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3368 lines
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{
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"Babinski reflex":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a reflex movement in which when the sole is tickled the big toe turns upward instead of downward and which is normal in infancy but indicates damage to the central nervous system (as in the pyramidal tracts) later in life":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"J. F. F. Babinski \u20201932 French neurologist":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02ccbin-sk\u0113-",
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"b\u0259-\u02c8bin(t)-sk\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194629",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Babuyan":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"chief island of the Babuyan group of northern Philippines":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025639",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Babuyan Islands":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"islands of the northern Philippines north of Luzon area 225 square miles (585 square kilometers)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02c8y\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190144",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Babylonian":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ascetic",
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"ascetical",
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"austere",
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"humble",
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"no-frills",
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"spartan"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a native or inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or Babylon":[],
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": marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure":[
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"the Babylonian halls of the big hotel",
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"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton",
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"the Babylonian delights of the city"
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],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon , the Babylonians , or Babylonian":[],
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": the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0113-\u0259n",
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"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"deluxe",
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"lavish",
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"Lucullan",
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"Lucullian",
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"luxe",
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"luxuriant",
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"luxurious",
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"luxury",
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"opulent",
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"palace",
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"palatial",
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"plush",
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"plushy",
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"silken",
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"sumptuous"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045148",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babbitt metal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a lead-base alloy containing 1 to 10 percent tin and 10 to 15 percent antimony with or without some arsenic":[],
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": either of two alloys used for lining bearings:":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1850, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"after Isaac Babbitt \u20201862 American inventor":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120402",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babbitting jig":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a molding box in which bearings or bearing brasses are placed while being babbitted":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from present participle of babbitt":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112118",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babbittism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": babbittry":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"George F. Babbitt + English -ism":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259\u0307t\u02cciz\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041517",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babblative":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": garrulous":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1576, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"babble entry 1 + -ative (as in talkative )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8babl\u0259tiv"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050547",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"babble":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to make sounds as though babbling":[],
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": to reveal by talk that is too free":[],
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": to talk enthusiastically or excessively":[],
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": to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner":[],
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": to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling .",
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"He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.",
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"Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Second, baby parrots tend to babble quietly when no adults are around, often without even fully opening their beaks. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English babelen , probably of imitative origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bumble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"prattle",
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"sputter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043657",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"babbler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to make sounds as though babbling":[],
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": to reveal by talk that is too free":[],
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": to talk enthusiastically or excessively":[],
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": to utter in an incoherently or meaninglessly repetitious manner":[],
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": to utter meaningless or unintelligible sounds":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Pay no attention to her. She's just babbling .",
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"He'll babble on about sports all night if you let him.",
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"Her cousins were babbling in an unfamiliar dialect.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Second, baby parrots tend to babble quietly when no adults are around, often without even fully opening their beaks. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Our brooks will babble in the courts, Seeking damages for torts. \u2014 Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker , 11 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English babelen , probably of imitative origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bumble",
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"chat",
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"chatter",
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"drivel",
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"drool",
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"gabble",
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"gibber",
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"jabber",
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"prattle",
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"sputter"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012011",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"babbling":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter":[
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"\u2026 the \u2026 remarks would have been nothing short of treason, if they had not been so obviously the mere babblings of an irresponsible lunatic.",
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"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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],
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": producing a quiet, continuous sound (such as the sound of flowing water)":[
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"a babbling brook"
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],
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": producing meaningless speech sounds":[
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"a babbling baby"
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],
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": talking idly or foolishly":[
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"a babbling drunk"
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],
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": the production of meaningless strings of speech sounds by infants":[
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"Babbling usually coincides with the beginning of one-handed reaching and rhythmic hand activity.",
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"\u2014 M. R. Hiller"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings\u2019 babbling increase",
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"The lags were seen in behaviors such as rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling \u2014basic milestones of infancy. \u2014 Carey Goldberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
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"And some of it (those transcripts, Jack and Neal high and babbling ) is unreadable. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"But as much as this behavior seemed like human babbling , scientists hadn\u2019t formally compared the two, says co-author Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild, a behavioral ecologist also at MNH. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"In the background of her messages were the sounds of many people talking and walking around, children playing and babbling . \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"The bat pup chatter shared all the major features of human babbling , the researchers report today in Science. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"My favorite was a little babbling brook that came out of the side of the mountain. \u2014 Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Aug. 2021",
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"The world is upon you as a pressure, an aesthetic offense, a ghastly payload of noise and glare and babbling , galumphing people. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 30 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"When Sarah and Justin Arrington bought a gorgeous parcel of land\u2014complete with rolling hills, winding trails, and a babbling creek\u2014their plans for a future forever home were intentional and hard-won. \u2014 Lauren Helmer, al , 21 Mar. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210247",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"babbling thrush":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several thrushlike babblers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1876, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062638"
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},
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"babblingly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a babbling manner":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b(\u0259-)li\u014b-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094344",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"babbly":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": chattering , garrulous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8bab(\u0259)l\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155956"
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},
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"babe":{
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"antonyms":[
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"old hand",
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"old-timer",
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"vet",
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"veteran"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a naive inexperienced person":[
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase babe in the woods"
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],
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": a person and especially a young woman who is sexually attractive":[],
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": girl , woman":[],
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": infant , baby":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"although I worked with film for years, I'm just a babe as far as digital photography is concerned",
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"a babe in arms, too young even to crawl",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Carolyn Murphy as a California surf babe for denim brand Mother is everything on this Monday. \u2014 Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
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"So as a babe , and long after, he was allowed into her cabin to nurse. \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"The birthday babe is about to discover their signature scent with this custom fragrance experience from Olfactory NYC. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 2 June 2022",
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"Extremely smart and eager to please his two-legged best friends, this brilliant babe would also enjoy learning new tricks to help keep his mind active. \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Luma\u2019s a working mother, allowed only a nuzzle or two with her baby before the babe is given a rubber udder attached to a pail and Mom is back to be milked or mated with, incongruously set to the tunes of lo-fi contemporary pop ballads. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Each snuggly soft babe comes with a removable outfit, so your toddlers can mix and match while practicing their fine motor skills when dressing and undressing their dolls. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 5 May 2022",
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"Hey babe : As lawmakers sort through community requests in the pending capital budget, Laura Hancock provides a description of 14 social services requests from Cuyahoga County. \u2014 cleveland , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"The charming actor was turned into a Berghain-ready babe . \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, probably of imitative origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abecedarian",
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"apprentice",
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"beginner",
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"colt",
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"cub",
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"fledgling",
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"freshman",
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"greenhorn",
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"neophyte",
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"newbie",
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"newcomer",
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"novice",
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"novitiate",
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"punk",
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"recruit",
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"rook",
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"rookie",
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"tenderfoot",
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"tyro",
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"virgin"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023004",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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"babel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues":[],
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": a confusion of sounds or voices":[],
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": a scene of noise or confusion":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Hebrew B\u0101bhel , from Akkadian b\u0101b-ilu gate of god":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-",
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0259l"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bedlam",
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"circus",
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"madhouse",
|
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"scrum",
|
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"three-ring circus"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075149",
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"babingtonite":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a greenish black mineral Ca 2 (Fe,Mn)Si 5 O 14 OH consisting of a silicate of iron and calcium occurring in triclinic crystals (hardness 5.5\u20136)":[]
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},
|
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"William Babington \u20201833 English mineralogist + English -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8babi\u014bt\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200217",
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babushka":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a head covering (such as a scarf) resembling a babushka":[],
|
|
": a usually triangularly folded kerchief for the head":[],
|
|
": an elderly Russian woman":[
|
|
"\u2026 I jostled among babushkas clutching bags of food for a place on the bus \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Gary Lee"
|
|
],
|
|
": grandmother":[
|
|
"Until my own babushka's generation very specific clothes were assigned to specific classes, specific hairstyles distinguishing married from unmarried women.",
|
|
"\u2014 Francine du Plessix Gray"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an elderly Russian woman with a babushka",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"The look is finished off with a silk scarf tied around her head like a babushka , gigantic sunglasses, and a Dior tote with her name embroidered onto it. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The babushka -wearing elderly women sweeping the vast square early every morning used bunches of twigs tied to short broomsticks. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Retro kerchiefs appeared at Conner Ives and Anna Sui, while Paco Rabanne imagined a cozier take: A faux fur babushka . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 19 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"For those who don\u2019t fish for keeps, or for those whose haul exceeds the limits of their bellies, an old, dumpling-faced Russian woman in a babushka takes up the slack. \u2014 Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream , 8 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"An old lady in a babushka greets him warmly and congratulates him on his great new gig as a bakery delivery man. \u2014 Kat Rosenfield, EW.com , 4 May 2020",
|
|
"One mother has decided to adopt multiple personas: a Russian babushka , a cynical Brooklynite and a Scottish woman who loves the outdoors. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Following in the footsteps of rapper A$AP Rocky and model Kendall Jenner, Jaden Smith became the latest style star to sport a babushka . \u2014 Vogue , 28 Sep. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Russian, grandmother, diminutive of baba old woman":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8bu\u0307sh-",
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fcsh-k\u0259",
|
|
"ba-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandanna",
|
|
"bandana",
|
|
"do-rag",
|
|
"handkerchief",
|
|
"kerchief",
|
|
"madras",
|
|
"mantilla"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164515",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an extremely young animal":[],
|
|
": boy , man":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in address Hey baby , nice car!"
|
|
],
|
|
": girl , woman":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in address"
|
|
],
|
|
": much smaller than the usual":[
|
|
"baby carrots",
|
|
"a baby grand piano",
|
|
"Take baby steps."
