julius/dict_dl
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity
0414aab014
dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/ri_mw.json
julius 625149138a Initial commit
2022-07-06 11:06:37 +00:00

6738 lines
310 KiB
JSON
Raw Blame History

{
"ribald":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude , offensive",
": characterized by or using coarse, indecent humor",
": a person coarse or lewd in appearance, speech, writing, or thought : a ribald person"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-b\u0259ld",
"also",
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u02ccb\u022fld"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"some of the movie's most ribald , and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television",
"a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Eight years ago that original, decidedly more ribald version, was a surprise hit with gay men. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 14 Oct. 2020",
"But, Brigman found, the men in Stieglitz\u2019s scene often belittled the subject, ogling and making ribald jokes. \u2014 Sarah Blackwood, The New Yorker , 11 May 2020",
"But Beforeigners eschews the supernatural, and the campier teen soap elements, to deliver a thoughtful, moving, and often quite ribald and funny tale of various worlds colliding. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2020",
"Later, Society members on the city commission pulled funding from a chamber-of-commerce event, citing concerns about an allegedly ribald country-and-western band. \u2014 Emma Green, The Atlantic , 12 Dec. 2019",
"The Los Angeles artist, known for her ribald depictions of middle-aged men and babies (and baby men) wreaking all manner of havoc (bodily and otherwise), is presenting a series of paintings and videos. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Oct. 2019",
"The Los Angeles artist, known for her ribald depictions of middle-aged men and babies (and baby men) wreaking all manner of havoc (bodily and otherwise), is presenting a new series of paintings and videos. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Sep. 2019",
"Some more-than-meets-the-eye introspection punctuated with a ribald quip. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Haywood discussed her campaign on a recent afternoon at her two-story brick home on the South Side of Chicago, showing a ribald sense of humor and a gift for gab. \u2014 Malika Andrews, New York Times , 8 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"circa 1500, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173927"
},
"ribbon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a flat or tubular narrow closely woven fabric (as of silk or rayon) used for trimmings or knitting",
": a narrow fabric used for tying packages",
": a piece of usually multicolored ribbon worn as a military decoration or in place of a medal",
": a strip of colored satin given for winning a place in a competition",
": a strip of inked fabric (as in a typewriter)",
": reins for controlling an animal",
": tatter , shred",
": ribband",
": to adorn with ribbons",
": to divide into ribbons",
": to cover with or as if with ribbons",
": to rip to shreds",
": a narrow strip of usually colorful fabric used especially for decoration or to tie things",
": a ribbon that is given as an award",
": tatter sense 1 , shred"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-b\u0259n",
"\u02c8ri-b\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"list",
"slip",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[
"rend",
"rip",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Every table is set with a vase wrapped in blue and yellow ribbon for the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and filled with sunflowers, the national flower of Ukraine. \u2014 Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 May 2022",
"Zoom was the blue- ribbon loser, scoring number 22 in 2021 but face-planting in 2022, coming in dead last at 100. \u2014 Oliver Rist, PCMAG , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In the wake of Gabriel\u2019s death, the county Board of Supervisors votes to create a blue- ribbon commission to investigate the agency and propose reforms to its handling of child welfare cases. \u2014 Gabriel Fernandez, Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"With that, the blue- ribbon panel of pint-size husband hunters head over to the guys' suite and begin their interrogations. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The pendulum swung so far in the opposite direction in recent years under the blue- ribbon committees \u2014 swung so ageist, arguably \u2014 that anybody over 40 had a hard time getting in. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 23 Nov. 2021",
"As Westmoreland County\u2019s winner, Harhai is eligible to take his pie on the road to compete against other blue- ribbon hometown bakers at the 106th Pennsylvania Farm Show. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Shockingly, nothing would come of this proposal for a blue- ribbon fiscal reform panel. \u2014 Joseph Thorndike, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The idea of a temporary waste storage facility took root under Obama, who eliminated funding for Yucca Mountain and commissioned a blue- ribbon panel of experts to craft a new set of policies for the country\u2019s handling of nuclear waste. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Hoover Dam went from legislation to ribbon cutting in eight years. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Look 1 Kenneth Nicholson white gauze Dorcas tunic with letter and ribbon pocket detail from his spring/summer 2019 collection and vintage black sweatpants. \u2014 Lindzi Scharf, Los Angeles Times , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The Orland Park native and Sandburg graduate was the 2021 U.S. ball champion and the all-around, clubs and ribbon silver medalist. \u2014 Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2021",
"Louie\u2019s eye for design isn\u2019t limited to just ribbon work either. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Thread twine or ribbon through to hang on the tree. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Thread twine or ribbon through to hang on the tree. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Thread twine or ribbon through to hang on the tree. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 Dec. 2020",
"Thread twine or ribbon through to hang on the tree. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 Dec. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215947"
},
"rich":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having abundant possessions and especially material wealth",
": having high value or quality",
": well supplied or endowed",
": magnificently impressive : sumptuous",
": vivid and deep in color",
": full and mellow in tone and quality",
": having a strong fragrance",
": highly productive or remunerative",
": having abundant plant nutrients",
": highly seasoned, fatty, oily, or sweet",
": high in the combustible component",
": high in some component",
": entertaining",
": laughable",
": meaningful , significant",
": lush",
": pure or nearly pure",
": having a lot of money and possessions : wealthy",
": valuable entry 1 sense 1 , expensive",
": well supplied : abundant",
": fertile sense 1",
": containing much sugar, fat, or seasoning",
": deep and pleasing in color or tone",
"Adrienne Cecile 1929\u20132012 American poet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rich",
"\u02c8rich",
"\u02c8rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Maya Rudolph is rich , divorced and saving the world in the first trailer for her Apple TV+ series Loot. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"America has brought us so many moments of amazing creative synthesis, so many amazing, brand-new, rich , and extraordinary ideas. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2022",
"The effect is supremely sophisticated; Platinum 22 smells rich , regal, and, thanks to the warmth of tonka and the smoothness of orris, somehow familiar. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"This is a gorgeous whisky, rich and multi-layered, still vibrant and vital in spite of its great age. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"However, from her reflective but effortlessly relatable lyricism to her rich , resounding voice and her spiritual curiosity, Debbie sings like someone who has experience beyond her years. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
"The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich , duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"These three organizations, all led by black women, are part of a growing group of classical schools\u2014public, charter, private and religious\u2014that provide a rich , deep and broad education. \u2014 Angel Adams Parham, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Taking from Melissa, who has had her own affairs, feels like Robin Hood-ing to Frances: stealing from the hot, rich , and blonde to feed the middle class and meek. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English riche , from Old English r\u012bce ; akin to Old High German r\u012bhhi rich, Old English r\u012bce kingdom, Old High German r\u012bhhi , noun; all from prehistoric Germanic words borrowed from Celtic words akin to Old Irish r\u00ed (genitive r\u00edg ) king \u2014 more at royal ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190827"
},
"richen":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make rich or richer"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The engine control module will indeed richen up the overall mix in an attempt to bring the excess oxygen in the exhaust back to an appropriately low level\u2014but that will force the other cylinders to be too rich. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 2 Oct. 2020",
"The manual choke helped richen the Weber carb's fuel mixture to get the engine turned over, but the nearly 50-year-old powerplant didn't want to start. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 15 Aug. 2020",
"Roasting removes the shell and richens the flavor of chestnuts. \u2014 House Beautiful , 30 Sep. 2012",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 11 July 2017",
"After the sauce has formed in the pan over medium heat, add a bit of butter to richen the sauce. \u2014 The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1795, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170236"
},
"richly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": in a rich manner",
": in full measure : amply"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rich-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"sumptuously"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
],
"examples":[
"The room was richly decorated.",
"They were richly rewarded for their efforts.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Artistic director Kenji Bunch brings forward the ongoing discrimination toward Asian Americans by offering a multi-dimensional look at the lives and richly diverse influences of Asian cultures. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"Despite all the fodder for bitterness, Cooper notes, Joseph is ultimately vindicated and richly rewarded. \u2014 Kate Santich, Orlando Sentinel , 5 June 2022",
"The counsel proved wise, and both Joseph and his descendants were richly rewarded. \u2014 Robert Hockett, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Thompson was richly rewarded for leaving behind reportage for subjective analysis, reportedly making the equivalent of $1.8 million a year by the late nineteen-thirties. \u2014 Krithika Varagur, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"If you are intrigued by this rare opportunity to pull back the curtain on how humans and computers learn, then you will be richly rewarded. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Fans cite that despite the present slump, Bitcoin has richly rewarded long-term investors. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 10 Jan. 2022",
"His work is characterized by sharp tailoring, bold silhouettes, and richly textured fabrics, all rendered with an elegant sensuality. \u2014 Time , 11 May 2022",
"In light of the spring season, Swisher partnered with HSN on a versatile collection of vibrant and richly -textured decor items that'll make your space stand out in an instant. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English richely , from Old English r\u012bcl\u012bce , from r\u012bce rich",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193342"
},
"rickety":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": affected with rickets",
": lacking stability or firmness : shaky sense 2a",
": in unsound physical condition",
": in poor condition and likely to break",
": affected with rickets : rachitic"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-t\u0113",
"\u02c8rik-\u0259t-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stocks are way down, real estate is trapped on a rickety bridge, between slower demand and higher lending rates. \u2014 Rich Karlgaard, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"None of a dozen or so anglers fishing alongside Schroeder and his rickety white plastic lawn chair catch any. \u2014 Matt Tunseth For The Daily News, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"The beach has been closed since 2020 following a deadly record of drownings and has had a rickety fence sectioning off the beach from the walkway near the edge of McKinley. \u2014 Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 May 2022",
"Ringing the stadium are vendors in rickety wooden stalls who do a lively trade in black-and-red scarfs, hats, shirts and wristbands stamped Atlas campe\u00f3n, some with the dates 1951-2021. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"One family walked on a rickety pathway of boards over a sprawl of sticky black mud in their yard. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"My first solo apartment in Queens offered a depressing, glossy white fridge and rickety white range. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Analysts likened the move to tearing off a Band-Aid to address its rickety balance sheet. \u2014 Kristin Broughton, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Even that tiny number exaggerates the inventory because 1,300 courtside seats in the rickety wooden bleachers are reserved for students. \u2014 Andrew Beaton And Ben Cohen, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-172953"
},
"ride":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to sit and travel on the back of an animal that one directs",
": to travel in or on a conveyance",
": to travel as if on a conveyance : be borne",
": to lie moored or anchored",
": sail",
": to move like a floating object",
": to become supported on a point or surface",
": to travel over a surface",
": to move on the body",
": to continue without interference",
": to be contingent : depend",
": to become bet",
": to travel on",
": to move with like a rider",
": to traverse by conveyance",
": to ride a horse in",
": survive , outlast",
": to traverse on horseback to inspect or maintain",
": to mount in copulation",
": obsess , oppress",
": to harass persistently : nag",
": tease , rib",
": carry , convey",
": to project over : overlap",
": to give with (a punch) to soften the impact",
": to keep in partial engagement by resting a foot continuously on the pedal",
": to hold court in the various towns of a judicial circuit",
": to court disaster",
": to keep a check on : supervise",
": to experience success",
": to ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle",
": an act of riding",
": a trip on horseback or by vehicle",
": a way (such as a road or path) suitable for riding",
": any of various mechanical devices (as at an amusement park) for riding on",
": a trip on which gangsters take a victim to murder him",
"\u2014 see also take for a ride",
": a means of transportation",
": one's personal vehicle",
": the qualities of travel comfort in a vehicle",
": to travel or move by sitting or standing on or in",
": to sit on and control so as to be carried along",
": to be supported or carried on",
": to travel over a surface",
": to endure without great harm or damage",
": depend sense 2",
": a trip on horseback or by vehicle",
": a mechanical device (as a merry-go-round) that moves around while people sit or stand on it for entertainment",
": a way of getting from one place to another",
"Sally Kristen 1951\u20132012 American astronaut"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bd",
"\u02c8r\u012bd",
"\u02c8r\u012bd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bait",
"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"needle",
"taunt",
"tease"
],
"antonyms":[
"lift",
"transportation"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Stores at that higher price point have been able to ride out inflation far better. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
"This happens periodically in financial markets, yet those very markets tend to produce wealth for people who are able to ride out this turbulence. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"Post-treatment, Klock was able to ride a real glass elevator to the restaurant atop Atlanta\u2019s Westin Peachtree Plaza, rather than trudging up 72 flights of stairs. \u2014 Raleigh Mcelvery, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"Because of this sudden rule change, people are going to be flying in from other states expecting to be able to ride in an Uber or a Lyft without a mask. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 Apr. 2022",
"This was the first time since January 2020 that the hosts were able to return to Florida for tapings, and of course one of the big highlights was being able to ride the VelociCoaster, which opened last summer. \u2014 Amanda Kondolojy, orlandosentinel.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The Bruins were able to ride out the clock while hitting clutch free throws late for a 56-41 win over Wells. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Next winter, skiers and snowboarders will be able to ride a new gondola through the mountains in North Lake Tahoe between the ski areas at Alpine Meadows and Olympic Valley. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Being able to ride horses and watch Texas sunsets sounds like a dream to us too! \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The program will include citizen ride -alongs, where community members will join police officers on nights they are followed by cameras. \u2014 Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Michael likes to teach and train Brazilian jiu jitsu, go to the beach, ride jet skis, and go out with friends. \u2014 Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The ride is presented with its owner\u2019s book and relevant paperwork, along with a spare wheel, two keys and an audio adapter with DAB and Bluetooth. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"During the ride , Tyre slipped through that gap, according to a report. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The app helps to streamline your experience, including keeping tickets in one spot, allowing for personalized itinerary building, making dining reservations (including character dining), checking out ride wait times, and so much more. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"The ride will help everyone work up an appetite before the celebratory barbecue. \u2014 Leigh Crandall, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"One-day unlimited ride carnival passes cost $35 and a mega pass for unlimited rides all four days for $65. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"During the ride to the hospital, the man spoke of self harm. \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192449"
},
"ridiculer":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of ridiculing : derision , mockery",
": to make fun of",
": the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : mean or unkind comments or behavior",
": to make fun of in a cruel or harsh way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-d\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fcl",
"\u02c8ri-d\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fcl"
],
"synonyms":[
"derision",
"mockery",
"sport"
],
"antonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She didn't show anyone her artwork for fear of ridicule .",
"the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule",
"Verb",
"The other kids ridiculed him for the way he dressed.",
"They ridiculed all of her suggestions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After widespread ridicule , the university let the class proceed. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 May 2022",
"The student also carried a Bible with him at school, which was the source of much ridicule , according to the suit. \u2014 Fox News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This week my mind has been on the kinds of books that attempt to deliberately discomfort us by holding up those individual or societal flaws to a kind of scrutiny that is critical, even reaching toward a place of ridicule . \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Now, Souza uses his popular Twitter feed, which has more than 233,000 followers, almost exclusively to ridicule and reproach Jackson, who represents Texas\u2019 13th Congressional District, one of the most conservative in the country. \u2014 Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Pete Souza, the former White House photographer-turned-Trump troll, now uses his popular Twitter feed almost exclusively to ridicule Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor-turned-Trump acolyte. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tweet swiftly attracted ridicule from urbanists, many of whom pointed out that the Lancashire town declared a climate emergency three years ago. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"When Spears shaved her head at the peak of her career, she was met with ridicule rather than compassion. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The idea was met with ridicule even from some of Trump\u2019s most vociferous supporters. \u2014 Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Here Duncan summarizes several literary skirmishes that took place in the late 1600s and early 1700s in which a writer created an index to a rival\u2019s work in order to satirize or ridicule it. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Zelensky was quick to ridicule the Russian leader\u2019s claims. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t ridicule your congregants\u2019 doubts or questions. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"None of this is to ridicule Putin\u2019s account of Russian history. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"To ridicule this isn\u2019t to deny that there are real threats. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Three current or former TSM employees say that, sometimes, Dinh would ridicule employees for hours. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Her character became yet another way to casually ridicule women\u2019s bodies and their stories. \u2014 Shelley Puhak, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Television talk show hosts ridicule the scientists. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1675, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1680, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-212256"
},
"riffle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to form, flow over, or move in riffles",
": to flip cursorily : thumb",
": to ruffle slightly : ripple",
": to leaf through hastily",
": to leaf by sliding a thumb along the edge of the leaves",
": to shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix",
": to manipulate (small objects) idly between the fingers",
": a shallow extending across a streambed and causing broken water",
": a stretch of water flowing over a riffle",
": a small wave or succession of small waves : ripple",
": any of various contrivances (such as blocks or rails) laid on the bottom of a sluice or launder to make a series of grooves or interstices to catch and retain a mineral (such as gold)",
": a groove or interstice so formed",
": a cleat or bar fastened to an inclined surface in a gold-washing apparatus to catch and hold mineral grains",
": the act or process of shuffling something (such as a deck of cards)",
": the sound made while doing this",
": to move lightly",
": to look through quickly",
": a shallow area of a stream bed that causes ripples",
": ripple entry 2 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8ri-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"flip",
"leaf",
"skim",
"thumb"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He riffled the pages of the magazine.",
"Web research is convenient but doesn't offer the tactile pleasures of riffling through heavy old books.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Keep reading to check out more weekend deals, or head straight to Amazon to riffle through everything else that's on sale right now. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Two Guns spread through madly riffling brush, the path crunching under my hiking boots going uphill. \u2014 Chris Malloy, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 8 June 2020",
"To simulate clapping, kids could be hired to ride their bikes around the cart paths, with playing cards clipped to the bike frames to riffle in the spokes. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 16 May 2020",
"The Watergate hearings, which stretched into 1974, played like Shakespeare spliced with courtroom drama: riffling papers, conspirators, men in the wings and the penetrating southern drawl of Sen. Sam Ervin, which reverberated with moral urgency. \u2014 Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The Watergate hearings, which stretched into 1974, played like Shakespeare spliced with courtroom drama: riffling papers, conspirators, men in the wings and the penetrating southern drawl of Sen. Sam Ervin, which reverberated with moral urgency. \u2014 Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The Watergate hearings, which stretched into 1974, played like Shakespeare spliced with courtroom drama: riffling papers, conspirators, men in the wings and the penetrating southern drawl of Sen. Sam Ervin, which reverberated with moral urgency. \u2014 Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"The Watergate hearings, which stretched into 1974, played like Shakespeare spliced with courtroom drama: riffling papers, conspirators, men in the wings and the penetrating southern drawl of Sen. Sam Ervin, which reverberated with moral urgency. \u2014 Jeffrey Fleishman, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019",
"Justin Herbert with a ton of time, riffles a 28-yard laser to Johnny Johnson III for a touchdown. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Nov. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The riffle beetle lives in the water but can\u2019t swim, and has wings but can\u2019t fly. \u2014 Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"This particular riffle had six species, including the Texas logperch and the Guadalupe bass, both of which have been historically scarce in the Mission Reach. \u2014 Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Durkalec suggested targeting the river waters from the first riffle down to Lake Erie, and reported that successful anglers are pitching casting spoons, in-line spinners and small diving plugs. \u2014 cleveland , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Not long after comes a series of little 10-inch browns, all eager to eat in the same riffle , then a nice rainbow, and then, amazingly, a 14-inch brookie. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Meacham\u2019s long riffle through the files of the totally familiar is not without some interesting findings. \u2014 Thomas Frank, Harper's Magazine , 22 June 2021",
"Steve dropped his fly into a riffle near the bank and instantly brought out a 8-inch rainbow. \u2014 R. Gregory Nokes | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Mormon Mountain, O\u2019Leary Peak, Pine Mountain and the San Francisco Peaks stand out over acres of golden grasses while the shallow gorge of Anderson Draw makes an abrupt riffle at the lake\u2019s north end. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 5 Sep. 2020",
"Choosing to begin the riffle with the same card each time is an example of a prime. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 July 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"1754, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun",
"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-191518"
},
"riffraff":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": disreputable persons",
": rabble",
": one of the riffraff",
": refuse , rubbish",
": a group of people who are not considered respectable or honest"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rif-\u02ccraf",
"\u02c8rif-\u02ccraf"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"spilth",
"trash",
"truck",
"waste"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Try not to associate with that riffraff .",
"the sight of piles and piles of riffraff at the town dump was a sobering reminder that we are indeed a society of consumers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By being difficult, the script kept the riffraff out. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Yes, the usual riffraff tried gatecrashing and engaged in drunken brawls. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 10 July 2021",
"Imagine the bargain-hunting riffraff such an establishment might attract. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2021",
"The common riffraff , the ones All too ready to mix it up. \u2014 Douglas O. Linder, Scientific American , 20 Oct. 2020",
"Then came the rare native Hawaiians, then the various riffraff of white newcomers from the continent, then the Chinese with their skill in amassing money. \u2014 John Dos Passos, National Review , 28 Sep. 2020",
"With the label maker, the riffraff of my kitchen\u2014homemade dukkah! Preserved radish! \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Tour buses are no longer allowed to cruise the street, and the stores have other ways to keep out the riffraff . \u2014 Laura Randall, Washington Post , 13 June 2019",
"In , historian Ted Gioia reclaims the story of music for the riffraff , insurgents, and provocateurs. \u2014 Ted Gioia, Smithsonian , 18 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ryffe raffe , from rif and raf every single one, from Anglo-French rif e raf altogether",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210456"
},
"rift":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": fissure , crevasse",
": fault sense 4",
": a clear space or interval",
": breach , estrangement",
": to burst open",
": cleave , divide",
": penetrate",
": an opening made by splitting or separation : cleft",
": a break in friendly relations"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rift",
"\u02c8rift"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The fight will only widen the rift with his brother.",
"the rift in the rock",
"We could see some stars through the rifts in the clouds.",
"Scientists are studying the Mid-Atlantic Rift .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The quarterback spoke highly of the organization and his teammates during this week's minicamp despite an apparent rift between him and Packers' executives over the last two seasons. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"The eleventh-hour proposals suggested a rift in the committee\u2019s ability to work together and agree on a final map with little over a week left to make adjustments. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 8 June 2022",
"The postelection fraud claims quickly exposed a rift within the Trump family. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"School board members, staff, parents, students and community members say the problems stem from a rift that formed years ago and trace their roots back to the debate over when to reopen schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"One of the scenes that was particularly difficult to crack arrives in Episode 7 when Nancy, Steve, Robin, and Eddie escape the Upside Down by climbing through a rift that has opened up in the ceiling of Eddie\u2019s trailer home. \u2014 Josh Weiss, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"That weekend, Manchin crushes White House hopes of passing a sweeping economic package after a rift emerges between him and the president. \u2014 Mike Madden And Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"That weekend, Manchin crushes White House hopes of passing a sweeping economic package after a rift emerges between him and the president. \u2014 Rachel Siegel, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
