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1145 lines
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"tee":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a device for holding a football in position for kicking":[],
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": a mark aimed at in various games (such as curling)":[],
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": a small mound or a peg on which a golf ball is placed before being struck at the beginning of play on a hole":[],
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": an adjustable post on which a ball is placed for batting (as in T-ball)":[],
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": exactly , precisely":[
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"the description fit her to a tee"
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],
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": something shaped like a capital T":[],
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": t-shirt":[
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"wearing a cotton tee"
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],
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": the area from which a golf ball is struck at the beginning of play on a hole":[],
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": the letter t":[],
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": to place (a ball) on a tee":[
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"\u2014 often used with up"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1673, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1673, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English":"Noun",
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"origin unknown":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105400",
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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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"tee joint":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an electrical connection used for joining a branch conductor to a main conductor where the main conductor continues beyond the branch":[]
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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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"tee entry 1":""
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},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112230",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tee off on (someone or something)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to speak about (someone or something) in an angry way":[
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"The coach teed off on his players to the media."
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]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200426",
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"type":[
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"phrasal verb"
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]
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},
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"tee shot":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a first shot that is taken on a hole":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121135",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"teed off":{
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"antonyms":[
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"angerless",
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"delighted",
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"pleased"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": angry , annoyed":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She was very teed off .",
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"the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so don't go near him",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Crowds surrounded the ninth green at TPC River Highlands as the groups that had teed off in the morning of Thursday\u2019s opening round at the Travelers Championship were nearing completion. \u2014 Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
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"Teams that teed off late on Friday such as ASU will get the earliest tee times for Saturday's second round. \u2014 Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic , 20 May 2022",
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"Some of the biggest scoring runs, then, came among those who teed off in the afternoon. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
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"All of the low scores came from golfers who teed off before 9:30 a.m. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 May 2022",
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"Even before the first golfers teed off for the 2022 PGA Championship, one female entrepreneur had already carded a hole-in-one with her unique single-serve wine being featured at the event. \u2014 Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"As a member of the San Diego State golf team and later as a touring pro, watching on TV as players teed off on the first hole, cutting their drives around the majestic Georgia pines that frame the dogleg right. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Sorenstam sat behind the first tee on Saturday as Rachel Kuehn, who was 16 when the tournament was created, teed off in the final round. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"As the church president, Grant often teed off at 6 a.m. in the summers, as detailed in a NauvooTimes.com column. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from tee off (on)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"angered",
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"angry",
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"apoplectic",
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"ballistic",
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"cheesed off",
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"choleric",
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"enraged",
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"foaming",
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"fuming",
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"furious",
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"hopping",
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"horn-mad",
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"hot",
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"incensed",
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"indignant",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"infuriate",
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"infuriated",
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"irate",
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"ireful",
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"livid",
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"mad",
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"outraged",
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"rabid",
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"rankled",
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"riled",
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"riley",
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"roiled",
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"shirty",
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"sore",
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"steamed up",
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"steaming",
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"ticked",
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"wrathful",
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"wroth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033215",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"teel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":[
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"Definition of teel variant spelling of til:2"
