a group",
": to grant a charter to",
": to hire (as a bus or an aircraft) for temporary use",
": a grant or guarantee of rights, powers, or privileges from an authority or agency of a state or country",
"\u2014 compare constitution",
": a written instrument that creates and defines the powers and privileges of a city, educational institution, or corporation \u2014 compare articles of incorporation",
": a written instrument from the authorities of a society creating a lodge, branch, or chapter",
": a lease of a ship especially for the delivery of cargo",
": to establish, enable, or convey by charter",
": to lease or hire for usually exclusive and temporary use"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4r-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"engage",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The charter allows for unrestricted trading.",
"Verb",
"The city was chartered in 1837.",
"The team chartered a plane.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The four-day experience costs about $5,000 for two guests and includes a charter flight to the lagoon. \u2014 Sally French, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"The four-day experience costs about $5,000 for two guests and includes a charter flight to the lagoon. \u2014 CBS News , 18 May 2022",
"The four-day experience costs about $5,000 for two guests and includes a charter flight to the lagoon. \u2014 Sally French, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"The left-hander, who's pitched better of late, wasn't on Milwaukee's charter flight to Miami out of Cincinnati. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"But the charter flight issue remains, a useful measure for how far the WNBA has to go in meaningfully valuing its players\u2019 labor. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"The local authorities last month greenlighted the arrival of 105 LG employees from Korea on a charter flight to work in a closed loop, the announcement said. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Willer said the group hasn\u2019t been able to meet its responsibilities under the city\u2019s charter due to poor communication and a lack of information from Bronson officials. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"When the fleet isn\u2019t being used by owners, the helicopters will be available for on-demand charter . \u2014 Doug Gollan, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Along the Costa del Sol of Spain, Marbella Club Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa offers not one but two sailing yachts for guests to charter . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"An ongoing debate that carried into the 2022 season is the WNBA\u2019s resistance to charter flights, which are prohibited by the league\u2019s current collective bargaining agreement. \u2014 Melanie Anzidei, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Pilots may soon be able to say farewell to charter firms and fleets\u2014that is, if Hill Helicopters has anything to say about it. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
"On social media, students and their supporters mobilized, asking their home governments to charter planes out of the country, sharing locations where students were stranded, and offering advice about where to find shelter. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Or, the campuses have been offered to charter schools \u2014 which are not operated by the district and compete for students. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"But in recent years, President Biden has joined the ranks of Democrats who have cooled to charter schools, which are publicly funded but independently operated. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"The shift to charter schools making up a majority of Utah\u2019s top 10 list coincided with a change in the methodology used by U.S. News. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Kensh\u014d will be available to charter with Y.CO in the summer of 2022. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The rules would require charter schools to prove they are needed by demonstrating that traditional public schools are over-enrolled. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Each of those districts enroll more than 300,000 students, compared to San Diego Unified\u2019s approximately 95,000 district, non- charter students. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Between the 2014-2015 and 2020-2021 academic years, non- charter public school enrollment in California declined by 378,674 students, or 6.7%, according to state data. \u2014 WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"According to the paper, 782 of the 999 public, non- charter schools included in the study were in Maricopa County. \u2014 David Zweig, The Atlantic , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Last school year alone, charters gained 240,000 students, while non- charter public schools\u2019 enrollment dropped 3.3%, a total loss of more than 1.45 million students. \u2014 Jeanne Allen, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021",
"But the well of Campbell support floored her, particularly, Rousseau said, after a pro- charter Super PAC backed the councilor. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Palm Beach County is asking for grades for two non- charter schools. \u2014 Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The Excel Center, a charter high school in Little Rock for students 19 years and older who did not earn a diploma, received state Board of Education approval Friday to establish campuses in Springdale, Jonesboro and Fort Smith. \u2014 Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online , 10 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1920, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092313"
},
"choker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that chokes",
": something (such as a collar or necklace) worn closely about the throat or neck"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u014d-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"collar",
"dog collar",
"lei",
"necklace"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They called him a choker when he missed the shot that would have won the game.",
"a pearl choker closely wrapped around her throat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The royal topped off the look with black boots and gloves, pearl drop earrings, a choker necklace of black pearls, and an emerald and diamond shamrock brooch. \u2014 The Editors, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, Coach showed choker necklaces with keys attached to them, as well as a wide array of leather jackets, for fall 2022, and LaPointe took BDSM into workwear with harnesses worn over monochrome suits for spring 2022. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 2 May 2022",
"From wearing matching denim with Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week to accessorizing with a macabre claw choker at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, Julia Fox never fails to make a fashion statement. \u2014 ELLE , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Doja accessorized the look with hanging earrings, colorful choker necklaces, and waist beads. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Doll heads aside, Dalimonte also designs bedazzled bras, scenic corsets, and spiked choker necklaces. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Hadid paired the bold look with a dazzling choker by Chopard, adding a white bow in her hair to finish. \u2014 Emily Chan, Vogue , 26 May 2022",
"The front of the dress featured gold choker detailing with Versace\u2019s signature medusa pendant and a cut-out sweetheart neckline. \u2014 Nerisha Penrose, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
"The 24-year-old chose her look from Versace\u2019s fall 2022 collection and styled it with platform Mary Janes, sheer tights, and a choker necklace. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-100639"
},
"chew over":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to meditate on : think about reflectively"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about ",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"yet another senator chewing over the idea of running for president"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1939, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-102302"
},
"chunter":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to talk in a low inarticulate way : mutter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259n-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"grunt",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter"
],
"antonyms":[
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"examples":[
"in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something"
],
"history_and_etymology":"probably of imitative origin",
"first_known_use":[
"1599, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-105852"
},
"chilliness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": noticeably cold : chilling",
": unpleasantly affected by cold",
": lacking warmth of feeling : unfriendly",
": tending to arouse fear or apprehension",
": noticeably cold"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113",
"\u02c8chi-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"bleak",
"chill",
"chilling",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"raw",
"sharp"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It's a little chilly outside.",
"You must be chilly without a coat on.",
"They gave him a chilly reception.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On a chilly Wednesday night, the Lake Ridge Educational Foundation held a vigil outside the athletic field at Calumet New Tech High School to honor the victims of the Texas school shooting. \u2014 Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"One chilly September night, about two weeks before the current season premiered, they were informed that Michaels was in the crowd. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 May 2022",
"According to the National Weather Service, the start of the week will remain quite chilly for mid-April, and precipitation could transition into a chance of showers during the afternoon. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Winds out of the northwest will keep it feeling quite chilly in the morning, and not a whole lot warmer in the afternoon. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Temperatures will be quite chilly with highs in the 30s. \u2014 courant.com , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The Rocky and Chagrin rivers are top bass waters throughout May, but when the water is chilly , target slower, deeper waters around structures. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The nights are chilly , with lows 40 to 45 on Wednesday and 45 to 50 on Thursday. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Here are some observations from the open practice, which ran a little over 90 minutes on a chilly , windy day at Spartan Stadium. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-115703"
},
"chaparral":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thicket of dwarf evergreen oaks",
": a dense impenetrable thicket of shrubs or dwarf trees",
": an ecological community composed of shrubby plants adapted to dry summers and moist winters that occurs especially in southern California"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsha-p\u0259-\u02c8ral",
"-\u02c8rel"
],
"synonyms":[
"boscage",
"boskage",
"bosk",
"bosque",
"bosquet",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"thicket"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rabbit darted into the chaparral",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The fire, which authorities estimate has the potential to grow to 500 to 1,000 acres, was burning through dense front-country chaparral , driven by erratic winds, Ferguson said. \u2014 Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Waist-high chamise chaparral closed in on my legs and backpack, but never blocked the striking vistas to the south. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"And much of the region is covered in chaparral , the most flammable mix of brush land vegetation in the country. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Forests may produce a different fragrance than grasslands, chaparral or deserts, for example. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Dec. 2021",
"From the thick chaparral comes the characteristic cooing sound that is only made by males. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The weather service does not plan to issue wildfire advisory because recent rains have dampened the chaparral across most of the county. \u2014 Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Hints of dusty chaparral , sandalwood and pronounced mineral follow with exotic spices. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The fire burned in dense chaparral through an area of ranches, canyons and parks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Spanish, from chaparro dwarf evergreen oak, from Basque txapar ",
"first_known_use":[
"1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-144350"
},
"child":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name ()",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a young person especially between infancy and puberty",
": a person not yet of the age of majority (see majority sense 2a )",
": a childlike or childish person",
": a son or daughter of human parents",
": descendant",
": an unborn or recently born person",
": a female infant",
": one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs",
": product , result",
": a youth of noble birth",
": pregnant",
": an unborn or recently born person",
": a young person of either sex between infancy and youth",
": a son or daughter of any age",
": an unborn or recently born person",
": a young person especially between infancy and youth",
": pregnant",
": a son or daughter of any age and usually including one formally adopted \u2014 compare issue",
": a person below an age specified by law : infant , minor",
"\u2014 compare adult",
"Francis James 1825\u20131896 American ballad editor",
"Julia (Carolyn) 1912\u20132004 n\u00e9e McWilliams American chef"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld",
"\u02c8ch\u012bld",
"\u02c8ch\u012b(\u0259)ld",
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In May 2021, Tur gave birth to her second child , a daughter named Eloise. \u2014 Wendy Kaur, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are expecting their first child \u2014 a boy! \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 21 June 2022",
"Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are expecting their first child , a boy, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"The former couple's first child , Nevada Alexander Musk, died of sudden infant death syndrome at only 10 weeks. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"That became even more apparent in 2019, when Wie West became pregnant with her first child , Makenna, now 2 years old. \u2014 Elizabeth Millard, C.p.t., SELF , 20 June 2022",
"Her second child , a daughter, grew up largely in a series of baby shelters and orphanages. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Trevor Story, who welcomed his first child in March, celebrated Father Day\u2019s with a solo home run in the second inning off St. Louis starter Andre Pallante. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"In 1950, Roy and Dale had their own child , Robin, who was born with Down syndrome. \u2014 Jeff Suess, The Enquirer , 19 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English cild ; akin to Goth kilthei womb, and perhaps to Sanskrit ja\u1e6dhara belly",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-145254"
},
"chummy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": quite friendly",
": very friendly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-m\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"close",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"near",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
],
"examples":[
"She was getting chummy with the reporters.",
"the neighboring families know each other but are hardly chummy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep reading to relive all their biggest relationship milestones, from their chummy beginnings to their unified work as royals. \u2014 Nicole Briese, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"And Romijn, who has her own chummy relationship with Pike, makes Number One feel like a person with more weight and canonical influence than the character was ever allowed to have. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"For most of their chummy conversations, Tomlinson appeared polite, deferential, even in awe of her friend and mentor, a more seasoned stand-up, writer and television star. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Not the big moments \u2014 the corporate tax cut, the chummy meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the insults to our NATO allies, the two impeachments, the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 6 Apr. 2022",
"But for most of its history, the nation's highest court has looked like a chummy private men's club from a not-so-distant time. \u2014 Jessica Campisi And Brandon Griggs, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Longtime antagonists Heather Gay and Lisa Barlow are also very chummy . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
"In the months since, Amazon\u2019s relationship with the White House has been less than chummy . \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"For a comic her age, Tomlinson is remarkably nimble, able to pivot from light to dark, innocent to dirty, chummy to aggressive. \u2014 Jason Zinoman, New York Times , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chum entry 1 + -y entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1884, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-164231"
},
"chronicle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation",
": narrative sense 1",
": to present a record of in or as if in a chronicle",
": an account of events in the order that they happened : history",
": to record in the order of occurrence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ni-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"report",
"story"
],
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"chart",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a chronicle of the American Civil War",
"a chronicle of the President's years in office",
"Verb",
"The book chronicles the events that led to the American Civil War.",
"She intends to chronicle the broad social changes that have occurred in this part of the country.",
"a magazine that chronicles the lives of the rich and famous",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Interspersed into this chronicle are third-person flash-forwards to Mila\u2019s tour of the United States. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That said, this relentless chronicle of authoritarianism emboldened and empowered offers a painful and valuable reminder that democracy is fragile, never to be taken for granted and always in need of committed defense. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Court records chronicle allegations of domestic abuse and warnings from the children\u2019s mother that David Mora was violent. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"It was noted even in that chronicle of the rich and famous, Vanity Fair. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Charles Finch is the author of What Just Happened, a chronicle of 2020, available from Knopf. \u2014 Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"It has been described as a vivid and powerful chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"What started as a deliberate, thoughtful meditation about wellness ended as an inadvertent chronicle of a friendship gone terribly awry. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The latter, as a chronicle of events rather than a deeper analysis of underlying forces\u2014class struggle, say, or industrialization. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The company has two new music documentaries that chronicle the worlds of soft rock and 80s hair metal that will debut later this year on Paramount+. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Elvis is set to chronicle Presley\u2019s rise to fame and his relationship with manager Col. Tom Parker (portrayed by Hanks). \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"Moving forward, The Baltimore Sun continues to chronicle the city\u2019s joys and its sorrows and events both large and small \u2014 on newsprint but also through phones and computer screens across Maryland and beyond. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"In recent years, tribal historians and researchers have tried to chronicle the number of Native American students who died and where they are buried. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Originally, Essential Labor was meant to chronicle the history of caregiving in the United States. \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 10 May 2022",
"Behind the Scenes: A documentary goes inside the Met to chronicle one of the most challenging years of its history. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Like any successful rapper, though, Fivio is using hip-hop not just to chronicle his surroundings but also to change them. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"On a windy and warm spring afternoon, Donald Parham Jr. sat alone with a visitor sent to chronicle his comeback. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-165506"
},
"changelessness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": never changing : constant"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101nj-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"antonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"skittish",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"varying",
"volatile"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1575, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-171912"
},
"chronometer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": timepiece",
": one designed to keep time with great accuracy despite external forces",
": an instrument for measuring time",
": one designed to keep time with great accuracy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259r",
"kr\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4m-\u0259t-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"clock",
"timekeeper",
"timepiece",
"timer"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fancy new chronometer that is light-years more advanced than your average wristwatch",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The move would result in the Besna\u00e7on Observatory launching a new chronometer certification. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Both sizes contain the Co-Axial master chronometer caliber 8800 with a 55-hour power reserve. \u2014 Carol Besler, Robb Report , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Sir Ernest stood by under the canvas with chronometer , pencil, and book. \u2014 Daniella Mccahey, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Shackleton's brilliant navigator, Frank Worsley, painstakingly calculated the coordinates for the position where Endurance sank using a sextant and chronometer . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The watch is chronometer certified by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), which guarantees a precision of -4 to +6 seconds per day. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Beginning in 2022, the ENG300 series of movements will be certified to chronometer -standards using Bremont\u2019s in-house H1 Timing Standard that reflects the same standards as the ISO3159:2009 Chronometer test. \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"The movement is the manufacture caliber MT5400, an automatic chronometer with a non-magnetic silicon hairspring. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Back then, a marine chronometer could cost the equivalent of one-third of the price of the entire sea-worthy vessel. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chrono- + -meter ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1676, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-172029"
},
"chaw":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": chew sense 1",
": a chew especially of tobacco"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022f"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"champ",
"chew",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the farmer was intently chawing a carrot",
"Noun",
"enjoyed a chaw of tobacco",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In cooler months, a hadrosaur might chaw rotten logs to get their daily fiber\u2014with mushrooms and insects adding a little protein to the mix. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But civilization and its refinements have gained a foothold; tobacco chewers are spitting their chaw juices into upmarket iced tea bottles and farmers are raising llamas. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, New York Times , 20 Mar. 2020",
"Both of my sons are users of smokeless tobacco ( chaw ). \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2018",
"Both of my sons are users of smokeless tobacco ( chaw ). \u2014 Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com , 10 June 2018",
"Carrasco and Bauer\u2019s first subject was infielder Jose Ramirez, who received red-lensed sunglasses, a chaw in his lip, a dangling chain and a mohawk that Carrasco sculpted by peeling back the baseball\u2019s leather and pulling through its internal yarn. \u2014 Ben Reiter, SI.com , 13 Sep. 2017",
"The man so loved his chaw that congressional pages ran fresh spittoons to his desk in relays. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 6 Jan. 2017",
"The book, with its cover photograph of Dykstra looking like a jack-o\u2019-lantern with a chaw of tobacco in one cheek, will rank No. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 9 July 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1506, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1709, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-180708"
},
"chastisement":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to censure severely : castigate",
": to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)",
": chasten sense 2",
": to punish severely (as by whipping)",
": to criticize harshly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-\u02ccst\u012bz",
"(\u02cc)cha-\u02c8st\u012bz",
"cha-\u02c8st\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.",
"The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jackson is then seen lying on his back on the sidewalk just outside of the event as others chastise him and accuse him of hitting a woman. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
"The impulse to chastise people in the past can be a distraction not only for Harvard but for any wealthy institution that would move beyond memorialization to ask what, exactly, its future responsibilities within and beyond its own campus are. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Smith was 9 at the time and would long chastise himself for not defending his mother. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Before a game, Benner would stand courtside and Miller would walk over to him to jokingly chastise Benner, pointing a finger close to Benner's face. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The proceedings only went downhill from there, with one Democratic member - Katie Porter of California - using jars of M&Ms and bags of rice to chastise the oil companies for producing too much oil. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Someone with low optimism might self- chastise , speak from a victim mindset or pass the blame to other people. \u2014 Roberta Moore, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Many Ukrainians chastise Russians for increasingly accepting middle-class comforts afforded by the country\u2019s oil wealth in exchange for declining to resist limits on their freedoms. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Some students have refused to wear masks at school and, when school leaders have refused to admit or have removed mask-less children from classrooms, some of their parents have taken to social media to chastise them or to protest. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chastisen , alteration of chasten \u2014 see chasten ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-181103"
},
"chronomantic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to chronomancy"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"from chronomancy , after such pairs as English necromancy: necromantic ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183755"
},
"chastity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being chaste : such as",
": abstention from unlawful sexual intercourse",
": abstention from all sexual intercourse",
": purity in conduct and intention",
": restraint and simplicity in design or expression",
": personal integrity",
": the quality or state of being pure in thought and act"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-st\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8cha-st\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasteness",
"immaculacy",
"innocence",
"modesty",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"immodesty",
"impurity",
"unchasteness",
"unchastity"
],
"examples":[
"a saint who is often held up as a model of chastity",
"vows of poverty, chastity , and obedience",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Either/Or shares none of the chastity of its predecessor. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Catholic religious orders, such as the Benedictines, Jesuits, Franciscans or Dominicans, require their members\u2014nuns, brothers or priests\u2014to take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. \u2014 WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"On his way to fight the Trojan War, King Agamemnon accidentally kills a favorite stag of Artemis, the goddess of wild animals and chastity . \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Those who act against that chastity rule risk losing their standing in the church. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"That accords with the law of chastity of the faith, which Hawes believes is reasonable to ask students at BYU to follow. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The corrupt governor offers to exchange a pardon for Susanna\u2019s chastity , so the siblings and town sheriff devise a plan to disguise a prostitute named Bella Rose as Susanna for the assignation. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Harris\u2019 bestselling books on chastity have, for some years, been widely blamed for mainstreaming junk theology in the first place. \u2014 Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Rodriguez works in the Archdiocese of Chicago\u2019s Respect Life Ministry, which offers counseling and resources surrounding crisis pregnancies, chastity education, puberty and more. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, chicagotribune.com , 18 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"see chaste ",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-190121"
},
"chimerical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary entry 1 sense 2 ) or improbable",
": given to fantastic schemes",
": relating to, derived from, or being a genetic chimera : containing tissue with two or more genetically distinct populations of cells",
": composed of material (such as DNA or polypeptide) from more than one organism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u012b-\u02c8mer-i-k\u0259l",
"k\u0259-",
"-\u02c8mir-"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabulous",
"fanciful",
"fantasied",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"ideal",
"imaginal",
"imaginary",
"imagined",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"mythical",
"mythic",
"notional",
"phantasmal",
"phantasmic",
"phantom",
"pretend",
"unreal",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"existing",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"for the time being, interplanetary travel remains a chimerical feature of life in the 21st century",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Guardiola himself had acknowledged that before the game, half in jest, suggesting that there was not a vast amount of point in conducting the usual, instinctive analysis of Real Madrid because Ancelotti\u2019s team is, by its very nature, so chimerical . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In his eyes, though, speed is not where true value lies in a social media world, and particularly in that portion of it devoted to soccer\u2019s chaotic, contradictory and often chimerical transfer market. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021",
"To put it in biblical terms, the line between obeying God and playing God is as blurry as that between domesticating animals for agriculture and creating chimerical creatures in laboratories. \u2014 Mark O\u2019connell, The New York Review of Books , 22 July 2021"
],
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"1638, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a container in which cream is stirred or shaken to make butter",
": a regular, quantifiable process or rate of change that occurs in a business over a period of time as existing customers are lost and new customers are added",
": a similar process or rate of change involving loss and addition of employees, companies, etc.",
": to agitate (milk or cream) in a churn in order to make butter",
": to stir or agitate violently",
": to make (something, such as foam) by so doing",
": to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissions",
": to work a churn (as in making butter)",
": to produce, proceed with, or experience violent motion or agitation",
": to proceed by or as if by means of rotating members (such as wheels or propellers)",
": a container in which milk or cream is stirred or shaken in making butter",
": to stir or shake in a churn (as in making butter)",
": to stir or shake forcefully",
": to feel the effects of an emotion (as fear)",
": to move by or as if by forceful stirring action",