"The rift with China, coupled with later problems getting supplies from Chinese factories and ports closed because of the pandemic, has also encouraged U.S. companies to relocate from China\u2014another U.S. goal. \u2014 Bob Davis, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The police, unsurprisingly, started to fire tear gas canisters again, trying to rift and wedge the fleeing protesters. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 28 Dec. 2019",
"Collectively, the two plates are also rifting away from the Arabian Plate, which already separates Africa from the Middle East. \u2014 Susmita Baral, Teen Vogue , 13 Apr. 2018",
"That is, for fall, alongside rifted -upon replicas of archival pieces, Balenciaga sent out tote bags in fuchsia taffeta and feathers to match the flouncy dresses. \u2014 Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire , 15 Mar. 2017"
],
"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 intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-214429"
},
"rig":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to fit out with rigging",
": clothe , dress",
": to furnish with special gear : equip",
": to put in condition or position for use : adjust , arrange",
": construct",
": the distinctive shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts of a ship",
": equipage",
": a carriage with its horse",
": clothing , dress",
": tackle, equipment, or machinery fitted for a specified purpose",
": a tractor-trailer combination",
": to manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means",
": to fix in advance for a desired result",
": to build or set up usually quickly and for temporary use",
": to provide (as a ship) with rigging",
": clothe sense 1 , dress",
": to provide with gear",
": the shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts of a ship that sets it apart from other types of ships",
": equipment or machinery for a certain purpose"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rig",
"\u02c8rig"
],
"synonyms":[
"carriage",
"equipage"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He drives a big rig .",
"the rig of a schooner"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192821"
},
"rigging":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars",
": a similar network (as in theater scenery) used for support and manipulation",
": clothing",
": lines and chains used on a ship to help support the masts and sails"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-gi\u014b",
"-g\u0259n",
"\u02c8ri-gi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"gear",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They checked the rigging before they set sail.",
"even at the Ivies they dress in the standard rigging of the college student: T-shirt and jeans",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bernie Sanders would have won the 2016 and 2020 DNC primaries if not for intraparty rigging . \u2014 David Masciotra, CNN , 11 June 2022",
"In those text messages, which were dated as early as October 2020 and were read out loud by government witnesses, Hale-Cusanelli held several conversations about election rigging . \u2014 Beatrice Peterson, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"Republicans in numerous states have made election law a key priority over the last year, a trend driven partly by Trump\u2019s false claims that his 2020 election loss was driven by widespread vote- rigging . \u2014 Mason Bissada, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Not unlike past political bosses, Mr. Trump has focused heavily on the mechanics of elections \u2014 who counts the votes, who certifies them \u2014 while ceaselessly sowing distrust in the system through false claims of vote rigging . \u2014 New York Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The municipal contest drew attention in August, when the Los Angeles County district attorney\u2019s office charged Galvan with election rigging and bribery. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2022",
"The elaborate rigging of a rope ladder to enable the mighty descent is voided of its physical details, its practicalities, its exertions, and, above all, of the intricate thought behind it. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
"Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The Carnegie underwent repairs: new masts were erected, new rigging was installed, new scientific instruments were brought onboard and a new engine and radio were purchased. \u2014 Kimberly Bowker, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ragging, riggyng fitting out of a ship",
"first_known_use":[
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201833"
},
"right":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": righteous , upright",
": being in accordance with what is just, good, or proper",
": conforming to facts or truth : correct",
": suitable , appropriate",
": straight",
": genuine , real",
": of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body which is away from the side on which the heart is mostly located",
": located nearer to the right hand than to the left",
": located to the right of an observer facing the object specified or directed as the right arm would point when raised out to the side",
": located on the right of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified",
": located on the right when facing downstream",
": done with the right hand",
": having the axis perpendicular to the base",
": of, relating to, or constituting the principal or more prominent side of an object",
": acting or judging in accordance with truth or fact",
": being in good physical or mental health or order",
": being in a correct or proper state",
": most favorable or desired : preferable",
": socially acceptable",
": of, adhering to, or constituted by the Right especially in politics",
": qualities (such as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval",
": something to which one has a just claim: such as",
": the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled",
": the interest that one has in a piece of property",
": the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature",
": something that one may properly claim as due",
": the cause of truth or justice",
": right hand sense 1a",
": a blow struck with this hand",
": the location or direction of the right side",
": the part on the right side",
": right field",
": a turn to the right",
": the true account or correct interpretation",
": the quality or state of being factually correct",
": the part of a legislative chamber located to the right of the presiding officer",
": the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the right as a result of holding more conservative political views than other members",
": individuals professing support of the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and conservative governmental policies",
": a conservative position",
": a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price",
": the negotiable certificate evidencing such privilege",
": with reason or justice : properly",
": by virtue of one's own qualifications or properties",
": as an absolute right",
": legally or morally exactable",
": into proper order",
": according to right",
": in the exact location, position, or moment : precisely",
": in a suitable, proper, or desired manner",
": in a direct line, course, or manner : directly , straight",
": according to fact or truth : truly",
": all the way",
": in a complete manner",
": without delay : immediately",
": to a great degree : very",
": on or to the right",
": to do justice to : redress the injuries of",
": justify , vindicate",
": avenge",
": to adjust or restore to the proper state or condition",
": to bring or restore to an upright position",
": to become upright",
": following or in accordance with what is just, good, or proper",
": accurate , correct",
": suitable , appropriate",
": located on the side of the body away from the heart",
": located nearer to the right side of the body than to the left",
": being or meant to be the side on top, in front, or on the outside",
": in a normal or healthy state or condition",
": straight entry 1 sense 1",
": the ideal of what is just, good, or proper",
": something to which a person has a just claim",
": the cause of truth or justice",
": the right side : a part or location that is on or toward the right side",
": according to what is just, good, or proper",
": in the exact location, position, or moment : precisely",
": in a direct line or course : straight",
": according to truth or fact",
": in a suitable, proper, or desired way",
": all the way",
": without delay : immediately",
": on or to the right",
": in a complete way",
": without delay : immediately",
": to make better or more just",
": to adjust or restore to a proper state or condition",
": to bring or bring back to an upright position",
": to become upright",
": of, relating to, or being the side of the body which is away from the heart and on which the hand is stronger in most people",
": located nearer to this side than to the left",
": qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval",
": something that is morally just",
": something to which one has a just claim: as",
": a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession",
"\u2014 see also natural right",
": a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law",
": a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act",
": the interest that one has in property : a claim or title to property",
"\u2014 see also real right",
": the interest in property possessed (as under copyright law) in an intangible thing and especially an item of intellectual property",
": a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price",
": as an absolute right",
": demandable or enforceable under the law"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"authentic",
"exact",
"faithful",
"precise",
"strict",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appanage",
"apanage",
"birthright",
"prerogative"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After needing three shots to get out of the fescue on the third hole on Friday, Rory McIlroy wanted nothing to do with the right side of the green on Sunday. \u2014 Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
"He was thrown out at third on Mullins\u2019 subsequent ground ball to the right side. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 19 June 2022",
"He was also charged with driving under suspension and driving on the right side of the roadway. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"The mastodon died at the ripe age of 34, when the tusk tip of another male mastodon punctured the right side of its skull. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"After the 2000 flag raising ceremony, the date June 19, 1865 was added to the banner\u2019s right side in white letters. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Kennedy slapped a single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first career big league hit. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"The best crime shows don't always have police on the right side of things. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"There's storage along the right side across from a couch that folds out to become the almost-full-size bed. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Walters will deliver a masterclass on making the leap from stunt professional to director and cast members Greg Townley and Bobby Holland Hanton, highly regarded stunt professionals in their own right , also join the panel. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"There is still a deep bench of colorful supporting characters played by great comic performers in their own right , with new ones being added. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"With sumptuous interiors imagined by renowned designer Kelly Wearstler, this Santa Monica location of the beloved Proper brand is a destination in its own right . \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Chris Taylor, who also hasn\u2019t played much in right , started there Saturday night, with Gavin Lux in left. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Lange then got Kole Calhoun to line to Reyes in right to end the inning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Anthony Rizzo capped the Yankees\u2019 eight-run fifth inning with a grand slam off the facing of the third deck in right , and New York extended its winning streak to eight with a 12-3 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. \u2014 Ian Harrison, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Biles joins a long list of legendary sports figures to appear on the classic orange Wheaties box, including Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan, who have both influenced and shifted culture in their own right . \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 18 June 2022",
"Gonz\u00e1lez smoked a leadoff homer out of the stadium, driving it through the trees above the high tier of seats in right , and Pederson hit his out to left off Zach Thompson to open the fourth. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Geraldo Perdomo\u2019s bunt \u2014 firm and right back to the mound \u2014 was not a good one, but Santillan threw wide of second, pulling shortstop Kyle Farmer off the bag. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"This year\u2019s edition is in the United States, for the second time ever \u2014 and the summit will happen right here in Los Angeles. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"FC Barcelona are targetting the signing of a player being dubbed the 'new Dani Alves' in Shakhtar Donetsk right back Dodo. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Inflation could even push some households which have recently left poverty right back into it. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 8 June 2022",
"Sweeney just knows that Cassidy, who all but waved a magic wand over a team that was dead on double runners upon taking over in February 2017, isn\u2019t the guy for right here, right now. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"For a look at some of the other new Netflix shows coming soon, check out the streamer\u2019s recap right here. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 7 June 2022",
"Less than a minute later, the Lightning\u2019s Riley Nash ran into Shesterkin and was called for goalie interference, putting the Rangers right back on the power play. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Nadal, however, broke right back, and didn\u2019t lose a game the rest of the match. \u2014 Sean Gregory, Time , 5 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Hoosiers still have time and opportunity to right the ship, with four games remaining after this one, plus the Big Ten tournament. \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Feb. 2022",
"After a 34-7 beating from the Colts, the Bills have to right the ship for the trip to the Big Easy. \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"Every child should have to right to move through the world without fear of being hunted by adults. \u2014 Kara Alaimo, CNN , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Will France feel any impulse to right the historic wrong? \u2014 Amy Wilentz, The New Republic , 25 May 2022",
"Jack Mayfield opened the bottom of the eighth with a single to right . \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"When courts make changes weeks before a filing deadline or Election Day, the justices\u2019 ability to right the wrong is severely constrained. \u2014 David B. Rivkin Jr. And Andrew M. Grossman, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2022",
"John Mellencamp is hoping to right a past wrong with an extra special Easter gift to his daughter's family. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Citing both non-baseball case law and examples from Major League Baseball\u2019s past, the students\u2019 document argues that Manfred should exercise his authority to right a blatant wrong. \u2014 Jerry Carino, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171735"
},
"right now":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": right away",
": at present"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"anymore",
"currently",
"now",
"nowadays",
"presently",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[
"before",
"formerly",
"long",
"once",
"then"
],
"examples":[
"right now we are in the middle of a major home renovation",
"answer my question right now",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What are what are these types of social media promos worth right now ? \u2014 Erica L. Ayala, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"But that\u2019s probably not something that is wise right now . \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 12 June 2022",
"Over the last month, Greene looked like a pitcher who\u2019s capable of being a front-of-the-rotation starter right now for a contending team. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"Another popular style right now are one-piece swimsuits. \u2014 Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com , 11 June 2022",
"The idea that the 2020 election was somehow stolen is a major through line in Republican politics right now . \u2014 James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Speaking of, a lot of your costumes have Batsheva prairie-dress vibes that are popular right now . \u2014 Julie Vadnal, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Therapists are in high demand right now , but there\u2019s no harm in putting yourself on a provider\u2019s waiting list, Dr. Bennett says. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, SELF , 10 June 2022",
"The togetherness that this team has is unbelievable, right now and has been for the last two months. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213203"
},
"right-minded":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having a right or honest mind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02c8m\u012bn-d\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210655"
},
"right-winger":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the rightist division of a group or party",
": right sense 8"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His nomination is supported by the party's left wing but opposed by the right wing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite the allegations about working with law enforcement, Sutter maintained cachet within the extreme right wing , in large part because Tempel ov Blood and Martinet Press produced graphic, ultraviolent literature popular with the extremist crowd. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"The most surprising move was shifting Chytil from center to right wing and elevating him to the top line with Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"The Bruins will keep the 5-foot-10-inch, 172-pound Lysell at right wing rather than try him in the middle. \u2014 Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
"Duclair\u2019s first-period goal found the back of the net on an assist from Jonathan Huberdeau, who came down the right wing and put the puck on Duclair\u2019s stick. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 17 May 2022",
"Kounde is comfortable playing as one half of a centre back partnership, can operate on the right side of a back three and is even capable at right wing back. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Business leaders pledged to stand firm against the assaults from the political right wing on voting rights, women\u2019s reproductive healthcare rights and democracy itself. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"His first bucket in the second quarter was a left side baseline drive for a two-fisted jam after Paul skipped a pass from the right wing around the 10-minute mark. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Lafreni\u00e8re played right wing on the second line with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome, while Kakko remained on the third line and was joined by Frank Vatrano and Andrew Copp. \u2014 Vincent Z. Mercogliano, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192248"
},
"righteous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin",
": morally right or justifiable",
": arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality",
": genuine , excellent",
": doing or being what is just or proper",
": caused by an insult to what is believed to be just or proper"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s",
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who did broach the scandal brought their righteous anger A-game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"This is the philosophical question of tzaddik v\u2019ra lo (a righteous person who suffers). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"The rest of the song is a hook-laden rodeo ride through the current cultural landscape, featuring some righteous jabs at the paparazzi for their treatment of Britney Spears, Princess Diana, and Whitney Houston. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Mickey is neither righteous nor scummy, which seem to be the only two lawyer characterizations Hollywood has of late. \u2014 Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"These two have never stopped needing each other, and their separation stands in for how the fatal estrangement of family members can be rooted in a battle of righteous blindness. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s brave resistance has given the West an opportunity to push back against Russia and show the world\u2019s authoritarians that democratic states can unite in defense for a righteous cause. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The Ukrainian resistance has all of the former \u2014 a righteous cause, an inspiring leader, the support of most of the world \u2014 and Russia has a preponderance of the latter. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of earlier rightuous , alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos , from Old English rihtw\u012bs , from riht , noun, right + w\u012bs wise",
"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205939"
},
"righteousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin",
": morally right or justifiable",
": arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality",
": genuine , excellent",
": doing or being what is just or proper",
": caused by an insult to what is believed to be just or proper"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s",
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those who did broach the scandal brought their righteous anger A-game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"This is the philosophical question of tzaddik v\u2019ra lo (a righteous person who suffers). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"The rest of the song is a hook-laden rodeo ride through the current cultural landscape, featuring some righteous jabs at the paparazzi for their treatment of Britney Spears, Princess Diana, and Whitney Houston. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Mickey is neither righteous nor scummy, which seem to be the only two lawyer characterizations Hollywood has of late. \u2014 Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"These two have never stopped needing each other, and their separation stands in for how the fatal estrangement of family members can be rooted in a battle of righteous blindness. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Ukraine\u2019s brave resistance has given the West an opportunity to push back against Russia and show the world\u2019s authoritarians that democratic states can unite in defense for a righteous cause. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The Ukrainian resistance has all of the former \u2014 a righteous cause, an inspiring leader, the support of most of the world \u2014 and Russia has a preponderance of the latter. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of earlier rightuous , alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos , from Old English rihtw\u012bs , from riht , noun, right + w\u012bs wise",
"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204648"
},
"rightful":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"just , equitable",
"having a just or legally established claim legitimate",
"held by right or just claim legal",
"proper , fitting",
"lawful sense 2 , proper"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8r\u012bt-f\u0259l",
"synonyms":[
"competent",
"condign",
"deserved",
"due",
"fair",
"just",
"justified",
"merited",
"right",
"warranted"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeserved",
"undue",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unjustified",
"unmerited",
"unwarranted"
],
"examples":[
"The property should be returned to its rightful owner.",
"He will be given his rightful place in the history books.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beijing has denounced such efforts as attempts to thwart China\u2019s rightful rise, saying it wouldn\u2019t be constrained by American bullying. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Beijing has denounced such efforts as attempts to thwart China\u2019s rightful rise, saying it wouldn\u2019t be constrained by American bullying. \u2014 Austin Ramzy, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his own narrative Thursday, claiming that the invasion of Ukraine has been a rightful mission to restore what is inherently Russian. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Two women are facing additional charges this week in an alleged South Florida real estate scam that involved illegally taking over people\u2019s homes and swiping profits from rightful heirs, authorities say. \u2014 Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
"Southern Baptist must see this report as part of a reckoning that will reveal God's wrath, but also as mercy each in rightful proportion. \u2014 Tyler O'neil, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"Both proclaimed themselves the sole rightful government of the entire Chinese territory. \u2014 Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan And Steven Jiang, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"But then Cap returned the hammer to its rightful place in the multiverse. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"With the help of his friends, the finicky, devoted suckerfish Walter, and Darya, a rambunctious, deaf orca girl, Vincent must embrace his destiny and take his rightful place in the lineage of Whale Singers. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"rightist":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"the principles and views of the Right",
"advocacy of or adherence to the doctrines of the Right"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8r\u012bt-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"rigor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity",
": the quality of being unyielding or inflexible : strictness",
": severity of life : austerity",
": an act or instance of strictness, severity, or cruelty",
": a tremor caused by a chill",
": a condition that makes life difficult, challenging, or uncomfortable",
": extremity of cold",
": strict precision : exactness",
": rigidity , stiffness",
": rigidness or torpor of organs or tissue that prevents response to stimuli",
": rigor mortis",
": a harsh condition (as of discipline)",
": chill sense 1",
": a tremor caused by a chill",
": rigidity or torpor of organs or tissue that prevents response to stimuli",
": rigor mortis"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259r",
"\u02c8rig-\u0259r,"
],
"synonyms":[
"adversity",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardness",
"hardship"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They underwent the rigors of military training.",
"the rigors of life in the wilderness",
"They conducted the experiments with scientific rigor .",
"a scholar known for her intellectual rigor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With such powerful incentives, Pogue feared that analytical rigor , literary merit, and political accountability would get lost in the endless quest for swashbuckling yarns. \u2014 Molly Fischer, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"But that scholar would also have acknowledged their courage, intellectual rigor , sagacity and political skill. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Having spent years investigating police departments from Chicago to Newark to Missoula, Mont., she is struck by the newfound rigor with which police behavior is now being overseen. \u2014 Karl Vick, Time , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The rigor with which Rooney conformed narrative voice to the shape of her characters\u2019 consciousness won her praise as a portraitist of her Millennial generation\u2014and also left her vulnerable to political critique. \u2014 Caleb Crain, The Atlantic , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Regardless, over the years I have been continuously impressed by the rigor with which Vivid built its business. \u2014 Eric Fuller, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2021",
"Adrienne Valencia understands the joy and rigor that come from pursuing an arts practice. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 June 2022",
"True technological progress lies in being fluid, not in sticking to outdated rigor . \u2014 Natan Linder, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"All wide eyes, pinched cheeks and rigor -mortis hands \u2014 and a penchant for putting his foot in mouth on national television. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English rigour , from Anglo-French, from Latin rigor , literally, stiffness, from rig\u0113re to be stiff",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215737"
},
"rigorous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor : very strict",
": marked by extremes of temperature or climate",
": harsh , severe",
": scrupulously accurate : precise",
": very strict",
": hard to endure because of extreme conditions : harsh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-g(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"rigorous enforcement of the rules",
"a rigorous course of study",
"We subjected the data to a rigorous analysis.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hyde ruled Jones out for the remainder of the 2022 season and presumed the prospect could miss part of 2023, too, although the recovery process for a position player compared with a pitcher is less rigorous . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022",
"Being rigorous about your routines and rituals will help children feel more secure. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"However, consumer-grade DNA tests may not always be as rigorous as clinical-grade DNA tests that your doctor\u2019s office may order for you, Rajagopolan says. \u2014 Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"Yet activists have been rigorous in their campaigns for change on social media and on the ground. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Rusk was rigorous in making sure each team had different skills in an effort to reduce bias to any one type of investment. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Customers need to be rigorous in the sales inquiry process. \u2014 John Hayes, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The disclosure requirements are more rigorous for shareholders with 10% or more of a company\u2019s shares, and there are additional rules against quick profit-taking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In middle school, my mother sent me to the Atlanta International School, which was academically rigorous . \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-173101"
},
"riled":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make agitated and angry : upset",
": roil sense 1",
": to make angry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8r\u012bl"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her comments riled the professor.",