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or being an extremely young child":[
|
|
"a baby bonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is like a baby (as in behavior)":[
|
|
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby ."
|
|
],
|
|
": person , thing":[
|
|
"is one tough baby"
|
|
],
|
|
": something that is one's special responsibility, achievement, or interest":[
|
|
"The project was his baby ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the youngest of a group":[
|
|
"He is the baby of the family."
|
|
],
|
|
": to tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude":[
|
|
"babying their only child"
|
|
],
|
|
": to use or treat with care":[
|
|
"babying a sore knee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"I hear the baby crying.",
|
|
"The baby is just learning to crawl.",
|
|
"a bird and its babies",
|
|
"My sister is the baby of the family.",
|
|
"\u201cOnly 32",
|
|
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby .",
|
|
"Don't be such a baby \u2014you'll get your turn.",
|
|
"Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.",
|
|
"It looked like he was babying his injured foot.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The unidentified woman was pushing a baby stroller on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:25 p.m. when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt came up from behind and shot her in the head, ABC News New York station WABC reported. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"No arrests have been made so far in the fatal close-range shooting of a 20-year-old woman who was pushing a three-month-old infant in a baby stroller in Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Every woman should have the guilt-free ability to choose how to feed her baby . \u2014 Whitney Casares, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the weekend, a Twitter thread went viral in which a woman described, with detail both clinical and pummeling, learning at 17 weeks pregnant that her baby would not survive. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"These ceramic glazed pots will hold your baby succulent, cactus or other small plant. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent, 39, and husband Jason Kolsevich welcomed their first baby together, daughter Jordan Reid, on Monday, June 6, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a badass. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Isabella\u2019s alleged motive was to get rid of all these potential royal baby -making machines and clear the way to the French throne for her own children. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
|
|
"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
|
|
"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
|
|
"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
|
|
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from babe":"Noun",
|
|
"attributive use of baby entry 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"verbal derivative of baby entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baby Verb indulge , pamper , humor , spoil , baby , mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213736",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"baby fat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the extra fat that a healthy baby or young child has":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-124754",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babyish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an extremely young animal":[],
|
|
": boy , man":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in address Hey baby , nice car!"
|
|
],
|
|
": girl , woman":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used in address"
|
|
],
|
|
": much smaller than the usual":[
|
|
"baby carrots",
|
|
"a baby grand piano",
|
|
"Take baby steps."
|
|
],
|
|
": of, relating to, or being an extremely young child":[
|
|
"a baby bonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that is like a baby (as in behavior)":[
|
|
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby ."
|
|
],
|
|
": person , thing":[
|
|
"is one tough baby"
|
|
],
|
|
": something that is one's special responsibility, achievement, or interest":[
|
|
"The project was his baby ."
|
|
],
|
|
": the youngest of a group":[
|
|
"He is the baby of the family."
|
|
],
|
|
": to tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude":[
|
|
"babying their only child"
|
|
],
|
|
": to use or treat with care":[
|
|
"babying a sore knee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"I hear the baby crying.",
|
|
"The baby is just learning to crawl.",
|
|
"a bird and its babies",
|
|
"My sister is the baby of the family.",
|
|
"\u201cOnly 32",
|
|
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby .",
|
|
"Don't be such a baby \u2014you'll get your turn.",
|
|
"Nothing's gone right since my baby went away.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"That boy will never learn to stand up for himself if you don't stop babying him.",
|
|
"It looked like he was babying his injured foot.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The unidentified woman was pushing a baby stroller on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:25 p.m. when a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt came up from behind and shot her in the head, ABC News New York station WABC reported. \u2014 Melissa Gaffney, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"No arrests have been made so far in the fatal close-range shooting of a 20-year-old woman who was pushing a three-month-old infant in a baby stroller in Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Every woman should have the guilt-free ability to choose how to feed her baby . \u2014 Whitney Casares, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
|
|
"Over the weekend, a Twitter thread went viral in which a woman described, with detail both clinical and pummeling, learning at 17 weeks pregnant that her baby would not survive. \u2014 Monica Hesse, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"These ceramic glazed pots will hold your baby succulent, cactus or other small plant. \u2014 Kaitlin Madden, Good Housekeeping , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The CNN Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent, 39, and husband Jason Kolsevich welcomed their first baby together, daughter Jordan Reid, on Monday, June 6, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"Our next chapter begins now, and our baby is truly a badass. \u2014 Alyssa Bailey, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
|
|
"Isabella\u2019s alleged motive was to get rid of all these potential royal baby -making machines and clear the way to the French throne for her own children. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"These are major changes, and returning to pre- baby athletic performance will take time. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 20 May 2021",
|
|
"The rapper continued her surprise post- baby tour of Paris Fashion Week at the Balenciaga office in Paris Thursday. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 2 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Earlier this week, the mom of two made her first post- baby appearance strutting down the red carpet in a jaw-dropping look from Thierry Mugler. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 30 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"During a recent meditation session, the memory of a friend who had struggled with losing her post- baby weight came to Ross. \u2014 Lola Ogunnaike, Marie Claire , 17 May 2021",
|
|
"Sevigny also shared how she's been adapting to parenthood, explaining how her pre- baby organization has gone out the window since bringing home her new addition. \u2014 Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com , 31 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Two more members of the group chimed in with tales of their own post- baby dental decline. \u2014 Rosie Colosi, The Atlantic , 28 July 2021",
|
|
"The duo recently opened up about learning how to embrace their post- baby bodies and experiencing postpartum symptoms together. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 13 July 2021",
|
|
"On Thursday, the Food Network star, 39, opened up about her post- baby body and getting back to feeling herself after welcoming her first child, Iris Marion, with husband Ryan Biegel last September. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 July 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"In 2020, the duchess brought together 19 British brands and retailers to donate more than 10,000 new items to baby banks across the nation. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"My little boy gave me another four months to baby him and love him more than anything. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Delta\u2019s cargo unit can ship a variety of live animals, ranging from insects to baby chicks to primates moving between wildlife preserves or zoos. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 6 May 2022",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026.",
|
|
"His team is incredible\u2014 and baby them Gucci coats\u2026."
