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2947 lines
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{
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"Hoosac Mountains":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"mountain range in northwestern Massachusetts and southwestern Vermont, a southern extension of the Green Mountains":[]
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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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"\u02c8h\u00fc-s\u0259k"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184835",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Hoosac Tunnel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Mountains in western Massachusetts 4.75 miles (7.6 kilometers) long; opened in 1875 after 24 years of work":[]
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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":"20220706-115916",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"hoo-ha":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a state or condition of excitement, agitation, or disturbance : commotion , uproar":[
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"\u2026 she wore the jacket again \u2026 \u2014wore it unapologetically knowing all the hoo-ha it had caused \u2026",
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"\u2014 Vanessa Friedman",
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"\"I remember one time there was a big hoo-hah about a rare bird.\"",
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"\u2014 Lee Child"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Yiddish hu-ha uproar, exclamation of surprise":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u02cch\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ado",
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"alarums and excursions",
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"ballyhoo",
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"blather",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bother",
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"bustle",
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"clatter",
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"clutter",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"corroboree",
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"disturbance",
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"do",
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"foofaraw",
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"fun",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hoopla",
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"hubble-bubble",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly",
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"hurly-burly",
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"hurricane",
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"hurry",
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"hurry-scurry",
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"hurry-skurry",
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"kerfuffle",
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"moil",
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"pandemonium",
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"pother",
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"row",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"splore",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"to-do",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"uproar",
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"welter",
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"whirl",
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"williwaw",
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"zoo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161947",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hoo-hah":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a state or condition of excitement, agitation, or disturbance : commotion , uproar":[
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"\u2026 she wore the jacket again \u2026 \u2014wore it unapologetically knowing all the hoo-ha it had caused \u2026",
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"\u2014 Vanessa Friedman",
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"\"I remember one time there was a big hoo-hah about a rare bird.\"",
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"\u2014 Lee Child"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Yiddish hu-ha uproar, exclamation of surprise":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u02cch\u00e4"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"ado",
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"alarums and excursions",
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"ballyhoo",
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"blather",
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"bluster",
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"bobbery",
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"bother",
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"bustle",
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"clatter",
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"clutter",
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"coil",
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"commotion",
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"corroboree",
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"disturbance",
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"do",
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"foofaraw",
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"fun",
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"furor",
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"furore",
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"fuss",
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"helter-skelter",
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"hoopla",
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"hubble-bubble",
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"hubbub",
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"hullabaloo",
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"hurly",
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"hurly-burly",
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"hurricane",
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"hurry",
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"hurry-scurry",
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"hurry-skurry",
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"kerfuffle",
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"moil",
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"pandemonium",
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"pother",
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"row",
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"ruckus",
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"ruction",
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"rumpus",
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"shindy",
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"splore",
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"squall",
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"stew",
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"stir",
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"storm",
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"to-do",
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"tumult",
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"turmoil",
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"uproar",
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"welter",
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"whirl",
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"williwaw",
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"zoo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012417",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hooch":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cabin",
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"camp",
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"hovel",
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"hut",
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"hutch",
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"hutment",
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"shack",
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"shanty"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained":[],
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"Pieter de 1629\u2013after 1684 Dutch painter":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1960, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"modification of Japanese uchi house":"Noun",
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"short for hoochinoo , a distilled liquor made by the Hoochinoo (Hutsnuwu) Indians, a Tlingit tribe":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u014d\u1e35",
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"\u02c8h\u00fcch"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"alcohol",
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"aqua vitae",
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"ardent spirits",
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"booze",
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"bottle",
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"drink",
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"firewater",
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"grog",
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"inebriant",
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"intoxicant",
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"John Barleycorn",
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"juice",
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"liquor",
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"lush",
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"moonshine",
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"potable",
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"rum",
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"sauce",
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"spirits",
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"stimulant",
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"strong drink",
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"tipple"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174406",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hoochie":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a sexually promiscuous young woman":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"took up with some hoochie he had met at a biker bar"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1991, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from hootchy (as in hootchy-kootchy exotic dance)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fc-ch\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chippie",
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"chippy",
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"doxy",
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"doxie",
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"fancy woman",
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"floozy",
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"floozie",
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"hussy",
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"Jezebel",
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"minx",
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"quean",
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"tramp",
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"trollop",
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"wench"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105311",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hood":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bully",
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"gangbanger",
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"gangsta",
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"gangster",
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"goon",
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"gorilla",
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"hoodlum",
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"hooligan",
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"mobster",
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"mug",
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"plug-ugly",
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"punk",
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"roughneck",
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"rowdy",
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"ruffian",
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"thug",
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"tough",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"yob",
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"yobbo"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a color marking or crest on the head of an animal or an expansion of the head that suggests a hood":[],
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": a covering for a hawk's head and eyes":[],
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": a covering for an opening (such as a companion hatch) on a boat":[],
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": a flexible covering for the head and neck":[],
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": a protective covering for the head and face":[],
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": a top cover over the passenger section of a vehicle usually designed to be folded back":[],
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": an enclosure or canopy provided with a draft for carrying off fumes, sprays, smokes, or dusts":[],
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": an ornamental scarf worn over an academic gown that indicates by its color the wearer's college or university":[],
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": hoodlum":[],
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": individuals sharing a (specified) state or character":[
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"brother hood"
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],
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": instance of a (specified) state or quality":[
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"false hood"