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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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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-211518",
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"type":[]
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},
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"teem":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": bring forth : give birth to : produce":[],
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": empty , pour":[
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"teem molten metal into a mold"
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],
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": to be present in large quantity":[],
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": to become filled to overflowing : abound":[],
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": to become pregnant : conceive":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Individual servers can teem with tens, hundreds or thousands of people, making round-the-clock moderation a nauseatingly tall order. \u2014 Nathan Grayson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"The streets, which used to teem with tourists and neighborhood folks, were empty, with a stillness that felt like being underwater. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
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"The deep waters here teem with out-of-this-world wildlife and coral formations. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"And television disinformation is only a small part of the problem; social media networks teem with falsehoods about the election and boost Trump's lies in what is almost a fact-free zone. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The task is especially hard in the Northern Virginia suburbs around Washington, DC, which teem with federal workers and highly educated and affluent voters. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Much has changed since that time \u2014 Cartagena is now home to more than a dozen upscale hotels \u2014 but the public plazas still teem with high drama, a strange and vibrant life. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Oct. 2021",
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"Eden: Untamed Planet Helena Bonham Carter narrates this new nature series, which visits the few remaining untouched lands that still teem with ample biodiversity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
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"Olympic sites teem with volunteers \u2014 easily identified by their blue-and-white uniforms\u2014rushing to assist any confused visitor. \u2014 Rachel Blount, Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The deep waters here teem with out-of-this-world wildlife and coral formations. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"And television disinformation is only a small part of the problem; social media networks teem with falsehoods about the election and boost Trump's lies in what is almost a fact-free zone. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The task is especially hard in the Northern Virginia suburbs around Washington, DC, which teem with federal workers and highly educated and affluent voters. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Much has changed since that time \u2014 Cartagena is now home to more than a dozen upscale hotels \u2014 but the public plazas still teem with high drama, a strange and vibrant life. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Oct. 2021",
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"Eden: Untamed Planet Helena Bonham Carter narrates this new nature series, which visits the few remaining untouched lands that still teem with ample biodiversity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
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"Olympic sites teem with volunteers \u2014 easily identified by their blue-and-white uniforms\u2014rushing to assist any confused visitor. \u2014 Rachel Blount, Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
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"Our Milky Way Galaxy should teem with 300 billion exoplanets, the researchers estimate. \u2014 Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS , 26 Mar. 2021",
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"Khan\u2019s words might teem with optimism, but the Jaguars are still going to lose \u2014 more often, perhaps, than Meyer, whose worst season as a college head coach was 8-5, ever has. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English temen , from Old English t\u012bman, t\u01e3man ; akin to Old English t\u0113am offspring \u2014 more at team entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English temen , from Old Norse t\u0153ma ; akin to Old English t\u014dm empty":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0113m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010518",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"teem down":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to come down heavily : to pour":[
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"They continued to play as the rain teemed down ."
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],
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": to rain heavily":[
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"It has been teeming down all day."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043706",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"teem with":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to be full of (life and activity) : to have many (people or animals) moving around inside":[
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"The river teems with fish.",
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"\u2014 usually used as (be) teeming with The river was teeming with fish. streets teeming with shoppers \u2014 sometimes used figuratively My mind is teeming with ideas."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115902",
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"type":[
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-m\u0259(r)"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231206",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"teemful":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": productive , fruitful":[]
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"teem entry 1 + -ful":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-mf\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223028",
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},
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"teeming":{
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": bring forth : give birth to : produce":[],
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": empty , pour":[
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"teem molten metal into a mold"
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],
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": to be present in large quantity":[],
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": to become filled to overflowing : abound":[],
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": to become pregnant : conceive":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Individual servers can teem with tens, hundreds or thousands of people, making round-the-clock moderation a nauseatingly tall order. \u2014 Nathan Grayson, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"The streets, which used to teem with tourists and neighborhood folks, were empty, with a stillness that felt like being underwater. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