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
|
|
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from babe":"Noun",
|
|
"attributive use of baby entry 1":"Adjective",
|
|
"verbal derivative of baby entry 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for baby Verb indulge , pamper , humor , spoil , baby , mollycoddle mean to show undue favor to a person's desires and feelings. indulge implies excessive compliance and weakness in gratifying another's or one's own desires. indulged myself with food at the slightest excuse pamper implies inordinate gratification of desire for luxury and comfort with consequent enervating effect. pampered by the amenities of modern living humor stresses a yielding to a person's moods or whims. humored him by letting him tell the story spoil stresses the injurious effects on character by indulging or pampering. foolish parents spoil their children baby suggests excessive care, attention, or solicitude. babying students by grading too easily mollycoddle suggests an excessive degree of care and attention to another's health or welfare. refused to mollycoddle her malingering son",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"newborn"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081402",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"babysitter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Vesbit will sometimes babysit while Roost and her son are in town. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Family Christian Center hired Smith, a church member and Valparaiso University student, to babysit the Munseys\u2019 grandchild in their Schererville home in the 1400 Block of Wilderness Drive on May 29, 2015, the lawsuit stated. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"The second mother was supposed to babysit all seven kids. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"There is an in-it-together camaraderie in the neighborhood \u2014 regular pizza night with the children, offers to babysit or run an errand to the grocery store, kid-clothes hand-me-downs from Kruger for her younger kids. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"The machine makes the decision \u2014 like a parent or guardian assigned to babysit the human driver. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Michael Che isn't rushing to babysit Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson's son anytime soon. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Did the Mets hire Joey Cora simply to babysit Francisco Lindor",
|
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"Sometimes his daughter's grandparents are able to babysit for the day, but not always. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from babysitter":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccsit"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052124",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"baby farm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a place where nursing and care of babies is provided for a fee":[
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"\u2014 usually used derogatorily"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142257"
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},
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"baby wipe":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a moistened, disposable, often antiseptic tissue used chiefly for cleansing the skin especially of babies and children":[
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"The goal is to collect 30,000 diapers and baby wipes for the \u2026 identical quadruplets who were born Aug. 21 \u2026",
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"\u2014 The Bellingham (Washington) Herald"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Correa advises clients who have to wear constricting styles for work to give their feet a refresh midday with a baby wipe and a new pair of socks; this can help ease swelling and inflammation. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
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"The Sheboygan plant added baby wipe production in the 1990s and now has 700 workers. \u2014 John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"Like many new grandparents, the Moores marvel at the array of gadgets their daughter uses: a bottle warmer, bottle drying rack, baby wipe warmer, Diaper Genie, baby monitor and childproofing gadgets for every knob, nook and cranny in the house. \u2014 Mary Jacobs, Dallas News , 23 Feb. 2021",
|
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"Thousands of baby wipes , as our next shower would be many days away. \u2014 Ruth Maclean, New York Times , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"In Placer County, Angel Smith relied on baby wipes and blankets to keep her 13-month-old son Liam warm and clean. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Grocery stores are imposing limits on lots of items, including baby wipes , rubbing alcohol and hand sanitizer. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 5 May 2020",
|
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"Grant recipients include: The Christian Assistance Ministry, which received $50,000 to provide food, prescription support, hygiene supplies, baby formula, baby wipes and diapers to help people affected by homelessness, poverty and financial issues. \u2014 Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"Paper products/wipes Supermarket shelves reserved for toilet paper, tissues, sponges, paper towels, disinfectant, and baby wipes were mostly empty in the area. \u2014 Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner , 22 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173804"
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},
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"babesiosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an infection with or disease caused by babesias":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02ccb\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8\u014d-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In Wisconsin ticks can spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis , Borrelia miyamotoi, ehrlichiosis, Powassan virus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
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|
"Ticks can also cause other diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. \u2014 Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Gobena was worried that this wasn\u2019t babesiosis at all. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Not Lyme, but a different disease carried by the same type of tick: a disease called babesiosis . \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The center at The Miriam is a multidisciplinary center entirely dedicated to the treatment of acute Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis , and other tick-borne diseases. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"Other tick-borne diseases include anaplasmosis, babesiosis , ehrlichiosis, spotted fever rickettsiosis and tularemia. \u2014 Rachel Trent, CNN , 12 July 2021",
|
|
"Symptoms can vary, depending on the specific tick-borne disease, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and tularemia. \u2014 Sarah Michels, The Enquirer , 13 June 2021",
|
|
"Ticks have the ability to spread dangerous diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis , in as little as 36-48 hours after the initial bite, according to Mannes. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 2 June 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182444"
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},
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"babesias":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of a genus ( Babesia ) of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and transmitted by the bite of a tick":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And while babesia has never been reported in Colorado and only once in the past five years in Montana, it had certainly been seen in other states across the U.S. Babesia microti is a parasite that, like malaria, invades red blood cells to reproduce. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"There were two possibilities: babesia \u2014 a tick-borne parasite seen mainly in the Northeast and upper Midwest in the United States \u2014 or malaria, a mosquito-borne infection that is common in much of the world but not here in this country. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Victor Babe\u015f \u20201926 Romanian bacteriologist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190855"
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},
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"baby face":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence":[],
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": a wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191310"
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},
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"Babes-Ernst body":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a metachromatic granule in protoplasm":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"after Victor Babe\u015f \u20201926 Romanian bacteriologist and H.C. Ernst \u20201922 American bacteriologist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191848"
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},
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"babesiellosis":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": babesiasis caused by members of the genus Babesiella":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-z\u0113\u0259\u02c8l\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Babesiella + -osis":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192910"
|
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},
|
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"baby grand":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a small grand piano":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Restoration help for Crawford High School\u2019s baby grand piano. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Writers are given a comfortably monastic studio with a desk and chairs; composers\u2019 studios include the same, plus a baby grand piano. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Imagine a master pianist tickling the ivories of your baby grand without even being in the room. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Red walls, velvet tub chairs and large-scale oil paintings give the space an elegance, added to by the resident pianist who tickles the ivories of the baby grand . \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 14 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In addition to a collection of Ginsburg\u2019s books, opera recordings and memorabilia, the WNO will also receive her baby grand piano. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The crown jewel, Pendry Suite, is perfect for entertaining with a baby grand piano, fireplace, full kitchen, and a dining room for eight. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The instrument is an unimpressive Wheelock baby grand . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Miguel Pires, a piano-playing baritone from Madeira, flew to Porto Santo to hold court, complete with an impressive faux baby grand piano set up around his keyboard on the beach. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193309"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babesiella":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of very small bacterialike piroplasms that are usually included in Babesia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259\u02ccb\u0113z\u0113\u02c8el\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Babesia + -ella":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193659"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby bump":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": the enlarged abdomen of a pregnant woman":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Drake & Josh alum, 35, and his wife Paige O'Brien Peck announced their second child is on the way on Instagram Sunday, when the mom-to-be posted a photo of herself in a long pink dress during a recent trip to Italy, cradling her baby bump . \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"In her post, the model included photos of herself smiling while cradling her growing baby bump in two white, sheer looks. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"In January, the singer proudly debuted her bare baby bump during an outing with Rocky. \u2014 Janelle Ash, Fox News , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The parents-to-be posed in the middle of an NYC street while Rihanna wore a vintage pink Chanel jacket that exposed her bare baby bump . Yass! \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Blake debuts her third baby bump on the red carpet premiere of Ryan's film Pok\u00e9mon Detective Pikachu. \u2014 Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The French Sole fashion designer later revealed her baby bump on Instagram with a chic impromptu photoshoot. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The expectant mama shared a new glimpse of her blossoming baby bump on her Instagram Story and cracked a joke in the process. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In photos snapped by Shutterstock and published by People magazine, the artist and entrepreneur is wearing a long pink puffy winter coat that has only one button closed at the top, with her bare baby bump on display over her low, light blue jeans. \u2014 Anna Chan, Billboard , 31 Jan. 2022"
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|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"2003, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211834"
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},
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"babe magnet":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": someone who is very attractive to women":[
|
|
"\"Good Lord,\" said Pascoe, conjuring up a picture of the young man. Amiable, attractive, yes, but a babe magnet \u2026 ",
|
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"\u2014 Reginald Hill , Death Comes for the Fat Man , 2007"
|
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],
|
|
": something that makes a man more attractive to women":[
|
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"Don't get me wrong. This Cutlass Ciera of yours is no babe magnet .",
|
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"\u2014 Ray Magliozzi in Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk , 2008"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1989, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211911"
|
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},
|
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"Babelthuap":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"island in the western Pacific, chief island in Palau area 143 square miles (372 square kilometers)":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-b\u0259l-\u02c8t\u00fc-\u02cc\u00e4p"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221937"
|
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},
|
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"baboon spider":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tarantula sense 1":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of African tarantulas",
|
|
"It's been said that during his very early childhood in South Africa, he [J. R. R. Tolkien] was bitten by a baboon spider \u2014an event thought to have inspired his stories.",
|
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"\u2014 Western Daily Press (Bristol, England)"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233208"
|
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},
|
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"baby hair":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": short fine hair that grows along a person's hairline":[
|
|