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],
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": something resembling a hood in form or use":[],
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": state : condition : quality : character":[
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"widower hood",
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"hardi hood"
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],
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": time : period":[
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"child hood"
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],
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"John Bell 1831\u20131879 American Confederate general":[],
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"Samuel 1724\u20131816 1st Viscount Hood British admiral":[],
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"Thomas 1799\u20131845 English poet":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English -hod , from Old English -h\u0101d ; akin to Old High German -heit state, Goth haidus way, manner":"Noun suffix",
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dd ; akin to Old High German huot head covering, huota guard":"Noun",
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"short for neighborhood":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fcd",
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"\u02cchu\u0307d",
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"\u02c8hu\u0307d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
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"cover",
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"cover-up",
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"covering",
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"coverture",
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"curtain",
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"mantle",
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"mask",
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"pall",
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"penumbra",
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"robe",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"wraps"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112829",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"biographical name",
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"noun",
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"noun suffix",
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"hoodlum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a young ruffian":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a couple of hoodlums held up the convenience store",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The boys\u2019 boredom and anxiety is offset by a visit from their Uncle Louie, a low-level hoodlum who is on the run after stealing from a mobster named Hollywood Harry. \u2014 courant.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Dutt plays genial hoodlum Munna Bhai, who inadvertently ends up being a do-gooder and Arshad Warsi plays his loyal sidekick Circuit. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 6 Feb. 2022",
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"There was plenty to loathe about certain members of the band of criminals who surrounded our hoodlum -in-chief. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"And, of course, there\u2019s Mark Wahlberg, an ace actor who parlayed his Calvin-Klein- hoodlum -of-rap image into true movie stardom. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 28 Nov. 2021",
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"In one scene the country-music legend, who portrayed a hoodlum named Johnny Cabot, grabbed Ron and held him hostage. \u2014 Patrick J. Kiger, Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
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"For years, Gentile was known to but mostly ignored by FBI and state police mob investigators, who wrote him off as a nickel and dime hoodlum . \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 22 Sep. 2021",
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"Hern\u00e1ndez de Cruce\u00f1o, however, was new in town, and had the look of a malandro, or hoodlum . \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020",
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"Hern\u00e1ndez de Cruce\u00f1o, however, was new in town, and had the look of a malandro, or hoodlum . \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper's Magazine , 27 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from German dialect (Swabia) hudelum disorderly":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fcd-l\u0259m",
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"\u02c8hu\u0307d-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bully",
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"gangbanger",
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"gangsta",
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"gangster",
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"goon",
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"gorilla",
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"hood",
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"hooligan",
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"mobster",
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"mug",
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"plug-ugly",
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"punk",
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"roughneck",
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"rowdy",
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"ruffian",
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"thug",
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"tough",
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"toughie",
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"toughy",
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"yob",
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"yobbo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011345",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"hoodoo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among African Americans in the southern U.S.":[],
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": a natural column of rock in western North America often in fantastic form":[],
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": nonsense , hokum":[],
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": something that brings bad luck":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"some economists have characterized the proposal as economic hoodoo that should be hooted down",
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"some hoodoo must be at work\u2014I lost both sets of house keys",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"But unlike those hoodoo -dotted landscapes, this park takes a different approach. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Cue pandemonium inside Wembley, as the crowd finally started to believe their tournament hoodoo against Germany was coming to end. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 29 June 2021",
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"Bryce Canyon\u2019s hoodoo collection is most enchanting at sunrise and sunset, but days here are filled with hiking and rock climbing. \u2014 Brandon Schultz, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2021",
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"Visitors can view the hoodoo heaven from the park\u2019s many hiking trails and several scenic overlooks. \u2014 Nick Kontis, USA Today , 12 Apr. 2021",
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"In Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition, as Bloomfield notes, author Yvonne Chireau argues that alternative forms of Black religion such as conjure and hoodoo are a complement to African-American Christianity. \u2014 Stephanie Long, refinery29.com , 28 Feb. 2021",
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"Making it past the last four had become something of a hoodoo for Bayern Munich; heading into its match against Lyon, the Germans had lost in each of its last four Champions League semifinals. \u2014 Matias Grez, CNN , 21 Aug. 2020",
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"Manchester United's penalty hoodoo appears to be over. \u2014 SI.com , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"The crash happened near a highway rest stop a few miles from Bryce Canyon, known for intricately shaped red-rock spires called hoodoos . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Exploring the numerous phenomena is made easy thanks to a 7-mile, drivable loop that meanders through mind-bending cone, spatter, and hoodoo formations, some of which solidified in mid-flight as far back as 15,000 years ago. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 May 2022",
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"Black women in particular have launched Black girl magik meetups, witchcraft conventions, hoodoo festivals and goth clothing lines. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Oct. 2020",
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"Real Madrid finally broke their Signal Iduna Park hoodoo at the seventh time of asking with a 3-1 over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday evening. \u2014 SI.com , 26 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1868, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps alteration of voodoo":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u00fc-(\u02cc)d\u00fc"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175727",
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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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"hoodwink":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": blindfold":[],
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": hide":[],
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": to deceive by false appearance : dupe":[
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"people who allow themselves to be hoodwinked by such promises"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Don't let yourself be hoodwinked into buying things you don't need.",
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"Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Couples who manage to hoodwink their families stay in the competition, while those who can't sell the lie are out. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Paired with knowledge gleaned over decades from scientists studying the mechanisms the immune system uses to detect foreign invaders, these tools could be used to hoodwink it into regarding the pig as something more akin to a friendly tourist. \u2014 Megan Molteni, STAT , 24 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But the intention of the piece was not to hoodwink . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Here\u2019s how that would possibly be cleverly staged to hoodwink the baddies. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 12 June 2021",
|
|
"Was Fox a co-conspirator in the effort to hoodwink the American people",
|
|
"Polls after the election found voters recognized the taxing and spending numbers didn\u2019t add up, and disliked Mr. Corbyn for trying to hoodwink them. \u2014 Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ , 24 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"Throughout his trial, Scrushy denied knowledge of any financial impropriety, saying he\u2019d been hoodwinked by high-level employees at HealthSouth. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 14 May 2020",
|
|
"This order in its entirety is a casual attempt, cosmetic in its nature, to hoodwink the people of J&K who genuinely believed that post-Oct. \u2014 Riyaz Wani, Quartz India , 6 Apr. 2020"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"hood entry 1 + wink":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307d-\u02ccwi\u014bk"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173807",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooey":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": nonsense":[
|
|
"What sort of melodramatic hooey is this",
|
|
"\u2014 Brock Yates",
|
|
"Pretentious, contrived hooey , purporting to show and tell how all teens have the same\u2014gulp\u2014feelings.",
|
|
"\u2014 Stephen Schaefer",
|
|
"Allen's opinion is that the figures the bowling establishment touts are, in a word, hooey .",
|
|
"\u2014 Frank Deford",
|
|
"\u2014 often used in phrases like a bunch of hooey and a load of hooey Here's somebody, surely, who'd never try to sell you a bunch of hooey . \u2014 David Gates \u2026 there's only one way to describe it: It's a load of hooey . \u2014 The Animals Advocate As usual, the fight scenes are powerful, but Rocky's total fall from grace \u2026 and the street-fight finale are just a lot of Hollywood hooey . \u2014 Ed Weiner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Don't waste your money on that book\u2014it's a lot of hooey .",
|
|
"stories about the inn being haunted are just a lot of hooey",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The old line about the 28 gauge having a square load is hooey . \u2014 Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life , 11 Dec. 2019",
|
|
"But as comforting as a toddy may be, the notion of a dose of booze as a cold cure has always struck me as a load of hooey . \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, sacbee , 23 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"But as comforting as a toddy may be, the notion of a dose of booze as a cold cure has always struck me as a load of hooey . \u2014 M. Carrie Allan, charlotteobserver , 23 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"The scene where Skerrett has a highland fling with a blond, bearded hunk is more than a wee bit full of hooey . \u2014 David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"There was a whole lot of narrative hooey to explain the theme, which mostly had to do with caterpillars becoming butterflies, girls becoming women, et cetera. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 22 Sep. 2017",
|
|
"Contrary to the previous load of hooey dispensed by Junior and the first family, this dude was not a translator. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 18 July 2017",
|
|
"John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, and not the most substantial waffle in the breakfast buffet, has been particularly energetic in slinging this hooey at the American people. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 7 July 2017",
