dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dop_MW.json
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{
"dope":{
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"definitions":{
": a cola drink":[],
": a preparation (such as an anabolic steroid, diuretic, or tranquilizer) given to a racehorse to help or hinder its performance":[],
": a preparation for giving a desired quality to a substance or surface":[
"She \u2026 would also glue the canvas over the frames of the planes and then use \" dope ,\" a special type of lacquer to harden the body of the plane.",
"\u2014 The Washington (Indiana) Times-Herald"
],
": a stupid person":[
"I think fast drivers are dopes .",
"\u2014 Randy Wayne White",
"\u2026 people are promised windfall profits from can't-miss investments\u2014to be paid, when they are paid at all, only out of money collected from subsequent dopes and dupes.",
"\u2014 David Margolick"
],
": a thick liquid or pasty preparation":[
"Apply a small amount of pipe dope or Teflon tape to the threads of the adapter \u2026",
"\u2014 Michael J. McGroarty"
],
": absorbent or adsorbent material used in various manufacturing processes (such as the making of dynamite)":[
"A dynamite's strength and its water resistance are determined by the dopes \u2014the particular dry ingredients that are combined with the nitroglycerin.",
"\u2014 Bryan Di Salvatore"
],
": excellent":[
"\u2014 used as a generalized term of approval"
],
": figure out":[
"\u2014 usually used with out The following day I returned and spent some time trying to dope out the trails the deer was using. \u2014 John Weiss It's hard to dope out what, exactly, flavors the lemony, faintly soyish marinade that powers the excellent barbecued chicken \u2026 \u2014 Sam Sifton"
],
": information especially from a reliable source":[
"the inside dope on a celebrity's new romance"
],
": to administer a drug to (a horse) to help or hinder performance in a race":[
"Francis rode a doped horse once. The animal \u2026 ran right through the first hurdle, throwing Francis, and veered off into the woods nearby, where it was finally captured hours later.",
"\u2014 Bill Barich"
],
": to give a narcotic or intoxicating drug to":[
"It was only when doped with scopolamine that he got any rest.",
"\u2014 Robert McAlmon and Kay Boyle"
],
": to surreptitiously put a sedating drug into":[
"What does the murder have to do with the phone-date service he was investigating when someone doped his drink",
"\u2014 Marilyn Stasio"
],
": to take an intoxicating drug":[],
": to treat with dope or a dopant":[
"The airfoil leading edge and ribs are fiberglass moldings, and the skin, as on early airplanes, is fabric doped to drum-tightness.",
"\u2014 David Scott",
"We developed a method to dope semiconductor nanocrystals with metal impurities, enabling control of the band gap \u2026",
"\u2014 David Mocatta et al."
],
": to use a performance-enhancing substance typically banned for use in sports":[
"A week after that surreal scene, Danish hero Bjarne Riis admitted that he'd doped to win the 1996 Tour France Riis \u2026",
"\u2014 Austin Murphy"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"They were caught smoking dope .",
"What a dope he is.",
"Verb",
"They tried to dope him.",
"Adjective",
"That movie was so dope .",
"Check out this dope new song.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Here\u2019s a dope conversation on Sway's Universe with Wallace's son, C.J., and journalist/author Justin Tinsley. Stay up! \u2014 Jared Council, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"And some could argue that the small screen is actually telling some pretty dope stories right now. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"But Sutherland said even without benzo- dope , and even with the best intentions and care, people will cycle on and off of drugs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"In fact, India is the world\u2019s third-biggest dope violator after Russia and Italy, according to a 2021 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 5 May 2022",
"Expect two full days worth of programming, together with live music, dope talent, and just pure vibes with the crew. \u2014 Chelsea Sanders, refinery29.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Over the past two weeks, brands have released an abundance of newness including swimwear, sunglasses, spring/summer collections, jewelry and capsules from dope collaborations. \u2014 Greg Emmanuel, Essence , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Patrick Bateman has a great deal: money, a rad \u201980s apartment, dope business cards, a pretty fianc\u00e9e (Reese Witherspoon), a semi-decent CD collection. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Just for me, as a budding filmmaker, to be able to get that guy to come across that that graciously was dope to me. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Is there too much focus on the athletes who dope , rather than on the people or systems that guide the athletes",
"The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The 97-page report accuses Riis of encouraging his team members\u2014including Tyler Hamilton, Bo Hamburger, Michael Rasmussen, and J\u00f6rg Jaksche\u2014to dope . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2015",
"The next year, Maximum Security\u2019s trainer, Jason Servis, was among 27 people charged by federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging scheme to secretly dope horses and cheat the betting public. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"But this is my guy, which makes this so dope for me. \u2014 Rembert Browne, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Tough to dope out a week when the possibilities include four games in five days, or maybe a two-day break before a wild-card game, or the saddest scenario of all - see you next spring. \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The bride tries to find the most dramatic place to put that sucker so the wedding pics look dope -as-hell. \u2014 Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan , 11 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1786, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":"Noun",
"1889, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"Verb",
"1981, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Dutch doop sauce, from dopen to dip; akin to Old English dyppan to dip":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014dp"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"book",