"Many women of color with natural hair and coarser coils use a styling gel pomade to slick down their unruly baby hairs since that hair is usually a softer texture and shorter than the rest.",
|
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"\u2014 Maya Allen",
|
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"Her long brunette locks had been pulled back in a sleek high ponytail, with a few baby hairs coming loose near her temples.",
|
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"\u2014 Ava Bennet",
|
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"\u2026 using toothbrushes or oversize boar bristle brushes for styling baby hair .",
|
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"\u2014 Tembe Denton-Hurst"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233235"
|
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},
|
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"baboonery":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": conduct, activity, or attitudes that are brutish, degrading, or grotesquely humorous":[
|
|
"never \u2026 in the history of architecture has taste \u2026 descended to similar baboonery",
|
|
"\u2014 Architect & Building News"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English babwinrie , from babewin + -rie -ry":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234011"
|
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},
|
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"baby eyes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a variety ( Nemophila menziesii intermedia ) of baby blue-eyes with white or pale blue flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004856"
|
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},
|
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"baby tooth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a temporary tooth of a young mammal that in human dentition includes four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw : milk tooth , deciduous tooth":[
|
|
"If one of my sisters or brothers or I lost a baby tooth , we always put it in an envelope under our pillow.",
|
|
"\u2014 Ian Frazier",
|
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"By the time a dog is about a year old, the baby teeth will have been gradually replaced by 42 permanent teeth \u2026",
|
|
"\u2014 Tom Ewing"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The baby tooth from Grotte Mandrin, lost in the dirt of the cave floor roughly 54,500 years ago, is now the oldest evidence of our species anywhere in Europe. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"The cross-section of an exfoliated incisor baby tooth mounted to a holder for analysis at Dr. Erin Dunn\u2019s office. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Humans had been living in Australia for at least 10,000 years before the Grotte Mandrin child dropped its baby tooth . \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"An ancient baby tooth found in a cave in France shows modern humans arrived in western Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously thought. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"The clearest evidence is a single baby tooth from a modern human child, aged between 2 and 6, that was found in a layer of clay and sand sediments on the floor of the cave. \u2014 Tom Metcalfe, NBC News , 9 Feb. 2022",
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"According to State Police Detective Sergeant Scott Jarvis, the agency collected DNA samples from the family, along with a DNA sample from a baby tooth belonging to Denise. \u2014 Andrea Cavallier, NBC News , 6 Mar. 2020",
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"The opossum, who is less than a year old, weighs two pounds and still has her baby teeth . \u2014 Alaa Elassar, CNN , 12 Jan. 2020",
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"Most baby teeth are discarded, as are permanent teeth that are pulled during orthodontic or other dental procedures. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Dec. 2019"
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"definitions":{
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": a short dress or pair of pajamas that is loose-fitting and often adorned with lace or ribbon":[],
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": a woman's tight-fitting casual shirt that typically has very short sleeves and flares outward slightly at the hips":[
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"Not every player inspires a 200% increase in female viewership \u2026 and a line of fast-selling baby doll T's printed with the words \"Mrs. Sizemore\" across the bosom.",
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"\u2014 Allison Glock , ESPN , 31 July 2006"
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"1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"definitions":{
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": a short hook shot made from close to the basket with an abbreviated motion of the shooting arm":[
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"If the ball gets to her, she puts it over her head and spins for a turnaround or baby hook with either hand.",
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"\u2014 Frank Litsky , New York Times , 24 Mar. 1996"
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]
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"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-100419"
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": walker":[]
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"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025828"
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},
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"baby buggy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": baby carriage":[],
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": stroller sense 3":[]
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},
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"baby carriage",
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"buggy",
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"perambulator",
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"pram",
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"pushchair",
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"stroller"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Our daughter\u2019s former room has my grandma\u2019s baby buggy in it, an old roll-top desk, a faux metal bed and an antique bookcase. \u2014 Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 Feb. 2020",
|
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"Unexpected perks include stroller detailing powered by Dyson to help keep your baby buggy looking fresh, a bathroom stocked with organic beauty products from Beautycounter and Ever Eden, and changing stations complete with diapers from Coterie. \u2014 Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 May 2019",
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"Old baby buggies or strollers make good alternatives (and hold a lot of produce). \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee , 19 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040605"
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"babesia":{
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
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": any of a genus ( Babesia ) of sporozoans parasitic in mammalian red blood cells (as in Texas fever) and transmitted by the bite of a tick":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u0113-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And while babesia has never been reported in Colorado and only once in the past five years in Montana, it had certainly been seen in other states across the U.S. Babesia microti is a parasite that, like malaria, invades red blood cells to reproduce. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"There were two possibilities: babesia \u2014 a tick-borne parasite seen mainly in the Northeast and upper Midwest in the United States \u2014 or malaria, a mosquito-borne infection that is common in much of the world but not here in this country. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Victor Babe\u015f \u20201926 Romanian bacteriologist":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054657"
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},
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"Bab el Mandeb":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"strait between southwestern Arabia and Africa connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4b-el-\u02c8m\u00e4n-d\u0259b"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094121"
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"baboon":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ba-\u02c8b\u00fcn",
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"chiefly British b\u0259-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This iconic primate is a close relative of the baboon , and can be found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, a spectacularly beautiful natural region located in the western portion of Ethiopia. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
|
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"For the baboon studies, Dr. Wasser used hormones from animal dung to help understand their reproductive successes or failures. \u2014 Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Her fraternal grandfather, Dr. Mark Boucek, was involved in the world\u2019s first baboon -to-baby heart transplant. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
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"At an upstate New York zoo in 2012, an olive baboon sat with her baby at a table opposite a mesh screen and a curious grad student who was holding some peanuts. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"One baboon survived for three years with its brand new beating heart intact. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
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"In 1984, a baboon heart was transplanted into Baby Fae, an infant with congenital heart defects. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Bennett\u2019s pig heart raised ethical eyebrows because the procedure is highly risky\u2014the longest-surviving previous recipient of a pig heart was a baboon who survived less than two months with the transplant. \u2014 Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic , 20 Jan. 2022",
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"Notably, in 1984, Baby Fae, a dying infant, lived 21 days with a baboon heart. \u2014 CBS News , 11 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English babewin , from Middle French babouin , from baboue grimace":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103704"
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},
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"baby daddy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"1993, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-105448"
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},
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"babouche":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a slipper of a style that originated in Morocco and that lacks a heel or quarters":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0259\u02c8b\u00fcsh",
|
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"b\u00e4-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, from Arabic b\u0101b\u016bj, b\u0101b\u016bsh , from Persian p\u0101p\u016bsh":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1695, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112805"
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},
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"babelize":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to confuse especially through the mingling of markedly different languages and cultures : confound":[
|
|
"the mounting needs of intercourse between Babelized peoples",
|
|
"\u2014 A. D. Sheffield"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"babel + -ize":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1600, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124104"
|
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},
|
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"baboen":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a tropical American timber tree ( Myristica surinamensis ) with reddish wood":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccb\u00fcn"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Dutch, short for baboen hoedoe , probably native name in Surinam":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133543"
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},
|
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"Babylon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a city devoted to materialism and sensual pleasure":[],
|
|
"ancient city and capital of Babylonia":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-l\u0259n",
|
|
"-\u02ccl\u00e4n",
|
|
"\u02c8ba-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4n",
|
|
"\u02c8ba-b\u0259-l\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Babylon , ancient city of Babylonia":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135957"
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},
|
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"babywearing":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the act or practice of holding an infant against an adult's torso by using a supporting device (such as a baby carrier ) that buckles or ties onto the adult's body":[
|
|
"We've always wanted to present a primer on babywearing for parents who wished to try it but felt intimidated by the practice. After all, to the uninitiated, baby can look a bit precarious when wrapped to mom. But done correctly, babywearing is perfectly safe\u2014and it makes life easier.",
|
|
"\u2014 Mothering",
|
|
"Once you're home, there are many other effective routes to bonding. Babywearing is one. A Columbia University study found that after a year, 83 percent of infants whose moms wore them in front carriers were strongly attached to their moms compared with 38 percent of infants who were placed in baby seats.",
|
|
"\u2014 Paula Spencer",
|
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"\u2026 different cultures around the world have been practicing baby wearing techniques for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years.",
|
|
"\u2014 Ashley Marcin"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccwer-i\u014b"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1989, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140217"
|
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},
|
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"baby carriage":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": a small four-wheeled carriage often with a folding top for pushing a baby around in":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"baby buggy",
|
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"buggy",
|
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"perambulator",
|
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"pram",
|
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"pushchair",
|