|
|
"And that 38 percent believes accusations that Trump's campaign conspired with Russian hackers and spies to influence the election's outcome -- and the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the election -- are nothing but hooey . \u2014 Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com , 15 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165535",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoof (it)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to move or travel on foot : to walk or run":[
|
|
"We quickly hoofed it down to the subway station."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000640",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hook":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling":[],
|
|
": a device especially in music or writing that catches the attention":[],
|
|
": a selling point or marketing scheme":[],
|
|
": a short blow delivered with a circular motion by a boxer while the elbow remains bent and rigid":[],
|
|
": anchor sense 1":[],
|
|
": buttonhook":[],
|
|
": by any means":[],
|
|
": by oneself : independently":[],
|
|
": cradle sense 1b(2)":[],
|
|
": free of responsibility or accountability":[],
|
|
": hook shot":[],
|
|
": out of trouble":[],
|
|
": quick or summary removal":[
|
|
"\u2014 used with get or give the pitcher got the hook after giving up three runs"
|
|
],
|
|
": something intended to attract and ensnare":[],
|
|
": steal , pilfer":[],
|
|
": to become hooked":[],
|
|
": to connect by or as if by a hook":[
|
|
"\u2014 often used with up"
|
|
],
|
|
": to form a hook : curve":[],
|
|
": to form into a hook : crook":[],
|
|
": to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results":[],
|
|
": to make (something, such as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook":[],
|
|
": to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook":[],
|
|
": to work as a prostitute":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"She hit a hook into the left rough.",
|
|
"He threw a right hook to his opponent's body.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The train cars were hooked together.",
|
|
"My sweater was hooked on a branch.",
|
|
"I hooked the door shut.",
|
|
"The dress hooks in the back.",
|
|
"The two parts hooked together.",
|
|
"He hooked a large fish.",
|
|
"He hooked his arm around my neck.",
|
|
"She hooked her fingers around the doorknob.",
|
|
"He hooked his thumb through a loop of his pants.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The fisherman, Moul Thun, caught the giant stingray with a hook and line on the evening of June 13, and then contacted researchers the next morning. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"As for cleaning the screen, just wipe the black frame down with a cloth as needed, and detach the white screen from the hook -and-loop closures to give it a rinse. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The two hip pockets have a hook -and-loop seal to keep your essentials safe, while the smaller pockets on the back are the perfect size for keys, cards, and other small items. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The straps are adjustable and can easily be converted to a racerback style with a hook in the back, and additional colors and sizes are available, as well. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Many of the works have rarity in common, but Remnant Trust Chairman Chris Talley said the characteristic is a hook and not the driving factor. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The song serves as a response track, with several overt shots and subliminal disses directed at YoungBoy Never Broke Again, but stands out with a jagged hook and free flowing bars. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Cleer Arc earbuds have an ear hook with a flexible hinge which is designed for a comfortable but secure fit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Kim was effectively let off the hook for the defamation claim last week when the final version of jury instructions \u2014 read to jurors on Thursday \u2014 failed to spell out how Kim allegedly defamed White. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Robinhood helped hook millions of Americans on buying and selling stocks, options and cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Although the plunge pool is equipped with a heater, the owners had not initially planned to hook it up. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"If a new immigrant needed a job or a place to live, Lyoya was known to hook them up with a factory job or an apartment. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Prop it on the picnic table, toss it in your duffel, or hook it to your tent with the webbing loop (provided you\u2019re far from other groups). \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Scammers are known to exploit public fear by using it to hook victims. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The hybrid model does seem to hook streamers, with 43% of this type of search happening within the first few weeks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"With the tile work complete, Schmidt returned to install the appliances, then the electricians and plumber returned to hook everything up. \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Opening a story with a shock of violence is an obvious way to kick-start events, create intrigue, hook the audience. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dc ; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian keng\u0117 hook":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123618",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hook up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consociate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"fraternize",
|
|
"hang (around ",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"travel"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state of cooperation or alliance":[],
|
|
": to become associated especially in a working, social, or sexual relationship":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup .",
|
|
"The cabin has electric and water hookups .",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"how that odd couple ever hooked up we'll never know",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Take advantage of the park\u2019s 30-amp full hookup , water-only and primitive campsites; screened shelters; cabin; and group facilities. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"For their final week at Erin\u2019s home, Noah is determined to get Howie to lean into the hookup culture that the area invites. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Another consumer favorite, the litter box installs easily in your bathroom or laundry room, using a cold-water hookup and a drain to flush the waste \u2013 no plumber necessary. \u2014 Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Experts project there will be 35 million EVs will be on the road by 2030, and even with most only requiring an occasional hookup , the need for public chargers in the coming years will swell exponentially. \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"An early bird window is open through Friday for current tent reservation holders to rent any available cabin or electric or full- hookup site during the same week as their tent reservations. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"For the newly dry Sam, there are a lot of firsts: first sober dance, first sober hookup , first sober writing session. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Her character, Cassie, has had her fair share of hookup scenes this season thanks to her budding situationship relationship with Nate Jacobs, which means Sydney had to lose clothes for some scenes. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Amid all these beaus, tucked away in plain sight, was Miranda's on-and-off- hookup -turned-husband Steve Brady, an affable, glasses-sporting bar owner and basketball fan with a thick Brooklyn accent. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1879, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307k-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"cooperation",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062604",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hook, line and sinker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": without hesitation or reservation : completely":[
|
|
"fell for the story hook, line and sinker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"And in the last election, over 70 million people bought it hook, line and sinker . \u2014 Steve Appleford, SPIN , 26 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"from analogy with a well-hooked fish":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130459",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": drink":[
|
|
"a hooker of Scotch"
|
|
],
|
|
": one that hooks":[],
|
|
": prostitute":[],
|
|
"Joseph 1814\u20131879 American general":[],
|
|
"Richard 1554\u20131600 English theologian":[],
|
|
"Sir Joseph Dalton 1817\u20131911 English botanist":[],
|
|
"Thomas 1586":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1801, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Dutch hoeker , alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot , from hoec fishhook + boot boat":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307-k\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
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"streetwalker",
|
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"tart",
|
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"whore"
|
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014815",
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"hookup":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"chum",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"consociate",
|
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"consort",
|
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"fraternize",
|
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"hang (around ",
|
|
"hobnob",
|
|
"mess around",
|
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"pal (around)",
|
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"run",
|
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"sort",
|
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"travel"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a state of cooperation or alliance":[],
|
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": to become associated especially in a working, social, or sexual relationship":[]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
|
"The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup .",
|
|
"The cabin has electric and water hookups .",
|
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"Verb",
|
|
"how that odd couple ever hooked up we'll never know",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Take advantage of the park\u2019s 30-amp full hookup , water-only and primitive campsites; screened shelters; cabin; and group facilities. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Chron , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"For their final week at Erin\u2019s home, Noah is determined to get Howie to lean into the hookup culture that the area invites. \u2014 Kimmy Yam, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Another consumer favorite, the litter box installs easily in your bathroom or laundry room, using a cold-water hookup and a drain to flush the waste \u2013 no plumber necessary. \u2014 Lynn Redmile, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"Experts project there will be 35 million EVs will be on the road by 2030, and even with most only requiring an occasional hookup , the need for public chargers in the coming years will swell exponentially. \u2014 Jim Gorzelany, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"An early bird window is open through Friday for current tent reservation holders to rent any available cabin or electric or full- hookup site during the same week as their tent reservations. \u2014 Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press , 2 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"For the newly dry Sam, there are a lot of firsts: first sober dance, first sober hookup , first sober writing session. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Her character, Cassie, has had her fair share of hookup scenes this season thanks to her budding situationship relationship with Nate Jacobs, which means Sydney had to lose clothes for some scenes. \u2014 Samantha Olson, Seventeen , 26 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Amid all these beaus, tucked away in plain sight, was Miranda's on-and-off- hookup -turned-husband Steve Brady, an affable, glasses-sporting bar owner and basketball fan with a thick Brooklyn accent. \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 26 Jan. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
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"circa 1879, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8hu\u0307k-\u02cc\u0259p"
|
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],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliation",
|
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"alliance",
|
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"association",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
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"confederation",
|
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"connection",
|
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"cooperation",
|
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"liaison",
|
|
"linkup",
|
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"partnership",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192702",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooley":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an Irish party usually with music":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcl\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124944",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooley-ann":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a throw with a lariat in which the loop is well spread and settles from above on its objective":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6h\u00fcl\u0113\u00a6an"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182109",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooligan":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a usually young man who engages in rowdy or violent behavior especially as part of a group or gang : ruffian , hoodlum":[
|
|
"We had four great beefy hooligans on to us when Linton got his tooth knocked out.",
|
|