": to make (the account of a client) excessively active by frequent purchases and sales primarily in order to generate commissions"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rn",
"\u02c8ch\u0259rn",
"\u02c8ch\u0259rn"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"moil",
"roil",
"seethe"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The motorboats churned the water.",
"The water churned all around us.",
"The wheels began to slowly churn .",
"He showed them how to churn butter.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Though churn was slightly higher at 6.5 percent in developing markets \u2014 defined as Asia, Africa and the Middle East \u2014 the relatively low rates come despite recent subscription price increases in 13 markets, including the U.S. and the U.K. \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 June 2022",
"The churn within Oregon\u2019s running back room is arguably the most significant for any position group on the roster this offseason. \u2014 oregonlive , 16 May 2022",
"Beyond its ghats and its timeless churn of bathing pilgrims, holy men and beggars stands a gleaming promenade, renovated by Adityanath in 2019. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Ham\u2019s introduction on Monday comes as the Lakers head into a period of great change within the organization \u2014 the roster set for yet another churn for the fourth straight offseason since signing LeBron James. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
"Old Town has always seen regular churn in storefronts, Landrum said, but that turnover was no faster during the pandemic than before it. \u2014 John D. Harden, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"That churn can hold organizations back from advancing strategic goals while also hitting the bottom line. \u2014 Mike Capone, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"This trend will continue into 2022, with estimates of churn increasing by 30%, as 150 million streaming subscribers worldwide are expected to cancel a service. \u2014 Rajeev Goel, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"Partly this is by design, as PayPal lets users who rarely transact churn off, arguing that spending to keep them isn\u2019t a high-return investment. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the other, roster churn and coaching changes leave Nebraska, Maryland, Penn State and Minnesota all fighting to stay out of the conference's bottom four. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"Members of the Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 handle the coloring of the river, using one motorboat to dump the dye and two to churn the water and spread it. \u2014 Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The seas churn upwards and rocks take out city skylines. \u2014 Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Some bots churn any news, including negative reports. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"In 2009, her research showed how jellyfish and their soft-bodied relatives, dubbed gelata by the MBARI scientist Steven Haddock, collectively churn the ocean, like millions of spoons stirring in unison. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The roster could continue to churn before the team is back on the field, as evidenced by two defensive back acquisitions just this week. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"The horizon was cloaked in rain clouds, and the downpour was just long enough to burnish the palm leaves and churn the fragrance of the white takamaka flowers \u2014 reminiscent of gardenias \u2014 that grow in profusion. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Stocks, however, continue to churn onwards to fresh record highs. \u2014 Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-194440"
},
"chouse":{
"type":[
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": cheat , trick",
": to drive or herd roughly"
],
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"\u02c8chau\u0307s"
],
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"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"circa 1659, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1904, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-200206"
},
"chat":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": chatter , prattle",
": to talk in an informal or familiar manner",
": to take part in an online discussion in a chat room",
": to talk to",
": to talk lightly, glibly, or flirtatiously with",
": idle small talk : chatter",
": light informal or familiar talk",
": conversation",
": any of several songbirds (as of the genera Cercomela, Granatellus , or Icteria )",
": online discussion in a chat room",
": an instance of such discussion",
": to talk in a friendly way about things that are not serious",
": to talk over the Internet by sending messages back and forth in a chat room",
": a light friendly conversation",
": a talk held over the Internet by people using a chat room",
"[imitative]"
],
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"\u02c8chat",
"\u02c8chat"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"cackle",
"chaffer",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"antonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"causerie",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"We chatted about our plans for the summer.",
"called him up to chat",
"She stayed up all night chatting with her friends online.",
"Noun",
"We enjoyed a chat over coffee.",
"software used for e-mail and chat",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Brolin was meant to chat with Jeremy Renner for Variety's Actors on Actors series, but things didn't go quite according to plan. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"Passing artists paused to chat ; the Documenta team held meetings. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"During Coffee with a Cop, officers meet community members at coffee shops to chat . \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Reminisce about your funniest memories, or take time to chat with co-workers. \u2014 Cheria Young, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"On the industry side, former Warner Bros. chief of worldwide marketing Sue Kroll, now a producer, is coming to Sardinia to chat with film students about the nuts and bolts of film promotion. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Like most of us, Romanek is active in her group chat with her closest girlfriends. \u2014 Brittney Oliver, Essence , 4 June 2022",
"The top 5 who will compete next week also took time to chat , including Noah Thompson and Fritz Hager, who called in from their respective hotel rooms, where they are quarantined after testing positive for COVID. \u2014 Fred Bronson, Billboard , 9 May 2022",
"So to actually get to sit and chat with them about that was very meaningful. \u2014 Madison Feller, ELLE , 27 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moneypenny handles outsourced phone calls, live chat and digital comms. \u2014 Joanna Swash, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Some of her siblings mocked her, and Mary abandoned a family group chat . \u2014 Regine Cabato, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"In August 2020, for example, Microsoft's workplace chat software Teams stopped working with IE, and its 365 apps (including Office) no longer worked on IE as of mid-summer 2021. \u2014 Jennifer Korn And David Goldman, CNN , 15 June 2022",
"Maeda spoke with Murphy during an online chat joining Tokyo and Los Angeles. \u2014 Chiharu Masukawa, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
"Rice, speaking via online chat at a press conference at Firestone Country Club in Akron, was introduced as this year\u2019s recipient of the Ambassador of Golf Award. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 15 June 2022",
"While speaking with Gayle King for a Tribeca Festival chat in New York City on Monday, Tyler Perry clarified something when the topic of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars came up. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"On the left-side of the LaMDA chat screen on Lemoine\u2019s laptop, different LaMDA models are listed like iPhone contacts. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Maybe, Martinez mused, having a pregame chat with the three reporters from Boston covering this series would change his luck that night. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-201824"
},
"chockablock":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": chock",
": brought close together",
": very full"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4-k\u0259-\u02ccbl\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[
"brimful",
"brimming",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jam-packed",
"jammed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"stuffed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the mantel was chockablock with knickknacks"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Adverb",
"1799, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-202432"
},
"change key":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a key that operates only one lock of a master-keyed lock system"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-204330"
},
"chuckleheaded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": blockhead"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-k\u1d4al-\u02cched"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"most of the summer interns strike me as chuckleheads",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Anecdotes, hyperbole: the talking chuckleheads sowing and selling fear. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Of note: Peter shares the couch with legendary chuckleheads Beavis & Butt-head, and that cartoon mash-up features guest vocals from none other than B&B creator Mike Judge, as well as a questionable updo hairstyle for Peter. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 20 July 2019",
"For some reason, the actual governor of Virginia clears time from his busy schedule to ask Becca\u2019s assorted chuckleheads a debate question. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 4 July 2018",
"Hey, maybe Mayfield can play and not be a polarizing chucklehead like Manziel. \u2014 Bill Livingston, cleveland.com , 27 Apr. 2018",
"There's gold under that ice, and these chuckleheads are going to compete to get it. \u2014 Emily Fehrenbacher, Alaska Dispatch News , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Most prominent among the neighbors are Erik Pfeifer\u2019s kind Russian Boris and Kevin Ragsdale\u2019s nosy chucklehead George. \u2014 Eric Marchese, Orange County Register , 17 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chuckle lumpish + head ",
"first_known_use":[
"1748, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-000152"
},
"chatbot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a bot (see bot entry 1 sense 3 ) that is designed to converse with human beings"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chat-\u02ccb\u00e4t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" chat entry 1 + bot entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1994, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-012230"
},
"chicken":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the common domestic fowl ( Gallus gallus ) especially when young",
": its flesh used as food \u2014 compare jungle fowl",
": any of various birds or their young",
": a young woman",
": coward",
": any of various contests in which the participants risk personal safety in order to see which one will give up first",
": petty details",
": a young gay boy or man",
": scared",
": timid , cowardly",
": insistent on petty details of duty or discipline",
": petty , unimportant",
": to lose one's nerve",
": a bird that is commonly raised by people for its eggs and meat : a hen or rooster",
": the meat of a chicken used as food",
": coward",
": cowardly sense 1",
"[short for chickenshit ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an",
"sometimes",
"\u02c8chi-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"funk",
"poltroon",
"recreant",
"sissy"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"We had chicken for dinner.",
"It's just a spider, you chicken !",
"Don't be such a big chicken .",
"Adjective",
"too chicken to go through with the stunt",
"just concentrate on the important duties of the job and forget about the chicken stuff",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sauce, kielbasa boiled in Tostitos salsa and beer and grilled chicken wings imbued with jalape\u00f1o, cilantro and sake. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"This year\u2019s nominees in that category were the same as last year\u2019s, except DeGeneres\u2019 program dropped out in favor of Hot Ones, a YouTube talk show in which celebrities are interviewed over a platter of increasingly spicy chicken wings. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 19 June 2022",
"But Bakery Lorraine let me down with a chicken salad sandwich on a croissant ($12.50 with chips and a pickle). \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"The infamous \u2018breastaurant\u2019\u2014which trades primarily in chicken wings and revealing uniforms\u2014has been blasted as \u2018regressive\u2019 and \u2018chauvinistic\u2019 in the wake of two new outposts being approved in Greater Manchester\u2019s Salford Quays and Liverpool. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Picky eater options: Pizza, steak, chicken wings, BBQ ribs, or anything on the lunch list. \u2014 Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"There's beer, wine and cocktails, plus traditional bar grub like tacos, burgers and chicken wings. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 4 June 2022",
"The sauce had a sweet and sour thing going on, but more 3D. Duck wings, at least these, are lankier and maybe leaner than chicken wings, tender and slightly funky (the good kind). \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"Murphy\u2019s chicken sandwich is topped with jalapenos, cabbage slaw and a spicy mayo. \u2014 Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Though food prices climbed just 1.1% overall from April to May, several products rose sharply: Eggs rose 5%, raw non- chicken poultry rose 4.4% and cookies rose 4%. \u2014 Derek Saul, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"And then the Congress and the Postal Administration were just too chicken to do it. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 17 Aug. 2020",
"Maria cut chicken thighs shoulder to shoulder with co-workers who coughed and ran fevers. \u2014 USA Today , 22 May 2020",
"Popcorn and chicken wing stands were open, though fewer than on a normal day. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"And thus, our long, arduous, chicken parm journey began. \u2014 Molly Baz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 May 2020",
"End Zone\u2019s top-sellers include chicken wing, pizza and draft beer, Lowe says. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 31 Jan. 2020",
"The enormous online marketplace sells salsas, Bloody Mary mixes, chicken wing sauces, barbecue sauces, and of course, hot sauces. \u2014 Hilary Cadigan, Bon App\u00e9tit , 2 Mar. 2020",
"Previously that University building was home to German restaurant Schnitzel Ranch and chicken -wing eateries Beauregard's and Bob Baumhower's. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 31 Jan. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But take the picadillo and chicken out of the equation and sub in Henry\u2019s spicy beef fajitas, and everybody\u2019s on the same page again. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
"But only 50 million ringgit in subsidies have been paid to chicken farmers so far \u2014 mainly to smallholders. \u2014 Bloomberg News, oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"Another French favorite, coq au vin, takes the Burgundian preparation and gives chicken the leading role instead. \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"My diet is almost exclusively chicken shakes, and that\u2019s just the easiest way to get the calories in for me. \u2014 Roger Lockridge, Men's Health , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Details: Choice of fried or baked fish, shrimp or chicken nuggets service with French fries and one other side, plus beverage. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Add chicken stock and simmer until reduced by one-third. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2022",
"During a presentation at the ICR Conference this week, Domino's CEO Richard Allison said the restaurant will change the count of wings and boneless chicken from 10 to eight pieces per order in its $7.99 carryout deal. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Simmer gently, scraping and chicken fat and skin from the bottom. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 14 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1943, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-013552"
},
"chosen":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who is the object of choice or of divine favor : an elect person",
": elect",
": selected or marked for favor or special privilege",
": carefully selected",
": picked to be shown favor or given special privilege"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u014d-z\u1d4an",
"\u02c8ch\u014d-z\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"choice",
"pick",
"selection"
],
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"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select",
"selected"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"of the five sons in the family, he was his father's chosen and thus showered with attention and special gifts",
"Adjective",
"the chosen few who are invited to a gathering at the CEO's house at the end of the year",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Items are purchased by staff and chosen based on nutritional value, demand (based on sales) and availability ( through vendors Costco and Sam's Club), Brewer said. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com , 9 June 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The chosen 9 editions make up an elevated assortment of a classic silhouette that is forever imprinted in history and culture. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 25 May 2022",
"The aerialist, who was killed during a BASE-jumping incident on May 16, was not one to skirt the potentially deadly consequences of his chosen lifestyle. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 18 May 2015",
"This unusual access to the inner lives of others was surely an asset in her chosen career, fiction writing. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"In one episode, Weinstein orchestrates a family dance for Haart to post on Instagram, in an apparent act of support for her chosen career. \u2014 Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com , 23 Nov. 2021",
"To get there, the scientists had to raise the chosen crab, born in 2015 from one of the crabs harvested a year earlier. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Oct. 2021",
"To get there, the scientists had to raise the chosen crab, which then gave birth in the lab to dozens of healthy babies, proving her genetic viability. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"The chosen law firm would hire a computer forensic company to help determine what happened and how to prevent future data losses. \u2014 Kevin Krause, Dallas News , 10 Sep. 2021",
"The chosen three are initially enthusiastic participants in Bilton\u2019s plan. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-013642"
},
"chic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style",
": a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit",
": a faddishly popular quality or appeal",
": something (such as a practice or interest) having such appeal",
": cleverly stylish : smart",
": currently fashionable",
": fashionable style",
": stylish , fashionable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u0113k",
"\u02c8sh\u0113k"
],
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"buzz",
"craze",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"flavor",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
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"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"au courant",
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"in",
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"It's the height of chic this year.",
"mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic",
"Adjective",
"The caf\u00e9 has a chic new look.",
"a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"La R\u00e9serve beach club laid out on Pampelonne Beach is also worth stopping at for a taste of proper Riviera chic . \u2014 Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"The new hotel features 24 rooms, many with floor-to-ceiling windows, along with a chic , cocooning spa with an indoor swimming pool and a rooftop bar with panoramic vistas over the Tiber River. \u2014 Nicole Trilivas, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Serra\u2019s work fuses an almost Platonic sense of perfect forms \u2014 planes, ribbons, cylinders, boxes \u2014 with the heavy, industrial chic of steel. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 July 2021",
"There's something sporty chic about a good ringer tee, and La Ligne's passes the vibe check with ease. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Together, their series of cocktail parties, private art tours and pop-up shopping events is a movable feast of summertime chic . \u2014 Todd Plummer, Robb Report , 5 May 2022",
"For day five of the eight-day trip, the Duchess of Cambridge looked business chic in a white and orange ensemble while meeting with Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, in the country's capital of Kingston. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Comfort chic is the best way to describe the look brought to us by the actor, who plays Penelope Featherington in the series. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Statement coats, cut to swing, in lam\u00e9 brocades or faux leopard, channel the chic of Grace Kelly or Sophia Loren, but in classic shapes that can go from subway to school pick-up. \u2014 Vogue , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"There\u2019s no better way to channel the carefree vibe of summertime than with an equally chic vacation bag to accompany a coolly relaxed on-holiday aesthetic. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
"Dressed in a relaxed linen oxford and a pair of tangerine Venetian Stubbs & Wootton smoking slippers, Javier Burkle is the picture of springtime chic . \u2014 Christina Geyer, House Beautiful , 9 June 2022",
"This simple red style is super chic with her matching red shoes. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
"That people who don\u2019t try hard are fundamentally more chic than people who do. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 19 May 2022",
"That people who don\u2019t try hard are fundamentally more chic than people who do. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 18 May 2022",
"The people who don\u2019t try are fundamentally more chic than people who do. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"That people who don\u2019t try hard are fundamentally more chic than people who do. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"That people who don\u2019t try hard are fundamentally more chic than people who do. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 18 May 2022"
],
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"Noun",
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-044042"
},
"Chawasha":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Chitimachan people of Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi",
": a member of the Chawasha people"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8w\u022fsh\u0259 -\u02c8w\u00e4-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-062520"
},
"chaste tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large shrub or small tree ( Vitex agnus-castus ) that has aromatic foliage and clusters of usually violet to purple flowers and is native to southern Europe and western Asia but has become naturalized in warmer regions",
": an extract of the fruit of the chaste tree used in herbal remedies (such as those used to reduce symptoms of premenstrual syndrome and menopause) : agnus castus"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"translation of Latin agnus castus , by folk etymology (influence of Latin agnus lamb) from Greek agnos (associated with chastity rites because of influence of hagnos chaste, sacred)",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1562, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-104636"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chimaeric chiefly British spellings of chimeric , chimerism"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113422"
},
"chasuble":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the officiating priest at mass"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-z\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-zh\u0259-",
"-s\u0259-"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two years ago in Myanmar, his green chasuble bore the country\u2019s national flower, the bright yellow padauk. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019",
"During Tuesday\u2019s Mass, the Rev. Gregory Rom, draped in a red chasuble , took his usual position in the pulpit. \u2014 Javonte Anderson, chicagotribune.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Approximately 40 vestments from the Sistine Chapel Sacristy\u2014rarely (if ever) released papal mantles and chasubles , priceless tiaras, rings and crosses\u2014speak to the way sumptuous earthly beauty engages the divine. \u2014 Laura Jacobs, WSJ , 10 May 2018",
"Even the Met\u2019s collection had an impact on the final piece with a vintage chasuble from the exhibition\u2014the sleeveless robe worn by Catholic priests during mass\u2014inspiring the intricate embroidery. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 9 May 2018",
"Pope Francis brought his own chasuble and miter from Argentina. \u2014 Pamela Keogh, Vanities , 8 May 2018",
"Bolton also mentioned a chasuble designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac for Saint John Paul II in 1997 and pieces by Rossella Jardini for Moschino, Christian Lacroix, Thierry Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier, Schiaparelli, and the great Capucci. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 26 Feb. 2018",
"That chasuble is one of three quilts Mrs. Wilbekin would see put on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. \u2014 Kimberly Armstrong, Cincinnati.com , 20 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chesible , from Anglo-French chesible, chasuble , from Late Latin casubla hooded garment",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-113516"
},
"chomp (on)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to crush or grind with the teeth loudly chomped on popcorn during the movie"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-122132"
},
"charity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering",
": aid given to those in need",
": an institution engaged in relief of the poor",
": public provision for the relief of the needy",
": benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity",
": a gift for public benevolent purposes",
": an institution (such as a hospital) founded by such a gift",
": lenient judgment of others",
": love for others",
": kindliness especially in judging others",
": the giving of aid to the needy",
": aid (as food or money) given to those in need",
": an organization or fund for helping the needy",
": a gift for humanitarian, philanthropic, or other purposes beneficial to the public (as maintaining a public building)",
": an institution (as a hospital or school) or organization founded by such a gift \u2014 compare private foundation"
],
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"\u02c8cher-\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8cha-r\u0259-",
"\u02c8cher-\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"almsgiving",
"dole",
"philanthropy"
],
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"examples":[
"The holidays are a time for charity and good will.",
"She refused to accept charity .",
"The dinner was held to raise funds for several charities .",
"She runs a local charity that gives books to children.",
"All the money will go to charity .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, and an unidentified person are set to dine on steak after an eBay auction benefiting a California homeless charity ended Friday night, according to a news release from eBay. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 20 June 2022",
"Twitter account and referred anyone who wanted to help to a donor page that helps raise money for the show and charity . \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"In conjunction with a first-time Veterinarian of the Year award that will be presented on the show's final day Wednesday, the club is giving $10,000 to a charity focused on veterinary professionals' psychological welfare. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Broccoli is vp film at BAFTA, president of the National Youth Theatre, director of Time\u2019s Up UK and a Trustee of Into Film, a film education charity working with young people aged 5 to 19. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"No brand, not even a charity , can get away without having a strong social media presence these days. \u2014 Bianca Barratt, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In 2019, Kate and William met with victims of the fire during the launch of the National Emergencies Trust, a charity formed to provide emergency services during disasters in the United Kingdom. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 14 June 2022",
"According to British charity Facial Palsy UK, prompt treatment can make a significant difference to a patient's outcome, with about 70% of those who receive antiviral medication within three days of developing symptoms making a full recovery. \u2014 Victoria Bisset, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"To honor her memory, her sons, Tyler, Austin and Ryan Cameron, co-founded a charity to help students and parents the way that their mom helped them and so many others. \u2014 Daniella Genovese, Fox News , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English charite , from Anglo-French charit\u00e9 , from Late Latin caritat-, caritas Christian love, from Latin, dearness, from carus dear; akin to Old Irish carae friend, Sanskrit k\u0101ma love",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131152"
},
"chain":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a series of usually metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another and used for various purposes (such as support, restraint, transmission of mechanical power, or measurement)",
": a series of links used or worn as an ornament or insignia",
": a measuring instrument of 100 links used in surveying",
": a unit of length equal to 66 feet (about 20 meters)",
": something that confines, restrains, or secures",
": a series of things linked, connected, or associated together",
": a group of enterprises or institutions of the same kind or function usually under a single ownership, management, or control",
": a number of atoms or chemical groups united like links in a chain",
": to obstruct or protect by a chain",
": to fasten, bind, or connect with or as if with a chain",
": fetter",
": a series of connected links or rings usually of metal",
": a series of things joined together as if by links",
": a group of businesses that have the same name and sell the same products or services",
": to fasten, bind, or connect with or as if with a chain",
": a series of things (as bacteria) linked, connected, or associated together",
": a number of atoms or chemical groups united like links in a chain",
"Sir Ernst Boris 1906\u20131979 British (German-born) biochemist"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u0101n",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n",
"\u02c8ch\u0101n"
],
"synonyms":[
"catena",
"catenation",
"concatenation",
"consecution",
"nexus",
"progression",
"sequence",
"string",
"train"
],
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"bind",
"enchain",
"enfetter",
"fetter",
"gyve",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"pinion",
"shackle",
"trammel"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The goal of the Fed's interest rate hikes is to get inflation under control while keeping the job market recovery intact, but experts say the war in Ukraine, supply chain issues, and Covid-19 could impact that progress. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"Tampons are just one group of many essential products that have been impacted by supply chain issues in recent years. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 16 June 2022",
"Supply chain issues have caused consumers to once again face bare shelves at the store. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"On Monday, stock market indices fell 20% from their highest points, pushing Wall Street into a bear market brought on by inflation, supply chain issues and questions about whether economic growth will slow. \u2014 cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"Supply chain issues and economic instability linked to the coronavirus pandemic have raised costs for fuel, fertilizer, shipping, and other agricultural inputs. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"Analysts are blaming a tight supply from the semiconductor shortage, supply chain issues and record low incentives for cutting into the spring selling season's gains. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 June 2022",
"During the global pandemic, supply chain issues have impacted the production and delivery of all sorts of products, but not all products are created equal. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 11 June 2022",