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"stroller"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"twins in a double baby carriage",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The fastest time for 10 kilometers pushing a pram (or baby carriage ) for a female is 40 minutes, 4 seconds, achieved by Heather Hann, according to Guinness. \u2014 Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"The poet Natalya Gorbanevskaya reached into a baby carriage and pulled out a Czech flag. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"After unsuccessfully trying to stash the Child in an unknown woman\u2019s baby carriage , the Tramp considers (but decides against) dropping the swaddled tot down a sewer drain. \u2014 Peter Tonguette, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Not a soul roller-skated, walked a dog or pushed a baby carriage along the popular beachfront stretch all three days. \u2014 Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"And now, Kelly Rowland's Lifetime holiday movie franchise is preparing to have a baby in the baby carriage , with Merry Liddle Christmas Baby! \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 13 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In 2018, a serial killer in Mexico City was caught only after he was found pushing a dismembered body down the street in a baby carriage . \u2014 Mark Stevenson, Star Tribune , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"February 25, 2009 - Files a lawsuit with Anthony against Silver Cross (UK) Ltd., baby carriage makers, for their unauthorized use of the couple\u2019s images. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 25 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas were spotted taking a stroll in Los Angeles while pushing Willa in a black baby carriage . \u2014 Natasha Reda, Glamour , 15 Nov. 2020"
|
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],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-145050"
|
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},
|
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"baby bust":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a marked decline in birth rate":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"College presidents warn of an impending enrollment crisis, born of the Great Recession\u2019s baby bust . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
|
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"The real cause for alarm, though, is not the prospect of a baby boom or baby bust . \u2014 Natalia Kanem, CNN , 31 July 2021",
|
|
"In fact, far from a COVID baby boom, a report by PwC in January this year predicted a ' baby bust ' as a result of the economic shock of the pandemic and accompanying recession. \u2014 Natasha Preskey, refinery29.com , 28 May 2021",
|
|
"The effects of the great Chinese baby bust will percolate to nearly every corner of the global economy. \u2014 Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ , 1 June 2021",
|
|
"Despite the world\u2019s myriad problems with overpopulation, many people are freaking out about the recent baby bust in California, the United States and, indeed, the world. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2021",
|
|
"California is expected to see almost 50,000 fewer births this year, the low point of a national COVID-19 baby bust . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2021",
|
|
"The birth rate in the United States was already declining, but the pandemic has brought its own baby bust . \u2014 Tonya Russell, The Atlantic , 21 May 2021",
|
|
"But economists, such as those at the Brookings Institution, predicted that such a globally disruptive event would instead cause a baby bust . \u2014 Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Apr. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155930"
|
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},
|
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"babelization":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": the state of being babelized or the process of babelizing":[
|
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"the babelization of city speech",
|
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"an approach to the problem of our babelization \u2026 let every man everywhere become at least bilingual",
|
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"\u2014 New York Times"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0259\u0307\u02c8z\u0101sh\u0259n",
|
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"-\u02ccl\u012b\u02c8z-"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1951, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161642"
|
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},
|
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"baby carrier":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a supporting device worn by an adult for holding an infant close to the torso":[],
|
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": a portable seat with a handle for carrying an infant":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The baby carrier is black in color with a white blanket. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Camarillo said earlier this week that the male suspect, who has since been identified as Portillo, brought a baby carrier to the apartment, suggesting the kidnapping was planned. \u2014 CBS News , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Camarillo said the suspect brought a baby carrier with him to the home. \u2014 Emily Shapiro, ABC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Mostar marched alongside her husband, Nick Rummler, while holding her 14-month-old son Ellis Mostar Rummler in a front baby carrier . \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 14 May 2022",
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"Shepherd was strapped to his father\u2019s chest in a baby carrier and was enjoying a bottle when a foul ball popped over the protective net and headed in their direction. \u2014 Joseph De Avila, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Video showed a man entering the residence and leaving with the infant in a black baby carrier with a white blanket. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The boy's family didn\u2019t recognize the man, who was captured on a security camera carrying what authorities described as a baby carrier with a white blanket over it. \u2014 Tim Stelloh, NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"The duchess then took off her white Valentino suit jacket and placed it around the new mom, who had her daughter strapped to her front in a baby carrier . \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171246"
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},
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"Babylonia":{
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"geographical name"
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],
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"ancient country in the valley of the lower Euphrates and Tigris rivers coinciding with the plain between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf; capital Babylon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0113-\u0259",
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"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259"
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],
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia":[],
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": of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon , the Babylonians , or Babylonian":[],
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": marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure":[
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"the Babylonian halls of the big hotel",
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"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton",
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"the Babylonian delights of the city"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u0113-\u0259n",
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"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deluxe",
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"lavish",
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"Lucullan",
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"Lucullian",
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"luxe",
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"luxuriant",
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"luxurious",
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"luxury",
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"opulent",
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"palace",
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"palatial",
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"plush",
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"plushy",
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"silken",
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"sumptuous"
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],
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"ascetic",
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"ascetical",
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"austere",
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"humble",
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"no-frills",
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"spartan"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221717"
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},
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"baby coach":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223243"
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},
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"Babouvism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a social and political doctrine or movement advocating a program of egalitarianism and communism especially as formulated by Babeuf":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0259\u02c8b\u00fc\u02ccviz\u0259m",
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"b\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French babouvisme , from Fran\u00e7ois \u00c9mile Babeuf or Bab\u0153uf \u20201797 French revolutionary + French -isme -ism":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231959"
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},
|
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"babycakes":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": sweetheart":[
|
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"\"A hundred bucks, Babycakes ! In one night!\" He popped the french fry into his mouth. \"Think you can handle that",
|
|
"\u2014 Armistead Maupin , Tales of the City , 1978"
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]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u00a6k\u0101ks"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"baby entry 1 + cake entry 1 + -s , suffix of hypocoristic nouns used in address, as Babs, Fats, Toodles":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232022"
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},
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"baby talk":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children":[],
|
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": the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk":[],
|
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": oversimplified speech or writing":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Basically, a kind of baby talk aimed at their pups to guide them towards adult bat language. \u2014 Mark Stratton, Scientific American , 3 Sep. 2021",
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|
"The handyman Boyle traumatized with baby talk has an alibi, which is revealed to Jake via lullaby. \u2014 Brian Tallerico, Vulture , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Many of the kids who had stopped speaking in baby talk or sleeping in their parents\u2019 beds, or had started going to the bathroom themselves, have regressed. \u2014 Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com , 23 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Think of Lewis Carroll\u2019s forensic interest in nonsense, Gertrude Stein\u2019s or Beckett\u2019s experimentation with repetition and baby talk . \u2014 Parul Sehgal, New York Times , 5 May 2020",
|
|
"In fact, sound designers made baby talk recordings and married the tones with a synthesizer to get R2-D2's nearly human sounds. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 21 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"Talk to her in a normal voice (no baby talk or raised voices), but don\u2019t overdo it because too much talk can trigger submissive urination, too. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"My mother catered to Noosie\u2019s every whim, speaking to her in Arabic baby talk , and her anticipation for grandchildren became less latent. \u2014 Marlo Safi, National Review , 24 Aug. 2019",
|
|
"Sanad alternated effortlessly between babbling baby talk to his cousin Salma and cracking jokes with the adults. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Aug. 2019"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232510"
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},
|
|
"Babylonian-Assyrian":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000121"
|
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},
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|
"Babylonians":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a native or inhabitant of ancient Babylonia or Babylon":[],
|
|
": the form of the Akkadian language used in ancient Babylonia":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Babylonia or Babylon , the Babylonians , or Babylonian":[],
|
|
": marked by luxury, extravagance, or the pursuit of sensual pleasure":[
|
|
"the Babylonian halls of the big hotel",
|
|
"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton",
|
|
"the Babylonian delights of the city"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-n\u0113-\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u014d-ny\u0259n"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
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"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
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"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"the Babylonian glitter of the city's gold coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021224"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babeuf":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Fran\u00e7ois-No\u00ebl 1760\u20131797 French agitator":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8b\u0153f",
|
|
"b\u00e4-\u02c8b\u0259f"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045246"
|
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},
|
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"baby's breath":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Look for blue cornflowers, white baby's breath , pink cosmos, blue love-in-a-mist, and lavender catchfly. \u2014 Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens , 31 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"This brings back a memory of Nurse Fiona, who has finger-print bruises on her arm, and a boyfriend who brings her a bouquet of carnations and baby's breath , which everyone knows is the worst bouquet. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"The baby's breath is just an accent to the massive bouquet of sunflowers atop Chase's casket. \u2014 Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"The clubs created a bingo template for participants with a variety of invasive species to search for in their area, from baby's breath to garlic mustard. \u2014 Meredith Spelbring, Detroit Free Press , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Paper cones filled with dried baby's breath and gold ribbons hang on branches of one of the seven Christmas trees provided by Wyckoff's Christmas Tree Farm in New Jersey. \u2014 Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"The Look: Solange celebrates her natural texture\u2014with the help of a few baby's breath buds\u2014for her big day. 4. \u2014 Vogue , 26 Apr. 2019",
|
|
"There are lilies and roses, mums, daisies, baby's breath . \u2014 Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman , 3 July 2018",
|
|
"The princesses accessorized their ensembles with a wreath of baby's breath and carried a kissing ball of pink roses . \u2014 Sue Strachan, NOLA.com , 5 Apr. 2018"
|
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],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061700"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby step":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb, transitive + intransitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a very small step or advance in progress":[
|
|
