dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/clu_MW.json
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"Cluj-Napoca":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"city in Transylvania , northwest central Romania population 318,027":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u00fczh-\u02c8n\u00e4-p\u014d-k\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114503",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Cluniac":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a monk of a reformed Benedictine congregation established in 910 at Cluny , France":[],
": of or relating to the Cluniacs":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin Cluniacus , from Abbey of Cluny , Cluny, France + Latin -acus , adjective suffix, from Greek -akos":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8kl\u00fcn\u0113\u02ccak"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193048",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Clupeidae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large family of soft-finned teleost fishes (order Isospondyli) including the herrings, sardines, shads, menhaden, and related forms all having a narrow compressed body and forked tail":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Clupea , type genus + -idae":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"kl\u00fc\u02c8p\u0113\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104203",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Clupeoidea":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large suborder (order Isospondyli) comprising the herrings and related fishes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Clupea + -oidea":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckl\u00fcp\u0113\u02c8\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060054",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"Clupeoidei":{
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"definitions":[
"Definition of Clupeoidei taxonomic synonym of clupeoidea"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"-d\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-102404",
"type":[]
},
"Clusiaceae":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of Clusiaceae taxonomic synonym of guttiferae"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin, from Clusia , type genus + -aceae ",
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckl\u00fcz(h)\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-180225",
"type":[]
},
"club":{
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"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"definitions":{
": a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon":[],
": a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover":[],
": a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games":[],
": an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage":[],
": an athletic association or team":[],
": club sandwich":[],
": nightclub":[],
": something resembling a club":[],
": the meeting place of a club":[
"lunch at the club"
],
": the suit comprising cards marked with clubs":[],
": to beat or strike with or as if with a club":[],
": to contribute to a common fund":[],
": to form a club : combine":[],
": to gather into a club-shaped mass":[
"clubbed her hair"
],
": to pay a share of a common expense":[],
": to unite or combine for a common cause":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Do you belong to any clubs ",
"I'll see you at the club .",
"the president of a major-league baseball club",
"He spent five years with the club .",
"Join our movie club now and receive four free DVDs.",
"Verb",
"They clubbed him with a baseball bat.",
"clubbed together to share their love of model rockets",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Fire Bell is a club of volunteers who go to long-term fire scenes and offer beverages, tents, mobile restrooms, misting fans, gloves, socks and more, as needed, for firefighters. \u2014 Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"This three-room institution is the first-ever stand-up-only comedy club . \u2014 Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Instead, Drake leaves ample time for lush, club -ready music to play at length, occasionally budding in to sing-rap melodically over the beats. \u2014 Stefan Sykes, NBC News , 19 June 2022",
"Saturday\u2019s match was the club \u2019s first at home since April 30. \u2014 Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News , 19 June 2022",
"Be mindful not to grab the devil\u2019s club on the way down. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 18 June 2022",
"There are myriad reasons why the New York Yankees have been far and away the best club in the majors this season. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"On Tuesday, pitching coach Brent Strom announced that Weaver will be the club \u2019s starter Saturday night against Minnesota. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Toca Madera, the club -like West 3rd Street spot where vegan enchiladas are paired with $16 margaritas, opened a rooftop outpost in Marylebone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Two years and many global traumas later, Drake and Beyonc\u00e9 appear to be betting that the general public is ready to club again. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
"In an unexpected show of appreciation, Meunier had just gifted one of Chopard\u2019s limited-edition Mille Miglia timepieces to club member Neil Hudspith. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
"Audrey Gelman at women's members club The Wing, and Steph Korey at suitcase brand Away\u2014 stepped down from executive positions following reports of mismanagement and toxic work environments. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 9 June 2022",
"His show No Sleep will return this summer, switching to a biannual format so the maverick producer can devote himself to club life full-time. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022",
"This vintage will be available to club members in April. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Brecht is the latest Antioch player to join the Division I club . \u2014 Bobby Narang, chicagotribune.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Philip\u2019s brothers would club together to keep the girls at their fee-paying school, but to cover the rest of their costs Marlene would need to go out to work. \u2014 Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Carmen is a lifelong comics fan who relishes the chance to work in the industry, but is also frustrated by the sexism of the boys club around her. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1593, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English clubbe , from Old Norse klubba ; akin to Old High German kolbo club":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172542",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clubable":{
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"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"definitions":{
": sociable":[]
},
"examples":[
"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085950",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"clubbable":{
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"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
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": sociable":[]
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"examples":[
"a frequenter of coffeehouses, Samuel Johnson has been called the most clubbable man in English literature",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its top editors have tended to be tweedy, clubbable figures who slip between academia and the upper reaches of journalism. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1783, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8kl\u0259-b\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"clubby":{
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"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
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"definitions":{
": characteristic of a club or club members: such as":[],
": displaying friendliness especially to other members of the same social group : sociable":[],
": open only to qualified or approved persons : select , elite":[]
},
"examples":[
"the clubby world of New York's social elite",
"new in town, she was hoping some of her clubbier coworkers might show her the city's hot spots",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sky Suites\u2019 420 accommodations have shed dark, clubby interiors for a look inspired by the views from their floor-to-ceiling windows. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Chapek has struggled to ingratiate himself with Hollywood\u2019s notoriously clubby culture of creatives and the reporters who cover them. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"But while other eateries slowly came back to life as restrictions eased, the Lambs Club\u2014housed in a tight, clubby space, with no windows or exterior access\u2014was far more difficult to revive. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 13 Apr. 2022",