"Americans last month saw the biggest increase in their food bills in 40 years amid rising labor and energy costs, as well as global supply chain issues. \u2014 Rob Wile, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The goal is to make the supply chain more efficient and predictable. \u2014 Josh Dunham, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"With that, the hackers have succeeded in infecting the software supply chain the targets rely on and getting the target or its users to run malicious code. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"As the Montana Nights chain heavily promotes axe-throwing as both sport and family fun, the Truck Bar invites serious cornhole enthusiasts into a league but also welcomes those who\u2019ve never played. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"And that, in turn, recalls the thick bike chain the rapper Treach, from Naughty by Nature, often wore around his neck with a padlock, back in the 1990s. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Authorized Service Providers chain whether the iPhone is eligible for repairs. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 30 Mar. 2022",
"His idea: chain large metal plates to a rotating pole that would send them spinning. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Feb. 2022",
"British opticians chain Specsavers subsequently messaged her, offering a free eye test. \u2014 Richard Smirke, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Runners who fixate on the future in this way tend to chain themselves to training plans and development schedules that may or may not be appropriate for them. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 1 Feb. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131611"
},
"charity school":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a school for poor children that is supported by charitable bequests or contributions"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131718"
},
"chastushka":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rhymed folk verse usually of four lines traditional in form but often having political or topical content"
],
"pronounciation":[
"cha\u02c8stu\u0307shk\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Russian, from chasty often, from Old Russian \u010dast\u016d ; akin to Old Slavic \u010d\u0119st\u016d often, Lithuanian kim\u0303\u0161tas stuffed",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-132257"
},
"chimerism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state of being a genetic chimera",
": the state of being a genetic chimera"
],
"pronounciation":[
"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
"k\u0259-",
"\u02c8k\u012b-m\u0259-\u02ccri-",
"k\u012b-\u02c8mi(\u0259)r-\u02cciz-\u0259m, k\u0259-; \u02c8k\u012b-m\u0259-\u02ccriz-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though chimera cats are rare, chimerism can be hereditary, according to Healthline. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"These results may help to better understand early human development and primate evolution and develop strategies to improve human chimerism in evolutionarily distant species. \u2014 Mike Wehner, BGR , 15 Apr. 2021",
"For primordial molecular strands of DNA and RNA, chimerism takes the form of single strands with evidence of both kinds of genetic information. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Dec. 2020",
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
"That\u2019s because this type of chimerism is not likely to be harmful. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1961, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-134124"
},
"chica":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": carajura sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113k\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-140419"
},
"charmed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": extremely lucky or prosperous",
": of, relating to, or being a charm quark"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4rmd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitched",
"enchanted",
"entranced",
"magic",
"magical",
"spellbound"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She has always lived a charmed life .",
"you must be living a charmed life if you haven't caught the flu that's going around",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"For the sumptuous Louvre show that marked the milestone, Ghesquiere imagined a charmed historic ball. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY , 6 Oct. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021",
"And in a charmed final month, St. Louis preserved a late lead with a crazy play that resulted in a pair of rundowns and two outs. \u2014 Sarah Trotto, ajc , 26 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"from past participle of charm entry 2 ",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141128"
},
"Chimaeridae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a family of Holocephali that includes the chimaeras and with extinct related forms constitutes the order Chimaerae"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-mir\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
"-mer-"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Chimaera , type genus + -idae ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141935"
},
"chivvy":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tease or annoy with persistent petty attacks",
": to move or obtain by small maneuvers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-v\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bother",
"bug",
"disturb",
"intrude (upon)",
"pester"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a boss with a reputation for chivying his workers about every little thing"
],
"history_and_etymology":" chivy , noun, chase, hunt, probably from English dialect Chevy Chase chase, confusion, from the name of a ballad describing the battle of Otterburn (1388)",
"first_known_use":[
"1918, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142905"
},
"church":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a building for public and especially Christian worship",
": the clergy or officialdom of a religious body",
": a body or organization of religious believers: such as",
": the whole body of Christians",
": denomination",
": congregation",
": a public divine worship",
": the clerical profession",
": of or relating to a church",
": of or relating to the established church",
": to bring to church to receive one of its rites",
": a building for public worship and especially Christian worship",
": an organized body of religious believers",
": public worship",
"Frederic Edwin 1826\u20131900 American painter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rch",
"\u02c8ch\u0259rch",
"\u02c8ch\u0259rch"
],
"synonyms":[
"kirk",
"tabernacle",
"temple"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Built in 1806, the church was where abolitionists gathered. \u2014 CBS News , 12 June 2022",
"How the church could be more welcoming to single people. \u2014 David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"Discovered in the early 1990s, the church and monastery is the only pre-Islamic Christian site found in UAE, explained Leslie. \u2014 Melanie Swan, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"The church is near Interstate 35, about 30 miles north of Des Moines. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Founded in 1900, the church was one of the first to sponsor an AIDS ministry. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"The church was closed for construction at the time. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 May 2022",
"The church is among the largest U.S. Protestant denominations and its retirement plan covers about 5,000 participants, including ministers and bishops. \u2014 Theo Francis And Charity L. Scott, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"When the men had left and the church was quiet, Ina felt around for the door. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Jessop returned and began working with the Short Creek Community Alliance, which advocates for voter registration, political engagement and the interests of non- church members. \u2014 David Kelly, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"During a post- church service lunch banquet at around 1:30 p.m. \u2014 Joe Walsh, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Although cross- church collaborations are infrequent, Motley jumped at the opportunity to help out Ukrainians. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The president made a post- church bagel stop at the Georgetown branch of the Call Your Mother deli in January, which could be seen as a gesture of support for struggling small businesses. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The event was planned by Advance America, which identifies itself as Indiana\u2019s largest pro-family and pro- church organization. \u2014 Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star , 22 July 2021",
"The building was different, the old Houston Rockets arena\u2014the Summit, site of the 1994 NBA Finals\u2014transformed to the mega- church campus of pastor Joel Osteen. \u2014 Sean Deveney, Forbes , 24 May 2021",
"Despite, and because of, these absences, which seem more noticeable today, Wilson\u2019s work feels as familiar as a backyard barbecue or a post- church family dinner. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2020",
"In her non- church life, Bishop Joyner enjoyed shopping, cooking, ten-pin bowling and traveling, and had visited Europe and taken an extensive road trip across the U.S. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Could church leaders do a better job of helping people feel more comfortable in their bodies? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"In addition, his friend, John Vino, takes him to church several times a week and out to lunch. \u2014 Deirdre Reilly, Fox News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"The girl\u2019s grandmother, Deborah, and grandfather, Keith, took separate cars to church that day. \u2014 Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Oct. 2021",
"An otherwise conventional and so-so musical drama about two formative decades in Aretha Franklin's life gets lifted every time Hudson hits the screen, belts out a number and takes you to church as the legendary soul singer. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 Aug. 2021",
"El Paso Baptist Association volunteers deliver boxes of food to church representatives in Texas in 2020. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Robertson first encountered that gospel when his Baptist neighbors invited him to church one Sunday at the age of 12. \u2014 Alex Morris, Rolling Stone , 30 June 2021",
"Congregants lined up to place money in a donation box, or to hand over their credit cards to church employees with card readers. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021",
"In 1920, a year after the Kehoes moved to Bath, he was asked by a neighbor (who drove Nellie to church every Sunday) if Kehoe had seen her missing fox terrier. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-144325"
},
"Chariton":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"river 280 miles (451 kilometers) long in southern Iowa and northern Missouri flowing south into the Missouri River"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sha-r\u0259-t\u0259n"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150546"
},
"chicken's-meat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chickweed"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-151314"
},
"chronomancy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": divination to determine the favorable time for action formerly practiced especially in China"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" chron- + -mancy ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-153017"
},
"churm":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of churm chiefly Scottish variant of chirm"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rm",
"-\u0259\u0304m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-160940"
},
"choupique":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bowfin"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"American French (Louisiana) choupique , from Choctaw shupik ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-161736"
},
"chockerman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chokerman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k\u0259(r)m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"by alteration",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-162839"
},
"chorus":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action",
": a similar company in later plays",
": a character in Elizabethan drama who speaks the prologue (see prologue sense 2 ) and epilogue (see epilogue sense 2 ) and comments on the action",
": an organized company of singers who sing in concert : choir",
": a body of singers who sing the choral parts of a work (as in opera)",
": a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue",
": a part of a song or hymn recurring at intervals",
": the part of a drama sung or spoken by the chorus",
": a composition to be sung by a number of voices in concert",
": the main part of a popular song",
": a jazz variation on a melodic theme",
": something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons or animals",
": sounds so uttered",
": in unison",
": to sing or utter in chorus",
": a group of singers : choir",
": a group of dancers and singers (as in a musical comedy)",
": a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often : refrain",
": a song meant to be sung by a group : group singing",
": sounds uttered by a group of persons or animals together",
": to speak, sing, or sound at the same time or together"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259s",
"\u02c8k\u022fr-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"choir",
"chorale",
"consort",
"glee club"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"We awoke to a chorus of birdsong.",
"The President's policies have been questioned by a growing chorus of critics.",
"Verb",
"The class chorused \u201cGood morning!\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"But the chorus isn\u2019t the only musical game in town. \u2014 Linda Gandee, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder. \u2014 Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
"In the original version, the chorus is two electric guitars. \u2014 Jonathan Cohen, SPIN , 27 May 2022",
"Some of the nation\u2019s most prominent chief executives have joined the chorus , such as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"Mandico sets the stage via a chorus of overlapping narrators, their disembodied heads (and naked hirsute shoulders) floating in space: The atmosphere on After Blue is toxic to men, whose hair grew inward and killed them off. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"The chorus , resplendent in colorful vintage finery beneath black face masks, was placed in the balcony box seats instead of on stage. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"This collab works for so many reasons: an earworm chorus , the refreshing nu-disco undertones, two really fun and experimental artists working together. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Two rooms formerly used as locker rooms are now the home to chorus and band. \u2014 Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Outside Carnegie Hall, choir performers from Millennial Choirs and Orchestra chorused as the evening sun dipped low in the sky. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Washington Post , 14 July 2019",
"Twitter chorused : Ivanka and Jared tried to convince me not to make bolognese, according to sources close to the situation. \u2014 Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine , 22 Aug. 2017",
"During an eclipse, crickets will chirp and frogs will chorus , thinking night has fallen. \u2014 Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian , 14 Aug. 2017",
"In response to the president's moral failure, many commentators chorused : WWE! \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1826, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-165415"
},
"chavish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chattering , prattling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101vish"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"probably imitative",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170428"
},
"Churapa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an Indian people of the Chiquitoan group now found in or near Buenavista, Bolivia",
": a member of such people"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4p\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Spanish, of American Indian origin",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170654"
},
"chicken's-toes":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": a coralroot ( Corallorhiza odontorhiza )"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"so called from the shape of its roots",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172522"
},
"choup":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of choup variant of choop"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00fcp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-172954"
},
"churnability":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ease of churning",
": completeness of formation of butter in churning"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259\u02c8bil\u0259t\u0113",
"-\u0259t\u0113",
"-i"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-174853"
},
"churchly":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a church",
": suitable to or suggestive of a church",
": adhering to a church",
": churchy sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rch-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ecclesial",
"ecclesiastic",
"ecclesiastical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonchurch",
"nonecclesiastical"
],
"examples":[
"refused to discuss churchly matters except on Sundays"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175033"
},
"cheerily":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by cheerfulness or good spirits",
": causing or suggesting cheerfulness",
": merry and bright in manner or effect : cheerful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chir-\u0113",
"\u02c8chir-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"examples":[
"a cheery grin on the host of the holiday party",
"a cheery , unexpected compliment can really make another person's day",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Keep scrolling to shop bright and cheery bikinis, tankinis, and one-pieces below that are all under $38. \u2014 Melissa Epifano, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The bright and cheery design is sure to grab kids\u2019 attention for endless jumping and splashing in the sprinklers. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 13 June 2022",
"Despite the hour, the 42-year-old actress was bright and cheery . \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
"The coffeehouse has cheery baristas and a pastry chef who prepares java-friendly snacks such as vegan, keto and gluten-free muffins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022",
"By spring, Shenandoah's cheery flora bounces back in full force. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 9 Apr. 2022",
"They were greeted by cheery staff members, handing out bags of Cheetos, seating Scouts and taking song requests. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But the village\u2019s dehumanizing rules and inhospitable conditions create anything but a safe and secure environment, and no amount of whimsy \u2014 in the form of colorful, cheery murals \u2014 can hide the carceral nature of the camp. \u2014 Longreads , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Her cheery shop contains a brightly colored assortment of yarns made by area BIPOC and LGBTQIA artisans. \u2014 Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com , 13 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-175158"
},
"Chosenese":{
"type":[
"adjective or noun"
],
"definitions":[
": korean"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ch\u014d\u02ccse\u00a6n\u0113z",
"ch\u014d\u00a6s-",
"-\u0113s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" Chosen , former official name for Korea (from Japanese Ch\u014dsen ) + English -ese ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181050"
},
"chronometric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a chronometer or chronometry",
": of or relating to a chronometer or chronometry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckr\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8me-trik",
"\u02cckr\u014d-",
"\u02cckr\u00e4n-\u0259-\u02c8me-trik, \u02cckr\u014d-n\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" chronometer or chronometry + -ic entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1830, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181613"
},
"chappie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fellow sense 4c"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a good-humored chappie from the London office"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1822, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-181917"
},
"charitarian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a charitable person : one that aids or supports charitable enterprises"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" charity + -arian (as in humanitarian )",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184023"
},
"chest":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a container for storage or shipping",
": a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings",
": a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies",
": the place where money of a public institution is kept : treasury",
": the fund so kept",
": thorax sense 1",
": the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum",
": breast sense 2a",
": a container (as a box or case) for storing, safekeeping, or shipping",
": the front part of the body enclosed by the ribs and breastbone",
": a fund of public money",
": medicine chest",
": the part of the body enclosed by the ribs and sternum"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chest",
"\u02c8chest",
"\u02c8chest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He has a broad chest .",
"The pain is in my upper chest .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nationwide, all of this GOP chest -beating appears to be working, as Democrats seem poised for a thrashing in the midterms. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"Word #1 Hint: A somewhat antiquated word for chest . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Bieber capped off her fashionable press day with an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, wearing a glittering, champagne-colored, sequin 16 Arlington dress, which featured a cutout at the chest . \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 16 June 2022",
"That means during strength training your triceps help your bigger muscles, like your pectoral muscles and deltoids, in exercises like the bench press or chest press, or the shoulder or overhead press. \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 15 June 2022",
"The Stearns vest was modeled on inflatable water wings, with a safer construction and an extra pad around the upper chest . \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 15 June 2022",
"During a September visit, Osmanagich led Djokovic through chest -high water in a section sealed off from the public. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Mateys search for clues along a 1-mile trail that leads to a treasure chest . \u2014 Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022",
"Emergency responders applied a chest seal to the wound and paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment, Andreen said. \u2014 Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista , from Greek kist\u0113 basket, hamper",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190407"
},
"chimaeric":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chimaeric chiefly British spellings of chimeric , chimerism"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-190812"
},
"change house":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small inn or alehouse",
": a locker building in which workers may wash and change their clothes"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"probably so called from its original use as a station where horses were changed",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193042"
},
"Chaima":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Cariban people of the coast of Venezuela",
": a member of such people",
": the language of the Chaima people"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Spanish chaima , of American Indian origin",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-200235"
},
"chapped":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": cracked, roughened, or reddened especially by the action of wind or cold",
": angry and annoyed"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chapt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chappyd, from past particple of chappen \"to chap entry 2 \"",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-201028"
},
"chimesmaster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the chief performer on a chime of bells, especially tower bells"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-202112"
},
"chatterbox":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one who engages in much idle talk",
": a person who talks a lot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r-\u02ccb\u00e4ks",
"\u02c8cha-t\u0259r-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"motormouth",
"prattler",
"talker",
"windbag"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"That little girl is a chatterbox .",
"my seat companion was a chatterbox who never once shut up during the whole trip",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Adaptations of Neil Simon\u2019s stage comedies about white ethnic chatterbox New Yorkers were a mainstay, generating such hits as Plaza Suite (1971), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and The Goodbye Girl (1977). \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 8 Dec. 2021",
"There is an old tale of the chatterbox who, when asked for the time, responds with a complete set of instructions for how to build a clock. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Stuck at home with a normally quiet spouse who suddenly turned into a chatterbox . \u2014 Nedra Rhone, ajc , 27 Aug. 2021",
"And while instructions like these may be normal for a chatterbox like Stalock, not every goalie is as loquacious. \u2014 Sarah Mclellan, Star Tribune , 7 Aug. 2020",
"There is Nicholas\u2019s mother, a free-associating chatterbox whose every utterance confounds the rational mind. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Mindy Kaling made her television debut 15 years ago on as Kelly Kapoor, the chatterbox customer-service representative with a cluttered desk in Dunder Mifflin\u2019s annex. \u2014 Laurel Benedum, ELLE Decor , 27 Apr. 2020",
"The pair \u2014 McShane the chatterbox , Livingston the bashful one \u2014 sensed that even a town lost in the desert, where a soul could wander free to the horizon, might fret over a virus so mercurial and deadly. \u2014 Melissa Etehadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Irish mother and an Ethiopian father, Negga grew up in Limerick, a chatterbox by her own admission, and infinitely curious. \u2014 Robert Ito, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1774, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211205"
},
"chappin":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chappin variant of chopin"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chap\u0259\u0307n",
"-\u00e4p-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-211803"
},
"chiweenie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a dog that is a cross between a Chihuahua and a dachshund"
],
"pronounciation":[
"chi-\u02c8w\u0113-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" chi(huahua) + weenie in sense \"dachshund\" (after wiener dog \"dachshund\")",
"first_known_use":[
"2001, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212454"
},
"chill":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness)",
": an intense shivery sensation : shiver , shudder",
": one caused by a strong emotion (such as fear)",
": a disagreeable sensation of coldness",
": a moderate but disagreeable degree of cold",
": a check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling",
": moderately cold",
": cold , raw",
": affected by cold",
": distant , formal",
": depressing , dispiriting",
": having a laid-back style or easy demeanor",
": to become cold",
": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold",
": to become taken with a chill",
": chill out",
": hang sense 12",
": to make cold or chilly",
": to make cool especially without freezing",
": to affect as if with cold : dispirit",
": coldness that is unpleasant but not extreme",
": a feeling of coldness accompanied by shivering",
": a feeling of coldness caused by fear",
": unpleasantly cold : raw",
": not friendly",
": to make or become cold or chilly",
": to make cool especially without freezing",
": to cause to feel cold from fear",
": a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering",
": a disagreeable sensation of coldness",
": to become cold",
": to shiver or quake with or as if with cold",
": to become affected with a chill",
": to make cold or chilly",
": to discourage especially through fear of penalty : have a chilling effect on"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chil",
"\u02c8chil",
"\u02c8chil"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The chill vibes of Ocho Rios can be summed up with the effortless crochet knit and shell embellishments on Zimmermann\u2019s two-piece swimsuit. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Remember that fans cool people, not rooms, by creating a wind chill effect. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 14 June 2022",
"The ReNew Air Pant keeps things chill and cozy, and the Wool Five-Panel Cap is a great way to polish a casual look. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, SELF , 14 June 2022",
"Made with no chill filtration, more alcohol (this bottle has 46% ABV), and aged in bourbon barrels, the whiskey employs the same methods used during Prohibition. \u2014 Dale Arden Chong And Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 June 2022",
"The latest victim is City Acre Brewing, a beloved small brewery in north Houston whose backyard-style outdoor area served as a chill hangout spot as well as a venue for many weddings. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 8 June 2022",
"The beer also contains terpenes commonly found in cannabis including limonene and linalool, which have been shown to inhibit inflammation and reduce anxiety, promoting a chill mindset. \u2014 A.j. Herrington, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Motown purists might have a variety of feelings about Sergio Trujillo\u2019s choreography, which is not the chill vibe of the real band. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"What makes this vote so hard is that Chaco and Birkenstock represent the purest duality: sweaty activities in the sun, and chill time for relaxation afterward. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 15 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The tables are a-clatter and the mood is wonderfully chill . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"And so maybe any aliens who are capable of interstellar travel will be equally chill ? \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Oh, nothing special, just a very chill $6 million in Bulgari diamonds. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Just six months after a deadly tragedy at his Astroworld music festival, Travis Scott appeared chill (or rather cold) during his first awards show performance since the incident, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 May 2022",
"Queen Valley Road, which begins just south of the Barker Dam Trailhead, is a relatively chill cruise that leads to the trailhead for Desert Queen Mine. \u2014 Shawnt\u00e9 Salabert, Outside Online , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Pre-mix, decant into a bottle and super- chill to a velvety-cold, almost syrupy consistency, ready to pour the moment an order comes in. \u2014 Kara Newman, WSJ , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Iggy was remarkably chill , even at the festively loud cocktail party held by the Whiting Foundation and Bomb magazine. \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"The duo themselves had a relatively chill time in Texas. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Kyland likes to do workouts geared towards his basketball game, watch sports, party and chill with the homies. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Johnson, who last played for the 76ers in 2019, didn\u2019t want to just go home and chill with his kids. \u2014 Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Shake hard, 20 seconds, to chill and dilute, then strain into the glass, garnish with the lime wheel and serve. \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Add some middleneck clams, blackened grouper tacos or a roasted beet and goat cheese salad and set your mood to chill . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 20 May 2022",
"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",
"Listen to chill , downtempo beats on Groove Salad radio station while watching the sun gleam on the solid aluminum statue, created by world-renowned artist Robert Graham. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Chickens are boiled whole, left to chill , then cut into 10 parts that are breaded and lightly fried till the meat is hot and juicy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In a medium 3 qt bowl, combine blueberries, honey, and lemon juice, muddle together with the back of a Hydro Flask Solid Spoon, and set aside in a cooler to chill . \u2014 Outside Online , 19 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1b",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212613"
},
"chronology":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the science that deals with measuring time by regular divisions and that assigns to events their proper dates",
": a chronological table, list, or account",
": an arrangement (as of events) in order of occurrence"
],
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"chronicle",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"report",
"story"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We tried to reconstruct the chronology of the accident.",
