dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yuc_MW.json
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{
"yuck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": joke , gag":[],
": laugh":[
"did it just for yuks"
]
},
"examples":[
"Interjection",
"yuck , I really hate brussels sprouts",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Interjection",
"The new iPad Pro marks the point midway between the way things were (Bezel"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"faugh",
"fie",
"phew",
"phooey",
"rats",
"ugh",
"yech",
"yecch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201621",
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun"
]
},
"yucky":{
"antonyms":[
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delish",
"palatable",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasty",
"toothsome",
"yummy"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"The water was dirty and smelled yucky .",
"I felt yucky after eating all that cake.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Seldom has the natural tendency of artists to mine themselves for creative material been pushed to such exquisitely yucky extremes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"The people who love it are growing ever grayer, and French parents are no longer bringing up their young to appreciate a taste that any normal child instinctively finds yucky (god knows, mine does). \u2014 Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The absurdity of the entire 90ish-person organization, which is famous for transactional relationships with studios among other yucky things, has been well-documented. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
"The relationship is obviously to kids: parents only push them to eat foods that are yucky . \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"The easiest way to get rid of yucky residue is to use a toilet cleaner made specifically for hard water stain removal, like Scrubbing Bubbles Power Stain Destroyer. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 18 Jan. 2021",
"The children never got more than a few tired days and a yucky cough. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 13 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"yuck":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"brackish",
"distasteful",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"unsavory"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012305",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"yucca moth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several silvery tineoid moths (genus Tegeticula ) the females of which carry pollen that fertilizes the flowers of the yucca causing the growth of a seed pod in which the larvae feed":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002142"
},
"Yuchi":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Indian people of southeastern U.S.":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": a Uchean language of the Yuchi people":[],
": uchean":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002421"
},
"Yucca House National Monument":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"reservation in southwestern Colorado that contains prehistoric ruins":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140143"
},
"yucca fertilizer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": yucca moth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141019"
},
"yucca cactus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143627"
},
"yucca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a genus ( Yucca ) of sometimes arborescent plants of the agave family that occur in warm regions chiefly of western North America and have long sword-shaped often stiff fibrous-margined leaves on a usually woody base and bear a large panicle of white blossoms":[],
": cassava":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u0259-k\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Get the Leche de Tigre, which is small dices of fish and red onions that are marinated in lime juice with a touch of Peruvian spicy sauce, and a side order of the fried yucca . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"While their tacos made right at the bar, chips and queso and guacamole are excellent, the restaurant also offers soft, sweet plantains with sour cream and fried yucca with amazing chimichurri. \u2014 Marialuisa Rincon, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"The toads and birds were riotous, including a hummingbird that darted around a red yucca . \u2014 Florence Williams, Outside Online , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Prince\u2019s Plume, Harriman\u2019s yucca , Claret Cup, prickly pear, and Parry\u2019s biscuitroot can all be sighted among this Martian landscape. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 26 Apr. 2022",
"According to Texas Highways, visitors may also want to head approximately five hours north to pay a visit to Franklin Mountains State Park, home to the ocotillo, yucca , Southwestern barrel cactus, and Chihuahuan fishhook cactus. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Thousands of years of climbing Since time immemorial, climbing has existed in the Bears Ears region, as evidenced by a 100-foot-long yucca rope discovered on Cedar Mesa that was made over 700 years ago. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021",
"When a team correctly guesses, they are given some yucca strands. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The Desert Conservatory has plants from all of the Southwest\u2019s deserts, like saguaro from the Sonoran, yucca from the Chihuahuan, and elephant trees from Baja. \u2014 Frederick Tippett, Sunset Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Spanish yuca , of unknown origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1664, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175648"
},
"yucca borer":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a California boring weevil ( Scyphophorus yuccae )":[],
": a large butterfly ( Megathymus yuccae ) of the family Hesperiidae whose larva bores in yucca roots":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180142"
},
"Yucatecan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Yucatec Indians or their language":[],
": of or relating to the inhabitants of Yucat\u00e1n state or of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, Mexico":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccy\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02c8te-k\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203855"
},
"Yucatec":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of an American Indian people of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula, Mexico":[],
": the Mayan language of the Yucatecs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02cctek"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish yucateco":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220018"
},
"Yucat\u00e1n Channel":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"channel between Yucat\u00e1n and the western end of Cuba and linking the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220155"
},
"Yucat\u00e1n":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"peninsula jutting into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Mexico and northern Central America including Belize and part of Guatemala":[],
"state of southeastern Mexico at the northern end of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula; capital M\u00e9rida area 16,749 square miles (43,380 square kilometers), population 1,955,577":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u00e4-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
"\u02ccy\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02c8tan"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221517"
},
"Yucaipa":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city in southern California east of Riverside population 51,367":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"y\u00fc-\u02c8k\u012b-p\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224250"
},
"Yucatan":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"peninsula jutting into the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Mexico and northern Central America including Belize and part of Guatemala":[],
"state of southeastern Mexico at the northern end of the Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula; capital M\u00e9rida area 16,749 square miles (43,380 square kilometers), population 1,955,577":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u00e4-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
"\u02ccy\u00fc-k\u0259-\u02c8tan"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230901"
},
"yuca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cassava":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-k\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Happiness is inky black beans and fried yuca , sliced thin so that every bite is crisp as a potato chip. \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 26 Dec. 2019",
"Tribespeople provide for themselves by hunting, gathering and fishing, as well as cultivating crops such as manioc (cassava or yuca ) and bananas, which are grown in large gardens cleared from the forest. \u2014 Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News , 11 Apr. 2020",
"The family, with a household income of $16 a month, is surviving on yuca and plantains. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2019",
"The sandwich comes with fried yuca and a slurpable mojito sauce. \u2014 Jess Fleming, Twin Cities , 8 Oct. 2019",
"At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Taj\u00edn garnishes esquites, a Mexican snack of stewed corn, served in mini batting helmets, while the cafe Tropicales in Houston dusts its yuca fries with the chile-lime salt. \u2014 Daniela Galarza, New York Times , 10 June 2019",
"In a bowl, toss the yuca chips with the Wild Game Rub and the cheese. \u2014 ExpressNews.com , 5 June 2019",
"On Tuesdays and Fridays diners come for baho ( yuca and steamed pork), on weekends for nacatamales (giant custard-soft tamales packed with meats and eggs). \u2014 Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com , 17 June 2018",
"The Denton menu is relatively small, with a handful of empanada (both savory and sweet) and taco choices (for carnivores and vegetarians), a couple of sandwiches, yuca fries, daily specials and more, as well as aguas frescas, beer and wine drinks. \u2014 Robert Philpot, star-telegram , 21 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin jucca , from Taino yuca":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233854"
}
}