"This clubby high-end taqueria from Wynwood is migrating north to Las Olas and expects to debut in mid-January inside the former SuViche on the ground floor of the downtown Bank of America building. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"For now, at least, the small, clubby groups of Broadway movers and shakers are making efforts to open up. \u2014 Gordon Cox, Variety , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Planta, along with a new location of clubby Wynwood taqueria Coyo Taco and fast-rising Miami chain Sushi Maki, are three of five new restaurants destined for the Fort Lauderdale drag this fall and winter. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
"While the showroom\u2019s elegant and hip industrial design ticks with thousands of premium timepieces in pristine showcases, subtle lighting and sleek furniture impart a gracious, clubby , low-key vibe. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
"The new angels have the potential to transform a venture capital industry that has been stubbornly clubby . \u2014 New York Times , 9 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"social"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194350",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cluck":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": a stupid or naive person":[
"a dumb cluck"
],
": the characteristic sound made by a hen especially in calling her chicks":[],
": to call with a cluck":[],
": to express interest or concern":[
"critics clucked over the new developments"
],
": to express with interest or concern":[],
": to make a clicking sound with the tongue":[],
": to make a cluck":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The hen clucked at her chicks.",
"The driver clucked at the horses to get them moving.",
"Commentators have been clucking over his lack of experience.",
"Noun",
"Don't be such a dumb cluck .",
"stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Laughter usually had a 50 percent participation rate; whatever made two of us laugh usually made the other two roll their eyes or cluck their tongues. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2021",
"There are some people that just can't dance, some people that can't sing (even in the shower), and some people that can't cluck , cut, and yelp like a turkey. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 24 Nov. 2020",
"For Gen Xers staring down middle-aged obsolescence, the Williams twins\u2019 video provides a satisfying twofer: a chance to cluck their tongues at clueless youths while confirming the supremacy of their own touchstones. \u2014 Jody Rosen, New York Times , 27 Aug. 2020",
"Each day the tawny redheads mingle and cluck , drink water and peck at their food. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2020",
"On a recent day Lein stood in one of her barns as a contented chorus of 9,400 chickens clucked and murmured. \u2014 Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Apr. 2020",
"The latest iteration is Fifth Macroyan, a cluster of 18-story apartment towers now under construction, featuring balconies and large windows on a flat lot populated by clucking chickens. \u2014 David Zucchino, New York Times , 9 Apr. 2020",
"Your role here isn\u2019t to cluck your tongue, but to find a safe and quick route past. \u2014 Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine , 20 Apr. 2020",
"August clucked his tongue and the cat came sidling up, arching its back, rubbing against August\u2019s boot. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Flat Rock has two chicken options, but with so many other food trucks dedicated to it, this isn\u2019t destination-worthy cluck for your buck. \u2014 Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Eating raw chicken can bring a cluck -load of other risks. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 3 July 2021",
"And never utter so much as a cluck without a setup tree and shooting lane in mind. \u2014 Will Brantley, Field & Stream , 22 Mar. 2021",
"With the pandemic raging, an encounter that days earlier might have ended in a friendly apology or a cluck of sympathy quickly turned ugly. \u2014 Melissa Chan, Time , 22 Feb. 2021",
"That set off some cluck -clucking among the neighbors. \u2014 Russ Mitchell Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 8 Dec. 2020",
"Once the first bird begins recalling with a yelp, cluck , or kee-kee, the game is on. \u2014 Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life , 24 Nov. 2020",
"More calcium with every peck means more cluck for your buck. \u2014 Dallas News , 17 Aug. 2020",
"But Maggie is one of those somewhat sainted free spirits who light up everyday dreariness (at least in the movies), stirring things up while inspiring clucks of disapproval and censure. \u2014 Manohla Dargis, New York Times , 23 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1703, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224833",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clue":{
"antonyms":[
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)"
],
"definitions":{
": idea , notion":[
"had no clue what he meant"
],
": to give reliable information to":[
"he clued me in on how it happened"
],
": to provide with a clue":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The book gives the reader plenty of clues to solve the mystery.",
"Science gives us clues about the origin of the universe.",
"\u201cGuess who I met today.\u201d \u201cCan you give me a clue ",
"It gives a clue as to how to proceed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Jens Pl\u00f6tner, the chancellor\u2019s top foreign policy adviser, might have offered a clue to his reluctance last week at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. \u2014 Vanessa Guinan-bank, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"But one of those players is actually the Snake, and will be trying to sabotage the others to prevent them from winning those challenges, because each challenge win offers a clue to the identity of the Snake. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"Steve McClure graduated from Southport High School in 1963 without a clue . \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"But off-camera and away from the quiz show\u2019s stage, The Big Bang Theory star has traded her clue cards for a cup of tea. \u2014 Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"An important clue came from a 1984 review by Allan Munck and other researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. \u2014 Rachel Yehuda, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"And now, the singer\u2019s fandom is abuzz over a potential new clue . \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
"The horse himself offered no clue to Dad\u2019s state of mind. \u2014 Andr\u00e9 Alexis, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Role models or people who simply inspire you with their achievements can provide a strong clue to what your new business idea might look like. \u2014 Ben Meisner, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"On the flip side, treatments such as Paxlovid have become more available, muddying patterns that could help clue researchers in to what interventions are saving the most lives. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 23 May 2022",
"But your bathroom habits may clue you into the state of your G.I. tract and uterus. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 May 2022",
"Though both Kidd and Huffaker agree there\u2019s nothing to be gained from banning books, the process and dialogue of challenges allows librarians to connect more with patrons, and clue them into what goes into selecting books. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Stan is eager to learn their secrets, which reside in a book of spoken cues that clue a mentalist into what objects audience members are holding, what is engraved on them or other details. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Stan is eager to learn their secrets, which reside in a book of spoken cues that clue a mentalist into what objects audience members are holding, what is engraved on them or other details. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press , 18 Dec. 2021",
"As a result, today anyone can buy a tool that will plug into a car\u2019s port, accessing diagnostic codes that clue them in to what\u2019s wrong. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Airborne eDNA could also clue scientists into the presence or spread of an invasive species. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 Jan. 2022",