"The book provides a chronology of the events leading up to the American Civil War.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The two studios announced the streaming deal about eight months before the No Way Home premiere, which meant Disney was about to complete the MCU chronology on its streaming service. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 14 June 2022",
"According to the chronology report filed with the NHTSA, Ford said the inoperative F-150 wiper issue was brought the attention of the company's Critical Concern Review Group between March and April of 2021. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 17 Mar. 2022",
"And fans will recognize Alharthi\u2019s fluid treatment of chronology and setting, once again gorgeously translated by Booth. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"Recollections of my first few months in Ireland come to me without much regard for chronology , and naturally there are a lot of gaps\u2014days and days that remain quite blank. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Yet the contact sheets held another sort of value for a cultural historian: chronology . \u2014 Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The chronology alone hints that something has destroyed the twins\u2019 closeness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Writing a biography, as opposed to a work of literary criticism, always involves a certain degree of humility: one is in service to the facts and the chronology \u2014especially so when, as in this case, there is no previous Life. \u2014 Cathy Curtis, The New York Review of Books , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Through wave after wave, the virus has compiled a merciless chronology of loss -- one by one by one. \u2014 Adam Geller, Chron , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from New Latin chronologia, from chrono- chrono- + -logia -logy ",
"first_known_use":[
"1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-212851"
},
"choke (back)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to have difficulty not showing or expressing (tears, rage, anger, etc.)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213640"
},
"chicane":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to use chicanery",
": trick , cheat",
": chicanery",
": an obstacle on a racecourse",
": a series of tight turns in opposite directions in an otherwise straight stretch of a road-racing course",
": the absence of trumps in a hand of cards"
],
"pronounciation":[
"shi-\u02c8k\u0101n",
"chi-"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheat",
"finagle",
"fudge"
],
"antonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services",
"Noun",
"most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Meanwhile, the turn 14-15 chicane has an uphill approach, with a crest in the middle, and then drops down on exit. \u2014 Bill Springer, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Those two, along with polesitter Palou and Rossi, ran through a runoff chicane the series set up for precisely that purpose, but were sent to the back by race control with cars who stayed on-track given positioning priority. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The two then raced fiercely through the troublesome chicane and onto Hulman Boulevard. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
"On Sunday, drivers were having trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns. \u2014 Michael Marot, ajc , 16 Aug. 2021",
"However, the story of the day was the turn 5-6 chicane . \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
"However, the story of the day was the turn 5-6 chicane . \u2014 Rob Peeters, USA TODAY , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Throughout the race, drivers had trouble with the chicane in the back-to-back fifth and sixth turns. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Track workers, who had been tending to the chicane throughout the race, eventually removed it and towed it away as fans cheered. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 15 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"circa 1671, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Noun",
"1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215445"
},
"Chur":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"commune in eastern Switzerland; capital of Graub\u00fcnden canton population 31,078"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ku\u0307r"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-215857"
},
"chosen freeholder":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one of a board of county officers in New Jersey having charge of county finances and similar to county commissioners or county supervisors in other states"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220654"
},
"Chicana":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an American woman or girl of Mexican descent",
": an American woman or girl of Mexican ancestry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259",
"also",
"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Mexican Spanish, feminine of chicano ",
"first_known_use":[
"1967, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220858"
},
"chatterbox tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lebbek"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"so called from the clatter made by its dry pods",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222342"
},
"chock":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a wedge or block for steadying a body (such as a cask) and holding it motionless, for filling in an unwanted space, or for blocking the movement of a wheel",
": a heavy metal casting (as on the bow or stern of a ship) with two short horn-shaped arms curving inward between which ropes or hawsers may pass for mooring or towing",
": as close or as completely as possible",
": to stop or make fast with or as if with chocks"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"This summer, romantic details like puff sleeves and ruffles are all the rage, and Amazon's dress selection is chock -full of them. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
"In July, my family drove to Kings Canyon National Park to backpack the Rae Lakes Loop, a 41.4-mile trail chock full of silky lakes and crumbling mountain passes. \u2014 Daric L. Cottingham, Los Angeles Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Fresh Day Serum is chock -full of all the good stuff for your skin, such as pumpkin ferment extract, vitamin C, vitamin E and I-ascorbic acid. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"In the early days, the internet was chock full of pages like these, but Google's clean-up efforts have made the web more user-friendly. \u2014 Amine Rahal, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"This natural shampoo is chock -full of hair-loving ingredients that soothe and hydrate hair from root to tip. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"More notably, the Polestar 2 BST is chock -full of chassis mods. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 2 June 2022",
"No less transcendent is the great Ennio Morricone\u2019s musical score, chock -full of bangers. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 31 May 2022",
"The arty Pineapple Grove Arts District is chock -full of murals and sculptures, as well as its fair share of eclectic galleries, whimsical shops, and one-of-a-kind eateries (more on that below). \u2014 Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Each life-sized themed tower is chock full of various objects ranging from basketballs to small kitchen appliances as contestants try to successfully pull items from the stack without tipping it over in order to earn prizes. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"This comprehensive home expo is chock full of innovative displays showcasing the latest trends in design and product offerings. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Based on her own grade school years, the workplace mockumentary follows a group of teachers in an underfunded public school, treating a heavy subject with lightness and joy in episodes chock -full of mile-a-minute jokes and West Philly references. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Leaflets, dollar bills, mini-Bibles and USB drives chock -full of content banned in the North fall out of the sky like snowflakes. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But beyond this, the game is chock full of strange, haunting melodies as well as operatic singing and instrumental tunes. \u2014 Brittany Vincent, BGR , 26 Feb. 2022",
"But for sports fans, ESPN is a must-have channel, and the network\u2019s schedule is chock full of college football bowl games through next month. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Dec. 2021",
"But for sports fans, ESPN is a must-have channel, and the network\u2019s schedule is chock full of college football bowl games through next month. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Dec. 2021",
"But for sports fans, ESPN is a must-have channel, and the network\u2019s schedule is chock full of college football bowl games through next month. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That was on display with a raft of promotions that make all four of their full-season affiliates chock full of prospect talent. \u2014 Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021",
"Print quality is solid thanks to a 5-ink system with two levels of black that delivers rich shadows and dark tones chock full of detail. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 14 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Adverb",
"1798, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1726, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222838"
},
"chappow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": raid , foray"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8pau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Persian chap\u016b pillage or ch\u0101paul raid",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-224057"
},
"chastely":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse",
": celibate",
": pure in thought and act : modest",
": severely simple in design or execution : austere",
": clean , spotless",
": pure in thought and act : modest",
": simple or plain in design"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101st",
"\u02c8ch\u0101st"
],
"synonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"a chaste kiss on the cheek",
"as one would expect, the minister's small talk is always chaste , even though he likes a joke as much as the next person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lynnia Shanley\u2019s performance as Andrew\u2019s squealy and ultra- chaste actress girlfriend Deidre is exuberant, but never feels like a real person. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"These chaste messages gave rise to a more offbeat (and unofficial) transmission in the 1980s. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Even in chaste scenes, Acosta\u2019s tenor and Hadley\u2019s baritone swirl within each other in an aural reflection of sensual passion. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Star Jonathan Bailey, who plays romantic lead Anthony Bridgerton, stood by the more chaste season. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But that\u2019s about it for an interior life, and even his hallucinations are chaste and not terribly interesting. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Their love story is intense, chaste and entirely winning. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In these images, the puzzle represents the enigma of female desire and fuels the intimacy between men and women in an otherwise chaste culture of heterosexual courtship. \u2014 Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Though the romance is chaste and sustains a wholesome veneer, the dynamic duo have an undeniable heat and good chemistry. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin castus pure",
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-230225"
},
"chimaeroid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or like a chimaera",
": a fish of the subclass Holocephali"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-mir\u02cc\u022fid",
"-m\u0113\u02ccr\u022fid",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-231401"
},
"charitable gift":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something, such as money, that is given to a charity"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-232522"
},
"chounse":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": shake , bounce",
": to freshen (as a pillow or tick) by shaking"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"probably alteration of jounce ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000110"
},
"chippie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tramp , prostitute"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"doxy",
"doxie",
"fancy woman",
"floozy",
"floozie",
"hoochie",
"hussy",
"Jezebel",
"minx",
"quean",
"tramp",
"trollop",
"wench"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"detectives wanted to talk to the chippies who were regulars at the bar\u2014to learn if they had seen anything"
],
"history_and_etymology":"origin unknown",
"first_known_use":[
"1886, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-000441"
},
"chimere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a loose sleeveless robe worn by Anglican bishops over the rochet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259-\u02c8mir",
"ch\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English chimmer, chemeyr ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-003751"
},
"charity shop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a store that sells used clothes, goods, etc., in order to raise money for people who are poor, sick, etc."
],
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-010805"
},
"Chiwere":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Siouan language of the Iowa, Missouri, and Oto peoples"
],
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"ch\u0259\u0307\u02c8wer\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Chiwere Che-waerae , literally, belonging to this place",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011058"
},
"chastity belt":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a belt device (as of medieval times) designed to prevent sexual intercourse on the part of the woman wearing it"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1931, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-011904"
},
"cheapskate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a miserly or stingy person",
": one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses",
": a stingy person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0113p-\u02ccsk\u0101t",
"\u02c8ch\u0113p-\u02ccsk\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"churl",
"hunks",
"miser",
"niggard",
"penny-pincher",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cheapskate who lived like a pauper, she was reputedly the wealthiest woman in the U.S. at the time of her death",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Rhodes Memorial, in other words, is not of the cheapskate , Soviet variety. \u2014 Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Working against this is that as long as Fisher keeps payroll rock-bottom and doesn\u2019t mind criticism of his cheapskate business model, the A\u2019s are still profitable. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 May 2021",
"DeJoy was a rabid Yankees fan, a fierce opponent of organized labor, a maestro with profanity, a cheapskate professionally but a showoff personally, and a sharp dresser who sometimes welcomed tailors to his office and enforced a strict dress code. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Or just follow the cheapskates to YouTube, where tens of thousands of free karaoke vids are a search away. \u2014 Michael Calore, Wired , 19 May 2020",
"Parking enforcement should crack down on the cheapskates . \u2014 Lake County News-Sun , 24 May 2018",
"But for the cheapskates crafty folk among us, there\u2019s no better stamp than a potato. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 12 Feb. 2020",
"The offline mapping data on Google Maps won't work for the serious backpacker, but a cheapskate on a leisurely hike, there are worse options. \u2014 Arielle Pardes, WIRED , 3 July 2019",
"There are cheapskates galore, dissemblers, busybodies, dullards and charlatans. \u2014 A.e. Stallings, WSJ , 7 Dec. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Felimon Chairez, 53, a field worker at McKay Nurseries, grades and counts black chokeberry shrubs Jan. 20 in Waterloo, Wis. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Norris often leans on chokeberry , leadplant, red osier dogwood, and small junipers in his garden. \u2014 Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The chokeberry is another useful native plant for a full planting bed in wet areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2021",
"The black chokeberry Viking greets the spring with white, apple-like blossoms, black fruit and red fall coloration. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2020",
"It\u2019s infused with 72 percent black chokeberry too, an ingredient that works to stabilize the vitamin C and hydrates the skin. \u2014 Kathleen Hou, The Cut , 9 Mar. 2018",
"For cancer patients, chemotherapy drugs have been shown to interact with herbal supplements including ginseng, echinacea and chokeberry juice. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Time , 24 Jan. 2018",
"There were chokeberry shrubs, a native plant whose tart berries can be made into jam, as well as the familiar blackberries and blueberries. \u2014 Karen Matthews, The Seattle Times , 5 Aug. 2017",
"There were chokeberry shrubs, a native plant whose tart berries can be made into jam, as well as the familiar blackberries and blueberries. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each was rigorously worked on in a year-long process and regulated by Charles Fleck and Ren\u00e9 Gygax, Zenith chronometry specialists. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"The unique piece resulted in a new chronometry certification at the Besan\u00e7on Observatory in France, as well as Voutilainen\u2019s ultra-coveted Obseratoire series, based on the original. \u2014 Paige Reddinger, Robb Report , 3 June 2022",
"High frequency improves chronometry , which means maximum precision. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Ulysse Nardin is a master at chronometry and has been almost since its inception. \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
"Breaking from wristwatches momentarily, here's a reminder of where the precision mechanics, which so many take for granted, originally came from: marine chronometry . \u2014 Alex Doak, CNN , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Before, during, and after radio, chronometry , and that chap Alexander Neckam mentioning in De naturis rerum that magnets might have uses at sea, what remained the mariner\u2019s most valuable gadget? \u2014 Rob Beschizza, WIRED , 28 Dec. 2006"
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"noun"
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"Were there any problems during the changeover from the franc to the euro?",
"the region's changeover from an agricultural economy to one based on manufacturing",
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"Coco Gauff sat plain-faced in her French Open changeover chair after moving one set away from her first Grand Slam final at 18 \u2014 just 18! \u2014 and calmly snacked on some cut-up pieces of pineapple and other fruit, seemingly without a care in the world. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"Nadal often kicks clean the nub of tape in the middle of the baseline before heading to his chair for a changeover . \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"Early in the fifth, Medvedev called for the trainer to massage his upper legs during a changeover . \u2014 Adam Zagoria, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
"One game from defeat, Djokovic sat in his chair on a changeover as the screams grew deafening. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Dec. 2021",
"How meaningful is the changeover that is coming in the leadership of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"This changeover is attributed to a rapid drop in costs of solar, wind, and big-batteries, plus demand by industry for cheaper and greener power. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The management changeover was announced Tuesday in a memo to staff sent by Keith Le Goy, Sony Pictures Entertainment\u2019s president of distribution and networks. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"For areas of the Northeast, that temperature changeover is even more abrupt. \u2014 Allison Chinchar, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"their ingrained chauvinism has blinded them to their country's faults",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kawakami\u2019s furious takedown of chauvinism in Japan is eventful enough, and the poetic exactitude of her sentences provides a lively, spiraling sort of momentum. \u2014 Idra Novey, The Atlantic , 22 May 2022",
"Class struggle, permanent revolution, and the cult of Chairman Mao replaced outward signs of nationalism and Han chauvinism , which Mao continued to dismiss as bourgeois thinking. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The findings are also a warning against cultural chauvinism . \u2014 Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American , 28 Feb. 2022",
"De Saulcy set the tone of most subsequent efforts: wild ambition, wild exaggeration, wild protests\u2014and hardheaded chauvinism . \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Our execution problems are many because American sanctions are almost always applied for reasons of domestic politics and chauvinism , not hard-nosed foreign policy. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Not much of a role model, and certainly not a new culture worthy of replacing the male chauvinism , which still reigns and rages against those who dare to simply report their discomfort. \u2014 Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"In theory at least, Mao was critical of Han chauvinism . \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or \u2014 that dread word! \u2014 good. \u2014 Sam Negus, National Review , 10 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 3"
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"noun"
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"Definition of chochem variant of hakam plural chachamim \\ \u02cc\u1e35\u00e4\u1e35\u00e4\u02c8m\u0113m \\ or chachomim \\ \u1e35\u00e4\u02c8\u1e35\u022fmim \\"
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"milk-livered",
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"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
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": deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery",
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"chi-"
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"gamesmanship",
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"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
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"He wasn't above using chicanery to win votes.",
"that candidate only won the election through chicanery",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s also raunchy, disgusting and full of deliberate chicanery . \u2014 Jazz Tangcay, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"Filmmakers who buy into the Pakula legend don\u2019t dread today\u2019s obvious political chicanery but more likely distract from it with paranoid political correctness. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 June 2022",
"The history of nuclear power in America is one of rushed and slipshod engineering, unwarranted assurances of public safety, political influence and financial chicanery , inept and duplicitous regulators, and mismanagement on a grand scale. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Grover had a different view of Beckham\u2019s mailer, accusing his opponent of political chicanery . \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Jackrabbit contract offers and other forms of chicanery have not stopped in the years since 2016. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In May 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported that Luckin inflated sales by booking numerous purchases of vouchers that could be exchanged for cups of coffee, and fabricated supplier contracts to help mask the chicanery . \u2014 Jing Yang, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Caleb, the protagonist of this novel of literary-world chicanery , is an aspiring Brooklyn writer who discovers his voice by pinching someone else\u2019s story. \u2014 The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Mourinho variously pokes fun at his vanity, his boastfulness, his penchant for chicanery . \u2014 New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022"
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": innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse",
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": clean , spotless",
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"\u02c8ch\u0101st",
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"virginal"
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"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"a chaste kiss on the cheek",
"as one would expect, the minister's small talk is always chaste , even though he likes a joke as much as the next person",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lynnia Shanley\u2019s performance as Andrew\u2019s squealy and ultra- chaste actress girlfriend Deidre is exuberant, but never feels like a real person. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"These chaste messages gave rise to a more offbeat (and unofficial) transmission in the 1980s. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Even in chaste scenes, Acosta\u2019s tenor and Hadley\u2019s baritone swirl within each other in an aural reflection of sensual passion. \u2014 Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Star Jonathan Bailey, who plays romantic lead Anthony Bridgerton, stood by the more chaste season. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022",
"But that\u2019s about it for an interior life, and even his hallucinations are chaste and not terribly interesting. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Their love story is intense, chaste and entirely winning. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"In these images, the puzzle represents the enigma of female desire and fuels the intimacy between men and women in an otherwise chaste culture of heterosexual courtship. \u2014 Anna Shechtman, The New Yorker , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Though the romance is chaste and sustains a wholesome veneer, the dynamic duo have an undeniable heat and good chemistry. \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a worker in leather : cobbler"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a canopy under which the bride and groom stand during a Jewish wedding ceremony"
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"\u02c8\u1e35u\u0307-p\u0259",
"-(\u02cc)p\u00e4"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Decorate with a Floral Arch From an Indian wedding to a Jewish chuppah , a floral arch is an adaptable piece of d\u00e9cor that is always stunning. \u2014 Olivia Hosken, Town & Country , 4 Sep. 2021",
"Its leaves created a natural arc, symbolizing their own version of a chuppah . \u2014 Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 Mar. 2021",
"L\u2019Atelier Rouge\u2019s Caroline Bailly, who designed the florals for all their events, created interior floral arrangements and used white roses to decorate the chuppah \u2019s poles. \u2014 Belath\u00e9e, Harper's BAZAAR , 31 Oct. 2019",
"Cincinnati Enquirer Chana Wolfson, of Cincinnati, and Scott Smith, of New York City, were married on Thursday evening under a chuppah at French Park in Amberley Village. \u2014 Byron Mccauley, Cincinnati.com , 20 Mar. 2020",
"The couple\u2019s family arrived first, followed by Ross, who waited under the chuppah until Maya arrived with her veil over her face, in keeping with Jewish tradition. \u2014 Vogue , 18 Nov. 2019",
"Rushefsky also unfurled a lace blanket \u2014 a wedding present to her mother that has been used in her family for years as a chuppah or special-occasion tablecloth. \u2014 Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com , 31 Aug. 2019",
"There were little touches \u2014 my grandfather\u2019s prayer shawl on our shoulders, my Great-Uncle Josef\u2019s shawl on the top of our chuppah \u2014 to remind us of our ancestors, many of whom had suffered terribly. \u2014 Zack Beauchamp, Vox , 2 Nov. 2018",
"Their parents also escorted Ben and Moriah down the aisle to a chuppah painted by Moriah\u2019s best friend Colleen, an artist. \u2014 Philly.com , 13 July 2018"
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"1876, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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"definitions":[
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"chest"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a very light, egg-based dough used to make pastries (such as cream puffs and \u00e9clairs )"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u00fc-"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The airy, delicate pastry is p\u00e2te \u00e0 choux, or choux pastry . \u2014 Foren Clark, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"To the novice baker, choux pastry brings to mind the sort of fear-inducing, tear-jerking mess of a technical challenge assigned for maximum drama on The Great British Bake Off. \u2014 Tanya Bush, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Gingerbread Showdown Host Jesse Palmer challenges the teams to create a holiday light show out of gingerbread and pair their glittering creations with the lightest of all desserts: choux pastry . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The novel is a lot more like a choux pastry or millefeuille, intricate and layered despite its core identity as a delectable treat. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 2 June 2021",
"Remove from the oven, and let the choux pastry cases cool completely in a draft-free area. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes in the center of the oven, or until the choux pastry shells puff up and are golden brown on top. \u2014 Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2021",
"These shows tend to foreground emotional labor\u2014consolation, encouragement\u2014along with their choux pastry and kitchen redos. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Also known as cream puffs or chou \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me, profiteroles are one of a handful of desserts that showcase French choux pastry . \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Mar. 2021"
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"first_known_use":[
"1878, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-111334"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tropical American timber tree ( Bumelia obtusifolia ) with yellowish brown very hard heavy wood",
": a South American timber tree ( Gustavia yaracuyensis ) of the family Lecythidaceae with dark black-streaked wood",
": a sucker of the chocolate tree"
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"ch\u00fc\u02c8p\u014dn"
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"noun"
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": a young woman who sings or dances in the chorus of a theatrical production (such as a musical or revue)"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new museum director, the article implied, was little more than a chorus girl with a sugar daddy. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Lucille came from nothing and, with an unrivaled work ethic, built a career as a model, chorus girl and eventually as an actor in the studio system. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Richards began her career as a chorus girl in Harlem\u2019s Cotton Club. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Nov. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the former chorus girl from Encinitas was appointed to the top artistic job at an opera company in Oregon. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the former chorus girl from Encinitas was appointed to the top artistic job at an opera company in Oregon. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the former chorus girl from Encinitas was appointed to the top artistic job at an opera company in Oregon. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the former chorus girl from Encinitas was appointed to the top artistic job at an opera company in Oregon. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021",
"On Wednesday, the former chorus girl from Encinitas was appointed to the top artistic job at an opera company in Oregon. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Aug. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1894, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-120645"
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"chickell":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": wheatear"
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"\u02c8chik\u0259l"
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"history_and_etymology":"imitative",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-120735"
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"Chilkoot":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":[
"pass 3502 feet (1067 meters) in the northern Coast Mountains between the U.S. (southeastern Alaska) and Canada (the southwestern part of Yukon)"
],
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"\u02c8chil-\u02cck\u00fct"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-120854"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": in a chastening manner"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-122820"
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"choke back":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":[
": to have difficulty not showing or expressing (tears, rage, anger, etc.)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124319"
},
"chicalote":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a white-flowered prickly poppy ( Argemone platyceras ) of Mexico and the southwestern U.S."