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"The deep waters here teem with out-of-this-world wildlife and coral formations. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"And television disinformation is only a small part of the problem; social media networks teem with falsehoods about the election and boost Trump's lies in what is almost a fact-free zone. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The task is especially hard in the Northern Virginia suburbs around Washington, DC, which teem with federal workers and highly educated and affluent voters. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Much has changed since that time \u2014 Cartagena is now home to more than a dozen upscale hotels \u2014 but the public plazas still teem with high drama, a strange and vibrant life. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Oct. 2021",
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"Eden: Untamed Planet Helena Bonham Carter narrates this new nature series, which visits the few remaining untouched lands that still teem with ample biodiversity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
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"Olympic sites teem with volunteers \u2014 easily identified by their blue-and-white uniforms\u2014rushing to assist any confused visitor. \u2014 Rachel Blount, Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The deep waters here teem with out-of-this-world wildlife and coral formations. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 May 2022",
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"And television disinformation is only a small part of the problem; social media networks teem with falsehoods about the election and boost Trump's lies in what is almost a fact-free zone. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 16 Dec. 2021",
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"The task is especially hard in the Northern Virginia suburbs around Washington, DC, which teem with federal workers and highly educated and affluent voters. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Much has changed since that time \u2014 Cartagena is now home to more than a dozen upscale hotels \u2014 but the public plazas still teem with high drama, a strange and vibrant life. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 10 Oct. 2021",
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"Eden: Untamed Planet Helena Bonham Carter narrates this new nature series, which visits the few remaining untouched lands that still teem with ample biodiversity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 July 2021",
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"Olympic sites teem with volunteers \u2014 easily identified by their blue-and-white uniforms\u2014rushing to assist any confused visitor. \u2014 Rachel Blount, Star Tribune , 23 July 2021",
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"Our Milky Way Galaxy should teem with 300 billion exoplanets, the researchers estimate. \u2014 Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS , 26 Mar. 2021",
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"Khan\u2019s words might teem with optimism, but the Jaguars are still going to lose \u2014 more often, perhaps, than Meyer, whose worst season as a college head coach was 8-5, ever has. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"Middle English temen , from Old English t\u012bman, t\u01e3man ; akin to Old English t\u0113am offspring \u2014 more at team entry 1":"Verb",
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"Middle English temen , from Old Norse t\u0153ma ; akin to Old English t\u014dm empty":"Verb"
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},
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"\u02c8t\u0113m"
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"adverb",
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"verb"
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"teemless":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": barren":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"teem entry 1 + -less":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220256",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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"teensy":{
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"antonyms":[
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"astronomical",
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"astronomic",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"huge",
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"immense",
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"mammoth",
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"massive",
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"monster",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"planetary",
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"prodigious",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous"
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"definitions":{
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": tiny":[]
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"examples":[
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"for years we lived in a teensy apartment that was the size of the proverbial broom closet",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cascades with an overloaded pack and had just slogged a mile up 1,000 vertical feet, pausing before the valley that would lead to a cirque, when Ms. Ultralight swept up silently behind me wearing minimalist trail-running shoes and a teensy pack. \u2014 Will Taylor, Outside Online , 26 June 2022",
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"Even a teensy , tiny laundry room can feel like a jewel box with the right paint. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 22 June 2022",
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"Worms can be incredibly difficult to tell apart, with visual differences coming down to the number of teensy spines or hooks on a microscopic appendage. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences. \u2014 Mark Robinson, Wired , 22 Dec. 2021",
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"Read on for the best coffee subscriptions from teensy tiny craft roasters, comprehensive coffee emporiums, and everyone in between. \u2014 Lauren Joseph, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"At least the notorious notch is a teensy bit smaller. \u2014 Gear Team, Wired , 14 Sep. 2021",
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"For proof, see Bella Hadid on the fall \u201821 Off-White runway in July wearing a teensy tiny tube-top dress. \u2014 refinery29.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
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"Thoroughly confused and just a teensy bit scared, Andy goes to Sheryl in an attempt to figure out what\u2019s going on with Kristen. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, Vulture , 6 Sep. 2021"
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"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
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"baby-talk alteration of teeny":""
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"\u02c8t\u0113n(t)-s\u0113"
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"astronomical",
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"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
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"baby-talk alteration of teeny-weeny":""
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"\u02cct\u0113n(t)-s\u0113-\u02c8w\u0113n(t)-s\u0113"
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"cosmic",
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"herculean",
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"examples":[
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"I'll just have a teeny piece of cake.",
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"I'm a teeny bit upset.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On Tuesday, Bieber accessorized with teeny black sunglasses and wore her straight hair down. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
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"On Wednesday, the Marry Me actress, 54, stepped out in a teeny black bikini, $396 Versace sunglasses, 4-inch stilettos, Big Ass hoop earrings (seriously), and a silky kimono robe, twirling around by the edge of a pool. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 4 June 2022",