"If the title didn\u2019t clue you in, Mia Hansen-Love\u2019s latest film is a love letter to movies and moviemakers. \u2014 Jennifer M. Wood, Wired , 4 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of clew":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead",
"suggestion"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185906",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"clue (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to give information to (someone)":[
"The public should be clued in to what's happening.",
"\u2014 often + on She'll clue you in on the latest news. \u2014 often used as clued in He's totally clued in on the latest computer developments."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214557",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"clue in":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to give information to (someone)":[
"The public should be clued in to what's happening.",
"\u2014 often + on She'll clue you in on the latest news. \u2014 often used as clued in He's totally clued in on the latest computer developments."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210042",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"clued up":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having a lot of information about something : having a lot of information about the latest developments":[
"She's totally clued up .",
"\u2014 often + on or about He's totally clued up on/about the latest computer developments."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061648",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"clueless":{
"antonyms":[
"acquainted",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"conversant",
"grounded",
"informed",
"knowing",
"mindful",
"witting"
],
"definitions":{
": completely or hopelessly bewildered, unaware, ignorant, or foolish":[
"clueless about what they want"
],
": having or providing no clue":[
"a clueless case for the police to solve"
]
},
"examples":[
"When it comes to computers, I'm clueless .",
"They were clueless about what to do.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Amos told the clueless pair, who were escorted out by security guards as the audience cheered. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"For Dickerson and Dean, who both bring so much pizzazz to their privileged, clueless influencer roles, a leading campaign seems far too crowded for such selections, but breakthrough prizes from regional critics will be more than warranted. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Her characters embody the full spectrum of the socially awkward and clueless . \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
"Many police officers, however, have said the law will hobble proactive policing and expose officers to financial ruin and hostile scrutiny from clueless review panels. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022",
"Mine, however, resembles that of a cosmetically clueless seventh grader. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 13 May 2022",
"Humanitarian volunteers and immigration activists working in the area said they had been dismayed to see that the children, obviously clueless about Mr. Frank and his beliefs, were being diverted before the Border Patrol picks them up. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"The next president of the NCAA will be required to follow orders, often from clueless stakeholders whose hubris led them to an entirely foreseeable predicament. \u2014 Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Jimmy and Kim remain clueless that Lalo is alive and gunning for revenge and Nacho (Michael Mando) is running for his life in Mexico. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"For Dickerson and Dean, who both bring so much pizzazz to their privileged, clueless influencer roles, a leading campaign seems far too crowded for such selections, but breakthrough prizes from regional critics will be more than warranted. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"Her characters embody the full spectrum of the socially awkward and clueless . \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
"Many police officers, however, have said the law will hobble proactive policing and expose officers to financial ruin and hostile scrutiny from clueless review panels. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022",
"Mine, however, resembles that of a cosmetically clueless seventh grader. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 13 May 2022",
"Humanitarian volunteers and immigration activists working in the area said they had been dismayed to see that the children, obviously clueless about Mr. Frank and his beliefs, were being diverted before the Border Patrol picks them up. \u2014 New York Times , 9 May 2022",
"The next president of the NCAA will be required to follow orders, often from clueless stakeholders whose hubris led them to an entirely foreseeable predicament. \u2014 Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Jimmy and Kim remain clueless that Lalo is alive and gunning for revenge and Nacho (Michael Mando) is running for his life in Mexico. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"The virus clumps the cells together.",
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For an immediate dose of the good cheer that comes from combining healthy eating and natural weed control, go outside, grab the biggest dandelion clump in your yard and chow down. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Testers found the brush easy to use with smooth, clump -free application and high impact in just one coat. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But a human face isn\u2019t as simple as a game board or a clump of abnormally-growing cells. \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Somehow the German immigrants managed to keep the messy concoction from coagulating into a big clump . \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"They were forced into a tight clump , increasing their vulnerability to attack. \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 4 Feb. 2022",
"An hour later, the ragged clump of elderly civilians with bloody faces tottered into an emergency entrance, looking top-heavy with piles of bandages on their heads. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"For this reason, even one galaxy could have something to say about the Omega matter of its parent universe, since Omega matter is correlated to what can be pictured as the density of matter that makes a galaxy clump together. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Picture a clump of grass\u2014a spray of flat green blades that converge into sturdy tubes near the ground. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Working together, Orr and Zoghbi found that repeat expansions make proteins misfold and clump together in cerebellar neurons, eventually leading to death. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"These galaxies clump together in dense clusters joined by wispy filaments and separated by enormous voids hundreds of millions of light-years across. \u2014 Ben Brubaker, Scientific American , 4 May 2022",
"And where there\u2019s a little bit more hydrogen gas, that gas will have a slightly higher gravitational field and will cause the gas to clump together. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Water-repellent treatments applied to down clusters have had limited success at reducing the material\u2019s tendency to clump and lose loft when exposed to moisture. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 6 June 2020",
"There's a lot to love about Glossier's Lash Slick, from an applicator with tiny bristles that coat each lash hair for natural volume to a weightless formula that doesn't clump or smudge. \u2014 ELLE , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The House later passed a second plan that would clump together communities along the I-93 corridor, but the Senate rejected it, sending the matter to a committee of conference to come up with a compromise. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The conic brush helps to sculpt individual lashes and the buildable formula delivers clump -free coverage. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"Excess starchiness is what causes rice to clump or turn mushy. \u2014 J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-alt, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"There is a clump of bushes at the edge of the field.",
"I could hear the clump of his footsteps as he came down the stairs.",
"Verb",
"The virus clumps the cells together.",