"These companies can create products that take a real leap forward, rather than the traditional baby steps that larger companies with greater commitments must make.",
|
|
"\u2014 Home Theater"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The prospect has already sent prices soaring, with every baby step towards European sanctions on oil purchases adding a few dollars a barrel, if only for a few days. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"But why can\u2019t the president just take a baby step toward open markets and plentiful supplies by removing trade barriers? \u2014 James Freeman, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"Instagram described the test as a sort of baby step into the hot NFT market, which has seen some high-profile digital artwork sell for millions of dollars. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Our industry should be more inclusive, and this is just a very baby step in making that happen. \u2014 Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Great to see this @CA_DWR @SolarAquaGrid @TurlockID solar-over-canal project moving from idea to proof-of-concept construction - a baby step potentially helping CA and the planet with both water and clean-power gains. \u2014 Roger Bales, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"And Alwine wants to be there, every baby step of the way. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Google Toolbar was launched on December 11, 2000, and marked the company's first baby step into browser ownership. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 12 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Mokdad\u2019s home state, Washington, on Friday took a baby step toward that end. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083449"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babouvist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an advocate of Babouvism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French babouviste , from F.E. Babeuf + French -iste -ist":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-090148"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby spot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small usually hooded spotlight used to concentrate light on an object or area (as on a stage) from a short distance":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093408"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby broccoli":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a green vegetable plant that is a hybrid of broccoli and Chinese broccoli and produces long, thin, tender stems and loose clusters of yellow florets":[
|
|
"Baby broccoli has thinner stems than regular broccoli and long, feathery flowers that cook up nicely in this mixed-rice risotto.",
|
|
"\u2014 Martha Rose Shulman , New York Times , 4 Sept. 2012"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102610"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babylonic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": babylonian":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6bab\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4nik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Babylonia or Babylon + English -ic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-102932"
|
|
},
|
|
"babelism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a confusion of sound or sense":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccliz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103218"
|
|
},
|
|
"babka":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a glazed sweet bread made with dried fruit (such as raisins)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4bk\u0259",
|
|
"\u02c8bab-"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Polish, diminutive of baba baba":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110408"
|
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},
|
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"babracot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a 3-legged or 4-legged wooden grating used by South American Indians for the drying and smoking of meat and other foods":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8babr\u0259\u02cck\u00e4t"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably native name in South America":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1697, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-123916"
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},
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"babelicious":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": conspicuously good-looking and sexually attractive":[
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"Like other swanky L.A. dance dwellings, MyHouse is brimming with bottle-service tables and babelicious waitresses \u2026",
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"\u2014 Lina Lecaro , LA Weekly , 29 Jan. 2009"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u0101-b\u0259-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s",
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"\u02ccb\u0101b-\u02c8li-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"babe + -elicious (in delicious entry 1 )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133037"
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},
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"Babhan":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Hindu of a high caste of the Aryo-Dravidian ethnic type that dwells mainly in Bihar":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4b\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Bihari b\u0101bhan , from Sanskrit br\u0101hma\u1e47a Brahman":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135946"
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},
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"baby sling":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cloth device that is usually adjustable in length and that is used for carrying an infant securely against the wearer's body":[
|
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"A baby sling is also worn across your front and usually offers three positions: face-in, face-out and the \"pea-pod\" position, which allows you to carry a young baby wrapped around your body.",
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"\u2014 The Choice Guide to Baby Products , 2010"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-151402"
|
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},
|
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"Babist":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": an adherent of Babism":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u0259\u0307st"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154838"
|
|
},
|
|
"babroot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": sampson snakeroot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8bab + \u02cc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"origin unknown":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-170350"
|
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},
|
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"babysit":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccsit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Vesbit will sometimes babysit while Roost and her son are in town. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Family Christian Center hired Smith, a church member and Valparaiso University student, to babysit the Munseys\u2019 grandchild in their Schererville home in the 1400 Block of Wilderness Drive on May 29, 2015, the lawsuit stated. \u2014 Meredith Colias-pete, chicagotribune.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The second mother was supposed to babysit all seven kids. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 24 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There is an in-it-together camaraderie in the neighborhood \u2014 regular pizza night with the children, offers to babysit or run an errand to the grocery store, kid-clothes hand-me-downs from Kruger for her younger kids. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The machine makes the decision \u2014 like a parent or guardian assigned to babysit the human driver. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 12 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Michael Che isn't rushing to babysit Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson's son anytime soon. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Did the Mets hire Joey Cora simply to babysit Francisco Lindor? \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Sometimes his daughter's grandparents are able to babysit for the day, but not always. \u2014 Eric Levenson And Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"back-formation from babysitter":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1944, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-171649"
|
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},
|
|
"baby bottle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a bottle with a rubber nipple used in supplying food to infants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Qin kept a video diary of his son\u2019s curiosity and mischief\u2014examining a couple of cucumbers, attempting to feed a pancake to their cat, and tossing his baby bottle during a tantrum. \u2014 Han Zhang, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"In her kitchen nook, the mother filled a baby bottle with boiling water, sugar and three scoops from her dwindling supply of milk powder. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
|
|
"In the Instagram clip, Apa shakes a baby bottle of milk and unscrews the top to pour a splash into his mug. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"This 1976 tip still stands: Try the baby bottle test. \u2014 Jan Miller, Better Homes & Gardens , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"When the firefighters finally knocked on the door, Ms. Gonzalez snatched a handful of diapers, a baby bottle and a can of formula. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Back in December, fans noticed a pink baby bottle in a photo Kourtney Kardashian's fianc\u00e9, Travis Barker, posted on his Instagram Story and instantly raised questions about whether or not Kylie had delivered yet. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Rumors about Kylie giving birth started to circulate around Christmas when Kourtney\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Travis Barker, posted a photo on his Instagram story with a pink baby bottle in the corner. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"In the video, Apa shook up a container of milk in a baby bottle , unscrewed the top and poured a splash into his mug. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 2 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-195522"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babel":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues":[],
|
|
": a confusion of sounds or voices":[],
|
|
": a scene of noise or confusion":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8ba-",
|
|
"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0259l"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"madhouse",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"three-ring circus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Hebrew B\u0101bhel , from Akkadian b\u0101b-ilu gate of god":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201907"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby boomlet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small or secondary baby boom (as in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211129"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby's tears":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a prostrate or creeping sparsely hairy Corsican herb ( Soleirolia soleirolii synonym Helxine soleirolii ) of the family Urticaceae often grown especially as a house plant for its mosslike small round short-stalked leaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1930, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221041"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby back ribs":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": meaty pork ribs cut from the lower back rib section":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Omaha Steaks offers both baby back ribs ($37.99/rack) and St. Louis style spare ribs ($34.99/rack). \u2014 cleveland , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"After a year of buildout on North Dixie Highway, the first Florida outpost of this Brooklyn barbecue icon is finally expected to open on June 30 \u2014 ready to dish smoked brisket and baby back ribs , cheddar-jalape\u00f1o sausage and homemade coleslaw. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Chili's is open and offering several variations of their baby back ribs . \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Menu includes appetizers, salads, soups, baby back ribs , steaks, ribeye, poke mahi, tuna poke rice bowl, fish and chips, fish tacos, grilled salmon, pizza, burgers, sandwiches, desert and more. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Other menu favorites include the baby back ribs and the burgoo. \u2014 Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Treat the family to a Caribbean-style carryout feast that includes an entr\u00e9e (seafood paella, grilled chicken with cilantro crema, jerk chicken wings, or baby back ribs ), salad, side, and bread (serves up to 4). \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"One Hot Mama's Part of South Carolina's BBQ trail, One Hot Mama's is a family-friendly restaurant serving chocolate BBQ baby back ribs , award-winning wings, and hickory smoked chicken, among other finger-licking choices. \u2014 Sucheta Rawal, Travel + Leisure , 1 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The first Florida outpost of this Brooklyn barbecue icon will open in October and dish smoked brisket and baby back ribs , cheddar-jalapeno sausage and homemade coleslaw. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221706"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby shower":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a party at which gifts are given to a woman who is pregnant":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-230432"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby beef":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fat young beef steer or heifer ready for market (such as a yearling)":[],
|
|
": meat from a baby beef":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-233316"
|
|
},
|
|
"babul":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an acacia tree ( Acacia nilotica synonym A. arabica ) widespread in India and northern Africa that yields gum arabic and tannins as well as fodder and timber":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u0259-\u02c8b\u00fcl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Persian bab\u016bl":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005650"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sect professing Babism":[],
|
|
": an adherent of Babism":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4(\u02cc)b\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"after Bab , title of its founder":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-011902"
|
|
},
|
|
"babiana":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of bulbous herbs (family Iridaceae) having showy red or yellow spicate flowers":[],
|
|
": a plant of the genus Babiana":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccbab\u0113\u02c8an\u0259",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u0227- also -\u02c8\u0101-",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u00e4-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Dutch babianer , from obsolete Dutch babiaen baboon (now baviaan ), from Middle French babouin baboon; from the fact that its stems are eaten by baboons":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020227"
|
|
},
|
|
"babu":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Hindu gentleman":[
|
|
"\u2014 a form of address corresponding to Mr."