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"Elon Musk, for example, collected almost $23.5 billion in 2021, but that\u2019s a teeny fraction of the shareholder wealth Tesla has created since going public. \u2014 Alyson Shontell, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
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"Hailey's rocking a teeny neon snakeskin bikini from Triangl Swimwear, and looks incredible while doing it. \u2014 Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen , 25 May 2022",
|
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"If Kidman\u2014with her full-time job of meeting conventional beauty standards\u2014can\u2019t wear a teeny tiny mini without criticism, what non-famous 50-plus woman can",
|
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"On March 2, Bieber ditched her usual leggings-jacket combo and stepped out wearing a teeny tiny neon green workout set, Nike sneakers, and an oversized button-down shirt. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
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"The Fenty mogul wore another baby bump-baring outfit, this one a teeny front-tie crop top and baggy blue-wash jeans. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Place a small flowering plant on a desk, a succulent on a windowsill, a teeny tropical variety on a table, and aquatic and carnivorous plants in terrariums. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
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"1802, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by alteration":""
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"\u02c8t\u0113-n\u0113"
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],
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"atomic",
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"astronomical",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"monster",
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"mountainous",
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|
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"teeny + weeny":""
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"\u02cct\u0113-n\u0113-\u02c8w\u0113-n\u0113"
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"bitsy",
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"weeny",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201455",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"teeter":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": seesaw":[],
|
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": seesaw sense 2b":[],
|
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": to move unsteadily : wobble":[],
|
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": waver , vacillate":[
|
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"teetered on the brink of bankruptcy"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Verb",
|
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"The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.",
|
|
"She teetered down the street in her high heels.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"She is caught in a moment of transition on a bridge that appears to teeter in the bright sunlight like an unbalanced scale. \u2014 Helen A. Cooper, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"Rondinaia is Italian for swallow\u2019s nest, an ideal name for a house that appears to teeter on a cliff\u2019s edge. \u2014 Christopher Bollen, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Back then, coronavirus seemed to teeter on the brink of defeat as cases plummeted to their lowest levels since spring 2020 and vaccines became widely available for adults. \u2014 Fenit Nirappil, Craig Pittman And Maureen O'hagan, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Back then, coronavirus seemed to teeter on the brink of defeat as cases plummeted to their lowest levels since spring 2020 and vaccines became widely available for adults. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
|
|
"Yet some of the film\u2019s most ambitious set pieces teeter over into outright kitsch, not least via a couple of original songs that articulate the twins\u2019 emotions all too literally. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Video from the agency showed the demise of one home as ocean waves caused the stilts supporting the house to teeter and fall. \u2014 Jamiel Lynch And Jennifer Henderson, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"The Lakers continue to teeter of the edge of not making the NBA postseason play-in tournament following their 122-109 loss to the Utah Jazz. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The current war raging in Ukraine means happiness in other parts of the world could teeter as well. \u2014 Marnie Hunter, CNN , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Both have the same way of walking\u2014a bit of a teeter , without much swinging of arms. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Mets had not lost a series all season, but that streak sailed when the Seattle Mariners closed out a teeter -totter affair Sunday. \u2014 New York Times , 15 May 2022",
|
|
"Passersby couldn\u2019t help but spot the eight-foot long, bright yellow teeter -totter, ridden by youth of the church the weekend of March 19-20, in an effort to raise funds for local non-profit agencies. \u2014 Rich Heileman, cleveland , 25 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"That\u2019s especially true as the value of Russia\u2019s currency plummets and its largest banks teeter . \u2014 Ian Bremmer, Time , 28 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Taken by itself, Kat's (Julia Stiles) poem about Patrick (Heath Ledger) is almost saccharine, an edge some rom-com speeches teeter . \u2014 CNN , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"There is a seamless convergence between Atlanta\u2019s hot-wing culture and Korea\u2019s fried-chicken culture: an emphasis on shattering crispiness and a balance in flavors, most notably the lip-smacking teeter -totter of sour and sweet. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Those trying to change the field teeter between optimism and despair. \u2014 Usha Lee Mcfarling, STAT , 14 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Republicans briefly flirted with forcing a government shutdown last week over the Democratic president\u2019s health policy, and are letting the debt limit teeter at a perilous economic momentum as the country is still in the middle of a pandemic. \u2014 Patrick Caldwell, The New Republic , 6 Dec. 2021"
|
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],
|
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|
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"1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
|
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"1860, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English titeren to totter, reel; akin to Old High German zittar\u014dn to shiver":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waver",
|
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"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192357",
|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"teen":{
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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 teenage person : teenager":[],
|
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": misery , affliction":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"\u02c8t\u0113n"
|
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],
|
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|
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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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"Middle English tene , from Old English t\u0113ona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tj\u014dn loss, damage":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1818, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154955"
|
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},
|
|
"teem with rain":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": to rain heavily":[
|
|
"It has been teeming with rain all day."