"411",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"poop",
"scoop",
"skinny",
"tip"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052317",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dope (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to understand or find (something, such as a reason or a solution) by thinking : to figure out (something)":[
"She's still trying to dope out exactly what happened."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013902",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"dopehead":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"definitions":{
": a drug addict : a person who frequently or habitually uses illicit drugs":[]
},
"examples":[
"threw his roommate out when he discovered that the guy was a dopehead"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014dp-\u02cched"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"fiend",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213447",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doper":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who frequently or habitually uses illicit drugs":[
"He was a doper . He was loaded right now. Speed maybe. Or coke.",
"\u2014 Joseph Wambaugh"
],
": a person who sells illicit drugs":[
"\" Dopers are right on the cutting edge of technology,\" says Jimmy Davis of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. \"It used to be that you weren't a certified dope dealer unless you had a beeper. Now you're not a big-time dope dealer unless you're cellular.\"",
"\u2014 Terry E. Johnson et al."
],
": an athlete who uses performance-enhancing substances typically banned for use in sports":[
"Already athletes from Great Britain and Australia who finished behind drug-using East Germans have begun asking Olympic officials to disqualify the dopers and rewrite the record books accordingly.",
"\u2014 Sports Illustrated",
"Human growth hormone is another protein, already widely abused by dopers , that builds muscle and aids recovery.",
"\u2014 Bicycling"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"dopehead",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"fiend",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093736",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dopey":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"definitions":{
": dulled by alcohol or a narcotic":[],
": sluggish , stupefied":[],
": stupid , fatuous":[
"dopey sitcoms"
]
},
"examples":[
"I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
"After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065219",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"dopiness":{
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"definitions":{
": dulled by alcohol or a narcotic":[],
": sluggish , stupefied":[],
": stupid , fatuous":[
"dopey sitcoms"
]
},
"examples":[
"I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
"After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100827",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"doppelganger":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a ghostly counterpart (see counterpart sense 3a ) of a living person":[],
": a person who has the same name as another":[],
": alter ego sense 1b":[],
": double sense 2a":[
"said she had seen his doppelg\u00e4nger"
]
},
"examples":[
"In the story, the character is haunted by a doppelg\u00e4nger .",
"at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelg\u00e4nger",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In it, Moss' character moves with her family to a new house... where a doppelganger lives in the attic. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"The second character, cousin Colton, is Constance\u2019s doppelganger and a Gen-Z, TikTok-loving, crypto enthusiast counterpart from New York, who now lives in between his cousin Constance\u2019s mansions and his own pad in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Jon-El sees his doppelganger and tries to take him down while Jordan tries to step in and mediate. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"All the matches are striking in their way, but there\u2019s something especially doppelganger -y about N\u00e9lisse and Lynskey. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The Knot, with 86% of 5,000 respondents in the US preferring them as engagement rings' center stone, and diamond doppelganger moissanite the next most popular option. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Amid the visual spectacle, Rift Apart also draws a surprising amount of emotional depth from Ratchet's interactions with Rivet, a female doppelganger who is also his first encounter with another member of his species. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The story even went international at one point, with Ellis seeing a doppelganger of Dear David in Japan. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 June 2021",
"Naples \u2014 though the unassuming Fabietto (Chalamet doppelganger Filippo Scotti) often feels less like the star than a linchpin in a narrative that swings freely between comedy and tragedy, melodrama and memory play. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Doppelg\u00e4nger , from doppel- double + -g\u00e4nger goer":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02c8ga\u014b-",
"\u02c8d\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02ccga\u014b-\u0259r",
"-\u02c8ge\u014b-",
"-\u02ccge\u014b-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115518",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doppelg\u00e4nger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": double sense 2a":[
"said she had seen his doppelg\u00e4nger"
],
": alter ego sense 1b":[],
": a person who has the same name as another":[],
": a ghostly counterpart (see counterpart sense 3a ) of a living person":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02c8ga\u014b-",
"\u02c8d\u00e4-p\u0259l-\u02ccga\u014b-\u0259r",
"-\u02c8ge\u014b-",
"-\u02ccge\u014b-"
],
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"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"In the story, the character is haunted by a doppelg\u00e4nger .",