],
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"\u02ccchik\u0259\u02c8l\u014dt\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":"Spanish, from Nahuatl chicalotl ",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-124439"
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"chicken lobster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a young lobster"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132714"
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"charity stripe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the line behind which a player shoots a free throw : the free throw line"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1923, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-134753"
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"chrystocrene":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mass of loose rock fragments remarkably similar to a glacier : rock glacier"
],
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"\u02c8krist\u0259\u2027\u02cckr\u0113n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"chrysto- (probably irregular from crystal ) + Greek kr\u0113n\u0113 spring, well"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-140710"
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"cheap thrill":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a minor thing done for entertainment"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a person or agency favored by an individual, group, or government in furtherance of the latter's own interests",
": a commercial airline sponsored or subsidized by its national government for foreign transport especially in a given part of the world"
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"Chicken Little":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification"
],
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"Cassandra",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"doomster"
],
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"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
],
"examples":[
"some called him Chicken Little , but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object"
],
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"1895, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-161458"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a people that is considered or that considers itself to be chosen especially by God as his people and specially consecrated to holy purposes",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164319"
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"choir":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an organized company of singers (as in a church service)",
": a group of instruments of the same class",
": an organized group of persons or things",
": a division of angels",
": the part of a church occupied by the singers or by the clergy",
": the part of a church where the services are performed",
": a group organized for ensemble speaking",
": to sing or sound in chorus or concert",
": an organized group of singers especially in a church",
": the part of a church set aside for the singers"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kw\u012b(-\u0259)r",
"\u02c8kw\u012br"
],
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"chorale",
"chorus",
"consort",
"glee club"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"joined the choir for next year",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As a member of Full Gospel True Mission Church, Mr. Harris served on the usher board, was soloist with the choir , taught Sunday school and was an active member of the brotherhood. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Seven hanged himself in his bedroom closet when his mother was out grocery shopping and his father was practicing with the church choir . \u2014 Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"This time, Packer mixed it up with a grand choir and provided three of those who died brief eulogies from celebrities who knew them. \u2014 Rodney Ho, ajc , 28 Mar. 2022",
"This extraordinary piece, co-produced and co-commissioned by Beth Morrison Projects, had its world premiere last November at the Royal Danish Opera House with the choir Ars Nova Copenhagen. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Despite taking steps to spread out singers in the church, 52 out of 61 participants tested positive for COVID within a few weeks, and two choir members died. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Others have their choir members get tested prior to singing their hymns on Sunday morning and others are installing systems to improve ventilation in their sanctuaries. \u2014 Mark Nichols, ABC News , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Martin showed up at Hayley's practice with the show's carpenter Joanie Sprague and designer Tiffany Thompson, sneaking up on their subject and her fellow choir members, before joining the ensemble. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Also performing at the recent ceremony were Valley Forge High School choir members. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The college eventually approved his request for about $2,500 worth of sound equipment to make car choir a reality for the winter quarter, which began Jan. 4. \u2014 Rachel Alexander, oregonlive , 20 Jan. 2021",
"Margret Boes-Ingraham, 72, used to drive her 14-year-old granddaughter to choir practice a few times a week near Salt Lake City, then stay to listen to her sing. \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Phoebe Pagano, one of McHugh\u2019s students, said her favorite part of Helping Hands is when Jonah walks with the group to choir and gym class. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Feb. 2020",
"Video footage runs on three sides, with the preacher and choir up front and fellow churchgoers on each side of you, giving you the feeling of being a participant. \u2014 Verna Gates, al , 30 Dec. 2019",
"In Santa Barbara, California, Robert Van Handel was a Franciscan monk who founded a local boys choir and worked as principal of St. Anthony\u2019s Seminary. \u2014 USA Today , 12 Nov. 2019",
"The photo was taken during their visit to Tupou College, where the boys choir memorably serenading the parents-to-be with a cheeky song to keep mosquitos at bay that included the students making buzzing sounds. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Anderson also served as a youth group leader for the boys choir at Our Savior\u2019s Lutheran Church in Lake Oswego for six years in the mid-1990s, police said. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"The event took place at Fildelfia Chruch on Monday and saw singers from the Happy Voices choir take part in the rendition. \u2014 Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle , 1 May 2018"
],
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"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English quer , from Anglo-French queor , from Medieval Latin chorus , from Latin, chorus \u2014 more at chorus"
],
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"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1596, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164421"
},
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"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chicadee variant spelling of chickadee"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-165441"
},
"Chastacosta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an Athapaskan people in the Illinois and Rogue river valleys, Oregon",
": a member of such people",
": the language of the Chastacosta people"
],
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"\u02ccshast\u0259\u02c8k\u022fst\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Chastacosta Shista-Kw\u016dsta"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-171215"
},
"chopper":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": one that chops",
": teeth",
": a device that interrupts an electric current or a beam of radiation (such as light) at short regular intervals",
": machine gun",
": helicopter",
": a high-bouncing batted baseball",
": a customized motorcycle",
": one that has the front wheel forward of the handlebars",
": helicopter",
": someone or something that chops",
": helicopter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u00e4-p\u0259r",
"\u02c8ch\u00e4-p\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"The sound of choppers filled the sky.",
"army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lanzilli had a two-out single in the fourth before being stranded, then Robert Moore added the Hogs' final hit, a two-out infield chopper in the seventh. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 24 June 2022",
"Hall advanced to second on pinch hitter Jack Allison\u2019s chopper single up the middle. \u2014 David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News , 2 June 2022",
"Will Smith's solo home run in the second inning opened the scoring, and the Dodgers manufactured two runs in the third on a couple of singles, a walk and short chopper to third base for a run batted in. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 29 May 2022",
"Hayes hit a chopper right to Lopez, who hesitated and bobbled the ball. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 16 May 2022",
"Florida authorities on Wednesday recovered the wreckage of a second helicopter that had gone down in a lake just hours after another chopper crashed in the same lake. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"There was no immediate word on what may have gone wrong or where the chopper was headed. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
"The upper deck comes equipped with a 40-foot helipad for your chopper . \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 4 May 2022",
"The next two batters went down in order before Lexie Blair hit a routine chopper to Justene Molina, the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, who couldn't hold onto it. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Trump walks to chopper , does not make comments: President Trump boarded Marine 1 on the south grounds of the White House Friday evening without stopping to talk to reporters. \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 16 Oct. 2020",
"Fort Bragg, North Carolina \u2014 Master Sergeant Matthew Williams and his team of green berets choppered into a remote Afghan valley in the spring of 2008. \u2014 David Martin, CBS News , 30 Oct. 2019",
"Something similar is true too of every worker who has ever choppered or trudged or driven into infectious hot zones to fight Zika or SARS or MERS or any other emerging diseases. \u2014 Time , 8 Feb. 2020",
"Bolton was conspicuous in his absence when Trump and Pompeo choppered up to the demilitarized zone dividing the Koreas. \u2014 Noah Bierman, latimes.com , 1 July 2019",
"Last June, a 21-year-old woman and an Alaska husky were choppered out from near the Eagle River after the woman became cold and suffered injuries while hiking. \u2014 Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2019",
"Trump climbed out, said a few words with Pence, and then retreated to his private helicopter, also bearing his name, and choppered off for the city proper. \u2014 Longreads , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Despite concerns from some Palm Beachers about the noise that could come from Trump choppering onto the island, the Town Council agreed to make a presidential exception to allow a Mar-a-Lago landing spot. \u2014 Andy Reid, Sun-Sentinel.com , 26 July 2017",
"NEWPORT NEWS, Va. \u2014 President Donald Trump choppered onto a hulking, gleaming aircraft carrier here Thursday to rally momentum for his ambitious call for a major hike in military spending. \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 2 Mar. 2017"
],
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"Noun",
"1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-172223"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": method of reckoning and measuring time"
],
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"-\u02c8n\u00e4n\u0259m\u0113"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chron- + -nomy"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180258"
},
"chtr":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"charter"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180729"
},
"Chilkat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska",
": a member of the Chilkat people"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"probably from Tlingit tc\u012d\u0142-x\u0101t , literally, storehouses for salmon"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-180843"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a thing annexed to a place (as a house) as distinguished from something movable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)sh\u014dz\u02c8l\u014dk\u0259l"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chose entry 2"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-182634"
},
"chili vinegar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": pepper sauce"
],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-183130"
},
"churn drill":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a piece of drilling equipment in which the drill is raised by a rope or cable and allowed to drop, pulverizing the rock with successive blows"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-184812"
},
"chocalho":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Brazilian rattle commonly consisting of a gourd with its dried seeds inside or a metal sphere with pellets and used as a rhythm instrument"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u00fc\u02c8kal(\u02cc)y\u00fc"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Portuguese, cowbell, rattle, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin cloccaculum , from Medieval Latin clocca bell"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-185709"
},
"choir aisle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an aisle flanking the choir of a church"
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},
"chibouk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long-stemmed Turkish tobacco pipe with a clay bowl"
],
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"ch\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fck",
"sh\u0259-"
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"examples":[],
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"French chibouque , from Turkish \u00e7ubuk"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1811, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191935"
},
"chicaner":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that uses chicanery"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-n\u0259(r)"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"earlier chicaneur , from French, from Middle French, from chicaner + -eur -or"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194339"
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"Chicago":{
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"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
"river in Chicago, Illinois, having a northern branch and a southern branch and originally flowing east into Lake Michigan but now flowing south through the southern branch and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal into the Des Plaines River",
"city and port on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois population 2,695,598"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d",
"-\u02c8k\u022f-",
"-g\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194639"
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"charivari":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": shivaree"
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"\u02ccshi-v\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113",
"\u02c8shi-v\u0259-\u02ccr\u0113"
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"French, perhaps from Late Latin caribaria headache, from Greek kar\u0113baria , from kara, kar\u0113 head + barys heavy \u2014 more at cerebral , grieve"
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"circa 1681, in the meaning defined above"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": turncoat",
": a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy",
": imbecile"
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"\u02c8ch\u0101nj-li\u014b"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The folktale of the changeling is here recontextualized into a modern setting. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"In most stories, a changeling is a fairy child that replaces a human one, typically without the baby or the human parents knowing. \u2014 Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen , 25 Jan. 2021",
"True History of the Kelly Gang focuses its culture-wide vision into an unhidden life, divided into three sections: BOY is where young Ned (Orlando Schwerdt) resembles a pale, blond changeling who could become anything. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The young Joan\u2014with her gift for painting, her passion for dancing, her bristling impatience with school rules, and her wanderlust\u2014was more like a changeling . \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 29 Nov. 2020",
"These men and women sat in uncomfortable, beat-up school desks determined to learn English \u2014 such a difficult language to acquire with its changeling grammar rules and high-maintenance punctuation marks. \u2014 Sarah Fay, Longreads , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Thirteen years later, the goblin world is in crisis and needs the changeling back. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019",
"Meet Cole and Tinn, accidental twins: The goblin Kull was supposed to switch them as newborns but was interrupted, causing him to panic and leave two babies, one human and one changeling , in one crib. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Oct. 2019",
"The imitations were clearly imitations, less like uncanny meat changelings and more like the Dionne Warwick impersonator at your friendly neighborhood drag bar. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 11 Oct. 2019"
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"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
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"noun"
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": a spicy sauce usually consisting of chili peppers, vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices and used especially as a condiment and in cooking",
": a milder, sweeter sauce containing similar ingredients but made primarily with tomato puree"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis\u2014heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat\u2014the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific, more soothing than Campbell\u2019s. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
"In Detroit terms, Cease is the chili sauce , onions and mustard on their hot dogs. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 9 Apr. 2022",
"If making a cocktail sauce, combine chili sauce , ketchup, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice in a bowl. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Some common sauces served alongside hot pot are sriracha, sambal chili sauce , hoisin, ponzu, sesame, and soy sauce. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Among the novelties at Chocobar Cort\u00e9s are habanero-and-chocolate chili sauce , chocolate guacamole, and chocolate ketchup. \u2014 David Kortava, The New Yorker , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Menu favorites include prime cuts of beef such as \u2018reuben\u2019 style bone-in short rib, filet mignon and veal chop; jumbo shrimp cocktail; and spicy beef lettuce cups with Thai chili & basil, sweet chili sauce and crunchy rice. \u2014 Amber Love Bond, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Add the cashews and 1 tablespoon of the chili sauce . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"These baked wings are an absolute flavor bomb, with a sauce made from hoisin, ketchup, tamari, gochujang, Dijon mustard and black bean chili sauce \u2014 or the last bits of all those jars hanging around your fridge door. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"1843, in the meaning defined above"
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"Definition of chippewaian variant spelling of chipewyan"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-203220"
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"idiom"
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": to move from one level or area of activity to another"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue : chorus sense 1e"
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"1898, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210428"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a chopped dollar \u2014 see chop entry 7 sense 2"
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"chop entry 6"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-211943"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chaste tree"
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"1993, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-212630"
},
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the act or process of giving birth to a baby : parturition",
": the act or process of giving birth to a child",
": the act or process of giving birth to a baby : parturition"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccb\u0259rth",
"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02ccb\u0259rth",
"\u02c8ch\u012bl(d)-\u02ccb\u0259rth"
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"accouchement",
"childbearing",
"delivery",
"labor",
"parturition",
"travail"
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"women who choose to undergo childbirth without the use of anesthetics and other drugs",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even with health insurance, childbirth can be very expensive. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"Vanessa Kirby stars in Pieces of a Woman, as Martha, who goes through a traumatic childbirth and loses her child. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Aftershock follows the families of two women who suffer preventable deaths from childbirth and also highlights the families and activists fighting for change. \u2014 Mariette Williams, Essence , 20 June 2022",
"Among those concerns: Black women are considerably more likely to die from childbirth than white women, even when accounting for education. \u2014 Anne Flaherty, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"McKinsey cites research on roughly 9,000 families tracking parental pay over five years, starting one year before childbirth and extending to when the child was four. \u2014 Naz Beheshti, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Delaying childbirth also became more of an option with technological advancements in medical care, including egg freezing, surrogacy and in vitro fertilization. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"This is not the first time Graham has been candid about the rapid changes bodies undergo during the pregnancy, childbirth , and postpartum stages. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
"By comparison, an analysis showed pregnancy and childbirth are far more dangerous in the U.S. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 12 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220324"
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"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"\u2014 see zhu",
"river over 1000 miles (1609 kilometers) long in southeastern Kazakhstan flowing east into Issyk Kul"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u00fc"
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"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":[
": to cut (a tree, bush, etc.) at the bottom so that it falls to the ground"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-222027"
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"Definition of chear archaic variant of cheer"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-225406"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of a family (Chimaeridae) of marine cartilaginous fishes with a tapering or threadlike tail and usually no anal fin"
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"k\u012b-\u02c8mir-\u0259",
"k\u0259-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Critical missing details about the species' life cycle makes monitoring chimaera populations difficult, the New York Times reports. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Feb. 2022",
"The exhibit will also introduce ones that might not be as commonly known to the general public, including the torpedo ray and the longnose chimaera . \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Rays are the most threatened, with 41 percent of 611 species studied being at risk; 36 percent of 536 sharks species are at risk; and 9 percent of 52 chimaera species. \u2014 Karen Mcveigh, Wired , 11 Sep. 2021",
"These organoids can be either chimaera of human or animal cells or slices of human brain tissue. \u2014 Diana Gitig, Ars Technica , 28 Apr. 2018",
"Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009 (see video above). \u2014 Casey Smith, National Geographic , 28 July 2017",
"Scientists from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland analyzed 250 DNA samples of Mycobacterium chimaera , an organism typically found in soil and tap water. \u2014 Jonel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News , 12 July 2017"
],
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"Noun",
"New Latin, genus name, from Latin, chimera"
],
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"Noun",
"1804, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-233418"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a bedstead having curtains"
],
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"-\u02cck\u00e4t"
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"Hindi chappar-kh\u0101\u1e6d , from chappar tester of a bed + kh\u0101\u1e6d bedstead"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234247"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the process of conceiving, being pregnant with, and giving birth to children",
": the act of bringing forth children : childbirth"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccber-i\u014b",
"\u02c8ch\u012bl(d)-\u02ccbar-i\u014b, -\u02ccber-"
],
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"accouchement",
"childbirth",
"delivery",
"labor",
"parturition",
"travail"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012851"
},
"chatterati":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": people who talk and write a lot about current events and political and social matters : the people who make up the chattering classes"
],
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"\u02cccha-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-t\u0113"
],
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"chatter entry 1 + -ati (as in literati )"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1990, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-023642"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": an instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity"
],
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"chron- + -pher"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024601"
},
"chubbiness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": plump",
": somewhat fat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113",
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0113"
],
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"blubbery",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
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"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
],
"examples":[
"He was always chubby as a child.",
"the chubby baby had slimmed down by the time she was a toddler",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jenner\u2019s son, the baby formerly known as Wolf, is her second child with Travis Scott, who is presumably the grown-up pictured beside the chubby pair of toddler legs. \u2014 Kathleen Walsh, Glamour , 21 June 2022",
"The main characters are chubby , magical and funny creatures who are freely exploring their world and ours in their bid to foster a better understanding and collaboration between both worlds. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 13 June 2022",
"On its hard-plastic cover, there was an anthropomorphic bear dressed like a ballerina balancing on a single chubby toe. \u2014 Virgie Tovar, refinery29.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"On the streets, Lee was mocked as Pikachu, the chubby yellow rodent Pok\u00e9mon, a play on his full Chinese name John Lee Ka-chiu. \u2014 Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
"In North Carolina, a baby is born with chubby cheeks and the same button-nose as his big brother. \u2014 jsonline.com , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Evan Omar Polina Aguilar was a chubby 2-year-old when he was diagnosed with malignant neuroblastoma cancer in May 2019, said his mother, Lorena Aguilar. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Around me, pastry chefs are rolling dough into spirals of chubby croissants and plump rolls. \u2014 Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The chubby fellow\u2019s first entry into polygonal 3D on the Nintendo 64 is a solid outing. \u2014 PCMAG , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
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"chub"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1722, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-030406"
},
"child benefit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": money that the government pays to families with children"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032226"
},
"chibol":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of chibol dialectal British variant of cibol"
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"\u02c8chib\u0259l"
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-032627"
},
"chose jug\u00e9e":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a matter that has been settled : res judicata"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u014dz\u2027zh\u1d6b\u0305zh\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-042031"
},
"choil":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the angle in a pocketknife blade at the junction of the wedge-shaped cutting part with the tang or the corresponding part of any knife",
": to form a choil on (a knife blade)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u022fi(\u0259)l",
"\""
],
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"origin unknown"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-050915"
},
"chastiser":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to censure severely : castigate",
": to inflict punishment on (as by whipping)",
": chasten sense 2",
": to punish severely (as by whipping)",
": to criticize harshly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-\u02ccst\u012bz",
"(\u02cc)cha-\u02c8st\u012bz",
"cha-\u02c8st\u012bz"
],
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"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at ",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The waiter was chastised for forgetting the customer's order.",
"The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jackson is then seen lying on his back on the sidewalk just outside of the event as others chastise him and accuse him of hitting a woman. \u2014 Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 10 June 2022",
"The impulse to chastise people in the past can be a distraction not only for Harvard but for any wealthy institution that would move beyond memorialization to ask what, exactly, its future responsibilities within and beyond its own campus are. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Smith was 9 at the time and would long chastise himself for not defending his mother. \u2014 Aaron Morrison, ajc , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Before a game, Benner would stand courtside and Miller would walk over to him to jokingly chastise Benner, pointing a finger close to Benner's face. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 3 Apr. 2022",
"The proceedings only went downhill from there, with one Democratic member - Katie Porter of California - using jars of M&Ms and bags of rice to chastise the oil companies for producing too much oil. \u2014 David Blackmon, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Someone with low optimism might self- chastise , speak from a victim mindset or pass the blame to other people. \u2014 Roberta Moore, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Many Ukrainians chastise Russians for increasingly accepting middle-class comforts afforded by the country\u2019s oil wealth in exchange for declining to resist limits on their freedoms. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Some students have refused to wear masks at school and, when school leaders have refused to admit or have removed mask-less children from classrooms, some of their parents have taken to social media to chastise them or to protest. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English chastisen , alteration of chasten \u2014 see chasten"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-052308"
},
"chokebore":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": choke entry 2 sense 3",
": a shotgun with a choke",
": to provide with a choke",
": having a keen accurate nose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\""
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"choke entry 2 + bore"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-053928"
},
"chicken Kiev":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a boneless chicken breast that is stuffed with seasoned butter and deep fried"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Kiev , Ukraine"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-054648"
},
"chose transitory":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": movable"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chose entry 2"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-064027"
},
"childbed fever":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": puerperal fever",
": puerperal fever"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1701, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-070619"
},
"Chicago style":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a widely used method of butchering animal carcasses"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-090927"
},
"chickee":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chickee variant of chikee"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-094100"
},
"choumoellier":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a hybrid of cabbage, kohlrabi, and kale that is used for forage and feed especially in New Zealand and Australia"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259\u02c8m\u00e4ly\u0259(r)"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, marrow cabbage"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-100235"
},
"chili powder":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a spice mixture made with ground chiles"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a large mixing bowl, combine tofu with olive oil, garlic powder, chili powder , onion powder, mustard powder, paprika, black pepper and cayenne pepper; toss gently to coat. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Add the chili powder , cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, \u00bd teaspoon salt and \u00bc teaspoon black pepper to the beef in the pan and stir to coat. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Add the garlic and cook for two more minutes, then add the chili powder , chipotle, salt, and pepper, and stir everything together. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 16 Jan. 2021",
"Add the chili powder , cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, \u00bd teaspoon salt and \u00bc teaspoon black pepper to the beef in the pan and stir to coat. \u2014 Robin Miller, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"Stir in water, chili powder , cumin, paprika, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and black pepper. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Add in the tomatoes with their juice, chili powder and cumin. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 4 Feb. 2022",
"There was also a hearty and perfectly cooked dish of Tunisian-style seabass braised in a sauce of crushed tomatoes, chili powder and cumin topped with parsley, mint, dill and olive oil. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Founded in San Antonio in 1896 by a German immigrant, the company boasts having made more chili powder than anyone else in the world. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"noun"
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": a genus of grasshoppers including a very destructive Australian migratory plague grasshopper ( C. terminifera )"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104842"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such measures would apply to schools, childcare facilities, private and public buildings. \u2014 Steve Brozak, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Meanwhile, as of March 12, masks will no longer be required indoors at California schools and childcare facilities. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The mask mandate also will be dropped for California childcare facilities. \u2014 Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The same shift will apply to K-12 schools and childcare facilities starting March 12, the statement said. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The new rules effective Wednesday will apply to children 2 years and older in childcare facilities. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The new directive includes children who are ages two and older in childcare facilities. \u2014 Pooja Agrawal, CNN , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Jose Fernando Rico Mercado, 34, who co-owns three childcare facilities in Mexico, has always run side gigs, including designing notebooks sold on demand on Amazon. \u2014 Chris Stokel-walker, Wired , 22 Feb. 2022",
"As schools and childcare facilities reopen, hopefully, some of the life-work pressures will subside. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Dec. 2021"
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"Definition of chopdar variant of chobdar"
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"to fill with courage or strength of purpose presented her with an inspirational book to chirk her up during her prolonged hospitalization"
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"noun ()"
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"definitions":[
": chayote",
": a Popolocan people of northern Oaxaca, Mexico",
": a member of such people",
": a Popolocan people of southern Puebla, Mexico",
": a member of such people",
": the language of a Chocho people"
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"\u02c8ch\u014d(\u02cc)ch\u014d"
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"Spanish, of American Indian origin"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-122912"
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"noun"
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": a young person in Britain of a type stereotypically known for engaging in aggressively loutish behavior especially when in groups and for wearing flashy jewelry and athletic casual clothing (such as tracksuits and baseball caps)"
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"\u02c8chav"
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"perhaps shortened from slang chavvy \"baby, child,\" or from its source, Angloromani (creolized romani of Britain) chavvi \"child,\" from British Romani \u010davo \"(Romani) male child, boy, son,\" going back to Middle Indo-Aryan *ch\u0101pa- \"young of an animal\"",
"Note: Though the phonetic link with the Angloromani word is unimpeachable, the semantic connection is not\u2014hence the etymology must be qualified as hypothetical. A proposed connection to the town of Chatham, with which the word is linked in early citations, seems dubious\u2014see the evidence and etymology in Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd edition. // The presumed relation of *ch\u0101pa- with epic Sanskrit \u015b\u0101va- \"young of an animal\" is possible but far from certain."