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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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":"20220708-163657"
|
|
},
|
|
"teetering on the brink/edge of":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": close to being in a specified state or condition":[
|
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"The countries are teetering on the brink of war.",
|
|
"The bird is teetering on the edge of extinction."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170700"
|
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},
|
|
"teeterboard":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": seesaw sense 2b":[],
|
|
": a board placed on a raised support so that a person standing on one end of the board is thrown into the air if another jumps on the opposite end":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0259r-\u02ccb\u022frd"
|
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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":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Malatsi has been a contortionist and acrobat, and performed on the teeterboard and as a DJ, among other jobs on his way to the ringmaster\u2019s mic. \u2014 Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Death-defying leaps on the teeterboard commanded whoops from the audience. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2019",
|
|
"By contrast, the teeterboard act seemed shaky, with four acrobats, taking turns jumping on a see-saw to catapult their somersaulting partners into the sky. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 30 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"See Caribbean dancers, contortionists, acrobats, a hire-wire act, teeterboard , a giant wheel, Russian bar, elephants, motorcycles, and a mixed animal act featuring zebras and camels under the big top at Miramar Regional Park, 16801 Miramar Parkway. \u2014 Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting , 22 Mar. 2018",
|
|
"Among the world-class stars: the Sensational Sozonov, balancing on a teeterboard atop sky-high cylinders. \u2014 Holly Millea, Smithsonian , 29 July 2017",
|
|
"Among the world-class stars: the Sensational Sozonov, balancing on a teeterboard atop sky-high cylinders. \u2014 Holly Millea, Smithsonian , 29 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175240"
|
|
},
|
|
"teetertail":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": spotted sandpiper":[]
|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"teeter entry 1 + tail":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183441"
|
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},
|
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"teenager":{
|
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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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": of, being, or relating to people in their teens":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8t\u0113n-\u02cc\u0101j"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Your teenage daughter is on a long road trip and her car breaks down. \u2014 Eric Solis, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"The driver, a woman in her 50s, and her teenage daughter, who was in the passenger seat, had minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital for treatment, Apotheker said. \u2014 Madison Mercado, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"DeMonica McClurge's teenage daughter thought Juneteenth was a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. \u2014 Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
|
|
"The global premiere of the Audience Award winner at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival; a bar mitzvah party host, Cooper Raiff, starts a friendship with a woman, Dakota Johnson, and her teenage daughter. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Illinois Congressman Sean Casten announced the death of this teenage daughter in a statement on Monday. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"His purpose at the hangman\u2019s pub is ultimately revealed, but the real thrill is watching Allen play off of other characters, particularly Gaby French\u2019s Shirley, Harry Wade\u2019s teenage daughter. \u2014 Christopher Barnard, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
|
|
"Four years and six days before a fourth-grade class was gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Rhonda Hart lost her teenage daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, in a shooting at a high school about 300 miles east. \u2014 Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
|
|
"Four years and six days before a fourth-grade class was gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Rhonda Hart lost her teenage daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, in a shooting at a high school about 300 miles east. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023053"
|
|
},
|
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"teens":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun plural",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8t\u0113nz"
|
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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",
|
|
"Landon's surprise Manhattan performance \u2013 and display of PDA with D'Amelio \u2013 comes one day after a source told PEOPLE that the teens were spending time together. \u2014 Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The two teens were arrested and booked into Remann Hall on robbery charges. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
|
|
"The Daily Dispatch, a South African newspaper published in East London, reported that the teens were attending a party at the Enyobeni Tavern to celebrate the end of June school exams. \u2014 Morgan Winsor, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
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"The fire department will then conduct interviews to give teens practice for applying for jobs, Coley said. \u2014 Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
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"Thora Birch, who played one of the main heroes of the first film, was unable to return to the sequel due to scheduling conflicts, after her character Dani was initially meant to act as a mentor for three modern-day teens fighting the Sandersons. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 29 June 2022",
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"The racial makeup of transgender adults and transgender teens was roughly the same. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
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"But these tools are ill-equipped to address the surging popularity of live video streaming and private or disappearing messaging, which are increasingly used by young adults and teens . \u2014 Naomi Nix And Cat Zakrzewski, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
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"But these tools are ill-equipped to address the surging popularity of live video streaming and private or disappearing messaging, which are increasingly used by young adults and teens . \u2014 Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
