dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/giz_MW.json
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"Giza":{
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"city in northern Egypt on the western bank of the Nile River near Cairo population 2,865,000":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0113-z\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212512",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"gizmo":{
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"definitions":{
": gadget":[]
},
"examples":[
"He broke the gizmo he uses to open and close his garage door.",
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This tiny little gizmo plugs into a USB-A port on a desktop or laptop computer and provides superb audio quality and multi-point connectivity for use with a softphone or any video meeting software like Zoom, Teams or Skype. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"Caprice is a former trauma surgeon; her operating theater is now an actual theater, her scalpels controlled by a weird gizmo that looks like some kind of melted video-game controller. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"Like any new tech gizmo , this program is a fledgling product with pros and cons and the potential to be much better. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Several of Royal\u2019s newest ships have sailed with the guest-pleasing gizmo , including four Oasis-class ships and five Quantum-class ships. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"All heads are bent toward the phone, that tiny gizmo that can tell us the temperature in Mobile or Mumbai or Montgomery in two seconds and show us how to get there, too. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 6 Apr. 2022",
"The best gizmo in the Batman\u2019s bag of high-tech tricks is a pair of contact lenses that are also video cameras beaming their signal to the devices of his choice. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The fanciest fire-lighting gizmo on the market probably isn\u2019t as good as a simple lighter, Gookin says. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 30 July 2014",
"But many contenders go one step beyond and present something unique and special \u2014 an object or gizmo that without it the whole film could flop over. \u2014 Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8giz-(\u02cc)m\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"appliance",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gadget",
"gimmick",
"jigger",
"widget"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045553",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizz":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": wig":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably by shortening & alteration from jasey":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8jiz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202355",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizzard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a thickened part of the digestive tract in some animals (such as an insect or an earthworm) that is similar in function to the crop of a bird":[],
": innards":[],
": the muscular enlargement of the digestive tract of birds that has usually thick muscular walls and a tough horny lining for grinding the food and when the crop is present follows it and the proventriculus":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The other evidence to support that suggestion is based on the fact that, besides birds, crocodylians also have both a gizzard and an \u2018acid\u2019 stomach. \u2014 Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica , 6 June 2022",
"At least 250 gizzard shad were found dead, Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman Jay Apperson said in an email. \u2014 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In owls, this second chamber, called the gizzard , collects bone, teeth and fur, which is later expelled. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike most yakitori-inclusive spots in the Bay Area, Tori Man offers you plenty of off cuts: knee cap, cartilage, heart, gizzard , and skin bunched up on the skewer like a ribbon. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Hearts can be seared quickly, like little bite-sized steaks or minced fine along with the liver and gizzard for a batch of dirty rice. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Captain Mike Walker knows the tricks, slow-trolling huge gizzard shad and suckers on heavy tackle over the channel edges. \u2014 Frank Sargeant, al , 22 Jan. 2021",
"The smaller walleye are generally being caught closer to shore than their bigger brothers and sisters, feeding on the huge schools of small gizzard shad that have recently moved to the shallows. \u2014 cleveland , 30 July 2020",
"During these seasons, walleyes move closer to shore\u2014i.e., within fly-casting range\u2014to gorge on baitfish, such as gizzard shad and emerald shiners. \u2014 Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream , 10 Apr. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of Middle English giser gizzard, liver, from Anglo-French gesir, giser , from Latin gigeria (plural) giblets":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8gi-z\u0259rd",
"\u02c8giz-\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064353",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizzard erosion":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an obscure dietary-deficiency disease of young chickens marked by local lesions or extensive sloughing of the gizzard lining":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163624",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizzard shad":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a forage fish ( Dorosoma cepedianum ) of eastern and central North America":[],
": any of several fishes related to the gizzard shad":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181159",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizzard stone":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fossil gastrolith":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105249",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gizzern":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gizzard":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8giz\u0259(r)n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English gisarn , alteration of giser, gyser gizzard":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-221455"
},
"gizzen":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": dried out : leaky because of dryness":[
"\u2014 used of wood products"
],
": wizened , shriveled":[
"\u2014 used of a person"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8giz\u1d4an"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"gizzen of Scandinavian origin (akin to Norwegian dialect gisen dried out, leaky); gizzened from past participle of Scots gizzen , verb, to dry out, become leaky, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect gisna to dry out, become leaky, from gisen dried out, leaky; akin to Latin hiare to gape, yawn":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232451"
},
"gizzard worm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various nematode worms parasitic in the gizzard of birds: such as":[],
": a spiruroid worm of the genus Acuaria that is a destructive parasite of chickens, turkeys, and related game birds":[],
": a spiruroid worm ( Amidostomum anseris ) sometimes fatal to ducks and geese":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-092750"
},
"gizzard trout":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": gillaroo":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140914"
}
}