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse",
|
|
"\"At school I ran with the hooligans and tried to act tough.\"",
|
|
"\u2014 John Keen",
|
|
"More recently the tabloid press dubbed English football hooligans \"lager louts\" as if it was the fizzy beer that was the problem rather than that many supporters were more interested in fighting than football.",
|
|
"\u2014 Henry Jeffreys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"But then came an incident where the two teens went on some kind of hooligan tour around the Bishop of Chester\u2019s property, drunkenly pulling down fences, scattering his deer and other game. \u2014 Anne Th\u00e9riault, Longreads , 21 June 2022",
|
|
"In his youth the rapper, born Ivan Dremin, was briefly drawn into the far-right soccer hooligan culture in his hometown of Ufa in Russia\u2019s south. \u2014 John Arterbury, Rolling Stone , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The Hypermotard has melded supermoto culture and sportbike speed better than any other, and over time has become the hooligan \u2019s bike of choice to really stand out from the crowd. \u2014 Peter Jackson, Robb Report , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Yet Stefanov\u2019s patient eye looks beyond that veneer of violent masculinity and finds through Tsetso, a skinhead hooligan with a Swastika on his chest and a single father, a wide range of nuance that give surprising depth to their human experience. \u2014 Emiliano Granada, Variety , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"River City\u2019s buffoonish Mayor Shinn (Jefferson Mays, full of red-faced comic bluster) is furious that his eldest daughter is going steady with the town hooligan , Tommy Djilas (Gino Cosculluela). \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"While the Ioniq 5 encourages a relaxed driving style, the EV6 encouraged my inner hooligan \u2014at least as long as the low-rolling-resistance tires cooperated. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When behaving less like a hooligan , the CX-T grips, goes and shrugs off anything the rally course can throw at it. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"My mother [Debbie Reynolds] says Gary is a hooligan . \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 21 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"perhaps from Patrick Hooligan flourished 1896 Irish hoodlum in Southwark, London":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fc-li-g\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073302",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooliganism":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": rowdy, violent, or destructive behavior":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There have certainly been acts of cultural hooliganism in areas occupied by the Russians. \u2014 CNN , 9 May 2022",
|
|
"In France and England, hooliganism often has been triggered by social tensions, with violence once so commonplace in the United Kingdom that it was referred to as the English Disease, and women and children were dissuaded from attending games. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"More than 50 countries on six continents have seen some level of soccer hooliganism . \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Most crimes committed in the district in 2014 were drunken fights, robberies, and hooliganism , according to the Moscow Times. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 19 Nov. 2014",
|
|
"Suggesting that fans react with hooliganism is another type of principle. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"This new-blood Auburn basketball, with a fanbase that feels like soccer hooliganism dipped in a deep fryer, is something blue-blood college basketball isn\u2019t quite sure what to do with. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 18 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"The September episode that led to the hooliganism charges centered on a suspicious bag at a bus stop. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"During the height of hooliganism in the \u201970s and \u201980s, fighting sometimes broke out between rival sets of fans. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Sep. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fc-li-g\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114820",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoop":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt":[],
|
|
": a circular figure or object : ring":[],
|
|
": a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything":[],
|
|
": basketball":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Curry has spent his career filling games with parabolic 3-pointers and dazzling drives to the hoop . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Omer Yurtseven was tearing it up on the boards and around the hoop while Bam Adebayo was recovering. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Later, Salazar slays a lion \u2014 played by an actor who roars while aggressively waving a hula hoop lined with streamers \u2014 which elicits a similar crowd reaction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Just was out of control on so many possessions, looked even overmatched sometimes around the hoop . \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"In one, the Post reported, a woman was seen using a hula hoop without clothing. \u2014 Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"There\u2019s a basketball hoop and a ring toss\u2014both of which are small in size\u2014that can be set up at either end of a pool. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
|
|
"The three-story light-blue structure has a big, neatly mowed lawn, a basketball hoop in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. \u2014 Shawn Boburg, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
|
|
"From cross-court skip passes, to behind-the-back dimes, Williams can thread the needle from the post, but against the Longhorns, the All-Big Ten third-teamer concentrated on exploiting mismatches and putting the ball in the hoop . \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Children start hoop dancing at very young ages, such as those who were under 5 and participated in the grand entry of the competition. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Garrett has been known to still hoop from time to time, and last June a highlight reel of one of his summer pickup games went viral with Garrett showing off his dunking abilities. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 18 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In the traditional game, celebrities from film, television and music \u2013 as well as NBA legends and WNBA players \u2013 hoop it up. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"All-girls leagues weren\u2019t popular yet, but Quinn relished any chance to hoop . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2021",
|
|
"Melvin Booker, in his day, had been the Big Eight player of the year at Missouri and was good enough to hoop professionally in the NBA and overseas. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2021",
|
|
"Wayne Tinkle's children can hoop Tinkle's daughter Joslyn went to three Sweet 16s while playing basketball at Stanford and is currently playing professionally in Australia. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Find inspiration in the monthly patterns that appear in Country Living and download our free templates\u2014or hoop it up with your own starter kit. Document your family history. \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 11 June 2020",
|
|
"Being here means that another college hoops season is about to go full swing. \u2014 Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star , 31 Mar. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dp ; akin to Middle Dutch hoep ring, hoop":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307p",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcp",
|
|
"also \u02c8hu\u0307p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113821",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoop withe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tropical American shrub of a genus ( Trichostigma ) of the family Phytolaccaceae (especially T. octandrum )":[],
|
|
": a tropical Old World shrub ( Colubrina asiatica ) the fruits of which are used as fish poison in the Philippines":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131419",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoopla":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many people have grown tired of all the hoopla surrounding the opening of the new theater.",
|
|
"for all of the hoopla , very little news emerged from the governor's press conference",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Despite all the marketing hoopla about strategically placed cushioning and support panels, most pairs wind up feeling the same. \u2014 Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"In December, Johnson announced, with much hoopla , that New York would field an AL team in 1903; the Orioles were out. \u2014 Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Some spectators have struggled to contain their excitement at being allowed to join in the hoopla . \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Amid the hoopla and celebration, the Beijing government will be asked about its crackdowns in Hong Kong and Tibet and the repressive treatment of its predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"While superfast cars racing around loops might not have impressed him, the hoopla around Formula 1 sure did. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"Despite the hoopla over streaming services cannibalizing legacy outlets, live-TV rights holders keep returning to the friendly confines of network television, ESPN, and a few cable channels. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Krzyzewski is well-aware of how Saturday's hoopla could distract his team. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"In Pattinson, the producers have found a Dark Knight worthy of the hoopla , while creating a Gotham much in need of him. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 4 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French houp-l\u00e0 , interjection":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307-",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fc-\u02ccpl\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184401",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoopwood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a winterberry ( Ilex laevigata )":[],
|
|
": black ash sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174821",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoorah":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cheer sense 1":[],
|
|
": excitement , fanfare":[],
|
|
": fuss":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8r\u022f",
|
|
"hu\u0307-\u02c8r\u00e4"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183426",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoorah's nest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of hoorah's nest variant of hurrah's nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-194551",
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"hooray":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"\u201c Hooray !\u201d he cried when he heard that his team had won"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1686, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from German hurra":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"hu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0101"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"glory",
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"glory be",
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"ha",
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"hah",
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"hallelujah",
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"hey",
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"hot dog",
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"huzzah",
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"wahoo",
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"whee",
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"whoopee",
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"yahoo",
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"yippee"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202517",
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"type":[
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"interjection"
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]
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},
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"hooroosh":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a wild, hurried, or excited state or situation : confusion":[
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"such a hooroosh as we had getting to the docks"
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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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"imitative":""
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u0259\u02c8r\u00fcsh"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002902",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
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"hoosegow":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": jail":[
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"\u2026 ended the evening in the local hoosegow .",
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"\u2014 Burton Bernstein",
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"\u2026 treat your dogs and cats humanely or you might wind up in the hoosegow .",
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"\u2014 Bill Hendrick"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"she ended up in the hoosegow for disorderly conduct",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Her ex \u2014 still in the hoosegow in Los Angeles \u2014 was tried and sentenced to a two-year stretch at San Quentin. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
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"From 1868 to 1890, legend says Wickenburg scofflaws were chained to a mesquite tree that served as the town hoosegow . \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 28 Nov. 2020",
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"Most famously, in 1968 Johnny Cash serenaded state inmates at the max-security Folsom Prison in California, later turning the hoosegow act into a live album titled At Folsom Prison. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle , 15 Nov. 2019",