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"His prowess has inspired a generation of trophy hunters to craft their own baits and document their own triumphs, including Mike Gilbert, creator of big bass lures at Working Class Zero, whose personal best is a 17.45-pound teener . \u2014 Steven E. Banks, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Your teenage daughter is on a long road trip and her car breaks down. \u2014 Eric Solis, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"The driver, a woman in her 50s, and her teenage daughter, who was in the passenger seat, had minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital for treatment, Apotheker said. \u2014 Madison Mercado, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
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"DeMonica McClurge's teenage daughter thought Juneteenth was a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. \u2014 Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Online , 19 June 2022",
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"The global premiere of the Audience Award winner at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival; a bar mitzvah party host, Cooper Raiff, starts a friendship with a woman, Dakota Johnson, and her teenage daughter. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
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"Illinois Congressman Sean Casten announced the death of this teenage daughter in a statement on Monday. \u2014 Lorraine Taylor, Fox News , 14 June 2022",
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"His purpose at the hangman\u2019s pub is ultimately revealed, but the real thrill is watching Allen play off of other characters, particularly Gaby French\u2019s Shirley, Harry Wade\u2019s teenage daughter. \u2014 Christopher Barnard, Vogue , 9 June 2022",
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"Four years and six days before a fourth-grade class was gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Rhonda Hart lost her teenage daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, in a shooting at a high school about 300 miles east. \u2014 Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
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"Four years and six days before a fourth-grade class was gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Rhonda Hart lost her teenage daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, in a shooting at a high school about 300 miles east. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022"
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": one who practices or advocates teetotalism":[]
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"-\u02cct\u014d-",
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"bibber",
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"drinker"
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"examples":[
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"in a quandary about what to serve for the wedding toast since his future in-laws are teetotalers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Which may explain why the president, famously, is a teetotaler , as is his sister. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"For the stylish teetotaler : Three Spirit, a line of non-alcoholic spirits made with functional plants, has been known to save the day\u2014and maybe the morning after, too. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Nov. 2021",
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"Many barmen moved across the Atlantic, but Henry Ramos, already practically a teetotaler himself, didn\u2019t fight it and closed up shop for good. \u2014 Jason O'bryan, Robb Report , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"On a surface level, the political atmospherics of legal weed have the potential to harm Republicans in 2022, including DeWine, a traditional Republican with a reputation as a teetotaler , who\u2019s running for re-election next year. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 13 Aug. 2021",
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"Ambani is a strict vegetarian, teetotaler and an avid fan of Bollywood movies. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 23 July 2021",
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"But from 1972 to 1996, with a couple of four-year furloughs to stoke up his improbable comebacks, Mr. Edwards was the undisputed king of Baton Rouge, a Scripture-quoting, nonsmoking teetotaler who once considered life as a preacher. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2021",
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"Or the fact that John D. Rockefeller Jr. was an absolute teetotaler . \u2014 Kim Velsey, Curbed , 16 July 2021",
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"There's more than free booze on offer from the teetotaler Biden and his web of private-sector partnerships announced on Wednesday to convince skeptics to get vaccinated. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 3 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"While the pandemic spurred many, like Ms. Cliffe, to alter habits, Britain\u2019s teetotal movement has risen steadily since the turn of the millennium. \u2014 Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Jan. 2022",
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"According to the latest data from the Australian Institue of Health And Welfare, this makes Jenine one of a growing number of people who are teetotal . \u2014 Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"Alcohol is also forbidden, but Lukaku has always been teetotal , so this has not come as much of a problem for him. \u2014 SI.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
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"The adulation heaped on the deal by those who usually excoriate him reportedly thrilled the president, a teetotal non-smoker whose chief addiction is praise. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Sep. 2017",
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"Pious, teetotal and painfully earnest, Aurangzeb felt the weight of his responsibilities keenly. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 28 July 2017"
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"t otal + total (abstinence)":""
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"\u02cct\u0113n-(\u02cc)spl\u022fi-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Johnston asked his bandmates, and indeed the HBO teensploitation drama licensed the song for a scene in an episode from Season 2. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"This is a pulpy B movie that is dying to be a prestige project, and there\u2019s a big part of you that wishes everyone had just leaned into the teensploitation aspects more. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"Visually, the band was often photographed in vintage fashions, the aesthetic bleeding into music videos that evoked the days of high school teensploitation films and sleazy, street-level Hollywood glam. \u2014 Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185042"
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"-\u02cct\u014d-",
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"\u02c8t\u0113-\u02c8t\u014d-t\u1d4al-\u02cci-z\u0259m"
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"For the past few years, Americans have increasingly dabbled with teetotalism . \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler\u2019s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For the past few years, Americans have increasingly dabbled with teetotalism . \u2014 Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com , 25 Jan. 2020",
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"Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler\u2019s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2018"
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