|
|
],
|
|
": an Indian clerk who writes English":[],
|
|
": an Indian having some education in English":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4-(\u02cc)b\u00fc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Hindi b\u0101b\u016b , literally, father":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065121"
|
|
},
|
|
"Babism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the doctrine and practice of a 19th century Iranian sect that affirmed the progressiveness of revelation, held that no revelation was final, and forbade concubinage and polygamy, mendicancy, the use of intoxicating liquors and drugs, and dealing in slaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4\u02ccbiz\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Bab , title of Ali Mohammed of Shiraz \u20201850 Persian religious leader, its founder + English -ism":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085643"
|
|
},
|
|
"baby blue":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pale blue":[],
|
|
": blue eyes":[
|
|
"She's a zaftig woman, with long red hair and a pale rose complexion setting off those baby blues .",
|
|
"\u2014 Michele Kort"
|
|
],
|
|
": a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, and insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : postpartum blues":[
|
|
"Baby blues isn't an illness or even a proper psychiatric diagnosis, it is simply a way that people have tried to describe unpleasant feelings that occur shortly after having a baby and tend to resolve in a few days.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jackie Ganley",
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with the a case of the baby blues"
|
|
],
|
|
"\u2014 compare postpartum depression":[
|
|
"Baby blues isn't an illness or even a proper psychiatric diagnosis, it is simply a way that people have tried to describe unpleasant feelings that occur shortly after having a baby and tend to resolve in a few days.",
|
|
"\u2014 Jackie Ganley",
|
|
"\u2014 usually used with the a case of the baby blues"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gazed into his baby blues .",
|
|
"She had a bad case of the baby blues .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The Duke of Cambridge, for his part, looked dapper in a gray and white check suit with a baby blue button-down, and navy tie, as well as a cool pair of tortoiseshell shades. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 5 July 2022",
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"An Easy-Bake Oven has more gravitas than this thing, which comes in colors including buttercup-yellow and baby blue and plays an obnoxious, twinkly little ditty when it is done. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"Appearing alongside William and two of their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, Kate recycled a bespoke baby blue dress designed by Emilia Wickstead that was previously seen during a 2017 visit to Luxembourg. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The telltale baby blue of this layer can be spotted in most photos of my happiest memories over the past 11 years\u2014learning to backcountry ski, camping and backpacking with friends and family, and climbing in epic places. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 29 June 2020",
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"On the surface, he could be confused for any of the other dads wearing charcoal and baby blue Father\u2019s Day hats. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 19 June 2022",
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"Having tried both recently, the burger fares well against Shake Shack, a recent addition to Beaverton, where this baby blue cart was most recently parked. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
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"The trans pride flag, with baby blue , pink and white stripes, was designed by trans woman Monica Helms in August 1999, according to Point of Pride. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 16 May 2022",
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"Her beautifully embellished dress is a bold Versace look, adorned with ornate crystal embellishments which add hints of baby blue , mint green, and coral orange hues to a layer of brown fabric. \u2014 Lauren Tappan, Town & Country , 2 May 2022"
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"1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091234"
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"Babylonish":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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": babylonian":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6bab\u0259\u00a6l\u014dnish",
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"\u02c8bab\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4nish",
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"\u02c8bab\u0259l\u0259nish"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Babylon ia or Babylon + English -ish":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-094844"
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},
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"baby blue eyes":{
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"type":[
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"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a delicate blue-flowered California herb ( Nemophila menziesii ) of the waterleaf family":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s a good showing of wildflowers right now, including Mariposa lilies, paintbrush and baby blue eyes . \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
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"Add some Dutch white clover (Trifolium species), English daisy (Bellis perennis), and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii) around the edges to break up the sea of green. \u2014 Popular Science , 23 Apr. 2019",
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"The actress is makeup-free and her enormous baby blue eyes pretty much pop off the screen. \u2014 Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire , 9 Nov. 2019",
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"That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes ...anyway. \u2014 Diana Bruk, Seventeen , 8 Nov. 2018",
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"That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes ...anyway. \u2014 Diana Bruk, Seventeen , 8 Nov. 2018",
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"That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes ...anyway. \u2014 Diana Bruk, Seventeen , 8 Nov. 2018",
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"That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes ...anyway. \u2014 Diana Bruk, Seventeen , 8 Nov. 2018",
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"That blonde, slicked-back hair, those baby blue eyes ...anyway. \u2014 Diana Bruk, Seventeen , 8 Nov. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095414"
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},
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"baby boomer":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123811"
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},
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"baby boom":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a marked rise in birth rate (as in the U.S. following the end of World War II)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"There was a baby boom in the U.S. after World War II.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"High birthrates can lead to a crunch of resources, as during the postwar baby boom years, while low birthrates can leave a country with too few people to take over jobs or care for its older population. \u2014 Daniel Victor, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
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"These younger generations are inexorably supplanting the preponderantly White baby boom and older generations in American society. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"But regardless of what the country looked like, this was the beginning of the baby boom era (births 1946 to 1964, by Census Bureau standards), and the country was growing. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"At the time of the 1950 census, the baby boom was just getting started. \u2014 Zachary Smith, cleveland , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Despite early speculation about a pandemic baby boom , the coronavirus crisis accelerated the decline even further, with births falling by 4% last year. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 14 Aug. 2021",
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"The baby boom was in full swing: 3.6 million children were born that year, some 18,000 more than in 2020, when the nation\u2019s population was more than twice as large. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Smack in the middle of a thriving economy, and with more and more people relocating to the suburbs as a result of the baby boom , 1955 was a particularly fruitful year for the automotive industry. \u2014 al , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Combined with the increasing retirement of the baby boom generation and slow population growth, the labor market will remain tight and wages will keep rising. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-130714"
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},
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"babiche":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": thread or thong of sinew, gut, or rawhide":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259\u02c8b\u0113sh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Canadian French, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac ababich cord, Ojibwa assab\u00e2bish thread":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131606"
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},
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"baby boom echo":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a secondary baby boom that occurs when the children of a baby boom have children of their own : baby boomlet":[
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"Construction spiked at the same time as a giant wave of 20-somethings\u2014another wrinkle unique to Utah, a baby boom echo long after the rest of the country's\u2014entered the worlds of work, housing and family.",
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"\u2014 Kirk Johnson , New York Times , 24 Feb. 2008"
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]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140615"
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},
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"babirusa":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large wild swine ( Babyrousa babyrussa ) of Indonesia":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4-",
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"\u02ccba-b\u0259-\u02c8r\u00fc-s\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Malay, from babi pig + rusa deer":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1673, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170628"
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},
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"babish":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": like a baby : babyish":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"baby entry 1 + -ish":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1532, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172332"
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},
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"babuina":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a female baboon":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccbab\u0259\u02c8w\u0113n\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from French babouin baboon":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175718"
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},
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"babies'-feet":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": gaywings":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"so called from its dainty pink blossoms":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-190832"
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},
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"baby rambler":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": polyantha":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-191634"
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},
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"BABIP":{
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"type":[
|
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"abbreviation or noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": batting average on balls in play":[
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"If you're looking for a pitcher to turn around your favorite team, consider three stats: Batting average allowed on balls in play ( BABIP ), strikeout-to-walk ratio and homers allowed. An average BABIP is around .300, and pitchers who are far above or below this number typically converge on it as the year progresses.",
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"\u2014 Joe Sheehan , Sports Illustrated , 19 May 2008",
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"Part of the reason his BABIP has been so low is because he's allowed fewer line drives this year than he did a year ago \u2026",
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"\u2014 Brian MacPherson , Providence Journal-Bulletin , 4 June 2010",
|
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"Every at-bat\u2014disregarding walks\u2014can, really, result in one of three different outcomes: a strikeout, a home run or a ball hit into the field. Of the thousands and thousands of baseballs hit into play each season, almost exactly 30 percent of them land for hits, essentially without fail, on a large enough scale. That is a .300 BABIP . Entering play Saturday, the Angels have had almost 33 percent of their balls hit into the field land for hits for a .328 BABIP, the third-highest mark in the majors.",