"a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"For an immediate dose of the good cheer that comes from combining healthy eating and natural weed control, go outside, grab the biggest dandelion clump in your yard and chow down. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Testers found the brush easy to use with smooth, clump -free application and high impact in just one coat. \u2014 Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But a human face isn\u2019t as simple as a game board or a clump of abnormally-growing cells. \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Somehow the German immigrants managed to keep the messy concoction from coagulating into a big clump . \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"They were forced into a tight clump , increasing their vulnerability to attack. \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 4 Feb. 2022",
"An hour later, the ragged clump of elderly civilians with bloody faces tottered into an emergency entrance, looking top-heavy with piles of bandages on their heads. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"For this reason, even one galaxy could have something to say about the Omega matter of its parent universe, since Omega matter is correlated to what can be pictured as the density of matter that makes a galaxy clump together. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Picture a clump of grass\u2014a spray of flat green blades that converge into sturdy tubes near the ground. \u2014 Julia Rosen, Scientific American , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Working together, Orr and Zoghbi found that repeat expansions make proteins misfold and clump together in cerebellar neurons, eventually leading to death. \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"These galaxies clump together in dense clusters joined by wispy filaments and separated by enormous voids hundreds of millions of light-years across. \u2014 Ben Brubaker, Scientific American , 4 May 2022",
"And where there\u2019s a little bit more hydrogen gas, that gas will have a slightly higher gravitational field and will cause the gas to clump together. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 May 2022",
"Water-repellent treatments applied to down clusters have had limited success at reducing the material\u2019s tendency to clump and lose loft when exposed to moisture. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 6 June 2020",
"There's a lot to love about Glossier's Lash Slick, from an applicator with tiny bristles that coat each lash hair for natural volume to a weightless formula that doesn't clump or smudge. \u2014 ELLE , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The House later passed a second plan that would clump together communities along the I-93 corridor, but the Senate rejected it, sending the matter to a committee of conference to come up with a compromise. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The conic brush helps to sculpt individual lashes and the buildable formula delivers clump -free coverage. \u2014 Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 May 2022",
"Excess starchiness is what causes rice to clump or turn mushy. \u2014 J. Kenji L\u00f3pez-alt, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like many writers who want to sound hip, or punk, Maria eschews highfalutin words and complex sentences: her insights come off raw, even authentically clumsy . \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"If your wine lover is clumsy handling that mini knife on the waiter\u2019s wine key (or doesn\u2019t have one), this ergonomically designed foil cutter saves frustration and fingers. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"When Fendell asked Mackenzie about her bruises, Mackenzie offered vague comments about being clumsy . \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Stalter plays Kayla, the clumsy assistant to their talent agent Jimmy (played by series co-creator Paul W. Downs). \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"In the titular role, Duff shined as a sweet, clumsy teen who just wants to be popular. \u2014 Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com , 24 May 2022",
"And all of a sudden, Hatha-haters are dropping their snark like a clumsy romantic-comedy heroine dropping her purse at a busy intersection. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"The best design apps, including Photoshop, are still tailored for mouse and trackpad, and can be clumsy to operate with styluses in general. \u2014 Kenny Wassus, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"That scrutiny was fueled by an admittedly clumsy rollout -- such as a confusing name -- as well as an initial lack of specifics about the board's operations. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 18 May 2022"
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"handless",
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"maladroit",
"unhandy"
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"I'm sorry about spilling your wine\u2014that was very clumsy of me.",
"I have very clumsy hands and tend to drop things.",
"She made a clumsy attempt at a joke.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like many writers who want to sound hip, or punk, Maria eschews highfalutin words and complex sentences: her insights come off raw, even authentically clumsy . \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"If your wine lover is clumsy handling that mini knife on the waiter\u2019s wine key (or doesn\u2019t have one), this ergonomically designed foil cutter saves frustration and fingers. \u2014 Lana Bortolot, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"When Fendell asked Mackenzie about her bruises, Mackenzie offered vague comments about being clumsy . \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Stalter plays Kayla, the clumsy assistant to their talent agent Jimmy (played by series co-creator Paul W. Downs). \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"In the titular role, Duff shined as a sweet, clumsy teen who just wants to be popular. \u2014 Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com , 24 May 2022",
"And all of a sudden, Hatha-haters are dropping their snark like a clumsy romantic-comedy heroine dropping her purse at a busy intersection. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"The best design apps, including Photoshop, are still tailored for mouse and trackpad, and can be clumsy to operate with styluses in general. \u2014 Kenny Wassus, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"That scrutiny was fueled by an admittedly clumsy rollout -- such as a confusing name -- as well as an initial lack of specifics about the board's operations. \u2014 Luke Barr, ABC News , 18 May 2022"
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"maladroit",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And then watch another person shoot a 3-pointer and clunk it off the rim",
"Doors clunk reassuringly, trim panels are neatly finished, plastics are soft to the touch, and the central drive shifter feels great in the hand. \u2014 Daniel Bentley, Fortune , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Other regular comments include the disconcertingly loud clunking noises that happen while plugged in at one of Tesla's fast-charging Superchargers. \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The rod's bushings are a likely source of a clunking noise. \u2014 Stef Schrader, Popular Mechanics , 25 Apr. 2020",
"In an instantly symbolic moment on Monday, Troy Price, the state Democratic chairman, was speaking at a news conference in Des Moines when the party\u2019s logo fell off his lectern and clunked to the floor. \u2014 Jack Healy, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"Finally, the sound of locks clunking open, followed by a face in the doorway. \u2014 Chris Ballard, SI.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In fact, Hamill says that one of the biggest Star Wars original trilogy secrets is that more than half the dialogue was recorded in post-production due to all the intrusive noises from smoke and wind machines, prop effects, and even clunking robots. \u2014 James Hibberd, EW.com , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Gone are the days of clunking heads together while sharing one pair of earbuds\u2014not to mention having to scrape someone else\u2019s earwax out of your tiny speaker grates. \u2014 Wired , 24 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The buzz- clunk when the guards first pop the cellblock door means it\u2019s 7 a.m. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"On that fictitious planet, teens put on VR googles, thin as pencils rather than clunk like existing Oculus headsets, and transported themselves into nightclubs with friends. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 10 Apr. 2022",