],
"first_known_use":[
"1998, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-132118"
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"change order":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a written alteration to a previously signed contract for work (as in construction)",
": the new work specified by the change order"
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"first_known_use":[
"1906, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-134416"
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"noun"
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": a group marked by exclusiveness"
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"a famous writer and her charmed circle in Paris"
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"1821, in the meaning defined above"
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"change entry 2 (money)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145159"
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"chase (down)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to follow and catch (someone or something)",
": to search for and find (someone or something)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145505"
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"chronologize":{
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"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to arrange chronologically : establish the order in time of (as events, documents)"
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"-\u02ccj\u012bz"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-145704"
},
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"noun"
],
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": the quality or state of being choppy"
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"\u02c8ch\u00e4-p\u0113-n\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The final 2021 flameouts combined with Wall Street's trading are creating a market choppiness that disguises the foundation building going on. \u2014 John S. Tobey, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"Navy pilots on a routine training mission first noticed unusual choppiness in the water. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The craft beer business was already experiencing some choppiness before the pandemic: In 2019, there were a record 300-plus closures, a reckoning after thousands of breweries had opened up in just a few short years. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The global auto industry has endured nearly two years of choppiness , much of it related to the supply-chain challenges that have snarled manufacturing lines and left dealerships short on vehicles. \u2014 Mike Colias, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"At the least, said Seattle interior designer Heidi Caillier, consider seating with scroll arms or a gently curved back, details which will smooth out choppiness . \u2014 Lauren Joseph, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Austrian Audio has equipped the PB17 and PG16 with a pro-grade boom microphone that transmits the user\u2019s voice without cut-outs, choppiness , or muffling. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Investors said some of the choppiness this week has also likely been driven by portfolio repositioning. \u2014 Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The choppiness plagued technology and growth stocks. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":[
"1881, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-151541"
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"chorus master":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the director of a chorus",
": one who directs and rehearses the singing chorus of an opera company"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-154333"
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"childbed":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the condition of a woman in childbirth",
": the condition of a woman in childbirth"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)l(d)-\u02ccbed",
"-\u02ccbed"
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"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-155032"
},
"Chauvin":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Yves 1930\u20132015 French chemist"
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"sh\u014d-\u02c8va\u207f"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-165700"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a boy member of a choir",
": an innocent or virtuous man : altar boy sense 2"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With his sterling reputation as a local athlete, choirboy , Boy Scout and honor student with no prior arrests, Mr. Artis also drew the support of celebrities, journalists, civil liberties figures and others. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Nas paced around the vocal booth listening to the playback, holding his hands together in front of himself like a choirboy . \u2014 New York Times , 7 July 2021",
"Quindon Tarver, a McKinney native who appeared as a choirboy in Baz Luhrmann\u2019s Romeo + Juliet and on seasons two and seven of American Idol, has died. \u2014 Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News , 6 Apr. 2021",
"With unprecedented access to the artist, the documentary follows Lightfoot\u2019s evolution from Christian choirboy to troubled troubadour to international star and beloved Canadian icon. \u2014 Dave Brooks, Billboard , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The second choirboy died from an accidental overdose after years of drug abuse. \u2014 Hilary Whiteman, CNN , 17 Sep. 2019",
"He had been accused of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys after Sunday Mass at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Melbourne in 1996. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Almost 10 years earlier, in 1994, Van Handel had pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious behavior with a 14-year-old choirboy and gone to prison. \u2014 USA Today , 12 Nov. 2019",
"Christopher Smith\u2019s photographs are technically self-portraits, though each evokes someone else: a sullen detective, a naked gladiator, a flapper, an inmate, a sword swallower, a cowboy, a choirboy , a corpse. \u2014 Eren Orbey, The New Yorker , 18 July 2019"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-165832"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
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"first_known_use":[
"1955, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-173839"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices, and milk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pakistanis can help the country through this crisis: by giving up their chai . \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Four years later, in 2017, Khaute founded Diaspora Coffee and Chai, which would serve as a space to not only sell his coffee and chai creations, but also serve as a training program for immigrants and refugees. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"Her second favorite is Drinking Your Feelings, a functional chai blend designed to help manage stress and curb emotional eating. \u2014 Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Beyond its impressive menu, the restaurant\u2019s elegant tea service, featuring Kiran\u2019s own chai blend and scones presented with jam and clotted cream, is worth a try. \u2014 Megha Mcswain, Chron , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Sonia Chopra, our executive editor, is obsessed with this company and this particular South Asian masala chai blend. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Feb. 2022",
"This winter\u2019s specialty drink is the gingerbread chai , a rich and fortunately not-too-sweet treat ($4.75). \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Valentine\u2019s Day collection includes the return of some favourites like Rhubarb and Custard, Honey caramel and Cinnamon toast brioche truffle, alongside some new flavors for 2022: Basiltini, Blackcurrant Bellini and Caramel chai cookie dough truffle. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The chai that Gupta is teaching his daughters to make brings together fresh spices, steeped along with a strong black tea. \u2014 Amanda Sealy, CNN , 8 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Turkish \u00e7ay & Russian, Persian, Hindi, & Urdu chay tea"
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"first_known_use":[
"1974, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-174338"
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"Chicago acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a crystalline acid NH 2 C 10 H 4 (OH)(SO 3 H) 2 used as an intermediate in making azo dyes; 8-amino-1-naphtol-5,7-disulfonic acid"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-182321"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an instrument for the precise measurement of small time intervals (as by means of a falling rod, released pendulum, or an electronic device)"
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"chron- + -scope"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-193348"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"definitions":[
": a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation",
": narrative sense 1",
": to present a record of in or as if in a chronicle",
": an account of events in the order that they happened : history",
": to record in the order of occurrence"
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"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ni-k\u0259l",
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ni-k\u0259l"
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"account",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
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"record",
"report",
"story"
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"chart",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
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"examples":[
"Noun",
"a chronicle of the American Civil War",
"a chronicle of the President's years in office",
"Verb",
"The book chronicles the events that led to the American Civil War.",
"She intends to chronicle the broad social changes that have occurred in this part of the country.",
"a magazine that chronicles the lives of the rich and famous",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Interspersed into this chronicle are third-person flash-forwards to Mila\u2019s tour of the United States. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That said, this relentless chronicle of authoritarianism emboldened and empowered offers a painful and valuable reminder that democracy is fragile, never to be taken for granted and always in need of committed defense. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Court records chronicle allegations of domestic abuse and warnings from the children\u2019s mother that David Mora was violent. \u2014 Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"It was noted even in that chronicle of the rich and famous, Vanity Fair. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Charles Finch is the author of What Just Happened, a chronicle of 2020, available from Knopf. \u2014 Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"It has been described as a vivid and powerful chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. \u2014 Joan Rusek, cleveland , 14 Mar. 2022",
"What started as a deliberate, thoughtful meditation about wellness ended as an inadvertent chronicle of a friendship gone terribly awry. \u2014 Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The latter, as a chronicle of events rather than a deeper analysis of underlying forces\u2014class struggle, say, or industrialization. \u2014 Melik Kaylan, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The company has two new music documentaries that chronicle the worlds of soft rock and 80s hair metal that will debut later this year on Paramount+. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"Elvis is set to chronicle Presley\u2019s rise to fame and his relationship with manager Col. Tom Parker (portrayed by Hanks). \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"Moving forward, The Baltimore Sun continues to chronicle the city\u2019s joys and its sorrows and events both large and small \u2014 on newsprint but also through phones and computer screens across Maryland and beyond. \u2014 Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"In recent years, tribal historians and researchers have tried to chronicle the number of Native American students who died and where they are buried. \u2014 Dan Frosch, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Originally, Essential Labor was meant to chronicle the history of caregiving in the United States. \u2014 Jennifer Chen, SELF , 10 May 2022",
"Behind the Scenes: A documentary goes inside the Met to chronicle one of the most challenging years of its history. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Like any successful rapper, though, Fivio is using hip-hop not just to chronicle his surroundings but also to change them. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"On a windy and warm spring afternoon, Donald Parham Jr. sat alone with a visitor sent to chronicle his comeback. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Noun",
"Middle English cronycle, borrowed from Anglo-French cronike, cronicle ( -le perhaps by assimilation to words with the suffix -icle, as article article entry 1 ), borrowed from Latin chronica \"book of annals,\" borrowed from Greek ( t\u00e0 ) chronik\u00e1, ( hai ) chronika\u00ed, from plural of chronik\u00f3s \"of time, temporal, in order by time\" (with a noun such as bibl\u00eda \"books\" or grapha\u00ed \"writings\" understood) \u2014 more at chronic",
"Verb",
"Middle English cronyclen, verbal derivative of cronycle chronicle entry 1"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mineral Pb 2 Bi 6 S 11 consisting of a lead bismuth sulfide in lead-gray foliated masses"
],
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"German chiviatit , from Chiviato , Peru, its locality + German -it -ite"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-213643"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a people constituting a major subdivision of the Concho",
": a member of the Chizo people"
],
"pronounciation":[
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"-s\u014d"
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a cannon at the bow or stern of an armed ship used in pursuit"
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to burn to charcoal or coke : char",
": charred wood or coal : charcoal , coke , cinder"
],
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"\u02c8ch\u00e4rk",
"\""
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"Transitive verb",
"back-formation from obsolete chark-coal , alteration of charcoal"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-000632"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": buttermilk"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several direct blue dyes"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-005202"
},
"chronologist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an expert in chronology"
],
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"chronology + -ist entry 1 , after French chronologiste or New Latin chronologista"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-010710"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a life protected as if by magic charms : a life unusually unaffected by dangers and difficulties"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-011309"
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"type":[
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"definitions":[
"check"
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"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a vibrant or whirring noise like that made by some insects (such as the cockchafer) or some birds (such as the partridge)"
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"\u02c8ch\u0259r"
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"1555, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
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"\u2014 see puvis de chavannes"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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": to select freely and after consideration",
": to decide on especially by vote : elect",
": to have a preference for",
": decide",
": to make a selection",
": to take an alternative",
": a piece of personal property : thing",
": a piece of personal property",
": a right to something (as payment of a debt or damages for injury) that can be recovered in a lawsuit",
": a document (as a check or stock certificate) embodying such a right",
": something that is in one's actual possession or can be possessed"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8sh\u014dz",
"\u02c8sh\u014dz"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"French, from Latin causa cause, reason"
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"Noun",
"1670, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-024819"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ot\u00ed",
": an Indian people of Mato Grosso state, Brazil",
": a member of such people",
": a Gesan people of Goiaz state, Brazil",
": a member of such people"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259\u02c8vant\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Portuguese, of American Indian origin"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-030452"
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"Chimaeroidei":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Chimaeroidei taxonomic synonym of chimaerae"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u012bm\u0259\u02c8r\u022fid\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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"New Latin, from Chimaera + -oidei"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-041655"
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"chase down":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
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"definitions":[
": to follow and catch (someone or something)",
": to search for and find (someone or something)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-055630"
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"chipping chisel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": cold chisel"
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"from present participle of chip entry 2"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-074550"
},
"chota":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": little"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u014dt\u0259",
"-\u014d(\u02cc)t\u00e4"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"Hindi cho\u1e6d\u0101"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-084939"
},
"Chimakuan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an American Indian language family of northwestern Washington comprising Chemakum and Quileute"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6chim\u0259\u00a6k\u00fc\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"from Chimaku m chemakum + -an entry 1"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-093157"
},
"chahi":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chahi variant of shahi"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-122031"
},
"changemaker":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a device that mechanically supplies change in coins of desired denominations upon the operation of the proper levers or keys"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"change entry 2 (money) + maker"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-124750"
},
"chicken mushroom":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chicken of the woods"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"1928, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-153323"
},
"christened":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": baptize sense 1",
": to name at baptism",
": to name or dedicate (something, such as a ship) by a ceremony that often involves breaking a bottle of champagne",
": name sense 1",
": to use for the first time",
": baptize sense 1",
": to name at baptism",
": name entry 2 sense 1",
": to name or dedicate (as a ship) in a ceremony"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kri-s\u1d4an",
"\u02c8kri-s\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"entitle",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
],
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"examples":[
"He was christened when he was three months old.",
"They christened the baby Anna.",
"The politician was chosen to christen a new ship.",
"The newspaper has christened her as the reigning Queen of Tennis.",
"They christened the new ball park with a win.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emerald Cruises christens first super yacht this month Later this month, Emerald Cruises will christen its new, 100-passenger superyacht in Venice with godmother Sarah Wikevand, managing director of ROL Cruise in the United Kingdom. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Some have even gone so far as to christen the city the new (old) art capital of Europe. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"That\u2019s what the Hollywood characters who go on the safari christen themselves before leaving California for the Serengeti. \u2014 Denise Davidsonwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"About six months from now, Carr will be among the first Longhorns to christen the Moody Center, the glamorous new $388 million on-campus arena. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 6 May 2022",
"Many of us christen the items\u2014cars, wheelchairs, sewing machines, insulin pumps, vibrators\u2014that fill meaningful roles in our lives, enabling freedom, creativity, health, or pleasure. \u2014 Kathryn Hymes, The Atlantic , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Shortly after SoFi Stadium was to open its doors for the first time in summer 2020, Real Madrid was scheduled to play Barcelona in a soccer game to help christen the $5-billion venue. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Santos will officially christen the ship on May 2 in Monte Carlo. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"In full Shure Shot form, the duo will christen the release of their beer with a release party. \u2014 al , 12 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English cristnen , from Old English cristnian , from cristen Christian, from Latin christianus"
],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-182647"
},
"choultry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": inn , caravansary",
": a pillared hall or colonnade of a temple"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chau\u0307l\u2027tr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification of Tamil-Malayalam c\u0101va\u1e6di"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-185611"
},
"chupatti":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chupatti variant of chapati"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8p\u00e4t\u0113",
"-pa-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-221833"
},
"Chavin":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a Peruvian culture of the 1st to the 6th centuries a.d. characterized by a platform type of stone building with masonry in alternating thick and thin courses, sculpture of human, animal, and monster heads in the round and outlines on slabs, and monochrome pottery decorated in relief or by incision with feline or geometric designs"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8v\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Chav\u00edn or Chav\u00edn de Huantar, town in central Peru, its type station"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-232552"
},
"Chicago Heights":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city south of Chicago in northeastern Illinois population 30,276"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022125"
},
"chopping block":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wooden block on which material (such as meat, wood, or vegetables) is cut, split, or diced",
": a situation in which someone or something is threatened with elimination"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The numbers are dwindling, and everyone's on the chopping block now. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 16 June 2022",
"Here's a look at the new tools in action: Unwanted echo is first on the chopping block . \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 13 June 2022",
"According to News 4 Jax, the veto was among a number of items on the chopping block to fight against a potential recession. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 3 June 2022",
"The Auditor\u2019s job is fifth in the order of succession to the governor, but the position has been on the chopping block in recent years. \u2014 al , 20 May 2022",
"David Zaslav reportedly wants major changes to the studio\u2019s handling of DC Comics properties, including putting a lot of projects on the chopping block and insisting all DC films be theatrical releases. \u2014 Mark Hughes, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Fried said all of our rights are on the chopping block if Roe v. Wade is overturned. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"That means some pay-only platforms will be on the chopping block . \u2014 Rajeev Goel, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"Tori was frankly grateful for anybody other than herself to be on the chopping block . \u2014 al , 27 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-022215"
},
"chirrup":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chirp"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259r-\u0259p",
"\u02c8chir-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"imitative"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1722, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180158"
},
"childhood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the state or period of being a child",
": the early period in the development of something",
": the period of life between infancy and youth",
": the state or period of being a child"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012b(-\u0259)ld-\u02cchu\u0307d",
"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02cchu\u0307d",
"\u02c8ch\u012bld-\u02cchu\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonage",
"springtime",
"youth"
],
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"adulthood"
],
"examples":[
"diseases that can occur in childhood",
"Both men had unhappy childhoods .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Del Vecchio rose from a childhood in an orphanage to amass a fortune of tens of billions of euros in one of the most famous rags-to-riches stories in Italy\u2019s post-war economic recovery. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Norman, who was raised in La Habra as the youngest of nine, recalled an early childhood of playing outdoor games and tussling with his siblings. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The proof is in these stories, as Mantel explores different facets of a semi-outcast childhood in her striking and starkly beautiful prose. \u2014 Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Caleb Swanigan, who overcame a childhood dotted by homelessness in Salt Lake City to become a first-round NBA draft pick, died Monday night. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"Melissa and Jenna renovate the bedroom and en-suite bath of a newlywed who lived through a challenging childhood and is now the director of a nonprofit for families in need. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"The family member that had the breakdown went through a childhood that few of us would have survived intact. \u2014 cleveland , 18 June 2022",
"The lawyers described Maxwell as the victim of a grim childhood who met Epstein at a time when her life was in shambles. \u2014 Rich Schapiro, NBC News , 17 June 2022",
"Starting with a volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, the fictional spin follows Monroe through her rise to stardom and in and out of her romantic entanglements. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-180436"
},
"Choukoutien":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a middle Pleistocene culture of China characterized by rude chopper tools produced from cores or large flakes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6j\u014d\u02cck\u014d\u2027\u00a6tyen"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Choukoutien , town near Peking, China, its type station"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183134"
},
"chicken-and-egg":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or being a cause-and-effect dilemma"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-k\u1d4an-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8eg",
"-\u02c8\u0101g"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from the proverbial question \"which came first, the chicken or the egg?\""
],
"first_known_use":[
"1857, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-184654"
},
"chkalovite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mineral Na 2 BeSi 2 O 6 that consists of a rare silicate of sodium and beryllium"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4l\u0259\u02ccv\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Russian chkalovit , from Chkalov , city of Chkalov region, U.S.S.R. + Russian -it -ite"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190121"
},
"chauve-souris":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": bat entry 3 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsh\u014dvs\u00fc\u02c8r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, from Old French chauve soriz , from Medieval Latin calva sorex , from Latin calva bald (feminine of calvus ) + sorex shrew"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192522"
},
"churly":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": churlish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0113",
"-li"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"churl + -y"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192622"
},
"choir loft":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a gallery occupied by a church choir"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Maxine was in the church's choir loft when the bomb exploded. \u2014 Devon M. Sayers, CNN , 3 Jan. 2022",
"And in this season of the pandemic, when masks are mandatory and fear floats invisibly in the air, there is something else informing the sounds coming from Clark\u2019s choir loft . \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Dec. 2021",
"The four-story unit, located in the 22nd Street Condos, a 12-unit redevelopment, is nestled into the former choir loft of the 1902 church. \u2014 Meg St-esprit, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2021",
"In the choir loft , Kwasniewski, Bauer and others were chanting Gregorian melodies, projecting a warbly sound that echoed as if the church were a stone cave. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Rice alleges Bodziak abused her at St. Leo's Church in Altoona, including attacks in the choir loft , a car and a cemetery. \u2014 Mark Scolforo, Star Tribune , 21 July 2021",
"Their small coffins were placed side by side in the crossing under the choir loft in the Princeton University Chapel. \u2014 John Mcphee, The New Yorker , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Now, a whole bank of cameras sits atop the choir loft . \u2014 Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic , 2 Apr. 2021",
"Gordon Granley walks into church with a mask, but then sits in the choir loft , alone, and often removes it. \u2014 Ian Lovett, WSJ , 30 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1929, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-192646"
},
"churn out":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to produce mechanically or copiously : grind out"
],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1876, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-193853"
},
"chivey":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": menominee whitefish"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8shiv\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"probably from Natick chippe , literally, it is separated or dead; from its use as manure by the Indians"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200157"
},
"chuck line":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ranch houses visited for free meals"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chuck entry 5 (food)"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-201714"
},
"change one's ways":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to improve one's behavior, habits, or beliefs"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202329"