|
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"\u2014 Pedro Moura, Orange County Register (California) , 28 Apr. 2013"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccb\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccb\u0113-\u02cc\u012b-\u02c8p\u0113",
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"\u02c8ba-\u02ccbip"
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],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-214639"
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},
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"baby Louis heel":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a low Louis heel":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1920, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002520"
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},
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"babies'-slippers":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": bird's-foot trefoil sense 1a":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"so called from the shape of the pods":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-014211"
|
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},
|
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"babion":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": baboon":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, probably alteration of babouin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1529, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021413"
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},
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"babies'-toes":{
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"type":[
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": babies'-feet":[]
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},
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021442"
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},
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"Babine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": an Athapaskan people closely related to or a subdivision of the Carriers and living in central British Columbia":[],
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": a member of the Babine people":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"b\u0259\u02c8b\u0113n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French, literally, thick-lipped person, thick lip":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023416"
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},
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"baby mama":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1986, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-062501"
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},
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"babyproof":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to make (something) safe for infants and young children by eliminating or minimizing potential hazards":[
|
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"When our oldest child learned to walk we finally had to babyproof the house.",
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"\u2014 Jeff Foxworthy"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u0101-b\u0113-\u02ccpr\u00fcf"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1921, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1881, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-064230"
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},
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"babblings":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": idle, foolish, or nonsensical talk or chatter":[
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"\u2026 the \u2026 remarks would have been nothing short of treason, if they had not been so obviously the mere babblings of an irresponsible lunatic.",
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"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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],
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": the production of meaningless strings of speech sounds by infants":[
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"Babbling usually coincides with the beginning of one-handed reaching and rhythmic hand activity.",
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"\u2014 M. R. Hiller"
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],
|
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": talking idly or foolishly":[
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"a babbling drunk"
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],
|
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": producing meaningless speech sounds":[
|
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"a babbling baby"
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],
|
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": producing a quiet, continuous sound (such as the sound of flowing water)":[
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"a babbling brook"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ba-b(\u0259-)li\u014b"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings\u2019 babbling increase? \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"The lags were seen in behaviors such as rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling \u2014basic milestones of infancy. \u2014 Carey Goldberg, Fortune , 9 June 2022",
|
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"And some of it (those transcripts, Jack and Neal high and babbling ) is unreadable. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"But as much as this behavior seemed like human babbling , scientists hadn\u2019t formally compared the two, says co-author Mirjam Kn\u00f6rnschild, a behavioral ecologist also at MNH. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"In the background of her messages were the sounds of many people talking and walking around, children playing and babbling . \u2014 Luciana Lopez, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2021",
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"The bat pup chatter shared all the major features of human babbling , the researchers report today in Science. \u2014 Cathleen O\u2019grady, Science | AAAS , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"My favorite was a little babbling brook that came out of the side of the mountain. \u2014 Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Aug. 2021",
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"The world is upon you as a pressure, an aesthetic offense, a ghastly payload of noise and glare and babbling , galumphing people. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 30 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"When Sarah and Justin Arrington bought a gorgeous parcel of land\u2014complete with rolling hills, winding trails, and a babbling creek\u2014their plans for a future forever home were intentional and hard-won. \u2014 Lauren Helmer, al , 21 Mar. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020",
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"The outdoors provide us with wide-ranging sensory stimulation: breathtaking, panoramic views; the dulcet sounds of babbling springs and sparkling birdsong; the satisfying crunch of twigs and pine needles beneath our feet. \u2014 Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine , 17 Jan. 2020"
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"To this day, Sandler said, the scarf carries her mother\u2019s scent of baby powder and Yoshiki perfume. \u2014 Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
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"Taking care of a baby has changed quite a bit in recent years\u2014sleep sacks are in, swaddling is out, and baby powder is a big no-no. \u2014 Gabby Shacknai, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
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"Diaper runs while dodging bullets, and baby powder mistaken for daddy's powder doesn't seem too far-fetched. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"For instance, Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not participate in a review of a case involving accusations that Johnson and Johnson baby powder contained ingredients that caused cancer. \u2014 Tierney Sneed, Caroline Kenny And Pamela Brown, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022",
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"First Jimmy planted a packet of baby powder in Howard's country club locker to discredit him to golf buddy and fellow lawyer Cliff Main (Ed Begley Jr.). \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Many other similar products, such as baby oil, baby powder and disposable medical supplies, are already exempt from the tax. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The latest Texas two-stepper is Johnson & Johnson, which has used the maneuver to partially protect itself from claims related to talc baby powder . \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Those products would join others already exempt from the state tax, such as baby oil, baby powder and disposable medical supplies. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"Since they were introduced in the early eighties, baby monitors have helped reassure millions of moms and dads that their children were snoozing safely.",
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"\u2014 Anna David"
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"Sit outside together with the baby monitor , or take the baby on a stroll? \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2022",
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"The writer Megan Stielstra wrote an essay several years ago about how her video baby monitor , which came with two frequencies, picked up the feed of her neighbor\u2019s child. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"Help the newlyweds transform their home into a tech heaven with smart devices like the Portal from Facebook, Google Nest\u2019s Learning Thermostat, or Miku\u2019s high-tech baby monitor . \u2014 Vogue , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"Today, the smart baby monitor market is expected to grow from US$ 989.38 million in 2020 to US$ 1,815.31 million by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.0% from 2021 to 2028. \u2014 Marija Butkovic, Forbes , 22 June 2021",
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"This Nanit smart baby monitor delivers HD video to your smartphone and has some other cool tricks up its sleeve\u2014like the ability to perform baby sleep tracking. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
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"And the Rest+ also serves as a two-way baby monitor ; fire up the app to hear and speak to your child. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"Her South Shore buyer recently went through an open house wearing a Baby Bjorn, and the sellers saw her on their baby monitor \u2014 equipment many might not even think to disclose. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 9 May 2021",
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"Now the ability to make calls is sometimes merely a footnote on a device that acts as everything from camera to baby monitor , translator to entertainment hub \u2014 and now a wallet. \u2014 Stephen Ritter, Forbes , 9 Mar. 2021"
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"Patty Onderko, senior editor at BabyTalk magazine, said most women prefer the second trimester for a babymoon \u2014after the nausea of the first has passed, but before they're uncomfortably large or need a bathroom every five minutes.",
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"\u2014 Kristin Dizon",
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"Holly posted a series of snaps from her babymoon on her website, proudly showing off her growing bump.",
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"\u2014 Daily Mail"
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"The other night we had a rehearsal. Not for labor, but for the post-partum weeks, commonly known as the babymoon . Whereas on a honeymoon, you spend uninterrupted time getting to know each other, on a babymoon , you spend interrupted time, really getting to know each other.",
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"\u2014 Jane Cafarella"
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"Nair is a classic for a reason: this softening body hair removal cream features a baby oil blend that reveals smooth, moisturized, and hairless skin in just three minutes. \u2014 Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR , 20 May 2022",
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"Many other similar products, such as baby oil , baby powder and disposable medical supplies, are already exempt from the tax. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"To save time, Holderman suggests using a paper towel to apply a thin layer of baby oil to stainless-steel surfaces to remove streaks quickly. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Those products would join others already exempt from the state tax, such as baby oil , baby powder and disposable medical supplies. \u2014 Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"While baby oil can loosen makeup, use a makeup remover to avoid adding too much extra oil to your skin. \u2014 Laken Brooks, Forbes , 25 Dec. 2021",
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"Coconut oil or baby oil can be used as an easy at-home method to loosen eyelash glue. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 18 Sep. 2021",
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"If contact with skin occurs, individuals are instructed to wash the area with soap and water or baby oil and avoid using solvents, gasoline, kerosene or diesel fuel on the skin. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"Mineral or baby oil will soften the earwax, Dr. Ren says. \u2014 Madeleine Burry, Health.com , 14 Sep. 2021"
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