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"Carved from a granite cliff overlooking the Colorado River, this was America\u2019s most notorious 19th century hoosegow . \u2014 Roger Naylor, azcentral , 4 Oct. 2019",
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"And Blankenship has charged that Manchin, who was governor at the time of the mine explosion, conspired with Barack Obama (not a popular figure in West Virginia) to send him to the hoosegow . \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 20 Mar. 2018",
|
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"And worse yet from the governor\u2019s point of view, the prosecutor with jurisdiction over these matters is the same one trying to send him to the hoosegow for the privacy and blackmail charge, St. Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner. \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 17 Apr. 2018",
|
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"The charges if pursued and confirmed would definitely land Netanyahu in the hoosegow . \u2014 Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer , 13 Feb. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Spanish juzgado panel of judges, courtroom, from past participle of juzgar to judge, from Latin judicare \u2014 more at judge entry 2":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8h\u00fcs-\u02ccgau\u0307"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bastille",
|
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"big house",
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"bridewell",
|
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"brig",
|
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"calaboose",
|
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"can",
|
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"clink",
|
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"cooler",
|
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"coop",
|
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"guardroom",
|
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"hock",
|
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"hold",
|
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"jail",
|
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"jailhouse",
|
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"joint",
|
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"jug",
|
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"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
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"pen",
|
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"penitentiary",
|
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"pokey",
|
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"prison",
|
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"quod",
|
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"slam",
|
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"slammer",
|
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"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
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"tolbooth"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065027",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"hoot":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a minimum amount or degree : the least bit":[
|
|
"don't give a hoot"
|
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],
|
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": something or someone amusing":[
|
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"the play is a real hoot"
|
|
],
|
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": to assail or drive out by hooting":[
|
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"hooted down the speaker"
|
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],
|
|
": to express or utter with hoots":[
|
|
"hooted their disapproval"
|
|
],
|
|
": to make a loud clamorous mechanical sound":[],
|
|
": to make the natural throat noise of an owl or a similar cry":[],
|
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": to shout or laugh usually derisively":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"We could hear an owl hooting in the woods.",
|
|
"I hooted at the car in front of me.",
|
|
"The crowd booed and hooted when it was announced that the show was canceled.",
|
|
"The crowd hooted its disapproval.",
|
|
"The speaker was hooted off the platform by a small group of protesters.",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"The announcement was met with hoots of derision.",
|
|
"the courtroom erupted in hoots of laughter upon hearing the witness's sarcastic retort",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Kerrigan asks the audience, who hoot and holler in enthusiastic response. \u2014 Audra Heinrichs, ELLE , 19 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"People will want to see those on the screen together and hoot and holler. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
|
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"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 5 Oct. 2021",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Even without that deeper layer of introspection, Loot is a hoot . \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 21 June 2022",
|
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"The good news is that the whole kit and kaboodle are a hoot to consider. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"But for those wishing to see Ukraine in a gentler\u2014if not exactly flattering\u2014light, the first season of Servant of the People is now streaming on Netflix, and it\u2019s a hoot . \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Toni diBuono and Debra Cardona as Mrs. Brice\u2019s poker buddies are a hoot . \u2014 Frank Rizzo, Variety , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Kidman is a hoot , juggling fire and ice in an enjoyably over-the-top turn. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Polly Walker remains a snooty hoot as the scheming Lady Featherington, whose efforts to secure her family's financial situation are complicated by the arrival of her late husband's brother. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Regardless of the body style or power delivery, the M4 is a hoot to hoon, and its ride is remarkably civil when hunting apexes isn't part of the daily commute. \u2014 Car and Driver , 3 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The runway return of barrier-breaking Black models Beverly Johnson and Veronica Webb in Sergio Hudson\u2019s hoot of an ersatz 1980s fashion show in giant giraffe prints and Palm Beach power suits. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
|
|
"1540, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English houten , of imitative origin":"Verb",
|
|
"origin unknown":"Interjection"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004052",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hootch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained":[],
|
|
"Pieter de 1629\u2013after 1684 Dutch painter":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1960, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"modification of Japanese uchi house":"Noun",
|
|
"short for hoochinoo , a distilled liquor made by the Hoochinoo (Hutsnuwu) Indians, a Tlingit tribe":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u014d\u1e35",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191822",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hook and ladder truck":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a piece of mobile fire apparatus carrying ladders and usually other firefighting and rescue equipment":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The crowd also was incensed by a practical joke that brought a fire department hose cart and a hook and ladder truck clanging up to the Lee home. \u2014 Ben Welter, Star Tribune , 29 May 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150355"
|
|
},
|
|
"hookah":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": water pipe sense 2":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fc-",
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The data from the monitor was downloaded and compared to data of subjects smoking tobacco through a hookah in a similar setting. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The rapper King Von was shot and killed early Friday outside an Atlanta hookah bar, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. \u2014 NBC News , 6 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"The analysis, based on data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey, found that use of flavored hookah pipe tobacco among middle and high school students had declined from 2014 to 2018. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 3 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Strauss recounts first meeting Durant by chance at a San Francisco hookah bar, shortly after the superstar had signed with the Warriors. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 5 May 2020",
|
|
"Legislation passed by the House of Representatives to ban flavored electronic cigarettes would outlaw the flavored tobaccos used in hookah pipes. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"However, smoking hookah is not safer than smoking other types of tobacco. \u2014 Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner , 4 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"On Wednesday, officials banned hookah from cafes in a bid to stem the contagion. \u2014 Ramin Mostaghim, Mostafa Salem And Tamara Qiblawi, CNN , 26 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"When he was inevitably caught with a man, his father delivered a brutal beating, punctuated with a red-hot hookah charcoal on his arm. \u2014 Geoff Edgers, Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Arabic \u1e25uqqa bottle of a water pipe":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1763, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152926"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook into":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrasal verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to become connected to (something, such as a computer network or a source of electrical power)":[
|
|
"We don't have the hardware we need to hook into the network."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162046"
|
|
},
|
|
"hooking iron":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a hand tool with a pointed metal blade for removing caulking from seams (as of a boat)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170554"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook-and-butt joint":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a scarf joint formed to resist tension":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170611"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook shot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a shot in basketball made usually while standing sideways to the basket by swinging the ball up in an arc with the far hand":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The unease was palpable inside Pauley Pavilion after Arizona State\u2019s Marreon Jackson made a running hook shot to pull the Sun Devils within one point with eight minutes left. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Nurkic scored on a short hook shot to give the Blazers the lead at 105-104. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Jackson made a hook shot and turned around running back on defense with a mean look on his face and eyes. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
|
|
"But the Monarchs answered, as Jackson made a hook shot and Allen completed a 3-point play to push the lead back to eight. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 19 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"But Hall hit a hook shot in the post, A.J. Hoggard got downhill for a layup, and Christie hit an off-balance fadeway that bumped MSU\u2019s lead back to 65-51 with inside of seven minutes to play. \u2014 Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Brooks veered downhill from the right side of the arc and lofted the kind of looping, arcing hook shot that would have made Kareem Abdul-Jabbar proud. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 20 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Green, the second overall pick in the draft, opened overtime with a layup before adding a 3-pointer and then swishing a hook shot soon after that to make it 127-120. \u2014 Kristie Rieken, Chron , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With the Spurs already down by 15 mere seconds into the third quarter, Johnson used the team\u2019s first possession of the second half to shoot a wild hook shot . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 3 Mar. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1932, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171433"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook slide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a foot-first slide to a base in a baseball game in which the runner with both legs extended throws the body to either side to avoid the fielder covering the base and hooks the base with the inside foot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171932"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook-headed spike":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a spike with extended head to hook over the base of a railroad rail and secure it to a tie":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181332"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook-and-liner":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a boat (as a tuna clipper) for fishing with hook and line":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190403"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook and eye":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a 2-part fastening device (as on a garment or a door) consisting of a metal hook that catches over a bar or into a loop":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The cups are padded and lined with underwire, and there are hook and eye closures in the back for support. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"This bralette from Cosabella is designed with a hook and eye closure back and wide straps to help support larger chests. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
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"Thick straps and a traditional hook and eye closure provide additional support. \u2014 Susan Brickell, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"His father had the next day installed a small lock, a hook and eye , on the inside of his bedroom door, at a level where James could reach it. \u2014 Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021",