"one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the Journal Star, authorities have reported some drivers tried to rile up crowds with dangerous tricks at the event in previous years. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Some Republicans seem to be resurfacing these false stereotypes as a political tool to rile up their base and further marginalize LGBTQ people, experts say. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"Someone may speak about a delicate subject for you, or even directly rile you up to try and prompt a response from you. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Trump is using the January 6 Committee\u2019s blatant bias and Javert style to rile up his supporters in anticipation of a revenge-tour presidential run. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But perhaps the drug could help another group of long-haulers, who are thought to harbor hard-to-reach reservoirs of virus that regularly rile the body up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"To borrow a term from pro wrestling, this reputation has made Cambage the closest thing the WNBA has to a heel (also known as the ring villain, sent in to cause trouble, kick ass and generally rile up the crowd). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"All that\u2019s missing is a spark that will rile the people and elites and move them to take action. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That seemed to rile up Mr. DeSantis, leading to a tit for tat between his press secretary and a Disney spokesman. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"variant of roil ",
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192407"
},
"riley":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
": turbid",
": angry",
"1849\u20131916 American poet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-l\u0113",
"\u02c8r\u012b-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"some visibly riley people were lined up in the customer service department",
"take care not to stir up the bottom of the stream when you fill the dipper, or your water will be riley"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190740"
},
"riling":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make agitated and angry : upset",
": roil sense 1",
": to make angry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8r\u012bl"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her comments riled the professor.",
"one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the Journal Star, authorities have reported some drivers tried to rile up crowds with dangerous tricks at the event in previous years. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Some Republicans seem to be resurfacing these false stereotypes as a political tool to rile up their base and further marginalize LGBTQ people, experts say. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"Someone may speak about a delicate subject for you, or even directly rile you up to try and prompt a response from you. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Trump is using the January 6 Committee\u2019s blatant bias and Javert style to rile up his supporters in anticipation of a revenge-tour presidential run. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But perhaps the drug could help another group of long-haulers, who are thought to harbor hard-to-reach reservoirs of virus that regularly rile the body up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"To borrow a term from pro wrestling, this reputation has made Cambage the closest thing the WNBA has to a heel (also known as the ring villain, sent in to cause trouble, kick ass and generally rile up the crowd). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"All that\u2019s missing is a spark that will rile the people and elites and move them to take action. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That seemed to rile up Mr. DeSantis, leading to a tit for tat between his press secretary and a Disney spokesman. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"variant of roil ",
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-220519"
},
"rim":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": brink",
": the outer often curved or circular edge or border of something",
": the outer part of a wheel joined to the hub usually by spokes",
": a removable outer metal band on an automobile wheel to which the tire is attached",
": frame sense 3b(2)",
": to run around the rim of",
": to serve as a rim for : border",
": to form or show a rim",
": an outer edge especially of something curved",
": the part of a wheel that the tire is mounted on",
": to form a rim around"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rim",
"\u02c8rim"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"frame",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"periphery",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"antonyms":[
"border",
"bound",
"edge",
"frame",
"fringe",
"margin",
"skirt"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"There were chips on the rim of the plate.",
"the rim of the volcano",
"He bought stainless steel rims for his new car.",
"Verb",
"She rimmed her eyes with eyeliner.",
"a porcelain bowl rimmed with gold",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jackon\u2019s biggest focus this summer will be improving his finishing around the rim . \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Can Robert Williams take advantage around the rim if the Warriors go completely small? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"Murray is also an explosive athlete and shows great toughness and timing around the rim at 6-8 and 225 pounds. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 24 May 2022",
"The 76ers and Raptors appeared headed into overtime when Kawhi Leonard hit the incredible fadeaway buzzer beater over big Joel Embiid that bounced around the rim and slowly dropped through to send Canada into a state of oh my freaking goodness. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 14 May 2022",
"Phillips can blow past defenders with either hand and finish around the rim . \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 12 May 2022",
"Turns out deflections are Brook Lopez\u2019s thing, and not just around the rim . \u2014 Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
"Still, Huntley-Hatfield has the tools to score around the rim , as a mid-range shooter and from 3-point range. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Andre Drummond used his bulk around the rim , finishing with 15 points and 12 boards. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Nevertheless, the 6-10 forward from Togo can rim protect, command a fast break and even hit a 3 or two. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Sherman got a wide-open look to tie in the final seconds, and after a long rebounds Williams had an off-balance shot ultimately rim out. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 5 Mar. 2022",
"The federal government has a similar Rigs to Reefs program, created in 1984, that runs in coordination with states that rim the Gulf of Mexico. \u2014 Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times , 29 Nov. 2021",
"After Detroit forward Jerami Grant\u2019s 3-point attempt hit back iron, Cory Joseph got the offensive rebound, only for Frank Jackson\u2019s potentially game-tying 27-footer to rim out at the buzzer. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Rub edges of jelly jars with lime wedges and rim with chile-salt mixture. \u2014 Marian Cooper Cairns And Mary Allen Perry, Country Living , 13 Oct. 2021",
"But his main objectives are to rim protect, score inside, and facilitate. \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Oct. 2021",
"The salt forward-flavor makes this a nice contrast for limey drinks, so this is our pick to rim a margarita glass or dress a cold beer. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 16 June 2021",
"Fasten the blocks to the can through the top holes, then use a square held along the can's rim and the block's edge to align each block on the can's surface. \u2014 James Schadewald, Popular Mechanics , 3 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb",
"1621, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-201138"
},
"ring":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a circular band for holding, connecting, hanging, pulling, packing, or sealing",
": a circlet usually of precious metal worn especially on the finger",
": a circular line, figure, or object",
": an encircling arrangement",
": a circular or spiral course",
": an often circular space especially for exhibitions or competitions",
": such a space at a circus",
": a structure containing such a ring",
": a usually square enclosure in which a fighting contest (such as a boxing or wrestling match) takes place",
": a band of small objects revolving around a planet (such as Saturn) and composed of dust and icy or rocky fragments",
": annual ring",
": an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish and often corrupt purpose (as to control a market)",
": gang",
": the field of a political contest : race",
": food in the shape of a circle",
": an arrangement of atoms represented in formulas or models in a cyclic manner",
": a set of mathematical elements that is closed under two binary operations of which the first forms a commutative group with the set and the second is associative over the set and is distributive with respect to the first operation",
": a pair of usually rubber-covered metal rings suspended from a ceiling or crossbar to a height of approximately eight feet above the floor and used for hanging, swinging, and balancing feats in gymnastics",
": an event in gymnastics competition in which the rings are used",
": boxing entry 1",
": to provide with a ring",
": to place or form a ring around : encircle",
": girdle sense 2",
": to throw a ringer over (the peg) in a game (such as horseshoes or quoits)",
": to move in a ring",
": to rise in the air spirally",
": to form or take the shape of a ring",
": to sound resonantly or sonorously",
": to be filled with a reverberating sound : resound",
": to have the sensation of being filled with a humming sound",
": to cause something to ring",
": to be filled with talk or report",
": to have great renown",
": to sound repetitiously",
": to have a sound or character expressive of some quality",
": to make a telephone call",
": to cause to sound especially by striking",
": to make (a sound) by or as if by ringing a bell",
": to announce by or as if by ringing",
": to repeat often, loudly, or earnestly",
": to summon especially by bell",
": telephone",
": to arouse a response",
": to conclude a performance or an action",
": to ring frequently or constantly with incoming calls",
": to run through the range of possible variations",
": to begin a performance or an action",
": a set of bells",
": a clear resonant sound made by or resembling that made by vibrating metal",
": resonant tone : sonority",
": a loud sound continued, repeated, or reverberated",
": a sound or character expressive of some particular quality",
": the act or an instance of ringing",
": a telephone call",
": a circular band used for holding, fastening, or connecting",
": a circular band usually of precious metal worn especially on the finger as jewelry",
": something circular in shape",
": an often circular space for shows or contests",
": a group of people who work together for dishonest purposes",
": annual ring",
": to place or form a ring around",
": to make or cause to make a clear vibrating sound",
": to announce by or as if by striking a bell",
": to sound loudly",
": to fill or be filled with the sound of something",
": to be filled with a humming sound",
": to seem to be a certain way",
": to call for especially by ringing a bell",
": a clear sound made by or as if by vibrating metal",
": a continuous or repeating loud sound",
": something that suggests a certain quality",
": a telephone call",
": a circular band",
": an anatomical structure having a circular opening : annulus",
": an arrangement of atoms represented in formulas or models in a cyclic manner as a closed chain",
": to have the sensation of being filled with a humming sound"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri\u014b",
"\u02c8ri\u014b",
"\u02c8ri\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193550"
},
"ringing":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"clear and full in tone resounding",
"vigorously unequivocal decisive"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8ri\u014b-i\u014b",
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"Do you hear that ringing sound?",
"an angry, ringing denial of the charges"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"rip off":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of stealing : theft",
": a financial exploitation",
": a usually cheap exploitive imitation",
": rob",
": cheat , defraud",
": steal",
": to copy or imitate blatantly or unscrupulously",
": to perform, achieve, or score quickly or easily"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rip-\u02cc\u022ff"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"antonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer",
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-230135"
},
"rip-roaring":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": noisily excited or exciting"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rip-\u02c8r\u022fr-i\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1834, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-170004"
},
"ripe":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fully grown and developed : mature",
": having mature knowledge, understanding, or judgment",
": of advanced years : late",
": suitable , appropriate",
": fully prepared : ready",
": brought by aging to full flavor or the best state : mellow",
": smelly , stinking",
": ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit",
": indecent",
": fully grown and developed",
": of advanced years",
": ready entry 1 sense 1",
": of, relating to, or being a claim for relief that is ready for judicial resolution because the injury is certain to occur and is not merely hypothetical or speculative \u2014 compare moot",
": ready and appropriate for disclosure because reasonably determined to be valid and not required to be kept secret for business reasons"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bp",
"\u02c8r\u012bp"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"green",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful"
],
"examples":[
"The apples are nearly ripe .",
"the clothes of the field hands were sweaty and ripe after a hard day's work",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Insurance, for example, has long been viewed by many startups as laggard and ripe for disruption at the hands of new technology. \u2014 Amit Nisenbaum, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"An appealing floral note accents ripe peach and apricot flavors. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The storm turned into what's called a supercell thunderstorm, a type of storm that can produce conditions ripe for damage, including high winds and the kind of tornado that ripped through Gaylord. \u2014 Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"While other winemakers source from Helluva Vineyard, this Pinot is made in a notably ripe , easy to drink style. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Outside, their once-bustling street was quiet, the fear of another explosion still ripe . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"The landscape is stunning, offering everything from above tree-line peaks to cool, sub-tropical forests ripe with waterfalls. \u2014 Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Full-bodied, the palate is impactful yet maintains compelling restraint, featuring layers of crunchy black fruits, exotic spices and floral hints, framed by firm, exquisitely ripe tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length and depth. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Try mashed avocado in place of mayonnaise or butter on a sandwich, whip up one or all of these 25 recipes to save for that moment your avocados are perfectly ripe , or snack on a slide of the trendy yet timeless avocado toast. \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old English r\u012bpe ; akin to Old English r\u012bpan, reopan to reap",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195006"
},
"ripened":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to grow or become ripe",
": to make ripe",
": to bring to completeness or perfection",
": to age or cure (cheese) to develop characteristic flavor, odor, body, texture, and color",
": to improve flavor and tenderness of (beef or game) by aging under refrigeration",
": to make or become ripe"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u0259n",
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u1d4am",
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The tomatoes finished ripening on the windowsill.",
"You can ripen the fruit by placing it in a paper bag and storing it at room temperature for a few days.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alaskan grizzlies, so fond of salmon runs, now preferring berries that ripen sooner. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Your plant appears normal in an email photo with several hands of green fruits that should ripen later in the season. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
"Made only in years that favor varieties that ripen late in the season, this exquisite Rh\u00f4ne red is mostly Mourvedre, known for its long aging potential, blended with Syrah, Grenache and Counoise. \u2014 Mike Desimone, Robb Report , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Every year when the apples ripen , approximately 50 to 75 apples drop on our side of the fence for several weeks. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"How to ripen an avocado in a few hours: Use the oven! \u2014 Amy Mitchell, Country Living , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Plants produce an abundance of flowers in spring and ripen their intensely aromatic fruits in the fall. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In 1986, Howard Mozeico planted a small vineyard behind his Parrett Mountain home to see if grapes would ripen 1,000 feet above sea level. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Winemakers dream of these kinds of mild, even temperatures, which allow grapes to ripen slowly, taking more time to develop complex flavors. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210112"
},
"riposte":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry",
": a retaliatory verbal sally : retort",
": a retaliatory maneuver or measure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8p\u014dst"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"repartee",
"retort"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's known for having a brilliant riposte to nearly any insult",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The poster is an effective visual riposte to the divide-and-conquer culture war issue ginned up by Republicans eager for a mid-term rebound in November. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 2 June 2022",
"But there\u2019s also another argument: for the nude as art, for the nude as autonomy, for the nude as a riposte to the stuffy traditions of art history. \u2014 Tom Rasmussen, Vogue , 18 May 2022",
"Reacting to a Fremaux tease about making films slowly, the Polish-British filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski hit back with a witty riposte . \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"To some, The Babylon Bee\u2019s riposte was an assertion of biological fact. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
"His answer is a version of his riposte to charges that green-minded investments produce, by definition, lackluster returns. \u2014 Larry Light, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The sure-to-arrive riposte from the former president duly followed. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Potter\u2019s exquisite drawings of fungi from the 1880s and 90s were a colorful riposte to the largely black-and-white versions that then filled the scientific literature, says the curator. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The progressive riposte to these contentions typically assert that Democrats should excite people by running on bold and transformative ideas, deliver on these promises, and then run again on the promise to deliver more. \u2014 Natalie Shure, The New Republic , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, modification of Italian risposta , literally, answer, from rispondere to respond, from Latin respond\u0113re ",
"first_known_use":[
"1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215559"
},
"ripped":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being under the influence of alcohol or drugs : high , stoned",
": having high muscle definition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ript"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"blitzed",
"bombed",
"high",
"hopped-up",
"loaded",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"stoned",
"strung out",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"She was wearing ripped jeans.",
"when I got to his house, he was already pretty ripped",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pratt \u2014 who plays dinosaur handler Owen Grady \u2014 has transformed himself from an actor best known for playing chubby goofballs into a ripped and bankable action star who leads two major franchises. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"Those injuries included the remnants of a ripped medial collateral ligament, a separated shoulder, a torn hamstring, and a broken elbow. NBD. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Jean-Marc pointed out sites along the way \u2013 candy stores, bagel shops, his favorite movie theater, the kind with ripped velvet seats and floors sticky with stale popcorn butter. \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Sensing a less than favorable outcome for the pop group, Fallon suggested maybe looking for some lesser known/less ripped relatives of the Australian actors. \u2014 Ruth Kinane, EW.com , 21 July 2021",
"My jeans dragged on the floor, getting more ripped and dirt-stained with each wear. \u2014 Irina Grechko, refinery29.com , 12 Feb. 2021",
"The garage workouts depict a more ripped Mayfield than the one on vacay with his Giants pals in January. \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 27 Mar. 2020",
"Pelosi later waved the ripped pieces in the air, and audience members left in the chamber and public-viewing gallery could see Trump's prominent signature. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
"At another point, a page put a piece of paper with ragged edges such as those from a ripped notebook, on Murkowski's desk. \u2014 Laurie Kellman, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193019"
},
"ripper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": one that rips",
": a machine used to break up solid material (such as rock or ore)",
": an excellent example or instance of its kind"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-p\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the comedian's last routine was a real ripper , leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kids Trucker hat looks cool, too, so your little ripper will fit right in with the rest of the crew. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2019",
"The Piano, a bodice- ripper set in her native New Zealand and so considered exotic, maybe romantic. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
"She\u2019s in high demand, though, so for the rest of us, there\u2019s Taos\u2019s new pro-guided experience, where a local ripper will show you secret stashes and the best way to get your tails into the fall line on the double blacks off West Basin Ridge. \u2014 Tim Neville, Outside Online , 26 Dec. 2021",
"They can be used to import and play music from almost any hard drive, SSD or even CD transport or ripper . \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021",
"This news would make any fan of the bodice- ripper excited \u2014 even the likes of Lady Whistledown. \u2014 Natalie Morin, refinery29.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Every subscription comes with a complimentary starter kit that includes a sharp set of floral shears, a custom re-usable floral grid (which is an easy-to-use alternative to floral tape), stem ripper , and ruler, along with a stylish lucite vase. \u2014 Amanda Lauren, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"This seam ripper is purple and white to give you easy identification. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 10 May 2021",
"There are soft finger grips that are located on both ends of the seam ripper . \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 10 May 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210905"
},
"ripsnorter":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": something extraordinary : humdinger"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rip-\u02c8sn\u022fr-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter , but it turned out to be a real snoozer"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1840, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190127"
},
"rise":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to assume an upright position especially from lying, kneeling, or sitting",
": to get up from sleep or from one's bed",
": to return from death",
": to take up arms",
": to respond warmly : applaud",
": to end a session : adjourn",
": to appear above the horizon",
": to move upward : ascend",
": to increase in height, size, volume, or pitch",
": to extend above other objects",
": to become heartened or elated",
": to increase in fervor or intensity",
": to attain a higher level or rank",
": to increase in quantity or number",
": to take place : happen",
": to come into being : originate",
": to follow as a consequence : result",
": to exert oneself to meet a challenge",
": a spot higher than surrounding ground : hilltop",
": an upward slope",
": an act of rising or a state of being risen : such as",
": a movement upward : ascent",
": emergence (as of the sun) above the horizon",
": the upward movement of a fish to seize food or bait",
": beginning , origin",
": the distance or elevation of one point above another",
": an increase especially in amount, number, or volume",
": raise sense 3b",
": an increase in price, value, rate, or sum",
": an angry reaction",
": the distance from the crotch to the waistline on pants",
": to get up from lying, kneeling, or sitting",
": to get up from sleeping in a bed",
": to go or move up",
": to swell in size or volume",
": to increase in amount or number",
": to become encouraged or grow stronger",
": to appear above the horizon",
": to gain a higher rank or position",
": to come into being",
": to successfully deal with a difficult situation",
": to return from death",
": to launch an attack or revolt",
": an increase in amount, number, or volume",
": upward movement",
": the act of gaining a higher rank or position",
": beginning sense 1 , origin",
": an upward slope",
": a spot higher than surrounding ground",
": an angry reaction"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bz",
"\u02c8r\u012bz",
"also",
"\u02c8r\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancement",
"ascent",
"creation",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"upgrade",
"upgrading"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The price of a home continues to rise in the Baltimore metro area, but for the first time in about three years, the amount of homes for sale has also increased. \u2014 Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun , 13 June 2022",
"That demographic is expected to rise to 44,920 \u2014 a nearly 32 percent increase \u2014 by 2035. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"At last, interest rates for money market funds have started to rise . \u2014 New York Times , 12 June 2022",
"Hot, dry conditions continued through Sunday, but temperatures were forecasted to cool slightly and humidity was expected to rise . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News Staff And Wire Reports, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022",
"Grocery prices, according to the report, are expected to rise between 3% and 4% in the coming months. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 10 June 2022",
"Using fewer antibiotics is not only beneficial to dairy farmers but also to consumers with antibiotic resistance continuing to rise . \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"When one of them, a man known as Igor Strelkov, began to rise as almost a national hero in certain constituencies, the Kremlin scaled it down. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 8 June 2022",
"But wastewater data show that coronavirus levels are actually continuing to rise . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Others include residential towers in Harbor Beach and Flagler Village, a business hotel on Marina Mile and a low- rise apartment complex in the Uptown section. \u2014 David Lyons, Sun Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Sirous, who is thirty-six, and their partner, Olya Onypko, who is thirty-seven, own a condo in a high- rise apartment complex on the outskirts of Kyiv, just east of where the front line lay for all of March. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
"At the fair, Baxter\u2019s booth was stuffed with curved, low- rise furnishings in hues like gray and aubergine, and at Dior\u2019s garden party, the \u201970s were literally in the air thanks to the funky Italo soundtrack. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 14 June 2022",
"The hotel near La Guardia was completed in 2019, while the high- rise residences in Queens have not been approved yet. \u2014 Matthew Haag, New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Their success led to the construction of an Italian Renaissance high- rise with twin 13-story dormitories for fledging theologians. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
"Whether strutting in a pair of dangerously low- rise leather trousers or grocery shopping in just her bra and underwear, the Uncut Gems actress knows how to turn heads. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 June 2022",
"But these 21st-century falcons chose a city high- rise instead of a bare mountain peak. \u2014 Alison Gopnik, WSJ , 9 June 2022",
"Over the past few years, Fox\u2019s early 2000s style \u2014 which included Y2K signatures like baby tees, low- rise jeans, and bodycon dresses \u2014 has become the go-to inspiration for people wanting to channel the pink Motorola Razr era. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-205831"
},
"risky":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": attended with risk or danger : hazardous",
": dangerous sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-sk\u0113",
"\u02c8ris-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"Her plan is too risky .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But if sporting a flashy collar\u2014with or without pearls\u2014for your 9-to-5 seems daunting, Mr. Fisher proposed date night as a less- risky test site. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Crypto prices are crashing as investors flee to less- risky assets. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"Additionally, skyrocketing inflation and spiking interest rates have sent many investors scurrying to less- risky assets. \u2014 Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Their hesitation could be at least partly because the virus is typically less risky for young children. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 10 June 2022",
"Their hesitation could be at least partly due to the fact that the virus is typically less risky for young children. \u2014 Noah Weiland, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"The prospect of rapid increases has sent shudders through stock markets, as higher rates would raise the returns on less risky alternatives to stocks. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
"They are promoted as less risky relative to the volatility of investing in other cryptos, such as bitcoin or ethereum. \u2014 Michelle Singletary, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"While the Kayes region has been less risky than Mali's north, there have been growing reports of extremism spreading in the area linked to a group known as Katiba Macina. \u2014 Baba Ahmed, ajc , 2 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1813, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-171706"
},
"rival":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess",