},
"chubbily":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in the manner of one that is chubby"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259-b\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1909, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203658"
},
"chicanismo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": strong ethnic pride exhibited by Chicanos"
],
"pronounciation":[
"chi\u00a6k\u00e4\u00a6niz(\u02cc)m\u014d",
"shi-",
"-k\u0227-",
"-is(-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Mexican Spanish, from chicano + Spanish -ismo -ism"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210616"
},
"chopped liver":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that is insignificant or not worth considering"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\u201cWow, she's gorgeous!\u201d \u201cAnd what am I\u2026 chopped liver ?\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But my mother\u2019s cooking went well beyond the chopped liver , stuffed cabbage, kasha varnishkes and chicken soup of her Eastern European background, both in attention to detail and imagination. \u2014 New York Times , 2 May 2022",
"Of interest: All-day breakfast and lunch: whitefish salad, chopped liver , hot dogs with deli mustard and sauerkraut. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"He was covered in cold cuts and chopped liver and stuff like that. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Choose from multicourse feasts starring roast brisket ($118, serves four) or chicken ($90, serves four), or order a few basics a la carte, such as challah ($10), chopped liver ($10) and latkes by the half dozen ($22). \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Frankly, Glory was one of my favorite books in the last decade, but that doesn't make this one chopped liver . \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"The blintzes and knishes are delicately sized, and while matzah ball soup is on the menu, chopped liver and mushroom barley soup are not. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 27 May 2021",
"This chopped liver is best served shortly after it\u2019s made. \u2014 Gabriella Gershenson, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Sides of matzo, matzo kugel, matzo balls, chicken broth, meatballs, chopped liver , carrots and dessert complete the meal. \u2014 Holly Baumbach, chicagotribune.com , 25 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1947, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-210856"
},
"chronicle drama":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chronicle play",
": chronicle plays"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085800"
},
"challenged":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": presented with difficulties (as by a disability)",
": having a disability or deficiency",
": having a physical or mental disability or impairment"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8cha-l\u0259njd"
],
"synonyms":[
"differently abled",
"disabled",
"exceptional",
"impaired"
],
"antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"abled",
"nondisabled",
"unimpaired"
],
"examples":[
"all parts of the sports complex are fully accessible to the physically challenged",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The challenged law placed a $250,000 cap on the repayment of personal loans from candidates to campaigns using money from postelection donations. \u2014 New York Times , 16 May 2022",
"Workers fare well when management communicates praise and encouragement, is clear about workplace expectations and provides tools employees need to feel valued, challenged and successful. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"If interest rates on students loans are unfairly high they could be lowered or in the meantime, monthly payments could be cut in half or terms extended for challenged students. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The challenged law, called Senate Bill 8, has been in force since the beginning of September and effectively bars abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. \u2014 Adam Liptak, New York Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Meanwhile, evolution is happening, the world is rapidly changing and there are plenty of competitors who can make your employees and clients feel more challenged and fulfilled. \u2014 Csaba Toth, Forbes , 29 Oct. 2021",
"According to the American Library Association, Scary Stories were the most challenged books of the 1990s. \u2014 Leo Deluca, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Oct. 2021",
"But the latest quarter shows that Amazon's top line was a bit challenged . \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, USA TODAY , 30 July 2021",
"The larger battle in the case was not whether the particular challenged restrictions should survive. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2021"
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"adjective"
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": chapped"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are a couple of dresses that are heavily inspired by spring-summer \u201997 \u2014 the bandage dresses with the silk charmeuse drape. \u2014 Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Rather than wear black tie, Vera was wearing my design: a charmeuse slip\u2014a little nothing of a dress\u2014with a mohair sweater tied around her waist and a down jacket. \u2014 Vogue , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Irina Grechko wearing the Cuyana charmeuse cami and pant. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The super soft pajama set is made of 100% anti-microbial recycled charmeuse that is super soft. \u2014 Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Color-blocking and charmeuse patterns are heavily prominent as well as asymmetrical and deconstructed designs to complete the collection\u2019s relaxed yet tailored aesthetic. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Handcrafted from a soft polyester charmeuse material, the floor-length robe has a luxurious flowing drape that's perfect for lounging on special occasions or layering for everyday wear. \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 6 July 2021",
"Featuring a wrap waist with an adjustable tie and lightweight charmeuse fabric, this skirt is great as a coverup over a swimsuit or as a skirt paired with a solid-colored tank. \u2014 Jenna Sims, Southern Living , 10 June 2021",
"Serena\u2019s baby news (and her ivory silk charmeuse maternity set, a real find in a prison for war criminals) warms her up, reminds Rita of their bond over baby Nichole, and hearkens back to that chat in the Waterford kitchen. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, Vulture , 5 May 2021"
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"noun"
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"Hindi capr\u0101s\u012b, cap\u1e5b\u0101s\u012b , from capr\u0101s, cap\u1e5b\u0101s badge"
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"the Chicago metropolitan area"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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": either of two Old World birds ( Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax and P. graculus ) that are related to the crows and have red legs and glossy blue-black plumage"
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"phrasal verb"
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"verb"
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": nibble , gnaw"
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"noun"
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"adjective"
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": employing charms : concerned with magic"
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"plural noun"
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"New Latin, from Chrysotrich-, Chrysothrix, + -ales"
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"noun"
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"\u02cckr\u00e4n-\u1d4al-\u02cc\u00e4j-i-k\u0259l-, \u02cckr\u014dn-"
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"phrasal verb"
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": to force (someone) to leave"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-163548"
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": to dispute especially as being unjust, invalid, or outmoded : impugn",
": to confront or defy boldly : dare",
": to call out to duel or combat",
": to invite into competition",
": to question formally the legality or legal qualifications of",
": to arouse or stimulate especially by presenting with difficulties",
": to order to halt and prove identity",
": to demand as due or deserved : require",
": to administer a physiological (see physiological sense 2 ) and especially an immunologic challenge to (an organism or cell)",
": to make or present a challenge",
": to take legal exception",
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": a calling to account or into question : protest",
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": a questioning of the right or validity of a vote or voter",
": a sentry's command to halt and prove identity",
": an invitation to compete in a sport",
": a summons (see summons entry 1 sense 2 ) that is often threatening, provocative, stimulating, or inciting",
": a summons to a duel to answer an affront",
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": a test of immunity by exposure to an antigen",
": to object to as bad or incorrect : dispute",
": to confront or defy boldly",
": to invite or dare to take part in a contest",
": to be difficult enough to be interesting to : test the skill or ability of",
": to halt and demand identification from",
": an objection to something as not being true, genuine, correct, or proper or to a person (as a juror) as not being correct, qualified, or approved",
": a call or dare for someone to compete in a contest or sport",
": a difficult task or problem",
": an order to stop and provide identification",
": to administer a physiological and especially an immunologic challenge to (an organism or cell)",
": the process of provoking or testing physiological activity by exposure to a specific substance",
": a test of immunity by exposure to an antigen after immunization against it",
": to dispute especially as being invalid or unjust",
": to question formally (as by a suit or motion) the legality or legal qualifications of",
": to make a challenge to (a trier of fact)",
"\u2014 compare recuse",
": a calling into question",
": a questioning of validity or legality : objection",
"\u2014 see also batson challenge",
": a request to disqualify a trier of fact (as a jury member or judge) \u2014 compare recusal , strike",
": a challenge especially of a prospective juror based on a specific and stated cause or reason",
": a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process",
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"\u02c8cha-l\u0259nj",
"\u02c8cha-l\u0259nj",
"\u02c8chal-\u0259nj"
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"dispute",
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"query",
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"demurral",
"demurrer",
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"protest",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is the hybrid racer that will challenge the World Endurance Championship next year\u2014a series that includes Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring\u2014in the hands of the new Porsche Penske Motorsport team. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
"This includes making space for individuals of all abilities and backgrounds but also celebrating those who challenge the status quo. \u2014 Christina Brun Petersen, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"One is anxious to leave the company she's diligently contributed five years of her life to, while another is exhausted from the forces that challenge their mental peace: fatphobia, housing instability, colorism. \u2014 Alisha Acquaye, Allure , 12 June 2022",
"Life is full of lessons that will challenge you all along the way. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 7 June 2022",
"Victims on foot or on a bicycle are often in no condition to provide statements about what happened, and evidence that might challenge drivers\u2019 accounts goes uncollected. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
"Over Zoom hearings, a judge, Jeffrey Conen, threw out Sandoval's case saying Sandoval had missed a deadline to identify an expert who would challenge Alsamarraie's work as anything but acceptable within the standard of care. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 May 2022",
"With his prodigious gifts, Jackman deserves a production that will challenge rather than indulge him. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Begich had filed to challenge Young, who represented the entire state for 49 years in the House, before his death. \u2014 Bridget Bowman, NBC News , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the United States opens its eyes more toward EVs, battery efficiency and consumption is going to be its greatest challenge . \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"And then came her other biggest challenge : Keeping the secret, which, due to the pandemic, caused the show to delay broadcasting (it was filmed prior to the pandemic). \u2014 Jeanne Muchnick, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"The court case marked the latest challenge to the high-profile proposal. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"The biggest challenge to finishing in the top three is having fresh legs after running two prelims and the final over a five-day span. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 22 June 2022",
"Their deliverance \u2014 a joyous disco-drag cotillion of sorts \u2014 is twofold: a challenge to the expectations of tragedy inside the play and a hopeful take on intolerance about gender expression, vulnerability and sexuality outside of it. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"As did the project of securing access to that ballot box itself\u2014not a new challenge to those gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court. \u2014 Nathan Heller, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Presley's jumpsuit wasn't his first challenge to the dominant fashion norms of the time, although his career started in the conservative mid-1950s. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
"Under the consent order agreement, which was announced earlier this month, the city pledged to repay the Maryland Environmental Service for its emergency repair work at the facility and drop its legal challenge against the agency\u2019s intervention. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022"
],
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"Verb and Noun",
"Middle English chalengen to accuse, from Anglo-French chalenger , from Latin calumniari to accuse falsely, from calumnia calumny"
],
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],
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a plate on which a chuck is fastened and which is arranged for attaching to a lathe spindle (as by a screw thread)",
": a lathe faceplate"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"chuck entry 5"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165650"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by other symptoms (such as headache and tender lymph nodes) unrelated to any preexisting medical condition",
": a disorder of uncertain cause that is characterized by persistent profound fatigue usually accompanied by impairment in short-term memory or concentration, sore throat, tender lymph nodes, muscle or joint pain, and headache unrelated to any preexisting medical condition and that typically has an onset at about 30 years of age"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cokley added that for many patients, long COVID mirrors the symptoms that people have experienced with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"There is also significant overlap with long Covid and chronic symptoms like myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), an illness that has historically been misunderstood and dismissed by medical experts. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Another suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome . \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The challenges are similar to those faced for years by people claiming disabilities based on chronic fatigue syndrome . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Researchers have struggled for years to understand post-viral diseases like myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome and dysautonomia, a disorder of the autonomous nervous system. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Even before Covid, researchers were working to advance the idea that infection can trigger many kinds of chronic illnesses, including autoimmune disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome , or even chronic Lyme disease. \u2014 Jessica Dulong, CNN , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Six months after testing positive for covid, Nichols was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome , also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME/CFS, which affects more than 1 million Americans and causes many of the same symptoms as covid. \u2014 Liz Szabo, CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Eventually, however, experts took Epstein-Barr out of the name and gave it the more general term of chronic fatigue syndrome , because EBV does not seem to be the sole cause of such symptoms. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1947, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-173149"
},
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"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":[
"Camille 1885\u20131963 French lawyer and politician; premier (1930; 1933\u201334; 1937\u201338)"
],
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"sh\u014d-\u02c8t\u00e4\u207f"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-175034"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": people who talk and write a lot about current political and social matters regarded collectively especially as constituting an elitist class whose comments deserve to be dismissed or ignored"
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"first_known_use":[
"1900, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180052"
},
"Chicago pool":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": rotation pool in which at the start of play the object balls are placed around the table at the diamonds in numerical order"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-182801"
},
"child-centered":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": designed to develop the individual and social qualities of a student rather than provide a generalized information or training by way of prescribed subject matter"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-184314"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a small mackerel ( Pneumatophorus japonicus synonym Scomber japonicus ) of the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific oceans that has a well-developed swim bladder"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-185233"
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"chairperson":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or event",
": the administrative officer of a department of instruction (as in a college)",
": chair sense 2"
],
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"\u02c8cher-\u02ccp\u0259r-s\u1d4an",
"\u02c8cher-\u02ccp\u0259r-s\u1d4an"
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"chair",
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"president",
"presider",
"prolocutor",
"speaker"
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"examples":[
"A new chairperson for the committee has not yet been appointed.",
"the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, campaign records show Jones\u2019 wife, Saprina Jones, resigned as chairperson of the Jones for Mayor committee less than two weeks ago, as did the committee\u2019s treasurer, Daniella Drummond. \u2014 Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Lowe is the chairperson of the Wauwatosa Equity and Inclusion Commission. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Dorene Ingalls, the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan chairperson of the Miss Basketball award, went to great lengths the ensure that the state\u2019s best players were represented on the ballot. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Van Arman, who first joined Merlin\u2019s Board in 2015, will step into the role of chairperson . \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The state representative is a Democrat representing parts of eight cities in north-central Broward from Fort Lauderdale to Deerfield Beach is also vice chairperson as the Broward Legislative Delegation. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
"During the groundbreaking ceremony USF\u2019s board of trustees chairperson , Will Weatherford, proclaimed that such a venue will be built. \u2014 Tom Layberger, Forbes , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Michels announced his change in views on the commission hours before it was set to choose a new chairperson . \u2014 Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"Ford will stay in his advisory role through the summer while the CFDA votes for a new chairperson . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there\u2019s no way to know who determined the imagery, conquered artist or conquering European churchman . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano\u2019s work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston\u2019s highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 William J. Kole, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano's work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston's highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The abuse that came to light as a result of Saviano's work prompted Cardinal Law, Boston's highest-ranking churchman , to step down. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Nov. 2021",
"The first was that the canticle contains an encomium of Saint Dominic, who in Merwin\u2019s eyes was the most villainous churchman of the Middle Ages. \u2014 Robert Pogue Harrison, The New York Review of Books , 17 Aug. 2017",
"His trial will be the first of a churchman with his rank in Vatican City\u2019s criminal court. \u2014 Francis X. Rocca, WSJ , 3 July 2021",
"Discouraging public worship, warned Metropolitan Longin, a senior churchman in Saratov, a region in southwestern Russia, only revived painful memories of Soviet-era repression. \u2014 Andrew Higgins, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
"Between the protesters, the churchmen , and the legislature, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has been under unceasing attack from people who cannot abide the thought that the moral tradition of some religious group does not affirm a particular set of behaviors. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 20 Apr. 2020"
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"the sculptor labored for 15 years on his chef d'oeuvre"
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"what seems like a huge amount of money to most people is only chump change to a billionaire",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's chump change for Apple... and Amazon... and Google. \u2014 Samuel Axon And Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"That\u2019s all chump change compared with LIV Golf, the pro golf tour making its debut Thursday in London with a field featuring Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. \u2014 Brett Knight, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Employers are in a panic because average hourly wages rose 4.7 percent in 2021, but that\u2019s chump change compared to the 19.6 percent rise in the value of a typical house. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The team\u2019s owners, Terry and Kim Pegula, will put in only $335 million, chump change for a couple with a net worth north of $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 23 Apr. 2022",
"That's chump change for a company with over $200 billion of cash and securities on hand. \u2014 Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Over the course of his service on the board, Coca-Cola has paid him a total of $2.3 million dollars, according to S&P Global\u2014which is, to be fair, chump change for someone whose 2020 CEO pay package was valued at $154 million. \u2014 Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune , 10 Dec. 2021",
"But Walmart, long seen as the crown jewel to bringing crypto financial services into the mainstream, is another step up, even if the 200-kiosk pilot is chump change for a company with 4,700 stores. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Their $8000 surcharge comes with the territory and makes the $800 fee to change the calipers from yellow to black feel like chump change . \u2014 Car and Driver , 25 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Encouraged by her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez), Ruby applies to a prestigious music school, only to be torn between the obligations of family and pursuing her own dreams. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Also set for this year\u2019s ceremony is the Samples, a vocal group led by Kanye\u2019s Sunday Service choirmaster Jason White. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 18 Mar. 2022",
"And just when the song is shepherding you softly to sleep, choirmaster Kirk Franklin brings the gospel choir in and kicks things up a notch. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 5 Nov. 2021",
"When Edith Ho heard that the organist and choirmaster position was open at Boston\u2019s Church of the Advent, her initial response was to send others to apply. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The choirmaster , Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez), or Mr. V. to his students, is unorthodox in his methods but, despite her running out of class the first day because of stage fright, knows there is something special about Ruby and her voice. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The choirmaster , Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez), or Mr. V. to his students, is unorthodox in his methods but, despite her running out of class the first day because of stage fright, knows there is something special about Ruby and her voice. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
"The writer is choirmaster at the House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, and artistic director of the Singers. \u2014 Star Tribune , 30 Jan. 2021",
"The choirmaster looked up and motioned the boys to sing more softly. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com , 25 Dec. 2020"
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"transitive verb"
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": an act of deliberate roughness against a defenseless opponent especially in a contact sport",
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"He took a cheap shot at the quarterback.",
"a cheap shot to the back of the head",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Three hundred and one days after Claude Lemieux\u2019s cheap shot on Kris Draper, the Wings punched back. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 26 June 2022",
"Mac, of course, was Darren McCarty, who on March 26 at The Joe pummeled Claude Lemieux for his cheap shot on Draper in the 1996 conference finals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 13 May 2022",
"Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Which brings me to McCaskey\u2019s cheap shot at Olin Kreutz. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 10 Jan. 2022",
"That\u2019s a cheap shot by Finebaum, given Browns fans had a close-up look at the Manziel calamity in Cleveland. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 9 Jan. 2022",
"As for Garoppolo, likening him to Wally Pipp isn\u2019t a cheap shot . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Che takes a crack at Biden's stutter \u2014 a cheap shot . \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 3 Oct. 2021",
"People in Tampa Bay may not like to hear this, thinking it\u2019s a cheap shot on their fine dining by some trendy South Floridian. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 15 May 2021"
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": a person and especially a man who serves as chairperson",
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"Noun",
"the chairman of the airline company",
"the chairman called the meeting to order",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In November last year, Berkshire vice chairman and Warren Buffett's right-hand man Charlie Munger praised China president Xi Jinping for banning bitcoin. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"The car, chassis No. 133032, was completed in May of 2003 for German-Swiss billionaire Luitpold von Finck, chairman of the M\u00f6venpick hospitality group. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 24 June 2022",
"Oliver Dowden, chairman of the ruling Conservative Party and early backer of Johnson, resigned from his post Friday following his party\u2019s crushing defeats in two special parliamentary elections. \u2014 Karla Adam, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"David Shafer, a Trump elector and chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, received a subpoena Wednesday from federal prosecutors seeking documents and communications related to the Trump electors, according to a person familiar with the matter. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"In 2001, Jones said she was made the chairman of the restoration committee for the church to try to raise money for repairs. \u2014 Tatyana Turner, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Senator Rick Scott, a Florida Republican and the National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman , declined to comment through a spokesman. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"Keith won the Republican primary runoff, according to Bill Coleman, chairman of the county Election Commission. \u2014 Monica Brich, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"Among those who have received subpoenas, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation, was Georgia Republican Party chairman David Shafer. \u2014 Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Emmerich was promoted to chairman the following year. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The tax code gives the Ways and Means chairman the ability to request any tax returns from the Treasury Department and says that the Treasury secretary shall provide those returns. \u2014 Richard Rubin, WSJ , 15 Dec. 2021",
"With board of trustees chairman J. David Grissom preferring to wield his influence off-camera, U of L fans are looking to you for leadership. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 7 Apr. 2018",
"The new procedure appears to reflect the desire of board of trustees chairman J. David Grissom and interim President Greg Postel to consolidate power. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 27 Mar. 2018",
"Interim university President Postel is handling the interviewing process, with input from board of trustees chairman J. David Grissom. \u2014 Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal , 3 Oct. 2017",
"Board of trustees chairman J. David Grissom said the board was unanimous in its support of Postel suspending Jurich and Pitino, though it was later revealed Grissom's one-on-one polling may have violated state law. \u2014 Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": chirpy"
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"noun"
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": the loud crowing sound made by an infant or child with spasmodic croup"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a wild cherry ( Prunus virginiana ) of the U.S. and Canada having bitter or astringent red to black edible fruit",
": this fruit",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ingredient list includes wild chokecherry and organic aloe vera to provide healing protection to the skin. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Digesting of chokecherry seeds, leaves, twigs, and bark by enzymes in the stomach releases cyanide. \u2014 Star Tribune , 29 July 2021",
"Instead, Wahpepah said she\u2019s become known for her Indiginous teas, such as wild plum- chokecherry , hibiscus and elderberry sweetened with maple. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 Oct. 2021",
"To get the fall color of burning bush without the ecological destruction, go with chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) instead. \u2014 Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens , 20 Oct. 2021",