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"The bra is constructed with steel boning and underwire, and closes at center back with hook and eye tape. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 3 June 2021",
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"The hatch opening is large and provides easy access for loading or unloading bulky cargo, and a number of useful hooks and eyes will keep your cargo restrained. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 Dec. 2019",
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"Wildlife experts glue the hooks and eyes of the clasps to opposite sides of a fracture, then wind a zip tie around the clasps to make sure the shells stay in place. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 2 July 2019"
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"circa 1626, in the meaning defined above":""
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": ladder company":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193217"
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"hookshop":{
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"type":[
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": brothel sense 2":[]
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"a prominent hookish nose"
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"\u02c8hu\u0307kish"
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": a hinge intended for use on a gate and consisting of an L-shaped hook secured to one member (as the gatepost) and fitted into an eye-shaped loop or screw hook secured to the other member (as the gate)":[]
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": an instrument for measuring the rise or drop in elevation of a liquid (as water in a reservoir) from a previously recorded level by means of a pointed hook that is directly connected to a fixed part containing a scale (as a vernier) and is submerged and moved gradually until its point just pierces the surface of the liquid from beneath when the measurement is taken":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221458"
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": any of certain squids ( Enoploteuthis and related genera) in which the acetabula of the sessile arms are modified into a formidable armament of hooks":[]
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": an act or instance of attempting to knock the puck away from an opponent in ice hockey by hooking it with the stick":[]
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"circa 1939, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224401"
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"definitions":{
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"definitions":{
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": a European crow ( Corvus cornix ) that is black with gray back and underparts and is closely related to the carrion crow":[],
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": house crow":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003029"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011232"
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pickaroon entry 2":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6hu\u0307k\u0259\u00a6r\u00fcn"
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],
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"hook entry 1 + -aroon (as in pickaroon )":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012739"
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"hook strip":{
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"type":[
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a horizontal strip or band of wood supporting a series of hooks (as for hanging hats and coats)":[]
|
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023908"
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"type":[
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031134"
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},
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"type":[
|
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|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a voluntary ritual torture in which the individual is suspended by hooks inserted into the muscles of the back":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042411"
|
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},
|
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"hook bones":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": hook sense 5c(2)":[]
|
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045931"
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},
|
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"hook climber":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a plant (as a climbing rose) that climbs by hooks or prickles":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061237"
|
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},
|
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"hooks":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling":[],
|
|
": something intended to attract and ensnare":[],
|
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": anchor sense 1":[],
|
|
": a short blow delivered with a circular motion by a boxer while the elbow remains bent and rigid":[],
|
|
": hook shot":[],
|
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": buttonhook":[],
|
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": quick or summary removal":[
|
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"\u2014 used with get or give the pitcher got the hook after giving up three runs"
|
|
],
|
|
": a device especially in music or writing that catches the attention":[],
|
|
": a selling point or marketing scheme":[],
|
|
": cradle sense 1b(2)":[],
|
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": by any means":[],
|
|
": out of trouble":[],
|
|
": free of responsibility or accountability":[],
|
|
": by oneself : independently":[],
|
|
": to form into a hook : crook":[],
|
|
": to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook":[],
|
|
": to connect by or as if by a hook":[
|
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"\u2014 often used with up"
|
|
],
|
|
": steal , pilfer":[],
|
|
": to make (something, such as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook":[],
|
|
": to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results":[],
|
|
": to form a hook : curve":[],
|
|
": to become hooked":[],
|
|
": to work as a prostitute":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
|
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"She hit a hook into the left rough.",
|
|
"He threw a right hook to his opponent's body.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The train cars were hooked together.",
|
|
"My sweater was hooked on a branch.",
|
|
"I hooked the door shut.",
|
|
"The dress hooks in the back.",
|
|
"The two parts hooked together.",
|
|
"He hooked a large fish.",
|
|
"He hooked his arm around my neck.",
|
|
"She hooked her fingers around the doorknob.",
|
|
"He hooked his thumb through a loop of his pants.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"The fisherman, Moul Thun, caught the giant stingray with a hook and line on the evening of June 13, and then contacted researchers the next morning. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
|
|
"As for cleaning the screen, just wipe the black frame down with a cloth as needed, and detach the white screen from the hook -and-loop closures to give it a rinse. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"The two hip pockets have a hook -and-loop seal to keep your essentials safe, while the smaller pockets on the back are the perfect size for keys, cards, and other small items. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The straps are adjustable and can easily be converted to a racerback style with a hook in the back, and additional colors and sizes are available, as well. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Many of the works have rarity in common, but Remnant Trust Chairman Chris Talley said the characteristic is a hook and not the driving factor. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The song serves as a response track, with several overt shots and subliminal disses directed at YoungBoy Never Broke Again, but stands out with a jagged hook and free flowing bars. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The Cleer Arc earbuds have an ear hook with a flexible hinge which is designed for a comfortable but secure fit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
|
"Kim was effectively let off the hook for the defamation claim last week when the final version of jury instructions \u2014 read to jurors on Thursday \u2014 failed to spell out how Kim allegedly defamed White. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Robinhood helped hook millions of Americans on buying and selling stocks, options and cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
|
"Although the plunge pool is equipped with a heater, the owners had not initially planned to hook it up. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"If a new immigrant needed a job or a place to live, Lyoya was known to hook them up with a factory job or an apartment. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Prop it on the picnic table, toss it in your duffel, or hook it to your tent with the webbing loop (provided you\u2019re far from other groups). \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
|
"Scammers are known to exploit public fear by using it to hook victims. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The hybrid model does seem to hook streamers, with 43% of this type of search happening within the first few weeks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"With the tile work complete, Schmidt returned to install the appliances, then the electricians and plumber returned to hook everything up. \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
|
|
"Opening a story with a shock of violence is an obvious way to kick-start events, create intrigue, hook the audience. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dc ; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian keng\u0117 hook":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
|
|
"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075832"
|
|
},
|
|
"hook ladder":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": pompier ladder":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094903"
|
|
},
|
|
"hookless":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having no hooks":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-kl\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101252"
|
|
},
|
|
"Hooke":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Robert 1635\u20131703 English scientist":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307k"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103337"
|
|
},
|
|
"hooked":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having the form of a hook":[],
|
|
": provided with a hook":[],
|
|
": made by hooking":[
|
|
"a hooked rug"
|
|
],
|
|
": addicted to narcotics":[],
|
|
": fascinated by or devoted to something":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307kt",
|
|
"sense 1 is also \u02c8hu\u0307-k\u0259d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Her friends talked her into playing golf, and now she's hooked .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"That might include proving adult smokers are likely to quit smoking in favor of the electronic, nicotine-delivery devices and teens are unlikely to get hooked on them. \u2014 Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY , 27 June 2022",
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"In practice, that means proving that adult smokers who use them are likely to quit or reduce their smoking, while teens are unlikely to get hooked on them. \u2014 Tom Murphy, ajc , 24 June 2022",
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"In practice, that means proving that adult smokers who use them are likely to quit or reduce their smoking, while teens are unlikely to get hooked on them. \u2014 Tom Murphy, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
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"In practice, that means proving that adult smokers who use them are likely to quit or reduce their smoking, while teens are unlikely to get hooked on them. \u2014 Matthew Perrone And Tom Murphy, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
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"Financial markets have become hooked on the liquidity provided by Quantitative Easing (QE). \u2014 Robert Barone, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"In addition, the hooked tips prevent the food from falling off or sticking to the grates. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
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"Also during the pandemic, people who were tired of being stuck indoors flocked to beaches, and more got hooked on trawling for treasures. \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
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"Like many, Goyer became hooked on podcasts during the pandemic. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 23 May 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun",
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": a curved or bent device for catching, holding, or pulling":[],
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": something intended to attract and ensnare":[],
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": anchor sense 1":[],
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": a short blow delivered with a circular motion by a boxer while the elbow remains bent and rigid":[],
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": hook shot":[],
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": buttonhook":[],
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": quick or summary removal":[
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"\u2014 used with get or give the pitcher got the hook after giving up three runs"
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],
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": a device especially in music or writing that catches the attention":[],
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": a selling point or marketing scheme":[],
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": cradle sense 1b(2)":[],
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": by any means":[],
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": out of trouble":[],