"one striving for competitive advantage",
"companion , associate",
"equal , peer",
"having the same pretensions or claims competing",
"to act as a rival compete",
"to be in competition with",
"to strive to equal or excel emulate",
"to possess qualities or aptitudes that approach or equal (those of another)",
"someone or something that tries to defeat or be more successful than another",
"being equally good",
"to be as good as or almost as good as"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l",
"synonyms":[
"coequal",
"compeer",
"coordinate",
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fellow",
"like",
"match",
"parallel",
"peer"
],
"antonyms":[
"battle",
"compete",
"contend",
"face off",
"fight",
"race",
"vie"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The teams have been longtime rivals .",
"The men are romantic rivals for her affection.",
"Verb",
"The company manufactures paper that rivals the world's best.",
"The new museum will rival the largest in the world.",
"Recent Examples on the Web Noun",
"These days, Facebook faces a new and arguably more potent rival TikTok. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"On his third attempt, Petro is not alone on his promises to change the status quo, as his runoff rival , Hern\u00e1ndez, also claims the label of outsider and disruptor. \u2014 Stefano Pozzebon, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Nike, named for the Greek goddess of victory, has become not just the most valuable apparel brand in the world (worth more than twice as much as Adidas, its closest sportswear rival , and ahead of Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Chanel). \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The closest rival \u2014and the only other not in the red for 2022\u2014is the utilities sector, up 0.3% year-to-date. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Texas will play its biggest rival \u2014 No. 1 seed and defending national champion Oklahoma \u2014 in a best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday. \u2014 Cliff Brunt, Chron , 7 June 2022",
"The series focused heavily on Oklahoma zoo operator Joe Exotic, who also was targeted for animal mistreatment and was convicted in a plot to kill a rival , Carole Baskin. \u2014 Meg Kinnard, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"Her nearest rival , developer Rick Caruso, has 32%, according to the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, co-sponsored by The Times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"As part of President Ellen Claremont's reelection campaign, her PR team decides to stage a friendship between Alex and his longtime rival a young British royal named Prince Henry. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Adjective",
"The two prospects most commonly connected to the Pacers by rival teams are Keegan Murray and Jaden Ivey. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
"Instead, fans of the rival teams were guided to separate venues closer to the city limits. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"The Park View Locos quickly discovered that Escobar Mendez was not a rival gang member and withheld that information from MS-13 leaders for fear of being punished, Vigil Mejia said. \u2014 Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"The rapper is not accused of murder, but of allegedly renting a car that was used in the killing or a rival gang member. \u2014 Deena Zaru, ABC News , 24 May 2022",
"Most notably, prosecutors said that in 2015, Williams rented an Infiniti Q50 sedan from Hertz, which was later used in the murder of a rival gang member. \u2014 Leah Asmelash, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The 88-page grand jury indictment reveals Young Thug is accused of renting 2014 Infiniti Q50 sedan from Hertz, which was later used in connection with the of the murder of rival gang member Donovan Thomas, Jr. on Jan. 10, 2015. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 10 May 2022",
"Mahle was a popular trade target throughout the offseason as rival teams called the Reds to inquire about his availability. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 23 Mar. 2022",
"As the sides hammered out details over that two-day stretch, Fred said two rival teams tried to make late, aggressive pushes for Freeman\u2019s signature, one offering to fly in for an in-person meeting. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web Verb",
"But the best parks in Houston also offer great perks\u2014waterfalls, fountains, footbridges, sculptures, waterside promenades, skyline panoramas and even terraces that rival those of private clubs. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022",
"And, in between the liquor stores and Latino barber shops, a strip mall bustled with restaurants offering a stunning assortment of regional cuisines that rival those found in the open-air markets of Mexico. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Society may tell you that vans are frumpy, but those in the know will agree that today's minivans offer more practicality than SUVs, and some full-size vans offer towing and hauling capabilities that rival those of pickup trucks. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Bulldogs have added another pair of options in LSU transfer Arik Gilbert, who may rival Bowers for pure talent and athleticism, and freshman Oscar Delp, who had seven catches in the spring game. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Aiming to rival or even outdo Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr in clever plotting and misdirection, the subgenre nonetheless plays absolutely fair in presenting all the clues needed to determine who-and-howdunit. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Apr. 2022",
"His new car will rival the first all-electric Bugatti, which is due before 2030 and is likely to be a four-seat GT or SUV, to differentiate it from the two-seat GTs of its new partner Rimac. \u2014 Ben Oliver, Robb Report , 30 Nov. 2021",
"At first, trip costs would rival a luxury flight but could decline to rates similar to a car trip in about a decade, a Lillium official speculated. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Several opposition parties called the appointment of a man who was, until recently, seen as Rajapaksa\u2019s rival an unsavory deal to keep the president in power. \u2014 Gerry Shih, Washington Post , 12 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Adjective",
"1592, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1607, in the meaning defined at transitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"rive":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces : rend",
": to split with force or violence",
": to divide into pieces or fractions",
": fracture",
": to become split : crack"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bv"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break up",
"bust",
"disintegrate",
"dismember",
"disrupt",
"fracture",
"fragment"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"road pavement that had been riven by the annual freeze-and-thaw cycle",
"the bitter disappointment threatened to rive my heart in two",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And new attention will be paid to the class divisions that have riven American society. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 8 Apr. 2020",
"News reports this autumn detailed her disorganised, riven and functionally leaderless campaign, beset by internal rivalries and fund-raising woes. \u2014 The Economist , 4 Dec. 2019",
"After more than three decades without baseball, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005 rebranded as the Nationals, becoming perhaps the only bipartisan agreement in a capital rived by tribalism as Republicans and Democrats flocked to games. \u2014 Peter Baker, New York Times , 24 Oct. 2019",
"The divisions in the states riven by civil war are ethnic, denominational, interreligious, geographical, tribal, and ideological. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2020",
"The strong bipartisan vote showed a rare level of unity in a Washington riven by partisan divides with a backdrop of a bitter fight for the Senate and the White House this fall. \u2014 Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2020",
"The South American nation has been riven by protests for weeks, with clashes between government allies and opponents seeking Maduro\u2019s ouster resulting in at least 30 deaths. \u2014 Christine Jenkins, Bloomberg.com , 5 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Old Norse r\u012bfa ; akin to Greek ereipein to tear down",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204307"
},
"rivet":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head",
": to fasten with or as if with rivets",
": to upset the end or point of (something, such as a metallic pin, rod, or bolt) by beating or pressing so as to form a head",
": to fasten or fix firmly",
": to attract and hold (something, such as a person's attention) completely",
": a bolt with a head that is passed through two or more pieces and is hammered into place",
": to fasten with rivets",
": to attract and hold (as someone's attention) completely",
": to make (someone) unable to move because of fear or shock"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-v\u0259t",
"\u02c8ri-v\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"focus",
"train"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The iron plates are riveted rather than welded.",
"everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On a gravel bike, head up the Boulder Creek Path to Four Mile Canyon, then bang a left on Logan Mill and follow signs for the Escape Route, a forest-fire egress that\u2019s steep enough to put you on the rivet . \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 25 Mar. 2019",
"Now, fresh out of a five-year nut, bolt and last rivet restoration in Australia, this legendary 79-year-old Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX, is being offered for sale with a \u00a34.5 million, or roughly $6.1 million, price tag. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 25 Jan. 2022",
"More to the point, denim has moved on since Levi Strauss and Jacob W.Davis patented the rivet in 1873. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Some motorists are also installing anti-theft cages and covers that rivet into the underbody of a vehicle. \u2014 Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News , 22 July 2021",
"Integral to the design are the principles of acupuncture\u2014there\u2019s a round copper rivet on the bottom of the shoe, which touches the ground as well as the foot. \u2014 Wendy Altschuler, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"Then bend the aluminum into a cone as shown and drill the rivet holes. \u2014 Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Each blade has a satin polish finish and the triple- rivet handles feature ergonomic designs. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The cover of the Memorial Day 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post featured a Norman Rockwell painting of a muscular woman calmly eating a sandwich while balancing a rivet gun on her lap. \u2014 John Pope, NOLA.com , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Once more, widescreen black-and-white lends the action welcome veracity (more in spirit than in fact), but the director\u2019s unending capacity to surprise will rivet viewers. \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 17 May 2022",
"Another former colleague, Rosemary Gordon Panuco, now a special magistrate in Tucson, Arizona, said Reynolds not only knew the law but how to rivet a jury. \u2014 Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Mamet's star has been considerably tarnished by his own doing, but his work still has the power to rivet audiences. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"These are incomparable real-time documents from a man with a singular perspective on the unfolding events that still rivet us today. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Anderson and his assistant, Amy Lahey (no relation to Jim), bend, weld, grind, polish and rivet each of the boxes in their workshop in Newburgh, N.Y., and are often told that the finished products work a little too well. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2021",
"Jimmy's goofy Elder Law practice turned into a subplot that totally riveted me. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2020",
"The episode has riveted the criminology community\u2014and severed a once close relationship after one of the researchers accused his former mentor of falsifying data. \u2014 Dalmeet Singh Chawla, Science | AAAS , 26 Nov. 2019",
"Think: automatons riveting bolts on a auto production line. \u2014 Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com , 17 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-190521"
},
"rivulet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small stream",
": a small stream"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-vy\u0259-l\u0259t",
"-v\u0259-",
"\u02c8ri-vy\u0259-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"small rivulets trickled down the side of the cliff",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tiny fish had navigated what remained of the river at that time: a rivulet a person could often leap across, a few inches deep at times, Benkert said. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Oct. 2021",
"At the lower left, a rivulet of water trickles from a half-round wooden pipe into the cool darkness of a catchment pool. \u2014 William E. Wallace, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
"In a few short weeks, a torrential global river of money sprang from NFTs; in a few short days, a few celebrities diked it and drained off a rivulet of cash to a 15-employee nonprofit in Washington. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 23 Mar. 2021",
"What starts as a worrying dot of pigment becomes a puddle, and then a rivulet , then begins to look, undeniably, like the basin of an overflowing toilet. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 20 Nov. 2020",
"In the sewers and rivulets along the streets in the city of masks the rats ride in masks like passengers in boats crossing the Lethe. \u2014 Daniel Torday, Wired , 3 Apr. 2020",
"Column continues below video: Not 90 seconds into his tribute, tears ran down Jordan\u2019s face like tiny rivulets . \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2020",
"This further contributes to erosion, which snowballs as moving water increases speed and carves out rivulets and then gullies. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Oct. 2019",
"The pulses sometimes caused the lava channel to overtop its banks, creating new rivulets that threatened nearby property. \u2014 Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American , 5 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Italian rivoletto , diminutive of rivolo , from Latin rivulus , diminutive of rivus stream \u2014 more at run ",
"first_known_use":[
"1587, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192815"
},
"ripen":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to grow or become ripe",
": to make ripe",
": to bring to completeness or perfection",
": to age or cure (cheese) to develop characteristic flavor, odor, body, texture, and color",
": to improve flavor and tenderness of (beef or game) by aging under refrigeration",
": to make or become ripe"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u0259n",
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u1d4am",
"\u02c8r\u012b-p\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The tomatoes finished ripening on the windowsill.",
"You can ripen the fruit by placing it in a paper bag and storing it at room temperature for a few days.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alaskan grizzlies, so fond of salmon runs, now preferring berries that ripen sooner. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Your plant appears normal in an email photo with several hands of green fruits that should ripen later in the season. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, Orlando Sentinel , 14 May 2022",
"Made only in years that favor varieties that ripen late in the season, this exquisite Rh\u00f4ne red is mostly Mourvedre, known for its long aging potential, blended with Syrah, Grenache and Counoise. \u2014 Mike Desimone, Robb Report , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Every year when the apples ripen , approximately 50 to 75 apples drop on our side of the fence for several weeks. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"How to ripen an avocado in a few hours: Use the oven! \u2014 Amy Mitchell, Country Living , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Plants produce an abundance of flowers in spring and ripen their intensely aromatic fruits in the fall. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Jan. 2022",
"In 1986, Howard Mozeico planted a small vineyard behind his Parrett Mountain home to see if grapes would ripen 1,000 feet above sea level. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Winemakers dream of these kinds of mild, even temperatures, which allow grapes to ripen slowly, taking more time to develop complex flavors. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-140558"
},
"richness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"biographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having abundant possessions and especially material wealth",
": having high value or quality",
": well supplied or endowed",
": magnificently impressive : sumptuous",
": vivid and deep in color",
": full and mellow in tone and quality",
": having a strong fragrance",
": highly productive or remunerative",
": having abundant plant nutrients",
": highly seasoned, fatty, oily, or sweet",
": high in the combustible component",
": high in some component",
": entertaining",
": laughable",
": meaningful , significant",
": lush",
": pure or nearly pure",
": having a lot of money and possessions : wealthy",
": valuable entry 1 sense 1 , expensive",
": well supplied : abundant",
": fertile sense 1",
": containing much sugar, fat, or seasoning",
": deep and pleasing in color or tone",
"Adrienne Cecile 1929\u20132012 American poet"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rich",
"\u02c8rich",
"\u02c8rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Maya Rudolph is rich , divorced and saving the world in the first trailer for her Apple TV+ series Loot. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"America has brought us so many moments of amazing creative synthesis, so many amazing, brand-new, rich , and extraordinary ideas. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2022",
"The effect is supremely sophisticated; Platinum 22 smells rich , regal, and, thanks to the warmth of tonka and the smoothness of orris, somehow familiar. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 May 2022",
"This is a gorgeous whisky, rich and multi-layered, still vibrant and vital in spite of its great age. \u2014 Joseph V Micallef, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"However, from her reflective but effortlessly relatable lyricism to her rich , resounding voice and her spiritual curiosity, Debbie sings like someone who has experience beyond her years. \u2014 Carl Lamarre, Billboard , 23 May 2022",
"The wife of railroad baron Leland Stanford, Jane was rich , duplicitous and convinced that God was whispering in her ear. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"These three organizations, all led by black women, are part of a growing group of classical schools\u2014public, charter, private and religious\u2014that provide a rich , deep and broad education. \u2014 Angel Adams Parham, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Taking from Melissa, who has had her own affairs, feels like Robin Hood-ing to Frances: stealing from the hot, rich , and blonde to feed the middle class and meek. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 15 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English riche , from Old English r\u012bce ; akin to Old High German r\u012bhhi rich, Old English r\u012bce kingdom, Old High German r\u012bhhi , noun; all from prehistoric Germanic words borrowed from Celtic words akin to Old Irish r\u00ed (genitive r\u00edg ) king \u2014 more at royal ",
"first_known_use":[
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-141620"
},
"ringer":{
"type":[
"noun ()"
],
"definitions":[
": one that sounds especially by ringing",
": one that enters a competition under false representations",
": imposter , fake",
": one that strongly resembles another",
": one that encircles or puts a ring around (such as a quoit or horseshoe that lodges so as to surround the peg)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri\u014b-\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1834, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-213244"
},
"ridicule":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of ridiculing : derision , mockery",
": to make fun of",
": the act of making fun of someone or something in a cruel or harsh way : mean or unkind comments or behavior",
": to make fun of in a cruel or harsh way"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-d\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fcl",
"\u02c8ri-d\u0259-\u02ccky\u00fcl"
],
"synonyms":[
"derision",
"mockery",
"sport"
],
"antonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She didn't show anyone her artwork for fear of ridicule .",
"the early efforts by the suffragists to obtain voting rights for women were met with ridicule",
"Verb",
"The other kids ridiculed him for the way he dressed.",
"They ridiculed all of her suggestions.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"After widespread ridicule , the university let the class proceed. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 2 May 2022",
"The student also carried a Bible with him at school, which was the source of much ridicule , according to the suit. \u2014 Fox News , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This week my mind has been on the kinds of books that attempt to deliberately discomfort us by holding up those individual or societal flaws to a kind of scrutiny that is critical, even reaching toward a place of ridicule . \u2014 John Warner, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Now, Souza uses his popular Twitter feed, which has more than 233,000 followers, almost exclusively to ridicule and reproach Jackson, who represents Texas\u2019 13th Congressional District, one of the most conservative in the country. \u2014 Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Pete Souza, the former White House photographer-turned-Trump troll, now uses his popular Twitter feed almost exclusively to ridicule Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor-turned-Trump acolyte. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The tweet swiftly attracted ridicule from urbanists, many of whom pointed out that the Lancashire town declared a climate emergency three years ago. \u2014 Carlton Reid, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"When Spears shaved her head at the peak of her career, she was met with ridicule rather than compassion. \u2014 Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The idea was met with ridicule even from some of Trump\u2019s most vociferous supporters. \u2014 Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Here Duncan summarizes several literary skirmishes that took place in the late 1600s and early 1700s in which a writer created an index to a rival\u2019s work in order to satirize or ridicule it. \u2014 Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Zelensky was quick to ridicule the Russian leader\u2019s claims. \u2014 James Hookway, WSJ , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t ridicule your congregants\u2019 doubts or questions. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Feb. 2022",
"None of this is to ridicule Putin\u2019s account of Russian history. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"To ridicule this isn\u2019t to deny that there are real threats. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Three current or former TSM employees say that, sometimes, Dinh would ridicule employees for hours. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Her character became yet another way to casually ridicule women\u2019s bodies and their stories. \u2014 Shelley Puhak, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Television talk show hosts ridicule the scientists. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1675, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1680, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220624-220159"
},
"rite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a prescribed form or manner governing the words or actions for a ceremony",
": the ceremonial practices of a church or group of churches",
": a ceremonial act or action",
": a division of the Christian church using a distinctive liturgy",
": an act performed in a ceremony"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"form",
"formality",
"observance",
"ritual",
"solemnity"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Incense is often burned in their religious rites .",
"the annual summer rite of loading up the car for the big family vacation",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Classical music gets the street fest treatment in this Ravenswood rite , hosted by the nonprofit Access Contemporary Music. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
"This was no lesser a sacrifice, for the cucumber was understood to be the ox, to become it within the context of the rite . \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"Adas Israel held its first bat mitzvah in 1962 \u2014 four decades after the rite was introduced in America in New York City. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Saturday's decree makes clear that the Vatican must explicitly authorize new priests to celebrate the rite . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Saturday's decree makes clear the Vatican must explicitly authorize new priests to celebrate the rite . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 18 Dec. 2021",
"It will be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, while Pope Francis will perform a traditional funeral rite at the end of the ceremony. \u2014 Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Its stretches of incantation turn into something like a sacred rite . \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"For 50 years, our culture and media have treated this flawed decision as right and rite . \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 5 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin ritus ; akin to Greek arithmos number \u2014 more at arithmetic ",
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-010314"
},
"rising":{
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": insurrection , uprising",
": approaching a stated age : nearly"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-zi\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"rebellion",
"revolt",
"revolution",
"uprising"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was the leader of an armed rising against the elected government.",
"a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"As the third track on her upcoming album, rising , which drops May 20, the Chinese pop star takes a quick visit to her adolescence years \u2014 even at just 21. \u2014 James Dinh, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"Now Chris: part of this though, is there is a rising . \u2014 Leila Atassi, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The world was awash in dollar income streams from Treasury debt, and with redemptions of dollars for gold rising , Nixon had to close the gold window. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Drifting beside their rhythmic rising , our small group was awed into silence. \u2014 Cassidy Randall, Outside Online , 11 Jan. 2020",
"Still, with average hourly pay rising and unemployment rate steadily dropping, analysts say spending and growth could pick up, at least modestly, once omicron fades. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, chicagotribune.com , 14 Jan. 2022",
"But the growing Haredi population \u2014 about 13 percent of the nation and rising \u2014 has amplified secular demands for Haredim to participate more fully in the protection and economy of the country. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Oct. 2021",
"With the demand for talent rising and freelancers becoming increasingly favorable in the eyes of the corporate world, digital talent platforms became a much larger player in the talent game. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"As the water\u2019s rising , the elderly woman is panicking. \u2014 Sydney Pereira, Curbed , 2 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Adverb",
"1734, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-024436"
},
"risk":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": possibility of loss or injury : peril",
": someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard",
": the chance of loss or the perils to the subject matter of an insurance contract",
": the degree of probability of such loss",
": a person or thing that is a specified hazard to an insurer",
": an insurance hazard from a specified cause or source",
": the chance that an investment (such as a stock or commodity) will lose value",
": in a state or condition marked by a high level of risk or susceptibility",
": to expose to hazard or danger",
": to incur the risk or danger of",
": possibility of loss or injury",
": something or someone that may cause loss or injury",
": to expose to danger",
": to take the risk or danger of",
": possibility of loss, injury, disease, or death",
": a person considered in terms of the possible bad effects of a particular course of treatment",
": in a state or condition marked by a high level of risk or susceptibility",
": possibility of loss or injury",
": liability for loss or injury if it occurs",
": the chance of loss to the subject matter of an insurance contract : uncertainty with regard to loss",
": the degree of probability of such loss \u2014 compare peril",
": a person or thing that is a specified hazard to an insurer",
": an insurance hazard from a specified cause or source"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8risk",
"\u02c8risk",
"\u02c8risk"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"hazard",
"imminence",
"menace",
"peril",
"pitfall",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"chance",
"gamble (on)",
"hazard",
"tempt",
"venture"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The buddy system is especially beneficial for people with seizure disorders or other medical conditions that increase their risk of drowning. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 16 June 2022",
"The large profits that drugmakers notch from successful drugs are needed to reward shareholders for their investment risk and encourage future investment. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"For counties at the medium level, federal health authorities recommend residents consider masking based on their personal risk . \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"So that would minimize their risk of launching a new route. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"The good news is that there is a vaccine that can reduce your risk of getting any type of herpes zoster. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"The same goes for outdoor pests such as flies \u2014 sit outside at your own risk . \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 June 2022",
"How to prevent future attacks Experiencing an anaphylactic reaction increases your risk of having future attacks, which may be more severe than the initial episode, according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Julie Marks, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"Currently, there are two smallpox vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that people who have been exposed to monkeypox can take to reduce their risk of infection. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many were tourists, some with medical issues, who didn't want to risk waiting for the Montana National Guard, which has rescued at least 87 people, according to the Department of Defense. \u2014 Hannah Phillips, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"However, if this is more than any of you want to risk , see this sibling separately one-on-one. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 2 June 2022",
