dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/klu_MW.json
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{
"Kluane National Park":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"area of mountains and glaciers in southwestern Yukon, Canada, that includes Mount Logan":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8\u00e4-",
"kl\u00fc-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131711",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Kluane%20National%20Park":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"area of mountains and glaciers in southwestern Yukon, Canada, that includes Mount Logan":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"kl\u00fc-\u02c8\u022f-n\u0113",
"-\u02c8\u00e4-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192821",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Klucker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ku kluxer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259k\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182938",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Klukia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of early Mesozoic fossil ferns having large much divided fronds and sporangia arranged in spikes (as in ferns of the genus Schizaea )":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u00fck\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-110422"
},
"Kluxer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ku kluxer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259ks\u0259(r)"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072511",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Kluxery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": klanism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for Ku-Kluxery":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-s\u0259r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090959",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Kluxism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": klanism":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"short for Ku-Kluxism":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccsiz\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135736",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"kludge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a haphazard or makeshift solution to a problem and especially to a computer or programming problem":[
"Just getting your documents into and out of the iPad is a kludge . You must e-mail them back and forth to yourself or sync to your computer using iTunes software.",
"\u2014 Steve Morgenstern"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hybrid schedule exists solely as a kludge and back-formation from the standard six-foot guideline for social distancing. \u2014 David Zweig, Wired , 6 Aug. 2020",
"And while there surely is a lot of regulatory kludge (or maybe sludge?) that has developed through the years that could be removed without harm, there\u2019s not much evidence of a systematic effort to do that. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2019",
"Its eight episodes comprise a centerless, ham-handed kludge of a season, one that keeps beating you over the head with music and ACTING and plot twists to try to convince you everything that\u2019s happening is Important. \u2014 Todd Vanderwerff, Vox , 2 Nov. 2018",
"And there are various other fourth-best kludges , ways of wedging a de facto price on carbon into markets. \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 27 Apr. 2018",
"Everyone who supports decarbonization would prefer a large and rising carbon price to all these kludges . \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 20 Apr. 2018",
"In Apple\u2019s view, the interference was in consumers\u2019 best interest: a kludge to halt shutdowns caused by outdated lithium-ion electrodes. \u2014 Robert Hackett, Fortune , 23 Jan. 2018",
"Meant to evoke something sporty, like a jet ski, instead of a lumbering Cessna or a tough-to-fly experimental kludge , the plane is supposed to let anyone who can afford the $139,000 price tag become a barnstormer. \u2014 Carl Hoffman, WIRED , 7 Oct. 2015"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u00fcj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185647",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"klunk":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of klunk variant spelling of clunk"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220629-141833",
"type":[]
},
"klutz":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a clumsy person":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
"how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
"But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
"While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
"Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
"Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061614",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"klutziness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a clumsy person":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
"how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
"But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
"While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
"Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
"Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114632",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"klutzy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a clumsy person":[]
},
"examples":[
"I'm a complete klutz on the dance floor.",
"how can she be such a klutz after studying ballet for so many years?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Serious klutzes might consider an OtterBox Defender Series (from $50; otterbox.com) for ultra-rugged protection. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 14 Dec. 2019",
"But none of these addresses the underlying problem; namely, that cell-phone owners are human beings, and are therefore klutzes . \u2014 Jody Rosen, The New Yorker , 5 Nov. 2019",
"While your industrial klutz watches safely from afar. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2019",
"Ben Michael is endearing as Henri Baurel, the rich young man who despite being something of a klutz , dreams of being a nightclub performer. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Kathryn Hahn, playing Chris Kraus, makes a winning klutz . \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 20 May 2017",
"Graceful strolling guaranteed, even for the chronic klutzes . \u2014 Laura Grace Weldon, WIRED , 24 Oct. 2011"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1959, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish klots , literally, wooden beam, from Middle High German kloz lumpy mass \u2014 more at clout":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259ts"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"looby",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085336",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"klux":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ku-klux":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kl\u0259ks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041002",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
}
}