"at the mall today I saw someone who could be your doppelg\u00e4nger",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In it, Moss' character moves with her family to a new house... where a doppelganger lives in the attic. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"The second character, cousin Colton, is Constance\u2019s doppelganger and a Gen-Z, TikTok-loving, crypto enthusiast counterpart from New York, who now lives in between his cousin Constance\u2019s mansions and his own pad in Beverly Hills. \u2014 Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Jon-El sees his doppelganger and tries to take him down while Jordan tries to step in and mediate. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"All the matches are striking in their way, but there\u2019s something especially doppelganger -y about N\u00e9lisse and Lynskey. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The Knot, with 86% of 5,000 respondents in the US preferring them as engagement rings' center stone, and diamond doppelganger moissanite the next most popular option. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Amid the visual spectacle, Rift Apart also draws a surprising amount of emotional depth from Ratchet's interactions with Rivet, a female doppelganger who is also his first encounter with another member of his species. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 26 Dec. 2021",
"The story even went international at one point, with Ellis seeing a doppelganger of Dear David in Japan. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 25 June 2021",
"Naples \u2014 though the unassuming Fabietto (Chalamet doppelganger Filippo Scotti) often feels less like the star than a linchpin in a narrative that swings freely between comedy and tragedy, melodrama and memory play. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 3 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Doppelg\u00e4nger , from doppel- double + -g\u00e4nger goer":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152504"
},
"dopper":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a member of a rigidly Calvinistic sect of Afrikaners":[],
": any of certain diving birds (as a dabchick or bufflehead)":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans, from 16th century Dutch, from dop , a kind of hat, literally, shell, pot (from Middle Dutch dop, doppe shell, goblet, pot) + -er":"Noun",
"Middle English, from doppen to dop, dive + -er":"Noun"
},
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"\"",
"\u02c8d\u00e4p\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130121",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"definitions":{
": dulled by alcohol or a narcotic":[],
": sluggish , stupefied":[],
": stupid , fatuous":[
"dopey sitcoms"
]
},
"examples":[
"I'm still a little dopey from the painkillers.",
"After being up all night I was pretty dopey at work.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This standard ballad of devotion might have fared better without such a childish title and chorus, which really just sounds dopey coming from a then-17-year-old. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 22 May 2022",
"Tiger salamanders, their yellow lips giving them the appearance of a dopey grin, twisting their wet, rubbery bodies around each other in breeding ponds. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
"For instance, the original Toyota Celica Supra was kind of a dopey nose extension of the Celica to accommodate a six-cylinder engine that was then finished off with tufted velour upholstery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Al and Greta are cartoonishly creepy; Max is only slightly less cartoonishly dopey ; consequently, the stakes feel low all around. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"That was also when dopey , relatively earnest disaster epics could still pull crowds into multiplexes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"Doppelfl\u00f6te":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an organ flute stop of 8\u2032 pitch having wooden pipes with two mouths":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259\u0304t\u0259",
"G \u02c8d\u022fp\u0259l\u02ccfl\u0153\u0305t\u0259",
"\u02c8d\u00e4p\u0259l\u02ccfl\u0101t\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
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"German, from doppel- double (from Middle High German dobbel , from Old French doble ) + fl\u00f6te flute, from earlier fleute , from Middle High German vloite, floute , from Middle Dutch fl\u016bte, fleute, floyte , from Old French flaute, fleute":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155807"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin ) or technique (such as blood doping ) to illegally improve athletic performance":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-pi\u014b"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Blood doping was common for several years until it was banned in 1986. \u2014 Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Valieva competed in the individual figure skating competition on Thursday after controversially being cleared to do so despite a positive doping test. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 17 Feb. 2022",
"An article on Saturday about systems designed to prevent doping in the Olympics misstated the name of the body responsible for the antidoping program at the Beijing Olympics. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The document says that Riis knew about or encouraged systematic doping over multiple years. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 23 June 2015",
"The Valieva case means Russian doping has been a major theme for a six straight Olympic Games. \u2014 James Ellingworth And Graham Dunbar, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The Valieva case means Russian doping has been a major theme for six straight Olympic Games. \u2014 James Ellingworth And Graham Dunbar, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Traditional doping is uncommon in figure skating because additional muscle mass is generally a negative. \u2014 Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Adams, meanwhile, dismissed claims of widespread doping in Beijing. \u2014 Tom Schad, USA TODAY , 16 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103932"
},
"dopingly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in such a manner as to lull one as does a narcotic":[
"when they have nothing to say their music ticks over dopingly",
"\u2014 Charles Reid"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114041"
},