"The region\u2019s smaller businesses certainly do not want to risk missing out. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"And few want to risk losing the largest standing army within NATO after the US, especially one that also commands the strategic Bosporus and access to the Black Sea. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 May 2022",
"Man, Milwaukee really didn\u2019t want to risk facing the Nets in the first round. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Reds had a week to place O\u2019Brien on waivers or trade him, and the Mariners didn\u2019t want to risk another team claiming him before their spot in the waivers order. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 18 Apr. 2022",
"But Trout suffered a season-ending right-calf injury last May 17, and with flu symptoms possibly leaving him susceptible to dehydration, the Angels didn\u2019t want to risk another muscle strain or pull. \u2014 Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"With a bare Senate majority, Democrats didn\u2019t want to risk waiting until the summer for confirmation hearings and a vote. \u2014 Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-133516"
},
"right away":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": without delay or hesitation : immediately"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you need to have this fixed right away",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Still, Joe Sakic, the Avalanche\u2019s general manager and a former star player for the team, called Carvel after Makar\u2019s first year at UMass and told the coach that the Avalanche intended to offer Makar a contract to join the team right away . \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
"Whoever gets to a shooting scene can work together right away instead of waiting for others officers to show up, McCampbell said. \u2014 Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News , 17 June 2022",
"Representatives of SpaceX and Tesla, and Tesla\u2019s legal counsel, also didn\u2019t respond right away . \u2014 Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"Aguilar pointed to evidence that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was notified of the Capitol breach before 2 p.m. and informed the president right away . \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"Serve right away with a green salad or as side for a larger meal. \u2014 Kitty Greenwald, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"For example, if someone asks you to do something for them, don't answer right away . \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Jes\u00fas Ferreria and Weston McKennie making a notable impact on proceedings right away . \u2014 Seth Vertelney, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Collins could both step in right away and help Lillard\u2019s quest to contend now, yet still be in his prime after the Blazers\u2019 six-time All-Star exits his. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1749, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-143026"
},
"rip-off":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": an act or instance of stealing : theft",
": a financial exploitation",
": a usually cheap exploitive imitation",
": rob",
": cheat , defraud",
": steal",
": to copy or imitate blatantly or unscrupulously",
": to perform, achieve, or score quickly or easily"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rip-\u02cc\u022ff"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"antonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer",
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-162849"
},
"ripple":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to become lightly ruffled or covered with small waves",
": to flow in small waves",
": to fall in soft undulating folds",
": to flow with a light rise and fall of sound or inflection",
": to move with an undulating motion or so as to cause ripples",
": to have or produce a ripple effect : spread",
": to stir up small waves on",
": to impart a wavy motion or appearance to",
": to utter or play with a slight rise and fall of sound",
": a shallow stretch of rough water in a stream",
": the ruffling of the surface of water",
": a small wave",
": ripple mark",
": a sound like that of rippling water",
": a usually slight noticeable effect or reaction",
": to move or cause to move in small waves",
": to pass or spread over or through",
": a very small wave on the surface of a liquid",
": something that passes or spreads through"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-p\u0259l",
"\u02c8ri-p\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubble",
"dribble",
"guggle",
"gurgle",
"lap",
"plash",
"splash",
"trickle",
"wash"
],
"antonyms":[
"pour",
"roll",
"stream"
],
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Water rippled under the dock.",
"We could see the lion's muscles ripple .",
"A cool breeze rippled the water.",
"Noun",
"The pebble made ripples in the pond when I threw it in.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Although the Fed doesn\u2019t directly control consumer interest rates, its rate increases ripple through the economy and ultimately, hit businesses and consumers and slow demand and inflation. \u2014 Medora Lee, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Reformers at the national level have pushed back on the idea that a Boudin loss would ripple beyond the Bay Area. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"Costs for cereals and bakery products rose by more than 1% last month and are up more than 10% over the year as limited grain and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia ripple through the global food supply. \u2014 Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"For European economies, a weak euro makes imports more expensive, which can ripple to create higher local prices. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Analysts have long feared Evergrande\u2019s collapse could ripple across the property industry. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Still, many said the indefinite loss of a neighborhood staple would ripple through the community long after the attention to Buffalo faded. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
"Such conditions, of course, were expected over time, but few assessments predicted just how fast these severe conditions would ripple throughout the region. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 12 May 2022",
"The implication of such a ban could ripple across the worlds of health care and medical training, Walensky said. \u2014 Lev Facher, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"On top of that, though, Hubble has captured images of two galaxies locked in a dance, and even a galaxy with mysterious ripple -like shells. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 30 May 2022",
"Concurrent planning involves creating scenarios in a supply plan, or an inventory plan, or a demand plan, and then seeing how the changes made to one plan ripple to the adjacent plans in real-time. \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Consequences of severe drought and climate change ripple across California. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"As the effects of the federal investigation ripple across the U.S. solar industry, its advocates are incensed. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The trees give the women\u2019s faces a three-dimensional shape, and as wind blows through the leaves, their smiling and blinking faces ripple to life. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And Deebo Samuel\u2019s trade request from the San Francisco 49ers added another ripple in the discussion. \u2014 Ben Arthur, USA TODAY , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Even when the subject is banal, his line is unexpected, diverted from clich\u00e9 by incident\u2014the peculiar crumpling of a sail, or the irregular break of a ripple . \u2014 Susan Tallman, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"It was located at the edge of a ripple resulting in the alignment. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 30 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"circa 1671, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a",
"Noun",
"1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-170507"
},
"rile":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to make agitated and angry : upset",
": roil sense 1",
": to make angry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8r\u012bl"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Her comments riled the professor.",
"one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the Journal Star, authorities have reported some drivers tried to rile up crowds with dangerous tricks at the event in previous years. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"Some Republicans seem to be resurfacing these false stereotypes as a political tool to rile up their base and further marginalize LGBTQ people, experts say. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 7 May 2022",
"Someone may speak about a delicate subject for you, or even directly rile you up to try and prompt a response from you. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Trump is using the January 6 Committee\u2019s blatant bias and Javert style to rile up his supporters in anticipation of a revenge-tour presidential run. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 14 Feb. 2022",
"But perhaps the drug could help another group of long-haulers, who are thought to harbor hard-to-reach reservoirs of virus that regularly rile the body up. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 10 May 2022",
"To borrow a term from pro wrestling, this reputation has made Cambage the closest thing the WNBA has to a heel (also known as the ring villain, sent in to cause trouble, kick ass and generally rile up the crowd). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"All that\u2019s missing is a spark that will rile the people and elites and move them to take action. \u2014 Alexander Motyl, The Conversation , 30 Mar. 2022",
"That seemed to rile up Mr. DeSantis, leading to a tit for tat between his press secretary and a Disney spokesman. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"variant of roil ",
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-191845"
},
"riddance":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of ridding",
": deliverance , relief"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-d\u1d4an(t)s"
],
"synonyms":[
"discarding",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"dumping",
"jettison",
"junking",
"removal",
"scrapping",
"throwing away"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the riddance of all the fleas from the house was a relief to everyone concerned",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Others lamented its lack of speed and said good riddance . \u2014 Adela Suliman, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"Last week, Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of Russia\u2019s parliament, the State Duma, bid good riddance to the American hamburger chain, which has become an essential part of Russian life over the past 30 years. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"New York City welcomed the new year \u2014 and bid good riddance to 2021 \u2014 as confetti and cheers spread across Times Square and as a New Year's Eve tradition returned to a city beleaguered by a global pandemic. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 2 Jan. 2022",
"What if the Union had bid the South good riddance when the Confederate States of America were declared? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 4 June 2021",
"Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were \u2014 again \u2014 the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered in 2022. \u2014 John Leicester, chicagotribune.com , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were \u2014 again \u2014 the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good riddance to 2021 and ushered in 2022. \u2014 John Leicester, Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Jan. 2022",
"Say goodbye to the drought and good riddance to the baggage. \u2014 The Enquirer , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The son of late actor Willie Garson posted an Instagram tribute to say good riddance to 2021, the year his father died. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1524, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192248"
},
"rivalry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the act of rivaling : the state of being a rival : competition",
": the state of trying to defeat or be more successful than another : competition",
": a competitive or antagonistic state or condition",
": retinal rivalry"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l-r\u0113",
"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l-r\u0113",
"\u02c8r\u012b-v\u0259l-r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"There is a bitter rivalry between the two groups.",
"a strong sense of rivalry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The coaching drama overshadowed other key topics such as the SEC moving away from its traditional divisional format and considering different scheduling formats that could dramatically impact rivalry games. \u2014 John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al , 2 June 2022",
"But if the divisions are disbanded, will teams have protected rivalry games that are played every year? \u2014 Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"The two were in charge of their teams during some of the most heated Tobacco Road rivalry games in college basketball history. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 4 Apr. 2022",
"What better time for North Carolina to win one of the best rivalry games in college basketball than in the Final Four, and send that longtime coach \u2013 who's been a thorn in their side for over four decades \u2013 home forever? \u2014 James Sprague, The Enquirer , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike last season, when all one-game rivalry games were stacked together so as to create room early in those weeks for makeups, the Pac-12 opted for a traditional schedule this season. \u2014 Bruce Pascoe, The Arizona Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The rivalry games between UCLA and USC were rescheduled for Jan. 20 at Pauley Pavilion and Jan. 23 at Galen Center. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Jan. 2022",
"An opener against New England and summer rivalry games against the Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps highlight the Portland Timbers\u2019 schedule for the 2022 MLS regular season. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Dec. 2021",
"During his five seasons as a walk-on with Michigan football, Joseph Files never had the opportunity to play in one of college football\u2019s greatest rivalry games. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 26 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1598, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-192622"
},
"ribaldry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a ribald quality or element",
": ribald language or humor",
": an instance of ribald language or humor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-b\u0259l-dr\u0113",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's a ribaldry in the works of Chaucer that generations of students of English literature have heartily enjoyed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These sections contain startling revelations about tribal culture, native ribaldry , and a social outcast\u2019s mad nerve. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The young woman disappeared in the ribaldry , everyone smelling of perfume and drowning one another out in their hysterical good time. \u2014 David Rabe, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2020",
"The horses pick their fresh ways delicately through the dewy country, the brightness of sunrise has not yet fallen from the air, the sky is blue and all-covering, and the cowboys are full of jokes and morning ribaldries . \u2014 Larry Mcmurtry, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"What makes this a matter of more than mere ribaldry is that the baristas have unlimbered heavy constitutional artillery. \u2014 George Will, National Review , 4 Oct. 2017",
"A trio of troublemaking nuns (Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci and Alison Brie) soon complicate matters, resulting in some hilarious, blasphemous ribaldry . \u2014 OregonLive.com , 5 July 2017",
"Imagine Ludlam\u2019s Ridiculous Theatrical Company without the cross-dressing ribaldry . \u2014 Charles Mcnulty, latimes.com , 15 May 2017",
"In the end, the ribaldry seemed to stay all in good fun, revelers reported. \u2014 Victor Mather, New York Times , 23 Feb. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-193114"
},
"rigmarole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": confused or meaningless talk",
": a complex and sometimes ritualistic procedure",
": a long and usually meaningless or uninteresting story",
": a complicated and often unnecessary procedure"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl",
"\u02c8rig-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8rig-m\u0259-\u02ccr\u014dl"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"song and dance"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We had to go through the rigmarole of installing, registering, and activating the software before we found out it wouldn't work.",
"He just told us what to do without all the usual rigamarole .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s none of that confusing swipe-right-or-left rigmarole . \u2014 Larry Doyle, The New Yorker , 2 Apr. 2022",
"About 50 people attended the meeting, the latest in what has been a roughly three-year rigmarole surrounding the redevelopment of the Thomas farm, a 150-acre plot near I-94 on Golf Road between Glen Cove and Elmhurst roads. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 3 Mar. 2022",
"To pass her genes onto the next generation, a mom has to survive the grueling rigmarole of gestation, labor, lactation, and caring for a fairly fragile infant. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 20 July 2021",
"For movies, Amazon is now a member of Apple\u2019s Video Partner Program and allowed to sell movies directly, but other retailers including Fandango Now and Vudu still have to send us through a rigmarole . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2021",
"For movies, Amazon is now a member of Apple\u2019s Video Partner Program and allowed to sell movies directly, but other retailers including Fandango Now and Vudu still have to send us through a rigmarole . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2021",
"And there\u2019s a market for that: The Strand bookstore in New York will sell books by the foot for people who want bespoke-looking shelves without going through the rigmarole of choosing (and presumably reading) a book. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 June 2021",
"For movies, Amazon is now a member of Apple\u2019s Video Partner Program and allowed to sell movies directly, but other retailers including Fandango Now and Vudu still have to send us through a rigmarole . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2021",
"This allows a startup to avoid the IPO regulatory rigmarole and to make sometimes exaggerated projections without incurring liability. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"alteration of obsolete ragman roll long list, catalog",
"first_known_use":[
"circa 1736, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-195139"
},
"ridiculous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": arousing or deserving ridicule : extremely silly or unreasonable : absurd , preposterous",
": causing or deserving ridicule : very silly or unreasonable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259-\u02c8di-ky\u0259-l\u0259s",
"r\u0259-\u02c8di-ky\u0259-l\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"cockamamy",
"cockamamie",
"comical",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"pathetic",
"preposterous",
"risible",
"silly"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Super 3 looks both ridiculous and awesome at the same time. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 15 June 2022",
"Each of these events changed the nature of European football, unmooring an old order that was itself ridiculous and unfair, but now seems simpler and more romantic. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 28 May 2022",
"Jets still scream and muscles still gleam in the ridiculous and often ridiculously entertaining sequel, though in several respects, the movie evinces \u2014 and rewards \u2014 an unusual investment of brainpower, writes film critic Justin Chang. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"As a matter of law, Johnny Depp\u2019s defamation suit against Amber Heard strikes me as ridiculous and damaging to his own interests. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 11 May 2022",
"Then, out of nowhere on a form, my credit card processor asked me a ridiculous and beyond the pale, intrusive question: date of birth. \u2014 Dylan Ogline, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"The idea that Zelensky should phone in to an American awards show is ridiculous and self-centered. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Mar. 2022",
"With Jessie\u2019s grand gesture interrupted by rain, the moment only became more ridiculous and perfectly fitting. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The ridiculous and silly energy came through on screen. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin ridiculosus (from ridiculum jest, from neuter of ridiculus ) or ridiculus , literally, laughable, from rid\u0113re to laugh",
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-201202"
},
"rinse":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to cleanse by flushing with liquid (such as water)",
": to cleanse (as of soap) by clear water",
": to treat (hair) with a rinse",
": to remove (dirt or impurities) by washing lightly or in water only",
": the act or process of rinsing",
": liquid used for rinsing",
": a solution that temporarily tints hair",
": to wash lightly with water",
": to remove (something) with clean water",
": an act of washing with a liquid and especially with clean water",
": a liquid used for rinsing"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rin(t)s",
"dialectal",
"\u02c8rins"
],
"synonyms":[
"flush",
"irrigate",
"sluice",
"wash",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"After cleaning brick pavers, rinse the surface with a regular hose. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Scrub and rinse the laces, then squeeze the excess water out of them and lay them flat to air dry. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"Give them a good swish around and then rinse under cool water. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"Drain shrimp and do not rinse , discard cooking liquid; remove to a tray lined with newspapers. \u2014 Mackensy Lunsford, USA TODAY , 11 June 2022",
"If it was previously used for plants, wash it first in a solution of one part liquid bleach to nine parts water, and then rinse thoroughly to kill any plant diseases. \u2014 Carol Stocker, BostonGlobe.com , 22 May 2022",
"Applying makeup is fun, but cleaning your tools can be a pain, so our testers also checked for ease of cleaning, using soap and warm water to rinse each sponge. \u2014 Madison Yauger, PEOPLE.com , 16 May 2022",
"Each Bic Soleil Comfort boasts four blades that are not only flexible but easy to rinse off between swipes. \u2014 Isadora Baum, Allure , 5 May 2022",
"Simply wet your skin, use a thin layer of this shaving cream, shave carefully, and rinse to reveal skin that feels softer and smoother. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Before cooking, rinse clams well of any cornmeal, sand and grit. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
"Best No-Rinse Drugstore Body Wash Like a spray-on body wash, this unique no- rinse body cleansing mist can be spritzed on from head to toe to freshen up fast thanks to skin-cleansing and conditioning ingredients. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Everist Waterless Shampoo Concentrate Want to reduce the use of plastic with your morning rinse ? \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"After a long day in the sun drenched in sweat, nothing feels better or more natural than cold rinse amidst the great outdoors. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 26 May 2022",
"When Cardi B revealed that her hair routine relied, in part, on avocados, mayonnaise, black castor oil, and a rice water rinse , the internet went crazy. \u2014 Johnson Lui, Allure , 24 May 2022",
"Dispense a quarter-sized amount of the shampoo onto wet hair, thoroughly massage the product through your hair and scalp, and rinse . \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"For non-removable plates, spray them carefully in place and wipe and rinse clean with a cloth. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Chris gives me a quick rinse down and then fills me up with black iced tea. \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-203030"
},
"ritzy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": snobbish",
": impressively or ostentatiously fancy or stylish : fashionable , posh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rit-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I don't appreciate your ritzy advice about whom I \u201cshould\u201d associate with.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From elegant bone cuffs to vast diamonds to the ritzy delights of dragonflies, orchids, birds, and more caught in jeweled form, there\u2019s plenty to please the eye. \u2014 Rosalind Jana, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Dyer and Heaton had a fancy date night at the Clash de Cartier party in Paris, where both dressed up for the ritzy fashion industry event. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, ELLE , 29 May 2022",
"McCormick had long considered running for public office, and moved from his home on Connecticut's ritzy Gold Coast to a house in Pittsburgh before declaring his candidacy. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"Here Local 11, a Southern California union that represents hospitality workers and has for years been trying to unionize workers at the ritzy resort. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Two new episodes air tonight where one couple, who recently engaged, looks for a New York starter home, while the other weighs whether to buy a luxurious Michigan property or divert funds toward a ritzy wedding. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Oz moved from a mansion in northern New Jersey overlooking Manhattan to run, while McCormick moved from Connecticut\u2019s ritzy Gold Coast. \u2014 Marc Levy, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Oz moved from a mansion in New Jersey overlooking Manhattan to run, and McCormick moved from Connecticut's ritzy Gold Coast. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 18 May 2022",
"Iris Apfel, Martha Stewart, and Oprah would all be there, as well as all the ritzy socialites. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 10 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":" Ritz hotels, noted for their opulence",
"first_known_use":[
"1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-210320"
},
"riveting":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": having the power to fix the attention : engrossing , fascinating"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-v\u0259-ti\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"consuming",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving"
],
"antonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"uninteresting"
],
"examples":[
"a riveting explanation of light waves that fascinated the class",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who knew that spending time in a putridarium, a room beneath monasteries where the corpses of monks were seated on toilets to rot, could be so riveting ? \u2014 Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"His riveting performances in it are either songs written by other composers or improvisations. \u2014 Gail Mitchell, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"The crimes aren\u2019t particularly riveting or complex; the show focuses more on the characters, their bonds, and their country. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Bingham has given us an account that is both riveting and thorough, taking us across a century of spinout marketing campaigns, protests and versions that emerged from Foster\u2019s lyrics. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Though the section is essentially didactic, the concept \u2014 and therefore the scene \u2014 is riveting and relevant to the story. \u2014 Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"This is a riveting account of a 1968-69 round-the-world solo-sailing race, in which nine yachtsmen set out and only one finished. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His intensity and ferocity on stage are unmatched, making every show absolutely riveting . \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The New Yorker Editor Remnick won a Pulitzer Prize for this riveting account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, taking readers through seven decades of Communist rule to an empire\u2019s fall. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 25 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1677, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-221722"
},
"rill":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a very small brook",
": to flow like a rill",
": any of several long narrow valleys on the moon's surface",
": a very small stream"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ril",
"\u02c8ril",
"\u02c8ril"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"1538, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1610, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun (2)",
"1868, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-235150"
},
"risqu\u00e9":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": verging on impropriety or indecency : off-color"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8sk\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"salty",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a song with risqu\u00e9 lyrics",
"the bridal shower was filled with risqu\u00e9 banter and laughter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Storm Large The torch singer, known for her work with the quirky ensemble Pink Martini, performs in a risque cabaret show recorded at Feinstein\u2019s/54 Below in Manhattan. 3:30 p.m. Saturday. \u2014 Matt Cooper, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2020",
"There are masks that would be too risque for the office, if the office were open. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 May 2020",
"Speaking to the Boy Scout Jamboree, Trump breaks protocol and and angers parents by bragging about his election win, criticizing the media and telling a somewhat risque story involving a yacht. \u2014 Ryan Teague Beckwith, Time , 11 Jan. 2018",
"Playboy is pulling the plug on the print edition of the once- risque magazine \u2014 coveted by roughly half the population for its glamorous photos of nude women and even some of its articles \u2014 citing the novel coronavirus as hastening the decision. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"As Brzezinski pointed out, the Super Bowl didn\u2019t shy away from airing Shakira and Jennifer Lopez's risque half-time show, which some critics said objectified women. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2020",
"Fans may remember this trip to Anguilla and St. Barts from a risque Instagram post Bieber shared at the time, featuring the couple locking lips and fueling romance rumors. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Walmart removed several pieces of holiday merchandise from its Canadian website after customers took offense to a line of risque Christmas clothing. \u2014 Deanna Paul, Anchorage Daily News , 10 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":"French, from past participle of risquer to risk, from risque ",
"first_known_use":[
"1867, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-022203"
},
"ringlet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small ring or circle",