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": free of responsibility or accountability":[],
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": by oneself : independently":[],
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": to form into a hook : crook":[],
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": to seize or make fast by or as if by a hook":[],
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": to connect by or as if by a hook":[
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"\u2014 often used with up"
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],
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": steal , pilfer":[],
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": to make (something, such as a rug) by drawing loops of yarn, thread, or cloth through a coarse fabric with a hook":[],
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": to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results":[],
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": to form a hook : curve":[],
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": to become hooked":[],
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": to work as a prostitute":[]
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"beat",
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"belt",
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"blow",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"buffet",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"dab",
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"douse",
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"fillip",
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"hack",
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"haymaker",
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"hit",
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"larrup",
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"lash",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"stinger",
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"stripe",
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"stroke",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"switch",
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"thud",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"welt",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whop",
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"whap"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arch",
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"bend",
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"bow",
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"crook",
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"curve",
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"swerve"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She hit a hook into the left rough.",
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"He threw a right hook to his opponent's body.",
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"Verb",
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"The train cars were hooked together.",
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"My sweater was hooked on a branch.",
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"I hooked the door shut.",
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"The dress hooks in the back.",
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"The two parts hooked together.",
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"He hooked a large fish.",
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"He hooked his arm around my neck.",
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"She hooked her fingers around the doorknob.",
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"He hooked his thumb through a loop of his pants.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The fisherman, Moul Thun, caught the giant stingray with a hook and line on the evening of June 13, and then contacted researchers the next morning. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
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"As for cleaning the screen, just wipe the black frame down with a cloth as needed, and detach the white screen from the hook -and-loop closures to give it a rinse. \u2014 Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
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"The two hip pockets have a hook -and-loop seal to keep your essentials safe, while the smaller pockets on the back are the perfect size for keys, cards, and other small items. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 15 June 2022",
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"The straps are adjustable and can easily be converted to a racerback style with a hook in the back, and additional colors and sizes are available, as well. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
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"Many of the works have rarity in common, but Remnant Trust Chairman Chris Talley said the characteristic is a hook and not the driving factor. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"The song serves as a response track, with several overt shots and subliminal disses directed at YoungBoy Never Broke Again, but stands out with a jagged hook and free flowing bars. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The Cleer Arc earbuds have an ear hook with a flexible hinge which is designed for a comfortable but secure fit. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
|
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"Kim was effectively let off the hook for the defamation claim last week when the final version of jury instructions \u2014 read to jurors on Thursday \u2014 failed to spell out how Kim allegedly defamed White. \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 2 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Robinhood helped hook millions of Americans on buying and selling stocks, options and cryptocurrencies. \u2014 Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ , 18 June 2022",
|
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"Although the plunge pool is equipped with a heater, the owners had not initially planned to hook it up. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
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"If a new immigrant needed a job or a place to live, Lyoya was known to hook them up with a factory job or an apartment. \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Prop it on the picnic table, toss it in your duffel, or hook it to your tent with the webbing loop (provided you\u2019re far from other groups). \u2014 Will Palmer, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
|
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"Scammers are known to exploit public fear by using it to hook victims. \u2014 Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
|
|
"The hybrid model does seem to hook streamers, with 43% of this type of search happening within the first few weeks. \u2014 Chris Morris, Variety , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"With the tile work complete, Schmidt returned to install the appliances, then the electricians and plumber returned to hook everything up. \u2014 Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 June 2022",
|
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"Opening a story with a shock of violence is an obvious way to kick-start events, create intrigue, hook the audience. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022"
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],
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dc ; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian keng\u0117 hook":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-134910"
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},
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"hook bolt":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a bolt hooked at one end and threaded at the other to receive a nut":[]
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135239"
|
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},
|
|
"hooded ladies' tresses":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun plural but singular or plural in construction"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a native orchid ( Spiranthes romanzoffiana ) that is widely distributed in northern North America and occurs occasionally in Ireland and eastern Asia and that has spikes of small creamy or straw-colored almond-scented flowers with sepals and petals partly fused into an upward arching hood":[]
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150127"
|
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"hooked on":{
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"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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": addicted to (a drug)":[
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"He got hooked on drugs at an early age."
|
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],
|
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": very interested and enthusiastic about (something)":[
|
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"He's hooked on skiing.",
|
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"She got hooked on the show after watching one episode."
|
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]
|
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180722"
|
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},
|
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"hook-billed":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": having a strongly curved bill or jaws":[
|
|
"a hook-billed salmon"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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|
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|
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|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185437"
|
|
},
|
|
"Hooke's law":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a statement in physics: the stress within an elastic solid is proportional to the strain responsible for it":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307ks-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Robert Hooke":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191726"
|
|
},
|
|
"hooded merganser":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small North American merganser ( Lophodytes cucullatus ) having a high vertical nearly circular crest on the head of the adult male":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193156"
|
|
},
|
|
"hoopskirt":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a skirt stiffened with or as if with hoops":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcp-\u02c8sk\u0259rt",
|
|
"also \u02c8hu\u0307p-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Swinton moves through a photo studio in the gown\u2019s outsize hoopskirt as Alberto Iglesias\u2019s moody score plays in the background. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 28 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Hoopskirts like armor, frilly materials made knife-sharp, curlers or a heeled pump worn as a protuberant helmet: this is female attire that makes a statement, at once protective and aggressive. \u2014 The New Yorker , 12 May 2013"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1857, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200810"
|
|
},
|
|
"hooker-out":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a tonger in a wireworks":[],
|
|
": stickman sense 1c(1)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"hook out , verb + -er":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214523"
|
|
},
|
|
"Hookeriales":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order of usually pleurocarpous mosses with branched prostrate gametophores, asymmetrical leaves often with two midribs, and capsules with a double peristome":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)hu\u0307r\u02cckir\u0113\u02c8\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Hookeria , genus of mosses (from Sir William J. Hooker \u20201865 English botanist + New Latin -ia ) + -ales":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224237"
|
|
},
|
|
"hoof":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a curved covering of horn that protects the front of or encloses the ends of the digits of an ungulate mammal and that corresponds to a nail or claw":[],
|
|
": a hoofed foot especially of a horse":[],
|
|
": before butchering : living":[
|
|
"90\u00a2 a pound on the hoof"
|
|
],
|
|
": to walk especially with haste":[
|
|
"hoofed it to the lecture hall"
|
|
],
|
|
": kick , trample":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307f",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulate",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"leg (it)",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"The cast was hoofing on the stage.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Recently, Rupp led a horseback tour of the cattle grazing lands in the northeast portion of Rancho Guejito, much of which is only accessible on foot or hoof . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
|
|
"But EO\u2018s donkeys, for the first time on the Croisette, appeared to give the mutts\u2019 best in show status a sharp hoof to the head. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 May 2022",
|
|
"The calf's caretakers also gave Msituni specialized hoof extenders to fix the irregular position of her back legs. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
|
|
"That's when the cows arrived to lend a helping hoof . \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Tootsie Roll was diagnosed with laminitis, an inflammation and damage of the tissue between the hoof and an underlying bone. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"Sometimes, thrillingly, the sparse habitat of the prose yields a hoof or a horn, a glimpse of exotic vocabulary. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"But a hoof got caught in the fence; the panther had to abandon the animal and flee. \u2014 Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"The point feet have a small surface area, kind of like the hoof of an actual springbok. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 14 June 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"This encourages employees to skip the elevator and hoof it to their meetings. \u2014 Nancy Clanton, ajc , 6 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But unlike in past years, there won\u2019t be free shuttles available for the general public, so be prepared to drive and/or hoof it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