"But with a group of our size, bears could hear us from miles away, and there was no chance of surprising a grizzly in the midst of a chokecherry feast. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Also known as a chokecherry or Mayday tree, this is an invasive species that harms native wildlife and local vegetation. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Most parts of the chokecherry shrub are toxic to humans and livestock. \u2014 Star Tribune , 29 July 2021",
"This time, it\u2019s Roy Corral\u2019s image of a single yellow aspen leaf among purple chokecherry leaves. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2021"
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"1784, in the meaning defined above"
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"plural noun"
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": leather leggings joined by a belt or lacing, often having flared outer flaps, and worn over the trousers (as by western ranch hands)",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Drag kings, mostly (this was ladies\u2019 night) who would dress in fedoras or leather chaps and lip-sync to James Brown or Justin Timberlake. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"Aguilera, 41, and her backing dancers showed up in red, with the vocalist donning a tight corset and leather chaps . \u2014 Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com , 12 June 2022",
"Ezekiel Mitchell is unmistakable in his signature all-blue leather vest and chaps . \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 19 May 2022",
"But perhaps the best fashion statement our photographer Lili Kobielski captured was a pair of fringed leather chaps worn by a rider. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"While typically nude, this large, laughing figure is wearing what appears to be leather riding chaps , complete with a belt but with no undergarments whatsoever. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"To be specific, these morbid chaps are arguing the relative merits of two rival hangmen, one of whom, Harry (the formidable David Threlfall), happens to own the pub. \u2014 Marilyn Stasio, Variety , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Some of this is achieved when Joyce walks into the office for the first time to see a woman wearing nothing but chaps . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Why, yes, those are red suede chaps to match the red suede vest. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 25 Feb. 2022"
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"modification of Mexican Spanish chaparreras"
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"1844, in the meaning defined above"
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"noun"
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": the state or the quality of being Christian"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mineral consisting of a fibrous silky variety of serpentine and constituting a common form and principal source of asbestos"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed to ban chrysotile asbestos, the most common form of the toxic mineral still used in the United States. \u2014 Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Most consumer products that historically contained chrysotile asbestos have been discontinued. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Blue water now fills the Jeffrey Mine, where workers mined tons of chrysotile asbestos, providing crucial material for fire insulation, including equipment for soldiers of two world wars. \u2014 Marie Fazio New York Times, Star Tribune , 21 Oct. 2020",
"The town was built up around the massive Jeffrey Mine, once the largest opencast chrysotile asbestos mine in the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Diamond mines aren\u2019t the only places where such studies are underway; another is the Woodsreef chrysotile mine in New South Wales in Australia. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Other teams have shown that the carbonates can also trap hazardous residual asbestos fibers in chrysotile mine tailings. \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 3 Sep. 2020",
"Dorothy is awoken from her sleep in a poppy field by falling snow\u2014actually industrial-grade chrysotile , commonly known as asbestos, and highly carcinogenic. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The recall came in response to an FDA test that found low levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination in samples from a bottle purchased online, according to the company. \u2014 Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN , 29 Oct. 2019"
],
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"borrowed from German Chrysotil, from chryso- chryso- + Greek -til-, taken to mean \"fiber,\" base of t\u00edllein \"to pluck, pick,\" of uncertain origin",
"Note: Term introduced by the German mineralogist Franz von Kobell (1803-82) in \"Ueber den Spada\u00eft, eine neue Mineralspecies, und \u00fcber den Wollastonit von Capo di bove,\" Journal f\u00fcr praktische Chemie, Band 30 (1843), p. 469. Kobell cites chrys\u00f3s \"Gold\" and t\u00edlos \"Faser\" (\"fiber\") as sources, but a noun t\u00edlos only exists in ancient Greek as a plural t\u00edloi \"the fine hair of the eyebrows.\""
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"1850, in the meaning defined above"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a cup that must be competed for more than once before passing into the permanent possession of a winner"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": a feast at the end of the hay harvest"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chub sense 1"
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"\u02c8chav\u0259nd\u0259(r)"
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"Middle English chevender , irregular from cheveyne chevin"
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"choicy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": fastidious , choosy"
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"\u02c8ch\u022fis\u0113",
"-si"
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"choice entry 1 + -y"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-045715"
},
"chubasco":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a severe squall of rain and wind especially along the west coast of Central America"
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"ch\u00fc\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccsk\u014d"
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"Spanish, from Portuguese chuvasco , from chuva rain, from Latin pluvia , from pluere to rain"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-052029"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a mutton chop from the thick end of a loin"
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"chump entry 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-060517"
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"Chladni figures":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sonorous figures"
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"\u02c8kl\u00e4dn\u0113-",
"-ad-"
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"translation of German Chladnische figuren , after Ernst F. Chladni \u20201827 German physicist"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-062552"
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"Chessylite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": azurite"
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"\u02c8shes\u0259\u02ccl\u012bt"
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"Chessy , France, one of its localities + English -lite"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-064815"
},
"chef de cabinet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the chief secretary of a French minister or prefect"
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"\u00a6shefd\u0259\u02cckab\u0113\u02c8n\u0101"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, office head"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-070632"
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"chickenberry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": wintergreen sense 2a",
": partridgeberry"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071604"
},
"chronological":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time",
": reckoned in units of time",
": arranged in or according to the order of time"
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"\u02cckr\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l",
"\u02cckr\u014d-",
"\u02cckr\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"His art is displayed in roughly chronological order.",
"a chronological account of their trip",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Told out of chronological order, Appropriate Behavior is the story of a breakup and its aftermath. \u2014 Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR , 21 June 2022",
"Watching the films in the order in which they were released is exactly the same as watching the movies in chronological order. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
"Following the novels, the films have been released in a chronological order so there\u2019s no confusion there. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The artwork, which was removed during the installation of the new HVAC and humidity systems, has been rehung in chronological order. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Here, in roughly chronological order, are some dance pleasures for the coming months, mostly outside events and festivals with a mix of venues. \u2014 Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"The movie is told largely from Henry's perspective, following him in more chronological order than Clare, and then flashing back to her childhood. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 13 May 2022",
"The result of your search, in other words, is a chronological photo library. \u2014 David Gelernter, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"The tracklist will be presented in largely chronological order and feature remixes from top DJs/producers like Shep Pettibone, William Orbit, Honey Dijon, and Avicii. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 4 May 2022"
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"chonological from chronologic + -al entry 1 or from chronology + -ical ; chronologic from chronology + -ic entry 1 , probably after French chronologique or New Latin chronologicus"
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"1614, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071906"
},
"Chicano":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an American and especially a man or boy of Mexican descent",
": an American of Mexican ancestry",
": of or relating to Chicanos"
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"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"also",
"chi-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u014d"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Mexican Spanish, alteration of Spanish mexicano Mexican"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1947, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-072354"
},
"Chautauquan":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to a chautauqua or chautauquas",
": of or relating to a subdivision of the North American Devonian"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-w\u0259n"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"in sense 1, from chautauqua + -an ; in sense 2, from Chautauqua lake + English -an"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073114"
},
"chessy cat":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
": cheshire cat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ches\u0113-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073229"
},
"chase literature":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": literature in which suspense is created by a chase of one person or group by another"
],
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"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-073621"
},
"chirp":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make a chirp or a sound resembling a chirp",
": to utter (something) with a cheerful liveliness",
": to make sharply critical, complaining, or taunting remarks",
": the characteristic short sharp sound especially of a small bird or insect",
": the short high-pitched sound made by crickets and some small birds",
": to make a short high-pitched sound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259rp",
"\u02c8ch\u0259rp"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheep",
"chirrup",
"chitter",
"jargon",
"peep",
"pip",
"pipe",
"tweet",
"twitter"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"The birds were chirping in the trees.",
"We heard the crickets chirping .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That's why the people chirp at him and are so quick to write him off. \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 19 May 2022",
"The only sound came from the car radio, which pretended that nothing had happened and continued to blissfully chirp out happy holiday tunes that praised the winter wonderland weather that entrapped us. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Dec. 2021",
"Uquq especially\u2014would chirp a few notes in return, sidling up to Sivuqaq, gripping his flanks, nuzzling up against his neck. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 June 2021",
"These backdrops shimmer and swell around her voice, and bells chime distantly and birds chirp in the fuzzy gauze. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Before his grandfather became ill, Matt said Bernard attended many of his basketball games and would chirp at officials. \u2014 Jeff Vorva, chicagotribune.com , 9 Apr. 2021",
"But Bill Frederick Park offers plenty of space for visitors to become immersed in nature, listen to the birds chirp and slow down with any number of recreational activities. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Birds chirp on the recording before piano and ethereal synths provide a bed for Faithfull\u2019s recitation of the poem, which describes a woman\u2019s unparalleled grace. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 26 Feb. 2021",
"The two would chirp at each other during games, and Randall even saluted Auriemma after hitting a game-winning shot in 2000 at Gampel Pavilion. \u2014 Rhiannon Potkey, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The chirp and click of the glades\u2019 night chorus rose up to fill the void. \u2014 Rebecca Renner, Outside Online , 14 May 2020",
"Other than the recent dust-up, the sanctuary reports that Sasha likes to pose for the staff photographer and chirp at guests. \u2014 Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Birds chirp , flowers bloom, the outdoor coffee table is a solid slab of concrete. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The blue song wraps with the soft chirp of crickets. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In December 2021, Apple reduced the amount of time before the chirp alert from three days to a randomized time window of eight to 24 hours. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Whales communicate over long distances with bellowing wails, and manatees will squeak and chirp when aroused, frightened or while interacting with one another. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The Washington State defensive lineman would still make a point to chirp at him anyway. \u2014 Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times , 20 Feb. 2022",
"To capture a few minutes of a frog\u2019s chirp or a dolphin\u2019s clicks can take hours of work because of nearly constant interruptions from noise pollution. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"imitative"
],
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"Verb",
"1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-074418"
},
"chronicle play":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a play with a theme from history consisting usually of rather loosely connected episodes chronologically arranged"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1863, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-081725"
},
"chest-beating":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": chest-thumping"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ches(t)-\u02ccb\u0113-ti\u014b"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-084845"
},
"cheer (someone or something) up":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to make (someone) happier",
": to make (something) more cheerful or pleasant"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090047"
},
"Chronicles":{
"type":[
"noun, plural in form but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":[
": either of two historical books of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kr\u00e4-ni-k\u0259lz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1535, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090708"
},
"choke coil":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": reactor sense 2"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":[
"circa 1896, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-090938"
},
"chibigouazou":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a brightly marked ocelot ( Felis pardalis chibigouazou ) of the Mato Grosso"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccsh\u0113b\u0113\u02ccg\u00fc\u02c8\u00e4(\u02cc)z\u00fc"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Portuguese, from Guarani"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-091328"
},
"chive":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a perennial plant ( Allium schoenoprasum ) related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a seasoning",
": its leaves",
"\u2014 compare garlic chive"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012bv"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Do you want chives on your baked potato?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For instance, woody herbs like thyme, rosemary and sage are much more draught tolerant than basil, chives and parsley, which like plenty of water. \u2014 cleveland , 1 June 2020",
"Remove lid and continue roasting for additional 30 to 35 minutes, until interior temperature of chicken is 165 F. Garnish with fresh dill and chives . \u2014 Dallas News , 22 May 2020",
"Our recipe for an old-school quiche Lorraine features bacon and Gruy\u00e8re with a hint of cayenne and chives for garnish. \u2014 Saveur , 15 May 2020",
"The sandwich \u2014 two big slices of the house sourdough brushed on the outside with butter and on the inside with bechamel sauce and then stuffed with caramelized onions, Comt\u00e9 cheese and chives \u2014 went on the griddle. \u2014 Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com , 1 May 2020",
"In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, lemon juice, coconut aminos, celery salt, garlic, chives and parsley until smooth. \u2014 The View, ABC News , 6 Mar. 2020",
"Their vision was a sit-down restaurant specializing in Japanese curry, but with a long menu full of other dishes such as cold tofu in dashi, eggplant glazed with sweet miso and chives rolled up in yuba sheets. \u2014 Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Green flecks announce the presence of loroco, a flowering vine whose unopened buds are deployed as a chive -like herb, only milder. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020",
"Make the chive sour cream: In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream and 2 tablespoons of the chives ; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. \u2014 Krystyna Ch\u00e1vez, Marie Claire , 3 May 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cepa onion"
],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092007"
},
"chef d'\u00e9cole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a leader of a school (as of painters, musicians, writers)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6shefd\u0101\u02c8k\u022fl",
"-\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-092247"
},
"Chubut":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southern Argentina flowing east across Patagonia into the Atlantic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ch\u00fc-\u02c8b\u00fct",
"-\u02c8v\u00fct"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094514"
},
"chimichanga":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a tortilla wrapped around a filling (as of meat) and deep-fried"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccchi-m\u0113-\u02c8ch\u00e4\u014b-g\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That's exactly what went down at Macayo's in Ahwatukee Foothills on Sept. 25 as a team of chefs, employees and chimi-fans attempted to claim the Guinness World Record with the creation of a 25-foot-long chimichanga . \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 3 Oct. 2021",
"Regardless of its origins, the chimichanga has certainly been a staple at Macayo's for over seven decades. \u2014 Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic , 3 Oct. 2021",
"The restaurant's founder, Monica Flin, is said to have invented the chimichanga . \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 29 July 2021",
"Next, fold the bottom and top down and roll over to completely seal the chimichanga . \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 7 Apr. 2021",
"El Charro Cafe in Tucson and some food historians dispute this origin story of the chimichanga , however. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral , 27 Dec. 2019",
"Consider sticking around for dessert, particularly the banana chimichanga ($9) drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Among the desserts: a non-vegan cheesecake chimichanga ($6). \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 Sep. 2019",
"Fajitas start at $16.95, while Mexican favorites range from $13.95 ( chimichanga ) to $23.95 (carne a la tampiquena). \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Lake County News-Sun , 8 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Mexican Spanish, trinket"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1970, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-100043"
},
"choke cymbal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": hi-hat",
": a hi-hat that is choked after being struck",
": splash cymbal"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101003"
},
"chick disease":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a virus infection of young chicks that is of uncertain relationship to avian leukosis and is characterized by focal lesions in liver and heart muscle"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chick entry 1"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-101935"
},
"chirs":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of chirs present tense third person singular of chir plural of chir"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-102301"
},
"churn through":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to proceed through, process, or deal with rapidly or steadily in a mechanical or seemingly mechanical way"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1849, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103940"
},
"challah":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u1e35\u00e4-l\u0259",
"\u02c8h\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Traditionally, the challah on the table is covered for the opening ceremony, a blessing over wine. \u2014 Benjamin, Longreads , 20 May 2022",
"French brioche, Jewish challah , Swiss zopf, Italian pane di pasqua -- many cultures have their own version of a sweet, and often braided, bread. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The events include educational programs such as Sharsheret Pink Shabbats, Pink challah bakes or panel discussions in partnership with local synagogues and other Jewish organizations. \u2014 Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"And what do traditions like eating a round challah mean for Jewish communities? \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Also reminiscent of the Ashkenazi Jewish onion roll, which has a challah -like softness to it, Ono\u2019s roll has a comforting softness to it, like a chubby baby\u2019s cheek. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Aug. 2021",
"Entirely self-taught, Arrigoni has never tasted a challah other than her own creations. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 23 June 2021",
"For a perfect challah with a smooth texture, Arrigoni chills her dough. \u2014 Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com , 23 June 2021",
"Bake the challah , 27 to 35 minutes, until rich golden brown and burnished. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 15 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Yiddish khale , from Hebrew \u1e25all\u0101h"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1873, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104043"
},
"chumpy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": thick , thickset"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259mp\u0113",
"-pi"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chump entry 1 + -y"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-104753"
},
"christcross-row":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": alphabet"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"so called from the figure of a cross heading it in old hornbooks"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105131"
},
"Christian Reformed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to the Christian Reformed Church formed in the Netherlands in 1834 by dissenters from the Netherlands Reformed Church or to the Christian Reformed Church formed in the U.S. in 1857 by dissenters from the Reformed Church in America"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-110427"
},
"chumpa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a fagot of pine kindling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0259mp\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"perhaps from Choctaw chumpa purchase"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111513"
},
"cheers":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of cheers 1 \u2014 used as a toast 2 a \u2014 used to express thanks b \u2014 used to bid another farewell"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chirz"
],
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"first_known_use":[
"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112126"
},
"Chautauqua muskellunge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a muskellunge of a variety ( Esox masquinongy ohiensis ) distinguished by dark crossbars and paucity of spots and found chiefly in the Ohio and St. Lawrence river drainages"
],
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from Chautauqua Lake, New York"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-112335"
},
"childing":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": bearing children or young : pregnant , parturient",
": productive , fruitful",
": producing younger or smaller blossoms around an older blossom"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u012bldi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, from present participle of child entry 2"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113518"
},
"chum salmon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a metallic bluish green salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ) of the northern Pacific Ocean and Arctic Ocean that may reach a length of about 3.5 feet (1 meter) but is typically smaller"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last year, the pollock fleet caught 13,783 king, or chinook, salmon and more than 530,600 chum salmon \u2014 prohibited species that under federal rules must either be donated to food banks or thrown overboard. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The Kuskokwim River is critical for subsistence fishing, but its king and chum salmon stocks have collapsed. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 19 May 2022",
"The recent extreme decline of western Alaska chum salmon , particularly those returning to the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers, represents an urgent mystery fisheries scientists want to solve. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
"In the summer, people harvest sheefish from the river, set nets for chum salmon and gather blueberries, salmonberries and cranberries. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Ninety percent of that business is built on chum salmon . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Sep. 2021",
"There are important distinctions between summer and fall chum salmon . \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Under current rules, the pollock fleet in 2022 is allowed to take up to 45,000 chinook salmon and an unlimited number of chum salmon while no salmon is available for local subsistence harvests. \u2014 Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Dec. 2021",
"This year, Western Alaska river systems that usually see dependably high volumes of chum salmon \u2014 the Kuskokwim, the Yukon and drainages feeding Norton and Kotzebue sounds \u2014 have all been near total busts. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"chum entry 5"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1907, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-114426"
},
"choiceless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": offering or permitting no choice : unable to choose"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115758"
},
"choice-drawn":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": chosen with care : picked"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-120745"
},
"chronoscopy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the study of very brief intervals of time by means of a chronoscope"
],
"pronounciation":[
"kr\u0259\u02c8n\u00e4sk\u0259p\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French chronoscopie , from chron- + -scopie scopy"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121223"
},
"changement de pied":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a jump starting and ending with the feet crossed but with their positions interchanged"
],
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u00e4\u207fzhm\u00e4\u207ftpy\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, change of foot"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-121948"
},
"Chippewa":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": ojibwa",
"river 183 miles (294 kilometers) long in northwestern Wisconsin flowing south into the Mississippi River"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8chi-p\u0259-\u02ccw\u022f",
"-\u02ccw\u00e4",
"-\u02ccw\u0101",
"-w\u0259",
"\u02c8chi-p\u0259-\u02ccw\u022f",
"-\u02ccw\u00e4",
"-\u02ccw\u0101",
"-w\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1754, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122435"
},
"christianizer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that christianizes"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-z\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122712"
},
"Christianize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make Christian"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kris-ch\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
"\u02c8krish-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1590, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-124815"
},
"Chautauqua":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various traveling shows and local assemblies that flourished in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that provided popular education combined with entertainment in the form of lectures, concerts, and plays, and that were modeled after activities at the Chautauqua Institution of western New York":[],
"lake 18 miles (29 kilometers) long in southwestern New York":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"sh\u0259-\u02c8t\u022f-kw\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Chautauqua Lake":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105150"
},
"Chase doll":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dummy used for teaching purposes in hospitals maintaining training schools for nurses":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ch\u0101s-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Martha J. Chase \u20201925 American manufacturer":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105803"
},
"chalky paper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a coated paper used in some issues of postage stamps, its sensitive surface making impossible the removal of cancellation marks without removal of the design":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105812"
}
}
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