"But despite the extra juice, the power glut is not obtrusive as the vehicle's two diverse and generally harmonious powertrains got down to it, save a one-time, mild clunk from the rear. \u2014 Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Sensations of baseball \u2014 the smell of glove leather and grass and the crack and clunk of bat on ball \u2014 will be threaded through the game when teams from Connecticut and New York City play on Saturday. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The room got quiet as the wheel stopped with a double clunk on each new image. \u2014 Dan Egan, jsonline.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Some resembled the woody clunk of knuckles rapping on a door; others, the soft ringing of a gong. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 June 2021",
"There\u2019s was no clunk late in the period, though; Keith sniped the puck top corner for this third goal of the season. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2021",
"At some point, however, J.Crew\u2019s fashion choices began to land with a clunk in the highly competitive retail clothing sector. \u2014 Anne D\u2019innocenzio, BostonGlobe.com , 4 May 2020"
],
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"circa 1796, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
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"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
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"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
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"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
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"goon",
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"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
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"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
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"meathead",
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"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
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"noddy",
"noodle",
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"numbskull",
"oaf",
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"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
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": someone or something notably unsuccessful":[
"told a joke that was a real clunker"
]
},
"examples":[
"My first car was an old clunker that kept breaking down.",
"That joke was a real clunker .",
"The director's recent films have all been clunkers .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No fancy vacations, no high-end restaurants, much less a new car to replace our clunker . \u2014 WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Towns failed to make a basket in the first half for the first time in more than three years, an 0-for-7 clunker . \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In two career starts vs. the Orioles, Skubal is 1-1, with one clunker (four runs in 5\u2154 innings) and one six-inning, scoreless outing. \u2014 Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press , 15 May 2022",
"Walker has been on a career-best tear off the bench, posting seven consecutive double-digit performances before Saturday\u2019s five-point clunker in a loss at Charlotte. \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The Hawks won\u2019t have to wait long to try to erase the memory of this clunker . \u2014 Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com , 22 Jan. 2022",
"James went nuclear in the third quarter and pushed the Lakers out way in front, giving them more than enough cushion to survive a clunker in the fourth. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Take away an 0-for-5 clunker in Saturday\u2019s win at New Orleans, and Murray has shot 48.7 percent (20 of 41) since missing 4 of 5 in a loss to Minnesota on March 14. \u2014 Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News , 31 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s so much art, with nary a clunker and each demanding a star turn. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8kl\u0259\u014b-k\u0259r"
],
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"beater",
"crate",
"jalopy",
"junker"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003417",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clunky":{
"antonyms":[
"handy"
],
"definitions":{
": clumsy in style, form, or execution":[
"a clunky thriller",
"clunky earrings"
]
},
"examples":[
"I drive a clunky old station wagon.",
"His act was full of clunky one-liners.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each of these handoffs was clunky , fraught with sometimes tense and always time-consuming back-and-forths. \u2014 Josh Koenig, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"As the 1970s approached, her work, which had always defied easy categorization with its clunky , folksy shapes and farce, seemed even further from the styles du juor, which leaned toward minimalism and conceptual art. \u2014 Grace Edquist, Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"But the clunky attempts to highlight real-world issues did not stop there! \u2014 Ashley Bardhan, Vulture , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Every shot but Butler\u2019s had the clunky feel and symbolic idea of Sisyphus rolling a rock up a hill. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 27 May 2021",
"Some brands attempted to correct that by reinforcing the platform, but the clunky touring motion and loss of sensitivity remained (think: the original Marker Duke or Salomon Guardian). \u2014 Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online , 22 Feb. 2021",
"Dark stained finishes and clunky shapes can be difficult to integrate into more colorful or contemporary interiors. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 15 Dec. 2020",
"This is clunky , because the NCAA has abdicated responsibility. \u2014 Doug Lesmerises, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"What to Consider: While relatively lightweight, the design is a little clunky and comes at a higher price point than most hiking sandals. \u2014 Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022"
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"1968, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02c8kl\u0259\u014b-k\u0113"
],
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"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clumsy",
"cranky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ponderous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": herring sense 2":[]
},
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"ultimately from Latin clupea , a small river fish":""
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"\u02c8kl\u00fc-p\u0113-\u0259d"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
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},
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"\"",
"-p\u0113\u02cc\u022fid"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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},
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"French, from Middle French (dialect), from Medieval Latin clusa , from Latin, feminine of clusus, clausus , past participle of claudere to close":""
},
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"\u02c8kl\u00fcz"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": any tree of the genus Clusia \u2014 see waxflower , wild fig":[]
},
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"noun"
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"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
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"forgather",
"foregather",
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"\u2014 Elizabeth K. Wilson"
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"\u2014 Herman Wouk"
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": two or more consecutive consonants or vowels in a segment of speech":[]
},
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"a cluster of cottages along the shore",
"A small cluster of people had gathered at the scene of the accident.",
"Verb",
"The children clustered around the storyteller.",
"the mice clustered together into a small burrow",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The move to an island cluster outside the U.S. is a swing to reinvigorate interest in the annual gathering that has seen attendance wane in recent years amid the upheaval in the broader television business. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 28 June 2022",