|
|
"According to the outlet, the rest of the herd had to hoof it down the mountain, making their way to Urnerboden. \u2014 Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com , 2 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"When hunger strikes, hoof it over to Storms Pakhus, the largest street food market in Odense. \u2014 Ashlea Halpern, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"The production is a truly a spectacle \u2014 aerialists spin, a stilt walker bobs, ribbons twirl, tap dancers hoof it \u2014 but director J. Marie Bailey ensures that the title character\u2019s journey to adulthood isn\u2019t lost among the hubbub. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 11 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"To get a substantial health bang from walking, experts say, plan to hoof it briskly for half an hour a day or more. \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, Health.com , 11 June 2020",
|
|
"The best opportunity fell to Barcelona forward Lionel Messi in the 72nd minute, who uncharacteristically hoofed the ball way over the crossbar. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019",
|
|
"Travelers can get there by cable car or by hoofing it. \u2014 National Geographic , 7 Apr. 2020"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Old English h\u014df ; akin to Old High German huof hoof, Sanskrit \u015bapha":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"1641, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230602"
|
|
},
|
|
"hoops":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a circular strip used especially for holding together the staves of containers or as a plaything":[],
|
|
": a circular figure or object : ring":[],
|
|
": a circle or series of circles of flexible material used to expand a woman's skirt":[],
|
|
": basketball":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
|
|
],
|
|
": to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"also \u02c8hu\u0307p",
|
|
"\u02c8h\u00fcp",
|
|
"\u02c8hu\u0307p"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
|
"Curry has spent his career filling games with parabolic 3-pointers and dazzling drives to the hoop . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"Omer Yurtseven was tearing it up on the boards and around the hoop while Bam Adebayo was recovering. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Later, Salazar slays a lion \u2014 played by an actor who roars while aggressively waving a hula hoop lined with streamers \u2014 which elicits a similar crowd reaction. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Nov. 2021",
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"Just was out of control on so many possessions, looked even overmatched sometimes around the hoop . \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 Aug. 2021",
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"In one, the Post reported, a woman was seen using a hula hoop without clothing. \u2014 Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2021",
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"There\u2019s a basketball hoop and a ring toss\u2014both of which are small in size\u2014that can be set up at either end of a pool. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
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"The three-story light-blue structure has a big, neatly mowed lawn, a basketball hoop in the driveway and a pool in the backyard. \u2014 Shawn Boburg, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
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"From cross-court skip passes, to behind-the-back dimes, Williams can thread the needle from the post, but against the Longhorns, the All-Big Ten third-teamer concentrated on exploiting mismatches and putting the ball in the hoop . \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Children start hoop dancing at very young ages, such as those who were under 5 and participated in the grand entry of the competition. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Garrett has been known to still hoop from time to time, and last June a highlight reel of one of his summer pickup games went viral with Garrett showing off his dunking abilities. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"In the traditional game, celebrities from film, television and music \u2013 as well as NBA legends and WNBA players \u2013 hoop it up. \u2014 cleveland , 17 Feb. 2022",
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"All-girls leagues weren\u2019t popular yet, but Quinn relished any chance to hoop . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 July 2021",
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"Melvin Booker, in his day, had been the Big Eight player of the year at Missouri and was good enough to hoop professionally in the NBA and overseas. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2021",
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"Wayne Tinkle's children can hoop Tinkle's daughter Joslyn went to three Sweet 16s while playing basketball at Stanford and is currently playing professionally in Australia. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 27 Mar. 2021",
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"Find inspiration in the monthly patterns that appear in Country Living and download our free templates\u2014or hoop it up with your own starter kit. Document your family history. \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 11 June 2020",
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"Being here means that another college hoops season is about to go full swing. \u2014 Tom Noie, Indianapolis Star , 31 Mar. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u014dp ; akin to Middle Dutch hoep ring, hoop":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012406"
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},
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"hoof-and-mouth disease":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": foot-and-mouth disease":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hu\u0307f-\u0259n(d)-\u02c8mau\u0307th-",
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"\u02c8h\u00fcf-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There are seven types of hoof-and-mouth disease and more than 60 subtypes or strains. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 27 May 2021",
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"Before 2020, the service had reportedly been interrupted just twice: during World War II and in the 1920s during an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Mar. 2021",
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"It must not be allowed to spread like hoof-and-mouth disease , across the nation. \u2014 Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015801"
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},
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"hooded":{
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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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": having a hood":[],
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": shaped like a hood":[
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"hooded spathes"
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],
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": having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the body":[
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"hooded bird"
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],
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": having a crest on the head that suggests a hood":[
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"hooded seals"
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],
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": having the skin at each side of the neck capable of expansion by movements of the ribs":[
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"a hooded cobra"
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],
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": half-closed":[
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"hooded eyes"
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]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8hu\u0307-d\u0259d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This jacket is like the love child of a hooded soft-shell vest and a cashmere cardigan. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 2 July 2022",
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"But the scene quickly turned to one of tense fear as three hooded men, one holding a gun, stormed the backyard and demanded partygoers turn over their valuables. \u2014 Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
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"All hoodies, as well as hooded jackets and coats, will be prohibited for all the roughly 15,000 students inside any of FISD\u2019s 18 schools. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
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"Then, the viewer can finally see his target: a life-size cut-out of three hooded Ku Klux Klan members. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2022",
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"Why didn\u2019t the bearded, hooded Obi-Wan Kenobi ditch the robes and hide his face in a Stormtrooper uniform",
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"For cooler days, get dad a hooded or quarter-zip sweatshirt. \u2014 cleveland , 7 June 2022",
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"Described as being in his early 20s and having a thin build, the suspect was was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and light shoes. \u2014 Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune , 28 May 2022",
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"Sharpton described being floored to learn the shooter live-streamed his assault on Twitch, noting how his mother had grown up in Alabama, where hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan once killed Black people. \u2014 Susan Haigh, Patrick Semansky, Anchorage Daily News , 28 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020439"
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},
|
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"Hooker cell":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a cell that has graphite anodes and wire-screen cathodes covered with asbestos diaphragms and that is used for making sodium hydroxide and chlorine by electrolysis of sodium chloride":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"-"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"after Albert H. Hooker \u20201936 American electrochemist":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020827"
|
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},
|
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"hooky":{
|
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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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": curved or bent like a hook":[
|
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"Her nose was long and hooky , and she had no teeth\u2014or if she had them, they weren't in her mouth.",
|
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"\u2014 K. C. Constantine",
|
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"His coal-black, glossy hair commanded and obtained her admiration, and she found his hooky nose to be handsome.",
|
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"\u2014 Anthony Trollope"
|
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],
|
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": appealing and easy to remember : catchy":[
|
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"a hooky melody/tune/rhythm",
|
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"\u2026 combining scintillating rhythm tracks with a kaleidoscope of hooky musical styles \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 Dave Marsh",
|
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"Wild is a vibrant, hooky pop song flavored with Joni Mitchell illusions and funk.",
|
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"\u2014 Nelson George"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8hu\u0307-k\u0113"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Leaders who were previously skeptical about home working, believing that people would play hooky , have been surprised by their staff\u2019s aptitude and dedication. \u2014 Andrew Mawson, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
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"After the puppet allows himself to be talked into playing hooky , another boy throws the massively heavy Treatise on Arithmetic at Pinocchio, but instead hits his friend Eugene, apparently killing him. \u2014 Perri Klass, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
|
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"But Halloween is a Monday this year \u2014 don't get any ideas about playing hooky on Tuesday. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 11 May 2022",
|
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"But fans hoping to ditch work to take in Cleveland\u2019s home opener the following week might have just lost their reason to play hooky . \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 11 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Within a few sessions of playing hooky from his ski jumping and cross country lessons, the 6-year-old had taught himself to do a backflip. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Mike Williams, playing hooky lately, showed up for class with three quick catches and then the 53-yarder to put his side up after blowing the lead. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Nov. 2021",
|
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"Joe isn\u2019t convinced of Gordon\u2019s guilt and decides to continue investigating alternative theories; post-windfall, Eva and Gordon play hooky and make amends. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Nov. 2021",
|
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"High-school hooky players flitted about looking for the next Instagram moment. \u2014 Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com , 12 Nov. 2021"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"probably from slang hook, hook it to make off":"Noun"
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1842, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
|
|
"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022529"
|
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}
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} |