": curl",
": a long curl of hair",
": a long curl of hair"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri\u014b-l\u0259t",
"\u02c8ri\u014b-l\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"curl",
"frizz",
"frizzle"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a little girl with perfect, golden ringlets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is the coiled ringlet style commonly associated with curly hair. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"For fifties comedienne Lucille Ball, ginger ringlets communicated a sense of carefree whimsy, while Marilyn Monroe\u2019s platinum waves were as voluptuous as her famous silhouette. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 20 July 2018",
"For starters, Pooja Mor and , both rocking perfect ringlets , modeled classic looks with timeless winged liner. \u2014 Akili King, Vogue , 1 Mar. 2020",
"His blond ringlets sneaked out from the bottom of his cap, and a pale scar was visible in the sun tan of his right leg. \u2014 John Branch, New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Mere hours after this story is published, her hair could be back to a jet-black bob, or a floor-sweeping high ponytail, or a big mess of ringlet curls \u00e0 la the lastest KKW Fragrance campaign. \u2014 Nicola Dall'asen, Allure , 21 Nov. 2019",
"As the daughter of the legendary Diana Ross, big, bountiful ringlets were quite literally in her DNA, but that didn't make tending to them any less of a challenge. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Alvisa has olive skin, ringlets of curls, and dark, thick eyebrows. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2019",
"For the one who wants beach waves year-round: Our favorite curling iron Whether the goal is tight ringlets or soft waves, this curling iron from Beachwaver delivers. \u2014 Jessica Kasparian, USA TODAY , 22 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220626-050714"
},
"rigid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deficient in or devoid of flexibility",
": appearing stiff and unyielding",
": inflexibly set in opinion",
": strictly observed",
": firmly inflexible rather than lax or indulgent",
": precise and accurate in procedure",
": having the outer shape maintained by a fixed framework",
": not flexible : stiff",
": strict sense 2 , severe",
": deficient in or devoid of flexibility : characterized by stiffness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-j\u0259d",
"\u02c8ri-j\u0259d",
"\u02c8rij-\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"brassbound",
"cast-iron",
"exacting",
"hard-line",
"inflexible",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising"
],
"antonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack"
],
"examples":[
"The patient's legs were rigid .",
"He is a rigid disciplinarian.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But it is now seen as too rigid a way to look at the differences between the sexes. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Just like restrictive diets often fail in the long run, a too- rigid plan for getting out of debt probably isn\u2019t sustainable. \u2014 Anna Moeslein, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"Managers should take a balanced approach in their utilization of metrics in order to not run the risk of being too rigid about project deadlines or not allowing for the unexpected. \u2014 Wayne Elsey, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That approach, opponents say, is too rigid , too expensive, and will ultimately harm patient care. \u2014 Ann Macdonald, STAT , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His family questions rigid athletic policy and Davis School District\u2019s response. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Companies hoard cash and stint on investment, and keep the labor market rigid so workers can\u2019t easily move to growing businesses and get pay increases. \u2014 Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ , 21 Nov. 2021",
"The rigid town policy Eversource cited sounded out of character for South Windsor\u2019s government. \u2014 Dave Campbell, courant.com , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Even Sewing explicitly expressed personal support for his outgoing subordinate and referred to him by his first name, an informality that typically must be extended in Germany\u2019s rigid and conservative business culture. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 1 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English rigide , from Latin rigidus , from rig\u0113re to be stiff",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-104755"
},
"riff":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": an ostinato phrase (as in jazz) typically supporting a solo improvisation",
": a piece based on such a phrase",
": a rapid energetic often improvised verbal outpouring",
": one that is part of a comic performance",
": a succinct usually witty comment",
": a distinct variation : take",
": to perform, deliver, or make use of a riff",
": riffle , skim"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rif"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"take",
"variation"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He stole that riff from another song.",
"a mock news program with humorous riffs on current events",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"At Saint Stephen in Nashville, the Mystery Machine is Saint Stephen's riff on a Last Word, made with Mezcal, yellow chartreuse, Dolin Blanc, lemon & dill. \u2014 Aly Walansky, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"The song thrives with alluring minimalism, as a circular guitar riff , crisp drums, and limber bassline provide a portal into the heady wilderness of Adrianne Lenker\u2019s poetry. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 3 June 2022",
"At first glance, Vecna appears to be a riff on Freddy Krueger, the fedora-wearing baddie from A Nightmare on Elm Street. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
"Likewise, the Bubby is a riff on the deli classic, in which Cracked\u2019s signature challah bun replaces the bagel as a delivery system for smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onions, caper tapenade and, of course, a fried egg. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 May 2022",
"In 2015, Kaman and a classmate, Tyler Brown, released a free-to-play mobile game called Smashy Brick, which was a riff on the classic arcade game Pong. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The film is a riff on the classic character the Bride of Frankenstein and being made with A24. \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Coros Vertix 2 is basically a riff on an Apple Watch that\u2019s been loaded up with extra features for the outdoor adventurer. \u2014 Christopher Solomon, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Geekdom\u2019s South Texas Triangle is a riff on the storied Texas Triangle, the major points of which are San Antonio, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The best of #DanceTok is both unique and adaptable; a base that dancers can repeat and riff off, putting their own spin on it. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 11 Mar. 2022",
"TikTok has normalized a collaborative spirit among its users that encourages people to riff on one another\u2019s work and respond to prompts with innovation. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Keith Urban was making memories with a gaggle of Las Vegas high school students on Thursday, even inviting one of them to come onstage and riff with him a bit during a private soundcheck. \u2014 Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Lyne, the director of slick, steamy \u201880s entertainments like Fatal Attraction and 9 \u00bd Weeks, is trying to riff on his greatest hits. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Of course, Meyers found that note funny and had to riff with a joke. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The genius of the cake is that there\u2019s room to riff at pretty much every step. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Different people are latching on to different segments of the song, choosing which of the characters and dances to riff on. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The two of them discussed it excitedly, the way a pair of friends might riff on an underrated TV show or a deep cut from a beloved album. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1935, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1948, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"1952, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-122711"
},
"riddle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum , enigma",
": something or someone difficult to understand",
": to speak in or propound riddles",
": to find the solution of : explain",
": to set a riddle for : puzzle",
": a coarse sieve",
": to separate (something, such as grain from chaff) with a riddle : screen",
": to pierce with many holes",
": to spread through : permeate",
": a puzzling question to be solved or answered by guessing",
": someone or something that is hard to understand",
": to pierce with many holes",
": to fill with something unpleasant or unwanted"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-d\u1d4al",
"\u02c8ri-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (1)",
"1571, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense",
"Noun (2)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb (2)",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-201327"
},
"rigamarole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": confused or meaningless talk",
": a complex and sometimes ritualistic procedure"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-015205"
},
"right off":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": right away"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he had just gotten married when he was shipped right off to war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Steak seared beautifully and evenly, while water came to a boil quickly and sauce maintained a steady simmer that washed right off . \u2014 Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping , 29 May 2022",
"The older man, Oleksandr, confided right off that he was descended from a Don Cossack line. \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"We\u2019re hit with shamelessness right off when Cage is shown auditioning for David Gordon Green, the once-promising director of George Washington who has himself found the Cage secret of nonstop, unscrupulous Hollywood hackdom. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The nail polish wiped right off , but there was no evidence of it on the pad. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Thus, if a Republican candidate, Trump or otherwise, continues to make the claim that the election was stolen, then that\u2019s a lie, right off the bat. Hmm. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Doja arrived on the Grammys red carpet early wearing a hairstyle that looked yoinked right off of Gwen Stefani's head during No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom tour. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 3 Apr. 2022",
"It would be located on the river right off of the RiverWalk. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The island country in Oceania ( right off the coast of Australia) is made up of two main swaths of land: the North Island and the South Island, and more than 700 smaller islands. \u2014 Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure , 23 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1771, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-060731"
},
"rightness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": righteous , upright",
": being in accordance with what is just, good, or proper",
": conforming to facts or truth : correct",
": suitable , appropriate",
": straight",
": genuine , real",
": of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body which is away from the side on which the heart is mostly located",
": located nearer to the right hand than to the left",
": located to the right of an observer facing the object specified or directed as the right arm would point when raised out to the side",
": located on the right of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified",
": located on the right when facing downstream",
": done with the right hand",
": having the axis perpendicular to the base",
": of, relating to, or constituting the principal or more prominent side of an object",
": acting or judging in accordance with truth or fact",
": being in good physical or mental health or order",
": being in a correct or proper state",
": most favorable or desired : preferable",
": socially acceptable",
": of, adhering to, or constituted by the Right especially in politics",
": qualities (such as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval",
": something to which one has a just claim: such as",
": the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled",
": the interest that one has in a piece of property",
": the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature",
": something that one may properly claim as due",
": the cause of truth or justice",
": right hand sense 1a",
": a blow struck with this hand",
": the location or direction of the right side",
": the part on the right side",
": right field",
": a turn to the right",
": the true account or correct interpretation",
": the quality or state of being factually correct",
": the part of a legislative chamber located to the right of the presiding officer",
": the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the right as a result of holding more conservative political views than other members",
": individuals professing support of the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and conservative governmental policies",
": a conservative position",
": a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price",
": the negotiable certificate evidencing such privilege",
": with reason or justice : properly",
": by virtue of one's own qualifications or properties",
": as an absolute right",
": legally or morally exactable",
": into proper order",
": according to right",
": in the exact location, position, or moment : precisely",
": in a suitable, proper, or desired manner",
": in a direct line, course, or manner : directly , straight",
": according to fact or truth : truly",
": all the way",
": in a complete manner",
": without delay : immediately",
": to a great degree : very",
": on or to the right",
": to do justice to : redress the injuries of",
": justify , vindicate",
": avenge",
": to adjust or restore to the proper state or condition",
": to bring or restore to an upright position",
": to become upright",
": following or in accordance with what is just, good, or proper",
": accurate , correct",
": suitable , appropriate",
": located on the side of the body away from the heart",
": located nearer to the right side of the body than to the left",
": being or meant to be the side on top, in front, or on the outside",
": in a normal or healthy state or condition",
": straight entry 1 sense 1",
": the ideal of what is just, good, or proper",
": something to which a person has a just claim",
": the cause of truth or justice",
": the right side : a part or location that is on or toward the right side",
": according to what is just, good, or proper",
": in the exact location, position, or moment : precisely",
": in a direct line or course : straight",
": according to truth or fact",
": in a suitable, proper, or desired way",
": all the way",
": without delay : immediately",
": on or to the right",
": in a complete way",
": without delay : immediately",
": to make better or more just",
": to adjust or restore to a proper state or condition",
": to bring or bring back to an upright position",
": to become upright",
": of, relating to, or being the side of the body which is away from the heart and on which the hand is stronger in most people",
": located nearer to this side than to the left",
": qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval",
": something that is morally just",
": something to which one has a just claim: as",
": a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession",
"\u2014 see also natural right",
": a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law",
": a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act",
": the interest that one has in property : a claim or title to property",
"\u2014 see also real right",
": the interest in property possessed (as under copyright law) in an intangible thing and especially an item of intellectual property",
": a privilege given stockholders to subscribe pro rata to a new issue of securities generally below market price",
": as an absolute right",
": demandable or enforceable under the law"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt",
"\u02c8r\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"authentic",
"exact",
"faithful",
"precise",
"strict",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"antonyms":[
"appanage",
"apanage",
"birthright",
"prerogative"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"After needing three shots to get out of the fescue on the third hole on Friday, Rory McIlroy wanted nothing to do with the right side of the green on Sunday. \u2014 Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant , 20 June 2022",
"He was thrown out at third on Mullins\u2019 subsequent ground ball to the right side. \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun , 19 June 2022",
"He was also charged with driving under suspension and driving on the right side of the roadway. \u2014 cleveland , 19 June 2022",
"The mastodon died at the ripe age of 34, when the tusk tip of another male mastodon punctured the right side of its skull. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"After the 2000 flag raising ceremony, the date June 19, 1865 was added to the banner\u2019s right side in white letters. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Kennedy slapped a single through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the fifth inning for his first career big league hit. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 M. Romero, The Arizona Republic , 17 June 2022",
"The best crime shows don't always have police on the right side of things. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"There's storage along the right side across from a couch that folds out to become the almost-full-size bed. \u2014 Sasha Richie, Car and Driver , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Walters will deliver a masterclass on making the leap from stunt professional to director and cast members Greg Townley and Bobby Holland Hanton, highly regarded stunt professionals in their own right , also join the panel. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"There is still a deep bench of colorful supporting characters played by great comic performers in their own right , with new ones being added. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"With sumptuous interiors imagined by renowned designer Kelly Wearstler, this Santa Monica location of the beloved Proper brand is a destination in its own right . \u2014 Anna Haines, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Chris Taylor, who also hasn\u2019t played much in right , started there Saturday night, with Gavin Lux in left. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 19 June 2022",
"Lange then got Kole Calhoun to line to Reyes in right to end the inning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 June 2022",
"Anthony Rizzo capped the Yankees\u2019 eight-run fifth inning with a grand slam off the facing of the third deck in right , and New York extended its winning streak to eight with a 12-3 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. \u2014 Ian Harrison, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"Biles joins a long list of legendary sports figures to appear on the classic orange Wheaties box, including Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan, who have both influenced and shifted culture in their own right . \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 18 June 2022",
"Gonz\u00e1lez smoked a leadoff homer out of the stadium, driving it through the trees above the high tier of seats in right , and Pederson hit his out to left off Zach Thompson to open the fourth. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Amazon Zeus and his owners just moved into a new house right in time for Halloween. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 22 June 2022",
"This laundry room designed by April Tomlin Interiors is full of lessons, but perhaps the most important one is on display right in this little nook: Buy in bulk! \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 22 June 2022",
"Getting right to the point, the Swiss franc is all over the world, while the Argentine peso isn\u2019t. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 19 June 2022",
"His shot carried the massive front bunker and landed 18 feet from the pin, right in the middle of the green. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"Joel Johnson scored down the middle in the 75th minute to give the Athletic a 2-0 lead, and Tom Brewitt closed out the scoring from in close to the bottom right in the 80th minute after a corner kick. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 19 June 2022",
"Morel\u2019s heroics capped the Cubs doing the little things right in the eighth. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"Heavyweight is one of our deepest divisions and his skill set fits right in. \u2014 Mma Junkie Staff, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"The new album marks a new era for Wonho, having launched his solo career in August 2020 \u2014 right in the middle of a global pandemic. \u2014 Tim Chan, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Miguel Cabrera, who'd already singled in the first, followed by lacing a 107 mph single to right with two outs. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"To be successful, your plan must articulate how your company will right its wrongs. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"In September 2020, the musicians willingly took a temporary 25 percent pay cut to help right the finances, and no full-time administrative staff were laid off. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Casey Cerruto drove in Daniels with a single to right and scored the third run on a fielders\u2019 choice. \u2014 Lori Riley, Hartford Courant , 8 June 2022",
"Over the next decade or so, as Taylor languished in prison, Possley and I continued to report on the case, increasingly troubled that the system refused to right what seemed so clearly wrong. \u2014 Steve Mills, ProPublica , 30 May 2022",
"Andr\u00e9s tries to right his mistake later but to no avail. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Pham\u2019s two-out RBI single to right against Trevor Stephan in the eighth made it 3-2. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 17 May 2022",
"Hawkeye showed that people also right musicals about Avengers and cosplay on the street. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 9 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-094651"
},
"riot":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a violent public disorder",
": a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent",
": public violence, tumult, or disorder",
": a random or disorderly profusion",
": one that is wildly amusing",
": profligate behavior : debauchery",
": unrestrained revelry",
": noise, uproar, or disturbance made by revelers",
": to create or engage in a riot",
": to indulge in revelry or wantonness",
": violent and uncontrolled public behavior by a group of people",
": a colorful display",
": someone or something that is very funny",
": to take part in violent and uncontrolled public behavior",
": a disturbance of the peace created by an assemblage of usually three or more people acting with a common purpose and in a violent and tumultuous manner to the terror of the public",
": the crime of rioting",
": to create or engage in a riot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259t",
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259t"
],
"synonyms":[
"hoot",
"knee-slapper",
"laugh",
"scream"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The news about the election caused a riot in the city.",
"A lot of property was damaged in the recent riots .",
"The woods are a riot of color in the autumn.",
"The movie was an absolute riot .",
"Verb",
"Students rioted after their team lost the football game.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Earlier this year, prosecutors significantly expanded their investigation by issuing subpoenas to those who involved in the preparations for the rally that preceded the riot . \u2014 Spencer S. Hsu, Josh Dawsey And Devlin Barrett, Anchorage Daily News , 23 June 2022",
"In all, 147 Republicans voted to set aside certified election results after police quelled the riot . \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Earlier this year, prosecutors significantly expanded their investigation by issuing subpoenas to those who involved in the preparations for the rally that preceded the riot . \u2014 Devlin Barrett, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The hearings aim to show that former President Donald Trump set the stage for the riot by making baseless allegations of election fraud and trying to pressure federal and state officials to stop President Biden\u2019s win. \u2014 Scott Patterson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Tilley is the 16th resident of New England to be charged in connection to the violent riot at the Capitol that attempted to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden\u2019s election, according to the FBI. \u2014 Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"Congress is currently in the midst of hearings regarding the riot , questioning a series of witnesses including a U.S. Capitol Police officer, a former U.S. attorney and a former Fox News political editor. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022",
"The subject of what the president did after the riot started, and why the Capitol was not secured more swiftly and decisively, was under-explored in the second impeachment, and has produced some revealing testimony. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 20 June 2022",
"As hearings surrounding the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol remain underway, the incident came at a time of heightened security and tension within the halls of Congress. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 20 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All 31 were charged with criminal conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor, according to White, for allegedly planning to incite an uproar at an LGBTQ Pride event in Coeur d\u2019Alene on Saturday, June 11. \u2014 Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Each of the men arrested Saturday was charged with criminal conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor, The Post reported. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"For now, each of the 31 people arrested faces a misdemeanor conspiracy to riot charge. \u2014 CBS News , 14 June 2022",
"Police said the suspects, many found inside a U-Haul moving truck, were booked on suspicion of conspiracy to riot . \u2014 Dennis Romero, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Authorities found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Based on evidence collected and documents, authorities found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park, White said. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, ajc , 12 June 2022",
"Based on evidence collected and documents, authorities found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park, White said. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 June 2022",
"Based on evidence collected and documents, authorities found that the group was planning to riot in several areas of downtown, not just the park, White said. \u2014 Martha Bellisle, Anchorage Daily News , 12 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4a",
"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-183558"
},
"risible":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": capable of laughing",
": disposed to laugh",
": arousing or provoking laughter",
": laughable",
": associated with, relating to, or used in laughter"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"examples":[
"The suggestion was downright risible .",
"a risible comment that made the whole class laugh",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The idea of spending that much on a device designed to go no farther than my spare bedroom might have seemed risible a few years ago. \u2014 Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online , 14 Mar. 2020",
"The idea should be absurd, risible , farcical, outr\u00e9. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Mei draws her crush as a merman\u2014a fantasy more risible than racy. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 25 Mar. 2022",
"These were completely risible statements such as the one claiming that Ukraine is a fascist, anti-semitic State... \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Also risible to the crown prince was the notion that his citizens fear speaking out against him. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In the mid-1950s, Alice Childress wrote a play about a White director rehearsing a majority Black cast in a Southern drama filled with risible stereotypes. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
"But the suggestion that this scholarship is regularly being taught in K-12 history classes, or even in survey-level courses to undergraduates, is risible . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 25 June 2021",
"Famously, Iman\u2019s career got its start in the \u201970s with a risible fiction ginned up by the photographer and inveterate fabulist Peter Beard. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Late Latin risibilis , from Latin risus , past participle of rid\u0113re to laugh",
"first_known_use":[
"1557, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-222946"
},
"rig (out)":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a suit of clothes : outfit"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"from rig out , verb",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-111404"
},
"risibles":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sense of the ridiculous : sense of humor"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-z\u0259-b\u0259lz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1785, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-112015"
},
"rib":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera",
": a cut of meat including a rib \u2014 see beef illustration",
": a boneless cut of meat (such as beef or pork) from a rib section",
": wife",
": something resembling a rib in shape or function: such as",
": a traverse member of the frame of a ship that runs from keel to deck",
": a light fore-and-aft member in an airplane's wing",
": one of the stiff strips supporting an umbrella's fabric",
": one of the arches in Romanesque and Gothic vaulting meeting and crossing one another and dividing the whole vaulted space into triangles",
": an elongated ridge: such as",
": a vein of an insect's wing",
": one of the primary veins of a leaf",
": one of the ridges in a knitted or woven fabric",
": to furnish or enclose with ribs",
": to knit so as to form vertical ridges in",
": joke",
": parody",
": to poke fun at : kid",
": one of the curved bones of the chest that are joined to the backbone and help to stiffen the body wall and protect the organs",
": a piece of meat from an animal (as a cow or pig) that includes a rib and is used as food",
": something (as a piece of wire supporting the fabric of an umbrella) that is like a rib in shape or use",
": one of the parallel ridges in a knitted or woven fabric",
": any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the lateral walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera, that occur in mammals exclusively or almost exclusively in the thoracic region, and that in humans normally include 12 pairs of which all are articulated with the spinal column at the dorsal end and the first 10 are connected also at the ventral end with the sternum by costal cartilages \u2014 see false rib , floating rib , true rib",
"[from the account of Eve's creation from Adam's rib in Genesis 2:21\u201322]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rib",