"Like the current Escalade, the left end lets the driver select between gauges, power flow, map or a clean minimal interface for the cluster area. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The portion directly in front of the driver provides a configurable instrument cluster , while the area to the right takes care of the usual infotainment functions. \u2014 Csaba Csere, Car and Driver , 28 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, executive suites are also becoming less politically diverse, as polarization drives like-minded individuals cluster . \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 28 June 2022",
"The instrument panel cluster may not properly illuminate telltales or gauges and the speedometer and tachometer pointers. \u2014 USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"There is also an unrelated serogroup B cluster among college and university students in one county. \u2014 Naomi Thomas, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"For starters, in the galactic collision in Abel 2146, one cluster is falling through the other one. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"The cluster of people dancing in front of him weren\u2019t fazed. \u2014 Samantha Chery, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, most of these beliefs cluster into three categories. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Partisan mapmakers often move district lines \u2014 subtly or egregiously \u2014 to cluster voters in a way that advances a political goal. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"In the Abattoir show, the sublime scale and natural forces portrayed by Jonsson fit well beside Tyrrell\u2019s spike COVID particles, which cluster like creatures on a tropical reef. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 15 May 2022",
"Partisan mapmakers often move district lines \u2014 subtly or egregiously \u2014 to cluster voters in a way that advances a political goal. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The organization said its assessment was based on interviews with witnesses and analysis of videos and photographs that show explosion signatures and rocket remnants specific to cluster munitions. \u2014 Taylor Umlauf, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Today, Pigeon Key\u2019s eight vintage wooden cottages, which are mostly used as offices and classrooms, still cluster beneath swaying palm trees, their porches picked over by ibises and roofs guarded by pelicans. \u2014 Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Measurements of the universe\u2019s expansion rate, known as the Hubble constant, currently cluster around two figures: 67 and 73. \u2014 Daniel Leonard, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Kasturba Nagar is a low to middle-income neighborhood in Delhi where women sit and chat outside brightly painted homes and men cluster around local tea shops. \u2014 Esha Mitra, CNN , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English clyster ; akin to Old English clott clot":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259s-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8kl\u0259-st\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
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"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105619",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": a statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers took the results and put them through what\u2019s called a cluster analysis to define groups that make up U.S. society. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The state has provided a mobile testing unit that will remain in Provincetown until at least Sunday, and is assisting Barnstable County with case investigation, cluster analysis , and contact tracing, among other efforts, the department said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 21 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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},
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024920",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cluster bomb":{
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"definitions":{
": a canister of small individual bombs that is dropped from an aircraft":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Due to the indiscriminate nature of cluster bomb munitions, more than 100 countries have banned their use under an international treaty. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Due to the indiscriminate nature of cluster bomb munitions, more than 100 countries have banned their use under an international treaty. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"These submunitions\u2014up to 30 percent of a cluster bomb \u2019s payload\u2014will then litter the battlefield, putting military personnel and civilians, alike, in peril. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Inflation is at a four-decade high, workers are walking away from unrewarding jobs, and Cold War tensions seem to be warming with each passing cluster bomb into Ukrainian suburbs. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Due to the indiscriminate nature of cluster bomb munitions, more than 100 countries have banned their use under an international treaty. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Due to the indiscriminate nature of cluster bomb munitions, more than 100 countries have banned their use under an international treaty. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022",
"One cluster bomb might contain anywhere from a scant handful to hundreds of bomblets. \u2014 Rachel Lance, Wired , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Due to the indiscriminate nature of cluster bomb munitions, more than 100 countries have banned their use under an international treaty. \u2014 Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134033",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004430",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"clutch":{
"antonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
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": a coupling used to connect and disconnect a driving and a driven part (such as an engine and a transmission) of a mechanism":[],
": a lever (such as a pedal) operating such a clutch":[
"Depress the clutch to change gears."
],
": a nest of eggs or a brood of chicks":[],
": a tight or critical situation : pinch":[
"come through in the clutch"
],
": an often cruel or unrelenting control, power, or possession":[
"the fell clutch of circumstance",
"\u2014 W. E. Henley"
],
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": clutch bag":[],
": group , bunch":[
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"a clutch of photographs",
"a clutch of reporters"
],
": made or done in a crucial situation":[
"a clutch hit"
],
": successful in a crucial situation":[
"a clutch pitcher",
"a clutch hitter"
],
": the act of grasping, holding, or restraining":[],
": the claws or a hand in the act of grasping or seizing firmly":[
"a rabbit in the clutch of a hawk"
],
": to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly, or suddenly":[
"He clutched his chest and appeared to be in pain."
],
": to operate an automobile clutch (see clutch entry 2 sense 2a )":[],
": to seek to grasp and hold":[
"clutched at her hand"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"I had to clutch the counter to keep from falling.",
"The child clutched her mother's hand firmly.",
"He had a book clutched in his hand.",
"Adjective",
"She scored a clutch basket."
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English clucchen , from Old English clyccan":"Verb and Noun",
"alteration of dialect English cletch hatching, brood":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kl\u0259ch"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for clutch Verb take , seize , grasp , clutch , snatch , grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control. take some salad from the bowl seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible. seized the suspect grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession. grasp the handle and pull clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding. clutching her purse snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize . snatched a doughnut and ran grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch . grabbed roughly by the arm",
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"cling (to)",
"grip",
"hold"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085610",
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"verb"
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"a clutter of motels and restaurants"
],
": disturbance , hubbub":[],
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": things that clutter a place":[
"tried to minimize the unnecessary clutter in her house"
],
": to fill or cover with scattered or disordered things that impede movement or reduce effectiveness":[
"a room cluttered with toys",
"\u2014 often used with up Too many signs were cluttering up the street corner."