"doping rod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a long steel rod used by dopers to pack freight car journal boxes with dope":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190532"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a monoamine C 8 H 11 NO 2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa and that occurs especially as a neurotransmitter in the brain":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of these games can be part of a fun and healthy morning routine; giving your brain a little workout is nice, and having a new one of these puzzles to wrap your head around every day can make for a nice dopamine hit. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 18 May 2022",
"For instance, while a Capricorn can typically start a detailed project and see it through with no problem, a Leo may need the dopamine hit that comes from sharing their new ritual on social media. \u2014 Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure , 26 Apr. 2022",
"My father\u2019s pride was like a source of dopamine ; a need to succeed with flying colors persisted into my adulthood. \u2014 Laura Neilson, Vogue , 19 June 2022",
"And, of course, there\u2019s the game, which mixes a spoonful of dopamine with the medicine of learning about data use. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"Plus, vibrant prints and vivid colors for an extra fill of dopamine dressing. \u2014 Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Power suits have been going through something of a renaissance this spring, largely powered by the rise of dopamine dressing. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And, of course, there\u2019s the game, which mixes a spoonful of dopamine with the medicine of learning about data use. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Anchorage Daily News , 4 June 2022",
"And, of course, there\u2019s the game, which mixes a spoonful of dopamine with the medicine of learning about data use. \u2014 Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post , 31 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dopa + amine":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-144552"
},
"Doppler effect":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a change in the frequency with which waves (as of sound or light) from a given source reach an observer when the source and the observer are in motion with respect to each other so that the frequency increases or decreases according to the speed at which the distance is decreasing or increasing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Christian J. Doppler":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-082351"
},
"dopaminergic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": liberating, activated by, or involving dopamine or related substances":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u014d-p\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113-\u02c8n\u0259r-jik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It is also connected to parts of the brain responsible for hearing (the auditory cortices) and for pleasure (the dopaminergic reward system). \u2014 Grace Leslie, Scientific American , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The process involves the striatum, a dopaminergic reward center that drugs like cocaine and amphetamines exploit. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The researchers were also aware that the dopaminergic system in the brain has been tied to both physical exercise and executive function in the brain, i.e. top-flight thinking. \u2014 Alison Escalante, Forbes , 26 Feb. 2021",
"This mental effort pays off: As the hippocampus activates, so too does the ventral striatum, another of the brain\u2019s dopaminergic reward centers. \u2014 Popular Science , 8 Apr. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111325"
},
"Doppler broadening":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lack of sharpness in the spectrum lines of gases due to the Doppler effect of the random thermal motion of the molecules":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00e4pl\u0259(r)-"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Christian J. Doppler \u20201853 Austrian physicist":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131929"
},
"Doppler":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Christian Johann 1803\u20131853 Austrian physicist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00e4-pl\u0259r",
"\u02c8d\u00e4p-l\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140409"
},
"dopa":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a phenolic amino acid C 9 H 11 NO 4 occurring naturally (as in fava beans) or prepared synthetically (as from tyrosine) \u2014 compare l-dopa":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259, -(\u02cc)p\u00e4",
"-(\u02cc)p\u00e4",
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even so, the amount of L- dopa that actually reaches its destination varies widely from patient to patient for reasons that only recently became clear. \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Balskus and her team, meanwhile, are testing a molecule that would stop bacteria from breaking down L- dopa . \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2020",
"As a result, for CNS diseases like Parkinson\u2019s disease, physicians are limited to prescribing symptomatic treatments like L- dopa and a long list of drugs developed more than 50 years ago for psychiatric disorders. \u2014 Amar Dhand, STAT , 26 June 2019",
"Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L- dopa . \u2014 Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018",
"Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L- dopa . \u2014 Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018",
"Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L- dopa . \u2014 Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018",
"Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L- dopa . \u2014 Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018",
"Noradrenaline is synthesized in the body from dopamine, which in turn is metabolized from L- dopa . \u2014 Denise Gellene, BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary d ihydr o xy- + p henyl a lanine":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152732"
},
"dopplerite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a brownish black elastic acid substance occurring in peat beds that is composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and possibly calcium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00e4pl\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German dopplerit , from C.J. Doppler + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161839"