"\u02c8rib",
"\u02c8rib"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun (1)",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (1)",
"circa 1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1912, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-131938"
},
"rigsby":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rough or loose woman"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rigzbi"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":" rig entry 6 + -sby (as in the name Crosby )",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-142501"
},
"rime":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": frost sense 1b",
": an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind",
": crust , incrustation",
": to cover with or as if with rime",
": rhyming verse",
": poetry",
": a composition in verse that rhymes",
": correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)",
": one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound",
": correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as",
": alliteration",
": internal rhyme",
": rhythm , measure",
": frost entry 1 sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bm",
"\u02c8r\u012bm"
],
"synonyms":[
"frost",
"hoar",
"hoarfrost"
],
"antonyms":[
"cake",
"crust",
"encrust",
"incrust"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a heavy coating of rime",
"rime on the bedroom window after a bitterly cold night",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Chunks of ice, rime , and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions. \u2014 Outside Online , 29 May 2022",
"Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime -ice formations. \u2014 Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics , 9 Sep. 2021",
"In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form. \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 11 Feb. 2021",
"The shape formed when a long and skinny flake was hit with frozen water droplets called rime . \u2014 Leslie Nemo, Scientific American , 11 Feb. 2021",
"Freezing fog over the weekend created more beautiful displays of rime ice. \u2014 Todd Nelson, Star Tribune , 10 Jan. 2021",
"Graupel is a snowflake that is completely enveloped in rime ice. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 17 Nov. 2020",
"Frozen rime lusters the grass; the sun, round as an orange and orange as hot-weather moons, balances on the horizon, burnishes the silvered winter woods. \u2014 Danny Heitman, WSJ , 21 Dec. 2018",
"More significant, though, is the degree to which no story can break through the usual rime of news coverage the way Russia does. \u2014 Chris Stirewalt, Fox News , 18 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Verb",
"circa 1755, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-155001"
},
"ring up":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to total and record especially by means of a cash register",
": achieve"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"achieve",
"attain",
"bag",
"chalk up",
"clock (up)",
"gain",
"hit",
"log",
"make",
"notch (up)",
"rack up",
"score",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match",
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-184557"
},
"rigour":{
"type":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of rigour chiefly British spelling of rigor"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-191107"
},
"rife":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": prevalent especially to an increasing degree",
": abundant , common",
": copiously supplied : abounding"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bf"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"awash",
"flush",
"fraught",
"lousy",
"replete",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Speculation about who would be fired ran rife for weeks.",
"a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since the start of the pandemic, both prophylactic and postexposure measures have been rife with fraud. \u2014 Hannah Zeavin, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The transplanted stories are fun (who doesn\u2019t love an Austen adaptation?) and also revealing, as this particular milieu is rife with unspoken expectations about what station in life the young protagonists are meant to attain. \u2014 Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"Pharmacy aisles, group chats and social media are rife with conversations about frustrated searches for period products, a necessity for half the population that is nonetheless uncovered by federal assistance and not tax exempt in most states. \u2014 Taylor Telford, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Residents hope the verdict will offer some rare accountability for a coup \u2014 at a time when military takeovers are rife in the region. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Music piracy is rife in Africa, presenting a major challenge for artists in monetizing their work. \u2014 Carlos Mureithi, Quartz , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In the 1860s, disease was an urgent fear, and rife in New York\u2019s tenements. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Poverty was rife in Afghanistan before the Taliban took charge, and in the weeks since their takeover the country's already fragile economy has crumbled. \u2014 Ishtiaq Mahsud And Rob Picheta, CNN , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Speculation and controversy were rife in the press. \u2014 Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor , 3 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English ryfe , from Old English r\u0233fe ; akin to Old Norse r\u012bfr abundant",
"first_known_use":[
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-193013"
},
"riddle (out)":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
"to find an answer for through reasoning with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-213759"
},
"rime cou\u00e9e":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": tail rhyme"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u0113mk\u00fc\u02c8\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"French",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-220408"
},
"rimeless":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": being without rime : frostless"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bml\u0259\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-222723"
},
"rigsdaler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a Danish dollar coin similar to the German reichsthaler and used up to the late 19th century"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rigz\u02ccd\u00e4l\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Danish, from rig kingdom, realm (from Old Norse r\u012bki ) + daler ",
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-235753"
},
"rifle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb",
"verb ()"
],
"definitions":[
": to ransack especially with the intent to steal",
": to steal and carry away",
": to engage in ransacking and stealing",
": to cut spiral grooves into the bore of",
": a shoulder weapon with a rifled bore",
": a rifled artillery piece",
": soldiers armed with rifles",
": to hit or throw (a ball) with great force or speed",
": to search through quickly and roughly often to steal something",
": steal entry 1 sense 1",
": a gun that has a long barrel with spiral grooves on its inside"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-f\u0259l",
"\u02c8r\u012b-f\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":"Verb (1)",
"first_known_use":[
"Verb (1)",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1",
"Verb (2)",
"1635, in the meaning defined above",
"Noun",
"1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1a",
"Verb (3)",
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015712"
},
"ricochet":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": a glancing rebound (as of a projectile off a flat surface)",
": an object that ricochets",
": to bounce or skip with or as if with a glancing rebound",
": to bounce off at an angle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-\u02ccsh\u0101",
"British also",
"\u02c8ri-k\u0259-\u02ccsh\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"glance",
"rebound",
"skim",
"skip"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He was hit by a ricochet .",
"the ricochet of the bullet off the wall",
"Verb",
"The bullet ricocheted off the wall.",
"the ball ricocheted off the fielder's glove and went over the fence for a home run",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Each day, warnings of a coming downturn ricochet across social media between headlines about another round of start-up job cuts. \u2014 Erin Griffith, New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"The ricochet bounced up in the air and hung tantalizingly for a moment before the ball and Straw landed in a heap on the warning track. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 26 Apr. 2022",
"As the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war ricochet through global politics, the West has never been more closely aligned. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Thomas Amang, if only as a threat, helped to turn a ricochet into the game-winning goal. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Second, in firing shots at a target as Newsom is asking and other states are already doing, there\u2019s invariably the risk of a ricochet that wounds you. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
"His descent was described as more of a ricochet down an icy chute than a freefall through space. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 24 Feb. 2015",
"When British skip Bruce Mouat failed to knock it out on a ricochet , the Swedes had clinched it. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Feb. 2022",
"The ball bounced out of the basket on the ricochet , but that basket counts. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Rocketing sentences ricochet off of one another like pinballs between bumpers. \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 11 May 2022",
"When a country enters a food shortage, the consequences ricochet around its economy and society. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 4 May 2022",
"Two batters later, Jurickson Profar added an RBI single that appeared to ricochet off Doval\u2019s foot for his third hit of the game, scoring Machado. \u2014 Michael Wagaman, ajc , 21 May 2022",
"No, the hardest time for most was the following year, when students slowly began trickling back into classrooms, and schools inexplicably asked teachers to ricochet between supporting their students in the classroom and those learning from home. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Rumors ricochet around the crowd: The bridge is down! \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
"Higher energy costs could ricochet through other industries. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The risk is that the ECB might have to increase interest rates sharply to get a handle on inflation, which could ricochet through the region\u2019s economy and potentially trigger a recession. \u2014 Tom Fairless, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022",
"And some argue that banning US exports of oil would ricochet back on US drivers. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Noun",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1740, in the meaning defined above",
"Verb",
"1804, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-053222"
},
"rigs dollar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": rigsdaler"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-071151"
},
"ricochet fire":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": fire in which the projectile glances from a surface after impact"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-092203"
},
"ricolettaite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an igneous rock that is a basic granogabbro composed of anorthite, some orthoclase, and pyroxene with accessory biotite, olivine, and magnetite"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccrik\u0259\u02c8let\u0259\u02cc\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Ricoletta , locality in Tyrol + English -ite"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-132739"
},
"risibility":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": laughter",
": the ability or inclination to laugh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccri-z\u0259-\u02c8bi-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-141053"
},
"rime riche":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rhyme produced by agreement in sound not only of the last accented vowel and any succeeding sounds but also of the consonant preceding this rhyming vowel"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113m\u02c8r\u0113sh"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, rich rhyme"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-142319"
},
"rifle bar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rifled steel bar used for rotating drill steel in a machine drill"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"rifle entry 5"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-145109"
},
"rime suffisante":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": end rhyme produced by agreement in sound of an accented final vowel and following final consonant or consonants if any"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccr\u0113m\u02ccs\u00fcf\u0113\u02c8z\u00e4\u207ft"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"French, literally, sufficient rhyme"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-155834"
},
"riotous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of the nature of a riot : turbulent",
": participating in riot",
": abundant , exuberant",
": of the nature of a riot",
": participating in a riot"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259-t\u0259s",
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259-t\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"examples":[
"a riotous profusion of flowers",
"his riotous mugging always has everyone in hysterics",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one scene from Elvis, Baz Luhrmann\u2019s riotous remixing of the life of the man considered the king of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, Austin Butler, assuming the role of Elvis Presley, is made to perform in a tuxedo with tails. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
"Fledgeling interior design studio Perifio decorated a guest room in their Hudson, New York, retreat with a riotous pattern of dancing cranes, courtesy of Milton & King. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 13 May 2022",
"This level of autonomy felt riotous and profuse, like vegetation in an Amazonian jungle. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"After so many months spent in quarantine, Friedberg is ready to bring her riotous show to stages across the pond. \u2014 Kat Bein, SPIN , 25 May 2022",
"The toads and birds were riotous , including a hummingbird that darted around a red yucca. \u2014 Florence Williams, Outside Online , 1 Jan. 2020",
"The film, produced by Bright Yellow Films, Samson Films and Groove Intl., tracks Harris\u2019 career, which was overshadowed by a reputation for drinking and riotous behavior. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Cold landscapes, fantastical visions, riotous colors and violence work in tandem to conjure the Viking world. \u2014 Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In 2022, though, his sleek knits, riotous prints and body-embracing jumpsuits are showing up in museum exhibits and online. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-164349"
},
"riches":{
"type":[
"noun plural",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": things that make one rich : wealth",
": things that make someone rich"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259z",
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259z"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"substance",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What would be a rare experience anywhere else in the US is an embarrassment of riches at the Alaska Bear Camp, with brown bears on view in their natural habitat at camp\u2019s edge as well as along the adjacent lakeshore. \u2014 Corrina Allen-kiersons, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Along with Spanish colonizers looking for riches , priests looking for souls to save, many Indigenous people came as well \u2014 some as servants, others forcibly to quench the lust of men, some as wives, and many more for endless other reasons. \u2014 Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times , 12 May 2022",
"Why jump into the modern game, where transfer-happy players extend palms for NIL riches ? \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Americans have lost more than $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams since the start of last year, as criminals exploit rising popular interest in scoring quick digital riches , according to a new analysis by the Federal Trade Commission. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"Americans have lost more than $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams since the start of last year, as criminals exploit rising popular interest in scoring quick digital riches , according to a new analysis by the Federal Trade Commission. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"American players who are chasing the Saudi riches are Talor Gooch, who won his first PGA Tour event last fall at the RSM Classic, and three-time tour winner Hudson Swafford. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a message in there for Hollywood: Don\u2019t go back to the vault and trudge up any old movie in the hopes of reaping massive box office riches . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 30 May 2022",
"Musgrove listened as Gore sorted through delivering on all that promise to start 2022, only to be caught in a dogpile of starting pitching riches the organization has only dreamed about. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English, singular or plural, from richesse wealth, from Anglo-French richesce , from riche rich, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English r\u012bce rich"
],
"first_known_use":[
"13th century, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-175254"
},
"Rishon Le\u1e94iyyon":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city southeast of Tel Aviv-Yafo in central Israel population 227,000"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113-\u02c8sh\u022fn-l\u0259-ts\u0113-\u02c8y\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195016"
},
"ring true":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to sound true"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195623"
},
"ride (out)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to succeed in surviving or getting through (something dangerous or harmful that cannot be stopped or avoided)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210310"
},
"ring traveler":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": traveler sense 5"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-210404"
},
"righteously":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin",
": morally right or justifiable",
": arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality",
": genuine , excellent",
": doing or being what is just or proper",
": caused by an insult to what is believed to be just or proper"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s",
"\u02c8r\u012b-ch\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"straight",
"true",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thank you for giving this your prompt attention, and please allow five business days before assuming your place among the righteous . \u2014 Jay Martel, The New Yorker , 14 May 2022",
"Quitting with the use of opiate antagonists, hot yoga, and nonalcoholic tequila seems every bit as righteous \u2014and evidently more effective\u2014than sweating it out in the rooms. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The world is probably not much improved \u2014 and may be much harmed \u2014 when the righteous take a puritanical stance toward the views and associations of teenagers who work at Mojo Burrito. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Those who did broach the scandal brought their righteous anger A-game. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"This is the philosophical question of tzaddik v\u2019ra lo (a righteous person who suffers). \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 23 May 2022",
"The rest of the song is a hook-laden rodeo ride through the current cultural landscape, featuring some righteous jabs at the paparazzi for their treatment of Britney Spears, Princess Diana, and Whitney Houston. \u2014 Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Mickey is neither righteous nor scummy, which seem to be the only two lawyer characterizations Hollywood has of late. \u2014 Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"These two have never stopped needing each other, and their separation stands in for how the fatal estrangement of family members can be rooted in a battle of righteous blindness. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 11 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"alteration of earlier rightuous , alteration of Middle English rightwise, rightwos , from Old English rihtw\u012bs , from riht , noun, right + w\u012bs wise"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-214301"
},
"rigorousness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor : very strict",
": marked by extremes of temperature or climate",
": harsh , severe",
": scrupulously accurate : precise",
": very strict",
": hard to endure because of extreme conditions : harsh"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-g(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"rigorous enforcement of the rules",
"a rigorous course of study",
"We subjected the data to a rigorous analysis.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hyde ruled Jones out for the remainder of the 2022 season and presumed the prospect could miss part of 2023, too, although the recovery process for a position player compared with a pitcher is less rigorous . \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 28 May 2022",
"Being rigorous about your routines and rituals will help children feel more secure. \u2014 Amy Joyce, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"However, consumer-grade DNA tests may not always be as rigorous as clinical-grade DNA tests that your doctor\u2019s office may order for you, Rajagopolan says. \u2014 Kimberly Hickok, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"Yet activists have been rigorous in their campaigns for change on social media and on the ground. \u2014 Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"Rusk was rigorous in making sure each team had different skills in an effort to reduce bias to any one type of investment. \u2014 Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"Customers need to be rigorous in the sales inquiry process. \u2014 John Hayes, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The disclosure requirements are more rigorous for shareholders with 10% or more of a company\u2019s shares, and there are additional rules against quick profit-taking. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In middle school, my mother sent me to the Atlanta International School, which was academically rigorous . \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-220024"
},
"rim-drive":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a method of driving a disc recorder or phonograph turntable by frictional contact between a motor shaft and the rim of the turntable and often by interposing a rubber-covered wheel between shaft and turntable"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-224510"
},
"rig-out":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a suit of clothes : outfit"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from rig out , verb"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-232318"
},
"Riau":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"archipelago of Indonesia separated from Singapore by the Singapore Strait area 2279 square miles (5925 square kilometers), population 278,966; chief island Bintan"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0113-\u02ccau\u0307"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-234353"
},
"riflebird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": any of several birds of paradise (genus Ptiloris )"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-f\u0259l-\u02ccb\u0259rd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1831, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-000001"
},
"rifampin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a semisynthetic antibiotic C 43 H 58 N 4 O 12 used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis and to treat asymptomatic carriers of meningococci",
": a semisynthetic antibiotic C 43 H 58 N 4 O 12 that is used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis and to treat asymptomatic carriers of meningococci"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u012b-\u02c8fam-p\u0259n",
"r\u012b-\u02c8fam-p\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even those who have been vaccinated against bacterial meningitis should still get antibiotic treatment, such as ciprofloxacin and rifampin . \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The sole exception is rifampin , a tuberculosis antibiotic that is rarely used. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The only exception is rifampin , an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is a form of MDR-TB that is resistant to isoniazid and rifampin , in addition to fluoroquinolones and injectable second-line drugs. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 6 June 2021",
"In the past decade, scientists have come up with two shorter courses: a drug called rifampin taken every day for four months; or a combination of isoniazid and rifapentine, taken once weekly for three months. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 23 Sep. 2019",
"Research has found that the antibiotic rifampin , which is used to treat tuberculosis, and griseofulvin, a drug used to treat fungal infections, may decrease the effectiveness of hormonal birth control pills. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 27 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary, alteration of rifamycin , antibiotic derived from Streptomyces mediterranei"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1966, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012430"
},
"riot act":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a vigorous reprimand or warning"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"censure",
"commination",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"excoriation",
"objurgation",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"stricture"
],
"antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"examples":[
"at a specially called meeting, he read the riot act to his staff for their poor handling of the crisis",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"During the questioning, Kayla ignores Torres' instructions to wait in the car, and Vance reads her the riot act . \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"M-Rod and Sanoe Lake come to clean the room Kate Bosworth is a guest in (awkward) and read her the riot act for choosing a guy over surfing. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Linda spots her tree amidst the blinding lights and snatches the DJ's mic to read the crowd the riot act . \u2014 Lauren Morgan, EW.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Around 2016, senior SEAL commander Jamie Sands read the East Coast teams the riot act . \u2014 Catherine Herridge, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Bennett short and marches back to the group to read them the riot act . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Instead of reading him the riot act , Will is understandably enchanted. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Sep. 2020",
"On May 1, the governor of New Mexico evoked the riot act to block off all exits into Gallup to stop the spread of the virus, and only residents could get in. \u2014 Sunny Dooley, Scientific American , 8 July 2020",
"City officials requested new state of emergency under the riot act that can prohibit people from walking streets and using certain roads. \u2014 Joel Shannon, USA TODAY , 2 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"the Riot Act , English law of 1715 providing for the dispersal of riots upon command of legal authority"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1784, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-012947"
},
"right face":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an act of turning 90 degrees to the right from the halted position of attention as a military maneuver",
"\u2014 compare about-face , left face"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from the imperative phrase right, face"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-020405"
},
"riotry":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": rioting",
": rioting persons"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b\u0259tr\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"riot entry 2 + -ry"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024027"
},
"rifeness":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being rife"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English ryfenes , from ryfe rife + -nes -ness"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-024512"
},
"rigor mortis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": temporary rigidity of muscles occurring after death",
": temporary rigidity of muscles occurring after death"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccri-g\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022fr-t\u0259s",
"also chiefly British",
"\u02ccrig-\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022frt-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The body showed signs of rigor mortis , the department said. \u2014 Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Serna was found dead in the same position, and rigor mortis had already begun to set in when paramedics arrived an hour later, the report said. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The police officer initially wrote that Slater's body was in rigor mortis . \u2014 Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press , 20 May 2021",
"Flight staff once moved a body into a lavatory for safe keeping only to find that the corpse, stiffened by rigor mortis , got stuck behind the bathroom door. \u2014 Ellen Gamerman, WSJ , 12 May 2021",
"Mortuaries throughout the Indian capital are overstretched, the doctor says, and bodies sometimes lie around uncovered among the living till the muscles harden and rigor mortis sets in. \u2014 Time , 7 May 2021",
"In rigor mortis the inhibition of ATP, the basic unit of energy within a cell, triggers a release of calcium into the muscles. \u2014 Christopher Crockett, Scientific American , 2 Aug. 2013",
"On Tuesday, in his postmortem for a season that entered rigor mortis five weeks ago, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels laid out in some detail a plan for the future. \u2014 Evan Grant, Dallas News , 30 Sep. 2020",
"Many analysts say the regime missed a golden opportunity to open up a system now in virtual economic and political rigor mortis . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 De C\u00f3rdoba, WSJ , 17 Apr. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, stiffness of death"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1847, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-035423"
},
"rife with":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-040437"
},
"rimfire":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having the priming distributed in the rim of the shell"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rim-\u02ccf\u012b(-\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1866, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-073329"
},
"ride on (something or someone)":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to depend on (something or someone)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-090331"
},