],
": to run in disorder":[]
},
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"Verb",
"The garage was cluttered with tools.",
"Try to avoid cluttering your desk with books and papers.",
"Noun",
"There's a lot of unnecessary clutter in the house.",
"a scrapbook that was a clutter of snapshots, diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Tangled wires and unlabeled charging cords that clutter your desk drawers",
"College students looking to de- clutter their dorm rooms unload gently used casual wear and shoes, as well as men and women\u2019s formal wear. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 27 May 2022",
"Vintage dolls, hats, figurines, masks, purses, toys, lanterns and framed photographs clutter every surface. \u2014 Suzanne Van Atten, ajc , 12 Oct. 2013",
"Erickson warned that wind turbines would clutter the landscape, disrupt the hunting and outdoor recreation economy, and provide scant financial returns. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Keeping your underwear and bras organized is a different kind of struggle since undergarments can quickly clutter up a dresser drawer. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Don\u2019t clutter your presentation slides with text, words, and bullet points since your audience can\u2019t read and listen attentively to your story at the same time. \u2014 Carmine Gallo, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"All those monthly users interacting with all the ads that choke Facebook\u2019s timeline and clutter its margins and blunder unbidden into every available space generate a lot of money for the company. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Manipulated by both the actor and by others, the combination ought to clutter the stage picture, but with James Cousins\u2019 movement and Hytner\u2019s skill with actors in big spaces, the focus is forever clear. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Your campaigns need to be interesting and tell great, shareable stories through clutter -breaking creative. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"With Emmys season underway \u2014 and so much new TV happening ALL THE TIME \u2014 EW TV critics Darren Franich and Kristen Baldwin are pressing pause on their streaming devices long enough to celebrate eight shows that broke through the 2022 clutter . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"European regulators are channeling their inner Marie Kondo to confront the scourge of cable clutter . \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"But the San Diego region is considered a model for strict and successful billboard regulations thanks to community leaders four decades ago focusing on ridding the local landscape of visual clutter . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"How does a 16-year-old find Elvis amid the cultural clutter ",
"Another round of translating was undertaken, but, eventually, owing to the visual clutter on the menu, the Vietnamese listings were omitted. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
"The rise of home organization influencers, companies, and TV shows signify genuine American interest to remove clutter . \u2014 Stuf, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The views, unobstructed by city clutter , go on forever. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022"
],
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"1556, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8kl\u0259-t\u0259r"
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"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
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"Tangled wires and unlabeled charging cords that clutter your desk drawers",
"College students looking to de- clutter their dorm rooms unload gently used casual wear and shoes, as well as men and women\u2019s formal wear. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 27 May 2022",
"Vintage dolls, hats, figurines, masks, purses, toys, lanterns and framed photographs clutter every surface. \u2014 Suzanne Van Atten, ajc , 12 Oct. 2013",
"Erickson warned that wind turbines would clutter the landscape, disrupt the hunting and outdoor recreation economy, and provide scant financial returns. \u2014 Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Keeping your underwear and bras organized is a different kind of struggle since undergarments can quickly clutter up a dresser drawer. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Don\u2019t clutter your presentation slides with text, words, and bullet points since your audience can\u2019t read and listen attentively to your story at the same time. \u2014 Carmine Gallo, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"All those monthly users interacting with all the ads that choke Facebook\u2019s timeline and clutter its margins and blunder unbidden into every available space generate a lot of money for the company. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Manipulated by both the actor and by others, the combination ought to clutter the stage picture, but with James Cousins\u2019 movement and Hytner\u2019s skill with actors in big spaces, the focus is forever clear. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Your campaigns need to be interesting and tell great, shareable stories through clutter -breaking creative. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"With Emmys season underway \u2014 and so much new TV happening ALL THE TIME \u2014 EW TV critics Darren Franich and Kristen Baldwin are pressing pause on their streaming devices long enough to celebrate eight shows that broke through the 2022 clutter . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 27 June 2022",
"European regulators are channeling their inner Marie Kondo to confront the scourge of cable clutter . \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"But the San Diego region is considered a model for strict and successful billboard regulations thanks to community leaders four decades ago focusing on ridding the local landscape of visual clutter . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 May 2022",
"How does a 16-year-old find Elvis amid the cultural clutter ",
"Another round of translating was undertaken, but, eventually, owing to the visual clutter on the menu, the Vietnamese listings were omitted. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 18 May 2022",
"The rise of home organization influencers, companies, and TV shows signify genuine American interest to remove clutter . \u2014 Stuf, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The views, unobstructed by city clutter , go on forever. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022"
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"Sahith Theegala plays golf with his heart on his clubhead , leaning this way or that to steer the ball in flight, flipping his club whether a shot looks good or bad, like a slugger when his ball looks like it\u2019s leaving the park. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 June 2022",
"Generate more clubhead speed by working on the hips, back and shoulders. \u2014 WSJ , 18 June 2022",
"SuperSpeed Golf Training System, a PGA Show regular since 2015, was down from Chicago continuing the quest to increase clubhead speed. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The top players in elite long-drive competitions frequently surpass 140 mph in clubhead speed. \u2014 Jason Lusk, USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Big Blue isn\u2019t ready to reveal what is on the drawing board for next year\u2019s Masters digital experience but the pace of innovation will continue to move as fast as Bryson DeChambeau\u2019s clubhead while cranking a tee shot. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Callaway\u2019s in-house supercomputer suggested that a skinny center supported by a system of reinforcement ridges would lead to faster ball speeds off the clubhead . \u2014 Stan Horaczek And Rob Verger, Popular Science , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Callaway\u2019s in-house supercomputer suggested that a skinny center supported by a system of reinforcement ridges would lead to faster ball speeds off the clubhead . \u2014 Stan Horaczek And Rob Verger, Popular Science , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Callaway\u2019s in-house supercomputer suggested that a skinny center supported by a system of reinforcement ridges would lead to faster ball speeds off the clubhead . \u2014 Stan Horaczek And Rob Verger, Popular Science , 4 Dec. 2020"