},
"doppio piu lento":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": twice as slow as the preceding":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-p\u0113\u02cc\u00fc-",
"-\u02ccpy\u00fc\u02c8len\u2027(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian doppio pi\u00f9 lento twice as slow":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182407"
},
"doppler effect":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a change in the frequency with which waves (as of sound or light) from a given source reach an observer when the source and the observer are in motion with respect to each other so that the frequency increases or decreases according to the speed at which the distance is decreasing or increasing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Christian J. Doppler":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-185544"
},
"doppio pedale":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": using both feet simultaneously on the pedalboard":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in organ music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-p\u0101\u02c8d\u00e4(\u02cc)l\u0101"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, double pedal":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192151"
},
"Doppler navigation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": navigation (as of an airplane) in which the change of frequency of reflected radar waves due to the Doppler effect is utilized by automatic devices to give information on velocity and position":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-222128"
},
"dopant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an impurity added usually in minute amounts to a pure substance to alter its properties (such as conductivity)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u014d-p\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As with diamonds, these dopants change a crystal\u2019s properties. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dope entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232158"
},
"Doppler radar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a radar system that utilizes the Doppler effect for measuring velocity":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-034539"
},
"doppio movimento":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": twice as fast as the preceding":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccm\u014dv\u0259\u02c8men\u2027(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, double movement":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045210"
},
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"type":[
"abbreviation",
"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to sink abruptly beneath the surface of water : dive":[],
": to duck the head or suddenly lower the body : curtsy":[],
": a dip especially of head or body : curtsy":[],
": a device in which a diamond or other gemstone is held while being cut":[],
": to fasten (as a diamond) in a dop usually with a cement":[],
": a brandy of southern Africa similar to French marc and made from the distilled residue of grapes after pressing":[],
"developing-out paper":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English doppen ; akin to Old English d\u016bfe doppa pelican, doppettan to plunge in, immerse, Middle Dutch doppen to dip into, dop, doppe shell, goblet, pot, Middle High German topf pot, Old High German topfo dot, Old English dyppan to dip":"Intransitive verb",
"Dutch, from Middle Dutch dop, doppe shell, goblet, pot":"Noun",
"Afrikaans, literally, husk, from Middle Dutch dop, doppe husk, shell, goblet, pot":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051805"
},
"dopatta":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a scarf of silk or muslin often with gold or silver threads":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"d\u014d\u02c8p\u0259t\u0259"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi dopa\u1e6d\u1e6d\u0101":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110224"
},
"Doppler shift":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a change in frequency of an electromagnetic radiation caused by the motions of the atoms, molecules, or nuclei in the line of sight":[],
": the slight displacement in the positions of the spectrum lines of light from a star or other celestial body due to the Doppler effect":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after C.J. Doppler":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112529"
},
"doppio":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": double , twice":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"It \u02c8d\u022fppy\u014d",
"\u02c8d\u022fp-",
"\u02c8d\u00e4p\u0113\u02cc\u014d",
"\u02c8d\u014dp-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from Latin duplus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-131600"
},
"dop stick":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"dop entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165048"
},
"dop":{
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"intransitive verb",
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to sink abruptly beneath the surface of water : dive":[],
": to duck the head or suddenly lower the body : curtsy":[],
": a dip especially of head or body : curtsy":[],
": a device in which a diamond or other gemstone is held while being cut":[],
": to fasten (as a diamond) in a dop usually with a cement":[],
": a brandy of southern Africa similar to French marc and made from the distilled residue of grapes after pressing":[],
"developing-out paper":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English doppen ; akin to Old English d\u016bfe doppa pelican, doppettan to plunge in, immerse, Middle Dutch doppen to dip into, dop, doppe shell, goblet, pot, Middle High German topf pot, Old High German topfo dot, Old English dyppan to dip":"Intransitive verb",
"Dutch, from Middle Dutch dop, doppe shell, goblet, pot":"Noun",
"Afrikaans, literally, husk, from Middle Dutch dop, doppe husk, shell, goblet, pot":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192122"
},
"dopster":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a clerk who uses the measurer's notes to make out order tickets for custom-made clothing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00e4pst\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193018"
}
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