"rifle drill":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a drill designed to create long straight holes of small diameter (as for a rifle)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-093358"
},
"riot grrrl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a girl or woman who participates in a feminist punk subculture"
],
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8g\u0259rl",
"-\u02c8g\u0259r\u2027\u0259l",
"-\u02c8g\u0259\u0304l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"grrrl alteration (influenced by grrr representing growling sound) of girl"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1991, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-095242"
},
"rip":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun",
"noun ()",
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tear or split apart or open",
": to saw or split (wood) with the grain",
": to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade",
": to hit sharply",
": to utter violently : spit out",
": criticize , disparage",
": to become ripped : rend",
": to rush headlong",
": to tear into : attack",
": a rent made by ripping : tear",
": cut sense 5b",
": a body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides, currents, or winds",
": a current of water roughened by passing over an irregular bottom",
": rip current",
": a dissolute person : libertine",
"may he rest in peace, may she rest in peace",
"may they rest in peace",
": to cut or tear open : split apart",
": to remove quickly (as by tearing)",
": a usually long tear",
"[Latin requiescat in pace ]",
"[Latin requiescant in pace ]"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rip",
"\u02cc\u00e4r-\u02cc\u012b-\u02c8p\u0113",
"\u02c8rip"
],
"synonyms":[
"rend",
"ribbon",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Verb",
"Middle English rippen , from or akin to Middle Dutch reppen, rippen to pull, jerk",
"Noun (2)",
"perhaps from rip entry 2",
"Noun (3)",
"perhaps by shortening & alteration from reprobate"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a",
"Noun (1)",
"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun (2)",
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 2",
"Noun (3)",
"1781, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-111742"
},
"Rimini":{
"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Francesca da \u2014 see polenta",
"commune and port on the Adriatic Sea in northern Italy east-southeast of Ravenna population 140,000"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-mi-(\u02cc)n\u0113",
"\u02c8r\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-131038"
},
"ride out":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to succeed in surviving or getting through (something dangerous or harmful that cannot be stopped or avoided)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-154319"
},
"right field":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the part of the baseball outfield to the right looking out from home plate",
": the position of the player defending right field"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was one out in the third when Alvarez connected again, this time launching a fastball from Carrasco into the second deck in right field to make it 5-1. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 22 June 2022",
"Braydon Webb smoked the first pitch of the game off the wall in right field for a leadoff triple. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, Arkansas Online , 18 June 2022",
"Mendonca grounded into a fielders\u2019 choice, scoring Aldrich and senior Kylie Thorpe darted all the way around the bases off of an error in right field to push the advantage to 5-0. \u2014 Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"In the top of the third, Mercy's Kendall Spivey (Villanova) reached on a walk and Charlie Lambert ripped a double to the wall in right field . \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 15 June 2022",
"John Schreiber got help in the eighth from a terrific diving catch by Refsynder in right field to rob Ty France of extra bases. \u2014 Tim Booth, Hartford Courant , 13 June 2022",
"Jesse Winker drilled a slider into the stands in right field for his fourth home run. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022",
"When Warren\u2019s final postgame huddle ended in right field at Barrington\u2019s Field of Dreams complex on Tuesday night, sophomore shortstop Hannah Conger sought the comforting arms of a familiar teammate for an extended embrace. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Nolan Jones started in right field for Class AAA Columbus on Tuesday night. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 8 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-161104"
},
"rifled slug":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a shotgun projectile having a round nose, a hollow base, and sides cut with a series of oblique grooves that increase the accuracy of the projectile by causing it to rotate as it passes through the smooth bore of the shotgun"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"from past participle of rifle entry 4"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-174817"
},
"richesse":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": richness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri\u02ccches",
"r\u0259\u0307\u02c8ch-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-180444"
},
"ricotta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a white unripened whey cheese of Italy that resembles cottage cheese",
": a similar cheese made in the U.S. from whole or skim milk"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8k\u00e4-t\u0259",
"-\u02c8k\u022f-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead of Philadelphia soft cheese, there was fresh goat milk ricotta straight from the shepherds. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Most pastries and cakes made with cheese products such as ricotta , mascarpone and burrata can trace their lineage to it. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Steve Giralt When a friend challenged cooking duo the Casserole Queens to create a unique cannoli recipe, this layer cake featuring orange, ricotta , and chocolate was born. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The pie crust is filled with ricotta , Parmesan, coppa, calabrese salami, mortadella, egg, mozzarella, sharp provolone and lemon zest. \u2014 Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 6 Apr. 2022",
"In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the cream cheese, ricotta , yogurt, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon salt and lemon zest until smooth and fluffy. \u2014 Southern Kitchen, USA TODAY , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Mixing in cream cheese, ricotta , sour cream, whole-fat yogurt, or peanut butter in addition to the amount of fat called for on the box will yield even richer cakes. \u2014 Anne Byrn, Bon App\u00e9tit , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The former chef made the most of the situation, getting creative with government food rations by making ricotta cheese out of milk supplies. \u2014 Britt Clennett, ABC News , 1 May 2022",
"Luscious cashew cream mimics ricotta cheese in this comforting classic. \u2014 Taylor Worden, Good Housekeeping , 28 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian, from feminine of past participle of ricuocere to cook again, from Latin recoquere , from re- + coquere to cook \u2014 more at cook"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1617, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-183940"
},
"rim clutch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a friction clutch having for one of the friction contacting members a cylindrical rim that is gripped (as by lever action, fitted ring segments, or shoes) on both cylindrical surfaces"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-001159"
},
"ringwalk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a walk made by hunters around a wood or other covert"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-012021"
},
"riata":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": lariat"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113-\u02c8a-t\u0259",
"-\u02c8\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[
"lariat",
"lasso",
"reata"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the cowboy neatly tossed a riata over the head of the escaping cow"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"modification of American Spanish reata"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1846, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-023608"
},
"RICO":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":[
"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)",
"\u2014 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (Act)"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
"\u02c8r\u0113-k\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-111816"
},
"Rio Rancho":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"city in central New Mexico that is a northern suburb of Albuquerque population 51,765"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u0113-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8ran-(\u02cc)ch\u014d",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-125040"
},
"rishi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a holy Hindu sage, saint, or inspired poet"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Sanskrit \u1e5b\u1e63i ; akin to Sanskrit rasa juice, fluid"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-131116"
},
"Rioni":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"river that rises in the Caucasus Mountains, flows 179 miles (288 kilometers) through the western part of the Republic of Georgia, and empties into the Black Sea"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113",
"-ny\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-152534"
},
"rideoff":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to ride so as to deflect (an opposing polo player)",
": ride out sense 1",
": an act or instance of riding alongside a polo opponent and pushing him away from the line of the ball to prevent his hitting it"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Noun",
"ride off"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-154134"
},
"rim-bound":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": having the tips and margins of the leaves curved downward (as in tobacco suffering from potash hunger)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-171330"
},
"rifle frock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a rifleman's tunic"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"rifle entry 5"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-234624"
},
"ricky-tick":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": sweet jazz of a style reminiscent of the 1920s"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6rik\u0113\u00a6tik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"imitative"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1937, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-173553"
},
"ringwall":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a wall that encircles an area"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-175834"
},
"rident":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": broadly smiling"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bd\u1d4ant"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Latin rident-, ridens , present participle of rid\u0113re to laugh"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183017"
},
"ride down":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to tread under one's horse's feet : overthrow , trample",
": to bear down on (as a halyard when hoisting a sail)"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-185627"
},
"ritual":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": of or relating to rites or a ritual : ceremonial",
": according to religious law",
": done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol",
": the established form for a ceremony",
": the order of words prescribed for a religious ceremony",
": ritual observance",
": a system of rites",
": a ceremonial act or action",
": an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner",
": a ceremony or series of acts that is always performed the same way",
": any act or practice regularly repeated in a set precise manner for relief of anxiety"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
"-ch\u0259l",
"\u02c8rich-w\u0259l",
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259-w\u0259l",
"\u02c8rich-(\u0259-)w\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"second nature",
"trick",
"way",
"wont"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The priest will perform the ritual .",
"He was buried simply, without ceremony or ritual .",
"the daily ritual of preparing breakfast",
"His day-to-day life is based on ritual .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The same direct-to-acetate ritual Weir and Dr. Groove performed at Third Man\u2019s shrine to music past also produced the first live album by Billie Eilish, the 20-year-old Gen Z phenomenon known to eat spiders on YouTube. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"Annual ritual Part 2: Politicians do nothing Each year, the trustees\u2019 Report describes changes in the program that could restore long-term actuarial balance to the system. \u2014 Steve Vernon, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"The symbolism of the hare has had many tantalizing ritual and religious roles down through the years. \u2014 Tok Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Their friendship has helped Bowers view some aspects of \u201970s feminism with a kinder eye, especially its magic and ritual tendencies. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Ancient Greeks and Romans had annual festivals with feasts and ritual placement of flowers on graves. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 30 May 2022",
"Beijing, on the other hand, issued a ritual rejection of the president\u2019s remarks. \u2014 Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 May 2022",
"Four men long accustomed to the daily routines of incarceration observed a springtime ritual Wednesday that is rare for the inside of a Maryland prison. \u2014 Nick Anderson, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"Most racecar drivers have this thing called a race ritual . \u2014 Allison Tsai, SELF , 16 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Instead, long nails have allowed Clarke to partake in a cherished beauty ritual while also affirming her Black lesbian femininity. \u2014 Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"While the libations have a hand in the subsequent baby boom, Swahn pointed out that even without the booze, Midsummer is a time rich in romantic ritual . \u2014 Forrest Brown, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"After years of funneling cash into startups\u2019 grand ambitions, Silicon Valley\u2019s SIVB 4.00%\u25b2 investors are engaging in the grim ritual of delivering survival advice to their portfolio companies. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 29 May 2022",
"Wellness experiences at Bishop's Lodge Auberge are rooted in ancient ritual and is inspired by the healing power of Mother Nature. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"There are visions of a creepy priest involved in some arcane ritual , as well as a chorus of young girls dressed in virgin-sacrifice white. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 26 May 2022",
"The two children, both between 6 and 7 years old, died as victims in an Inca ritual called capacocha. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 16 May 2022",
"For him, this ritual was the point of it all: to memorialize as individuals those who had been consigned to the mass grave of a government report on genocide. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"This little ritual is our favorite part of bath time. \u2014 Karen Good Marable, Allure , 30 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Adjective",
"Latin ritualis , from ritus rite"
],
"first_known_use":[
"Adjective",
"1570, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195207"
},
"rise (up) in revolt":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to fight against a ruler or government"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-200506"
},
"ring toss":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will fall over an upright stick"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri\u014b-\u02cct\u022fs",
"-\u02cct\u00e4s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a basketball hoop and a ring toss \u2014both of which are small in size\u2014that can be set up at either end of a pool. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"This ring toss game has more than 4,100 5-star reviews on Amazon for its fun factor and its ability to be packed away easily into a carrying case. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The top of the play center has a separate wading pool with a water sprayer and ring toss game, and kids can start the ball roller game from that area, as well. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"Use it for ring toss , corn hole, relay races, bean-bag toss, and more. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 16 May 2022",
"Made of wood and rope, this ring toss game serves the purpose of both of style and longevity. \u2014 Ashley Dunne, Sunset Magazine , 15 Apr. 2022",
"What: Live ice carvings and other activities, including interactive ice carving tic tac toe, wizard ring toss , penguin guess and bean bag toss. \u2014 Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 5 Jan. 2022",
"The day starts with games \u2014 ring toss , bobbing for apples, cookie decorating \u2014 before parading around the North Bethesda development. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Corn maze, straw mound and tunnel, witch hat ring toss , carpet ball, yard Jenga, Little Tikes vehicles, toddler play houses. \u2014 Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1870, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-202538"
},
"Richet":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"Charles Robert 1850\u20131935 French physiologist"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113-\u02c8sh\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-203423"
},
"rim blight":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a disease of tea caused by a fungus of the genus Cladosporium and characterized by yellowing of the leaf margins followed by browning"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-205229"
},
"riant":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": cheerful , mirthful"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-\u0259nt",
"\u02c8r\u0113-",
"r\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4\u207f"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle French, present participle of rire to laugh, from Latin rid\u0113re"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1567, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-090048"
},
"rifle grenade":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a grenade projected from a launching device attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine and requiring a special cartridge"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-075659"
},
"rittmaster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a captain of cavalry"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"partial translation of German rittmeister , from ritt troop of horsemen (from reiten to ride, from Old High German r\u012btan ) + meister master"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-083755"
},
"riot gun":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a small arm used to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death",
": a short-barreled shotgun"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1886, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-085909"
},
"ride cymbal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a large suspended cymbal normally used to provide a steady rhythm"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1956, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-131744"
},
"rigidity":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the quality or state of being rigid",
": one that is rigid (as in form or conduct)",
": the quality or state of being rigid : as",
": abnormal stiffness of muscle",
": emotional inflexibility and resistance to change"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0259-\u02c8ji-d\u0259-t\u0113",
"r\u0259-\u02c8jid-\u0259t-\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"exactingness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"inflexibility",
"rigidness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"stringency"
],
"antonyms":[
"flexibility",
"gentleness",
"laxness",
"mildness"
],
"examples":[
"sometimes the rigidity of the headmaster's discipline was deemed excessive by even much of the faculty",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This forces a ton of rigidity to the torso, making this an instant position of work, Samuel says. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 23 June 2022",
"Perhaps the most touching works in the Philadelphia show are those that suggest the longer arc of Scully\u2019s career, from purity to messiness, rigidity to freedom, self-containment to self-expression. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Workers got extra time at home, and extra leeway to test the rigidity of their bosses\u2019 plans. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Flextime is a model of work that focuses less on the rigidity of the longstanding 9-5 schedule and exactly when and where something gets done, and more on meeting bigger picture deadlines and goals. \u2014 Becky Carroll, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Ferrari also redesigned the chassis for the GTS, working on the A-pillar, B-pillar, and side sills to maintain torsional rigidity and bending stiffness. \u2014 Caleb Miller, Car and Driver , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Of these, sole rigidity seems to vary the most between spikes. \u2014 Cory Smith, Outside Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the bronchoscope\u2019s width and rigidity limits how deep doctors can venture down a patient\u2019s lungs in search of cancerous or other problematic tissues. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Applauding leaders who insist on toughness, discourage empathy, punish failure and reward rigidity is a surefire way to place a wedge between the company and the customer. \u2014 Samantha Paxson, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-132313"
},
"Rideau Canal":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"canal system 124 miles (200 kilometers) long in southeastern Ontario, Canada, connecting Lake Ontario and the Ottawa River and including",
"and the"
],
"pronounciation":[
"ri-\u02c8d\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-134109"
},
"rifacimento":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a recasting or adaptation especially of a literary work or musical composition"
],
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)r\u0113\u02ccf\u00e4ch\u0113\u02c8men\u2027(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Italian rifacimento , from rifaci- (stem of rifare to make over, from ri- re-\u2014from Latin re-\u2014+ facere, fare to make, do, from Latin facere ) + -mento -ment (from Latin -mentum )"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-165051"
},
"rigorism":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": rigidity in principle or practice"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-g\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1704, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-170340"
},
"rise to the occasion/challenge":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to make the special effort that is required to successfully deal with a difficult situation"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-171747"
},
"rifle gun":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": rifle",
": a muzzle-loading rifle"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-181254"
},
"rigidness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": deficient in or devoid of flexibility",
": appearing stiff and unyielding",
": inflexibly set in opinion",
": strictly observed",
": firmly inflexible rather than lax or indulgent",
": precise and accurate in procedure",
": having the outer shape maintained by a fixed framework",
": not flexible : stiff",
": strict sense 2 , severe",
": deficient in or devoid of flexibility : characterized by stiffness"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-j\u0259d",
"\u02c8ri-j\u0259d",
"\u02c8rij-\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"brassbound",
"cast-iron",
"exacting",
"hard-line",
"inflexible",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising"
],
"antonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack"
],
"examples":[
"The patient's legs were rigid .",
"He is a rigid disciplinarian.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2021, Mitchell was a key player in helping to loosen the Army's rigid rules around soldiers' appearance \u2014 most notably the length, style, and color of their hair. \u2014 Baze Mpinja, Allure , 1 June 2022",
"Unlike solid, rigid plates in most super shoes, the plate is W-shaped; two longitudinal flex grooves let toes move semi-independently. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Earth's crust and the top layer of mantle just under it are broken up into rigid plates that move slowly on top of viscous but mobile lower layers of mantle rock. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But it is now seen as too rigid a way to look at the differences between the sexes. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"Just like restrictive diets often fail in the long run, a too- rigid plan for getting out of debt probably isn\u2019t sustainable. \u2014 Anna Moeslein, Glamour , 9 May 2022",
"Managers should take a balanced approach in their utilization of metrics in order to not run the risk of being too rigid about project deadlines or not allowing for the unexpected. \u2014 Wayne Elsey, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"That approach, opponents say, is too rigid , too expensive, and will ultimately harm patient care. \u2014 Ann Macdonald, STAT , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His family questions rigid athletic policy and Davis School District\u2019s response. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Middle English rigide , from Latin rigidus , from rig\u0113re to be stiff"
],
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-205744"
},
"rigid conduit":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": firm thick-wall metallic conduit for electric wiring \u2014 compare thin-wall conduit"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224124"
},
"ritualism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the use of ritual",
": excessive devotion to ritual"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ri-ch\u0259-w\u0259-\u02ccli-z\u0259m",
"-ch\u0259-\u02ccli-",
"\u02c8rich-w\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-004943"
},
"ritualistic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": of, in accordance with, or characterized by the use of ritual : such as",
": relating to or done as a ceremony or rite",
": done in accordance with social custom or normal protocol",
": of, relating to, or being an act or series of acts regularly repeated in a set precise manner",
": stressing the use of ritual forms : adhering to or devoted to ritualism"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccri-ch\u0259-w\u0259-\u02c8li-stik",
"-ch\u0259-\u02c8li-",
"\u02ccrich-w\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-054517"
},
"rig irons":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the hardware with nails excluded necessary to complete an oil-well drilling rig"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"rig entry 4"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-061938"
},
"rig the ballot":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":[
": to control the results of the election dishonestly"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-071338"
},
"rifleman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a soldier armed with a rifle",
": one skilled in shooting with a rifle"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012b-f\u0259l-m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cancel had served briefly in the Marine Corps, joining in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Among them: McCraw and Abbott repeatedly claimed the teenage rifleman was confronted by a school police officer before entering the classroom, and violence began with an exchange of gunfire between the two. \u2014 Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Cancel had served briefly in the Marine Corps, joining in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Cancel had served briefly in the Marine Corps, joining in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Cancel had served briefly in the Marine Corps, joining in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 7 May 2022",
"Cancel had served briefly in the Marine Corps, joining in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Cancel joined the Marine Corps in 2017 as an infantry rifleman , said Maj. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Every Marine is a rifleman , and small-unit tactics are the lifeblood of Marine Corps units. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-094407"
},
"rictal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": of, relating to, or being a rictus"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rik-t\u1d4al"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1825, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-103612"
},
"Rialto":{
"type":[
"geographical name",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": exchange , marketplace",
": a theater district",
"city west of San Bernardino in southern California population 99,171",
"island and district of Venice, Italy"
],
"pronounciation":[
"r\u0113-\u02c8al-(\u02cc)t\u014d",
"r\u0113-\u02c8al-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, away from the rialto , a new generation of ferociously talented playwrights is not so quietly laying claim to theater\u2019s future. \u2014 Adam Green, Vogue , 13 May 2019",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 6 July 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 6 July 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 22 June 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 22 June 2017",
"And Adam Jacobs, his gleaming white teeth, his charming costar Isabelle McCalla as Princess Jasmine and the rest have all acquired a little more attention to veracity and Broadway chops since this show's first turn on the rialto . \u2014 Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com , 29 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Rialto , island and district in Venice"
],
"first_known_use":[
"1549, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-105315"
},
"righten":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to restore to original or proper condition : set right : straighten"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8r\u012bt\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"right entry 1 + -en"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-111747"
},
"riotingly":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":[
": riotously"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-115334"
},
"rimland":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a region on the edge of the heartland"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8rim-\u02ccland"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1944, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-122323"
},
"rigid constitution":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a constitution that is difficult or slow to change usually because of a prescribed process of amendment that is detailed and lengthy in execution"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125415"
},
"rig up":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to assemble or improvise (as equipment)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105747"
}
}
Reference in New Issue View Git Blame Copy Permalink