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"But while some headaches\u2014like cluster headaches and tension headaches\u2014can occur on their own without a specific reason, other headaches can be related to outside circumstances, like allergies. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Certain medications can trigger cluster headaches , according to the Mayo Clinic. \u2014 Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF , 30 Dec. 2019",
"At the low point, early on, Joe McKay was getting cluster headaches every other day for an hour at a time. \u2014 Jerry Carino, USA TODAY , 10 Sep. 2019",
"The dispensary is based in Vancouver and claims to mail psilocybin microdoses to people with a documented medical need; Larsen lists anxiety, cluster headaches , and pain as conditions that can be treated with psilocybin. \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, Quartz , 24 Aug. 2019",
"Fewer than 1 percent of people have cluster headaches . \u2014 NBC News , 5 June 2019",
"Noninvasive, handheld vagal nerve stimulators meant to ease cluster headaches and migraine have recently also gained approval from the Food and Drug Administration, although exactly how vagal nerve stimulation helps those conditions is unclear. \u2014 Scientific American , 14 Sep. 2018",
"The medications currently used to treat cluster headaches include the heart and psychiatric issues. \u2014 NBC News , 5 June 2019",
"Also, cluster headaches generally aren\u2019t triggered by certain factors, like stress or hormonal changes, the way tension headaches and migraines can be. \u2014 Amy Marturana, SELF , 29 Dec. 2018"
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": the aecial stage of a rust fungus":[]
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"\u2014 Jonathan Tropper , Everything Changes , 2005",
"As Luke tuned up, I watched as tourists snapped photos, panhandlers hassled the tourists, and junkies and drunks mixed it up like trained bears in a Russian circus during an earthquake. I realized that soon mine would be the loudest voice in this clusterfuck and that all these people would be staring at me.",
"\u2014 Robert Wilder , Tales from the Teachers' Lounge , 2007"
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"clubfoot and other major birth defects",
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"In addition to microcephaly and brain damage, babies born with congenital Zika syndrome may also have damage to the back of the eye, joints with limited motion (like clubfoot ), and too much muscle tone restricting body movement. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
"The reason given for relinquishment was that Zune had been born with a clubfoot and his birth parents could not afford medical treatment. \u2014 Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine , 10 June 2019",
"The virus causes underdevelopment of the head and brain, known as microcephaly, and a hodgepodge of other symptoms, like eye damage and clubfoot , which are loosely categorized as Congenital Zika Syndrome. \u2014 Julie Beck, The Atlantic , 6 July 2017",
"The defects included the entire range of abnormalities associated with Zika, from microcephaly, characterized by abnormally small heads and often underdeveloped brains, to vision problems and joints with limited range of motion, such as clubfoot . \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 2 Mar. 2017",
"Inbreeding may have afflicted him with a congenital clubfoot and even prevented him from producing an heir with his wife, who was probably his half sister. \u2014 National Geographic , 23 Mar. 2016"
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"The club moss , or the beaver, or the chipping sparrow, or the black crappie, or wild rice",
"Plants that won't overgrow the container, such as boxwood, croton, Joseph's coat, pineapple verbena and twiggy spikemoss for sun-loving plants, and gnome ivy, golden club moss, Irish or Scottish club moss and miniature ferns for shade-loving plants. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Popular Mechanics , 16 Nov. 2020",
"But during the Carboniferous period, which stretched from about 360 to 300 million years ago, the region was a subtropical swamp dominated by lycopids, giant relatives of today\u2019s club mosses that could grow over a hundred feet tall. \u2014 Tim Vernimmen, National Geographic , 23 Dec. 2019",
"Flowers had not evolved, and the ground was dominated by primitive plants called lycopods (ancestors of club mosses and quillworts). \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, chicagotribune.com , 30 May 2018"
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"Some recipes switch nuts, get their fizz from club soda or ginger ale, and incorporate coconut. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The DeWar\u2019s lemon wedge is a blend of 1\u00bd ounces Dewar\u2019s 12-year-old scotch, 3 ounces club soda , and 2 ounces lemonade, combined over ice and stirred, then garnished with a lemon. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"For the month of June, for every order of Pubbelly\u2019s Passion Fruit Sangria, made with sauvignon blanc, fresh lime juice, passion fruit foam, club soda , and seasonal fruits, part of the proceeds will be donated to SAVE. \u2014 Cheryl Tiu, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"The spritz is the aperitivo combined with club soda and prosecco. \u2014 Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety , 25 May 2022",
"In fact, Reynolds and his Aviation American Gin brand recently put out a Mother\u2019s Day ad, where Lively\u2019s Betty Buzz club soda was used in the making of the video\u2019s holiday punch. \u2014 Jeff Conway, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In a separate bowl, whisk together the club soda , soy sauce and sesame oil until just combined. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"If employing a sweeter-leaning tonic, keep the drink from becoming saccharine by swapping some of the tonic with seltzer or club soda . \u2014 Rebekah Peppler, Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"When AnnieLee finished her set and went to the bar for her celebratory club soda , the bartender waved her off. \u2014 Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022"
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"Designed around three fuselage that hold cylindrical weights of various mass (one out near the toe, one at the center of the clubface and one near the heel), the putter provides considerable forgiveness. \u2014 Shaun Tolson, Robb Report , 11 June 2022",
"Matsuyama\u2019s clubface at 1 p.m. by someone Rintoul would only identify as a person in the golf industry. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"About 20 variables show swing speed, ball speed and the dynamics of how the clubface hits the ball. \u2014 cleveland , 19 Apr. 2022",
"But Smith\u2019s 9-iron faded off the clubface immediately and was caught in the fickle winds that swirl around Amen Corner. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Purportedly, the shaft also increases the time the ball stays in contact with the clubface in the service of longer carry distance and tighter dispersion. \u2014 Mike Dojc, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Most players are taught how to square the clubface with shorter, slower swings and work up to a full motion. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2021",
"Golfers who are just learning to spin the ball will appreciate the design of the grooves in the clubface , which maximize spin rate. \u2014 Kyle Schurman, chicagotribune.com , 12 Dec. 2020",
"She has been taught to keep the clubface pointed at the target. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 27 June 2019"
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